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The Department of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Genetics Initiative are pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Michael Schnieders. Dr. Schnieders starts on August 15 with a joint 12 month appointment as an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering (60%) and of Biochemistry (40%). His research space is being built in Biochemistry.
Dr. Schnieders is a 1999 BS in Engineering with High Distinction in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. At Iowa, he was a Stebler Scholar in 1995, a Paul D. Scholz Memorial Scholar in 1996, a Goldwater Scholar in 1997, and a Rhodes Dunlap Scholar in 1998. His undergraduate research produced one first author and one middle author publication in orthopaedics and bioengineering.
He completed his doctorate in 2007 at Washington University in St. Louis with Professor Jay W. Ponder. There, he advanced the development of a polarizable force field that has allowed precise computation of solute-solvent interactions. His graduate work consisted of two first author publications with Dr. Ponder and one paper in which Dr. Schnieders is the penultimate author.
In 2007 Dr. Schnieders began his postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University with Professors Vijay S. Pande and Axel Brunger. There, he extended his computational studies to greatly improve protein Xray structure refinement with a program that he named Force Field X.
In 2011 he moved to the University of Texas, Austin to continue as a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Pengyu Ren. There he moved into two additional areas at the forefront of computational chemistry and biophysics. First, he is working on calculations of free energy of binding, solvation and crystal stability. Second, he is aiming to improve docking technologies so that high resolution structures can better be used to identify inhibitors by computational methods.
As a new member of the Genetics Initiative, he plans to advance personalized medicine by using genomic and structural information to develop algorithms that will allow doctors to predict which of a set of related drugs will be most effective on patients as a function of coding polymorphisms in drug targets. Dr. Schnieders is looking forward to training biomedical engineering and biochemistry graduate students.
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Jays power past Yankees
Martin smacks two HRs against Bombers
NEW YORK — ussell Martin hit his first two home runs of the season, Michael Saunders also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays finally broke out their big bats again Wednesday night, halting the Yankees' six-game winning streak with an 8-4 victory.
Marco Estrada took a two-hitter into the seventh inning and the last-place Blue Jays won for the fourth time in six games following an 0-5 slide.
The defending AL East champions, who led the majors with 891 runs last season, batted .230 and averaged only 3.5 runs over their previous 16 games. The slump prompted manager John Gibbons to juggle his lineup in unusual ways, putting power hitter Jose Bautista in the leadoff spot with sluggers Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion right behind him.
They hadn't produced much there, but this time Toronto got an early two-run double from slumping No. 9 batter Ryan Goins and pulled away with two homers off reliever Chasen Shreve in a four-run seventh.
Ivan Nova (3-2) threw well again for New York (22-23) but lost for the first time in four starts since moving from the bullpen to the rotation. Trailing 3-1 with two outs in the seventh, he was pulled after hitting Encarnacion with a pitch. Shreve quickly let the game get away by giving up two-run homers to Saunders and Martin.
On an 86-degree night at Yankee Stadium, Chase Headley and Didi Gregorius hit successive homers in the seventh off Estrada (2-2), who yielded four hits and three runs while walking four in seven innings.
The right-hander loaded the bases with nobody out in the third but limited the damage to one run on Brett Gardner's RBI groundout.
Pinch-hitter Austin Romine homered on the first pitch from Blue Jays reliever Chad Girodo in the ninth. Romine's only other major league home run came in August 2013.

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This souvenir magazine published in conjunction with the seminar "The challenge of new technology to working women in Singapore" on 25th February 1984 at DBS Auditorium contains information on NTUC women's programme committee, Seminar Organising Committee, NTUC Women's Programme Secretariat Report, papers presented at the seminar and courses offered by the VITB.
This is a report of a study done on constituency sports clubs or CSCs in Singapore. The aim of the study is to determine the success of CSCs in promoting and organising sports and physical recreation in different constituencies in 1984. The study also compares the most and least active CSCs.
This is a compilation of recipes of selected entries from the two cooking competitions organised by Radio and TV Singapura in the "Eat more wheat" campaign. It contains Chinese, Malay, Indian and Western recipes. Some of these recipes had been translated into English language.
This is an invoice from T.D. Riedel. Aktiengesellschaft, dated 29th December 1926. It was issued to the Medical Office in Singapore, for medical goods worth 225 pounds.
This document shows telegram transmission between two parties through Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Company, Limited. The telegram, dated 8th December 1928, informed Pek Sam Choon in Singapore about a money remittance from Hong Moh in Amoy.
This is a telegram from an unknown sender in Foochow, dated 16th January 1929, addressed to Sam Choon Tea Merchant, through the Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Company, Limited. It contains a string of four-digit figures, accompanied by some handwritten Chinese characters.
This invoice dated 2nd November 1922, was issued by the Anglo-American Umbrella Stores in London to K.C. Eu, for a product purchased at its store for £2, six shillings and six pence.
This is the front and back view of a receipt dated 21st May 1947, for the amount of $31.25. It was issued by the Asia Insurance Co. Ltd. to Siam Whatt for the payment of insurance premiums, for policy number HM.3071, valued at $12,500 on S.S. "Turks Head", a merchant ship traveling from Singapore to Rangoon. The Chinese characters "森发" were written on the top right hand corner, on the back of the receipt.
This scknowledgement receipt dated 30th November 1920 and numbered 150, was issued by the English Electric Co. Ltd to Eu Tong Sen. It was issued for the payment of $623.96, on the invoices numbered 377 and dated 15th October 1920.
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I got some bad news, I don't think the Mrs. will be joining us this week. See, I make her work 2 part-time jobs, clean the house, do my laundry, cook at least 3 meals a week then when she's done with all that she's free to do whatever she wants. She spends most of that "free" time creating hand made cards. If you would like to see some of her artistic creations check out her blog at The Ink Trap. Honestly, I don't know what the hell she's doing over there, all I know is that she doesn't sleep much and she's really grumpy all the time. So, it looks like you're stuck with the terse and less entertaining me this week. I will try to liven it up a bit and be more verbose.
When I was kid there were a few staples of any memorable Sunday dinner one of those was the proverbial pot roast. Now, Cheryl and I have been cooking up spectacular Sunday dinners for many years now and I cannot remember the last time we had a pot roast with gravy and all the fixings. If we did have roast Cheryl made it, because I'm way too big for my britches to cook such a simple dish. Well, I decided it was time to get over my bad self and cook up some good old fashion comfort food with a smokey twist.
I started with 2 chuck roasts, each about 2.5 lbs. I cooked two because there is nothing better than leftover hot roast beef open face sandwiches, but the real reason is they come in a two pack at Sam's Club. I coated the roasts with a little canola oil and seasoned them with AlbuKirky Seasonings SPG. I set up the Big Green Egg for indirect cooking and preheated it to 350º. Once the egg was up to temp I placed the chucks on the grate and let them smoke for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
Now that the roasts have smoked it's time for the roasting. I placed the roasts in a large roasting pan then added potatoes, carrots, onions, and a few mushrooms. Cheryl likes mushrooms, so I thought I would humor her. Then I added another generous dusting of SPG. Before covering with foil, I poured a cup of beef broth into the pan, then returned the whole thing to the Egg and cook it for another 2 1/2 to 3 hours. When I pulled the roasts off they were 195º and were starting to fall apart. I probably could have let them cook a little longer to 205º, but I was getting hungry and impatient.
Smoking the roasts was a great idea if I do say so myself. They had all the great flavor of being oven cooked, but with just a hint of smoke. To smoke these chucks I used my favorite mesquite lump charcoal and the higher heat cooking created a lighter smoke that was not over powering. Also, limiting the smoke time to 2 1/2 hours helped too. Actually, these were so good I'm going to have to add them to the Sunday dinner rotation.
As I pulled the roasts of the smoker, Cheryl came home just in time to make gravy and salad to accompany my wonderful roasts. I spent all day preparing a great meal, it was the least she could do, right? Fortunately, Cheryl scored a break when her sister brought over fresh homemade bread. Oh, I almost forgot, Cheryl did make a dessert. It was something called a magic cake, it was really good. I'm just glad she could get home in time to contribute to our Sunday dinner.
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The questions facing women's State of Origin
Published on: June 26, 2019 by Mary
This article was first written for and published by NRL.com. Women's State of Origin last Friday night was a roaring success.
Nice work Freddy, now bring on Game 3
This article was first written and published for The Roar. New South Wales may have won State of Origin Game 2 by a whopping 38 points to 6, but leading into Game 3 coach Brad Fittler cannot afford to rest on his laurels. We saw a much improved NSW in Game 2 and they dominated […]
Has women's State of Origin outgrown North Sydney Oval?
This article was first written for and published by The Roar. On Friday night, the New South Wales Blues beat the Queensland Maroons 14-4 in the second ever women's State of Origin clash in front of 10,515 people at North Sydney Oval.
Let's make Origin a night to remember again
This article was first written for and published by NRL.com. If you asked me my highlight of the 2018 rugby league season, without hesitation I would say the inaugural Women's State of Origin at North Sydney Oval. For those who have followed the women's game for so long, it was a watershed moment.
Were such wholesale changes needed to the Blues squad?
This article was first written and published for The Roar. Was Brad Fittler watching the same State of Origin Game 1 that I was? After seeing the Blues squad that has been announced for Game 2 of this year's series, my big question is, barring injury, were such big wholesale changes required?
The 11 debutants set to light up State of Origin
This article was first written and published for the Roar. The wait is over. This week the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues have both named their teams for the second Women's State of Origin to be held at North Sydney Oval, next Friday 21st June. It's fair to say that for both teams […]
Mannah situation an unfortunate sign of the times
This article for and published by NRL.com. On Tuesday I woke up to the news that Tim Mannah had asked the club for a release from the remainder of his Eels contract to join the Wests Tigers. While no official announcement has been made by either club, I get the sense a deal is coming. […]
How the NSW Blues can win Origin 2
This article was first written and published for the Roar. The New South Wales Blues may have gone into State of Origin Game 1 as favourites, but when the siren went, the scoreline was 18-14 in favour of the Queensland Maroons. The day after, rugby league Twitter went into meltdown. It's true that the takes […]
Walker's stance on national anthem should be respected
Published on: June 5, 2019 by Mary
This article was first written for and published by NRL.com. When Cody Walker said he wouldn't sing the national anthem prior to the State of Origin series opener he answered honestly. He said the anthem did not represent him or his family.
Which coach has the edge heading into Origin 1?
This article was first written and published for The Roar. We're now just two sleeps away from Game One of the 2019 State of Origin series. For weeks we debated what the teams would look like, who the Queensland Maroons would name as their captain and who the New South Wales halves would be.


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Shueisha to Bring Manga e-Books to Phones
Posted by OminousCloud on November 12, 2009 @ 03:32:38 AM in News Articles
Japanese publisher, Shueisha has announced plans to collaborate with Microsoft in order to distribute manga digitally through the internet. The e-books will be available to download on mobile phones with microsoft software, in Japan and overseas.
The titles will be available in Japanese and English for a fee in 2010, however Shueisha has announced that Dragon Ball will be available to download for free in December.
Viz Media, a North American manga publisher whose corporate parents include Shueisha and Shogakukan, has already posted several Shogakukan manga titles on the web for free.
Sources: Shueisha, Anime News Network, Viz Media
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Kaze and Anime Vitual acquired by Shogakukan & Shueisha Group
Posted by LadyPSerenity on August 30, 2009 @ 09:49:31 AM in Industry News
Shogakukan Inc, Shueisha Inc. and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. announced their joint acquisition of Kaze S.A.S. and Anime Vitual S.A. Kaze and Anime Virtual are two of Europe's leading distributors and licensees of Japanese animation. With the acquistion they are set to be a multi-media force in Europe for manga-based Japanese animation and entertainment. The Paris-based subsidiary VIZ Media Europe will be at the help of the group's Europe activities.
Prior to the acquisition the Shogakukan & Shueisha Group managed VME's European operations through its U.S. based subsidiary VIZ Media, LLC.
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Anedoki and Kagijin mangas in English!
Posted by LadyPSerenity on July 21, 2009 @ 01:11:30 PM in News Articles
Shueisha's weekly shonen jump magazine in Japan has begun to preview Yasuki Tanaka's Kagijin manga and Mizuki Kawashita's Anedoki manga in English this month. The online series require readers to download and install shonenjump.com's proprietary browser software on the XP or Vista Operating system (Not exactly thinking of the whole market here...poor other operating systems.)
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Biyori's 4th Comedy TV Anime Green-Lit
Posted by LadyPSerenity on July 02, 2009 @ 07:37:38 AM in News Articles
Gag Manga Biyori's 4th Comedy TV Anime adaption was given the green lit as announced on the wraparound jacket band on the 10th volume of Kousuke Masuda's Gag Manga Biyori.
The third anime series based on the nonsensical gag comedy debuted last year and more details for the fourth anime series will be revealed in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine. The August issue will ship on Saturday.
Source: Anime News Network
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Three New To Love-Ru OVA Volumes
Three new OVA Volumes for To Love-Ru will be shipped with the 16th, 17th, and 18th volumes of the original manga. This years 32nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will announce on Monday that the OVA volumes based on Kentaro Yabuki and Saki Hasemi's To Love-Ru manga have been given the green light.
The 16th volume will ship on November 4th.
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Eyeshield 21 Football Manga Ends in Japan After 7 years
Posted by LadyPSerenity on June 17, 2009 @ 07:56:22 AM in News Articles
The final Shonen Jump Installment runs on Monday; final book volume in October.
The writer, Riichirou Inagaki and artist Yuusuke Murata have ended their Eyeshield 21 sports manga in this year's 29th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine. The popular manga showed the young fans the American form of football and was the inspiration to a television anime series run in 2005-2008. It also inspired an event-only anime short and several games.
Viz Media is publishing the 26th volume of the manga in North America this month. The Crunchyroll website is streaming the anime series after the defunct Toonami Jetstream website had released parts of it.
Source: Anime News Network.
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Bike ride to show it's OK not to be OK
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Goldfielders who have been touched by mental illness or suicide will band together in a show of support and to awareness of depression and suicide prevention this weekend.
After taking a break from the event last year, Mates 4 Mates Goldfields-Esperance is taking part in this year's national Black Dog Ride.
In the group's sixth Black Dog Ride, members of the community are encouraged to join the ride from Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Kambalda, to Coolgardie and back to Kalgoorlie-Boulder on March 17.
President Kathy Nikolaenko said the group usually made this a ride to Esperance, but having recently completed a ride to Hopetoun , she thought it better to keep this one in town.
She said she hoped it would result in a higher community participation rate, with previous events drawing 100 or more.
"The Black Dog Ride is typically for motorbikes, but in the Goldfields we allow cars to drive behind the bikes because we know that many people are affected by the black dog who don't own bikes, and they still deserve to be involved," she said.
"It is all about keeping the awareness out there that it is OK not to be OK, and that there are people around you who know how you might feel. We don't judge, and we don't push."
For the first time, the event — which leaves from Loopline Park at about 10.30am — will clash with the monthly Boulder Market Day which takes place in the same location.
Ms Nikolaenko said she was thankful to Boulder Promotions and Development Association and the Loopline Railway Museum for supporting the group and allowing them to gather at the park on the day.
"I think it will be really great to have all the bikes lined up at market day," she said.
"It will help boost morale for the markets and also allow the community to learn what we are about."
Participants will stop in Kambalda and Coolgardie during the ride, and will finish up at the Beaten Track Brewery for a sausage sizzle and tunes.
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PR is dead. How beautiful is that?
Diederik Heinink | October 3, 2019
This one is for businesses and their executives who have been struggling to successfully share their story with the world. Leaders who are convinced they have a message that key media titles and their readers want to hear, but haven't succeeded in getting the story out there. Give me 1000 words to explain why and how you can do better.
PR has always been a crucial element of the marketing mix and was always considered as the powerful and - above all – free way to build a brand and profile. If your story was relevant and important, media would probably write about it. The trade was: media could tell a good story and the company got free publicity, which helped to boost brand and credibility – great deal.
The PRevolution
But times have changed. The digital revolution has transformed everything, including the way your company or brand interacts with the outside world.
PR as we have always known it, is dead.
We now call it 'earned media' and its relevance for companies has changed dramatically. Apart from earned media, we now also have 'owned', 'shared' and 'paid' media (see image).
The share of earned media in the PR landscape has been slashed if you compare it to 10 years ago. The digital revolution has completely reshuffled the definition of what PR is, causing a, as you could call it, PRevolution.
To clarify: we're not talking about 'defensive' reputation, issue or crisis management here. This transformation has mainly influenced the way marketing is done: redefining what it means to proactively build a brand and profile with the help of media and channels.
Exponential growth of channels
While free publicity still adds value to your communications efforts, it's no longer the standard way to reach that target audience. The number of other channels companies can use to reach out to the world has grown exponentially. That has a big impact. Owned, shared and paid channels have taken up a big chunk of possibilities for companies to tell their stories and you need an integrated approach to use them to your full benefit.
All these new ways and channels allowing companies to express who they are, what they stand for, and what they want to change in the world, have profoundly changed the meaning of PR in three ways:
1. Direct Communications
Nowadays companies no longer only rely on major publications to get their message across, build their brand and grow their profile. They can communicate much more directly with their stakeholders online, and thus have many more choices to reach prospects, clients, employees, investors, analysts, politicians, policy groups, regulators and so on. Especially via owned, shared and paid channels, such as a corporate website, blogs, vlogs, etcetera, the options are numerous to share your message.
2. Companies regain control. And with control, comes responsibility
So, in a way the function of direct marketing is back. Digital channels lower the barrier for companies to have a voice. Companies can rely on their own channels to share content with their target groups. This means they are in control of the message. But that control also comes with another responsibility: having a thoroughly thought through communications strategy that includes all different channels. This is now more important than ever. Publishing content is no longer about posting a tweet or two. It's about redefining the story of your brand – making sure it's authentic, engaging and transparent. It's about having values and a sense of purpose as a company. That's what society demands.
If you're able to master the art of authentic storytelling and understand how to make your company's story relevant for the world around you, you might have found an impactful way to build your company's or CEO's or other executives' profile. This is exactly what thought leadership is about: inspiring people and encouraging them to share your story with their network.
A company that is truly understanding the power of owning its brand story and sharing it in a way it has impact, is clothing brand Patagonia. The company has put sustainability at the heart of its successful business model and it recently expressed its desire to save the planet. This bold choice has brought lots of growth, not just as a thought leader, but also in sales.
3. Two sides of the same coin
Every consumer these days has the power to share their opinion, complaints, compliments and stories – 24/7, and on a global scale. The leverage effect of social and digital channels is enormous. For companies, there are two sides of the same coin. When companies or consumers love what you do and say, they will become a fan and share it with other companies or people (which is easier said than done). On the other hand, complaints about your CEO's behaviour or inferior customer experiences are shared without hesitation. Child labour issues of big brands are being exposed globally. And #metoo has been trending for months and brought down the reputation of many companies across the globe.
Social channels are a playground for those with an opinion and people who want to be heard. It's important companies and brands are fully aware of the power that has been granted to the people in the last decade, because it's those people who have the power to totally make or break a brand.
And while media still play a major role in this ecosystem, its power has clearly shifted: they're now sharing their stage with those people and companies eager to share their opinions.
In short: the way your company can share its story with the world has changed. Your company gained more control, but with that control, comes another responsibility: that of having an integrated communications strategy in place to make available channels work for you, instead of them firing back on you. Especially now that consumers have more power as well. All these new different channels haven't made it easier to define that strategy compared to 20 years ago. But these new channels have created a whole new pool of opportunities, one of them being:
engage directly, intensively and in real time with your stakeholders.
None of this is brand new. It's been around for a number of years now. Nonetheless, many companies aren't yet making full use of this new way of communicating. And there is a lot to win: a bigger reach and therefore more – loyal – customers.
How beautiful is that?
Diederik Heinink
Co-founder and strategy director of RedSnap Inc.. After starting his agency East in 2018, he merged with RedSnap eight months later to form RedSnap Inc.. Diederik comes up with strategies and creative concepts that build strong brands and profiles in clients' target markets. He built his fintech expertise with ING. Previously, Diederik was interim manager for several financial services companies and ran own ventures in Hong Kong and the Netherlands. Diederik has a passion for Ajax, so 2019 has been a very good year for him.
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It is a Middletown native's memoir of growing up in the steel mill city and Appalachia that many political experts have said explains the appeal of President-elect Donald Trump, a wealthy New York businessman, to the struggling white working class.
J.D. Vance's book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," not only shares stories of his upbringing, but also gives a broad look at the working class in America.
The book topped the New York Times Bestseller list earlier this year and is currently in its 14th week in the top 10 best-selling non-fiction books in America.
A Middletown High School graduate, Vance grew up in Middletown and the Appalachian town of Jackson, Ky., before enlisting in the Marine Corps and serving in Iraq.
A graduate of the Ohio State University and Yale Law School, Vance sat down for an exclusive interview with this news outlet on Thursday.
I'm guessing you, like many in America, were shocked Tuesday night?
How did Trump win it, or how did Hillary lose it?
"It's an interesting question. There were two very important things that happened. The first is that Trump won hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of white working-class voters that Obama had won in 2008. Those people went from Obama to Trump. Those voters caused huge swings in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. That delivered the election for him. The other thing is a lot of core Democratic constituencies who should have voted for Hillary Clinton did, but not nearly as high a number as they did in 2008 and 2012.
What does the election say about our society right now?
If you're Trump, how do you heal the wounds?
What do you think the meeting Thursday with Obama and Trump was like?
On Facebook right now it seems people are losing friends over politics.


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If my readers have learned anything by now, it's that Sandy hearts Jamie. His cookbooks have been and still are constant inspiration for new dishes and ideas. This slow roasted piri piri pork belly has become a favourite in our house after we first tried it about 2 years ago. Tender, juicy pork belly with some amazing crackling on top, served in a spicy tomato sauce with sweet potatoes. It's the ultimate comfort food. Here you see a version, that differs slightly from Jamie Oliver's recipe, because his recipe left me a bit confused. He calls it piri piri pork belly, but the recipe doesn't call for piri piri chilis. What went wrong there, Jamie? I mean, of course, you can use any hot chili you fancy, but if you already have piri piri in the name, using piri piro chilis might be the logical consequence. I fixed that for you, Jamie darling, along with a few other tweaks. You're welcome!
Tender, juicy pork belly with crispy crackling on top, served in a spicy tomato sauce with sweet potatoes.
In a pestle and portar smash up the bay leaves with the salt until you have a paste. Add the chilis, smoked and sweet paprika, black pepper and olive oil and work it some more, until everything is smooth.
With a sharp knife score the skin of the pork belly in a tight criss cross pattern. Be careful not to cut into the meat underneath.
Massage the marinade into the pork belly, giving special attention to all the cuts on top.
Place the onions and garlic on the bottom of a roasting tray. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into large chunks. Add the the roasting try.
Finely slice the chilis and add them to the roasting tray.
Place the pork belly on top and roast in the oven for 45 minutes at 200°C / 392°F.
After 45 minutes take the roast out.
Add the passata, white wine and water to the tray. Season with salt and pepper and stir well.
Turn your oven down to 170°C / 338°F and roast the pork belly in the sauce for at least 2 hours.
In the final half hour of the roasting process add two twigs of fresh rosemary to the top of the roast.
Skim the fat from the top of the sauce before serving.
Serve with anything you fancy. Fresh bread, a green salad or some rice.


We want awareness and action and emotion. We want you to feel us. We want you to pause, see an idea turned around or upside down or from a new perspective and hold it there, in your own way. Talk about it. Carry it with you for a while. Then hand it out to others……Read on for my reflections on TEDx San Diego — and some pictures!
I arrive in San Diego Thursday afternoon to begin a few days of preparation for my TEDx presentation on Saturday morning. This talk, you see, has occupied space in my heart and mind – even space in my home, for months now. The TEDx reputation precedes itself – a gathering of thinkers, often accomplished thinkers – spreading big ideas to a selected group of live audience participants. Then shared online in twelve minute segments firmly rooted in internet permanence until the end of time. Often, an opportunity to speak at TEDx is seen as a cultural gateway to arrival and acceptance in one's field of beliefs or a reflection of one's community visibility. It carries weight. And that can be heavy. But heavy thrills me. I like a challenge. I especially like a challenge that takes me months to prepare, weeks to rehearse and a serious stare down with my life's greatest vulnerabilities. This talk also takes me across the country, away from my home and five children mere days before the year's biggest holiday. I am operating on all cylinders and oozing thrill.
Quickly, over rehearsals and welcome feasts, it becomes clear how lucid and dedicated each speaker is to their idea and mission. Beyond that, event organizers, coaches, leaders, volunteers are equally passionate and committed to fostering an environment of radiant learning. I want to wrap myself in this energy. It's like a direct connection to the source of fuel we all need to keep propelling forward. And even though we are dropped in suddenly to this suspended reality, we are quick to bond, because of our quest to conquer TEDx.
Most of us find ourselves tweezing out our keynotes, boiling down our lectures, actualizing our core message and truthfully, that feels risky. There is no space to spread out and carry on, we've got to give it to you straight and make you see the potential in our pursuits with crisp clarity. But we also want to move you. We want awareness and action and emotion. We want you to feel us. We want you to pause, see an idea turned around or upside down or from a new perspective and hold it there, in your own way. Talk about it. Carry it with you for a while. Then hand it out to others. See if it catches fire or finds its way alone. This, our humble offering to you.
It's fun being so different from people, but so connected through the promotion of a hunger for life's work. We are twelve, we are fifty, parents and non-parents, educators and students, artists and scientists, at home and away, certain and unsure. And it's beautiful. What a lovely collection of being. I listen as we carve our own space into the big day, it's a production, built to honor our very birthright, the only thing we are given purely: the gift to think and rethink. We celebrate and congratulate, basking in our ability to come together just this once, to share what drives us along our own winding paths of creation. However weary and given, we dazzle in the night sky over a beautiful candlelit dinner. Now, all that is left is gratitude and good-byes.
I'm home now, back to the simple – a clicking keyboard, a buzzing dryer, snow. It seems like a lifetime instead of mere days that I sat on the hotel floor in morning darkness, whispering and timing my way through my talk – hot tea and a racing heart, my only companions. What satisfaction to add my voice to the voices that stand for something, what a charge to feel held by others, but also holding, for nothing more than thought. Now, I feel a heaviness, as if I touched something that can't be carried or kept together too long, because it's too powerful or bright or fantastic. I slip back into my work, back to the grounding life that serves me. But I can't stop looking for places and pieces that will easily catch if I pass a spark, for people who can stare at the light without turning away, for ideas that can't stop themselves from spreading.
TEDxSD dress rehearsal. I had to go first & wanted to panic, but rallied my courage & went for it. My talk was 4 minutes too long & my slides were misbehaving, but that's why we rehearse in the first place! The good news is that it looks like I'm wearing leather pants, even though they're "fashion jeans".
This is me giving my TEDx talk titled "Parenting in the Screen Age". I like that the TEDx social networking crew gave me words & designs on this pic to make it look extra fun & special. I'm glad I wore my pink shirt. And I'm glad you couldn't see me sweating through it .
My brilliant TEDx coach Shawna. She is an amazing person & helped me in ways I can't even explain.
I got to know my fellow speaker, the inspiring 12 yr old Syliva. Her resume is impressive with trips to the White House science fair, astronaut camp, & an online "Maker Show" with a zillion viewers. She's just so cool & believes everyone should go out & "make something".
This is the reception dinner table. I loved the look & feel of the family style set up. Just a few minutes later this table was filled with very smart & dedicated humans.
This is the morning after before my flight. The title of this pic is "exhale".


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New Study Shows Contact Centers Using Over-the-Top CPaaS Solutions See Major Results
CloudNewsSaaS
By AIT News Desk	 On Oct 1, 2020
IntelePeer Customers saw 31% Increase in CX Ratings, 53% saw an Increase in New Revenue, and 28% saw a Decrease in Operational Spending
IntelePeer, a leading Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider, announced the results of a custom research study conducted by Nemertes Research, focusing on critical business and technology challenges faced by companies using on-premises contact centers and how they plan to address these within the next two to five years.
With the majority of larger enterprises still using on-premises contact center solutions, IntelePeer worked with Nemertes to gain deeper insight into the issues being faced by these companies as they work to make their Customer Experiences more innovative, agile, and scalable.
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Key findings from this custom research study include:
Contact centers cite several benefits of on-premises platforms. Results from this study show 50% of decision makers cited maintaining control of security and technology as core reasons to stay on-premises; 38% stated it allowed for better connectivity and up time.
However, staying on-premises brings its own set of challenges. Research participants cited limitations. For example, 46% said the length of time to roll out new features was too long, 45% said it was too expensive to replace their equipment, and 33% said it was difficult keeping up with the pace of CX innovation.
Covid-19 accelerated the need for cloud capabilities. Extending the platform to work-from-home agents quickly was an issue for 42% of the CX leaders, while 33% cited the ability to scale up/down based on business demands, and 32% cited the lack of voice performance and quality.
Even with these challenges, many enterprises want to access cloud capabilities—and integrate with their on-premises platform. When asked about the likelihood of staying on-premises while overlaying an over-the-top CX solution like CPaaS,85.3% said they would stay on-premises with that kind of solution.
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"At the beginning of the pandemic, we saw many of our customers with contact centers struggling to adjust to the need for setting up remote work for agents while ensuring they maintained customer service levels. This study was an opportunity to go deeper into thecontact center's needs, to better understand how we can solve their current and future challenges," said Alison Haynes, Senior Vice President of Marketing at IntelePeer. "As this study shows, on-premise contact centers are seeking ways to accelerate digital initiatives using AI, automation, and analytics without having to rip and replace their existing agent-facing solutions. Nemertes' expertise in research around the contact center and customer experience made them the perfect partner for this study."
"The most compelling finding from this study is that the majority of CX leaders running on-premises contact centers want to keep them—and innovate over the top," said Robin Gareiss, president of Nemertes Research and author of the study. "Their platforms work well and typically have years of customization built in. But now as they try to extend capabilities to remote workers and innovate with AI and analytics, they want to leverage the agility of cloud through CPaaS integration. Those who have done so are reporting impressive business success metrics."
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april 12/13, 2006
welcome to the inaugural celebration!
April 12 and 13, 2006 Hamburg will celebrate the opening of the "Institute for Queer Theory." Various activities shape this two-day-event: a lecture, a workshop, a meeting, and a party with reception and performances.
concept and board (pdf)
"Antke Engel has pioneered a new kind of structure for higher education. By building her institute around "Queer Studies" and by setting up a kind of counter-disciplinary site, Engel leads the way into a new understanding of knowledge production. The Queer Institute, by all accounts, was inaugurated in style – the speeches, the workshops and most of all the parties have created a material base for the original forms of sociality and learning that The Queer Institute both imagines and implements. I cannot wait for the next event!" (Judith Halberstam, University of Southern California, L.A.)
lecture and workshop
The New Homonormativity: The Sexual Politics of Neoliberalism
Lisa Duggan
During the past decade, organized gay politics in the U.S. and Europe have moved rightward. Diverging from its varied roots in progressive to left social movements, mainstream gay rights politics now constitute, not a resistance, but an arm of neoliberalism–one of the centers for the production of neoliberal "equality" politics. This is especially apparent as the pressures to dismantle post World War II welfare states build–and gay rights organizations climb onto the privatization band wagon rather than press a critique in the realm of political economy. In the realm of culture and "lifestyle" politics, the organized gay movements have begun to promote a new homonormativity–a public image of prosperous monogamous couples devoted to domestic consumerism. A critical queer politics exists alongside this neoliberal homonormative front, but its social forms are currently mostly localized and relatively isolated. Much of academic queer theory meanwhile continues to rework abstract theorizations unconnected to the current conjuncture, but some new work is emerging to theorize the new homonormativity, and the political economy of corporate globalization in which it is embedded. This lecture will review these emergent political and theoretical critiques.
Wednesday 12th of April, 2006, 7pm
University of Hamburg, Main Building, Lecture Hall B
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
Thursday April 13th, 11-13 h
Hamburger Schulmuseum
Seilerstrasse 42 (St. Pauli)
Lecture and workshop are organized in cooperation with the "Kolleg Dekonstruktion und Gestaltung : Gender" and the "AG Queer Studies", University of Hamburg. They are also supported by the "Frauenförderung des Department Sozialwissenschaften", University of Hamburg and the "Rosa Luxemburg Foundation".
Lisa Duggan is Associate Professor of American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. She is author of Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence and American Modernity, co-author with Nan Hunter of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture, co-editor with Lauren Berlant of Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and National Interest, and author most recently of Twlight of Equality: Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics and the Attack on Democracy. She is currently at work on The End of Marriage? The War Over the Future of State Sponsored Love (forthcoming from University of California press, spring 2007).
Bridging the Cultural Gap: An Interview with Lisa Duggan. By Elena Mora, http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/832/1/42/ (02.01.2006)
The Twilight of Equality. Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy, Boston (Beacon Press) 2003
Our Monica, Ourselves, The Clinton Affair and National Interest. Co-edited with Lauren Berlant (NYU Press) 2001
Das Unglaubliche Schwinden der Öffentlichkeit, in: quaestio (Hg.): Queering Demokratie. Sexuelle Politiken, Berlin (Querverlag) 2000: 87-95
Sex Wars. Sexual Dissent and Political Culture. Co-edited with Nan Hunter, London / New York (Routledge) 1995
reception and party
angel's delight: troubling queer
Thursday April 13th 2006
Prinzenbar
Kastanienallee 20 (Hamburg / St. Pauli)
reception, party & performance program
20 h reception and program
22 h party
with DJs Julie Wood und Monsieur Schneider
22:30 h with
Evi, Nic & C and guests
Taten & Gusso
the dance of the bloody young transvestites
Jim Osthaarchic and the chewing gum
Timi Mei and Ms Kraushaar
the hairy dyke from the Nicjeniwa-Show
Lore Logorrhöe & Katrin Jaeger-Matz
Timi Mei Monigatti


November was, in short, an insane month on my end. I took the last week off to "catch-up" with "life things" (such as going to Belgium and doing NaNoWriMo and reading), which was when I managed to read these books (few as they are). Anyway, books!
This started off as a desperate loltastic attempt to get an "X" title for my Alphabet Soup Challenge, but I'm so glad I decided to go for it!
Description: Because the English do not like being told what to do, any order has to be given with a degree of politeness which many other nations find incomprehensible.
Should you follow custom and express an order as a request, you will achieve the desired effect. Express it simply as an order, with no hint of personal choice, and the English will invariably break for tea.
Overall thoughts: This was an utterly hilarious book that quite accurately describes English "quirks" while also providing a few rather logical explanations for such behaviour/preferences/endearing little bits and bobs. I laughed out loud several times, and could really relate to the contents—everything just rings so true here! This would be a great read for anyone who has English friends and who has experienced the "English way"—and maybe for someone who's actually English, and who isn't easily offended. I'm actually really looking forward to reading more books from the series—if this is anything to go by, I'm sure the rest will be equally hilarious!
I read this while in Belgium, and all the Dutch and Belgian references were just super amazing and made me squeal like no tomorrow. Very topical book for that particular holiday!
Blurb: Alexandre Dumas's novels are notable for their suspense and excitement, their foul deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, and glorious victories. In The Black Tulip (1850), the shortest of Dumas's most famous tales, the real hero is no Musketeer, but a flower. The novel—a deceptively simple story—is set in Holland in 1672, and waves the historical events surrounding the brutal murder of John de Witte and his brother Cornelius into a tale of romantic love. The novel is also a timeless political allegory in which Dumas, drawing on the violence and crimes of history, makes his case against tyranny and puts all his energies into creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra.
This new edition reprints the first classic English translation. David Coward sets the novel in the context of the author's life, the turbulent history of the Dutch Republic, and the amazing "tulipmania" of the seventeenth century which brought wealth to some and ruin to many.
Plot: The story's rather simple but still very lovely and engaging, which made the novel an excellent read. In terms of action and events, the novel is split up into two sections, with the first four chapters setting up the historical context and creating the political tension, and the rest of the novel dealing with the "repercussions" that are, well…repercussion-y. I don't want to say any more due to spoilers, but I certainly enjoyed the way the plot was executed!
Characters: I didn't adore any of the characters, but I didn't find fault with any of them. I cared enough about their personal struggles and the overall outcome, but I wouldn't have been devastated or anything if things hadn't turned out the way I'd wanted/expected.
Themes: I loved the historical/political aspect of the novel—I think that I just generally like intimate stories of individuals set against a large, sweeping background. Admittedly, I don't know all that much about Dutch history (or horticulture), but my appreciation has certainly grown after reading this!
Language: I don't feel there's much I can say here, the book being a translation, but I did enjoy the writing, though nothing stands out for me.
Overall: A solid little book, which I'm really glad I read. Yay for discovering lovely thugs through reading challenges!
Blurb: When Julia Bennett leaves her abusive fiancé at the altar, she knows life will never be the same again. Seeking comfort, she heads to her Aunt Lydia's rambling farmhouse when she is welcomed by an eccentric, warm and wise group of women. Meeting once a week for drinks and the baring of souls, it becomes clear that every woman holds secrets that keep her from happiness.
What will it take for them to become their true selves? For Julia, it's chocolate. All her life, baking has been her therapy and her refuge, a way to heal wounds and make friends. But it can't keep her safe. As Julia gradually opens her heart to a new life, with new friendships, and a new love, the past is catching up with her. And this time, she'll have to face it head on.
Plot: I just…didn't really care about the story, mostly because it felt super predictable, and there was no point in me being invested in it cause it was pretty obvious what would happen… Also, I was hoping for a greater focus on chocolates and chocolate-making, and was sorely disappointed at the lack!
Characters: I didn't mind some of the characters, which is a good thing, I guess… But I also didn't like how some of the "bad people" were so obviously villainised, without any subtlety.
Themes: Uh, I don't know, and I kinda stopped caring after a bit. Wanted more chocolate, though!
Language: Fortunately, this was a really easy read, and I got through it rather quickly. The writing certainly facilitated speed-reading and skimming, which was yay for me!
Overall: Uh, unless I receive a really strong recommendation in the future (or am simply desperate for titles to fit book challenges), I don't think I'll be venturing into any more chick lit… As for my copy, let's just say that I ended up "donating" mine to a cafe near Utrecht Centraal station—maybe someone else would find some pleasure from it!
I've got five more books to finish before I complete both my 2014 reading challenges, so here's to hoping for a December with some time for reading!
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History and Roots of MCH
The dramatic improvements in children's health that we have witnessed in this century have occurred because people made them happen—people with skills, knowledge, and dedication. MCHB celebrates its rich history and is dedicated to assuring that current students of maternal and child health appreciate the contributions of those who preceded them.
MCH History Slides, MCH Glossary and Overview of MCH Legislation
MCH Timeline: History, Legacy and Resources for Education and Practice, traces the history of maternal and child health in the U.S., provides in-depth modules on topics such as MCH 101, MCH Systems of Care, Infant Mortality and MCH Performance and Accountability, and allows you to search for topical areas of interest.
MCH History and Title V's Role
Slides (as PDF document)
MCH Navigator: A Learning Portal for MCH Professionals


All regular monthly meetings begin at 7:30 PM in the Winder Woman's Club, 15 W. Midland Ave., Winder, GA.
2019 State Convention - Friday & Saturday, May 17-18, 2019 - Savannah. State officers will be elected for 2019-2021.
Annual Barrow Republican BBQ - Saturday, August 24, 2019 - 5:00 PM, Winder Lions Club, 354 E. Broad St., Winder, GA, 30680.
Annual Holiday Dinner - Monday, December 2, 2019 - 7:00 PM, Winder Woman's Club, 15 W. Midland Ave., Winder, GA, 30680.


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Q: Why doesn't my string equality test for a single character work? How does one compare single character strings in Perl? Right now, I'm tryin to use "eq":
print "Word: " . $_[0] . "\n";
print "N for noun, V for verb, and any other key if the word falls into neither category.\n";
$category = <STDIN>;

print "category is...." . $category . "\n";

if ($category eq "N")
{
    print "N\n";
    push (@nouns, $_[0]);
}
elsif($category eq "V")
{
    print "V\n";
    push (@verbs, $_[0]);
}
else
{
    print "Else\n";
    push(@wordsInBetween, $_[0]);
}

But it isn't working. Regardless of the input, the else block is always executed.

A: eq is correct. Presumably $category is neither "N" nor "V".
Maybe there's unexpected whitespace in $category?

A: ***@S04:~$ perl -we '$foo = "f"; print "Success\n" if ($foo ne "e")'
Success
***@S04:~$ perl -we '$foo = "f"; print "Success\n" if ($foo eq "e")'
***@S04:~$

Have you tried checking what $category actually is? Sometimes these things can slip by even the best of us... Perhaps it is lowercase, or something different altogether.
When I get unexpected errors, I tend to use a print with delimiters around what I want to print, so I know where it actually starts and ends (as opposed to what my mind might interpret).
print "|>${category}<|";

Something else of note, is Data::Dumper:
use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper(\$category);

A: How are you accepting the value of $category? If it is done like my $category = <STDIN>, you will have to chomp the newline at the end by:
chomp( my $category = <STDIN> );

A: Comparing with eq works just fine. Maybe you should output the value of $category in your else-block to see what it really is? Enclose the output in quotes so you can see if there is any surrounding whitespace.
Also, if you want the comparisons to be case-insensitive, try:
if (uc($category) eq 'N') {

A: Here is how I would write it if I could use Perl 5.10.
#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;

our( @nouns, @verbs, @wordsInBetween );
sub user_input{
  my( $word ) = @_;
  say "Word: $word";
  say "N for noun, V for verb, and any other key if the word falls into neither category.";
  $category = <STDIN>;
  chomp $category;

  say "category is.... $category";

  given( lc $category ){
    when("n"){
      say 'N';
      push( @nouns, $word );
    }
    when("v"){
      say 'V';
      push( @verbs, $word );
    }
    default{
      say 'Else';
      push( @wordsInBetween, $word );
    }
  }
}


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Climate Central
Heat Wave Boosts U.S. to Third Warmest Year on Record Through July
A map of the U.S. showing above average temperatures from January through July 2016. (NOAA)
In the midst of the dog days of summer, the U.S. is still having its third-hottest year on record through July. The month also saw two states — New Mexico and Florida — clinch their hottest July, while Alaska continued to stay on track for its warmest year in the books.
For the contiguous U.S., the year-to-date temperature was 54.3°F (12.4°C), or 3.0°F (1.7°C) above the 20th century average, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Every state was warmer than average for the same period.
"The January-July period was the third warmest by a fairly wide margin," NOAA climatologist Jake Crouch said in an email.
The U.S. has been just one hotspot on the planet, which is having its warmest year on record by a good margin. The globally hot year is largely the result of the excess heat trapped by ever increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
How temperatuers across the contiguous U.S. have compared to the 20th century average through July. (NOAA)
Temperatures this year have edged close to 1.5°C above the average for the late 19th century, before warming had much of an impact. Nations have agreed to limit warming this century to below 2°C, with some discussion of aiming for the tougher 1.5°C threshold.
For the Lower 48, July was 75.3°F (24°C), or 1.6°F (0.9°C) above the 20th century average, the 14th warmest on record.
The hottest areas of the country were in the southern and eastern regions, courtesy of a ridge of high pressure that ushered in a widespread heat wave and dry conditions. That heat boosted New Mexico and Florida to their hottest July on record (New Mexico tied with July 2003.) July was the second warmest of any month for Florida, behind only June 1998.
"During summer, a dry month is typically accompanied by a warm month with the sun's energy going into heating the surface, instead of evaporating water," Crouch said. "The ridge also contributed to more cloud-free days, which caused daytime temperatures to soar."
While much of the country sweltered, "that heat wasn't felt by everyone," Crouch said.
Parts of the Northwest and central U.S. had above-average precipitation, which helped keep temperatures down to near average. They also partly offset the heat elsewhere and kept July from ranking higher nationwide.
While the U.S. has stayed hot all year, it's too early to say where 2016 will end up in the record books. One source of uncertainty is the possibility of a La Niña developing, which tends to lead to cooler temperatures in some areas. Forecasts have recently backed off on predictions for a La Niña event and have predicted a later appearance for the climate phenomenon than previously.
The outlook for the next few months is for above-average temperatures across the U.S., so "it is likely that 2016 year-to-date temperature averages will remain in the top five category during the next couple of months," Crouch said.
Alaska, meanwhile, has continued to be a standout spot for unusually hot temperatures and is on track to see its hottest year on record. Statewide, July was the fourth warmest on record, and several spots surpassed previous marks. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport had a monthly average temperature of 62.7°F (17°C), the warmest month observed there since records began in 1953.
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