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Death Note character posters for Adam Wingard's remake
Light, L and Mia get their own Death Note character posters
By Jonathan Hatfull	 19-07-17 23,517
A trio of character posters for Adam Wingard's Death Note remake has arrived, showing Nat Wolff's Light Turner, who comes into possession of the titular notebook that gives him the power of life and death, Lakeith Stanfield's L, the eccentric and brilliant investigator on Light's trail, and Margaret Qualley's Mia, who joins Light on his exploration of godlike powers.
"Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life."
The cast also includes Shea Whigham as James Turner, Paul Nakauchi as Watari and Willem Dafoe as the voice of Ryuk.
Death Note will premiere exclusively on August 25th to Netflix members worldwide. Keep up with the latest genre news with the new issue of SciFiNow.
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OTTAWA – CLIMATE – Why are the public generally unaware of the important research that connects variations in the output of the Sun with climate change? They should know about it since the Sun is responsible for far more climate change than anything we cause.
Here is how it works. Originating from outside the Solar System, galactic cosmic rays, high-speed atomic nuclei or other particles travelling through space, continuously bombard the Earth. To reach us they must pass through, and are deflected by, the Sun's magnetic field. That field varies in strength, as evidenced by the changing sunspot numbers, and so the amount of cosmic radiation reaching the Earth also varies accordingly.
I (Dr. Ball) published a paper relating the cloud cover theory to historical events using Little Ice Age art. The importance of this study is that we are currently approaching sunspot numbers associated with those in the Little Ice Age, which is why many of us are warning of global cooling. This contradicts the government and mainstream media-created fake news of human-caused global warming, so naturally, these discoveries are hidden from public view to the extent possible. Through the Internet, however, the real story is slowly becoming more broadly known. It is about time.


"Do you know termites are 70% protein?" asks Rey, our expedition guide. "With water, you could survive for three months just eating termites!" We grimace. Termites don't sound nearly as tasty as the food on our Safari Voyager expedition ship.
"Did you see me eating termites yesterday in Manuel Antonio National Park? No? Guess I'm gonna eat more termites today!" Rey then jokes.
Rey's a regular laugh riot – he keeps us constantly entertained. But he's just one of the knowledgeable and helpful guides on this Costa Rica adventure cruise who lead us on adventure hikes, kayaking forays and wildlife-spotting excursions in Zodiac-style skiffs.
We first meet our fellow guests and ship crew in San Jose, Costa Rica's capital city, before boarding the Safari Voyager at the Caldera port on the Pacific coast. We'll be cruising a seven-night itinerary, ending up in Panama.
Our first full day finds us in Manuel Antonio National Park, where we see a sloth as well as the notorious white-faced capuchin monkeys – notorious because these "mafia monkeys" have mastered the art of steal-and-run (stealing your lunch, your camera lens, your hat, whatever gets their attention).
Snakes are the critters that command our attention elsewhere on the trip.
Costa Rica is home to over 130 species of snakes. Most are harmless, but 22 species are poisonous – some seriously venomous, like the eyelash pit viper and fer de lance.
When we venture out on hikes, we're constantly cautioned to wear closed-toe walking shoes, stay on the path and watch our step. But it's a common garter snake that turns out to be the killer.
While hiking the aptly-named "killer trail" through mangroves and dry forest in the Curu National Wildlife Refuge on the Nicoya Peninsula, we come across a large garter snake with its fangs embedded in the legs of a poor bull frog.
A tropical holiday isn't a holiday though if you don't get to do any swimming. So there are beach stops, too, on this cruise. Underwater, we snorkel with all sorts of colorful sea life; topside, we shake out our towels on sand so white even your RayBans won't reflect the glare.
The Safari Voyager is operated by UnCruise Adventures.
The line's small ships take 22 to 88 like-minded travelers on uncruises in destinations like Alaska's Inside Passage, Mexico's Sea of Cortez, the Hawaiian islands, Galapagos, coastal Washington, British Columbia (where I live), the Columbia and Snake rivers and, of course, Costa Rica and Panama.
Its "Safari" class ships are more luxurious (and expensive) than its "Wilderness" class ships. I've tried out both classes on two previous UnCruise Adventures trips – a "Wilderness" class cruise in Alaska, where in one day we hiked 11 miles and kayaked five miles to a remote glacier, plus a "Safari" yacht cruise in Hawaii (highlight: snorkeling with manta rays at night).
Both get you down and dirty, playing outside in the wilderness – but if you're like me (and like a little extra luxury when it's available), you'll probably prefer the "Safari" class cruises.
On our Costa Rica adventure cruise, the "Safari" class extras include waffle robes in the cabins; complimentary anytime cocktails, wine and beer; and a free 30-minute massage.
So now I've "uncruised" three different destinations with UnCruise. I'm like many guests – over 50% of fellow passengers on this Costa Rica adventure cruise are repeat UnCruise guests.
I've got Galapagos on my mind now… Or maybe the Sea of Cortez… Or, who knows?
You'll be cruising with your cohort – the average age of UnCruise guests is between 50 and 60.
Costs are all-inclusive (shore excursions, anytime alcohol, etc.). There comes a time in your life when it's nice to know what your all-in costs are (and that you won't be nickle-and-dimed for every cocktail you drink).
The food is a real treat. Gluten-free, vegetarian and other dietary options are available.
Different activity levels are offered for the hikes. If you're keen and fit, go on the "charger" hikes. Feeling like you want to take it easy or have difficulty walking over roots and rocks? Then choose the shorter, more nature-oriented walks, which everyone can do (even those who need canes for support). If you just don't feel like walking or hiking at all, sign up for a skiff excursion instead.
Be prepared for tiny cabins (which can feel irritatingly small after a while) – the ship is small so it can get into remote, off-the-beaten-path places accessible to few tourists.
There's no really comfortable place to relax outside on deck if you want to take a day off (what's available is a small area shared with snorkeling gear storage). The expectation is that you'll spend your days ashore.
UnCruise Adventures is the antithesis of big-ship cruising. If you prefer traditional luxury over adventure (and wearing new "cruise" clothes!), these uncruises may not be for you.
Been there, done Costa Rica? Then try one of the brand new "Pure Panama" cruise itineraries running through to October, 2017. Highlights include transiting the Panama Canal, exploring the historic UNESCO-listed Fort San Lorenzo, wildlife viewing in Darien Jungle by motorized dugout canoe and meeting Embera villagers who live in the Panama rainforest.
Be sure to get the whole scoop on Janice's Costa Rica cruise on Sand In My Suitcase!
The author and her husband were invited to "uncruise" with UnCruise Adventures as media guests.
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Vaccine Files: Corrupt Journal Articles Help Determine Court Outcomes
By Administrator	on March 6, 2009	No Comments
Barbara Loe Fisher is a tireless advocate of both vaccine truth and choice and the Natural Solutions Foundation nominates her for our Hall of Fame. Barbara continues to examine carefully the vaccine industry, its products and its corruption. Her site, www.NVIC.org, is a mine of information and assistance on vaccine and vaccination issues. She is an ally and a resource of great value.
Barbara's latest commentary on the corrupt – and corrupting – vaccine industry is a very important read.
In it she points out that vaccine safety and effectiveness have not been demonstrated by the studies published about them even in prestige journals. Those studies are of poor quality and show little that can be relied upon scientifically, but are, none the less, used as the evidence relied upon by vaccine courts to determine whether vaccines have harmed or killed anyone.
The Natural Solutions Foundation has filed a Citizens Petition with the Federal Trade Commission demanding hearings on whether vaccines are safe and/or effective and asking for a ban on any advertising or materials which suggest that they are either safe, effective or both until that fact is established.
And click here (http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=2220) to read the latest news on the "accidental" Baxter International contamination scandal in which live, virulent Avian Flu H5N1 virus was somehow mixed with seasonal flu vaccine shipped to 18 countries. This mixture would allow re-assortment or mutation of the Avian Flu virus which currently is very ineffective in causing human disease. Such alteration of the virus could potentially allow it to become as deadly as the Avian Flu has been predicted to be when it causes the next "inevitable" pandemic. Of course, if it is mixed in with other flu viruses and injected "by accident", the next pandemic really IS inevitable.
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Vaccine Studies: Under the Influence of Pharma
Barbara Loe Fisher
If you take more than a casual look at the way the mass vaccination system in the U.S. works, you see that pharmaceutical companies marketing vaccines have a lot of clout.
It was the pharmaceutical industry that told Congress in 1982 that they were going to leave the nation without vaccines if they didn't get liability protection but have opposed making it less difficult for vaccine victims to obtain federal compensation in the U.S. Court of Claims under a 1986 law that gave them liability protection.
It is Pharma lobbyists, who bully the FDA into fast tracking vaccines like Gardasil and who sit at the CDC's policymaking tables urging that new vaccines be recommended for use by all children so they can persuade state legislators to mandate vaccines like influenza vaccine.
How Big Pharma Influences Medical Journals
A recent study published in the British Medical Journal reveals the clout that Big Pharma has in the world of medicine journal publishing, specifically the publishing of scientific articles about vaccines. In a Cochrane Collaboration review and analysis of published influenza vaccine studies found that influenza vaccine studies sponsored by industry are treated more favorably by medical journals even when the studies are of poor quality.
This analysis confirms that drug companies marketing vaccines have a major influence on what gets published and is said about vaccines in medical journals. It is no wonder that there are almost no studies published in the medical literature that call into question vaccine safety.
The preferential treatment of Pharma-funded studies also explains why the risks of an inappropriately fast-tracked vaccine like Gardasil are underplayed in the medical literature and why a physician like Andrew Wakefield, M.D. who dared to publish a study in 1998 in a medical journal (The Lancet) calling for more scientific investigation into the possible link between MMR vaccine and regressive autism, has been mercilessly persecuted for more than a decade, by both Pharma-funded special interest groups, as well as public health officials maintaining close relationships with vaccine manufacturers.
Study Finds No Correlation Between Quality of Study and Publication
This recent review identified and assessed 274 published studies on influenza vaccines for their methodological quality and found no relationship between study quality, publication in prestige journals or their subsequent citation in other articles.
The researchers also found that most influenza vaccine studies are of poor quality but those with conclusions favorable to influenza vaccinations are of significantly lower methodological quality. The single most important factor determining where the studies were published or how much they were cited was sponsorship, with those partially or wholly funded by the pharmaceutical industry having higher visibility.
The authors commented: "The study shows that one of the levers for accessing prestige journals is the financial size of your sponsor. Pharma sponsors order many reprints of studies supporting their products, often with in house translations into many languages. They also purchase advertising space in the journal. Many publishers openly advertise these services on their website. It is time journals made a full disclosure of their sources of funding".
The HPV Vaccine — Just One Example of Inappropriate Influence Endangering Public Health
Last month the National Vaccine Information Center (www.NVIC.org) called on the Obama Administration and Congress to investigate Gardasil vaccine risks. NVIC has long questioned the inappropriate influence of vaccine manufacturers in federal vaccine licensing and policymaking and state vaccine mandates.
In 2006, Merck's Gardasil vaccine was fast tracked by the FDA at Merck's request and in 2007 Merck lobbyists mounted an aggressive lobbying campaign to get Gardasil mandated by state legislators for all sixth grade girls, which would have assured the big drug company a predictable market.
The Pharma lobbying effort in 2007 to get all states to mandate Gardasil failed but every other vaccine produced by drug companies and licensed by the FDA in the past quarter century has been mandated. Those new mandates were added to state vaccine laws by legislators and public health officials at the urging of vaccine manufacturer lobbyists and Pharma funded organizations touting vaccine studies published in the medical literature.
Massive Increase in Number of Vaccines Given
In the past three decades, the numbers of doses of government recommended vaccines for children and medical organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics has tripled to 69 doses of 16 vaccines, with 48 doses of 14 vaccines targeted to children under age six.
Pharma lobbyists have persuaded most states to pass laws requiring two to three dozen doses of most of the 16 government recommended vaccines. Last year New Jersey became the first state to mandate influenza vaccine for children attending daycare and school.
In the past few years, Dr. Jefferson has authored several independent reviews of influenza studies published in the medical literature for the Cochrane Collaboration, which have been published in the British Medical Journal, questioning the quality of published scientific evidence for influenza vaccine effectiveness and safety for the elderly as well as children.
Clearly, if the makers and marketers of vaccines can influence the quality and quantity of the scientific evidence published in the medical literature proving that vaccines are safe and effective — evidence that is used by states to mandate vaccines and by the U.S. Court of Claims to deny compensation to vaccine injured children — then Congress was wrong in 1986 to protect the makers and marketers of vaccines from liability for injuries and deaths caused by those vaccines.
Government Vaccine Recommendations Based on Tainted Evidence
The U.S. Court of Claims vaccine injury compensation awards, and state vaccine mandates are justified on the strength of scientific published in medical journals. It is time for medical journals to disclose all financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. It is time for studies questioning the safety and effectiveness of vaccines to receive a fair hearing in scientific journals rather than editors confining themselves to primarily publishing studies funded by the pharmaceutical industry maintaining that every vaccine is totally safe, effective and necessary.
Kudos to the British Medical Journal for having the integrity to publish Dr. Jefferson's comprehensive analysis of pharmaceutical money influence on vaccine studies published in the medical literature. Hopefully, this will be a wake-up call for the scientific community, Congress and the public to put an end to the undue influence the pharmaceutical industry has on the science and policy of mass vaccination in the U.S.
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Politicians have poured scorn on scathing and 'unfair' reviews of Boston which label the town a 'hot bed of degenerates'.
Described as a 'chav stronghold' where 'petty crime is rife' and local people have 'failed to evolve', the town has been subjected to a glut of highly negative online reviews.
Disgruntled homeowners and visitors have attacked Boston on the notorious 'iLiveHere' UK website which gives people the chance to sound off about the state of places they live and travel to.
One reviewer said Boston had become an 'unfortunate backwater' after its heyday when it was one of the country's most valuable ports.
Another described the town 'as rough as rates'.
And a third review stated: "If you like cheap gold, Richmond fags, wheeling a baby in a manky pushchair with a bottle of tea stuffed in its mouth through the market place then Boston could be the place for you."
While another adds: "The English population that live in Boston are fat, lazy and would rather sit and claim benefits than work."
But the leader of Boston Borough Council, Michael Cooper, has told the haters to buck up their ideas and stop running down the town.
He said: "Stuff like this is no help at all – it is not fair – we have got such a bad deal.
"A lot of the reviews are very inaccurate and should be taken down.
"Some of these people need to go out and look at some other towns if they think Boston is a bad, I travel to places all the time where half the high street is boarded up.
"There are more and more employment opportunities coming up, businesses being built and houses on the way.
Independent councillor Barrie Pierpoint said he felt sorry for those who felt the need to run down Boston and insisted the area has a lot to offer.
He said: "I moved here eight years ago because Boston is a bustling market town with lots of character and personality.
"It is an area with lots of history too.
"It is easy to be negative, but Boston has a lot to offer people who want to move to the area or those who want to visit.
Councillor Pierpoint said the council has redoubled its efforts and is keen to make the town a hot destination for tourists.
He also told the naysayers to look up his number and he said he would be more than happy to show them what Boston has to offer.
Toni Danks, who lives just outside of Boston, has said the reviews don't reflect the friendly place Boston is or how safe it is.
The 26-year-old, who is currently raising her child in Kirton, said: "I think the reviews should be removed.
"I could have moved to London but I wanted to raise my child in Boston, it is a safe place and Boston is home to me.
"I could go out at 3am in the morning and I would feel safe in Boston, more so than anywhere else I've been.


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Despite its desert climate, Utah offers numerous sites where you can don your mask, fins and flippers for a snorkeling adventure. Whether you want to swim with tropical fish, study volcanic rock formations or gaze down on underwater sculptures, you can find a Utah snorkeling spot that fits your tastes. Commercially operated sites, pools kept warm throughout the year by thermal springs, mountain lakes and reservoirs provide an array of environments and options.
Two commercial facilities offer year-round snorkeling with on-site equipment rental. Both charge admission or usage fees. In Grantsville, 40 miles west of Salt Lake City, you can snorkel in naturally heated water stocked with tropical fish. The Bonneville Seabase (seabase.net), open four days a week, features two connected bays and a deeper scuba diving area. Water temperatures average around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, with visibility of 7 to 8 feet. While snorkeling, you may spot bamboo and nurse sharks, butterfly fish, pompanos and a Southern sting ray, among many other fish. The Homestead Resort (homesteadresort.com) near Park City features a 65-foot-deep geothermal spring inside a volcanic crater. Water temperatures remain between 90 and 96 degrees Fahrenheit. Although no fish live in the crater, you can view a variety of rock formations in water with visibility up to 50 feet.
Many thermally heated lakes and springs in Utah provide year-round snorkeling opportunities. Of these, Blue Lake in particular appeals to scuba divers because of its underwater decor, and the site has plenty to offer snorkelers as well. Ranging from 60 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit all year, the lake features visibility from 5 to 30 feet. From the surface, you may spot several sunken boats and numerous metal sculptures, as well as bass, bluegill and tilapia. Because of horseflies, summer is the least desirable time to visit the lake, which is on the Nevada border about 100 miles west of Salt Lake City.
Many Utah lakes provide excellent snorkeling during the summer, when the sun raises water temperatures. For example, Lake Powell, on the Utah-Arizona border, features canyons, caves, cliffs and other geological features that you can see while snorkeling. You may also encounter bass, bluegill, catfish, crayfish, sunfish, trout and walleye. Summer temperatures range between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and the lake offers 15 to 20 feet of visibility. Sand Hollow Reservoir, 15 miles east of St. George, features a designated swimming/scuba area. While snorkeling, you may see a sunken airplane and a Volkswagen bus, as well as bass and bluegill. Visibility is 15 to 20 feet, and the water averages 75 to 80 degrees.
Utah has an array of dive shops, especially in the Salt Lake City area, where you can rent or buy masks, snorkels and fins. Neptune Divers (neptunedivers.com) conducts snorkeling classes for children. On the south side of the metro area, you can visit Dive Addicts (diveaddicts.com) in Draper, while the Dive Shop (the-dive-shop.com) is in Bountiful to the north. Dive Utah (diveutah.com) maintains shops in both Halladay, just south of Salt Lake City, and to the north in Ogden. Further afield is Atlantis Divers (atlantisdivers.com), located near the Colorado border in Vernal.
Woods, Anne. "Snorkeling in Utah." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/snorkeling-utah-105412.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.
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Continuous Growth in Exports Showcase Resilience of Exports Sector: FIEO President
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Responding to November 2021, FIEO President, Dr A Sakthivel said that the monthly exports performance of USD 29.88 billion with a high double-digit growth of more than 26.49 percent, showcases the continuous resilience of India's exports sector. The enthusiasm with which the Exim community has impressively performed during the year has further given a boost to the sector, thereby helping the economy move towards recovery following the second wave of Covid-19 earlier this year. The recent GDP numbers also showcases the positive impact of exports, which has contributed in a big way to growth of the economy as a whole, added FIEO Chief.
Praising the efforts and hard work of the exporters, Dr Sakthivel also welcomed the steps taken by the government under the able and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and also the Union Finance Minister and the Union Commerce & Industry and Textiles Minister for showing confidence and trust on the exporters.
The FIEO President said that the top sectors, which performed impressively during the month were Engineering Goods, Petroleum Products, Organic & Inorganic Chemicals, Electronic Goods, Cotton Yarn/Fabrics/Made-ups, Handloom Products etc., Marine Products, Plastic & Linoleum and RMG of All Textiles. Out of these, many of them were labour-intensive sectors contributing majorly to the exports basket during the month, which itself is a good sign, further helping job creation in the country. However, imports yet again clocking over USD 53.15 billion during the month with a very high growth of over 57 percent, is a point of concern and should be analysed, said Dr A Sakthivel.
The FIEO Chief is of the view that though the government has announced a slew of measures to support exports, the need of the hour is to soon announce extension of the interest equalisation scheme and allow transfer of MEIS, RoDTEP and RoSCTL. Some of the other major issues which requires the attention of the government are necessary steps with an option to support the sector in case of spread of new variant of Covid-19, augmenting the flow of liquidity & empty containers and establishing a regulatory authority to seek justification of imposition of various charges by the shipping lines, which needs urgent intervention of the government, besides freight support to all exports till 31st March 2022, as freight rates have skyrocketed and are not likely to come down in near future.
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Michael Phelps details his life after retiring from swimming
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What's the real reason Michael Phelps is ending retirement?
Jim Gray: Move for the love of competition
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history with 28 medals to his name, announced his retirement in 2016 at the age of 31. However, the prized swimmer hasn't slowed down one bit.
Not only is Phelps enjoying life with his wife, beauty queen Nicole Johnson, but the couple are also new parents to a now 11-month-old boy name Boomer.
Phelps told us that even before he became a father and husband he was considering leaving swimming behind.
"In 2012 I wanted to be done and I just wanted to be away from the sport and from everything else. That's why I chose to retire," Phelps explained to Fox News, referencing his first retirement at age 27.
MICHAEL PHELPS AND HIS EPIC WEDDING DAY
This time around, however, the time was right.
"After spending time away from the sport, I realized that maybe I wasn't completely done… What if I looked back and said, 'Damn, I really wished I would have gone one more and really see what I had in me and be able to finish on my terms?'" he added. "I think that's why this time around it was so enjoyable for me because I did it the way I wanted to… For me, it was the best way to close a career."
So is he really done for good this time? "Yes," he said simply.
"I was swimming the other day and I was saying to myself, 'Wow, I did this for 20 years. I don't miss competing right now,'" he explained. "I think the hardest part was really after the games, just trying to find out where I was going to focus my energy on next… Making that transition was difficult, but I was able to have some goals that I wanted to accomplish."
Phelps has found his way. He teamed up with Colgate to become a Global Ambassador for their "Save Water" program, which serves to raise awareness on the importance of conserving water. He plans to introduce three short-form documentaries this summer to highlight water conservation issues in the country.
BABY'S FIRST SWIM LESSONS
"There are so many little things that you can do that people don't realize is a big help," he said. "And hopefully, this can start something where we have people hop on board with us and help to conserve as much water as we can. It's a resource that we use every day and sometimes we take it for granted. There are people that don't have the privilege of clean water every day. And there are people all over the world who are wasting gallons of water per day. It's just something so simple to do and so easy."
Phelps said his son has kept him motivated to raise awareness.
"We're very lucky to have a healthy baby boy who is always smiling, always happy and outgoing," he said. "It's something that's so new to Nicole and I and we're going through this journey of trying to be the best parents that we could be, and I think we're doing a good job. But it's obviously challenging when you don't really know what to do or where to go during certain times… Some of it is trial and error."
Phelps also gushed about his wife, 2010's Miss California.
"We're going on 10 years this year that we've known each other and been together. It's pretty amazing to add a child into the mix. We're so lucky and fortunate to have an absolutely ridiculous, amazing, happy, fun time all the time with him."
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Phelps said he hopes to take some time in the future to develop a closer bond with his father, whom he reconnected with in 2016.
"There are some things that I remember, good things and bad things about childhood and growing up," admitted Phelps. "Being able to rekindle things with my father and being able to have a relationship was something that I was looking forward to for a long time. And I'm glad that we were able to move past some of our differences that we had and grow together and try to build on that friendship."
Phelps' father has since gotten the chance to meet Boomer and become a part of his life. And now, everything Phelps is working on now is to ensure that the future stays bright, especially for his blossoming family.
"Nicole and I will work on things together to make sure that Booms has all the best opportunities that he can have and be able to be the best kid he can be."


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Hello DIY'ers!! I'm super happy to announce that this weekend I'll teach my first workshop!! It's amazing the support you have given me in every step of the blog, which already is a little over 2 years old. I'm very grateful!
I can not wait to meet you guys in person, so if you live in Barcelona or near by, don't miss this workshop that I made especially for you!!! I'll teach two workshops on how to make leather accessories. You will learn some cool DIY ideas that I'm sure are going to be helpful for your gifts this holiday season.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged accesorios, accessories, card holder, collar, cuero, DIY, handbox, key chain, leather, llavero, monedero, necklace, phone case, piel, purse, taller, tarjetero, workshop on 27 November 2014 by annaevers.
Hello DIY'ers! Do you remember the post from last week "Inspiration lace tunics and kaftans"? Well today I will show you how easy it is to make one yourself. It's a very simple version of how to sew a kaftan or tunic. You can use it as a dress or a coverup for the beach or the pool.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged clothing, coser, DIY, do it yourself, dress, fashion, handbox, kaftan, pom pom, pompon, sew, summer, tunica on 25 September 2014 by annaevers.
Yes… Again! More pineapples!!! I promise to stop until next summer. But this time it's a different way of applying them. Creating a stamp from scratch! If you missed our week of "pinapplelittis" don´t miss our inspirations and see the tutorials of our bloggers guests Organicus and White My Idea. And our DIY small pineapple pouch.
Today we have the honor to have a very special model, Laura, my best friend and almost sister who is in Barcelona on holiday. Isn't she is gorgeous? Read on and discover how to make this shirt with a unique stamped pattern!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged camisa, DIY, estampado, estampar, handbox, piña, pineapple, print, shirt, stamp on 29 August 2014 by annaevers.
Hello DIY'ers! How is your summer going? I arrived from London a few days ago were I was taking a course at Central Saint Martins that I won at Barcelona Creativa contest… But I'll tell you more about that later;) Meanwhile if you want to check out some pictures from my trip to London stop by my INSTAGRAM account.
In this tutorial, following the inspiration eyelet post we are going to make a simple but cool customization for our basic, bland and boring T shirt we all have. I used the same knitted eyelet fabric I used in the DIY skirt tutorial. Ready? Let's get to work!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged broderí, calado, camiseta, coser, DIY, eyelet, handbox, sew, tshirt on 13 August 2014 by annaevers.
Hello DIY'ers! Today I'll show you a way to reuse textile scraps. As a designer, it's inevitable to feel a great passion for the textile world. When I sew, sometimes I am lucky to work with true wonders of fabrics, unique and very special textiles… And sometimes I'm left with a few pieces of fabric that are too small to sew a whole piece but that I still feel bad about throw in out. So let's do a DIY with them! DIY scrap bracelet, an easy DIY and a nice gift idea too. An we get to re-use and re-cycle. Yipeee!!
This entry was posted in DIY, Fashion and tagged accessory, bisutería, bracelet, complemento, complementos, DIY, fashion, handbox, jewelry, pulsera, retal, scrap on 17 June 2014 by annaevers.
Hello DIY'er! I'm finally back in Barcelona and ready to give it all this summer! The last few days in Miami were very nice, but the day I had to leave, I was very nervous… A tornado started just in the hours of our flight… so you can imagine… many canceled flights, delays, endless hours and thousands of people with complaints and claims…but I'm here safe and sound and wanting to DIY lots of cool projects!
Following the last post on the blog of Inspiration: drop waist dress let's recreate the cut of this dress, very easily. Ready to make your drop waist dress in less than 30 minutes? Let's go for it!
This entry was posted in DIY, Fashion and tagged cintura baja, coser, DIY, dress, drop waisted dress, fashion, handbox, refashion, sew, vestido on 19 May 2014 by annaevers.
Hello DIY'ers! Here is the post I promised you! DIY Side stripe pants. I have selected the double side stripe pants with contrasting colors of our inspiration post. And you? I know that you guys liked the tut I did on DIY side stripe pants… So here I propose a 2.0 version. There are several ways to do this DIY and it's silly how easy it is to do it and how cool the result looks…So let's get started!
This entry was posted in DIY, Fashion and tagged cinta, coser, DIY, fashion, handbox, pantalones, pants, ribbon, sew, style on 04 May 2014 by annaevers.


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Consensus characterization of 16 FMR1 reference materials: A consortium study
Jean Amos Wilson, Victoria M. Pratt, Amit Phansalkar, Kasinathan Muralidharan, W. Edward Highsmith, Jeanne C. Beck, Scott Bridgeman, Ebony M. Courtney, Lidia Epp, Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Nick L. Hjelm, Leonard M. Holtegaard, Mohamed A. Jama, John P. Jakupciak, Monique A. Johnson, Paul Labrousse, Elaine Lyon, Thomas W. Prior, C. Sue Richards, Kristy L. Richie
Benjamin B. Roa, Elizabeth M. Rohlfs, Tina Sellers, Stephanie L. Sherman, Karen A. Siegrist, Lawrence M. Silverman, Joanna Wiszniewska, Lisa V. Kalman, Aaron Bossler, Deborah Dillon, Michelle Dolan, Julie Gastier-Foster, Dan Jones, Antonia Sepulveda, Kathleen Stellrecht, Daynna A. Wolff
Molecular & Medical Genetics
Fragile X syndrome, which is caused by expansion of a (CGG)n repeat in the FMR1 gene, occurs in approximately 1:3500 males and causes mental retardation/behavioral problems. Smaller (CGG)n repeat expansions in FMR1, premutations, are associated with premature ovarian failure and fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. An FMR1-sizing assay is technically challenging because of high GC content of the (CGG)n repeat, the size limitations of conventional PCR, and a lack of reference materials available for test development/validation and routine quality control. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association for Molecular Pathology, together with the genetic testing community, have addressed the need for characterized fragile X mutation reference materials by developing characterized DNA samples from 16 cell lines with repeat lengths representing important phenotypic classes and diagnostic cutoffs. The alleles in these materials were characterized by consensus analysis in nine clinical laboratories. The information generated from this study is available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Coriell Cell Repositories websites. DNA purified from these cell lines is available to the genetics community through the Coriell Cell Repositories. The public availability of these reference materials should help support accurate clinical fragile X syndrome testing.
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
https://doi.org/10.2353/jmoldx.2008.070105
10.2353/jmoldx.2008.070105
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Fragile X Syndrome Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Medicine & Life Sciences 79%
Consensus Medicine & Life Sciences 73%
Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome Medicine & Life Sciences 63%
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Medicine & Life Sciences 52%
Cell Line Medicine & Life Sciences 45%
Base Composition Medicine & Life Sciences 44%
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Wilson, J. A., Pratt, V. M., Phansalkar, A., Muralidharan, K., Highsmith, W. E., Beck, J. C., Bridgeman, S., Courtney, E. M., Epp, L., Ferreira-Gonzalez, A., Hjelm, N. L., Holtegaard, L. M., Jama, M. A., Jakupciak, J. P., Johnson, M. A., Labrousse, P., Lyon, E., Prior, T. W., Richards, C. S., ... Wolff, D. A. (2008). Consensus characterization of 16 FMR1 reference materials: A consortium study. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 10(1), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.2353/jmoldx.2008.070105
Consensus characterization of 16 FMR1 reference materials : A consortium study. / Wilson, Jean Amos; Pratt, Victoria M.; Phansalkar, Amit; Muralidharan, Kasinathan; Highsmith, W. Edward; Beck, Jeanne C.; Bridgeman, Scott; Courtney, Ebony M.; Epp, Lidia; Ferreira-Gonzalez, Andrea; Hjelm, Nick L.; Holtegaard, Leonard M.; Jama, Mohamed A.; Jakupciak, John P.; Johnson, Monique A.; Labrousse, Paul; Lyon, Elaine; Prior, Thomas W.; Richards, C. Sue; Richie, Kristy L.; Roa, Benjamin B.; Rohlfs, Elizabeth M.; Sellers, Tina; Sherman, Stephanie L.; Siegrist, Karen A.; Silverman, Lawrence M.; Wiszniewska, Joanna; Kalman, Lisa V.; Bossler, Aaron; Dillon, Deborah; Dolan, Michelle; Gastier-Foster, Julie; Jones, Dan; Sepulveda, Antonia; Stellrecht, Kathleen; Wolff, Daynna A.
In: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Vol. 10, No. 1, 01.2008, p. 2-12.
Wilson, JA, Pratt, VM, Phansalkar, A, Muralidharan, K, Highsmith, WE, Beck, JC, Bridgeman, S, Courtney, EM, Epp, L, Ferreira-Gonzalez, A, Hjelm, NL, Holtegaard, LM, Jama, MA, Jakupciak, JP, Johnson, MA, Labrousse, P, Lyon, E, Prior, TW, Richards, CS, Richie, KL, Roa, BB, Rohlfs, EM, Sellers, T, Sherman, SL, Siegrist, KA, Silverman, LM, Wiszniewska, J, Kalman, LV, Bossler, A, Dillon, D, Dolan, M, Gastier-Foster, J, Jones, D, Sepulveda, A, Stellrecht, K & Wolff, DA 2008, 'Consensus characterization of 16 FMR1 reference materials: A consortium study', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 2-12. https://doi.org/10.2353/jmoldx.2008.070105
Wilson JA, Pratt VM, Phansalkar A, Muralidharan K, Highsmith WE, Beck JC et al. Consensus characterization of 16 FMR1 reference materials: A consortium study. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 2008 Jan;10(1):2-12. https://doi.org/10.2353/jmoldx.2008.070105
Wilson, Jean Amos ; Pratt, Victoria M. ; Phansalkar, Amit ; Muralidharan, Kasinathan ; Highsmith, W. Edward ; Beck, Jeanne C. ; Bridgeman, Scott ; Courtney, Ebony M. ; Epp, Lidia ; Ferreira-Gonzalez, Andrea ; Hjelm, Nick L. ; Holtegaard, Leonard M. ; Jama, Mohamed A. ; Jakupciak, John P. ; Johnson, Monique A. ; Labrousse, Paul ; Lyon, Elaine ; Prior, Thomas W. ; Richards, C. Sue ; Richie, Kristy L. ; Roa, Benjamin B. ; Rohlfs, Elizabeth M. ; Sellers, Tina ; Sherman, Stephanie L. ; Siegrist, Karen A. ; Silverman, Lawrence M. ; Wiszniewska, Joanna ; Kalman, Lisa V. ; Bossler, Aaron ; Dillon, Deborah ; Dolan, Michelle ; Gastier-Foster, Julie ; Jones, Dan ; Sepulveda, Antonia ; Stellrecht, Kathleen ; Wolff, Daynna A. / Consensus characterization of 16 FMR1 reference materials : A consortium study. In: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 2008 ; Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 2-12.
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If you read about Washington Square Park in New York City today, you certainly won't see images like this which was painted in 1897. Still the days of horse-drawn conveyances, we see dusk settling in on a day that has seen fresh snowfall. The Washington Square Arch looms in the background. The streets and the park are still clean and white and fresh, and people are busy setting out for their evening excursion. I imagine it is a Saturday night…the gentlemen are in top hats and the ladies dressed in refinement. Is that group of three young women giggling as they pass the carriage? The horse is certainly watching something. The couple with their backs to us are waiting for their cab. The scene looks cold but strangely cozy. What do you see?


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Be A Great Straight Man→
Neil Casey 401 Notes Day Final→
The main difference between a 201 grad show and a seasoned improv show is that when people step out their eyes are locked on each other. People are so worried about putting out their initiations that they don't see the choices they've already made.
I think of scenes like pyramids, on the bottom we are listening to each other and agreeing, above that we are playing realistically and intelligently, above that making them important and reacting emotionally and above that game.
Saying a suggestion in a Harold is usually really lame. It's like if Darth Vader were to say "I declare Star Wars".
Will Hines substitutes a UCB 401 class and brings a lot of wisdom. That last quote made me laugh out loud.
Notes I Got→
Will Hines – Tracers Form Workshop
In preparation for the Del Close Marathon, the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Centre offered a bunch of workshops covering various topics. I attended a workshop with Will Hines covering two 'harder' long-forms that he saw many times when starting with the UCB – The Sleepover and Tracers. Below are the notes and impressions from Tracers portion of the workshop.
How It Came About: Tracers was a show that ran at UCBNY in early 2000. It was inspired by the show Close Quarters which ran years earlier in Chicago, and later spawned shows at UCB such as Vantage Point and Retraced.
Form Characteristics:
A company of 6 to 8 performers.
Take a suggestion at the top of the show.
Scenes all happen in the same geographic location. If your location is kitchen, you might see scenes at the dishwashing station, at the bar, at the FBI van in the car park across the street.
The first scene establishes the location plus the people.
Scenes heighten a lot!! Every scene is a short little play which gets bigger and bigger (like a balloon).
Tone can change between scenes. You can have a slow-played dramatic scene in one location, followed by a gamey fun scene in the next.
We never go backwards – all the scenes are happening at the same time.
Two gimmicks to use in the show: Callbacks and Foreshadowing
Callbacks: If something happens in one room, it's repeated in the next room (eg callbacks – someone screams the word 'murder' in scene one. In scene two, you will hear someone scream 'murder' in the background). This requires memory, so don't do it too often.
Foreshadowing: Backwards callback. You're encouraged to do it. People in the backline adding something (via a walk-on) which is used later on in the show. This can include emotion!
The show isn't made by the gimmicks though. It's made by the scenes.
Transitions: French Edit your scenes – walk out in front of the performers and start a new scene.
Everyone has their own little issue which comes up in each scene.
Not everything needs to be solved.
Loads of emotion between scenes.
Plot doesn't matter because it's easy to get stuck in information established in the previous scenes. We want to see relationships, confessions, moments.
Take your time, there's no need to rush.
Show Balance: If you take, you must give – be it confessions, character names, gifts.
Use the entire stage to indicate the different spaces you are located in.
If you drop a bomb, let it land. Look at the person for a beat to inform your character choice.
Make instinctive choices right away.
Be comfortable with silent tension.
China: Day 1→
Will Hines is in China, leading a group of Level 1s. Cool reflections.
http://static-50-12.castmate.fm.cfv.net/i/m/p/improvnerd/123_%20Will%20Hines.mp3
Hoo boy, this is a good episode of Improv Nerd. Around 16 minutes in, host Jimmy Carrane asks guest Will Hines to define the UCB's philosophy and go into the game of the scene. Then at 18 minutes, the two perform a game based scene followed by a discussion where Hines separates the base reality from the games going on inside the scene. They then re-do the scene, playing the game differently each time. Neat! Download the episode over at Feral Audio.
Being good at improv means knowing how to manage doubt and anxiety. They never totally go away but they can be handled.
Will Hines answers some reader mail on how to feel "right" before performing.
Magnet Theater Podcast E50: Will Hines
Here are some notes and interpretations I took while listening to New York improv podcast Magnet Theater Podcast. This is from Episode 50: Will Hines. Click the links on the times to be taken to an audio version of the note.
2:12: Improv fighting: philosophical debates are good, but wizard battles are bad.
Philosophical Debates: Two characters are having a point of view discussion. It's not about winning the fight or defeating your scene partner. It's about exploration of point of view, which could lead to further point of view, game, or pattern.
Wizard Battles: Using the powers of reality to win the fight. Making up something to justify your own point of view/make your scene partner look wrong.
Find the sweet spot for fighting in scenes. No fights makes for unrealistic discussion (people in real life fight!). Too many fights leads to defensive moves by the improviser, instead of the character in the scene.
6:20: When a fight is over, we move forward. An interesting change happens in the character as a result of the fight impacting on the character. Fights don't exist just to fight.
8:14: "Fighting (in scenes) is tricky I think 'cause [..] good fighting and bad fighting feels very similar I think. And bad fighting feels like a lot of good stuff in improv. Like bad fighting feels passionate and true, and honest and specific, all that stuff's great, like that stuff is what you're trying to get to right? So it's really tough for younger improvisers, you want them to be like passionate and committed and honest and personal, but then they'll only do it to defend themselves. I mean I've done it, I don't mean to. But that's the trick, to get them to separate their ego out."
8:53: "The guaranteed way to know if a fight is good or bad, and this is not helpful for when you're doing improv, is like if you feel like defensive anger while you're doing it, it's wrong. Like if you're just doing it to protect yourself, that's wrong. Even though that does happen in real life, you can't pursue that feeling [in a scene]. But that's not necessarily helpful. Like if you make fun of me on stage and I zing you back, that's probably not helpful even if it makes the audience laugh. But if you say something about yourself and I zing you just to like make your thing more true or creative more evidence to back up what you said about yourself that is good, and the audience might laugh. Those things feel very similar, but the former is a protective move, it doesn't work."
11:05: Fights often break out due to scene partners not acknowledge each other when starting the scene. The first performer in enters the stage, starts doing object work, leaving the second performer to make a big choice. First in will then feel violated and then fights with the second in. "Shake hands" before you start the scene – acknowledge your scene partner when you start the scene – use eye contact, get on the same page early. "The person tried to shake hands with you by talking about a sandwich, and you rejected the handshake. So they're as miffed as if they put out their hand and you ignored it."
18:44: Differences in Magnet style Harolds to UCB style Harolds according to Louis Kornfeld:
Less game oriented.
Second beats: Extensions of the first beats instead of literal direct heightening. First beats are considered source scenes, which are followed in the second beats discovering resonance between them.
Use of opening: Casual, exploration of ideas, finding characters. Not literal, not so much to generate premise or game to re-use in scenes.
19:34: Will Hines' pragmatic thoughts on Harold openings:
Premise or game based opening pulls
Advantages: You get something funny earlier, potential of laughs earlier, makes the performers and audience comfortable that the show is going somewhere.
Disadvantages: Discovery can be rushed, scenes can be thin as a result.
Theme, moods, characters, half-idea based opening pulls
Advantages: Connect more with your teammates, commit harder, more real, more freedom to find yourself in it. Yes And/Agreement is stronger.
Disadvantages: Can meander more before something funny happens. Less aggressively entertaining – if people aren't funny naturally, the show will ramble around.
22:02: "Entertain the audience now. Do it now, that's what you're there for."
22:24: "I treat openings a lot [..] as gifting each other with what the suggestion brings to my mind. So what I mean would be, if I do something in an opening, let's say I come on out and do a short character monologue in the opening, I would then avoid touching that character for the rest of the show, that's, I'm leaving it out there for the reason of the group to pick up, should they be so inspired. Once I get my idea my idea out there, I'm actively looking for somebody's idea that's inspirational to me."
28:38: Great acting in an improv scene may not be great acting at an acting school, or even feature great actors. It has an honesty and a sincerity to the way that is played. The simplest thing becomes fascinating to watch.
31:20: Just do what you're being asked to do. Don't add more, just do what you're being asked to do to the best of your ability. That will lead to something fascinating, a glimpse between two people – not big, not bullshit, just direct and sincere.
36:37: "Scope on the rules is what's good." Not all improv rules apply to every scene uniformly. If the improviser is aware of the scene – what they are doing and what their partner is doing, they will know what rules to apply in the situation.
42:47: "If you're a good student, you'll try on different things because the teacher's asking you to and you'll decide later if it's for you or not. But that's definitely the most productive approach if you're a student anyway."
59:48: "It's all like are you being present and honest in the moment? Or are you relying on formulas and shoulds and you're no longer like, tuned in. You have to be an honest reporter of the moment to the audience. The audience is watching you so you have to report honestly on what's going on. So if you're not doing that because you're obeying a rule you heard, then you suck. But it's funny because what is a freeing simplification one day is a binding rule the next day, just because you grew."
1:22:08: Know/Care/Say: The opposite of the "normal" improv rules that are all negative – scenes should have positive things – choose to know what's going on, choose to care about it, and choose to say something. "Because those are the three things we're socialised to not do. [..] Those are real instincts that we have learned. And although we want you to be real on stage, it's except for those three very ingrained things, big exceptions."
1:26:51: Know/Care/Say: It's about skipping all your natural "mammal brain" defenses without changing your real personality.
Will Hines – The Sleepover Form Workshop
In preparation for the Del Close Marathon, the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Centre offered a bunch of workshops covering various topics. I attended a workshop with Will Hines covering two 'harder' long-forms that he saw many times when starting with the UCB – The Sleepover and Tracers. Below are the notes and impressions from The Sleepover portion of the workshop.
How It Came About: Mother were a Harold Night team at UCBNY known for their high energy, aggressive playstyle. Sometimes the play was too aggressive – scenes would get tagged out almost immediately, and shows had a tendency to fizzle out on occasion. The name "The Sleepover" came from the team's tendency to run sleep over themed group games in Harolds.
The new form, workshopped with Armando Diaz was intended to improve the team's acting chops, while slowing them down and forcing hard commitment to characters. The Sleepover has elements of La Ronde and the Deconstruction – each player starts by playing one character for the initial run of scenes, and later scenes as part of the montage/run start with the characters seen earlier until tag runs/side support commences.
I learned this from watching Mother's shows. If you end up taking a class with Mother, they're right.
Will Hines
Opening: After taking a suggestion, each player steps out one by one to announce their mantra. The mantra is a line of vaguely inspiration dialogue inspired by the suggestion such as "go big or go home" or "God is on our side" , and is presented as if the person is talking into a mirror. This is used to inform each player's emotional character choice, so once you have said your mantra make a decision based on what you said – this will be your character for the show.
Be aware of volume: each player should say their mantra at least three times loudly before fading down, and stage picture: everyone should be standing out of line (north/south rule), using the entire stage.
Once everyone has stepped out and said their mantra, everyone should start repeating their mantras louder and louder and then leave the stage one by one, until only one player is left (Player A). This player is considered "activated" and can then pick a second player to activate and then perform a scene, with the second player (Player B) initiating the scene.
Each player announces a mantra, one by one
Each player leaves the stage, leaving one player (activated)
The activated person picks a second person to activate.
The second person initiates a scene.
Opening Scenes: When the scene starts, you develop who you using the mantra as inspiration. In order to start in the middle of a scene (as opposed to "hi, how are you?") the initiator should be answering a question that was asked off-stage. The scene plays out as normal – remember to name each other and use philosophy, history, specifics, and relationship as keys to helping the scene develop. Characters should have emotional tones – no-one is identical, and give gifts through agreements and confirmation.
You are rewarded for simple choices that are easy to remember.
Scenes are edited by having the non-activated players step out and repeat their mantra. Players A & B leave the stage. Player B then activates another player (Player C) who initiates a scene with Player B. The rest of the players leave the stage, and the scene plays out. As a result, every character in this universe knows each other. USE NAMES.
The opening run of scenes repeats until every player in the team has had at least one scene. In a team of six players, the scenes would run in the following order:
Player A & B
Player B & C
Player C & D
Player D & E
Player E & F
The final scene can be wiped with a sweep edit. Alternatively everyone can step out to repeat their mantras before leaving the stage.
Montage Run: Once everyone has performed a scene, the montage run of the show commences. Anyone can initiate with anyone else, and side supports, tag outs, and edits are performed as normal. The only condition is the scene must begin with the two characters seen in the earlier scenes. This can (should?) be played deconstruction style – bring back all the fun things that came up earlier and mine them for all their worth, getting quicker and quicker until you hit that big bang.
Ending: Blackout on the high point.
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It's roughly that I want to see scenes where people are not worried about making a game, or making a pattern, or doing anything at all where it seems like they're doing it because they think they SHOULD. No shoulds. This is slightly different in my mind than the related "don't be funny" exercises. I just mean, forget the rules of what you think you SHOULD do, and instead just be in the scene for real and tell me what the person would really say.


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Right now we don't know we are not sure how many guppies we have. But we have had 40 guppies born this month and several females are pregnant.
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Freshman Meral Abdelgawad had a breakout game with a career-best 26 points and led four Lady Toppers in double figures as WKU toppled the No. 1 Division II team in the nation, Union (Tenn.), 77-65 inside E.A. Diddle Arena on Saturday evening to close its non-conference slate.
WKU (6-8) got a near-perfect night from Abdelgawad, who finished 8-of-10 from the floor and 8-of-9 from the charity stripe to lead all scorers. Dee Givens and Raneem Elgedawy each had 13 points to extend their double-digit scoring streaks, and Alexis Brewer rounded out the quartet in double figures with 11 points.
The Lady Toppers posted a dominant 27-8 margin in points off turnovers, forcing the Lady Bulldogs into 21 giveaways on the night. WKU also shot 26-of-49 (53.1 percent) from the field, its sixth time this season shooting 50 percent or better from the floor in a game.
Union remains undefeated at 12-0 after Saturday's game as the contest will be counted as an exhibition for the Lady Bulldogs. Kennedy Childers led the opposition with 18 points, while Morgan Martin (15) and Jada Perkins (12) joined her in double figures.
No team could gain more than two points of separation until the closing seconds of the first quarter. Down one point, 11-10, with just over two minutes left in the frame, WKU rallied to score the final five points of the quarter to take a 15-11 lead. Givens sparked the quick burst with a three-pointer from the top of the key, and Brewer's floater in the lane finally created a bit of separation for the Lady Toppers.
Union whittled WKU's lead back to one point with five quick points from Perkins and Jada Smith early in the second quarter, but a three-pointer from the left corner by Abdelgawad shut down the run and rebuilt a two-possession cushion for the Lady Toppers.
WKU did not allow the Lady Bulldogs any closer than two points from the remainder of the frame and carried a five-point edge, 34-29, into the halftime break following Abdelgawad's layup in the waning seconds.
A balanced attack from Union out of the locker room helped the Lady Bulldogs to score five of the third quarter's first seven points, bringing the two sides level at 36-36 with 7:52 on the clock. Tiffany Rechis keyed the stretch with a triple, and Perkins' layup erased WKU's lead for the first time since the opening quarter.
Despite the quick Union run, however, WKU fired back with eight unanswered points, including five from Givens, to build its largest lead of the night to that point at the 6:13 mark. The Lady Bulldogs again managed to cut the lead down to a single point two minutes later, but the Lady Toppers poured in eight straight points, this time with five from Brewer, to rebuild a nine-point edge.
WKU finally broke the game open with a 12-0 run midway through the final quarter, a stretch that saw four different Lady Toppers score and that left WKU with a 70-55 lead with just 4:42 to play. The Lady Toppers were able to coast to the final 77-65 scoreline over the closing minutes to claim their sixth victory of the year.
WKU will kick off C-USA play in its next time out, battling Charlotte inside Diddle Arena next Thursday evening at 6 p.m. With the exception of a 22-point WKU victory on Senior Night last season, the recent rivalry between the Lady Toppers and 49ers has been hotly contested, with five of the eight meetings since 2014-15 being decided by single digits and two by a single possession.


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An analysis is presented for the transient heat flow in and around production wells in which insulated casings may be used to reduce production wells in which insulated casings may be used to reduce permafrost thaw in the Alaskan North Slope. Results show that insulated permafrost thaw in the Alaskan North Slope. Results show that insulated casing systems can greatly restrict potential thawing of permafrost.
A potential problem in the production of hot (180 to 200 degrees F) crude oil in unprotected wells on the Alaskan North Slope is the thawing of permafrost adjacent to the wells. Thawing of permafrost could result in soil consolidation, subsidence, and possible damage to the well. BP Alaska, Inc., and Arthur D. Little, Inc., have collaborated in developing a method to analyze the thermal performance of insulated wells in permafrost and in performing analyses of typical insulated well-casing systems. The ultimate objectives of this work were to understand permafrost thermal behavior under oil production conditions and to assist the design, development, and testing of an insulated well-casing system. The heat flow along and through the well casing and into the surrounding soil is quite complex. Standard, closed-form, or integral solutions available for melting in one or two dimensions are not applicable to the heat flow in the surrounding soil because of the complexity of heat exchange between the flowing hot oil and the ground, and the variation of thermophysical properties with temperature and depth. Previous studies for wellbore heat transmissions have neglected vertical beat flow in the soil and have not taken into account the effects of latent heat of fusion. Couch et al. have developed a mathematical model for thawing the soil surrounding unprotected wells that included the effects of latent heat of fusion of the soil. The effects of the latent heat were shown to be significant. Their analysis treated the well casing as part of the thermal resistance between the hot oil and the soil. Heat flow along the casing was not accounted for. In the present analysis, we have considered the details of the construction of the casing itself, as well as the heat flow in the casing, to evaluate the effects of "thermal shorting" across the insulation where casing joints are coupled. In addition, the model allows an examination of the effects of localized failure of one or several insulation joints.
Problem Definition and Mathematical Models Problem Definition and Mathematical Models Fig. 1, a sketch of a typical configuration oil-producing well in a permafrost region, shows the flowstring for hot crude oil, a surrounding insulation system (extending only over a selected depth of the permafrost region) and casing, and a region of cement surrounding the well casing. Hot crude oil enters the flowstring at a depth significantly below the permafrost level and flows upward, transferring heat to the innermost pipe by convection. Heat is conducted along the pipe by convection. Heat is conducted along the flowstring, through the casing and insulation, through the cement, and into the surrounding permafrost and unfrozen soil. Since the well-casing components provide a thermal short circuit in the vertical direction, heat also may be conducted along the casing from warmer to colder regions.


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Memorable Manitobans: Alfred Ernest Medd (1883-1946)
Physician.
Born at Wolseley, Saskatchewan on 26 June 1883, he moved to Brandon, Manitoba at an early age. After graduating from the Manitoba Medical College in 1909, he moved to Winnipegosis where he set up a medical practice and also served as doctor for five nearby First Nations.
In 1914, he married Mary Agnes McArthur, daughter of Peter McArthur, and they had five children: Howard Wilber Medd (b 1915), Eva Louise Medd (wife of M. S. Olson), Edna A. Medd, Dallas Medd, and Peter C. Medd (b 1925). Keenly interested in community work, he served as chairman of the local school board, health officer, and a member of the Masonic and Elk lodges.
He died at Winnipegosis on 13 August 1946.
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Medd House Museum (Winnipegosis)
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
"Dr. A. E. Medd dies suddenly", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 August 1946, page 12.
"On Manitoba's pioneer fringe", Winnipeg Free Press, 31 October 1946. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 July 2011
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