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By Jay O'Callahan
printed in The Museletter, May 1997
Orange Cheeks was the story that got me started telling personal stories.
I had been telling a series of stories to my son about an imaginary little boy named Willie. One night I was telling Ted one of these stories and I realized that I was really telling a memory of my visiting my own grandmother. The memory was sharp because some years ago I had written up the incident and put it in my files.
When I was about 6 I had visited my grandmother, who lived at 9 Leonard Avenue in Cambridge. I was fascinated with her buzzer and with her very steep narrow stairs. As a little boy I was intrigued with the wonderful smells of her house.
I had once seen a carpenter go about a house making pencil marks on the wall, and one Saturday afternoon I began making pencil marks on her wall. My grandmother said to me at one point, "You're not making pencil marks, are you?" "No", I said, "I'm a business man." When she found out I was making pencil marks, she was angry. I had never seen grandmother become angry, and so the memory was etched in my mind.
Now as I told the Willie story, it turned out that Willie did the same thing, and when his grandmother found out, Willie begins to cry and his grandmother is enormously comforting. She becomes an Orange Cheeks grandmother.
What my imagination had done in telling the story to my own son, is to tell the deeper truth. The deeper truth was that my real grandmother was an Orange Cheeks grandmother, that is she was warm and funny and it was magical to be with her. My imagination, all by itself, came up with the image of orange paper cheeks, and that told the real truth.
I began telling that story and found people really wanted to hear about an ordinary event between a little boy and a grandmother.
I remember one night in Africa telling that story. It brought people alive. We all have grandmothers. We were all young and we all get in trouble and make mistakes, and some of us were lucky enough to have a grandparent who's just like Willie's.
Years later I began working on some long personal stories. One of those stories is called Chickie. It took 2 or 3 years to get the story right. Why? Because I kept putting in large scenes about me and my father, so the through line of the story was muddy.
What kept me going was the image of Chickie's grin when we were 11 year old boys. And what kept me going was a need to tell a story about Chickie's sense of fun and daring and spirit. By the time we were at Brookline High School, Chickie seemed to be getting lost. I had the feeling that in later life, people would look at Chickie and say, "He isn't any good. He's wasted his life."
But I knew that grin, and I knew his sense of fun and daring and laughter. I wanted the world to know of that boy and I wanted the world to know of the tenement section he grew up in.
The last image that kept me going, was that of a dynamite parade. In the 6th grade, the boys who lived in the tenement section, which was called The Farm, found a box of wet dynamite in Muddy River. After lunch, they paraded through Brookline Village singing out that they were going to blow up the school. It was in the front page of the old Record American. My parents were so upset that they took me out of the school.
The dynamite parade was certainly dangerous but it also showed what a wild imagination these boys had. The world I grew up in was very class conscious. Chickie and his friends were considered "low class" and they were stereotyped. It was thought that they had no imagination. It was thought that they had no sense of drama or fun or poetry. To me the dynamite parade was poetry.
The truths I wanted to get at in the story are that Chickie and his friends were full of wild daring. They were not wrapped up in the saran wrap of the middle class. They were not half suffocating with politeness. Their lives were harder and more immediate than ours. They fought and used bad language, but they were immediate.
I felt and still feel a fury about the ease with which well educated neighbors sneered at anyone who lived in the tenement section. I still feel rage at the way Brookline High School had dismissed those who were in "the business course". There was a sense that only those who were going to college were truly good human beings.
These are the truths I wanted to get at. These were the images that kept me going. I wanted to be true to Chickie and his spirit, and often I would invent lines and situations so the story is fictional. But underneath the fiction is the truth I lived with, and still hold.


Benefits of Outsourcing All or Parts of Your IT Department
Many organizations, especially those experiencing growth, find themselves at a crossroads where they must decide to expand their own internal IT department, or perhaps hire their first full-time IT staff member. Small and medium-sized businesses typically have a ‘technical’ employee or two who perform the daily duties of managing the organization’s equipment with varied results. These ‘involuntary IT managers’ often perform duties that go well beyond the scope of their actual job description. As a result, neither the job they were hired for nor those extra responsibilities are performed adequately due to time, budget, and/or knowledge setbacks of those individuals being pulled in multiple directions.
At the opposite end of the spectrum are the larger organizations that already have qualified in-house IT staff. Even if it is only one individual, it's the IT staff's job to:
- Oversee daily IT operations
- Safeguard data
- Keep maximum up-time
- Maintain, support, and customize line-of-business applications
- Provide end user training
- Provide business reporting and analytics
- Logistically plan for the future
Depending on the size of the organization and the physical footprint their facilities occupy – the internal IT team, even as skilled and diverse as they may (or may not) be – are more than likely over-worked and stretched too thin, especially in the event of an outage or emergency.
As our world evolves and everything becomes more integrated with the Internet and cloud services, the role of IT in business, regardless of the sub-industry, is becoming more of a priority and impacting all entities - both large and small. Forward-thinking, proactive organizations realize the need to embrace technology and to have (and keep) it working on their side. It is that forward-thinking approach to technology and the ability to strategically plan changes in an ever-changing field that will make a successful business even more successful. The inability to adapt and strategize will ultimately make any organization’s mission more difficult to achieve, if not impossible.
Establishing a partnership with a managed service provider (MSP) or outsourced IT vendor is often a consideration of those forward-thinking, strategic organizations. An MSP provides numerous services to the IT needs of any organization.
They often include services like:
With numerous years in various IT roles, both technical and management, there are a few things I notice when people and organizations consider teaming up with a managed service provider or outsourced IT vendor. The questions raised during these discussions differ depending on the type of organization and its goals.
For the small businesses that do not already have a dedicated IT staff or those who have someone in the office that is ‘pretty technical, but their job is actually a receptionist.’ The choice is usually easy and made quick – they go with the MSP.
They choose this option for many reasons.
1. Consistent Support at Any Level
The business gains security from knowing that assistance is always a simple, quick help desk ticket away. The MSP is bound by a Service Level Agreement (SLA), which requires they respond to and resolve issues within a designated time-frame based on the urgency, not complexity of the issue.
The business’ budgets tend to agree more with teaming up with an MSP than hiring their own full-time (or even part-time) IT staff. The majority of MSPs offer plans and custom-tailored solutions to meet a client’s unique needs and budgetary concerns. The client gets the full benefit of a complete IT staff, with the professional expertise and support of a team of technicians, often for a smaller investment than the salary and benefits of one fully qualified IT staff member.
3. Ongoing Monitoring, Maintenance, & Backup
If a major system crash happens, regardless of the amount of manpower available, it’s only possible to recover what’s been saved and backed up. That’s where the preventative maintenance is extremely critical to consider and be mindful about, not only does that safeguard important mission-critical data and systems, but true proactive and on-going maintenance will help identify failures before they happen. Routine testing of the backup systems and disaster recovery are often neglected by over-worked, larger IT departments, too, not just the single IT employee, or those without any internal IT staff at all.
Unfortunately, that’s a risk all-too-many businesses take until it’s too late. Many organizations establish a relationship with an MSP after they've been struck with a large downtime event either as a result of human error or malicious attack. I’ve never known one entity to be struck with a large downtime event more than once without changing their approach to IT support and management. Once is enough for them to feel the pain of being down, both physically and financially, and they take the matter seriously.
Large Businesses, Corporations, & Enterprises
For the larger business that may already have an internal IT staff, or a team of dedicated IT people the questions and concerns, although often similar, differ in some ways from the concerns of smaller businesses.
1. SCALable Change and Ongoing Maintenance
Larger corporations require the ability to adopt changes at scale. As the business changes and evolves, the IT department must remain flexible, which tends to increase their workload as they try to maintain day-to-day functions while reacting to the ebb and flow of the business. Often the ability to acquire extra IT staff to accommodate changes just isn’t feasible.
It’s almost always guaranteed that when an IT department gets stretched thin, maintenance of the networks, servers, and data is often affected as a result of said neglect. If technicians are busy with upgrades, fixing failed devices, or simply just working with end-users, they don’t have the time to ensure systems are running smoothly. What IT departments lack the bandwidth to proactively monitor and address issues before they turn into failures, data loss, or downtime - negative things that can and will affect the business’ revenue. Having the right team working on your issues, strategically planning every aspect, and working with you toward goals for in the future will help ensure your business stays running flawlessly and profitable.
2. Diversity of Skill Sets
Large corporations have diverse needs and greatly benefit from access to diverse and qualified expertise. Internal IT staff members typically focus on one or a select few specialties. More than one IT staff member may offer some diversity, but not as much as one may think. When a technician is surrounded and most often works on the same systems day-in-and-day-out, they almost are guaranteed to not think as ‘out of the box’ when addressing issues or implementing solutions. True diversity of skill and related experience is found in technicians that deal with multiple systems in multiple configurations and locales regularly. They see how different systems interact and the most effective and securest ways to implement new ideas and projects. These are approaches that veteran technicians may not realize if they have been intertwined in the same environment for the last five, ten, or more years.
3. Fear from Internal IT Staff
Existing IT staff often experience negative emotions when the management of a large company considers teaming up with a managed service provider or outsourced IT vendor. Commonly, a barrier in relationships with MSPs and businesses that could benefit from their services is the internal IT staff who may worry about their own job security. In reality, very few organizations have the ability to accurately perform all the technology functions available from a managed service provider. CompTIA (a leading IT certification organization) performed a survey and found that only 6% of organizations eliminated internal IT staff after establishing a partnership with a managed service provider.
MSPs can offer greater job satisfaction to internal IT staff. When MSPs take on the strategic IT functions, internal staff are freed up to focus on specific line-of-business functions. This can create a great partnership between internal IT staff and the MSP which allows everyone to utilize their greatest strengths offering the greatest benefit and return on investment to the business.
Overall Benefits for Everyone - Both Large & Small
Partnering with an MSP makes sense to fill the gaps in support for those lacking an IT staff and for those with an overworked jack-of-all-trades IT staff. Using an MSP and the services they provide help businesses excel, be more profitable, and be on the leading edge of technology.
There are many benefits, for any organization to partner with a managed service provider or outsourced IT vendor for their technology needs and concerns. Some MSPs also offer unique products and services that businesses may find extremely beneficial such as PCI compliance testing, HIPAA consulting and risk analysis, and advanced network security and penetration testing.
On the surface, outsourcing is rarely a popular subject in any line of business. In the case of IT, selecting and investing in managed services not only benefits your internal team but makes your business run smoother to provide a more pleasant experience for all of your and customers.
Get a head start on a more holistic approach to IT management with a free business technology inventory and assessment template.


Negronis, spritzes, sours, and wine in cans: no matter what you choose, summer is the best time for booze! These episodes from Heritage Radio Network's beverage-focused shows will give you plenty of ideas for what to drink in the summer sun.
Heritage Radio Network is the voice of America's food movement; a member-supported radio network broadcasting from Bushwick, Brooklyn. Find all of our 34+ weekly shows (and the full archive) at heritageradionetwork.org.
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Beer cocktails? Sign us up! Jimmy gathers brewers to talk about mixing beer into sweet summer drinks.
Michael Madrigale shares his favorite wines for summer, and talks pairing with BBQ, shellfish, fish, and sunshine!
Foraging is a perfect summer activity. If you're wary of wandering in the woods, taste the fruits of the forest with Uncouth Vermouth!
Spritzes = Summer! Italy's bitter & bubbly aperitivo cocktail has become synonymous with the leisurely golden hours of summertime.


Presidential debates have been a centerpiece of the past five elections. While it is unlikely that any serious presidential candidate would refuse the American public’s appetite for open discussion, some issues–such as what debate format works best–are still not resolved. In continuation of its longstanding involvement in presidential debates, the Twentieth Century Fund initiated a task force to investigate such questions.
The task force was chaired by James Hoge, editor of Foreign Affairs and former editor of New York’s Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times. Other members of the task force include John Anderson, professor, Nova University Center for the Study of Law and former presidential candidate and Congressman; Hodding Carter III, president, Main Street TV Productions; Michael Dukakis, professor, Northeastern University and former presidential candidate and Governor or Massachusetts; Larry Grossman, president, Horizons Cable Network and former president, NBC News and PBS; Ellen Hume, senior fellow, Annenberg Washington Program; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean and professor, the Annenberg School for Communication; David Norcross, general counsel, Republican National Committee; and Ed Turner, executive vice president, CNN.


Virtual Iron today announced full qualification across Quantum’s DXi-Series disk backup family of de-duplication and replication solutions and its Scalar line of intelligent tape libraries. The announcement coincides with the recent general availability release of the DXi7500, Quantum’s flagship disk backup system.
Virtual Iron provides server virtualization capabilities on an infrastructure-friendly architecture. The platform combines an open source hypervisor with virtualization services and policy-based capabilities for intelligent failover and dynamic workload management. Quantum specializes in backup, recovery and archive, providing a comprehensive portfolio of integrated disk, tape, de-duplication and multi-site replication solutions under common management.
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Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday unveiled its US$157,99 million revenue budget and is proposing to set aside US$106 million to fund key infrastructural development projects that include construction of classroom blocks, clinics, servicing of stands and and construction of roads among others.
The budget was presented by the chairperson of the Finance and Development Committee Cllr Tawanda Ruzive at the council chambers.
The budget is however subject to approval by the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works.
Clr Ruzive said the 2023 budget will maintain the present US$ tariffs and charges in local currency will be determined by the prevailing exchange rate.
He said residents will pay their bills in either local currency or forex but warned that the stagnant budget will compromise service delivery.
The budget was presented under the theme “Accelerating Economic Transformation “which was built from the National Development Strategy-1.
Cllr Ruzive said the council was pinning its hopes on the continued stable macroeconomic environment which has seen the disparity between the parallel and official rates narrowing following Government policy interventions in August this year.
“City of Bulawayo runs 21 clinics, one hospital, six cemeteries and a crematorium. There are plans to build two more clinics in Cowdray Park and Emganwini with US$200 000 having been set aside to fund the opening of two more cemeteries in Marvel and Pumula South,” he said.
Clr Ruzive said council was also proposing to set aside US$252 000 to fund environmental issues.
He said council also plans to buy computers, rehabilitate buildings, drill boreholes and develop Hume Park during the year.
“A provision of US$175 000 has been made for an Industrial Clinic to cater for Council’s staff. Most clinics have solar panels installed. In the coming year Council plans to secure these panels at 12 council clinics by surrounding them with palisade fencing at combined budget of US$120 000. This will ensure that services continue to be provided and medicines are preserved whenever there is no electricity. It has been observed that the new suburbs and townships lack social infrastructure such as halls or playgrounds or parks. Social gatherings and important feedback and consultative meetings are held in the open thereby exposing the residents and stakeholders to vagaries of weather. It is in council’s plans to build two halls, one in Pumula East and another in Old Lobengula suburb at a combined cost of US$700,000,” said Clr Ruzive.
He said said council will commit a further US$200 000 for the renovations of Sidojiwe flats while US$1 million will be invested in refurbishing Coles Court, Howard Court, Lyndhurst Court, Parkhurst and Tregene Court which are council’s investment properties.
Clr Ruzive said in 2023 council will continue servicing land using the pre-sale model. Council has set aside about US$12 million to service new stands in Emganwini, Highmount, Magwegwe Extension, Umvumila Industrial and Housing Park, Killarney East and Bellevue, Emhlangeni and Pumula East.
He said council will also invest in technology to improve people’s lives and grow the usage of e-services and ICT as it works to achieve its vision of a smart city.
Clr Ruvise said the council will buy a number of IT gadgets including water meters.
“To that end, the capital budget for ICT is US$5 290 263. This amount will be used in procurement of hardware such as personal computers, laptops, tablets, printers, servers, hardware for prepaid metering and other peripheral computer related equipment to enhance Council’s digital interaction with stakeholders,” he said.
The council has also allocated US$15 million for road infrastructure which will see a number of road works being undertaken.
Other funds were allocated for water infrastructure development, that include refurbishment of lower Ncema dam and water works. The council will also undertake youth centred projects.
A class room block for 40 pupils will be built while four youth centres, two vocation training centres will be renovated and a fowl run will be built in Mabutweni suburb.
“In the 2023, Financial year enrolment at council schools is projected to be more than 45 500 and during the year council expects to complete the construction of Vulindlela Primary School in Ward 28 which is being funded by Devolution Funds. Additional classroom blocks will be built at Ngwalongwalo Primary School in Ward 27 and Sizalendaba Primary School in Ward 17,” said Clr Ruzive.
He said council will during the year also refurbish ECD centres and libraries.
Article Source: The Chronicle

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A congenital syndrome associated with excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy, and characterized by retardation of mental development and of physical growth, particularly of the skull and face.
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The SPECTRUM 105 ALU is the intermediate model of the Big Mountain scale. As its name suggests, it has a 105-mm wide waste.
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Today is Saturday so that means it time for Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge! Our challenge this week is to make a card with green. To enter the challenge and to see more fabulous inspiration from my teammates click HERE .
I am sneak peeking a new set by Mark's Finest Paper & Stamps a HC called, "Seed Packets". Such a cute set! I hope you will stop back by next week as Mark's Finest Paper & Stamps is having their March reveal blog hop all week!
Something I just love about clear stamps is their flexibility! I took the "just picked for you" sentiment and curved it on the stamping block, then masked off the "For You". Perfect size to fit right into the empty label on the seed packet!!!!
The inside: "Just Picked FOR YOU is all together on the stamp so for the outside of my card, I masked off all but "Just picked" and stamped it on the label so on the inside I masked off everything but the FOR YOU! Do you want to know a little secret? I messed up and masked off the FOR YOU and stamped directly to the DP my first try! Realized my mistake and knew I had to place something on top of the "just picked". I found this fun label in the paper stack and added the green ribbon. My booboo turned into a BETTER inside! Don't you just love that when that happens!
Thanks for stopping by today!
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Craft Platforms: Case studies Maria Sigma-a young weaver who uses a computer loom and pursues ‘zero waste’ ethical hand-woven textilesJune 22, 2020 2020-11-15 9:20
Craft Platforms: Case studies Maria Sigma-a young weaver who uses a computer loom and pursues ‘zero waste’ ethical hand-woven textiles
Maria Sigma – a young weaver who uses a computer loom and pursues 'zero waste' ethical hand-woven textiles
- Computer-assisted loom and related Weavepoint software are used in textile making process
- Design software such as Photoshop and illustrator assist in the presentation of her craft
- Maria’s personal brand website, newsletters, and social media, including Instagram, have become indispensable for advertise workshops, exhibitions and her work
- Most of her digital skills are self-taught
- Computer and Internet are essential for Maria to send emails, deal with photos and design descriptions, and keep in touch with customers all over the world
Maria is a young weaver. She created Maria Sigma | Woven Textiles, which is an award-winning textile brand specialising in ‘zero waste’ ethical hand-woven textiles for interiors based in London. She loves textiles, so she moved from Greece to London and completed a degree in Textile Design at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. After Maria finished the course, she received the Cockpit Arts /’Clothworkers’ Award 2015 & 2016. In 2017, she secured investment support from The Prince’s Trust and Virgin Start-Up Scheme. With their support, she invested in a new floor loom which has embedded computing and weaving software in a studio space in East London.
“I wanted to set up a textile business as a weaver, and London is the best place to realise that as there are plenty opportunities such as galleries and interior designer studios, and support such as business advice and funding schemes,” said Maria.
Figure 1: Handwoven products by Maria Sigma (images are from her website)
DIGITAL ‘TOUCH POINTS’
Digital equipment and technologies, website, social media, and digital software are used by Maria in her studio (see figure 2). Although her textiles are hand-made, those digital related items have involved and assisted her craft activities.
Figure 2: Digital touchpoints used in Maria’s studio
Digital equipment and technologies
Maria has a desk computer, a laptop, a computer-assisted loom, a scanner and an iPhone in her studio. Regarding the usage of her computer in her making activities, she uses it to send emails, deal with photos and write design descriptions. She also creates newsletters and posters with her computer. The computer loom makes her work faster, and she was taught how to use it when she studied for her Textile Design degree in London. The patterns she likes to make are complicated, and the computer loom can help prevent mistakes and improve efficiency.
Figure 3: Digital equipment used in Maria’s studio
The Toika computerised loom is controlled by the latest version of Weavepoint Software and operates alongside a computer equipped with Microsoft Windows and one open USB port. The unit has a direct connection to the USB port – just plug it in, turn on the loom and then the computer and the weaver are ready to go.
“ES Computer Assist Looms are offered 16 shaft, 24 shaft and 32 shaft configurations. Traditional weaving looms are based on treadles, lamms, and jacks. The Toika ES computer assist loom replaces all of those parts with a single pedal – much like that on a sewing machine. The pedal means that the weaver requires no strain or effort to lift multiple shafts – something literally impossible to do easily with a standard loom,” said Maria.
Figure 4: ES computer-aided loom (left and middle) and Weavepoint Software used in Maria’s studio
Maria believes that her advantage is that she provides customised work. For example, if a customer would like to buy five blankets for a house, each blanket could be different. If you go to an industrial loom, people need to order minimum of over 100 pieces, and they all look the same. Of course, it would be much more expensive as it would take Maria a week to make a blanket while it just needs a couple of hours for machine-made. This is similar to the comparison between the hand-made chair and industrial-made chair.
Maria is also looking at applying laser cutting techniques to design her own loom kit for weave workshops. She is trying to find someone who can laser cut a loom frame for her, which would be cheaper and lighter than the wood one. And a lighter one would be more portable.
Figure 5: Maria’s current weaving Loom Kit
Use of website presence
Maria made her website www.mariasigma.com by herself.
She used Squarespace, which is like a ready-made platform to make a website. (Squarespace is a private American company, based in New York City, that provides software as a service for website building and hosting). It took her a while to understand and make the website, but now it is well-established.
Figure 6: The screenshot of Maria’s website
Use of social media
Maria believes it is essential to show her work many times in different channels especially in magazines and excellent exhibitions and so that she can build her credibility. By doing this people will know and trust her and finally buy her work. She prefers to use Instagram as she likes to post pictures, but she is not sure what to say. She also tries to control the amount of time spent on social media to safeguard her making time.
Figure 7: Screenshots of Maria Sigma’s Instagram page
Use of digital software
Digital software is also used in Maria’s craft activities. When sending a proposal to customers, she will use digital software (photoshop and illustrator) to make a description of the designed work and then send them to the customers. She learned the basic skills of digital software from college, and she has further developed those skills by herself. Digital software has become a useful way for Maria to better present her textiles.
Figure 8: An example of Maria’s design descriptions
Figure 9: Maria Sigma hand-weaving at The Future of Craft, Oxo Tower Wharf CREDIT: DAN WEILL
Maria emphases “zero waste” philosophy, which is not only applied in her making process but also reflected in the daily life of her studio. For example, she keeps all the cut yarn in a box and uses them for making samples or wrapping things instead of throwing them away. She came up with the “zero waste” idea when she did a project in College on sustainability. After the research, she realised how much waste is generated during making and in daily life. And, textiles are one of the biggest waste items on the planet – People buy clothes and throw them away because those clothes are out of season.
Figure 10: Cut yarn collection and more pictures of Maria’s work (images are from her website)
Maria is a young maker in London. She has a degree in Textile Design from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. Her approach to design is based on the idea of creating beautiful functional textiles and objects through ‘zero waste’ design and craftsmanship by re-interpreting traditional craft techniques in a lively and contemporary way. With the support from the Prince’s Trust and Virgin Start-Up Scheme, she has a studio and bought a loom which embeds computing and software to help her to weave.
Commissioned work has been a part of her practice since the very beginning. She also runs workshops (training) for people, including kids and adults who are interested in weaving. She is planning to publish a weaving book and make her own weaving loom kit. She would like to make the loom kit by laser cutting, which will be cheaper and lighter. She has two laptops and one desk computer – one laptop has windows system for the software of the loom, and the other laptop is used at home. Her desk computer is mainly for dealing with emails, making products’ brochures (photoshop, illustrator). She would like to have more media exposure, which would help to promote her business.
She has an excellent website which she made it by herself using design templates. She embraces modern technologies and uses the Internet to search for information and opportunities.
Please visit the following sites to find out more about Woven Textiles:
Craftplatforms.org has been produced by the project research team at Queen Mary University of London, UK, and Hunan University, China.
Contact E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org
Prof. Nick Bryan-Kinns
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
London E1 4NS
Prof. Hao Tan
School of Design, Hunan University
Yuelu Mountain, Changsha

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SUBJECT: SPU seeks input on Plan to Protect Seattle’s Waterways
6/18/2014 4:18:00 PM
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Ingredients in Animal Crackers
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Comparison with Other Dog Treats
Compared to many dog treats specifically formulated for their nutritional needs, animal crackers fall short in providing any significant health benefits.
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Sugar and Dental Health
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Healthier Dog Treat Options
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Monitoring Your Dog's Reaction
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Actors Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 15, at The Beverly Hills Hotel. They will present 19 awards to 52 individual recipients during the evening.
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Bell recently lent her voice to the Oscar®-nominated Disney animated feature “Frozen.” She also will be seen in the title role of the upcoming feature “Veronica Mars,” in theaters this March. Bell’s other film credits include “The Lifeguard,” “Hit & Run,” “When in Rome” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
In 2013, Jordan appeared in his first major leading role in the critically acclaimed film “Fruitvale Station.” He also will be seen in “That Awkward Moment,” with Zac Efron and Miles Teller, due out this Friday. His other credits include “Chronicle” and “Red Tails.”
Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation will be included in the Oscar telecast.
Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars®, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards–in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners-the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.


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Failure to Address ABO Incompatibility During Pregnancy March 13, 2013.
Diagnosing and Treating ABO Incompatibility During Pregnancy
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At present the world’s largest research of the affect of temperature adjustments and kidney illness reveals that 7.4 per cent of all hospitalizations for renal illness could be attributed to a rise in temperature. In Brazil – the place the research was targeted – this equated to greater than 202,000 instances of kidney illness from 2000-2015.
The research, led by Professor Yuming Guo and Dr Shanshan Li, from Planetary Well being at Monash College and revealed in The Lancet Regional Well being – Americas journal, for the primary time quantifies the chance and attributable burden for hospitalizations of renal ailments associated to ambient temperature utilizing every day hospital admission information from 1816 cities in Brazil.
The research comes because the world focuses on the affect of local weather change on the COP26 convention in Glasgow from 31 October.
In 2017, a landmark article in The Lancet declared renal ailments a worldwide public well being concern, estimating that nearly 2.6 million deaths have been attributable to impaired kidney operate that yr. Importantly the incidence of dying from kidney illness had risen 26.6 per cent in comparison with a decade beforehand, a rise that this research could point out was, partially, brought on by local weather change.
The research checked out a complete of two,726,886 hospitalizations for renal ailments recorded in the course of the research interval. In accordance with Professor Guo, for each 1°C improve in every day imply temperature, there’s an virtually 1 per cent improve in renal illness, with these most impacted being ladies, kids beneath 4 years of age and people 80+ years of age.
The associations between temperature and renal ailments have been largest on the day of the publicity to excessive temperatures however remained for 1–2 days post-exposure.
Within the paper the authors – who’re additionally from the College of Sao Paulo – argue that the research “supplies strong proof that extra insurance policies ought to be developed to stop heat-related hospitalizations and mitigate local weather change.”
“Within the context of worldwide warming, extra methods and insurance policies ought to be developed to stop heat-related hospitalizations.”
The authors advise interventions ought to be urgently integrated into authorities coverage on local weather change, together with significantly concentrating on particular people, together with females, kids, adolescents, and the aged, as they’re extra weak to warmth with regard to renal ailments.
Furthermore, consideration ought to be paid to low- and middle-income nations like Brazil, the place dependable warmth warning programs and preventive measures are nonetheless in want.”
Professor Yuming Guo, Planetary Well being, Monash College
Wen, B., et al. (2021) Affiliation between Ambient Temperature and Hospitalization for Renal Ailments in Brazil throughout 2000-2015: A Nationwide Case-Crossover Research. The Lancet Regional Well being – Americas. doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2021.100101.
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A recent judge’s ruling confirmed what should have already been obvious: Montana’s tax credit scholarship is neither a state appropriation of funds, nor is it up to the executive branch to determine who should receive it. Unfortunately, money that could be going to parents who want more choice is still at risk. Why? Because the special interests want an appeal
Let’s first make something clear: when a person makes a donation to a scholarship fund, and then receives a tax credit for doing so, that money never belonged to the state. Any more than when I make a donation to Project Hope
here in Columbus and later claim a deduction for it on my taxes. The state is offering nothing more than another opportunity for parents to access funding for their children’s education. And this money is definitely not being diverted from
public schools since the individuals making the donations to begin with have optionality: they can choose to fund either, or both, public and private schools.
The law itself was pretty unambiguous, despite the complexity of the structure involved
. But that didn’t stop the executive branch from writing rules that directly contradicted the intent of the law and limited ‘private schools’ to only non-religious institutions. To say that the legislature hadn’t considered the potential of the scholarships being used for this purpose is quite a grasp, but the president of the MEA-MFT, Eric Feaver, said exactly that.
When the legislators were polled after the agency created these rules, confirming what they believed they were voting for, his response was to question their motives: “How powerful is a post-legislative survey of intent?” Feaver asked. “It leads to corruption of the legislative process, indicating legislative intent after the fact.”
What is creating a rule in the executive branch if not ‘legislating after the fact’? Feaver goes further though, to say the judicial ruling has a “political flavor”, as if the rule that was created did not have any such flavor itself. Feaver then states this is a constitutional question that requires further appeal, without clarifying exactly what the constitutional question that remains unresolved actually is. All he really wants to do is remind us that his organization will fight tooth and nail to protect their interests to the detriment of students and parents who see more value in private education – a value that he recognizes, but then states they should try to find in a public school anyways.
But here is the real waste of time and resources: we have private individuals suing the state to get access to these funds. The state is defending the rule as written by an unaccountable appointed government bureaucrat. The state is not implementing the law as written by the elected legislative branch. And in the process, the state has to defend itself against its constituents, who are just trying to access to money provided by other constituents, to enforce a rule supported only by special interests.
Though this is clearly a school choice issue, the underlying problem is one of an executive branch run amok. They have lost their tether as to what their role is: executing and implementing the law as written and have now determined that they are also responsible for interpreting intent. This isn’t unique to Montana, as we see the NLRB having their way with rewriting laws, while the ACA gets adjusted every couple of months it seems. This needs to stop. The will of the people is voiced by the legislature, and it is time Gov. Bullock pulled in the reins on his branch of government and ended this madness.


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“Medicine represents a huge part of our economy and one thing our economy needs is stability and predictability,” Sneider said. “This provides a little bit of stability.”
If the Supreme Court had struck down the federal law, the government probably would have established a Medicare-for-all type universal health care program, he said. “I think that would have been bad for doctors and patients,” he said.
Sneider said he thinks it is unlikely now that Republicans opposed to the Affordable Care Act will be able to repeal the law.
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CONCORD — A 25-year-old reportedly mentally-ill Acton man who allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old woman and then both of his parents during an Oct. 4 incident was arraigned Thursday on an upgraded charge of murder since his father has since died of his wounds.
Benjamin DiChristina was already being held without bail following his early October arraignment on felony assault charges, and Judge Ernest Sarason ordered that he continue to be held without bail on the upgraded charge.
DiChristina has also been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation while he is being held.
Prosecutors say DiChristina attacked the 28-year-old woman who he knows, strangled her and stabbed her in the chest, before he also attacked both of his parents with a knife during a struggle that ensued on Oct. 4.
DiChristina allegedly cut his mother and then stabbed his father multiple times in the head and neck. The mother and the 28-year-old were able to call 911 during the attack, according to prosecutors.
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Receiving an FDA Warning Letter is always an unpleasant and harrowing experience and best to be avoided if at all possible. For the impacted company, the consequences of a warning letter usually result in improvements – but this is not the ideal way to make such improvements. Warning letters are public documents and, as such, provide great learning opportunities to see how FDA approaches different components of compliance. They also provide an opportunity for all of us to see where FDA is placing its priorities and what the regulatory expectations actually are. Thus the regular review of Warning Letters received by other manufacturers can be a good opportunity for your own improvement – without the negative side effects.
One such recently published Warning Letter illustrates these points and cites sections of the FSMA Preventive Controls Rule. One learning point from the warning letter is FDA’s focus on having a good hazard analysis, while another section speaks to the requirement that ready-to-eat food establishments have written environmental monitoring programs and follow the plan. Following are three key takeaways from the letter related to environmental monitoring and control:
- Hazard Analysis. Citing 21CFR 117.130(a)(1), FDA stated that the facility did not identify and evaluate all known or reasonably foreseeable hazards to determine whether there are hazards requiring a preventive control for the RTE food.
The regulation states that manufacturers must conduct, and document, a hazard analysis as part of its Food Safety Plan to identify and evaluate known or reasonably foreseeable hazards for each type of food manufactured, processed, packed, or held at the facility to determine whether there are any hazards requiring a preventive control. During inspections, FDA will review both the written plan and its implementation. The facility can then be cited If the plan does not identify all hazards requiring a preventive control that FDA sees as needed or if the plan includes steps that have not been implemented in the facility (see #2 below).
2. Identifying Hazards requiring a preventive control. The facility’s RTE food was exposed to the environment after the mixing step, but was observed to have not received a lethal treatment or other control measure at that point that would significantly minimize pathogens. Thus, contamination with environmental pathogens would be a known or reasonably foreseeable hazard. However, the facility’s hazard analysis did not consider contamination with environmental pathogens as a potential food safety hazard at this step, thus did not evaluate whether it requires a preventive control.
As specified in 117.135 Preventive controls, facilities must “identify and implement preventive controls to provide assurances that any hazards requiring a preventive control will be significantly minimized or prevented and the food manufactured, processed, packed, or held by your facility will not be adulterated.”
Stating that preventive controls include procedures, practices, and processes to ensure that the facility is maintained in a sanitary condition adequate to significantly minimize or prevent hazards such as environmental pathogens, the letter cites 21 CFR 117.135©(3) which details requirements for sanitation controls. As a critical aspect of the environmental control program, sanitation is to include procedures, practices, and processes for the cleanliness of food-contact surfaces, including food-contact surfaces of utensils and equipment; prevention of allergen cross-contact and insanitary and raw-to-processed food cross-contamination.
3. Following on the previous citation, FDA stated, “when contamination with environmental pathogens is a hazard requiring a prevention control, you must verify the effectiveness of this preventive control by performing environmental monitoring.” (21 CFR 117.165(a)(3)). Although the facility had an SOP requiring sample swabs at various points of production, it did not identify the number of sites to be tested, the time or the tests conducted, as required by 21 CFR 117.165(b)(3)(iii-v). Additionally, during the inspection, a manager told the FDA investigator that the company does not recognize environmental swabbing as a verification of sanitation controls.
This citation brings up quite a number of issues. Not only was the information on the sampling process insufficient, the fact that a manager told FDA that the swabbing was not recognized as verification pretty much negated the verification compliance at all.
As stated by the cited regulation, facilities must conduct specific activities to verify that preventive controls are consistently implemented and are effectively and significantly minimizing or preventing identified hazards. This is to include environmental monitoring, with the collecting and testing of samples for an environmental pathogen or indicator organism, if contamination of an RTE food is a hazard requiring a preventive control.
Additionally, the regulation requires written procedures for routine environmental testing on the locations from which samples will be collected, the number of sites to be tested, the timing and frequency for collecting and testing, and the test(s) conducted including the analytical method(s) used. As is frequently said, “if it’s not documented, it wasn’t done.” So, it is important be sure your procedures are included in your written Food Safety Plan – and documented when conducted.
Lessons Learned. Warning letters are issued to facilities when FDA inspector observations detect areas of food safety concern. These can often be areas the facility simply overlooked or did not understand as required by the often-complex regulations. To assist industry in developing, implementing, and improving fully compliant food safety programs – and in learning lessons from others, TAG will review the FDA’s weekly Warning Letters on a weekly basis. In each of our newsletters, we will then highlight and assess one letter for which we will provide insights and recommendations.
Watch for the new section, “TAG Lessons Learned from FDA Warning Letters,” in our upcoming newsletters, and contact us should you need any assistance, guidance, or consultation.


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Grant Giving Model and Committees
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
is proud to be the Scientific Partner of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the
groundbreaking initiative dedicated to moving lifesaving therapies from the
laboratory to the patient in an accelerated timeframe. The AACR administers the
process by which SU2C fosters research through “Dream
Teams” of top researchers, and through other programs.
To date, SU2C has committed more than $480 million to
cancer research. The work of more than 1,500 researchers in the United States,
Canada, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and other countries has been
supported by SU2C.
SU2C supports three types of research programs: large
multi-institutional Dream Teams, smaller Research Teams, and Innovative
Research Grants (IRGs) for younger investigators. Funds are distributed through
a review and selection process that is carefully designed to support cancer
research projects with the greatest potential to address critical problems in
patient care and deliver near-term patient benefit. Once a project is selected,
the researchers’ work is carefully monitored to make sure they are meeting the
project’s objectives and milestones.
Working with the AACR, a blue-ribbon Scientific
Advisory Committee (SAC) reviews Dream Team and Research Grant proposals,
makes recommendations on funding, and oversees the recipient’s progress
throughout the grant cycle. The committee is chaired by Nobel Laureate Phillip
A. Sharp, PhD, along with distinguished scientists Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, Lee J. Helman, MD, Arnold J. Levine, PhD, and
William G. Nelson, MD, PhD, as vice-chairpersons. The SAC also includes about
two dozen highly accomplished senior laboratory researchers and physician-scientists,
and two advocates. Joint Scientific Advisory Committees (JSACs) are formed to
review applications for grants funded jointly by SU2C and partner
Proposals for Innovative Research Grants are reviewed by a committee appointed
by the SAC. The committee is currently chaired by Sara A. Courtneidge, PhD, a
distinguished scientist, along with
vice-chairperson William G. Nelson, MD, PhD. The
previous committees, in 2009 and 2011, were chaired by Richard D. Kolodner, PhD.
In addition to these research programs, SU2C also
funds collaboration among grant recipients through the SU2C Phillip A. Sharp
Innovation in Collaboration Awards, named in honor of the SU2C Scientific
Advisory Committee Chair.
Dream Teams and Research Teams
Functions: Dream Teams and Research Teams support the pursuit of collaborative, novel, and groundbreaking cancer research projects that
address critical problems in patient care and are designed to deliver near-term
Funding: Recipients are given sufficient resources to support the required
focused, intense, goal-directed, team-oriented attack on the cancer problem.
Funding of recent Dream Teams has ranged up to $20 million over three years,
while Research Team recipients have received up to $2.6 million over
Composition: The research conducted by the Dream Teams and Research
Teams must be translational in nature. That is, they emphasize
taking important new findings from the laboratory to the patient bedside. In
order to maximize creativity and innovation, Dream Teams and Research Teams include laboratory and clinical researchers in scientific and technical
fields that are relevant to the research project, and senior investigators and
young scientists alike. The top two leaders of the team must be senior
scientists who have not worked together in the past. This is to ensure that
different perspectives will be brought to bear, and that scientists from
different institutions will collaborate in a common search for new solutions.
Process: The AACR issues a “Call for Ideas” for each available grant,
asking the research community for proposals. Finalists are selected from the
proposals submitted. The finalists meet face to face with a committee of SAC/JSAC
members, who listen to each proposal, ask questions directly of the
researchers, and then deliberate to select a team to be recommended for
Follow-up: The selected Dream Team or Translational Cancer Research Grant recipient submits
progress reports to the AACR every six months to ensure that the research
program is staying on track. In conjunction with the progress reports, site
visits are conducted by members of the SAC and JSAC and representatives of
SU2C, their funding partners, and the AACR.
Innovative Research Grants
Research Grants (IRG) program supports the kind of research not usually funded
by conventional sources – the kind with a high level of risk but also a high
level of potential impact on the prevention or treatment of cancer. The program
was established in honor of the late Judah Folkman, MD, who was one of the
great innovators in cancer research, an outstanding teacher of young
investigators, and an early contributor to the mission of SU2C.
The IRG program has provided 46 awards of up to
$250,000 per year for three years in both clinical and basic research. A
special multidisciplinary committee is appointed by the SAC to review the
proposals, assess progress and make recommendations for funding meritorious
applications that are most consistent with SU2C’s goals and objectives for
translational research and near-term patient benefit. A high priority is given
to the funding of young investigators (for example, at the assistant professor
level) who either have expertise in translational cancer research or clearly
demonstrate potential for it, and who are not currently members of the funded
Dream Teams. Since inception of the program, three classes of IRG awards have
been made – 13 in 2009, 13 in 2011, 10 in 2016, and 10 in 2017.
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