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Terry Branstad

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Terry Branstad
Governor of Iowa
From: January 14, 2011 – present
Predecessor Chet Culver
Successor Incumbent (no successor)
Governor of Iowa
From: January 14, 1983 – January 15, 1999
Predecessor Robert Ray
Successor Tom Vilsack
Party Republican
Spouse(s) Chris Branstad
Religion Catholic

Terry Branstad (born November 17, 1946, in Leland, Iowa) served as Governor of Iowa from 1983 through 1999 and President of Des Moines University from 2003 to 2009.

Branstad received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Iowa in 1969 and a law degree from Drake University Law School in 1974. He served in the U.S. Army from 1969-1971. Branstad served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1978 and Governor in 1982. Branstad chaired the National Governors Association in 1989-1990. Iowa's longest-serving Governor, Branstad left office with a historically low 2.7% unemployment rate and $900 million budget surplus.[1]

Branstad was re-elected governor in 2010 and again in 2014. He is President Donald Trump's nominee as Ambassador to China.

In 2017, with massive GOP majorities in the Iowa legislature,[2] Branstad signed into law legislation massively expanding gun rights, including enacting and expanding a stand-your-ground law, providing legal advantages to gun owners, and giving additional rights to minors, among other provisions.[3]

  1. Iowa Workforce Development: Iowa Historical Labor Force Data
  2. Russell, Joyce (November 9, 2016). Iowa Senate Turns Republican in Tuesday Voting. Iowa Public Radio. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. De Lea, Brittany (April 13, 2017). Iowa Passes Massive Expansion of Gun Rights, More States to Follow?. Fox Business. Retrieved April 29, 2017.


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Tom Daschle

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Tom Daschle (born 1947) is a Washington lobbyist and former Senator from South Dakota, and Senate leader for the Democratic Party. He was nominated as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama Administration. However, on Feb. 3 he was forced to withdraw because he was one of several top Obama nominees who deliberately evaded paying his federal income taxes. Daschle avoided $128,000 in federal taxes over a period of years, paying the taxes and penalties only after he had been named to the cabinet. The back taxes involved unreported consulting fees, questionable charitable contributions, and a car and driver provided by a private equity firm run by a longtime Democratic Party donor who had paid Daschle $2 million a year for his political advice.[1] Obama has supported Daschle, pointing out that legally he was not a "lobbyist" and is exempt from Obama's rules against corrupt dealings.

A leading Democrat, he served as Congressman from South Dakota (1978–86), and Senator from 1987 to 2004. He was Senate Leader from 2001 to 2004, both as in the majority and minority as control of the Senate switvched back and forth. In 2004, he was defeated for re-election by Republican John Thune. He is a Catholic and served in the Air Force after graduating from South Dakota State University. He is married to Linda Hall, a prominent lobbyist in her own right.

Daschle served in the US Air Force from 1969 to 1972.

In October 2001, Daschle's office was the recipient of a letter containing anthrax. This was a part of an anthrax scare involving several politicians and media personalities.

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Further reading

  • Daschle, Tom. Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever (2003) excerpt and text search

  1. Robert Pear, "Use of Free Car Lands Tom Daschle in Tax Trouble," New York Times, Jan. 30, 2009; Ceci Connolly, Paul Kane and Joe Stephens, "Daschle Owed Back Taxes That Exceeded $128,000" Washington Post Jan. 31, 2009

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For as nice as it is for the weather to start warming up, it brings with it some itchy, red-eyed side effects. Allergy sufferers all through the Valley understand the price of living here. Although produce is delicious and fresh, it also means that pollen is plentiful—and can leave you with season-long allergies like you wouldn’t believe.

Thankfully, there are ways to reduce seasonal allergies’ debilitating effects. These quick remedies might not work as well for severe allergies—you’ll definitely need a doctor for that! But for those with slight sniffles, we’ve collected some tips to keep you (mostly) sneeze-free this season!

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Take allergy medicine before you’re sick. At least one week before you know the season’s about to start, start taking your trusty medicine so that it’s in your system when it starts being bombarded with allergens.

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Grilled Herbed Potato, Shrimp, and Sausage Hobo Packs

Tony writes: I wish I had some folksy story of how I was introduced to hobo packs while grilling over an open fire down by the river with Pa, but my initiation into the world of fiery foil cookery is much more blah: rather, the scene was the suburban patio of my childhood where I learned that, short of executing some serious grilling gymnastics, hobo packs were the only way to grill potatoes. Set sliced spuds on a piece of aluminum foil, bundle with olive oil and herbs, and throw on the grill (on the grates over direct heat or directly on the charcoal if the embers are sparse ). The pack becomes the live fire version of en papillote, half steaming/half smoking to doneness. The finished potatoes are a thing of beauty: smoky, with an intensely concentrated flavor and texture.  And that is all good and well for potatoes, but the method can get really adventurous if you wrap a full meal into the foil – meat and other vegetables – so the flavors mix and meld. Dinner becomes superbly easy; a process of simply chopping, wrapping, and tossing on the grill, with a sprinkling of adventure thrown in. Here’s how:

The Recipe: Serves 4

1. Get prepped: Prepare a medium hot charcoal or gas fire. Meanwhile, thinly slice 1 red bell pepper (about 10 oz.) and 1 large red onion (about 1/2 lb.). Cut 2 large Yukon Gold potatoes (about 1 lb.) into 1/4-inch thick half moons. Remove the kernels of 2 ears corn from the cob (you should get about 1 1/4 cups kernels). Peel and devein 3/4 lb. shrimp (preferably 21-15 ct) and cut 2 links Italian sausage (about 3/4 lb) into 1-inch pieces.

hobo.2 2. Assemble the packs: Transfer the vegetables to a large bowl and toss with 2 Tbs. olive oil, 2 Tbs. chopped fresh sage, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1/2 tsp., black pepper. Set a large piece of aluminum foil (about 10″ x 10″) on a clean work surface. Lightly grease the foil with olive oil, then top with about 1/4 of the vegetables. Drop about 1/4 each of the shrimp and sausage on top, drizzle with a bit more olive oil (about 1 tsp.), and then bundle: fold the long ends of the foil over each other, then roll sides so they form squared-off packets. Repeat with the remaining vegetables and shrimp and sausage.hobo.3

3. Grill the packs: Set the packs on the grill grates, close the grill (with the vents open on a charcoal fire), and grill, checking occasionally to rotate the packs and make sure they are not burning, until the potatoes are completely tender (test a thicker piece) and the sausage is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.

4. Serve: Distribute the foil packs onto paper plates (it’s easiest to eat directly out of the pack; some potatoes may stick to the foil). Serve with lemon wedges for squeezing and hot sauce.


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In true Miffy fashion I made a simple carrot spice cake for my daughter’s second birthday. Then I made cream cheese frosting to ice the cake with. For the background I mixed some blue and green frosting using food coloring to create the grass and the sky. My daughter not only loves Miffy but she’s also a fan of Miffy’s dog Snuffy, so I was sure to add Snuffy to the scene that I drew up. Being uber excited about my little one’s birthday, I looked at some Miffy pictures online for inspiration and sketched a picture of Miffy holding a birthday balloon (since my daughter also loves balloons.) I also included Snuffy running along close by as they played outside of Miffy’s house.

Since I am still developing my cake decorating skills, I used the wax paper technique in case I messed the picture up. This is simple; I used a very thin tip on my cake decorating bags to draw Miffy, Snuffy, and the house onto individual pieces of wax paper while changing bags between colors. Then once they were finished I placed the wax paper icing drawings in my freezer for about two hours. This was a perfect amount of time to bake the cake and allow it to cool.

After freezing the decorations, I iced the cake back ground and then carefully placed the pictures one at a time onto the cake. I did the house first because it was the biggest; I pressed my hand gently onto the wax paper to solidify it to the cake and then peeled off the wax paper. I then did this with the Miffy and Snuffy decorations and my cake was complete. I hope to gain more confidence in my cake drawing skills as I continue and skip the wax paper step altogether, but all in due time.


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Steampunk Arcade Machine gets a horror movie theme

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There is never a shortage of various forms of arcade machines.  Usually they are fairly simple in design, but this one is far from simple.  Instead this horror movie lover took his inspiration from the classic horror movies.  That in turn gives this arcade machine a steampunk look that most people could appreciate year round.  Even if it does have a design that some would only consider appropriate right around Halloween.

This is one of those jobs that someone did themselves, so you won’t be able to find this one and simply purchase it.  However, for those of you that are good with your hands, this would be a great way to get some new ideas.  The creator doesn’t exactly show how to do the machine step by step.  He does at least provide numerous pictures at all different stages of the development though.  He also shows pictures of various quirks he’s added to give the machine a very unique look.  One of which being a very green side panel that shows Frankenstein’s monster’s face.  A PC runs the machine so that he can play his games as well as listen to his favorite music.  You can check out all of the pictures on the creator’s blog.

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The Lake Pepin 3-speed Touring Club

A while back we introduced our readers to the fine cyclo-sartorialists at Tweed.cc - a bespoke cycling club in the UK.

We are most pleased to plug a similar club in Minnesota, USA - The Lake Pepin 3-speed Tour. An all-English and lycra-free event!

This lot take the slogan "style over speed" extremely seriously. By and large it is an annual tour of Lake Pepin in the tradition of pre-war British cycle touring. Here's what they say on their website:

"The Lake Pepin 3-Speed Tour is based on cycle touring in pre-war England. It was a gentlemanly time; few people owned a car and recreation based on automobiles was extremely limited. To get away for the weekend they would pack a few things, mount up and head to the country.

"...here is a list of some of the things we leave behind: derailleurs, lycra, target heart rates, SPD, SIS, STI, HRM, XTR, etc. There will be no sprinting, spinning, drafting nor will there be any carbon fiber, drillium or unobtanium. Please note we are not advocating being a retro-grouch or ridicule those with alloy handlebars but instead we are asking you to strip away all you know modern cycling to be and hop aboard your £5 Thrift Store Raleigh and come with.

"Leave your lycra and Johnny-Rebel competitive spirit at home and instead, bring your sense of adventure. Wear something appropriate for eagle watching or sitting in a café and bring an honest-to-goodness rain cape because, of course, it rains in England. Be prepared to make new friends and be swept away by the scenery. Be prepared to stop here and there to take a photo or complain about your hard saddle or make an entry in your Tourbook. Be prepared to keep in mind it's not the destination you'll remember but the journey."

What a dreamy concept. We wish the good folk of 3-speed Touring the very best of luck and a hearty tailwind on the slight inclines!

Aaron said...

I participate in the alternate event at www.abcetour.com It takes place in September. Currently the Lake Pepin tour is "sold out" for the 2008 season. It happens earlier every year. Other events are in the works. For what it is worth my trusty Raleigh 3 speed is my favorite form of transport.

Zakkaliciousness said...

wondeful. thanks for the link and the comment!


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Rest at the Stairs - XXXholic - Ichihara Yuuko
I love this dress!!
This is my Yuuko Cosplay, the victorian version from the fifth manga. Worn to Anime Vegas 2008 and NDK 2008. These pictures where taken at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.
I wish I could have worn this more at those conventions, but the five inch heels on my boots killed! Seriousy, my toes are still numb! EVen the steel boned corset didn't bother me as much!
I made everything on this costume (Corset and buustles and petti coat), the only thing I didn't make was the boots.

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A x e l - F posted on 04-02-2010 at 11:33 AM:

Stunning cosplay as always. The detail you have amazes me and I give you props for your bravery. <3

TimCampi posted on 08-28-2009 at 08:46 AM:

amazing costume!!

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This is so absolutely gorgeous!

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That's just amazing, cant believe you sew all that!
Gorgeous and beautiful is all I can say!

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Gorgeous job!!!! i love the way the dress is draped in the picture and I can tell you worked really hard on it!

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This homemade costume for babies entered our 2015 Halloween Costume Contest.

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My son Jordan is wearing the costume. I (his mother) work at In-N-Out Burger and all I had to buy was a white shirt, white pants and fabric paint. I already had his name tag, apron, shoes and hat. I spent no more than $20 on his costume!

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This homemade costume for babies entered our 2012 Halloween Costume Contest.

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My son kingston is wearing this great Thrift store costume suspenders were cut to fit him. pants were made high waters. and we made his walker out of pvc piping. HE IS THE OLD MAN FROM UP:))

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Orioles still interested in John Axford, have met with his representatives this week

The Baltimore Sun

The Orioles remain interested in free-agent relief pitcher John Axford as the potential replacement for closer Jim Johnson.

The team met with Axford's representatives at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., this week, according to a source.

Axford, 30, split the 2013 season between the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals. He was 7-7 with a 4.02 ERA in 75 games overall. Previously, he was the closer for the Brewers and had 105 saves between 2010 and 2012.

Other reports also have said the Orioles are interested in former Oakland Athletics closer Grant Balfour and are looking to get a deal done with him.

A deal with Balfour, however, would likely cost between $8 million to $10 million on a multi-year contract, and the Orioles traded Johnson -- who was projected to make more than $10 million in arbitration -- to the Athletics in an effort to cut the cost of a closer.

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Where was Peter Angelos during Orioles' win over Rangers?

The Baltimore Sun

Orioles owner Peter Angelos did not make the trip to Arlington, Texas, for Friday night's game between the Orioles and Texas Rangers. He instead watched it from Café Troia, according to the Towson restaurant's owner.

"He was here last night. He's here a lot," said owner Carol Troia. "When he comes in, he likes to watch the game."

Angelos appeared to be happy following the win and was congratulated by those around him.

"He's not overly ecstatic. But he was happy. And then he went home," Troia said.

Angelos sent his son, Louis, to Arlington to represent the family.

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State should seek long-term solutions
by Roy Ockert
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Gov. Mike Beebe will ask a subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council next month for approval to use “rainy-day funds” to aid Arkansas students seeking advanced degrees in high-demand health fields not offered in the state.

The action is necessary because the General Assembly paid little attention to the dwindling reserves in the fund used to finance scholarships for these students and others. In fact, lawmakers showed little interest in higher education during their regular session, being preoccupied by extending gun rights, prohibiting abortions and dealing with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Arkansas offers no graduate degrees in a number of health-care fields, including dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine and osteopathy.

Of course, we need practitioners in those fields in our state so we depend on sending our students to out-of-state schools, in hopes they will return, and attracting degreed practitioners to jobs here.

Arkansas students attending medical colleges in other states generally face much higher tuition and fees than those states’ own students — maybe $25,000 or $30,000 more per year.

The purpose behind the Arkansas Health Education Grant is to cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition for Arkansas students so they can pursue degrees in medical fields. Although there is no requirement for those students to return to their home state, obviously we hope they’ll be grateful enough to return and fill the need for practitioners.

Unfortunately, for several years the Legislature has been shortchanging higher education to pay the bills in other critical areas, such as public schools, prisons, Medicaid and legislative expense funds. The lottery scholarship program gave a boost to higher education, but we’re now learning that boost may not be as high or as permanent as we had hoped.

The Arkansas Health Exchange Program is one of a couple dozen financial-aid programs administered by the state Department of Higher Education, and the cost exceeds the $28 million annually the Legislature provided. The difference has come from reserve funds, but those funds have diminished to the point that choices must be made.

It’s a shame the General Assembly couldn’t have anticipated this problem and dealt with it instead of cutting taxes for the wealthy. We shouldn’t have to use the rainy-day fund for higher education; it should be for a crisis we can’t foresee — a tornado or ice storm.

Higher education, especially for health-care fields, is an investment that must get a high priority. Nearly 50 students qualified for these grants for this fall; each committed to graduate studies and had reason to expect the state’s assistance. Where is the state’s commitment?

This is not a one-time problem that can be fixed permanently with the $1.1 million Gov. Beebe is requesting. The nearly 50 students will have the same problem again next year. Lawmakers should not only approve use of these funds but, more importantly, should push for a permanent solution.

Meanwhile, Arkansas State University is looking at such a solution for one of these health-care fields. Last week ASU-Jonesboro Chancellor Tim Hudson announced that the university is exploring public-private partnerships that could lead to establishing an osteopathic medical school in Jonesboro.

That could mean training home-grown osteopathic physicians and perhaps attracting out-of-state students, too.

An ASU alumni newsletter said that the United States has 29 certified osteopathic medical colleges at 37 locations, but the nearest to Jonesboro are at Kansas City, Tulsa, Okla., and Hattiesburg, Miss.

“Doctors of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) are fully trained physicians who complete four years of medical school and are licensed by state medical boards to prescribe medication, perform surgery and practice in all recognized medical specialties,” the newsletter said. “Many osteopathic physicians incorporate manipulative treatment, which involves using the hands to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury.”

The American Osteopathic Society says the field is one of the fastest growing segments of the health-care professions in the United States. Among some 70,000 osteopathic physicians nationwide are 450 licensed in Arkansas, of whom 265 are in active practice, the State Medical Board said.

Hudson doesn’t plan to seek state funding for the medical school, which is probably wise considering the Legislature’s lack of interest in higher education. Instead, ASU would seek private funding to establish the school, then would count on tuition, research and external support to operate it.

Typically, such a program would involve four years of training — two years of coursework and another two years of internships at physicians’ clinics. Leaders of two major health-care organizations in Jonesboro, — St. Bernard’s Healthcare and NEA Baptist Clinic — appear to be solidly behind the concept.

ASU is only beginning a feasibility study, but this is the sort of thing our state must do to meet the needs of the future, not only in this field but also in others.

For example, ASU could also be an ideal site for a veterinary medicine school. The university already has a strong agriculture program, and the most critical shortage for veterinarians is in the area of large-animal vets.

Roy Ockert is editor emeritus of The Jonesboro Sun. He may be reached by email at
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I have to tell you, I'm simply dying for the next season of Mad Men. I have been enchanted with the show since it began.

Besides being seduced by the odd sense of nostalgia it induces in me (which is strange as it's an era I only know through old movies and my mother's Super-8 films), I am totally intrigued by the idea of masculinity during this time; men who smoked and drank at work and had sex on their lunch breaks.

Men who knew how to unhook garter belts and stockings. Men who loved hanging out with their buddies but always (eventually) went home to their wives.

Once while we were watching, I jokingly asked my mad man, "Don't you kind of wish that things were still that way?" to which he quite seriously replied, "Yes."

Let's just state the obvious: I'm hardly the picture-perfect "wifey." For starters, I'm not a fan of the word "wife" at all (thankfully, my partner in crime doesn't associate with the word "husband" either). I'm also slightly sheepish about the fact that I have never – not once – done his laundry.

I certainly don't spend my weekends scrubbing toilets or pressing shirts. It's a special treat if I manage to have food waiting on the table when he gets home. In fact, more often then not, my partner is the one who has cleaned up and has dinner ready for me.

And then it dawned on me: I work late, need solitude, get grumpy when I haven't eaten, and (kind of) expect romance to be according to my whims. I'm a tad embarrassed to admit that I may be living the life of a 1960s man.

While I'm not sure if this is what feminists meant by "equal opportunity," a small part of me is delighted to realize this is something that could only occur in a post-feminist world. The fact is my partner didn't choose me for being a good homemaker any more than I chose him to be a good "provider."

And I know there are lots more hard-working women out there who are exactly like me.

So while I may never bring myself to do his laundry and the kitchen floor will never be clean enough for you to eat off it, I promise I'll never expect flowers on Valentine's Day, I'll never want gold baubles over a hand written note and I'll always be able to make a mean martini.


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I’m hoping that the DDD North 2 Windows Phone agenda will make it into the marketplace in time for the event on Saturday!

I did manage to get the app certified in time, however a last minute agenda change forced another upload! I *will* make a start to a generic version on Monday, honest!

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two diseases transmitted by inhalation fo asexual spores?
coccidiomycosis and histoplasmosis
treatment for superficial candidal infection? for systemic?
nystatin; amphotericin B
Southwestern US, valley fever
Mississippi and Ohio river valleys
rural Latin America
bird or bat droppings; intracellular (tiny yeast inside macrophages)
Captain's wheel appearance
states east of Mississippi River and Central America
big, broad-based budding
dimorphic fungi
mold in soil; yeast in tissue
on what do you culture fungi?
Sabouraud's agar
systemic mycoses can mimic what?
TB (granuloma formation)
what is cocidiomycosis in tissue?
treatments for mycoses?
fluconazole or ketoconazole for local infection; ampho B for systemic infection
what causes tinea versicolor?
malassezia furfur
hypopigmented skin lesions in hot, humid weather
tinea versicolor
treatment for tinea versicolor?
topical miconazole, selenium sulfide
what does cladosporium werneckii cause?
tinea nigra
infection of keratinized layer of skin; appears as brownish spot
tinea nigra
treatment for tinea nigra?
salicylic acid
pruritic lesions with central clearing resembling a ring, caused by dermatophytes
tinea pedis/cruris/corporis/capitis
mold hyphae in KOH prep, not dimorphic
tinea pedis/cruris/corporis/capitis
mold with septate hyphae that branch at a V-shaped (45 degree) angle
culture on Sabourauds' agar, stains with India ink?
cryptococcus neoformans
heavily encapsulated yeast, not dimorphic, found in soil & pigeon droppings
fungus ball
mold with irregular nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles (>90 degrees)
mucor and rhizopus
in what type of patients is mucormycosis typically seen?
ketoacidotic diabetic and leukemic patients
fungi proliferate in walls of blood vessels and cause infarction of distal tissue; rhinocerebral, frontal lobe abscesses
mucor and rhizopus
yeast that causes diffuse interstitial pneumonia
pneumocystis cainii
how do you diagnose PCP?
lung biopsy or lavage
methenamine silver stain of lung tissue identifies what?
pneumocystis carinii
treatmetn for PCP?
TMP-SMX, pentamidine, dapsone
dimorphic fungus that lives on vegetation
sporothrix schenckii
cigar-shaped budding yeast visible in pus
sporothrix schenckii
treatment for sporothrix schenckii?
itraconazole or potassium iodide
bloody diarrhea, liver abscess, RUQ pain?
entamoeba histolytica
severe diarrhea in AIDS, mild disease (watery diarrhea) in non-HIV
brain abscess in HIV, brain defects (ring-enhancing lesions)
foul smelling, greenish discharge; itching and burning
trichomonas vaginalis
dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus
trypanosoma cruzi (Chags' disease)
African sleepign sickness
trypanosoma gambinse, rhodesiense
visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar)
leishmania donovani
rapidly fatal menigoencephalitis; swimming in freshwater lakes
appears as maltese cross on blood smear
trophozoites on wet mount
trichomonas vaginalis
cysts on acid-fast stain
trophozoites or cysts in stool (2)
giardia, entamoeba
transmission of entamoeba, giradia, cryptosporidium?
cysts in water
transmission of toxoplasma?
cysts in meat or cat feces
transmission of babesia?
ixodes tick
transmission of leishmania?
transmission of african sleeping sickness?
tsetse fly
undercooked pork tapeworm; larvae cause mass lesions in brain, cysticercosis
taenia solium (tapeworm/cestode)
eggs in dog feces when ingested can cause cysts in liver; causes anaphylaxis if antigens are released from cysts
echinococcus granulosus (cestode/tapeworm)
snails are host; cercariae penetrate skin of humans; causes granulomas, fibrosis, and inflammation of the spleen and liver
schistosoma (trematode/fluke)
undercooked fish; causes inflammation of the biliary tract
clonorchis sinensis (trematode/fluke)
undercooked crab meat; causes inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung
paragonimus westermani (trematode/fluke)
larvae penetrate skin of feet; intestinal infection can cause anemia
ancylostoma duodenale (hookworm)
eggs are visible in feces; intestinal infection
asarcis lumbicoides (giant roundworm)
food contaminated with eggs; intestinal infection; causes anal pruritis
enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
larvae in soil penetrate the skin; intestinal infection
strongyloides stercoralis
undercooked meat, usually pork; inflammation of muscle, periorbital edema
trichinella spiralis
in drinking water; skin inflammation and ulceration
dracunculus medinensis
transmitted by deer fly; causes swelling in skin (can see worm crawling in conjuctiva)
loa loa
transmitted by female blackflies; causes river blindness
onchocera volvulus
food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (if in retina leads to blindness) and visceral larva migrans
toxocara canis
female mosquito; causes blockage of lymphatic vessels (elephantiasis)
wuchereria bancrofti
parasite: brain cysts, seizures
taenia solium
parasite: liver cysts
echinococcus granulosus
parasite: B12 deficiency
diphyllobothrium latum
parasite: biliary tract disease
clonorchis sinensis
parasite: hemoptysis
paragonimus westermani
parasite: portal hypertension
schistosoma mansoni
parasite: hematuria, bladder cancer
schistosoma haematobium
parasite: microcytic anemia
ancylostoma, necator
parasite: perianal pruritis
outbreaks after cleaning chicken coops or exploring caves
what type of fungus is cryptococcus?
yeast, not dimorphic
cauliflower skin lesions; broad based budding yeasts
how do you diagnose trichinella?
muscle biopsy
RMSF-type symptoms plus berry-like clusters (morulae) inside neutrophils?
anaplsma phagocytophilium
what causes human granulocytic erlichiosis?
anaplasma phagocytophilium
asarcis lumbricoides, clonorchis seinensis, and fascida hepatica can all cause what?
bacterial cholangitis
what types of milaria have dormant forms?
p. vivax and p. ovale
species of malaria that can cause severe (cerebral) disease?
p. falciparum
malaria drug to prevent relapse caused by p. vivax, p. ovale?


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Ground Hog Day

History of Groundhog Day

The holiday, which began as a Pennsylvania German custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to a groundhog. The holiday also bears some similarities to the medieval Catholic holiday of Candlemas. In addition, it resembles the Pagan festival of Imbolc, the seasonal turning point of the Celtic calendar, which is celebrated on February 1 and also involves weather prognostication.

For early Christians in Europe, Candlemas was a day to bless and distribute candles. It was at the mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.  Early Christians decided that clear skies on Candlemas Day meant a longer winter was ahead, while a cloudy day foreshadowed the end of winter.  According to the English version:

If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Winter has another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Winter will not come again.

In 1723, the Delaware Indians settled Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.  It was a campsite halfway between the Allegheny and the Susquehanna Rivers. The name Punxsutawney comes from the Indian name for the location "ponksad-uteney" which means "the town of the sand flies." When the Germans came to America in the 1700s and settled in Pennsylvania, they brought their tradition of Candlemas and introduced the tradition of an animal seeing its shadow into the prediction of the weather on that day.  In Germany, a badger had been used, but a suitable replacement in America was the groundhog.

In 1886, Clymer H. Freas, city editor of the Punxsutawney Spirit Newspaper was inspired by a local tradition of hunting and barbecuing groundhogs and dubbed the participants the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Using his editorial clout, he proclaimed Punxsutawney Phil, the local groundhog, to be the one and only official weather forecasting groundhog.  He issued this proclamation on, appropriately enough, Groundhog Day, February 2nd.  Punxsutawney Phil's fame began to spread, and newspapers from around the globe began to report Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day predictions. Today, over 20,000 fans come to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on Groundhog Day.

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The 2012 best Iceberg movies

1; And the Golden Iceberg goes to... Roman Polanski and his 'Rosemary's baby'.

2; 'Cave of forgotten dreams', by Werner Herzog, is awarded with The Silver Iceberg.

3; The humor of 'American dad!' wins the bronze Iceberg.

4; 'Els passos dobles', d'Isaki Lacuesta.
5; 'When we were kings', a non fiction movie by Leon Gast.


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The Pit or the Rock - Daily Disciples - July 26, 2011

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July 26

Today’s Readings: Psalms 40Acts 27:1-26

Today’s Thoughts: The Pit or the Rock

I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. Psalm 40:1-2

The house in which I grew up was built in the late 1800’s and still had some of the relics from that period, such as an old cistern located in the backyard. I think at one time it had been a source of water. Since it was no longer used or needed, the opening was loosely capped with a rusty round lid. As a kid, I remember being in fear of accidentally falling into it. My imagination conjured up this image of a deep dark pit with a sinking bottom in which I would be forever trapped. I look back and think that maybe my fears were a little silly, but then I realize that sometimes as an adult I feel as if I wake up in that pit, dark and damp with no way out. Maybe a lot of us feel this way at times.

Reading the words of King David in this Psalm should give us all hope and encouragement. If David had such moments of despair, then we must know that our feelings of being trapped in a pit of miry clay are not unknown to our Lord. Jesus knew how David felt and He knows how we feel. The Lord hears our cries, the Lord inclines His ear to listen to us, and He will not only lift us up, but will lead us out. The key is to trust Him to do so. We must believe that the Lord is going to rescue us because we cannot do it in our own strength. Trying to climb our way out of the darkness is exhausting and depressing. And sometimes it is in that darkest moment, when we sense a hand reaching down, picking us up and setting our feet back on the rock. We did not need to try; we just needed to surrender our fears to the Lord.

Where are you today? Are you in the “horrible pit” or “upon a rock”? Regardless of the place you find yourself, just know that the Lord is right there with you. He is the only way out of the pit and He is the only one Who can establish our steps in the right direction. Pray today that you can trust Jesus for all your needs and that in trusting Him, you can wait patiently for His perfect timing.

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Daily Discples - July 29, 2010

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July 29

Today's ReadingPsalms 49; Romans 1

Today's Thoughts:  Would you have supported Jesus' ministry?

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." Romans 1:17

Would you have liked to have lived during the ministry years of Jesus?  Do you think you would have sponsored His ministry? In haste I would answer, "Why…yes, I would have liked to have been one of the disciples."  But after pondering these questions, I realized that His teachings would have been hard for me to understand. Firstly, none of his listeners or disciples had the indwelling Holy Spirit (John 7:39) so they could not understand many of Jesus' teachings. Also, the things Jesus did and said would not have been consistent with what I thought He should do or say. For example, He would heal someone, then tell them not to tell anyone. He would say things like: "the Son of Man has no place to lay his head," "go, sell your possessions and give to the poor," "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." People were confused and divided over Jesus. His ministry stumbled others because man tried to define who God should be according to their wisdom and their standards.

We are still struggling with that problem today. How many times have you wondered if a circumstance in your life was from God or Satan? And—think of your prayer life. Can you say it has a tendency to reflect the will of the Father or your will?  We get confused because a lot of times our flesh pleads louder than our spirit. Even as believers, we have our own ideas of what God should do and how He should do it. And if Christians struggle with this, and we have the word of God and the Holy Spirit, think of what the people of the world are up against. The world wants to worship something that makes sense to them. The world wants to see, hear and do what feels good to them. That's not God's way. God is pleased when we walk by faith. God desires that we give thanks in all circumstances regardless of how we feel. The Lord wants us to persevere in faith instead of please our flesh.

I had a friend who died at age forty-two, leaving eight kids, from ages two to thirteen. Every part of me was telling God that I couldn't support His decision to let her die. My attitude reflected my struggle in that I was questioning God's ways over my friend's death. My family tried to help me get through this tough time. Even my kids reminded me that God's ways are not our ways. The righteous shall live by faith…no matter how it feels, or how weak we are, or how confusing the circumstances may be. We need to have an attitude of worship in our thoughts, our actions and our words. I want to sponsor Jesus here on earth regardless of what I think or how I feel because when I meet Him face to face, I want Him to sponsor me.

Our mission is to evangelize the lost and awaken the saved to live empowered lives by the Work of God and His Holy Spirit. Daily Disciples Ministries makes a difference for the kingdom of God by teaching and training believers how to be in God's Word, how to pray and how to walk with Jesus every day, as His daily disciple.
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Christian Debt and Finance Resources, Advice

Be Credit Card Savvy

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Be Credit Card Savvy
Americans owe a lot of money - more than \$250 billion on credit cards. Perhaps you are one of them. Credit cards represent the ability to obtain cash, goods, or services. If not used properly, credit can be expensive.

Credit card know-how:

  1. Only a few cards are needed. Most stores and vendors accept major credit cards other than their own. A Visa or MasterCard will do the trick.

  2. Credit cards are useful in tracking expenses. Put expenses that are tax deductible or business related on one card, and personal expenses on another.

  3. Pay your credit card bills in full each month before the due date.

  4. Beware of advertised low interest rates. These often change after six months. If you aren't satisfied with your bank's rate ask for a lower rate. Many banks are willing to meet competitors' offers.

  5. Know what the grace period is on your account. Some are as few as 10 days. The norm is 25 days.

  6. Know the rules for cash advances. Often the interest rate is significantly higher than the monthly rate, and charged from the time of the advance, plus a charge for the service.

  7. Debit cards deduct your charge amount directly from your checking account. If there is not enough money in your account, the transaction won't go through.

  8. Limit the number of cards that you apply for. Don't apply for more than one or two at a time. Each inquiry is included in your credit report. If too many credit grantors inquire at once, they may become suspicious of your intentions.

  9. Don't charge disposable items. Make it a personal rule not to charge gasoline or food on your credit card. These items are gone by the time you receive your bill.

  10. Keep an updated list of all your cards. Note each account number, and the toll-free phone number to call in case of loss or theft.

  11. Know your liability if cards are lost or stolen. If you report the loss before they are used, you have no liability for any charges. If you report the loss after they have been used, you are liable for the first \$50 charged on each card. If the lost card is used for a mail order purchase, and not presented directly to the merchant, you are not liable for any of the purchase. There are registration services that offer to limit your entire liability. This service is not free, but is convenient. Some homeowner insurance policies cover this.

  12. Know your rights. Merchants cannot ask for your phone number, address, or driver's license in order to accept your card. They should not ask for your credit card number in order to accept a check. Visa and MasterCard prohibit merchants from requiring a minimum dollar amount purchase in order to use your card.

From Money Sense: What Every Woman Must Know to Be Financially Confident by Judith Briles, copyright (c) 1995. Used with permission of Moody Press, Chicago, Ill., 1-800-678-6928.

Judith Briles (M.B.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Nova University) is a professional speaker, researcher, and author of numerous books. A respected business authority, many of her books focus on women, business, and money: Faith and Savvy Too!, When God Says No, The Confidence Factor, and Woman to Woman. She and her husband, John, live in Denver, Colo.


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Crossword Puzzle Number 774 (Large Grid)

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1. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
4. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
9. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (Southern).
13. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
16. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
18. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs).
23. (used informally) Very small.
25. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
27. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
28. A slender double-reed instrument.
29. The habitation of wild animals.
30. Complacently or inanely foolish.
32. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
37. Lacking a label or tag.
39. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
42. An associate degree in nursing.
45. Hindu sacred text instructing the Brahmins to perform the Vedic rituals.
47. Of a light grayish-brown color n.
49. An instinctive motive.
50. Not widely known.
54. An enclosed space.
55. Someone who wastes time.
57. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
60. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
61. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
62. A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
63. A sudden short attack.
64. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
66. Add ions to.
69. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
71. Greek mythology.
76. Grind together, of teeth.
80. A single splash.
83. A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
85. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
86. Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose.
88. Not only so, but.
90. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
91. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
92. The habitation of wild animals.
94. Informal terms for money.
96. Take in solid food.
97. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
98. A town in north central Oklahoma.
99. Type genus of the Anatidae.
100. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.

1. Not fake or counterfeit.
2. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
3. Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
4. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
7. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
8. A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores.
9. Be earlier in time.
10. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
11. East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed.
12. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
13. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
14. Malicious burning to destroy property.
15. A person to whom money is paid.
22. Outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog.
24. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
26. Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree.
31. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
34. Someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
38. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
40. Narrow French stick loaf.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
44. withdraw from an organization or communion.
46. Australian clover fern.
48. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
51. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
52. A person you know well and regard with affection and trust.
53. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
56. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
58. The products of human creativity.
59. Situated in front of the anus.
65. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
66. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
67. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
68. The polite declining of an invitation.
72. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
73. Elk or moose.
74. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
75. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
77. Having help.
78. An advantageous purchase.
79. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
81. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
82. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
84. Explorer and United States naval officer.
87. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
89. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
93. Being one more than one.
95. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.

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The Joplin Advanced Training and Technology Center (ATTC) provides state-of-the art equipment preparing students to enter the workforce.

Crowder College has partnered with the Joplin Chamber Foundation to offer a condensed schedule for students wanting to go directly to work after training.

For a printable Joplin ATTC flyer click here.

How the courses are formatted?

Most programs are scheduled to allow students to complete a program in one semester. This makes it easier for a person to complete a program and then enter the workforce in a short amount of time.
The Welding program is currently a two semester program with 46 hours of training in just 8 months.

How much does it cost to attend?

Programs taught at the Joplin ATTC are approved for financial aid. To qualify, a student will complete a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
Tuition is one of the lowest you will find at Crowder College. These programs are provided with state-of-the-art equipment and top-notch instructor providing you the highest quality training.
Refer to our Differential Tuition section of the Tuition and Residency page for complete information.

High School graduates who are eligible for Missouri A+ benefits are able to attend the Joplin ATTC and have their tuition and fees, common to all students, paid due to their participation and completion of the A+ Progam at their high schools.

Certificates may be earned in the following programs:

Computer Aided Drafting CAD Certificate

IT Networking Certificate

Programmable Logic Controller Technician Certificate

Welding-Pipe, Plate & Fabrication Certificate

Community Health options (coming soon)

Do you have a place for me to stay while I am in the Program?

Crowder College also offers on-campus housing at the Neosho campus (less than 30 minutes away). This is a great place when you only need housing for 1 or 2 semesters and do not want to commit to a long-term lease.
Find out more about On-Campus Housing.

When can I start?

You may enroll now for fall classes. Students will be able to apply throughout the year and sign up for the sessions as seating will be limited.

How do I get started?

  1. Fill out and submit an Application for Admissions ($25 application fee required)
  2. Provide an official copy of your high school transcript or GED/HSE and any previous college credits
  3. Schedule an appointment to enroll with your Advisor
  4. Schedule an appointment to apply for Financial Aid (if applicable)
  5. Order your books and other supplies from the Bookstore (books and supplies may be charged to your student account)
  6. Start Classes!

For more information contact:

Melissa Smith, Director of Concurrent Enrollment & Regional Centers
417.455.5627 or 417.592.2940
420 Grand Ave.
Joplin, MO  64801


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Kegorator- Man Cave, Home Bar, Home Brew, Pop up Bar, Beer: A unit that gives you draft beer in your home!

Unfortunately, this project was not successful

Small Family Run Business that caters to people looking for Draft Beer in  their own home or small business without the need to have a Bar/ cellar.

Whether you; love the Idea of having Beer On Tap  within your Own Home, are looking for something to Impress your Friends with when they come for a party,  or a Micropub/ Cafe looking for a space saving to solution to serve draft to customers, our units are ideal!

The units are compact and can easily fit under a worktop if required and have been utilised in our own and others home bar projects before (See Photos below). All Units purchased through this project will come with free delivery (UK Only) and a CO2 Bottle with helpful tips on how to set up your kegorator to pour that first pint.


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New Distributor for USA & Canada

We are very pleased to introduce Cortech Solutions as our new distributor for USA and Canada.

Introducing Cortech Solutions our new Distributor for USA & Canada.

We are extremely pleased to announce that Cortech Solutions is joining our family of worldwide distributors and resellers and will be representing us in the USA and Canada.

Lloyd Smith and his colleagues have a wealth of experience in supplying, integrating and supporting a wide range of tools for advanced brain research; we think they are ideally suited to assisting our customers too.


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14-Year-Old Asa Butterfield Will Play The Lead In Ender’s Game

The adaptation of Ender’s Game — that moody, life-after-aliens kids’ book — has found its star. 14-year-old Asa Butterfield will play Ender Wiggin, a talented youngster who’s taken off to a special “battle school” to learn about outer space war strategy.

Asa is a pretty accomplished little dude: an actor in London since the age of eight, he’s starred in flicks like Hugo, Nanny McPhee Returns, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Ender’s Game will be directed by Gavin Hood, helmer of movies like X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Tsotsi.

Ender’s Game was one of my favorite books growing up and I’m super excited to see the Orson Scott Card story come to life on the screen. And Asa totally looks like the Ender in my head, which is a really magical move on the movie folks’ part. Thanks guys!

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      I’ll be excited when this is -in production- on imdb.


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Academic Job Resources

  • CRA Job Postings Computing Research Association Academic Job Postings. This resource should be checked often as it is updated all year long and frequently during the fall semester.

  • ACM Job Postings The Association for Copmuting Machinery's Job Postings. This resource should also be checked often and often has different listings than CRA's job postings.

  • IEEE Job Site IEEE has more than just academic job postings. This is a useful site to check for any computer science career. For those pursuing research careers- some postdoctoral and research engineer positions are posted to this site.

  • CRA Resource for building a research career Best resource for getting a faculty job (suggested by Prof. Bill Thompson)

  • Interviewing during a tight job market, by Qiong Luo and Zack Ives, SIGMOD Record Sep 2002. Prepared for database students, but should be useful for any gradudate student. Recommended even if you are just starting your Ph.D. program.

  • Applying for Jobs in Academia, by Luis Gravano. Check out Luis' application package and links to other job resources.

  • Tips on research and writing, by Renée Miller. Lot of useful resources if you work in data mining and databases. Check out tips and common mistakes in writing.

  • Universities listed by State, US This is a useful list if you are limited in your academic search by region or state and are interested in small liberal arts schools that may not post their job announcements nationally.

  • Academic Keys "Unlocking your career in academia", didn't you know we need a key to get in!

  • Interview Resource Rajeev suggested this webpage for those who are interviewing for a job

  • Hal Daume's Presentation Notes Hal Daume is a new professor at the Univ of Utah and he was kind enough to give us some tips on applying for jobs and interviewing.

    If you have any links that you know are useful when pursuing a post-graduate job please send them to bmohler@cs.utah.edu and I'll add them to this page. Thanks!


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Welcome to Dine & Dash, our new weekly food column. In it, our team will cast a critical eye toward individual dishes and drinks. As opposed to our full restaurant reviews, Dine & Dash is about quick samples, one or sometimes a few, aimed at providing just a taste of food and drink spots — good or bad. To paraphrase Anonymous: We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.

Some weeks we'll review around a theme, but for this inaugural column, we've gone anarchy-style to disparate outfits around the city.

We won't always use this space to explain our process: Some weeks we'll provide more details about a featured item or our theme. We just wanted to clue you in for round one. Enjoy.

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Margarita at PineCreek

7350 Pine Creek Road, 598-8667, margaritaatpinecreek.com

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McCabe's Tavern

520 S. Tejon St., 633-3300, mccabestavern.com

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Tsingtao House

3604 Hartsel Drive, Suite C, 528-8884, tsingtaohouse.com

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MMJ: Take it or leave it

On Aug. 1, Denver attorney Sean McAllister wrote 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May to protest what he saw as stringent negotiation tactics being taken by May's deputy working a case.

"We are only being offered a felony conviction with a recommendation for probation," writes McAllister, whose client was a medical marijuana patient growing within his plant limit, but without physical possession of his red card. "I don't understand this plea offer and it is inconsistent with previous dispositions achieved by me in your jurisdiction over the past several years. ...

"I have represented over 100 similarly situated criminal defendants in other jurisdictions over the past several years and I cannot think of one of my clients who was actually saddled with a felony conviction for slight overages of the plant limits or technical deficiencies with paperwork."

McAllister says he never received a response from May's office. But he and other defense attorneys are upset at what they perceive to be some kind of policy — created in what fellow Denver attorney Rob Corry calls "a parallel universe" — at the DA's office not to offer deferred sentencing to those charged with felony marijuana crimes, specifically those charged with possession with intent to distribute.

Costly options

Sarah Christensen, a longtime Colorado Springs defense attorney, explains that deferred sentencing allows the defendant to enter a guilty plea, without the sentence becoming final.

"So the judgment and sentence is deferred, and it's postponed [by] whatever period of time you agree to," she says. "And at the end of that period, if you have stayed out of trouble ... then they withdraw your guilty plea and dismiss the case, and it never enters as a permanent conviction."

It's a common plea-bargaining tactic, used in cases ranging from domestic violence to sexual assault, but one that at least a handful of attorneys say has disappeared within the past six months in marijuana-related felony cases. Their defendants are forced into either accepting an agreement that involves pleading guilty to a felony charge, or taking their chances at trial, which can cost thousands of dollars, win or lose.

This, in addition to the taxpayer cost: 2010 numbers provided by the Colorado Judicial Branch put the average cost of taking a criminal case to trial in Colorado at around $1,200, not including the prosecutorial team's salary, the court reporter, operating expenses, etc.

Regardless, even the plea agreements that are offered seem suspect, says Christensen, who uses a hypothetical client to demonstrate her recent experiences.

"So they'd offer him probation, no jail. Well ... if he goes to trial and gets convicted, OK, the judge is not gonna do anything worse — to the guy who has 14 plants instead of 12 — than probation, no jail.

"So the DA will say, 'Well, I can offer you probation, no jail.' You're like, 'OK, that's what happens if I lose. That's not really a plea bargain. How about a deferred?' 'Sorry, can't do it.'"

And while a felony can haunt anyone's record, it brings added risk to medical marijuana workers and owners. Colorado law bans anyone with a drug-related felony, and those with a felony that has not been released within the last five years, from obtaining business licensure from the state.

May and MMJ

May has long been known as an antagonist to the MMJ industry, having lobbied city and county governments in the past year to place ban questions on ballots; when they haven't moved forward, he's pushed for tighter regulations.

But May says his approach to prosecuting felony marijuana cases is more or less the same as his predecessor's.

"I can tell you there's not a blanket rule that we never do deferred sentences in marijuana cases," May says in a phone interview. "It's something we'll review and try to decide what's appropriate.

"Typically a first-time offender, particularly a possessor, we're looking towards rehabilitation ... But as you become a repeat offender, or you're an actual distributor — particularly, let's say, you're distributing to our high schools — then we may not be looking as much rehabilitation in those cases."

Despite May's denial of a policy, Springs defense attorney Richard Bednarski has heard differently, as evidenced by early September e-mails between him and a deputy DA. He dictated them to the Indy over the phone.

"I wrote ... 'There's no way I can recommend to a client to plead guilty to a felony charge on a first-time offense. ... Would you consider a deferred judgment sentence to the class four felony?'" Bednarski reads. "And the response is, 'You know we can't do deferreds to drug cases outside of drug court.'

"I then responded by saying, 'I did not know that when dealing with marijuana cultivation cases, as I have received two [deferreds] in the previous year, of cases that did not go to drug court.'

"And her response was, 'We do not do deferreds, last time I checked.'"

In rebuttal, May says it's possible Bednarski was working with a new deputy, who was referencing a requirement that offers be approved by a supervising attorney.

"Some of our younger deputy DAs, we'll have them run by all their dispositions by a senior person who is a team leader, and assigned to their team to look at each disposition to make sure it's fair," he says. "I don't know if it was a situation like that."

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How to make steelmaking 'green?' Add some plastic.

A trash bin is not the first place most people would search when hunting for ingredients to make steel.

But to Veena Sahajwalla, plastic castoffs represent a potential "green" solution to some of the environmental problems that result when today's scrap metal is converted into tomorrow's girders. Where today's furnaces use coal, she envisions partially replacing it with waste plastic. Think of it as "beating" plastic grocery bags into plowshares.

Her research is part of a broader global effort to align steelmaking with 21st-century goals of sustainable development. Over the past three decades, steelmakers in industrial countries have made significant strides in building more energy-efficient plants and in capturing more of the pollutants that once billowed from their facilities.

But today's technologies still rely on coal - and in a few cases natural gas - as a source of carbon to purify iron ore or scrap metal, researchers say. Many developing countries, meanwhile, run plants that are far less efficient and emit far more pollutants into the air. If they had more ecologically friendly technologies to use at affordable prices, they could clean their air and water and still build homegrown steel industries, researchers reason.

In Asia, North America, and Europe, scientists also are looking at replacing coal with biomass and hydrogen. They even see ways to eliminate additives altogether for some steps in the steelmaking process.

"If we look at waste material as a valuable resource and we can put it to some use, that effectively leads to the concept of sustainable materials," Dr. Sahajwalla says. "If you want to look to see whether a waste material is a potential resource, you have to go back and question the current technologies and processes."

At first blush, chucking plastics into a furnace hardly sounds environmentally responsible. Indeed, researchers note that not all plastics would be suitable.

But Sahajwalla, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, explains that in their most basic form, plastics are made of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon. And it's the carbon that she has her eye on as she considers the use of plastics in electric steelmaking furnaces.

Before coal can be used in refining iron or making steel, it must be turned into coke - a carbonized form of coal with the impurities baked out of it. During the baking process, the coal releases a range of noxious compounds, such as mercury and other metals, as well as sulfur and nitrogen oxides - the building blocks of acid rain and smog.

In the torrid heat of the furnace, coke's carbon reacts with the liquid metal, carrying away the oxygen in iron ore or rusty scrap as carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide gas.

While she acknowledges that carbon-dioxide emissions don't go away when plastics are used, plastics give off less CO2 than equivalent amounts of coal. And they don't produce the other noxious byproducts. In the lab, she and her research team have found that a 50/50 mixture of coke and plastic works just as well as a furnace filled with coke.

The approach wouldn't require manufacturing plastics specifically for steelmaking. "Let's put it this way," she says, grinning. "You definitely have enough plastics" in the world's landfills.

She and her colleagues are looking for an industrial partner to conduct full-scale experiments.

At the other end of the scale for "greening" steel production sits Donald Sadoway, a professor of materials science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. He and his colleagues are devising ways to draw the oxygen out of iron ore using electricity. The approach, called electrolysis, already is used to make aluminum.

The approach uses an electric current to separate iron from oxygen. The ore is dissolved in a solvent, then the current is applied to the liquid. Iron gathers around one electrode, oxygen around the other. The process's only gas byproduct is pure oxygen. Given the relatively cheap cost of energy for traditional methods of iron refinement versus his electrolytic approach, Dr. Sadoway acknowledges that its near-term prospects may look brighter for metals such as titanium, which currently undergoes "a torturous set of thermochemical operations" during refinement.

Yet as countries begin to eye carbon taxes as a way to encourage greater energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions, he continues, his approach may begin to look more economically competitive for steel.

Its ultimate use, however, may be off the planet. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has expressed an interest in the technology as one possible approach to "living off the land" when exploring the moon or Mars. Traditional metal refining would require a constant stream of coal from Earth. Once a suitable source of electricity is established, however, electrolysis could provide the iron needed to build or repair structures.

"In 21st-century metallurgy, the only class of emissions should be products," Sadoway says.

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Chefs offer their freshest picks for spring

Ah, spring. The season of rebirth is warmly welcomed by most of us, but for chefs who strive to cook with local seasonal ingredients, springtime holds a special allure. Hearty soups and stews move to the back burner, and fresh-picked peas, earthy morels, and foraged fiddleheads take center stage.

It's a season that thrills northern California chef and caterer Jesse Ziff Cool. "When those tender little greens finally shoot up from the earth," she says, "we know that - yahoo! - winter is finally over."

Peter Davis, executive chef at Henrietta's Table in Cambridge, Mass., savors springtime for its bounty of fresh ingredients. "There's just much more to play with," he says. "Spring's arrival also means even more foods will become available as the weather heats up."

For Michael LaScola, executive chef and co-owner with his wife of American Seasons on Nantucket, Mass., spring is the season he opens his restaurant doors after the island's sleepy winter months. This year, his spring menu features "tons of morels," he says. Chef LaScola is also innovating dishes with fava beans, baby beets, and ramps, which are essentially wild onions similar to scallions but with a garlicky flavor.

Asparagus, one of the most beloved harbingers of spring, is a darling among restaurant chefs. Those interviewed said they prefer medium-size stalks. Pencil-thin ones, though elegant-looking, are too easily overcooked and can turn limp; jumbo ones are "woody."

Chef Davis suggests simply drizzling the spears with olive oil, sprinkling them with salt and pepper, and grilling them. Or you can steam asparagus and serve it with a lemon-herb vinaigrette. As with all fresh produce, he adds, don't embellish too much. "If you get vegetables in season from a local farmer, you don't want to mask the flavor," he says. "Just let it speak for itself."

For Sunday brunch at the Hominy Grill in Charleston, S.C., chef Robert Stehling serves asparagus Southern-style: with shrimp and grits. "Grits are everyone's breakfast down here," he says, "and shrimp are even more plentiful than pigs."

But asparagus season is on its way out in Charleston; Stehling is now relishing ramps from the mountains of North Carolina. "Ramps are a big springtime specialty in the South," he says, "but with such a strong flavor, I use them sparingly. I often chop them and bake them in spoon bread with cornmeal. When cooked, their flavor mellows."

Fiddleheads are another spring favorite, but with a short season that begins around mid-April and fizzles out a month later. They are foraged in forests in New England and Washington State.

Chef LaScola likes to make the most of the season by simply warming the fiddleheads to keep their crunchy texture, and then tossing them in a warm bacon vinaigrette. "They can get slimy when cooked," he says, "I just trim down their ends and leave them as fresh as possible."

Chef Davis is partial to fiddleheads grown in New England, which he finds less bitter than those from the West. He prefers to blanch them, then sauté them in olive oil, minced shallots, and salt and pepper. He often mixes fiddleheads with fresh peas, or he'll show off the intriguing-looking fiddleheads by presenting them as a garnish with a variety of dishes.

Ziff Cool is showcasing baby vegetables such as radishes, beets, and carrots on spring menus at her three restaurants in the Menlo Park area of California. To avoid overcooking them, she suggests steaming or blanching them in salted water. Then she likes to toss them with olive oil, garlic or onions, fresh herbs, salt, and pepper. Baby vegetables also are wonderful just warmed over the grill, she adds. "Sure, baby vegetables are fashionable, and a lot of chefs use them," she says, "but if you're really trying to cook with the rhythm of the seasons, it just makes sense to serve them in the spring."

Asparagus and brie risotto

California chef Jesse Ziff Cool heralds asparagus season with this dish, which she often serves as a bed for grilled salmon.

4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 green onions, minced
1 cup arborio rice
1 pound asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 ounces brie cheese, cubed

In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring broth to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer.

In a deep, heavy saucepan over medium heat, heat the oil. Add the green onions and rice and cook for 5 minutes, or until the rice is golden brown. Begin adding the broth, 1/2 cup at a time, and cook, stirring constantly, for 20 minutes, or until the broth is absorbed and the risotto begins to get creamy. Just before adding the last of the broth, add the asparagus and pepper. Stir in the cheese. Serves 4.

Source: "Your Organic Kitchen," by Jesse Ziff Cool

Spring vegetable sauté

3/4 pound new potatoes, cut in half
1/2 pound sugar snap peas, trimmed
2 tablespoons butter
3 to 4 small spring onions, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 to 3 tablespoons chopped mint
Salt and pepper

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook for 20 minutes, or until tender. Add snap peas during the last 2 minutes of cooking time. Drain.

Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and cook for 5 minutes, or until tender. Add potatoes, snap peas, nutmeg, and mint. Toss to coat well. Season to taste. Serves 6.

Source: "Your Organic Kitchen," by Jesse Ziff Cool

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