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A severe weather outbreak, including tornadoes, will target the central U.S. the next few days.
Periods of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy with increasing winds. Temperatures steady or slowly warming to the upper 70s. SSW winds at 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Hourly Details
Variable clouds with strong thunderstorms. Damaging winds, large hail, and possibly a tornado with some storms. High 83F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
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Voter IQs Need Refresher Course
Republicans are delighted to hear they scored better than Democrats and independents in a new survey of political knowledge. Fine. I'm sure Democrats would be just as boastful if their side scored better. Everybody in politics wants to believe that their side is brilliant and the others are a bunch of nitwits.
What's disturbing to me is how many participants, including members of the
Perhaps no one should be shocked that more than a third of the independents did not know that the donkey is the Democrats' mascot and "
But more than one-fifth of Republicans didn't know they were the
On eight of 13 questions about politics, Republicans outscored Democrats by an average of 18 percentage points, according to Pew. That's at least partly because Republicans tend to be older, which in my experience makes them more attentive to the news. Back when I taught college journalism classes, I was both amused and appalled by how little students keep up with the news unless you assign them to do it.
But it is hardly a trivial pursuit for voters to know, for example, which party wants to restrict access to abortion. Yet a third of both parties and independents in the Pew survey answered incorrectly -- and more than one-fourth of all three groups did not know it is Democrats who "support raising taxes on higher income people."
Almost the same percentage did not know which party favors a "path to citizenship" for illegal immigrants. It's the Democrats.
Ten percent of Republicans guessed wrong when asked which party was "more conservative on most issues," but that's better than the 40 percent of Democrats who also got it wrong.
Keep this in mind the next time you hear someone complain about low voter turnout. Do we really want to encourage even more Americans to vote?
Well, yes, said
No, it is relief from radical mood swings and polarized politics that Ornstein is after. In that pursuit, expanding the electorate tops a list of useful suggestions that he and
It is their hope that making it more convenient for Americans to vote would encourage more moderates and independents to vote and cool off some of the hyperpartisanship that increasingly has gridlocked legislation in
"Higher turnout would attract more citizens with less-fixed partisan and ideological commitments into the electorate," they write.
Ornstein invited me to imagine near universal voting in the
It is a noble dream to imagine the end of base-focused campaigns, in which each party tries to mobilize their strongest supporters and suppress the likely voters for the other side. But, considering how many Americans oppose any intrusion by government into their lives, I don't expect to see mandatory voting very soon.
Besides, there is something to be said for those who care enough about voting to take the time and effort to do it. The challenge for our political leadership and for us in the media is to help them receive good information as to whom and what they're voting for.
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In response to Julia Lawrence, with Educationnews.org, tell the PTOs and the growing number of parents that schools are not supposed to be police states but rather states of mind, body and spirit. If we put police presence in advance of education the only state of mind that will be developed is not that which is preemptive to violence but rather that which precipitates paranoia, excessive fear, and warped thinking. To that point, the only spirit that will be developed in our children will be that of fear rather than exuberance and curiosity. And by extension, the body will soon fall into disarray because of the stress we will have put on young minds not yet prepared to withstand such awareness.
Julia Steiny with Educationnews.org said it best when she said "...even as we mourn with Sandyhook's families, resist succumbing to fear. The kids want us to stick to our ideals of the land of the free and the brave..."
I would suggest that we start requiring licenses to be citizens but we know how well marriage licenses guarantee strong eternal relationships or drivers' licenses guarantee competence and responsibility. Perhaps we should give credit ratings to the quality of our citizenry but for fear people could simply declare bankruptcy and start over, as if that will change the outcome. The thing is, there is no way to guarantee anything let alone safety.
For now, let's pray for peace for all families; pray families are not held hostage to the tragedies, pray families celebrate those they've lost rather than simply mourn a loss. I have never forgotten my deceased 4 year old niece. I remember her smile, her kind spirit and how much I loved seeing her rather than be sad she's not here with me...we will meet again.
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rain, here's my own picture of 2mm plant worms.
most get these when their gravel gets too filthy.
fish don't seem to eat them, so you need to do
water changes and gravel vacuums to remove
and keep their population more unnoticeable.
here is an underwater picture of ianmason's dragonfly larva/pupa.
they probably come from aquatic plants grown outdoors.
you can manually remove or hope the fish will eat them.
rain- thanks again for inspiring this thread.
feel free to use this stuff in your main post.
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Volume 9, Issue 1: Pictura
A Day in the Life of Pookies
Bekah, Nathan, and Rachel Wilson
Our small voices drifted into the kitchen where Mom was working.
"Do you believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?"
"But wait! I said I wanted to be the pastor and then you just started doing it!"
"But I'm the pastor so you have to say yes."
"But I hate getting baptized! You guys always drop me!"
"No, we don't. And besides, you always squirm."
Unfortunately, baptisms in our household tended to end in conflict. If there wasn't a disagreement about who got to officiate, then someone ended up with a bad attitude and a goose egg from an attempted immersion in our living room floor. We didn't believe in sprinkling. It wasn't the cowboy way.
Usually at this point Mom sent us outside. We then began to S-P-Y (our code for spy) on the evil heathen empire next door, Curtis. Unfortunately our expedition proved a failure because the dreaded Curtis saw us hiding in the raspberry bushes and came over to chat. All three of us immediately attempted to assume a nonchalant demeanor. We thought we had him fooled, but apparently not, because he leaned over the fence with a nasty smirk and asked, "What are you PK's doing now?"
The word was new to us and we thought it was another code word for a spy. Possibly French. We all stashed it away for later use. Nevertheless we were a little peeved that he had guessed our occupation so easily. So the three of us remained casually squatted in the bushes, each waiting for one of the others to respond to his question.
But then Curtis brought us all to life by repeating his remark, but this time he spiced it up a little. He said . . . the Big H! We all immediately sprang into action. We didn't tolerate tacky talk and he would soon know it. We told him to go home at once. Imagine our dismay when he coolly pointed out that he already was in his own yard. We were taken aback, yes, but only for a moment. When bad words were involved we were quick thinkers. "You can't say that around us. Our Dad's a pastor," retorted the smallest among us.
The logic escaped him, and he said as much. But we assumed our wit had overwhelmed him because he went back inside, and the three of us returned to our virtuous activities. "Now we can't be Peekays anymore, cuz there's no one left to S-P-Y on." We liked the way the new word sounded, and so thus it was added to our vast repertoire (though as the day progressed our new word assumed many forms). Our vocab was already stunning, but this gave it a foreign smell.
We christened our organization "The Paykays" and began to establish a network of hideouts. Although there was no one left to S-P-Y on, a Pakey must always be prepared. As it turned out, we were a team of immense intensity but very little focus. The construction of our three hideouts led to unbelievable amounts of side projects. The first fort under construction was the underground house. The decor, of course, was the most pressing need, due to the fact that two of us were girls and had our brother outnumbered. Some of the items we immediately procured were essential, such as potholders, and a whale carved out of soap, while others were more comfort-oriented such as the grass rug that was to be woven, and that right quickly.
The more crucial but less tended-to aspect of our underground house was its actual digging. But this wasn't all our fault. We weren't allowed to dig in the grass, where, as everyone knows, the best digging is to be done. Our mother's scruples on this point were not shared by the dog Tyler, but that is another saga. No, we had to dig under the pine trees, where the ground was a teeming mass of roots. No sooner would we get some good action in with the shovel than we would strike a root and be forced to begin all over again, a few feet to the left.
After a while, the work on the underground hideout began to wear on us and someone suggested that the Pokeys begin work on the plum tree project. This was going to be our office headquarters, where our three minds would together weave some of the more incredible stratagems of our time. With such an office, Curtis's vile career would soon come to a quick close. The plum tree was perfectly suited for this use because of the emergency rope swing exit. One never knew when one might be called upon to leave the office in a hurry. However, one had to be highly trained to use this exit properly. Any non-Pokies could be easily detected by the grand manner in which they missed the rope and spread eagled in the pea-gravel below. In this way the rope also doubled as a testing ground. If any agent, leaping out of the plum tree, failed to catch the rope, we knew they were no true Pookie. The Pookie annals would be full of such occurrences, if we had only thought to keep Pookie annals.
Construction on the Plum Place began immediately. Boards were hauled up and placed in the best spots. Nails, that would some day be handy for hanging something on, were nailed into every branch within reach. But most importantly, a basket was rigged onto a string so that Mom could place our PB&J sandwiches in the basket at ground level, and we would eventually manage to haul them up. By means of this trusty elevator much time was saved in the construction of the Plum Place. We Pookies didn't have time to climb down for lunch, although unfortunately, we did have to make a few trips down to retrieve half-eaten sandwiches out of the pea gravel below. In one such rescue mission, the smallest of us was sent for the lost goods.
It was a kind of training run. She was still earning her spurs and attacked the dangerous project with an intensity that belied her size. While we admired her attitude, her judgment was less commendable. Upon reaching the lowest branch, some four feet above the earth's crust, the small one made her tragic bloomer. Instead of the two-handed reverse drop we had been taught in training, she slid into a sitting position and straddled the branch . . . the small one was stuck. The others immediately came to the rescue with laughter and helpful cries of, "Just jump! Quick, Curtis will see you!" The prospect of Curtis casting his eyes in this direction was scary for one of such stature and so she panicked. Plucking up her courage, she pushed off the branch to plunge to the ground below. However, she did not plunge. A small stub on her perch had pierced her shorts and had forbidden the drop. She was swaying gently from side to side parallel to the gravel below. Because it was a small one who wore them, the shorts held firm. Curtis was no longer in our thoughts, laughter was. We laughed and laughed while the smallest of us wept bitter tears. Rescue mission number two was soon under way. We must free the small one. However, we were unable. Four feet was too immense a height for our short arms. For while the smallest of us was small, the rest of us were none too large ourselves. So we requested Federal aid and Mom got her down for us and we quickly scampered back up to our Plum Place before Curtis saw too much.
Once the Plum Place was completed we sat up there feeling extremely pleased with how our lives were going, and gorging ourselves on plums. At this point we should have been satisfied. We were not. We did not dream big; we dreamed huge. We were children of vision, although perhaps a tad shortsighted.
"We hafta have more forts if we wanna S-P-Y on the Russians (Curtis). We can't just watch `em from the tree."
"Let's eat more plums."
"Ya . . . let's make more forts. We can take lots of plums as supplies while we're building so we don't die." So it was decided. So it was done. There were to be more forts and more plums. Morale was high among the Pookies. For the time being we had decided not to mess with digging, so we elected to place the next fort in the center of the wood pile. The evil Curtian traitors would never expect us to be there. This was because the fiend Curtis lived behind us and the wood pile was in the front yard. But the most important thing was that we had a fort, not necessarily that it was helpful in our mission.
The work was hard, but was made much easier by multiple plum breaks. After restocking our supplies twice, the fort was complete. It was the "Secret One." No one was to know of it, not even our neighborhood allies in the anti-Curtis faction.
After much back breaking labor and multiple splinters, the Secret One was operational. We had hollowed out a space in the center of the pile that was just big enough for the three of us to squash into. The entrance was in the very top of the pile and the hole could be covered with a few extra pieces of wood in a very nifty manner. It was a truly great hideout. We could even see part of the house through a gap between two of the logs. Of course, we didn't really need to see that part of the house, but it was an important advantage nevertheless, and we spent much time taking turns at the watch. Eventually however, we decided that perhaps more could be accomplished if we returned to the office to plan a mission. This would also conveniently allow us to replenish our failing supply of plums. So with great stealth and mystery we climbed out of the wood pile and snuck back to the Plum Place. We were up that tree so fast that even if Curtis had been watching he would have only seen a kind of childish blur.
We refreshed ourselves with plums and then held a council of war. After a heated debate, it was decided that the best and most effective plan would be to throw pine cones at Curtis's evil dog, Christmas. We accordingly slithered over to the fence and began launching pine cones into Christmas's kennel. The results would have been better if Christmas had been in the kennel. We determined to strike again later when the enemy was at home.
It was then that we heard Mom, calling us all into dinner. The trek back to the house was the close of a great day in the fight against evil. We had successfully constructed two of the best forts in the neighborhood and had contrived to be seen by the Curtis only once. Pookies, we decided, was the game of choice.
"You kids go wash up," the boss said. "What were you playing for so long?" The small one committed a beginner's error.
"We were playing Pookies!"
"Shhhhhh!! Don't tell her!" the veterans whispered.
"What's Pookies?" mother asked.
"Oh, somethin'," we replied. We liked bein' Pookies.
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The DC Summer of Solutions project, Cultivating Intergenerational Leaders, is a summer intergenerational program in Washington, D.C., that will use the community food system as a tool to give youth and college students the opportunity to build life skills such as active learning, self-reliance, and healthy living.
This project seeks to create a more sustainable food system in DC by empowering those directly impacted by the negative effects of the industrial food system. The project leaders will facilitate a week-long leadership training for the college students to provide them with the necessary skills to facilitate an 8-week summer program and year-long after-school program for middle and high school youth. They will work towards linking sustainability, food justice and entrepreneurship in Washington, D.C. Recognizing the wisdom that the elderly have to share, the college students and youth will visit a senior home weekly for a community luncheon.
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1) field trips to take DC youth to community gardens, urban farms, and food banks,
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3) skillshares and workshops incorporating food justice, entrepreneurship, gardening, and cooking.
Some groups that the DC Summer of Solutions project will work with include the college students, youth in Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Beet Street Gardens, senior homes, businesses such as Soul 57 and Zenful Bites, and grassroots projects such as the Healthy Affordable Food for All initiative. We aim to foster as much cross-cultural and intergenerational collaboration as possible to create a broad-base coalition of support to create a sustainable food system in Washington, DC.
The program leaders will be Jeremiah Lowery and Josephine Chu. Currently, Jeremiah Lowery is a Congressional Hunger Center fellow in Jackson, Mississippi. Prior to this fellowship, he organized low-income residents in the Washington, DC area to learn about nutrition, food preparation, and food budgeting. Josephine Chu is a MA student at American University and co-founder of Zenful Bites, a new DC-based company that provides healthy catering options for organizations as well as educates community members about healthy and sustainable food.
If you are inspired to get involved with this project, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.org or visit http://dcsolutionsproject.
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The interface of Jewish and Christian theology has always been vexing. Partly this is because of the intrinsically incommensurate realities of the two faiths. And partly it has been because of Christian interpreters' uncritical practice of supersessionism, which has been combined with political power that is used in controlling and abusive ways.
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Voicing Emily is a theatrical and moving image presentation, unfolding the life and art of Emily Dickinson — poet, genius, recluse and woman in white. The poems and letters of Dickinson, one of the most original 19th century American poets, have been set to music by three Melbourne composers: Jane Hammond, Greg Mason and Eddie Perfect. Voicing Emily is an ensemble work for three soprano/actresses and four instrumental musicians. The works takes the form of a Lieder-opera unique new genre of music-theater which uses the form of art song — its intimacy and poetry — in a combination with the theatricality and drama of opera. The script has been prepared by acclaimed performer Helen Noonan, who has made a special study of Emily Dickinson since first encountering her poetry through the songs of Aaron Copland.
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By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A judge upheld an Alaska law requiring girls who are minors to tell their parents they want to have an abortion but struck down a provision that would have increased potential civil liabilities faced by abortion providers, state officials said on Tuesday.
Alaska Superior Court Judge John Suddock ruled late Monday that the parental-notification law, which stemmed from a ballot initiative passed in 2010, was constitutional but was likely to have a negligible effect on family involvement in teenagers' lives.
Suddock said in his ruling that the vast majority of parents who were aware of their daughters' decision to have an abortion were supportive, and only 6 percent "cause serious problems for their daughters."
In that small minority of families, girls would have recourse through what the judge called an "admittedly daunting" judicial-bypass procedure that allows "seriously concerned" minors to avoid disclosure.
Civil rights groups who sued to overturn the law, including Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union, said it violated minors' due process and privacy rights and the due process rights of abortion providers.
"This law ignores the fact that for some pregnant teens, parental involvement of seeking the consent of a judge just isn't a realistic option," Andrew Beck, staff attorney with the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, said in a statement.
"This is especially true in a state as large as Alaska, where a teen may have to travel long distances and take time away from school to attend a judicial hearing," Beck said.
The rights groups were considering an appeal to the decision, according to Planned Parenthood's Alaska Vice President Clover Simon.
In his ruling, Suddock struck down a portion of the law that would have exposed abortion providers to broader civil liabilities, but reinstated a provision allowing for criminal prosecution - with possible penalties of five years in jail and a $1,000 fine - for providers that knowingly violate the law.
Under the law, a knowing violation of the parental-notice requirement is a felony. But Suddock said it was unlikely that a medical provider would be prosecuted under the law.
Assistant Alaska Attorney General Margaret Paton-Walsh said parental notification had worked well since the 2010 law was enacted.
In most cases, minors who receive abortions are accompanied by their parents, she said. Of those who choose to not inform their parents, "some of them will have very good reasons," she said, adding that the law had "built into it a sense of protection for those minors."
There are typically 100 to 150 abortions performed on minors in Alaska per year, Paton-Walsh said, although that number has been declining.
Last year, there were 87 abortions performed on minors, down from 134 in 2007, according to a report issued by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
Suddock said the law had the implicit approval of the Alaska Supreme Court, which in 2007 found a more sweeping parental consent law to be unconstitutional.
(Editing by Mary Slosson and Cynthia Johnston)
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June 30, 2006
One of the problems that often plagues ASP programs is the stigma that can attend students' participation in academic support efforts. Because academic support at the undergraduate level is usually directed at those students who are struggling in their studies, law students often perceive ASP programs as remedial in nature, reserved for those who cannot perform adequately in law school without special help.
As a result, those students who participate in the programs, often at the urging of the school, find it tough to shake the perception that they are not as smart or as qualified as their peers. That perception does double damage: it lowers the ASP participants' confidence in their own abilities, and it leads to the fear that others will regard them as less capable than typical law students. The effect is magnified for minority students who must already face the mentality among some students and faculty that most minorities ride into school on the backs of affirmative action programs rather than their own abilities.
One way to lessen the stigma so often associated with ASP programs is to widen the target group from "at-risk students" to the entire student body. In other words, the program can be based on the proposition that all students can use help transferring their existing academic skills into the peculiar demands of law school.
Few students arrive at law school knowing how to read and brief cases effectively, create useful outlines and flowcharts, etc. Most are forced to develop those skills through a kind of "accidental curriculum" made up of unpredictable relationships. A few are fortunate enough to have family and friends who have been through law school to help them uncover the best approaches. A few others arrive having had the good fortune to have been trained through earlier pursuits in the art of text-based analysis and reasoning.
Most just have to wing it until they stumble across model outlines or other study helps that may be floating out there in the law school ether. Whether what they stumble across is actually helpful is mostly a matter of luck. As result, the average law student is a much less efficient and effective learner than he could be.
Given those realities, an ASP program can be promoted as relevant to all students' law school efforts and can become accepted as merely another piece of the academic life of the typical law student. I like to tell my students that law professors rightly "hide the ball" when it comes to what the law means, because learning to find what the law means is the primary skill lawyers must possess. There are no tutors out in the practice. As for how one learns to find what the law means, however, I see nothing useful in hiding the ball. While every student must learn to outline her courses for herself, she needn't develop the skill out of thin air. While every student must learn to answer law school exam questions for himself, he needn't discover the best approaches by trial and error on real exams.
So I aim my program at all students on the theory that all students could learn the law more deeply and effectively and develop their analytical skills more efficiently if they did not have to spin their wheels trying to discover effective learning techniques with no guidance. In my estimation, an ASP program should serve to deepen the legal discourse among the entire student body by moving all students as rapidly as possible down the road of effective class preparation and review. To the extent that the program causes all students to engage the material in their classes more effectively and efficiently, it shifts the focus of the entire enterprise to deeper and more meaningful discourse about the law itself.
To further that goal, I have decided to send a letter this summer to every incoming first-year student, introducing them to the school's ASP program and telling them that I expect them to come to school having already read a text I use extensively in the program. I have also told them that I will be emailing each of them early in the semester to talk about how they are implementing the techniques and principles I will be presenting in ASP lectures. By taking the attitude that participation in ASP programming is normal and expected, I hope to eliminate the perception that only some students need instruction in the skills the program presents.
My goal is that every student will take advantage of ASP instruction so that their energies can be expended more effectively and efficiently from the outset. I hope that all students will more rapidly clear the elementary hurdles of learning how to prepare for class, examine and organize what they have begun to learn, and identify their gaps in learning. In doing so, they will be freed to enter into a level of legal discourse often missing among the majority of law students not only in their first semesters but through much of their law school careers. (dbw)
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When Calvin College was founded in 1876 as De Theologische School to train a class of seven students as ministers in the Christian Reformed Church, it had an ambitious curriculum. Included were not only the subjects necessary for ministry — Hebrew, Greek, Latin, exegesis and theology — but also history, geography, logic, metaphysics and mythology.
Even 130 years ago as a tiny seminary, Calvin College reached out to embrace the wider world.
Calvin is rooted in the Reformed tradition of Christianity, a tradition that seeks to renew all aspects of God’s creation. The Calvin mission was and is to transform the world for Christ.
Today Calvin College numbers 4,200 students, makes its home on 390 acres and offers more than 100 subjects. And Calvin continues to reach and to renew through students; through professors; through the curriculum; through research and scholarship; through off-campus programs; through institutes, centers and chairs; through conferences and festivals and symposia; and most of all through alumni who make a difference everywhere they go.
Calvin College holds a distinctive place in Christian higher education. There are many good liberal arts colleges in North America, but perhaps none that prepares its alumni, as Calvin does, for a specific kind of Christian engagement with modern culture.
At Calvin, faith and curriculum come together in an academic climate where a different kind of learning flourishes — learning that can change the world. Rooted in this climate, students develop into transformative leaders, eager to work for renewal wherever they are called.
For more than 130 years, through the work of its 58,000 alumni, Calvin College has had a profound impact all around the globe. Calvin alumni are everywhere, in every profession, always working for renewal. Most strikingly, Calvin alumni are leaders in an array of settings: school districts, social service agencies, businesses, research facilities, churches, government offices, anti-poverty efforts, art galleries, academic departments, import companies and health services.
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On Wednesday, October 21, Tom Merkel’s “Frankenstein” of a cabin on Paradise Road finally met its fate: Bulldozers came to mow it down.
The last holdout of 27 homes along Paradise Road that are within the jurisdiction of the Los Padres National Forest, Merkel’s cabin - built as a hunting lodge for a prominent Santa Barbara family in 1918 - was under the terms of a “recreational lease,” and that lease came due earlier this year. Unrestricted by typical codes and standards because it was always considered a temporary structure, the building itself had become a curiosity. Explained Merkel in an Independent article earlier this year, “It’s a cultural Frankenstein. It’s not Martha Stewart. It’s a little bohemian.”
Here are photographs from Wednesday’s demolition.
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Once people can see, and feel, and absorb issues related to gender identity in popular culture, big changes will come. I’ve said it every time I give a talk. Television and movies allow people, in the privacy of their own home, to wrap their heads around issues that they know nothing about, for good or bad. That’s why it’s so important to have good content about gender identity, especially in kids, out there.
Imagine my surprise when my sister called me about Private Practice, a show I’d never seen, and told me that they aired a show last night about a child trapped in the wrong body. Well, you know how fast I jumped on Hulu to check it out!
This slice of life shows parents who are struggling with their child’s identity, as many parents and extended family do, and although there are things I would have changed (it’s the editor in me) it’s a solid start. No one does this life the same way. We walk different paths, and come to our realities when it’s our time.
My heart says that the best thing we as a society can do is open our hearts and our minds. Whenever possible, we can try to lower the shield of our judgment and let someone else’s story touch us as if we are walking that mile in their shoes.
Can I identify with the angry mom in the story? I don’t want to admit it, but if I’m going to be honest I have to. Maybe not the vehement reaction or the pressure to fit my child into a typical stereotype, but the fear was surely there when Hope started talking about being given the wrong body. Fear about what was happening. Fear about being “sure” before we made any big steps. Fear that I’d make a mistake and hurt my child in some way. I get the fear part, loud and clear.
But then you wake up one morning and silently watch your child as they move about the world and you see what is right there in front of you. Love and the truth trumps fear – always. You just have to summon up the courage to move past fear, and nothing inspires a parent more than the safety, happiness and well-being of their child. Nothing.
Supporting your child, no matter what they are going through, isn’t be easy. It isn’t popular. And it might be hard as hell to explain to others, but you know your child. If you truly listen, the truth is there. Your story doesn’t have to look like this show, or anyone else’s story for that matter. Each authentic path is genuine. It’s the only thing that’s real.
Tonight I sit with gratitude just thinking of the myriad of positive stories flooding into our popular culture related to gender identity and gender diversity. Now that this show aired perhaps it impacted lives across the country. Maybe someone out there better understands why their child/ grandchild fights when asked to wear a dress, or a suit. Maybe a child better understands how they can talk with their parent or teacher or friend. Maybe people who sat in judgment can see that they are just kids, same as anyone else.
I hope for a day that we don’t have to remind people that the suicide rates are 5 times greater for gender diverse kids than the national average… because these stories are saving lives.
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Speech Recognition Stumbles At Leeds Hospitals
A £1.9 million ($2.9 million) project to introduce a dictation system in an English hospital network has run into serious problems.
Patient complaints about the speech recognition system, which was introduced at five hospitals in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds to shave administration costs, have stopped the system's rollout in its tracks.
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First reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post, an email management sent to staff apologized for "performance problems" with the new technology: "We would like to offer our sincere apologies that you have been impacted in this way. It was clearly never our intention the introduction of a new software product would be anything other than beneficial in our journey towards the increased use of technology to support high quality patient care."
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals also issued the following statement: "Like many other hospitals we believe that where we can maximize the use of technology to improve our processes, improve patient administration and improve efficiency, then we have a duty to do so… Introducing new systems into an already complex technological environment inevitably results in a few problems. Where this causes particular difficulty it is right to pause so we can review the best way to resolve those difficulties."
However, the statement implies that while technology has been part of the problem, there also have been other complicating factors. "In dermatology, any problems with the technology have been compounded by local issues and we acknowledge this has resulted in delays, which we regret. We are taking actions to address the situation in this specialty and expect to resolve it shortly."
The reference to dermatology is in response to reported complaints by a patient group called the Leeds Dermatology Patient Panel. According to the Yorkshire Post, the Panel alerted local NHS managers of "significant concerns" in delays to letters that were sent after the new system was introduced. The average delay now reportedly stands at 60 days. Panel chair Victor Boughton described it as "a critical problem, very much affecting patient care and safety and putting patients at risk."
The dictation system was rolled out last October to help reduce administrative needs. The plan called to eliminate the equivalent of 90 of 370 full-time jobs over two years by not replacing departing staff.
A media spokesperson for the Trust was unable to supply the name of the supplier of the speech recognition system.
Comprising five Leeds hospitals, the Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is one of the biggest national Health System structures in the country.
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ABSTRACT: First-line platinum-based doublets is established as the standard of care for advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Nevertheless, in this field a plateau of effectiveness has been reached during the last years. One new area of exploration in NSCLC therapeutics lies in the use of tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) or monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to target vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The results of randomized trials testing mAbs against VEGF (bevacizumab) and EGFR (cetuximab) are challenging the paradigm of the platinum doublets as the gold standard in advanced NSCLC. Despite the interesting results that have thus far been collected, the benefit of these new agents, both in terms of balancing between advantages and toxicity and the associated health economic burden, is modest. Here we discuss the use of bevacizumab(Drug information on bevacizumab) and cetuximab(Drug information on cetuximab), the mAbs for which the largest amount of data in the treatment of advanced NSCLC exists. However, despite our having a significant amount of data on these two mAbs, we still have much to learn: Which patients are appropriate for these treatments; for how long are the treatments beneficial, and what are the molecular and clinical predictors? We must continue to study these important problems in treating NSCLC.
The treatment of advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma has reached a plateau of effectiveness with platinum-based doublets, which today are considered the standard of care.[1-3] However, the development of targeted therapies—in particular against the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)—seems likely to improve overall outcomes of advanced NSCLC. In particular, tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can both be used to block these molecular targets. Bevacizumab (directed against VEGF), and cetuximab (against EGFR) are the mAbs which have the largest amount of available data for study. However to date, only bevacizumab has been licensed (in combination with chemotherapy) for first-line treatment of advanced NSCLC. Many questions remain concerning the benefits of these new agents in terms of maintaining a balance between advantages and toxicity and the associated health economic burden. Notwithstanding, many unsolved questions still exist regarding patient selection, the length of benefit, and molecular and clinical predictors. In this review we will address some of these issues.
Bevacizumab is an anti-VEGF recombinant humanized mAb. Thus far, two randomized phase III trials have compared the combination of bevacizumab with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in the treatment of advanced non-squamous NSCLC.[4-6] In both trials, enrollment was limited to non-squamous histology patients because of the elevated risk of bleeding for squamous lung cancer shown in a previous phase II randomized study. Also those patients with brain metastases were excluded due to the potential risk of bleeding.
In the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG - E4599) study, 878 patients were randomized to either receive paclitaxel(Drug information on paclitaxel) and carboplatin(Drug information on carboplatin) plus bevacizumab (15 mg/kg), or the same chemotherapy regimen plus placebo. Patients receiving bevacizumab reported a statistically significant advantage in overall survival (OS of 12.3 versus 10.3 months; P = .003), progression-free survival (PFS of 6.2 versus 4.5 months; P < .001) and objective response rate (ORR of 35% versus 15%; P < .001). Rates of clinically significant bleeding were 4.4% and 0.7% (P < .001), respectively. There were 15 treatment-related deaths in the bevacizumab group, including five from pulmonary hemorrhage. In the AVAiL (AVAstin in Lung) trial, the chemotherapy regimen included cisplatin(Drug information on cisplatin) plus gemcitabine(Drug information on gemcitabine), recycled every three weeks.[5,6] In this trial, chemotherapy plus placebo was compared with chemotherapy plus two different doses of bevacizumab; 7.5 and 15 mg/kg. A total of 1,043 patients with non-squamous NSCLC were randomized to the three arms. Median PFS, the main endpoint of the trial, was significantly prolonged with the bevacizumab administration, the hazard ratios (HRs) were 0.75 (6.7 versus 6.1 months for placebo; P = .003) in the low-dose group and 0.82 (6.5 versus 6.1 months for placebo; P = .03) in the high-dose group compared with placebo. ORRs were 20.1%, 34.1%, and 30.4% for placebo, low-dose bevacizumab, and high-dose bevacizumab plus chemotherapy, with a response duration of 4.7, 6.1, and 6.1 months, respectively. Median OS was 13.1 months for chemotherapy alone, 13.6 months for bevacizumab at 7.5 mg/kg plus chemotherapy (HR versus placebo 0.93, 95% CI 0.78–1.11) and 13.4 months for bevacizumab at 15 mg/kg plus chemotherapy (HR versus placebo 1.03, 95% CI 0.86–1.23). Incidence of grade > 3 adverse events was similar across arms. Grade > 3 pulmonary hemorrhage rates were < 1.5% for all arms despite the fact that 9% of patients received therapeutic anticoagulation.
Both studies reached their primary endpoint (Table 1), however only the E4599 study showed a clinically relevant influence on PFS and OS. Based on these data, several questions were raised:
Should squamous histology and brain metastases really be excluded from bevacizumab therapy?
Due to safety concerns, bevacizumab use is restricted to a selected category of patients which may limit its indication to < 30% of all NSCLC patients.[4-7]. Thus, there is interest in determining if patients with brain metastases and with squamous histology can be, at least partially, re-candidated to this effective targeted therapy. The risks related to these two conditions, although not negligible, are not completely known. It is currently unclear whether histology alone or the central localization of the tumor are the risk factors for bleeding. A retrospective evaluation of the clinical and radiographic risk factors associated with severe pulmonary hemorrhage in first-line advanced NSCLC patients treated with carboplatin plus paclitaxel plus bevacizumab reported only the baseline tumor cavitations as a potential risk factor, and not the influence of squamous histology and tumor central localization. In a prospective phase II study, 44 patients with squamous cell histology were treated with two cycles of carboplatin plus paclitaxel regimen and then received carboplatin plus paclitaxel and bevacizumab for an additional four cycles. A total of 27 patients received at least one dose of bevacizumab with an acceptable observed rate of severe pulmonary hemorrhage (1 in 27 patients, or 3.7%). Furthermore, a phase II study in patients with squamous histology completed the accrual; results are pending.
With regard to brain metastases, several data strongly suggest the safety of bevacizumab in advanced NSCLC patients with treated metastases to the brain. Moreover, further safety data showed that the risk of bleeding in patients with untreated brain metastases is similar for patients who receive bevacizumab and for those who do not, across various tumor types. As a consequence, the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has removed the contraindication concerning the use of bevacizumab in untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Finally, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has indicated bevacizumab, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, in advanced non-squamous NSCLC regardless of the presence of brain metastases. However, the last updated American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) guidelines continue to advise against the use of bevacizumab in patients with brain metastases.
To conclude, bevacizumab can be administered in the presence of brain metastases, however further prospective data is needed before we can truly assess its use in non-squamous histology. Next we will turn our attention to tumor cavitations, regardless of histology.
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A pair of defense attorneys are alleging Virginia is not following proper procedures for executions in violation of a handful of state laws.
The attorneys claim unlicensed personnel are administering anaesthesia to convicts before lethal injection and that inmates are not being checked to ensure they are properly anaesthetized before being executed. The lawyers also allege the condemned have been given recalled and improper sedatives before executions.
The allegations are contained in a writ filed in Richmond Circuit Court Tuesday that asks a judge to halt the practices. The attorneys are not representing specific clients, but have previously represented inmates on death row.
The attorneys said they are basing their claims on documentation from freedom of information requests.
“Because the people who are administering anaesthesia before executions are not licensed, there’s a high level of risk of pain and agony in the person they are anesthetizing, since the lethal injection drugs are known to cause serious agony,” said Meghan Shapiro, one of the attorneys.
Shapiro said there is no evidence that any Virginia death row inmates were conscious during an execution.
A Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman declined to comment on the filing, saying the agency does not speak about pending litigation.
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Ride the tide
November 2, 2010 - Bill Speer
If the political pundits are indeed correct, today's election should result in a major color change of power across the United States from blue to red in almost every political category.
Some will blame President Obama and his policies. Others will credit the Tea Party for the change. Still others will cite historical evidence that such mid-term power switches are more the norm than the exception.
I blame the economy. If people aren't working, they're upset and they should be. If people have watched their life savings dwindle away to nothing, they're upset and they should be. If people have inherited more work and less pay due to downsizing at their office, they're upset and should be. If people haven't seen a raise in three years but instead, watched the cost of their health insurance triple in that same timeframe, they're upset and they should be.
Until we get people back to work, it won't matter what party you are, voters will be angry. Until we get money being pumped back into the economy, voters will be frustrated. Polling the end of October showed that most Americans (59 percent) have more faith in their own abilities than they do of the President when it comes to economic matters.
I expect before the day is over the color of the country will switch from blue to red.
All that won't matter much, however, until we as a country get the economy back on track and chugging along again.
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Leaders rise to the occasion. After Sandy devastated New Jersey and New York, President Obama took precious time off campaigning to make sure that help was on its way.
And that was the right thing to do. Even New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who had lit into Obama’s record at the Republican convention, had effusive words of praise for our President.
Not coincidentally, Obama has risen in the polls — because voters reward leadership.
Tragedies can bring out both the best and worst in us. By helping those in need, President Obama has reinvigorated the spirit of sharing and giving.
– Gautam Dutta
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Who or what is Clas Ohlson?
Tags: Arndale Centre, Benetton, Books etc., Boots, Clas Ohlson, Co-op, Co-operative Group, Croydon, Debenhams, Eldon Garden, Eldon Square, George, hardware, ILVA, JJB Sports, Kingston-upon-Thames, Lakeland, Manchester, Monument Mall, New Look, Reading, Robert Dyas, Sweden, The Pier, Virgin Megastore, Whitgift Centre, WHSmith, Wilkinson, Woolworths, Zara, Zavvi
With so many old Woolworths sites being taken over by familiar high street names and pound shops, it’s nice when the new arrival is something a little more interesting. So I was pleased to read that the Swedish “modern hardware brand” Clas Ohlson is going to be opening up in the former Woolies in Kingston upon Thames, and is also looking to occupy the old Woolworths site in Reading.
If you’ve never heard of Clas Ohlson, you can be forgiven. Established by Mr Clas Ohlson in 1918, the company has grown to over 100 stores across Sweden, Norway and Finland. However, its presence in the UK goes back only to November last year, when it opened its first British store in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre (a unit previously split between Books etc. and a standalone George store), followed by a second, in Manchester’s Arndale Centre, in April.
In the middle of a recession, some might say that it’s a brave move for any company to make its first ventures into the UK market – particularly given the fate that has recently befallen other homeware retailers such as ILVA and The Pier. To be fair though, Clas Ohlson’s positioning seems to be more as a funkier, Scandinavian twist on Wilkinson or Robert Dyas, mixed with a Lakeland-rivalling array of useful (or merely baffling) gadgets such as plastic drain cleaners, battery testers, painted Dalecarlian horses, and scrubbing gloves for root vegetables.
Certainly, Clas Ohlson’s product range is eclectic and difficult to pigeonhole, with categories such as art supplies, clocks, fishing equipment, stationery and toys sitting alongside an extensive range of household, garden, DIY and electrical products.
Cannily, Clas Ohlson’s assortment also seems to tapping into the growing trend among credit-crunch-savvy Brits for mending rather than replacing, suggesting that:
“British people are just as interested as us in the Nordic region in fixing various things in their homes. Our broad range of products that solve small, practical problems in everyday life satisfies these interests and needs.”
With only Croydon and Manchester to choose from, I haven’t yet had the opportunity to visit either of Clas Ohlson’s UK shops. However, it looks and sounds very much like the type of store in which I could happily spend some considerable time, with lots of interesting, practical items presented within a store environment that is typically Scandinavian – clean, modern, and with a distinctive and engaging personality.
During the 2009/10 financial year, the company apparently plans to open four to eight stores in the UK, which raises the question of where those additional new stores might be. Might Newcastle be on the target list?
Clas Ohlson is certainly the type of store that would bring some more interest to Newcastle city centre, and with the completion of the Eldon Square extension next spring there will be a fair amount of existing retail space being freed up. Realistically though, the city centre doesn’t have very many units available that are big enough or in the right place.
Eldon Square’s new St Andrew’s Way, anchored by Debenhams and New Look, will offer the quality, modern space that Clas Ohlson would be looking for, but seems fairly full up already[broken link removed] - mostly, it must be said, with relocations from the older parts of Eldon Square (more of that, perhaps, in a future post). The premises that New Look will be freeing up (the former WHSmith store in Sidgate) are over two levels and are about the right size, but suffer from being at the gloomiest and seemingly least visited end of Eldon Square. So, no good there.
Elsewhere in the city centre, something must surely happen eventually to the wonderful former Co-op department store building in Newgate Street, particularly now that it has become a prime location directly opposite the entrance to the new Debenhams. With five floors to fill, however, it’s unlikely to suit Clas Ohlson – or any of the other big names currently missing from Newcastle, such as Zara – unless the building gets carved up between several retailers.
The unit previously occupied by The Pier in the attractive Eldon Garden shopping centre might also be an option. Across two floors, it’s probably just about big enough, and would attract those gadget-hungry shoppers who already visit the nearby Lakeland shop. On the downside, Eldon Garden’s rather peripheral location and seemingly high turnover of stores may not offer the best environment for long term success.
Rather, I would put my money on the ideal location for Clas Ohlson being the old Zavvi store in Monument Mall. As I observed in a blog post just over a year ago, Monument Mall seems to have been struggling of late, with the unfortunate, but unavoidable, loss of Zavvi following on from the departure of Boots, Benetton and JJB Sports.
With so many closures, you can perhaps excuse the floor plan on the Monument Mall website[broken link removed] for suggesting that the shopping centre still houses all these shops, along with a ’Virgin Megastore’. (Seriously, though – what on earth is going on when a shopping centre’s official website features a mall guide that is two years out of date? Truly terrible PR.)
Given this backdrop, Monument Mall would surely welcome the arrival of a strong anchor store, while the three-storey Zavvi unit would give Clas Ohlson all the space it needs along with a prominent frontage on Northumberland Street, Newcastle’s prime shopping thoroughfare.
So, Clas Ohlson – how about it?
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Glen Beck and Sarah Palin didn't start it. They are just the latest example of right-wing extremism, and it has been present in the U.S. for well over a century. But it has learned to hone its presentation to sound more acceptable to the American people. Henry Ford wrote in his "Dearborn Independent" that Fascism, Nazism, and Hitler were all preferable to growing left-wing power. Greed capitalism saw in labor unions and voices of the people a danger to their protected place in American society. Actually, since the Industrial Revolution there has been an ongoing struggle between greed capitalism and left-wing movements. Child labor, tax breaks, slave wages, etc. were the expressions of greed capitalists. Forced equality and socialism were expressions of extreme left-wingers.
However the right-wing political movement in the U.S. has refined its approach. They have had to mask their intentions in order to sell the American people on right-wing extremism. Terms like Fascism and Nazism were seen as foreign and enemy sounding. Cloaking it in God and patriotism worked better here. And so at least since Ronald Reagan's presidency, right-wing politics has tried to present itself as God-fearing, patriotically American, etc. It has snuck under the radar until now it feels comfortable openly challenging minorities and left-wing thought. Unless it is forced to unmask, it will survive and thrive. The Tea Party movement is tailor-made for God and patriotism.
"Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and 'patriotism' . . . Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots." -Gordon W. Allport
"The standardization of mass-production carries with it a tendency to standardize a mass-mind . . . The worst defect of patriotism is its tendency to foster and impose . . . and so to stifle . . . liberty." -J.S. Hobson
The current brand of right-wing extremism left the use of child labor and slave wages behind, and sent that business to foreign countries, often Third World countries. Today it has turned to God. And Beck is adept at calling on God to sanction his brand of right-wing extremism. He is the personification of 21st century Fascism and Nazism ...but doesn't he sound pure and wonderful? Lets look at other attempts to replace democracy with God.
"God had a divine purpose in placing this land between two great oceans to be found by those who had a special love of freedom and courage." -Ronald Reagan [if they were white; American Indians and other minorities need not apply]
"Who says I am not under the special protection of God?" -Adolf Hitler
"Why would we have different races if God meant us to be alike and associate with each other?" -Lester Maddox [leading Georgia politician and defender of racism and separation of races]
"God ordained segregation." -Reverend Billy James Hargis
"God has marked the American people as His chosen nation to finally lead in the regeneration of the world." -Senator Albert J. Beveridge
"All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt its spiritual level to the perception of the least intelligent of those toward whom it intends to direct itself." -Adolf Hitler
"The great masses of people...will more easily fall victims to a big lie than a small one." -Adolf Hilter [Obama is a Moslem!]
"The Divine Law is against communism." -Earl F. Landgrebe
"Fascist rule prevents worse injustice, and if Fascism goes under, nothing can save the country from chaos: God's cause goes under with it." -Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
"Naturally the common people don't want war...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought tothe bidding of the leaders...All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism." -Hermann Goering
"One of the great attractions of patriotism -- it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous." -Aldous Huxley
"No other factor in history, not even religion, has produced so many wars as has the clash of national egotisms sanctified by the name of patriotism." -Preserved Smith
Be careful in what you wish for in America. Those shouting loudest about God and patriotism may be the real devils in disguise. Look what happened to other nations that took God and patriotism as their guides.
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Family Volunteer Program
"A volunteering family, regardless of how it is configured whether two-parent, single parent, inter-generational, etc., benefits the community, benefits itself, and the nation at large. Through volunteer activities, families enrich their relationships with one another, gaining insights into the challenges of other human beings."
Family volunteering can be initiated by young children, by teenagers, by grandparents, or by anyone who has an interest in contributing to their community. The Volunteer Center is part of a national movement to make family volunteering the norm in America and invites you to do the same. All of families can make a difference by getting involved in family volunteering.
Serve Rhode Island works to increase family volunteerism by:
- Educating families on the benefits of volunteering as a unit
- Educating non-profit agencies of the value of utilizing families as a volunteer resource and empowering them with the resources and skills to do that.
- Educating corporations of the needs and benefits associated with including families in their Employee Volunteer Programs.
- Providing ideas for family volunteers. Read the Benefits and Ideas page.
For more information about how your family can share a tradition of caring, please contact Serve Rhode Island at (401) 331-2298 or e-mail email@example.com.
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Olympics Hockey: What Should the Nicknames Be for the 12 Men's Hockey Teams?
Here in the United States (and Canada), we're used to nicknames for sports teams.
The Penguins, the Raiders, the Yankees, the Celtics, for example.
Yes, we usually root for our hometown team and for what our city stands for.
But our favorite sports teams just wouldn't be the same without that added flavor of the nickname.
So what should the nicknames be for the 12 teams in the Olympic Men's Hockey Tournament?
Follow these slides to see some of my ideas... Feel free to post your own!
Well, as of now, each team has played two games, and...
The Canadians have 11 goals.
The Finns have 10 goals.
The Americans and Russians each have 9 goals.
The Germans have... no goals. Zero, zilch, null, nicht.
Even the Norwegians, the hockey powerhouse that they are, managed to get one past American NHL star Ryan Miller.
If Germany fails to score in their final preliminary match against Belarus, they might actually reach Absolute Zero. With their renowned science education system, I trust most Germans know what that means.
Belarus Better Luck Next Times
Belarus came into this tournament with historically high expectations, ranked ahead of traditional hockey powerhouse Slovakia in the World Rankings, and behind only the Big 6 and Switzerland.
But unlike the Swiss and the Slovaks, the Belorussians have failed to put a Swiss-like scare into the the higher-ranked teams they've played thus far.
A 5-1 loss to Finland wasn't a great start.
They followed that up by going down 3-0 to Sweden. The Swedes took their foot off the pedal and coasted as Belarus drew within one. But it was too little too late as Sweden won 4-2 despite a less-than-stellar performance by young goaltender Jonas Gustavsson, who allowed two goals on just 18 shots.
Where is that Belorussian fighting spirit that shocked the Swedes home early from Salt Lake in 2002?
Peter Forsberg carried the Swedish flag, but make no mistake, the Sedin twins have been handed the torch of the defending Olympic champions.
Captain Mats Sudin is gone, Markus Naslund is gone, the stitched-together Peter Forsberg is mostly here for leadership and inspiration.
Sure, the Swedes still have some great veterans in Daniel Alfredsson, Mattias Ohlund, and Nick Lidstrom.
But the torch has been passed to a new generation of younger Swedish players.
And in front of their hometown Vancouver fans, the Sedins will have to consistently come up big if the Swedes are to retain the gold.
Does that sound like the beginnings of the kind of team you're "expected" to beat?
They've already upset the Russians and gave their old fellow countrymen, the Czechs, everything they could handle.
I certainly wouldn't want to come up against this dangerous low-seeded "sleeper" team in the preliminary round or the quarterfinals.
Look out below! The Slovaks are lurking...
Well, they've got cool uniforms, I'll give them that.
But the Latvians don't have a lot else working in their favor here in Vancouver.
There's no question they drew the short-straw of the preliminary round, being lumped in with three traditional hockey powerhouses: Russia, the Czechs, and Slovakia.
With a draw like that, it's hard to see the Latvians leaving this Olympics with any wins.
At least they have those cool uniforms as a consolation.
Well, the Swiss have figured out the name of the game in elite hockey today.
It's called The Trap.
And true to form in the red, white, and black of the New Jersey Devils who invented it, the Swiss have perfected it, and are bedeviling higher-ranked foes.
Team USA was lucky to sneak by them unscathed, but they took a precious point from tournament favorites Canada, and were one shootout shot away from another.
They're at their best playing against teams with the most skilled players— players that don't want to dump the puck in, faced with their neutral-zone trap.
In their zone, they keep everything to the outside. And their last line of defense is their best of all: stellar goaltender Jonas Hiller of the Anaheim Ducks.
Ready for them or not, this is the kind of team nobody likes to play. And come the elimination rounds, the favorites will certainly be wary of them.
Finland's Teemu Selanne is now the all-time leader in Olympic points.
Finland has blitzed its first two opponents out of the rink.
Now they play arch-rival Sweden.
One thing's for sure, like their elder statesman Selanne, the Finns have plenty of speed, dazzle, and offensive firepower.
They also have their fair share of everything else.
Runners-up in the last Olympics and the last World Cup of Hockey, it could be the Finns turn to flash some gold.
Nor-Way Over Their Heads
Credit the Norwegians for beating out teams like Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Austria, and Italy to even get in this tournament.
But, I would have to say a win is asking too much.
8-2 and 6-1 losses to Canada and the U.S. respectively sounds about right, considering the Canadian and American teams have never before played together.
This is a great experience for Norway, a country whose young people have fallen in love with hockey, and have the temperament and the climate to suit the sport.
But, yes, at this stage, they are still way over their head going up against the big boys of hockey.
Look out: Jaromir Jagr's got the flow going.
Yes, the hair is long again, and the swagger is back.
He's got one heck of a team with him, too.
The Czechs have it up front, they have it on defense, they have it in goal with a hot Tomas Vokoun. And they have it on special teams with players like Jagr, Kaberle and Zidlicky certain to make opponents pay for any penalties.
This is going to be a tough team to beat. A less-than-great game by any of the top seeds, and they will find themselves down Czech-mate to this squad.
USA Saving Private Ryans
Why on Earth did I pick this name for Team USA?
There are seven, yes, seven players on the team named Ryan: Ryan Kesler, Ryan Whitney, Ryan Malone, Ryan Callahan, Ryan Suter, Ryan Miller, and Bobby Ryan.
Add one letter, and there's also two Brians: Brian Rafalski, and GM Brian Burke.
Maybe Burke's Irish ancestry had something to do with picking seven Ryans, who knows. In any event, by the time the quarterfinals roll around, there's going to be eight players in the locker room with whiplash.
Let's hope Ryan Miller gets over his on time for the round after that. He'll be relied upon to save this team and all the other Ryans if they hope to upset teams like Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland etc. and win the gold.
Everyone knows the Russian hockey team have their eyes set on gold here in Vancouver.
But there is some interesting subtexts to that obvious aim.
First of all, led by megastar Alexander Ovechkin, they're prepared to play a more physical style of play on the smaller North American ice surface than opponents have been accustomed to seeing from past Russian squads that disappointed.
Second of all, they overlooked a number of well-known NHLers to bring a large contingent of players from the upstart Russian-based KHL, which hopes to challenge the hegemony of the NHL over professional hockey in the years to come.
At the front of the pack of KHL stars is Alexei Morozov, a Pittsburgh Penguin castoff who has thrived back home in Russia, and has produced as his Russian coaches have expected in the Olympics thus far.
If the Russians win the gold, it will include two not-so-subtle messages to the pro hockey powers that be here in North America: (1) We beat you at your own game, and (2) We did it with players from our league over players from yours.
If you've ever driven across the Canadian border, you know what it feels like to be an American trying to get through Canada Customs.
Best-case scenario is a rough ride.
I imagine that's what it will feel like to be an opposing forward trying to get by Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Shea Weber, Brent Seabrook, Roberto Luongo, Martin Brodeur, and company.
Or how about a defenseman trying to break the puck out against Jarome Iginla, Ryan Getzlaf, Joe Thornton, Mike Richards, and Brendan Morrow.
If anyone wants to beat Canada, they're in for a rough ride. They've got the players, they've got the coaches, they've got the desire.
For Canada, hockey is a custom. Heck, winning is an expected custom when it comes to hockey contests. Their fans are accustomed to winning at hockey and anything else is unacceptable.
And coming off a quarterfinal-loss disaster in 2006, you can bet they'd rather disappear into a subarctic bog than lose on the Olympic stage on home ice this time around.
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Author: LM Preston
Age Group: Tweens
# of Pages: 366
My Rating: 2.5/5
Far in the future where one is able to communicate telepathically through technology and be able to own robots, kids could finally travel to Mars. Aadi is going to be one of the many campers that will go to a new space camp and experience a world outside of their own. There, Aadi makes some friends and learns new and exciting things.
What Aadi and the others do not know is that the camp is setting them up for something bigger. Much bigger. In fact, their lives will no longer be the same as their body slowly changes into something different...
Explorer X-Alpha has a unique plot that is uncommon to most juvenile fiction today. There aren't many sci-fi novels that focuses on Mars or other planets of the future. The layout of the story is quite intriguing with great concepts. However, I was not very fond with the simplistic writing therefore making it hard for me to fully enjoy the novel. There were also a lot of characters and because their personalities did not all distinguish them from one another, I had a hard time figuring out who was who in the beginning.
The story was a bit slow in the beginning so I did not get through it as quickly as I hoped. There were times where I had to motivate myself to continue reading it. Also, sometimes the events that occurred within the novel confused me but I think my quick reading was to be blamed. If the writing style was suited to my preferences, then I definitely would have liked this novel much more.
I think Explorer X-Alpha definitely suits the taste of boys around the ages of ten or eleven because it has a lot of action and not that complex to read. So if you have a son or younger brother who hates to read, have them try out Explorer X-Alpha.
Review copy provided by LM Preston.
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NORWICH – Sunday was a day filled with two great historic events. At the Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) Museum in Norwich, Craig Brandon, author, presented a program about the murder of Grace Brown of Otselic, 100 years ago. In the Town of Coventry, the community and the Museum Association officially celebrated their 200th year with commemorative events and country-style fun throughout the day.
This year marks a century since the death of Grace Brown. After many years of extensive research, in 1986 Craig Brandon wrote, “Murder in the Adirondacks,” about Grace’s death. He was able to shed light on the events before and after Grace’s tragic demise by her suitor, Chester Gillette in 1906. This study was the basis of a multi-media presentation, titled “An American Tragedy Revisited”, at the CCHS Museum. Brandon’s vast collection of photographs, letters, drawings, music, movie clips, and other documentation fleshed out the characters and made the murder details seem almost recent and familiar. He did a wonderful job clarifying facts from fiction, and fascinated the audience covering details with enthusiasm even though it’s been 20 years since he wrote his book. Craig stayed after the program for a question and answer period as well as a book signing. This presentation was made possible by a New York State Council of the Arts Decentralization grant administrated by the Chenango Council of the Arts to the Guilford Historical Society.
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My true story about how I wrote Linux and Linus Torvalds ended up with it reads like a pleasant English cosy. How could it possibly have spawned so many tales that read like South Park scripts?
With that word of warning, prepare to read these missives from my mailbag. Each is presented (mostly) in the writers' own words. (Some editing has been done, but probably not enough!) Then, carry on and check out the other tall tales in this series. If you can outdo them, send your story to firstname.lastname@example.org.
According to Greg Hart…
It all started as I was seated in a public restroom in the heart of Redmond. I had just written the world's slickest OS on the world's slickest toilet paper. It was simple and concise: NO-OP, DISPL-BSOD, HALT. Alas and naturally, I left my notes behind.
I decided to try again, this time authoring my work on a real computer of the day -- the DEC PDP-11/70. I wrote day and night until I was exhausted, then wrote some more. I flipped switches. I watched blinking lights. I was entranced by the deafening tone of oversized cabinet fans blowing air from the floor up through the top of the six- foot-tall, black-and-maroon cabinets.
Finally the perfect OS was complete. I knew it was perfect because it compiled without errors.
But I did not write this OS to execute on a PDP-11/70, as fine a machine as it was. I wanted nothing less than the perfect instruction set to execute my perfect OS, so I created that perfect instruction set and generated my perfect OS object for it, knowing that someday an engineer as smart as I would create a computer with the perfect instruction set.
Suddenly, and without explanation, I was in Helsinki chatting up my perfect OS with a young student named Linus. That's when the news hit like a power surge: the perfect instruction set exists -- on a Pentium CPU! The price is low so nearly everybody can afford one. Wouldn't it be a great idea if my perfect OS was available to everyone at little or no cost? Everyone could enjoy it and not be committed to expensive hardware and proprietary OSes.
I wanted to name my perfect OS the Diligent Operating System, but there was a feeling of emptiness and incompleteness. I wanted a name reflecting its harmless and passive nature. I was set on EUNUCHS but Linus felt he deserved some credit for pairing the perfect OS with the perfect CPU. Thusly was created the name LINUX. Now those seeking quality and cost effectiveness use the Linux OS on the Pentium CPU.
Although Linus remains in the limelight, I prefer the obscurity of techno-geeks. My days as a PDP-11/70 monkey are over. I sometimes wonder what happened to that toilet paper I left behind in Redmond. I hope some fool didn't actually believe it was a good idea.
According to Michel Clasquin…
With respect to your recent article, I feel that I must object to the various claims, all completely false and spurious, of people claiming to be the original authors of Linux.
In fact, no-one ever "invented" Linux, and it is a grave heresy to make such a claim. Linux is the primeval squawk of the Great Penguin, the original Great Algorithm that set the so-called Big Bang in motion. In this particular nexus of space-time, Linux has chosen to manifest itself as a Computer Operating System (and note how that abbreviates to COS, the first syllable of "cosmos"); but, we should not let that fool us. Linux has always existed in some form or another and always will. It guards us like the penguin guards its egg.
Linus Torvalds did not "invent" Linux, nor did anyone else. He merely tapped into the ageless wisdom of the Great Computer Consciousness (GCC) that surrounds us all and set in motion the rebooting of human consciousness. In this, he was aided by the Great Natural Unfolding (GNU), as prophesied by the prophet Richard, the man of the stalls, which is why this particular manifestation is known as Gnu/Linux.
Let us therefore rejoice and exclaim together: "There is no OS but Linux, and Linus Torvalds is its prophet during this Dark Age of Redmond."
Donations may be forwarded to the First Church of Linuxianity, P.O. Box ...
According to Hector Rodriguez…
I never was fortunate enough to own a computer and didn't know anyone who had one. One day playing baseball I was the catcher. Because I was sitting a little too close, the batter hit me on the head and knocked me right out. When I awoke about 10 seconds later, I ran home for some reason. I don't understand it myself. Then, I grabbed some paper and starting writing a bunch of code. It just looked like a bunch of garbage, but I had to write it all down in order to analyze it and see what it all meant.
Linus came over later that day, and he saw the code. He said, "Wow, I never knew you could code." I was like, "What?" So, he asked me who wrote the code, and I said "I did.' I explained what had happened, and he asked to borrow it to see what it did.
I never did see Linus again, and next thing I know he is famous for creating a OS called Linux. Upon examination of the code, I realized it was exactly as I wrote it, but I never did have any way to prove it. So, rather then suffer great humiliation, I let it all go. But I do pray that the Lord will send me more much needed code.
That's how Linux was born. I truly believe that the Lord had gifted me with this code. So, next time you pray, thank the Lord for such a great gift and pray that he should give me more code.
According to Debbie Johnson…
No, I'm not going to take credit for writing Linux; but I think we all know who created Linux don't we? It was Linus' mother, of course.
What? You say that you created Linux? Well, Dr. Tuxenstein, let's hear your story. Tell me how, when, where and why you created Linux. The best story I receive-- as judged by an impartial jury of editors -- will win a $50 gift certificate. The runner-up will receive an excellent IT book from – you guessed it -- Prentice Hall. Send your entries to email@example.com.
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Former President Jimmy Carter’s White House diaries will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October 2010, Jeff Seroy, a spokesman for the publishing house said Friday. The publisher has acquired world rights to annotated diaries kept by Mr. Carter, who was president from January 1977 until January 1981. While the diaries amount to about 5,000 pages, the book will be about 512 pages of photographs and selections from the diaries. They will include Mr. Carter’s commentary and observations about the people and places that informed his presidency from the vantage point of 30 years later.
John Sterling, an editor at large for Macmillan, which operates imprints including FSG, acquired the book and is working with Mr. Carter.
Currently, two copies of Mr. Carter’s diaries exist. One is in his home in Plains, Ga., and the other, which is not available to the public, is in Mr. Carter’s Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta.
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My Century And My Many Lives, by Frank Munk
Frank Munk, my grandfather, wrote this autobiography to record his memories
from 1901 onwards. This history and its postscript are available on our family website in his
memory as they tell a complete story of the 20th century. These memoirs may be referenced as
long as proper attribution is made; our family retains ownership and copyright. We have one
request: if you reference this material in any way, please send us email at
firstname.lastname@example.org and a copy of the paper, if possible, as we would
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TALE OF TWO CITIES
I left Prague on
April 23, 1946, in the company of Tom Morrell, an English journalist who was
also being reassigned to Vienna, having hitched a ride in his car. We traveled
by way of Kutná Hora, Jihlava, and Znojmo. It took us some time to get through
the Soviet checkpoint on the border of Austria, even though we both had special
passes issued by the Soviet military government.
The situation in
Austria differed substantially from that of Czechoslovakia. The latter was
regarded as an ally who was liberated. Both the American and Soviet armies had
left Czechoslovakia some four months earlier. Austria, on the contrary, was
still occupied by the armies of the United States, Britain, France, and the
Soviet Union. Indeed it continued to be occupied until the conclusion of the
Austrian State Treaty, which neutralized Austria in 1955.
Vienna also was
very different from Prague. In spite of the threatening attitudes of the
Communist party, the atmosphere in Prague was one of moderate optimism, as
illustrated by the comments of President Benes to me. In addition, Prague did
not suffer much physically from the war: there was some bombing during the war,
but compared to most of Europe it was not serious. There was only limited damage
from the last few days of the conflict. Vienna, on the other hand, was badly
damaged, although the damage differed greatly from one quarter to another.
mission of UNRRA had its offices, and also housed its staff, in the Astoria
Hotel, a stone's throw from the Kärntner strasse in the center of Vienna. At the
time of my arrival it was filled with rubble, no single building was standing
intact and there were only a few dilapidated stores. When I last visited Vienna
a few years ago, I barely was able to recognize the surroundings. Kärntner
strasse today is one of the most sparkling streets, selling everything luxurious
But the biggest
difference was psychological. Austria looked like someone who was once wealthy,
but had hit on bad times and was now an impoverished relative living on charity.
That was not very far from the truth and UNRRA was the biggest charity. There
was also something else that struck me rather forcefully: I had visited Vienna
briefly in 1938 a few days after Anschluss, meaning the annexation of
Austria by Germany. I was impressed by the enthusiasm that greeted Hitler.
Indeed Austrians were among the most devout followers of Nazism.
Now, in the spring
of 1946, and all through my stay in Vienna, I was not able to find anyone who
was a Nazi. They all professed that they opposed Nazism all the time. A very
strange transformation! Even the official position of Austria was somewhat
shadowy. Under the UNRRA statute, it could only provide relief to countries
which were victims of fascism and nazism. Somehow Austria slipped through:
instead of being treated like Germany, it was classified as a victim and
therefore eligible to receive UNRRA aid. There was no doubt it was needed.
Vienna, with its two million inhabitants, was in dire need of food and
completely dependent on UNRRA. The problems were compounded by the fact that the
only open life line was the single railway line from Trieste to Vienna, routed
through difficult Alpine terrain.
One of my main jobs
in Vienna was to serve on the Economic Committee for Austria, as well as on a
committee that met regularly at the office of the Austrian Prime Minister to
consider relief problems. The former committee probably was the most important,
because real power was exercised by the military governments of the four
occupying powers, with the Austrians pretty much in the background. The Economic
Committee for Austria was in turn composed of one representative each of the
United States, Britain, France, and the USSR, and one representative of UNRRA.
The Committee met
regularly. Its decisions were pretty much law to the Austrian government. Many
of the problems were caused or aggravated by the attitudes and actions of the
Soviets, who were in occupation of the three Easternmost provinces of Austria,
Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Burgenland. I should have said four provinces,
because Vienna was also a province. It, in turn, was divided into four sectors,
one for each of the occupiers. Only the center of town, known as Vienna I, was
under joint occupation, symbolized by the four military policemen in jeeps, made
famous by the "Three Men" movie.
I was soon put to
the test. One day I was called by the Minister of Interior to inform me he had
received reports by the Gendarmerie [rural police] that the Soviets were
confiscating wheat and other foods from the supplies stored in the Burgenland.
This was the province consisting of the fertile flatlands along the borders of
Hungary, the only part of Austria with a surplus of food. This was a most
serious matter because it was in direct contradiction of allied agreements and
endangered UNRRA commitments to Vienna. I immediately contacted Washington and
got a call from the new Director General, Fiorello LaGuardia, who had succeeded
Governor Lehman. His instruction could not have been more direct: "Give 'em
At the next meeting
of the Economic Committee, I addressed the Soviet representative, Colonel
Olchovsky, and told him that I was instructed to inform him of the following:
unless the Soviet military immediately stops the illegal confiscation of food
supplies in the Burgenland, UNRRA will stop furnishing food to Vienna, and will
do this without further notice. Colonel Olchovsky defended the practice by
saying the Red army badly needs these supplies for their own troops of
occupation, but promised he would pass on the report to his government. Nothing
more was heard about the matter, but after about two weeks the Minister called
me again to say he had a new report from the Gendarmerie commander to the effect
that all food confiscations had stopped.
The UNRRA mission
chief, a Britisher, Brigadier Parminter told me I must be one of the few people
who ever gave an ultimatum to Stalin and got away with it. In spite of
occasional clashes, I got rather well acquainted with Col. Olchovsky. He
sometimes invited me to the Soviet officers club for dinner. The Americans set
up their officers club in the former building of the Austrian National Bank. The
Soviets needed more proletarian surroundings--they took over the Hofburg,
the former Palace of the Austrian emperors. I must say their food was better.
After the dinner they usually showed movies--all invariably evocations of
Tsarist and Great Russian victories, like one about Alexander Nevsky, the
conqueror of the Teutonic Order.
Col. Olchovsky was destined to play a major role in my life. One evening after
the inevitable vodkas he suddenly said: "Gospodin Moonk, I hear you have decided
to return to Czechoslovakia after you are through with UNRRA.....I suppose you
are a party member." I just mumbled. Olchovsky again: "You know, if I were in
your shoes, I would not hesitate about joining the party. We cannot tolerate
indefinitely this regime that is kind of sitting between stools, half socialist,
half capitalist. We must have one that openly shows it color." Nothing more was
said, but his comments stuck in my mind.
Next morning, when
I came to my office, my secretary said there was a call waiting for me from some
place called Portland. I asked her to put me through. The call was from Peter
Odegard, President of Reed College, telling me that Professor G. Bernard Noble
had decided to stay with the State Department in Washington. He said he was
calling me to ask if I would be interested in returning to Reed. He could offer
me a professorship in the political science department on a permanent basis. I
am not sure what my reply would have been had he called a day earlier. However,
having digested my brief conversation with the Russian, I did not hesitate and
said I accepted his offer and would be on hand next September.
Next, I sent a wire
to Nadia, telling her I changed my mind and decided to go back to America. I
also asked her to sell all the things she already had bought for Europe,
including the refrigerator and the washing machine. We would be back in Portland
the coming September. It was as simple as that.
Later I kept musing
I must have a personal Guardian Angel: for the second time an unknown appeared
to save me. Had I returned to Prague, I would have been one of the first to be
liquidated after the Communist putsch in February 1948.
The Austrians can
be very charming when they want to be or have to be. I was invited to many
parties, some at Schonbrunn, some at Ballhausplatz, the Foreign
Affairs Ministry, another survivor of past diplomacy. I could always just call
any Ministry and they would jump. I would not be human if I said that I did not
enjoy this brief brush with power.
But my stay in
Vienna was slowly coming to an end. Since I had a car and driver at my disposal,
I drove several times to Prague and once or twice to Bratislava, less than an
hour from Vienna, and previously almost its suburb. Early in September the time
had come. From Vienna I returned to Prague, to say goodbye to my friends and to
tell them about my decision to go back to the New World. Most of them
understood; Communist pressure was getting heavier and heavier.
I arrived in
Portland on September 19, 1946. At 8 o'clock the next morning I was facing a
class of eager and critical students at Reed College. My days of glory were
books listed below provide additional background on this period of history to
help illustrate this portion of my grandfather's memoirs.
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To The Editor (Queens Gazette):
New York's rich past is clearly visible in its physical structures and neighborhoods. Growing up in New York, I appreciated the old buildings and felt a sense of continuity among them. As an adult, I learned about buildings and neighborhoods that no longer existed due to poorly planned developments, buildings such as the old Madison Square Garden and neighborhoods such as Radio Row. Yet I heard about successes, like the preservation of Grand Central Station. I saw other success stories in such places as South Street Seaport and the hundreds of old buildings and neighborhoods that formed the colorful tapestry of my city, a place that truly felt like the center of the world. I figured the city had learned from its mistakes.
But these days, New York is being looted. Recently, I have been shocked by a pattern of aggressive development that seems to be targeting old buildings and neighborhood centers with no apparent regard for their historical importance. While most New Yorkers I know share this impression, the people charged with protecting our cultural heritage and history do not seem to be as concerned. This destruction is taking place throughout the city. In particular, I have seen it in the destruction of the heart of the Yorkville neighborhood, the apparent targeting of Spanish Harlem, recent discussions about destroying the South Street Seaport to make way for a shopping mall, the planned destruction of Atlantic Yards and the project of the largest scale, the planned destruction of Yankee Stadium. This wave of destruction is akin to the type of cultural cleansing one might find in a vindictive war between rival ethnic groups.
To most New Yorkers, these places are landmarks. Yet the Landmarks and Preservation Commission seems to be hung up on highly technical definitions of what constitutes a landmark, and therefore, what merits preservation.
History and culture are important to who we are as a people. Does this really need to be rehashed? Do we really need to reinvent the wheel every time something of historic value is threatened, or can we place the burden on the developer? Why not make a rule that anything older than 75 years or that meets certain criteria, such as, say, the site of multiple papal visits, important concerts, national championships, something that is so close to the heart of all New Yorkers, be preserved unless the developer can prove why it should not be, and how the proposed project is better for the city?
This would slow development, it's true. Right now, that would be a good thing. Development at its current pace threatens to erase the city's character in the very near future.
Ultimately, we need to strike a balance between private and public interest. Right now, short-sighted developers are routing the city's cultural and historical legacy to make a quick buck. This serves no one's interests in the long term.
That buildings of such importance to our city's culture, to its neighborhoods, can be destroyed without a serious public debate is a sad state of affairs. These are irrevocable decisions that should not be made lightly. Yet they are being made every day without taking the city's will into account. And so, the city's face is being changed for the worse without thought.
The danger is that the city will so change that it will lose its unique character. New York is both a quintessentially American and global city, perhaps the premier American and global city. It is a treasure to the world. Before we allow this place to be looted any more for greed, we should take stock of what is going on.
Square one should be a concerted effort to stop the proposed destruction of Yankee Stadium. Most New Yorkers oppose destroying the stadium. There is no good justification for doing away with a building of such profound meaning to most New Yorkers.
Name withheld on request
New York, N.Y.
Editor's Note: The writer's remarks also apply to many neighborhoods and local landmarks in Queens.
Crappy's Note: This paper loves it when Astoria's landmarks are torn down to make way for "affordable" housing or other similar projects.
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Free Webinar- New Resources to Make it Easier
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There’s so much new stuff for family history, it’s easy to feel somewhat overwhelmed. Here’s a colorful tour of the new web sites and tools to guide beginners and empower experts using today’s technology. Learn about unique LDS resources on the Internet, the top 10 U.S. web sites, and the best of the Internet to search for your ancestors. Learn how to make it easier, save time, and have fun connecting to your ancestors. Come join us and see what you’re missing..
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Pagan Pages: Hello Gary! It is a pleasure to meet you. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself first? You are a minister of a Unitarian Universalist Church, can you tell us a bit about it?
Gary Kowalski: Unitarian Universalism is a faith that embraces of people of all beliefs and backgrounds. I have pagans, atheists, Buddhists and Christians in my congregation, who like the freedom to find their own answers and learn from those on differing spiritual paths. We’ve been around since colonial times in America. Figures like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who identified themselves as Unitarians, were busy making a political revolution but also demanded the right to independent opinion in the religious sphere. In fact, many of the Founding Fathers drew more inspiration from the pagan authors of classical Greece and Rome than from the Bible. Even then, they were looking to nature rather than scripture or traditional Christian doctrine as the primary revelation of divinity.
PP:What made you decide to write an alphabet book?
GK: As children, we naturally appreciate Mother Earth and other living creatures. Research shows that young kids, for instance, dream about animals constantly. Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson thinks human beings are endowed with “biophilia,” an inborn attraction to butterflies and pinecones and polar bears as part of our evolutionary inheritance. Too often that inborn sense of awe and reverence disappears as we age. So a book for children makes perfect sense.
PP:Why base it on Earth Day?
GK: People of every religious tradition can embrace Earth Day. It’s not a sectarian holiday, but a moment to consider our interdependence with air, sun, water and soil and re-commit to preserving the environment for future generations. The ecological crisis is really a spiritual crisis. The political will to save the Earth can only arise when individuals of every religion begin to realize that the planet does not belong to us but is the property of God or the Great Spirit or Maha Devi (the Hindu Goddess) or whatever name you give to that creative mystery. We’re just holding the world in trust.
PP:What was your inspiration behind the book?
GK: My own mystical moments have come through relationships with animals, like my dog Chinook whom I once called my “spiritual guide.” So I tend to think that there’s a bit of nature worshiper in all of us, not just Wiccans and Druids but garden-variety tree-huggers like me who experience a contact high from walking on the beach or watching the geese migrate south in the autumn. Jane Goodall reports that even chimpanzees perform a “rain dance” when there’s big weather in the sky. There’s a thrill from feeling connected to all those elemental forces, so much older and more powerful than our own transient egos.
PP:Did you choose the inspirational artwork that compliments your thoughts in the book or collaborate with the artist?
GK: No, but the illustrations by Rocco Baviera are delightful: colorful, simple, and lighthearted to accompany what I hope is a joyous message of kinship with creation.
PP:Did your role as a minister help with writing this book?
GK: The words originated as material for Sunday morning. So I didn’t set out with the intention to write a book, but to summon up a sense of the sacred circle that includes us all.
PP:Is your publisher a part of your ministry?
GK:Skinner House is the publishing arm of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Several years ago they published a curriculum I wrote on World Religions, as well as a brief volume of personal essays titled Green Mountain Spring and Other Leaps of Faith.
PP:Have you written any other books?
GK: The Souls of Animals, my first book, and Goodbye Friend: Healing Wisdom For Anyone Who Has Ever Lost A Pet (both from New World Library) have been translated into six languages and sold in the hundreds of thousands. I’ve published two other titles with Lantern , Science and the Search for God and The Bible According To Noah: Theology As If Animals Mattered. Finally, there’s Revolutionary Spirits: The Enlightened Faith of America’s Founding Fathers (BlueBridge Publishing) which came out in 2008. You’ll find all my books on Amazon or, better yet, you can order them through your local, independent bookstore.
PP: Although, Gary Himself, is not a pagan, his earth worship has inspired us and we hope it inspires you and your children, as well. Thank you Gary for your time and your thoughts! Your book is beautiful and has taught us about giving thanks for our everyday.
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What did most famous Auto-Tuned songs sound like before they were Auto-Tuned? Just...talking? Is there even any way to hear them un-Auto-Tuned?
Many demos are leaked on YouTube or other parts of the internet that have the song, though usually not with the original lyrics, before it's been edited. Some demos never even make it to the auto tuning, or even on the radio, obviously, so they are thrown away, and sometimes later, leaked. For example, you can hear Ke$ha without autotune at theselinks- it seems like she's not autotuned.
Well, if they were previously made, and then auto-tuned by someone else later, then yes. You just google the original version. For example, Auto-Turn the News is just the news being auto-tuned. Certain songs, however, were made with auto-tuning in mind, so you probably can't find any versions where they aren't.
Auto-Tune corrects the pitch of vocals. It would be applied during the production process. At that point, the song's not even finished, so that version is never released to the public. If you want to hear what it sounded like before, you have to make friends with a record producer who'll let you listen to the raw tracks. He might not even be allowed to, depending on what kind of agreement he has with the record label.
Am I the only one who can't tell when these things are auto-tuned? Most of them just sound like singing to me.
That's the point: it's supposed to come out like regular singing, only in tune. At extreme settings, Auto-Tune can be a special effect.
A good way to tell if a piece is auto-tuned is if shifts in word and tune sound abrupt or overly electronic, as if their voice is a setting on a keyboard. It may be combined with regular singing, making it even easier to compare and contrast. This artist is famous for making auto-tune ubiquitous.
Here's what bugs me: people declaring Vocaloid songs to be no better than Auto-Tune, on rather shaky grounds. Considering the amount of tweaking you have to do to make a Vocaloid voice track sound realistic, calling it cheap and lazy really doesn't seem right; the fact that Hatsune Miku's voice isn't perfectly realistic is entirely acceptable to Vocaloid fans — it's even part of her charm as a character, arguably.
Should Vocaloid be an inversion of Auto-Tune? Since the uncanny-ness is the desired result (Yamaha said so).
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A Student Profile of Information and Records Management Departments in Turkey
Dr. Fatoş Subaşıoğlu
Departments of Information and Records Management seek to produce graduates who can undertake the process of "information management," which includes the compilation, arrangement, access to, and publication of information and information sources. These people must be qualified and capable in managing information centres that encompass libraries, archives, and documentation and information units. They must be able to use information and communication technologies intensively and teach potential users, as well as to be managers of information and information organizations.
Objectives of the Study
The present study sought information about the characteristics of students in Information and Records Management Departments of universities in Turkey, to explore differences between student groups and departments, if any, in order to contribute to better understanding of students' needs.
Scope and Method
The survey covers freshman, sophomore, junior and senior level students enrolled to IRM Departments in Ankara University, Baskent University, Hacettepe University, Istanbul University and Marmara University. The IRM Department in Erzurum Atatürk University is not included since that department has yet not started its undergraduate programme.
Questionnaires with 22 closed and one open-ended question were administered during the academic year 2006-2007.
Information and Records Management Departments in Turkey
Ankara University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Information and Records Management
The development of the library profession of librarianship in Turkey began with the establishment of the Institute of Librarianship in the Faculty of Letters in 1954-1955, which started offering courses immediately after. University-level education in librarianship led to its recognition as a profession in Turkey. This pioneer department was renamed "Department of Librarianship" in 1964 and provided a strong model for the department launched in Istanbul University in the same year and the one introduced in Hacettepe University in 1972.
While the original purpose of the department was to train librarians, the scope was enlarged later on. Starting in 1970, the department included courses in information science. In 1989-1990, Documentation-Information and Archive branches were introduced.
The Higher Education Board (YÖK) renamed the department "Information and Records Management." The Department began admitting students in 2002-2003 on the basis of scoring on university admittance tests. (Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü)
Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Information and Records Management
The department was launched in 1963 as "Librarianship Department" under the Faculty of Letters and began offering courses in 1964-1965. The department began offering master's courses in 1983 and doctoral studies in 1984. In 1987, the department launched the scientific journal Librarianship: Document-Information and Library Studies . In 1990 the department was reorganized to have two major branches: "Librarianship" and "Documentation and Information." Starting in 1995, the second teaching programme was introduced in the librarianship branch. In 2002-2003, the Archive Science Department of the Faculty of Letters ceased, and in line with the YÖK decision, this department was merged with the Department of Information and Records Management (Istanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü).
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Information and Records Management
The Department of Information and Records Management of Hacettepe University was first introduced as the Institute of Librarianship and Documentation. Education in the department began in October 1972 through the programme "Expertise in Science."
The Librarianship Department in Hacettepe University admitted its first cohort of undergraduate students in October 1974. As a result of structural changes in its undergraduate programme, the department continued its activities through three branches (Librarianship, Documentation-Information, and Archive) from 1993-94 on. In 2003-2004, however, these three branches were merged again under "Information and Records Management" (Hacettepe Üniversitesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü).
Marmara University Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Information and Records Management
The Department of Information and Records Management was first established in 1987 as "Department of Archive Science." The department started offering courses in 1988-89. In 1993-1994, English became more prominent as a medium of instruction and the required years of education became five, with the inclusion of English Prep School. Since 1994, the Department has offered post-graduate courses under Turkish Research Institute, which is a part of the Social Sciences Institute of the university. The same institute began offering a doctoral programmes in 1997. The name "Department of Archive Science" was changed by YÖK to "Information and Records Management" as of June 2002 (Marmara Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü).
Atatürk University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Information and Records Management
The Department was established in 1994 and building a faculty and infrastructure is still in progress. Courses are planned to start in the near future. The Department presently has four academic staff and will respond to the need for professionals in universities, public and private libraries, and archive/documentation centres in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions (Atatürk Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü).
Baskent University, Faculty of Communications, Department of Information and Records Management
The Department of Information and Records Management was created to meet the growing need for qualified information professionals. Graduates may be employed in finance, media, and publishing, as well as in library services (Baskent Üniversitesi Iletisim Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü).
Table 1: Survey return rate
Table 2: Gender distribution
Of 824 students, 67.2 percent are female and 32.8 percent are male.
Table 3: Age distribution
A large majority of respondents are age 21-23.
Table 4: Student residence while attending university
The question about where students live while in school was designed with the assumption that students would prefer universities in cities where they could reside with their families. As shown in Table 4, a majority of students in Departments of Information and Records Management stay with their families (58.6 percent) followed by those staying in school dormitories (22 percent).
Table 5: Type of high school
Students come from three types of high schools. Nearly 70 percent are from general/super high schools, slightly more than one-fifth from Anadolu high schools, and less than 10 percent from private high schools.
Table 6: Preference for IRM department
The order of preference for IRM departments is Baskent University IRM, 52.6 percent, Ankara, 38.5, Marmara, 38.1, Istanbul, 37.9, and Hacettepe, 32.7%.
Table 7: Awareness of dDepartment when choosing preference
Nearly half of respondents decided on their preference using some information about the department.
Table 8: Ankara student preferences in University Admittance Test
Students in IRM departments were asked about their first three preferences in university admittance tests (ÖSS). Data is presented in separate tables for different departments. Ankara University IRM students preferred teaching, IRM, and Turkish language and literature.
Table 9: Baskent student preferences in University Admittance Test
Baskent University students preferred IRM, management, and law.
Table 10: Hacettepe student preferences in University Admittance Test
Hacettepe University students preferred teaching, IRM, and psychological counseling and guidance (PCG).
Table 11: Istanbul student preferences in University Admittance Test
Istanbul University students preferred teaching, IRM, and management.
Table 12: Marmara student preferences in University Admittance Test
Marmara University students preferred IRM, teaching, and PCG.
Table 13: Computer ownership and Internet access
Some questions in the questionnaire were designed to assess students' computer literacy. Students were asked whether they had personal computers, whether they used computer labs in their departments and faculties, time they spent in using computer, and most frequent reasons for using a computer.
Results show that 67 percent of IRM students have a computer and Internet access, while about 20 percent have a computer without Internet access, and 12.3 percent do not have a computer.
Table 14: Use of computer lab in department
More than four-fifths of students use available computer labs (See Table 14). The low proportion of computer lab users (68.3 percent) at Istanbul University IRM was explained during interviews by the fact that the lab in this school is closed most of the time because there is no lab monitor. The use of computer labs is also low in Baskent University (40%), because almost all Baskent IRM students own a computer.
Table 15: Use of computer lab in faculty
About 65 percent of students use the computer labs in their respective faculty buildings. Nearly all students at Ankara and Hacettepe use the computer labs either in their departments or faculties. At Marmara, about 43 percent state that they do not use the computer lab in their faculty building, preferring the departmental lab (85.2 percent). At Istanbul, nearly 40 percent do not use the lab in the faculty building, and nearly 30 percent of these are unaware that such a lab exists. At Baskent, almost half (47.4 percent) do not use the lab in their faculty.
Table 16: Daily computer time
The survey investigated how much time students spent daily using a computer. Nearly half spend one to three hours.
Table 17: Computer use
Students use computers for common activities such as web browsing and email.
Table 18: Library visits
Another investigation in the survey was related to students' visits to and use of the library. About one third visit the library "once a week", about 40 percent visit once in two or three days, and only 10 percent every day.
Table 19: Books read annually
More than half of students say they read "4 or more" books in a year.
Table 20: Leisure activities
Students were asked to rank leisure time options on a scale from 0 to 5.
Survey findings can be summarized as follows:
The questionnaire had a "comments" section. Comments focus on the need to promote and publicize the department and to increase the number of practical or applied courses. Students complain that their department is not well known by the public, pointing out the the need for promotion and publicity.
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü. Available: http://bilgibelge.humanity.ankara.edu.tr/bbygenelbilgi.htm
Istanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü. Available: http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/edebiyat/bolum_sayfasi/bilgi_belge_yonetimi_bolumu.htm#genel_bilgiler
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü. Available: http://www.bby.hacettepe.edu.tr
Marmara Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü. Available: http://fef.marmara.edu.tr/IRM/index.htm
Atatürk Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü. Available: http://fakulteler.atauni.edu.tr/fenedebiyet/anabilim_detay.php?x=Bilgi%20 ve%20Belge%20 Yönetimi%20Bölümü
Baskent Üniversitesi Iletisim Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü. Available: http://ilf.baskent.edu.tr/bilgibelge.htm
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Photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor in 1956 to shoot promotional images of a recently signed 21-year-old recording artist, Elvis Presley. Wertheimers instincts to tag along with the artist after the assignment and the resulting images provide us today with a look at Elvis before he exploded onto the scene and became one of the most exciting performers of his time. Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer, a new Smithsonian traveling exhibition, presents 56 of these striking images and will debut at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles Jan. 8, 2009, Elviss 75th birthday.
Developed collaboratively by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
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, Elvis at 21 will be on view at The Grammy Museum through March 28, 2010. Following its showing in Los Angeles, the exhibition will travel to museums around the country through 2013. Elvis at 21 is sponsored nationally by the History channel.
Wertheimer had unparalleled access and documented Elvis on the road, backstage, in concert, in the recording studio and at home in Memphis, Tenn. Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis manager, restricted contact just a short time later. The photographs document a remarkable time when Elvis could sit alone at a drugstore lunch counter.
Henri Cartier-Bresson was known for photographing what he called the decisive moment, that moment when everything falls into place, said Wertheimer. But I was more interested in the moments before or after the decisive moment.
Wertheimer was up close to capture a flirtatious encounter with a young woman backstage in Richmond, Va. He was in the New York City recording studio on the historic day Elvis recorded Dont Be Cruel and Hound Dog. Both songs hit No. 1 on the charts, the first and only time a single record would achieve this distinction.
Wertheimer also joined Elvis after the recording session as he traveled home to Memphis by train. One image shows Elvis as just part of the crowd surrounding a lunch vendor on a train platform during a brief stop on the 27-hour trip. The anonymity he had during this stop was short-lived; the trip followed a busy few months when Elvis appeared on the television shows Stage Show, The Milton Berle Show and The Steve Allen Show. The photographs of a concert in Russwood Park on his return to Memphis show a young man who now had to have a police escort to get through the crowd of fans between his car and the stadium.
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Thankfully, cargo shipments are flowing once again this morning at the nation's busiest port complex. But the smallest bargaining unit of the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union should not have been able to bring operations to a standstill.
Leaders of ILWU Local 63 -- Office Clerical Unit shrewdly called the strike while Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was in South America to promote trade through the ports. Almost immediately after coming home, Villaraigosa stepped up and nipped the walk-out in the bud by getting both sides to agree to federal mediation. It's still unclear what role Villaraigosa played, but the mayor showed that he still has the negotiating chops that elevated him from labor leader to power-broker politician.
"Without the mayor's intervention, I'm convinced we'd be involved in a much longer labor dispute," Geraldine Knatz, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, wrote in a letter delivered Wednesday to the editorial board.
It's also unclear what type of agreement was struck between the ILWU and the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association, but we're willing to bet that the union took
It will be interesting to see whether this petty labor dispute packed the financial blow to the region that shippers had warned. But it's good to see people back to work and knowing that necessities will not disappear from store shelves anytime soon.
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May 28, 2002 11:55 AM PDT
Klez.h wins sibling rivalry
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New "Klez" still clobbering PC usersApril 24, 2002
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New Klez worm squirms across InternetApril 17, 2002
SirCam worm still a serious threatSeptember 5, 2001
Year of the WormMarch 15, 2001
Combined, the H and I variants of the original Klez worm had already shot past SirCam on the list of most-widespread worms. But Klez.h is proving to be the favorite child.
MessageLabs' servers have been blocking up to 20,000 copies of the worm every working day since late April--the month Klez.h appeared--stopping more than 800,000 copies to date. At the height of SirCam's reign, MessageLabs was grabbing more than 10,000 copies of that worm a day.
"We do have more customers now than when SirCam was out," said Alex Shipp, antivirus technologist at MessageLabs. "But even adjusting for that, we believe Klez is the more widespread."
By the time its run began to slow, SirCam had infected millions of computers worldwide and had caused at least a billion dollars in damages related to cleaning infected systems and to lost productivity.
Klez.h, however, is primarily affecting home users and small businesses, said Shipp. "There appears to be very few corporates infected."
Master of disguise
The remarkable success of Klez.h is largely the result of the different methods it uses to disguise itself and spread.
"There are a lot of people on the Internet without any virus protection whatsoever, and they tend to avoid viruses by recognizing subject lines and content," said Shipp. But that's where the contents of Klez.h's disguise kit come into play.
First of all, Klez.h hides behind one of 120 possible e-mail subject lines. There are 18 different standard subject headings the worm uses, including "let's be friends," "meeting notice," "some questions," and "honey." On top of those, Klez.h uses seven other patterns, such as "a x game" and "a x patch," where x can be one of 16 different words, including "new," "WinXP," and the name of any of six major antivirus companies.
Klez.h also forges the name of the e-mail's sender. The worm searches a host of different file types on the infected PC to come up with e-mail addresses from which to grab aliases. It also sends itself to those addresses, using its own mail program.
And as far as the content part of the e-mail goes, Klez.h also plays tricks with its file name. The malicious program finds any network storage available on the infected PC and copies itself to the remote disk drives using a random file name and a .EXE, .PIF, .COM, .BAT, .SCR or .RAR extension. Occasionally, the file name will include a double extension.
On top of all that, in some circumstances, Klez.h doesn't even need the victim to open it in order to run. Instead, it takes advantage of a 12-month-old vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook--known as the Automatic Execution of Embedded MIME Type bug--to open itself automatically on unpatched versions of Outlook.
And the worm even goes after antivirus software, deleting registry keys, stopping running processes and removing virus-definition files.
A final problem with Klez.h is that--because of the forged senders' names--many people are unaware that their PCs are infected. "Everybody who receives the virus is alerting everybody else, but the person who owns the infected PC remains blissfully unaware because everybody is alerting the wrong person," said Shipp. "In the past someone would eventually tell you if you had a virus, but you cannot count on this happening any more."
It's unclear, though, why Klez.h has been so much more successful than its sibling, which uses some of the same techniques Klez.h exploits so well.
Klez.i made its debut on the same day Klez.h was released into the wild. "But we only ever saw two copies of Klez.i," said Shipp. "Meanwhile, Klez.h has gone bananas. Why one has made it and the other (has) not we don't know. It might be that the virus writer seeded the different versions to different e-mail groups, and one was more active, so that virus reached a critical mass."
Recommendations for fighting Klez variants include running updated antivirus software, making sure the proper security patches are installed for Microsoft Outlook, and running a standalone virus checker, such as Symantec's downloadable Klez removal tool.
ZDNet U.K.'s Matt Loney reported from London.
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Work weird hours? I know a little something about that. My alarm goes off at 2am every day so I can be at work by 3. People always say – omg, that’s so early!!!! But actually, for me, it’s sleeping-in compared to some of my previous schedules. And I know I’m not alone! But now I’m learning more about how tough that kind of schedule is on your body. Sure, you may feel tired. But there are other issues as well. And that can mess with you long term!
One recent study we reported on in 11 For Health showed doctors saying that shift work should now be considered an occupational health hazard. A hazard!!! It referenced studies involving nurses and other workers who work late night and overnight shifts. We tend to have poor eating habits. And that increases the risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
And a new study out today may reaffirm how that’s happening. This new study focused on 12 men over a two-night period. One night, they were completely sleep deprived. The next night, they were allowed to sleep. No surprise… the men tended to be hungrier after getting no sleep.
That got us all chatting in the newsroom. We ALL work weird shifts. (And for some of us, it will be different every week. I think that’s even TOUGHER on your body. One week you’re overnights. The next week you’re daytime. No wonder your body is freaking out!) But whatever shift we work at KKTV, we all seem to average 4-6 hours of sleep a night.
Is that enough? Not for everybody, that’s for sure! But it’s good to keep in mind that it’s NOT just about getting to the gym. It’s NOT just about eating right. You have to treat your body right too. And that means including a proper amount of sleep… whatever that means for you.
What’s your magic number, when it comes to sleep?
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U.S. stock exchanges were closed Monday as Hurricane Sandy bore down on New York.
The New York Stock Exchange said in a statement late Sunday that it would close its markets Monday. Markets are likely to remain closed on Tuesday as well.
The Nasdaq stock market, which trades many technology stocks, including Google and Microsoft, also closed down Monday. The exchange will later announce plans for Tuesday.
"Dangerous conditions developing as a result of Hurricane Sandy will make it extremely difficult to ensure the safety of our people and communities, and safety must be our first priority," the NYSE said in a statement.
New York has declared a state of emergency and the city suspended subway service, bus and commuter rail service, which started at 7 p.m. ET Sunday. (Look ahead to stocks: Key jobs report)
The NYSE originally planned on staying open for electronic trading, while closing its trading floor, but later said all operations would close after consultations with regulators and other exchanges.
Related: Black Monday: 25 years after the crash
NYSE rarely shuts down for weather-related emergencies: Hurricane Gloria in 1985, and a snowstorm in 1969 were the last major weather events to bring the exchange to a halt.
Monday marks the first unscheduled market-wide shutdown since September 2001, when markets were closed for four full trading days following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
The last market-wide shutdown was on January 2, 2007, in accordance with the country's national day of morning in memory of President Gerald Ford, who had died a week earlier.
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What would life look like if everyone had a part in your day? What if a ‘team-player’ mentality lived in your home? Now we all know that home should be a safe haven for everyone. A place to UN-whind, relax, receive unconditional love & acceptance. However, sharing the load & working toward a common goals are characteristics that we all strive to nurture & grow….why not in the home? How would this affect your world, your stress, your energy, your time? Would this create a common bond & a since of family accomplishment? How much, in TIME, could possibly be saved per day?
I thought it would be fun to do a little tally based on my personal daily To-Do’s. Here’s an estimated projection of Daily Time savings:
* reading, on rotation, with younger siblings…(20min)
* kitchen helper…(15min)
* bathroom helper (10-15min per bathroom)…(20min)
* cooking schedule, on rotation, breakfast – lunch & dinner…(1hrs)
* nightly lunch prep…(10min)
* pet care (5 min per animal)…(10min)
* laundry helpers…(30min)
* house-hold chores & maintenance…(30min)
My estimated daily time savings would be huge, 3hrs & 15min per day; that’s big in my world particularly if it creates family bonds, unity & a feeling of accomplishment! As well as UN-seen parental rewards, such as, future college training, responsibility, and positive re-enforcement of self-esteem.
Wizehouse, version 3.0, is coming soon! The ability to have system generated chores, which can be delegated to anyone in your contact circle, is beneficial and makes a large impact! Also, through the system, the ability to provide tangible reward for positive re-enforcement, is handy! A traceable system that will bring ease to home & family life, by design. Stay tuned for product release information!
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The food, estimated to be worth $5,000, was gathered through a weeklong Denver-based drive initiated by three Dominican nuns recently released from jail. The nuns had hoped giving the food would absolve them of paying a fine for their four-year-old crime.
In 2002, Sisters Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Hudson cut through a chain on a fence guarding a Minuteman III missile silo in Weld County. (See "When nuns attack," csindy.com/csindy/2002-11-14/news2.html.) Carrying baby bottles filled with their own blood, they symbolically "disarmed" the weapon by tapping the device with small hammers and pouring their blood onto it. As punishment, they faced an aggregate 91 months in federal prison in part for their "intent to interfere with national defense materials."
To fulfill their supervised release last year, the sisters have been ordered to pay a $3,080.04 fine. Because the money would go to repairing the property, they claim paying it would contradict their anti-war beliefs.
"Conscience disallows us to pay into the military money that we know will go into war and killing," explains Platte, who says that various anti-war groups donated the bulk of the food.
But their judge has yet to agree to the nuns' proposition, and that's why neither base accepted the food. Local peace activist Bill Sulzman made arrangements with a Peterson representative to deliver a truckload of peanut butter, applesauce and jam, but was told to turn around a mere hour before the scheduled drop-off.
The food was instead donated to area charities.
The nuns are no strangers to Peterson, where they were arrested six years ago when they staged another "disarmament" at the base; charges in that incident were ultimately dropped.
"We recognize that peace-waging is costly," says Platte, who left Colorado with the sisters this week.
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Now I can’t completely describe what Lisa is saying to herself, but it’s probably something like this.
“What is he talking about? A biochemical pregnancy? Did I get pregnant? Am I pregnant? Biochemical? It's bad enough I have felt like a science experiment, now I’m biochemical?”
Let me try to straighten this out. The definition of a biochemical pregnancy is a pregnancy that stops growing before it is large enough to be seen on ultrasound. It’s a very early miscarriage. The causes are the same as for any miscarriage. By far, the most common reason is that the embryo is genetically abnormal, that is it doesn’t have the right number of chromosomes. And although it has the tools to grow for a while, as the embryo grows and needs to become more complex, the tools run out and the embryo can grow no more. There are other causes of miscarriage and that will be topic of a later blog.
The word “biochemical pregnancy” is a terrible term. It’s very cold and scientific and inhumane. I try not to use it, I just say it’s a very early loss. I thing the fertility community should throw out the word. I’m going to ask them if they will.
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The Pacific Sociological Association (PSA)
The Pacific Sociological Association (originally called the Pacific Southwest Sociological Society) was established in October 1929 by a small group of sociologists called together by Emory S. Bogardus of the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California for the purpose of organizing the Society.
The charter members agreed that they had been in isolation at their respective institutions long enough. They embraced the idea of a colleague, Earle E. Eubank, who said, "where there is contact of human minds, there an association exits; where there is no contact, there is a state of isolation." So the charter members decided to illustrate one of sociology's basic concepts, "social interaction." As stated in the original constitution, the purpose and object of the Society was the promotion of both sociological research and the teaching of sociology in universities, colleges, community colleges, and high schools in the Pacific area. The first Annual Meeting (with a program) was held on January 25, 1930 in Los Angeles at the Alexandria Hotel.
Today the PSA is the professional association of sociologists in the Pacific Region of North America: Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and Baja California Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico. Membership includes professors and students working at colleges and universities located throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada, but especially those who live in the western region of those countries. Many Association members work as consultants, researchers, and administrators. Some members have government jobs and others own businesses. A significant number are graduate students.
The Association holds an annual meeting in late March or early April and publishes a newsletter, The Pacific Sociologist, and a journal, Sociological Perspectives. You can access these documents, as well as application materials, at the PSA website.
Each spring, the Department of Sociology at Gonzaga University provides training and support for undergraduates who seek to present their research at the PSAs. In 2011, the PSA annual meeting will be held March 10-13 at the Sheraton Hotel, downtown Seattle, WA. This year, the theme will be Sociologists as Claims Makers: Turning Theory into Action
- Call for Papers. Deadline is October 15, 2010 for submission of papers/proposals to session organizers.
- Submit a Session Proposal for the 2011 Conference. Deadline is August 1st. Please note that all proposed sessions must be approved by the program chair Lucy Dwight.
- Hotel Information (Sheraton Seattle) and Book a Room Online.
- AV information for presenters
- 2011 Program Committee
- President for the 2011 meeting is Sharon K. Araji, ( email@example.com ) University of Colorado
- The Program Chair for the 2011 conference is Lucy Dwight, ( firstname.lastname@example.org) University of Colorado Denver.
The Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference (SIRC)
The Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference is dedicated to the promotion and recognition of distinguished, original student research performed in partnership with faculty and other mentors for undergraduate and graduate students from greater Spokane and beyond. The Conference solicits paper and poster presentations from undergraduate and graduate students attending Eastern Washington University, Gonzaga University, Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College, Washington State University at Spokane, and Whitworth University.
Presentations are based on research students have conducted in a broad spectrum of disciplines including sociology, political science, psychology, history, education, theatre, English, communication, marketing, business, biology and chemistry. The Program Committee selects presentations based on originality, quality, and significance. It is also a requirement that the student or faculty member’s work breaks new ground in a discipline, not simply restate or synthesize what is known. Student work must be based on a hypothesis or thesis supported by original research, as defined by faculty in that student’s discipline.
There are two options for research submissions. The first option is for students to submit research proposals for general acceptance and the program committee will try to group their research with other similar work. The second option is for faculty to propose a special topics session. Students submit their proposal to the special topics session, and the faculty proposer(s) can review those submissions. The submission deadline for SIRC is usually posted in February.
In April 2010, Gonzaga University hosted the 8th Annual SIRC, as more than 140 students from four Inland Northwest universities presented on topics ranging from advertising to the Zapatistas. The conferences are free and open to the public.If you have questions about the PSA or SIRC, or you seek to present your research at the PSA or SIRC, please consult one of the faculty in the department.
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Raised by Wolves
Over the years, I've seen or heard of some managers who appear to have been raised by wolves. Some examples:
- One manager, during important group meetings with clients, would inexplicably wander off to get coffee or thumb through a business magazine.
- Another manager would astound others at business lunches by attacking his food with the intensity and manners of a ravenous beast, scattering crumbs and spilling food.
- Still another would spring up shortly before the end of business presentations, interrupting the speaker and causing others to wonder what was behind the hurried exit.
What has surprised me is how seldom such managers are helped or confronted. Manners are regarded as private territory - some arcane skill that the parents should have taught - and so the person is permitted to continue with these potentially career-killing habits.
It's a real shame because failing to address the behavior is not an act of kindness.
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“LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage,” the 65-year-old former Secretary of State said in the video. “That’s why I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples. I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law.”
There has been a ton of speculation over the years whether Hillary will run for president in 2016, and the video will surely put fuel to the fire!
DO YOU THINK Hillary Clinton should run for president?
Hillary Clinton Announces Support for Gay Marriage
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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan today said he was saddened by the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers on the Indo-Pak border, but cautioned against retaliating in the same manner.
"As an Indian, I am completely saddened," he told reporters here.
"It is completely wrong, but that does not mean we should do the same. I think as a nation we should take a hard stance.
I think you and I should look at methods to end the strife at the border," he said.
"I have been watching this on the TV...that lets teach them a lesson. It is completely wrong...it is sad. It should not have happened. It is sad to see who have died for unnecessary reason. We should be clear that whoever does wrong have to be taken into account and put to test," the Bollywood actor said.
"Things like country, war, border, strife, politics should be kept different. Because, when I had talked about sports, there was a controversy. In a country which is so volatile, the youth wanting to take stance... Hard stances in situations which is good thing in a democracy," Shah Rukh said.
Everyone in the country should be secular and that is how change will happen, he said.
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Putting a misstatement in context
Congressional candidate Dr. Marisha Agana recently wrote a Twitter comment in which she compared President Obama to Stalin, Hitler, and Mao Tse-Tung. That was a foolish thing to write. Those monsters are responsible for the murder of millions. Obama, by comparison, is small change: As a state senator, he merely voted three times against requiring physicians to provide medical care for babies who miraculously survived attempted abortions. That is arguably supporting infanticide, but it is not mass murder on the scale of those 20th century monsters.
Dr. Agana is clearly not a professional politician like her opponent Congressman Tim Ryan. Ryan began his career working for Jim Traficant — this was before Traficant’s felony conviction — and has no experience outside of politics. Dr. Agana, in contrast, began her career with years of intense training to learn how to save the lives of children. She was raised in a dictatorship, chose to live in America, worked her way through school, and is raising three children. That may give her some insight into the importance of liberty, the value of hard work, and the struggles of people striving to improve their family’s prospects. But it clearly has not given her the glibness of an experienced politician.
Still, we must choose between the imperfect choices put before us. This November, we may vote for a pediatrician who made one foolish Tweet, or a career politician who has made multiple foolish votes. Mr. Ryan supported the so-called stimulus. He supported Obamacare, which will drive insurance costs further out of sight, even as it forces religious institutions to violate their principles. Ryan has repeatedly voted against legislation that would define marriage as a relationship consisting of one man and one woman.
Eric Chevlen, MD, Liberty Township
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A new era of thrift
Call it the new frugality. Americans are spending less and saving more. Is this a temporary move and a generational change? It is believed that the great expansion of consumer credit since early 80s will not come back and personal saving rate will have to go back to the pre-boom level, averaged at 10%. To remind you the personal saving rate was negative a few years ago.
Let’s first look at the history of personal saving rate in the US:
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Varicose veins are common and the enlarged, gnarled veins are often more of a cosmetic concern than a medical worry. So, should you see a doctor for these veins?
If you suffer pain from the varicose veins you can first try self-care. Exercising, elevating your legs and wearing comprehension can help ease the pain, the Mayo Clinic says. The hospital says these at-home treatments can also prevent the veins from getting worse.
The Mayo Clinic says you should see your doctor if the self-care treatments aren’t working, or if you’re concerned over the way your veins look and feel.
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This week, Univision hosted two "meet the candidate" events in Miami with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Both candidates have been on the hot seat lately: Romney with his scorn for the 47 percent; Obama for Libya and the Fast and Furious scandal in the Justice Department.
But in Miami, some of the toughest questions focused on immigration issues, from deportations to Arizona's "papers, please" law, SB 1070. Polling consistently shows that the economy and jobs are top concerns for Hispanics, but immigration is often cited as a gateway issue, meaning that the wrong language or policies can alienate potential voters.
As Florida Congressman Marco Rubio told PBS NewsHour in August: "It's a gateway issue because in the Hispanic community, immigration is not a statistical issue. It's not a theory...You know someone, you love someone, you work with someone that is being impacted by an immigration problem."
At a glance, it might seem obvious who would be more appealing to a pro-migrant voter when it comes to immigration policy: Obama opposes SB 1070, Romney has mixed feeling about it; Obama supports the DREAM Act, Romney supports Florida Senator Marco Rubio's scaled-back version of the bill. Obama halted deportations for qualifying young undocumented immigrants this June; Romney said in January that immigrants should "self-deport."
But some immigrant rights activists are skeptical of both candidates, says Jorge-Mario Cabrera, the communications director at the Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
"I think that in order for deportations to stop and to end the suffering of the community, whoever gets to the White House will need to work very, very closely with Congress, because at this time it seems that neither candidate is willing to maintain the idea that deportations are not that answer to the broken immigration system," Cabrera said. "Mr. Obama has become the deporter-in-chief and Mr. Romney does not negate the fact that he'll continue to do the same thing."
On Wednesday, Univision news anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas -- both famously tenacious when it comes to questioning politicians on immigration policy -- held the feet of both candidates to the fire on a range of issues. Not the least of those was deportations.
Obama, who has broken records for the number of deportations during his first term, tried to portray his administration as deporting bad guys and recent arrivals, not law-abiding residents and parents. "We have to focus our attention, our enforcement on people who genuinely pose a threat to our communities, not to hard-working families who are minding their own business," he said. "We don't have the capacity to enforce across the board."
However, what the administration defines as a criminal deportation includes relatively minor infractions, as well as more serious crimes. The top three categories for removals in 2011, according to a report released this month by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, were "dangerous drugs," "criminal traffic offenses," and "immigration." Those three categories make up a whopping 66 percent of deportations and voluntary departures.
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08-May-2005 -- Brigitte and I failed to visit this confluence point in October 2003. So this time we tried again together with our friends. All went very fine until we were only 9 km away from the CP. The first time that we had come to hunt this Confluence Point we had made the mistake to leave the track and drive the last 10 km in a straight line to the confluence point. In this area there are big stones all over the place and many oueds (dry rivers) dividing the area. Driving a straight line is therefore not advisable.
But when we were that close now, I suddenly forgot all the pain we had last time and took a straight line again for the last 9 km. Just 450 meters away from the confluence point there was a oued with huge stones to be crossed. Since I planned to visit the confluence point by car, I tried to cross it. We managed it – but the costs were a leaking shock absorber and a smashed exhaust pipe. I gave in and started to walk the last 300 meters (after heavy objection from Brigitte driving the last meters). By the time we arrived at the confluence point, Eugen and Silvio were there already. They had approached the CP a little more from the West.
On the way back, we took the track that we saw earlier on the way to the confluence point. It took only a couple of minutes to reach Fezzou. After having visited the confluence point we drove to Tazzarine to fix the shock absorber. After that we went south to Zagora and drove through the Sahara to Merzouga. This trip is said to be very nice. We were just unlucky that by the time we got into the Sahara a sandstorm blew for 5 days and the visibility was between 50 to 200 meters only.
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Elizabeth Taylor once said, “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
A life without a little irresponsibility is hardly worth living. After all, what’s the benefit of living longer if those extra years aren’t enjoyable?
It’s hard to go a day without reading about something that you’re doing that is slowly killing you. Diet soda, for example is now believed to be worse for your waistline than regular.
Every once in a while fate seems to fall on our side, however, and a study comes out validating our secret desires. That bottle of wine you polished off will do wonders for your heart’s health. Too lazy to hit the gym today? You’re just taking a rest day to allow your muscles to recover. Can’t kick the caffeine habit? You are just trying to prevent Alzheimer’s Disease.
Some of these studies might need to be taken with a grain of salt (not too much though or you’ll wreck your blood pressure) but reading them has a way of relieving the feeling of perpetual guilt that the media tends to instill upon us.
Check out this list of 14 vices that are actually somewhat virtuous and hopefully your day will improve! : http://
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The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Prohibition-era statutes prevent distilleries in Hamilton County, so the whiskey that bears the city’s name is being made in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
“We called it Chattanooga Whiskey because that’s where we’re from,” said Joe Ledbetter, president of the company of himself and business partner Tim Piersant.
The company began with a Facebook page and a question about whether people would buy spirits called Chattanooga Whiskey. There are now about 16,000 Facebook followers.
Ledbetter said Chattanooga Whiskey launched on April 15 and has sold 3,000 cases of six bottles each so far. The company is also expanding its distribution, adding Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Washington, D.C.
He said if the company could distill locally, there would be more than a dozen new jobs and more than $150,000 in tax and tourism dollars paid annually.
“We’re trying to restart an industry that was completely lost to Prohibition,” Ledbetter said. “We’re not talking about cheap brown bag package store liquor, we’re talking about Tennessee whiskey, something like more of a Woodford Reserve.”
Hamilton County was not included in 2009 enabling legislation that allows distilleries to open in 41 additional counties.
Ledbetter said the county was eligible, but the legislative delegation opted out.
An opinion last week from Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper confirmed that because Hamilton County was left out of the law, Hamilton County commissioners don’t have authority to approve the manufacture of whiskey in the county.
Ledbetter has hopes of seeing the statute changed to allow local distilling. He and his partner have met with local government leaders and have found support that could lead to eventual inclusion of the county in the legislation allowing distilleries.
“We (Hamilton County) met the requirements to be included in the law,” noted Ledbetter, who said eight people decided against it.
Moore, Lincoln and Coffee counties were previously the only places where distilleries could operate in Tennessee.
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Ever shoot yourself in the foot? Cut off your own nose? Dig your own grave? Yeah, me too. It’s called self-sabotage, and lots of us are quite good at it. Self-sabotage refers to any behavior (usually unconscious) that holds you back from from achieving your (conscious) goal. In researching this I noted that several psychologists suggested that our brain does this as a way of keeping us in our comfort zone and protecting us from failure. Dammit. Apparently our very own brains are not always on our side. So while we “say” we want to reach our goals our brains just want us to just conform to the norm.
“Why?” you ask, does our brain betray us so? Some suggested reasons: lack of self-esteem, self-worth, self-confidence and self-belief. Oy, veh! As far as weight-loss and physical fitness goals go, other things that may play a part in why we self-sabotage include strong familial ties with food and wanting to stay in the “tribe,” a group of friends who are not supportive (again, the desire to stay in the “tribe” comes in to play,) and a history of physical or sexual abuse in childhood, which often causes body image difficulties. Yup.
Our self-sabotage manifests itself in several ways – fear of failure, fear of risk-taking, the inability to plan ahead, the inability to consider the consequences of our actions, the inability to think critically, unrealistic expectations, comparing ourselves to others and feeling like we fall short, blaming others for our failures, procrastinating, being a perfectionist, limiting beliefs. Jeez. When you look at this list it’s a wonder we ever achieve jack.
So why the article on self-sabotage? Because I am using my little blog for self-therapy, and hopefully helping a few people with similar issues along the way. This weekend my inner saboteur
(let’s call her Ingrid – doesn’t that sound like a good saboteur’s name?) reared her nasty little head and did her best to steer me off course, succeeding for several days before I figured out what the hell was happening and adjusted course. She’s a sneaky little bitch. Anyway, this weekend I had lots of work to do so I used that as an excuse to not exercise for a couple of days, and since I wasn’t exercising I justified drinking a few too many drinks and eating a lot too much. (Exercising and eating right usually go hand-in-hand for me…or not, when Ingrid has her way.) By Sunday night I realized I was feeling physically slug-like and over-satiated, and mentally disappointed in myself for falling off the wagon.
Here’s where someone not supportive would say, “Well, you have to live a little.” I agree, kind of. But I also recognize that for someone like myself, someone with a history of weight struggles and body issues, that’s a little like handing a bottle of Scotch to an alcoholic and telling him to have a good time. Give me an excuse. Go ahead. Make my day. Because for people like me, two days off course can easily become a week, which leads into a month, and before you know it you’re looking at a stack of jeans that no longer fit…and you’re probably holding a cupcake in your hand while you’re doing it. And Dear, Not Terribly Supportive Friend, I will likely blame you, and maybe the weather, or I might lay it on some holiday, or social gathering, or maybe my ankle, or my metabolism, or something else I think up. Because self-saboteurs like Ingrid go into protection mode and lay the blame elsewhere. I mean, really, who wants to admit they’ve shot themselves in the foot?
How to overcome self-sabotage? First, recognize that you have a problem, that your inner Ingrid, whatever her name, (Nikita? Margaretha? Desdemona?) exists and ask yourself why? In my case 1) I have some personal issues that make my body image a bit wonky (I will save that for a later post. Maybe. Probably not.) Also, 2) I really like to fit in. To excel, to attract too much attention, makes me nervous. I’ve been in really good shape before. And just like people judge and ostracize others when they are bigger than the social norm, the same is true if you exceed the standard fitness image. I like to be on the high end of blending. More than that and I get uncomfortable and feel out of place. Perhaps it stems from years of being mistaken for a chubby little boy. And 3) as I approach my goal, dreams and reality clash – I’m fairly thin, I’m very fit, and yet I still don’t look like Heidi Klum.
What the hell? I’ve been working my ass off. So what if I’m 5’2″ and 50 years old? I deserve to have my ass defy gravity, my bones lengthen, and my features rearrange themselves in a more symmetrical pattern, don’t I? No? Ugh. Once again I am left disappointed and saddened. Bring on the 1000 calorie drinks and a bucket of wings! This girl needs comforting! (No! NO! NOOOOO! That’s Ingrid The Bitch talking. Send those wings back to the kitchen!)
Okay, so Ingrid (or Svetlana, or whatever you choose to call your inner saboteur) exists and needs to be managed. How? Take responsibility. Banish that saboteur, alter-ego nightmare, and step up and assume the helm of your life. Stop laying blame. Make plans for success – don’t just daydream – follow through. Treat the change process like an experiment. Lay out a plan and see where it takes you. Adjust expectations when necessary. Change can be disorienting – even when the outcome is positive, it can be unsettling. Accept that your capabilities are malleable – don’t continue to define yourself as you have in the past. (I am not a chubby little boy!) You are capable and worthy of achieving your dreams. Set high goals, focus, and accept that, yes, there will be setbacks. Yes, your outcome in this little experiment called life might not end up being quite what you had predicted (be it job, relationship, or health related). But it’s always better to try and fail than to just sit on your ass wondering “What if?” Because “What if?” is no way to go through life.
So on Monday I threw off the clutches of Ingrid. I grabbed the wheel and did a u-turn to get back on track. Success. Two days lost, not a week, or a month. Progress! I accept that I will not be making an appearance on America’s Next Top Model next season.
But I will nevertheless continue to pursue my goal to be my best self, physically and emotionally, no matter what that looks like. I will try and not judge others, and I will try and not care if they judge me. I will recognize that I have some issues and I will try and not use them as an excuse to fail. When Ingrid reappears, as I am sure she will, I will be on the lookout, and I will be prepared to take offensive action.
I am in charge of my own destiny and I will not be a stupid ass who defeats myself. I will not be my own enemy.
***How about you? Have a saboteur in the closet? How do you get her to stay there, or back in once she’s out? What works for you?
Oh, and on the Fun Facts To Know And Tell list…some sources think the word “sabotage” comes from the Industrial Revolution in France. Apparently disgruntled workers threw their “sabots,” wooden shoes/clogs, into the looming machinery, disrupting the production process. No doubt they then shouted, “Sacre bleu! Now we have no shoes and no place to work!” At least they were barefoot when they kicked themselves in the ass.
Always a bright side.
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Conversational Speech and Language Technologies for Structured Document Generation
Juergen Fritsch, MModal
May 3, 2005
AbstractI will present Multimodal Technologies AnyModal CDS, a clinical documentation system that is capable of creating structured and encoded medical reports from conversational speech. Set up in form of a back-end service oriented architecture, the system is completely transparent to the dictating physician and does not require active enrollment or changes in dictation behavior, while producing complete and accurate documents. In contrast to desktop dictation systems which essentially produce a literal transcript of spoken audio, AnyModal CDS attempts to recognize the meaning and intent behind dictated phrases, producing a richly structured and easily accessible document. In the talk, I will discuss some of the enabling speech and language technologies, focusing on continuous semi-supervised adaptation of speech recognition models based on non-literal transcripts and on combinations of statistical language models and semantically annotated probabilistic grammars for the modeling and identification of structure in spoken audio.
BiographyDr. Jürgen Fritsch is co-founder and chief scientist of Multimodal Technologies _LP_M*Modal_RP_ where he leads research efforts in the fields of speech recognition and natural language processing. He has an extensive background in speech and language technologies and in advancing the state-of-the-art in these areas. He held research positions at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh where he was participating in the LVCSR/Switchboard speech recognition evaluations. Before co-founding M*Modal, Jürgen was co-founder of Interactive Systems Inc, where he was instrumental in the design and development of an advanced conversational speech recognition platform that continuously evolved into one of the foundations of M*Modals current line of products. Jürgen received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Think manual transmission, the total torque rating is shared by every part the power flows through and divides amongst them. Depending on how you fit the torque wrench in on nut (angle of attack mainly) the rear suspension can deflect some thus absorbing part of it. Same reason torque wrench manufacturers tell you never to put an hand on torque wrench head say using 1/2" fittings and six inch extension. When you load it, the whole thing can swing to one side and risk rounding off corners of bolt/nut. Human nature has you putting a hand on top of wrench head to steady it but doing so affects the torque since some is absorbed by your hand.
A torque wrench is nowhere near smart enough to know if you put all that power into just a nut or into everything else the nut was attached to. It just clicks to an given number. Put a wrench on front wheel bearings already installed say with atx in park, wheel free in air and twist load on the wrench and tell me how much load you just tried to put on the axle and parking lock inside trans, you can waste 25 ft.lbs. quicker than spit there just pulling all the looseness up solid.
I roll disc or drum while tightening maybe to 50+, after that the races have contacted, all you are doing is running up the force holding them together. Balls have done all the centering they are going to do.
If suspension components compress under the load, I assure you they ARE absorbing force, the wrench does not know that, all it reads is 'total' force, not everything force was applied to.
Having brake on does nothing, if bearing already run up partially, the brakes will have an easy .020" in sideways deflection front or rear before anything becomes a problem. At full torque runup you'll do well to get another thou out of the bearing. Even though brakes themselves are a force you are working against they force the torque to pretty much stay right there local to the nut.
Quick test of bearing after done, spin it, if there's a problem you'll know it. The balls better be right or the bearing was scrap to begin with. Never lost a one doing this, in fact they last forever.
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For men and women, the answers appear to be quite different, according to British researchers, who recently asked that very question to 500 men (many of whom worked in literature-related fields). The guys’ top three? Albert Camus’s The Outsider, J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five. In a 2004 poll, the same team asked 14,000 women the same question (thanks, Metafilter, for the link) with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre topping the list.
So let’s try our own PopWatch survey in the comments section below: What novel most changed your life? (Be sure to let us know your gender, too.) I’d have to say that as a kid, Walter Farley’s The Black Stallion fueled what became a lifelong obsession with horse racing, but as an adult, nothing quite moved me like Carl Sagan’s Contact. Which, yes, probably means I’m a complete dork, but doesn’t that make you less self-conscious about revealing your own favorite?
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The new auto-update feature will only apply to users who’ve opted into the automatic updates through Windows Update. Those that have opted in will be upgraded to the latest version of IE available for their system. If you’re still on Windows XP that means you’ll be updated to IE 8. Vista and Windows 7 users will move to IE 9. The Windows Blog notes that when upgrading, your home page, search provider, and default browser settings will not be affected.
Internet Explorer updates have been offered through Windows Update previously, but unlike other “important” Windows updates, users needed to initiate the actual installation of IE updates via a dialog box. The only real change for most users in today’s announcement is that you’ll no longer need to mess with all those notification windows and dialogs. Instead IE will just seamlessly upgrade.
If you don’t want automatic updates, you can turn off Windows Update (though you should be aware that doing so could leave you with a insecure browser and operating system). Enterprise customers can opt out of the new auto-update mechanism using the IE 8 and IE 9 Automatic Update Blocker toolkits available from Microsoft.
The new auto-updating will ensure that users have the latest, most secure and stable version of IE, and web developers may be able to enjoy a fringe benefit as well — fewer IE 6 and IE 7 users on the web.
Microsoft has previously launched a campaign to kill off IE 6 and many large websites — like Google and WordPress — have already dropped support for the aging browser.
Web developers still supporting IE 6 may not need to do so much longer if Microsoft’s auto-update strategy pays off. Since the new auto-update mechanism will apply to IE 7 as well, it too may not need to be supported much longer. Of course, even in the best case scenario where IE 6 and 7 users drop below 5 percent worldwide, web developers would still need to contend with IE 8. While IE 8 was a huge step up from its predecessors, it still lacks support for most of the HTML5 and CSS 3 features found in modern web browsers.
Microsoft’s move to silent, automatic updates for Internet Explorer means that Apple’s Safari web browser is now the only browser that doesn’t default to automatically updating. Microsoft says that the auto-updating will roll out regionally, starting in January with users in Australia and Brazil and “scaling up over time.”
For the first time Chrome Beats Firefox on Webmonkey.com
Once the darling of the tech set, Mozilla’s Firefox web browser is no longer the perennially #2 underdog of the web.
According to StatCounter, a web analytics company tracking browser market share, Google Chrome has overtaken Mozilla Firefox to become the second most used web browser in the world.
For the first time Chrome also managed to beat out Firefox to become the most used web browser among both Wired.com and Webmonkey.com readers.
StatCounter claims that for November 2011 Chrome accounted for 25.69 percent of browsers on the web while Firefox trailed it by the tiniest of margins at 25.23 percent. Both still pale in comparison to Internet Explorer’s 40.63 percent market share.
That said, the traffic split between Firefox and Chrome at both Wired.com and Webmonkey.com nearly mirrors StatCounter’s numbers. The main difference around here is that both browsers beat Internet Explorer. But for the first time in a very long time, Firefox is not the most used browser among Webmonkey readers. Last month Chrome accounted for 32.14 percent of users while Firefox trailed just behind at 31.06 percent.
A couple of interesting things happened in the world of Web browser usage during October. The more significant one is that Internet Explorer’s share of global browser usage dropped below 50 percent for the first time in more than a decade. Less significant, but also notable, is that Chrome for the first time overtook Firefox here at Ars, making it the technologist’s browser of choice. [Ed. Note: That still hasn't happened at Webmonkey, but it's very close. See below for more stats.]
Internet Explorer still retains a majority of the desktop browser market share, at 52.63 percent, a substantial 1.76 point drop from September. However, desktop browsing makes up only about 94 percent of Web traffic; the rest comes from phones and tablets, both markets in which Internet Explorer is all but unrepresented. As a share of the whole browser market, Internet Explorer has only 49.58 percent of users. Microsoft’s browser first achieved a majority share in—depending on which numbers you look at—1998 or 1999. It reached its peak of about 95 percent share in 2004, and has been declining ever since.
Where has that market share gone? In the early days, it all went Firefox’s way. These days, it’s Chrome that’s the main beneficiary of Internet Explorer’s decline, and October was no exception. Chrome is up 1.42 points to 17.62 percent of the desktop browser share. Firefox is basically unchanged, up 0.03 points to 22.51 percent. Safari grew 0.41 points to 5.43. Opera has been consistently falling over the last few months, and it dropped again in October, down 0.11 points to 1.56 percent.
In spite of Android sales now outstripping iOS sales, iOS users are far more abundant on the Web. Mobile browsing is currently a much smaller market, with 5.5 percent of Web usage conducted on smartphones and tablets. This small market is also a lot more volatile than the desktop market. Mobile Safari was up by 6.58 points last month to 62.17 points. The biggest single loser was the Android browser, dropping 2.91 points to 13.12 percent. Symbian, BlackBerry and Opera Mini also registered falls, down 2.15 points to 2.55 percent, 0.64 points to 2.04 percent, and 0.27 points to 18.65 percent, respectively.
The upgrade trends show a familiar story. Chrome users, who for the most part receive updates automatically, switch to new versions quickly and efficiently. Chrome’s “tail” is growing ever longer, though, with about 2 percent of desktop browser users—about 14 percent of Chrome users—using old versions. That number is growing every month, and it appears to be resilient.
Firefox retains its clean split between people on the new, rapid release versions (4-9) and those on the old stable version (3.6). The rapid release users are upgrading fairly quickly, though the cut-overs are neither as rapid nor as automated as those of Chrome. However, almost a quarter of Firefox users are sticking with version 3.6. Until and unless Mozilla produces a stable edition with long-term support, this is unlikely to change.
Internet Explorer, however, continues to see major usage of old versions. Internet Explorer 6 and 7, which aren’t current on any supported version of Windows, are still the version used by 25.4 percent of Internet Explorer users, 13.38 percent of desktop users as a total. These are people that can upgrade to either Internet Explorer 8 (if they’re using Windows XP) or Internet Explorer 9 (if they’re using Windows Vista), but who have, for some reason, refused to do so. Internet Explorer 8 users appear to be switching to Internet Explorer 9 at a slow but steady rate, with the former down about a point, and the latter up by about a point.
The browser usage here at Ars Technica continues to be unusual, with Firefox and Chrome over-represented on the desktop, and Android showing a much stronger performance among mobile user than is seen on the wider Web.
A compelling case can be made that the causes for these two phenomena—Internet Explorer’s decline, and Chrome’s growth—are closely related. They represent the influence of the computer geek.
Ars Technica’s unusual usage figures are not surprising when considering its audience: visitors to the site tend to be technologists and early adopters: Ars readers were among the first to switch to using Firefox as their browser of choice, and similarly they’re leading the way with Chrome. While Internet Explorer’s decline, Firefox’s flatlining, and Chrome’s growth have happened faster at Ars than the broader Web, the underlying trends are the same. [Ed. Note: Webmonkey's browser stats are roughly the same as of October 31st. Chrome has yet to overtake Firefox among Webmonkey's perhaps more developer-heavy audience, but it's gaining on Firefox every month. For the month of October 33.4 percent of you were using Firefox, 32.4 percent Chrome and only 16.0 percent Internet Explorer.]
This is perhaps not surprising. Ars has more than its fair share of IT decision-makers, both in corporate environments and home environments (I’m sure that many of us know the perils of being the “computer guy” roped in to fix the problems plaguing friends’ and family’s machine). It might be a few months before a Chrome-using Ars-reading geek starts to recommend it to friends and family, or a few years before he gets approval to roll the browser out across the company whose computers he maintains, but the migration will happen. Technology decisions are usually made by technology people—and technology people read Ars, ditched Internet Explorer for Firefox a few years ago, and are now switching to Chrome.
Firefox appealed to the geek demographic by offering tabs, a wealth of extensions, and active development: geeks enjoy new things to play with, and a browser that’s frozen in time, as Internet Explorer 6 was, holds no appeal. Chrome in turn offered a focus on performance and stability, even more active development, and the cachet of being built by Google. Chrome was also quick to offer obvious but useful things such as built-in, robust session restoration, and a useful new tab page (something Internet Explorer 9 replicated, and which is currently in beta for Firefox). Bundling Flash also removed a potential headache, by ensuring that a potentially buggy plugin was kept current and up-to-date. On top of all this, Google has been vocal in pushing its view of how the Web should work, with the VP8 video codec, the SPDY Web protocol, and most recently, the Dart scripting language.
A browser that doesn’t appeal to this demographic won’t receive the benefit of this kind of on-the-ground advocacy. Mozilla is working to bring some of Chrome’s appealing features to Firefox, with its new development schedule and future features such as tab isolation, and though this is currently causing some headaches—there are continued issues with extension compatibility—Firefox’s market share is for the most part holding steady. Once Mozilla can get rid of the annoying wrinkles and make updates as pain-free as Chrome’s, it might start to win back the attention of the techie demographic. Especially if Mozilla can come up with a viable IT-friendly long-term support option.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is strenuously avoiding this same demographic. Internet Explorer lacks small but significant creature comforts such as resizeable text boxes, built-in spell checking, and session restoration, and while it does offer certain extensibility points, they fall a long way short of those offered by Firefox, and as such, its extension ecosystem is a whole lot less rich. It’s not enough for Internet Explorer to be a solid mainstream browser: the less technically engaged users who switched to Firefox because a trusted authority told them to aren’t going to spontaneously switch back to Internet Explorer, even if it is good enough for their needs. They’re going to wait until their techie friend next fixes their PC and tells them that they should consider switching to Internet Explorer because it’s “better”. Just as they did for Firefox and do for Chrome.
Internet Explorer is still an important browser, with a userbase large enough that few developers can afford to ignore—though sites that don’t need global appeal may well be able to safely ignore Internet Explorer 6—and at current rates it will remain important for a few years yet. But until and unless Microsoft makes its browser appeal to the influential geek demographic, it looks as if Internet Explorer has nowhere to go but down.
This article originally appeared on Ars Technica, Wired’s sister site for in-depth technology news.
Internet Explorer. That’s all you really need to say to raise a web designer’s blood pressure. And yes, we know IE is improving, but there are still plenty of users stuck on IE 8 and IE 7 (even IE 6) and you can’t just leave those browsers out in the cold.
The first method that came along to deal with IE’s rendering quirks were various CSS hacks — slip an underscore in here, add an asterisk there and you can target specific versions of IE in your stylesheets.
CSS hacks work well enough, but they’re a pain to maintain. Using conditional comments to load IE-only stylesheets is another option, but now you have extra HTTP requests and two stylesheets to maintain. You could also use conditional comments to add CSS classes to the <html> or <body> tags of your pages, but that increases the size of your pages in every browser.
The truth is there’s no perfect way to handle IE. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages and the right answer will vary from project to project.
We can’t tell you how to handle IE, but we can tell you that developer Mathias Bynens has put together a very well written and thorough rundown of all the different ways you can handle Internet Explorer’s rendering quirks — conditional stylesheets, conditional classnames and good old CSS hacks. Bynens also has a fourth option: combining conditional classnames with “safe” CSS hacks.
Bynens defines “safe” CSS hacks as hacks that “work in specific versions of a given web browser” and are “unlikely to be parsed by all other browsers, including future versions.”
Regardless of how you choose to deal with Internet Explorer, the reality is you will have to deal with it. Bynens’ post makes a great primer on the various options available and is well worth adding to your bookmarks.
Web analytics firm StatCounter is reporting that Internet Explorer dipped below 50 percent in worldwide browser market share in September for the first time since the browser wars of a decade ago. The firm also notes that Chrome is now at 11.5 percent.
But have a look at Net Marketshare Hitslink, which shows IE still commands 60 percent worldwide. Net Marketshare also puts Chrome at just under eight percent, a notch above where it was in August.
At the beginning of each month, a new crop of browser market share stats are released. It’s the same three or four big firms that report the data, and each has its own methodology.
The numbers vary widely depending on who’s reporting them, and the results tend to get spun harder than the Sprewells on my Bugatti Veyron. Browser vendors, tech journalists, and SEO experts toss these numbers around as definitive proof that one browser is choking on its own vomit while another is going to take over the world and eat your children.
Of course, I would never say any of this data is bunk — each firm does solid work — but you should always look at all the reports and study their findings as a group.
That’s why my favorite chart is the one on Wikipedia, which collects the median values from the five biggest stats reporting firms and presents the broadest view (Note the current chart hasn’t been updated with September’s data).
The big takeaways from the latest numbers: Firefox is holding relatively steady and Chrome has officially become a Big Deal. But half of the worldwide browser share is a massive chunk, and IE is still a huge force, especially in the U.S. Its influence is certainly eroding worldwide, no doubt thanks to the EU ruling that Microsoft begin presenting a browser choice screen to Windows users in March, 2010.
The most important browser share stats to pay attention to are the ones that show usage on your own site. You should be running Omniture or Google Analytics or some other tracking app to study which browsers are hitting your site, then adjusting your own development strategy accordingly.
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St Petersburg’s governor has signed into law a bill making it an offence to ‘promote’ gay or transgender personal identities with commentators fearing how badly it will ‘encourage hate’ towards the city’s gay, bi and trans people.
The city now punished the promotion of such identities with a fine of 5,000 roubles, £107 or up to 50,000 roubles, £1,070 for holders of public posts. The fines are increased tenfold again for legal entities.
St Petersburg is one of four Russian cities to have introduced a law banning the promotion of gay and trans identities among minors.
Andre Banks, co-founder and executive director for AllOut.org said: “By validating a new regime of censorship and intolerance, Governor Poltavchenko has diminished the reputation of his city with the stroke of a pen.
“100,000 people have promised not to visit the “new” St. Petersburg after this law goes into effect. Travel companies are considering revising their scheduled trips to the city. St. Petersburg’s sister cities have even begun to put pressure on the Governor to reject this law.
“Together, we have sent a very clear message to Poltavchenko and leaders around the world: there will be a high price to pay for advancing the cause of bigotry and intolerance. AllOut.org continues to stand with our partners in Russia and will work through diplomatic channels, creative online campaigns and offline events to ensure that this law is repealed and that others like it never see the light of day.”
350,000 people have watched an AllOut.org video telling the governor St Petersburg will suffer as a result of the law.
Polina Savchenko, general manager for ComingOut, a St. Petersburg-based LGBT organization said: “Authorities project ‘traditional values’ and clerical rhetoric onto politics, and prioritize ‘interests of majority’ over the value of human individuality. We realize that today, fascist-like rhetoric in Russia is becoming basis for legislative activity.
“In fact, this law has little to do with protecting minors. Today, neither homosexual people, nor human rights defenders, nor lawyers can answer the question of how this law is going to be applied in practice, due to its vague nature and non-legal terminology.”
She said: “To talk about existence of homosexuality, to publicly denounce homophobic violence, to develop sense of self-awareness and dignity in homosexual people, to promote tolerance – all of these acts can fall under the ‘propaganda’ law. This law will serve directly to further isolate and marginalize the gay community and encourage hate towards a social group.
“We are convinced that no authority can deprive people of their right to dignity, to respect of private and family life, to freedom of expression and to protection from discrimination and violence. We are offended and outraged by this act by city authorities and will continue fighting for the rights of LGBT citizens until the barbaric law is repealed.”
The British Foreign Office had said it hoped the governor would reconsider the law.
The Kaleidoscope Trust was told by the British Foreign Office: “We, along with EU colleagues, have already expressed concern to the St Petersburg legislature and the Russian MFA, that this legislation is incompatible with Council of Europe guidelines on preventing discrimination against LGBT people.”
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WHEELING and dealing is part of politics the world over. Yet in Pakistan these machinations often devolve into farce. Such was the case on Wednesday, when the Balochistan Assembly adopted a no-confidence motion against speaker Aslam Bhootani in the midst of mounting tensions between Mr Bhootani and the chief minister. In what was supposed to be a secret ballot, several lawmakers could clearly be seen on camera showing their votes to government officials, in an indication of their loyalty to the chief minister, thus making a mockery of the exercise. Some lawmakers have charged Mr Bhootani with creating hurdles in the smooth running of the legislature by not convening the house after it was summoned by the governor. However, the speaker had said he would not preside over the sessions unless the position of the chief minister and provincial government was “cleared” in light of the Supreme Court’s Oct 12 interim order on Balochistan. The apex court had in the order strongly criticised the Balochistan administration for its ineffectual governance, though it stopped short of calling for the government’s exit. It is not clear what Mr Bhootani sought to achieve by not convening the assembly; as custodian of the house he should have carried out his duties instead of interpreting the court’s order.
Having said that, a second vote should now be carried out under democratic norms so that Wednesday’s antics are not repeated. Also, for the sake of democracy the judiciary should refrain from intervening in Balochistan’s legislative and executive affairs and let the provincial lawmakers sort out the muddle. It must be said that the non-seriousness witnessed in the provincial legislature as well as the very public power struggle are perfect examples of what ails Balochistan; the province’s lawmakers are too busy indulging in political infighting to solve the people’s myriad problems.
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Chinese artist Wilson Shieh paints and draws in the gongbi, or fine-line, style of Ming dynasty painters of the seventeenth century, but his subject matter is humorously, stylishly, and politically contemporary. Ian Findlay wrote in Asian Art News in 2001, “There is a timeless quality to Shieh’s images that seems to spring from another age and it is one that he suggests is intentional. Yet, at the same time, he sees that he conforms to some extent with the tradition upon which he draws.”
Shieh was born in 1970 into a family of traders, the third generation of Hong Kong residents in his family. His hometown, Kennedy Town, is a melting pot of Chinese, Portugese, British, and South Asian cultures, and his work reflects that diversity. Shieh’s Swimmer, one of the prints he completed at Crown Point Press in 2005, is derived from the Four Swimmers Series he completed a year earlier in watercolor and gouache on dyed silk. The titles of the individual pieces, inscribed on the paintings themselves in English, Chinese, and Portugese, come from famous Brazilian bossa nova songs Shieh heard during his childhood. The songs, like his work, are characteristically both playful and unnerving. One finds oneself questioning, for example, his swimmer’s suggestive gesture—is it a wave of hello or a drowning man’s arm thrown up for help?
Shieh received his BFA in 1994 and his MFA in 2001, both from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His first solo exhibition was at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 1998; in 2002 he began showing at Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong. Since then, he has gained an international reputation. He won the Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition in painting in 1997 and the Prize of Excellence at the Hong Kong Art Biennial in 2003, the same year he was awarded an Asian Artists Fellowship by the Freeman Foundation through the Vermont Studio Center. His work is in the collections of many Hong Kong institutions, including the Museum of Art, the Heritage Museum, the Philippe Charriol Foundation, and the British Council, and in collections outside Hong Kong at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, and the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford.
- Rachel Lyon
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Russia will reopen grain exports in July after an absence of nearly 11 months from the world grain market following last summer’s devastating drought that slashed production by 37%.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday that the country will lift its ban on grain exports as of July 1, following the recommendation of First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who oversees government agricultural policy.
According to Putin’s official Website, Zubkov reported to Putin that the supply of grain on the Russian market was adequate, winter crops were in a “good state” and planting of spring grains was moving at a “good pace.”
Despite a slow start, spring planting of grains is progressing much more quickly than last year. About 24 million hectares have been sown, which is a 10% increase against the previous year, Zubkov said.
Russia officially expects to harvest 85-90 million metric tons (mmt) of grain this year after the drought cut grain production to 61 mmt last year from 97 mmt in 2009 and 108 mmt in 2008.
The resumption of Russian exports will boost competition in world grain export markets, especially for wheat export sales, which could drive down prices.
There are large amounts of grain in southern Russia that could be exported from July 1, Zubkov said.
In a Monday meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, he said that Russia could export about 15 mmt of grain in 2011-2012 and could have carryover stocks of 18.5 mmt by July 1, 2012.
The head of the Russian Grain Union, an industry lobbying group, estimated that Russia may export up to 20 mmt of grain if production reaches 85-90 mmt.
USDA in its May world supply/demand update forecast that Russia would export 11.94 mmt of grain in 2011-2012, including 10 mmt of wheat.
Editor’s note: Richard Brock, Corn & Soybean Digest's marketing editor, is president of Brock Associates, a farm market advisory firm, and publisher of The Brock Report.
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As businesses begin to wake up after an Olympic hangover, questions can be raised about what they can take from the spirit exhibited throughout the games. Maybe a focal point to think about is the pace of change online. Sir Tim Berners Lee was a key part of the ceremony and the Olympics would simply not have been the same without the interest, media coverage and scrutiny surrounding the event, most of which was perpetuated online. The internet was the first port of call for individuals looking to amplify their Olympic experience by replaying events, watching in real-time and checking the medal tables.
For any Olympics, the standout event for many people is always the 100m, and it did not disappoint. Usain Bolt was able to wow the crowds with the second fastest time ever – 9.63 seconds. Interestingly, however, it wasn’t all about him. In fact, what made the 100m more remarkable was the speed of all his competitors. For the first time, every individual ran below 10 seconds (apart from Asafa Powell, who pulled up through injury). In such a close race, with everyone at the pinnacle of their performance, a hundredth of a second turned out to be the difference between a medal or not, with Tyson Gay the unlucky individual in this instance.
So what can businesses online learn from this? Well, the metaphor is fairly straightforward. Due to rapid changes in the online landscape, the smallest differences can give one company the competitive edge over another. For technology companies such as Criteo, this means that an ability to scale, house and access data may set them apart from the competition. Criteo on average presents 255,000 images online and 1.2 million RTB requests every 9.63 seconds!
As a market leader in performance display advertising, Criteo is able to harness the information taken from over 3,000 advertisers by combining exceptional data warehousing facilities with an advanced algorithm. It is this passion for success that (like Usain Bolt) separates it from the rest. By investing 40% of its resources in research and development, Criteo is moving away from the field rather than being one of the pack.
The online environment is of course not just about Criteo; the whole space is changing rapidly due to advancements in data warehousing and analysis of big data. Just look at how companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter are utilising the information that they store online to sharpen and smarten their products and services. During the 100m, on average, there are 330,000 Google searches, 16,660 tweets and 110,000 Facebook posts. These are of course huge numbers so understanding how to find value in the information that is stored is essential for any of these global organisations, including Criteo.
Google, Facebook and Twitter are increasingly delivering highly sophisticated ways for businesses to reach consumers through dynamic, personalised advertising. As this type of highly relevant advertising begins to be ubiquitous, businesses can benefit by segmenting in an infinitely more granular way, whilst consumers benefit from relevant products they are far more likely to purchase, or in which at least they have an interest. With the wealth of data that is being captured, and the increasing sophistication of advertising as a result, a turning point will soon be reached where consumers will see the benefit and value of online advertising, rather than noticing it as a burden in their online browsing experience.
One final point to add here is the value relevant display advertising can bring to the content ecosystem in real value cannot be underestimated. Remarkable developments in ad technology are enabling media outlets to monetise all their content, enabling them to reach niche audiences and deliver even greater performance to advertisers. In the context of the Olympics, this meant that any journalist and media outlet was able to commentate and provide their opinion on what was simply the greatest stage on earth. Although you may not have been an athlete, your appetite for information meant that you were still in some small way involved – we all were!Global Desk Editor
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By Diana Siciliano
"Robin, Robin ‘ood, you in ‘ere?" Will Scarlet was calling his friend from outside Robin's tent. When he received no answer, Will lifted the flap and walked in. He stood still for a while, alone in the tent, just looking around. It always amazed him that their leader, the rightful Earl of Locksley who grew up with all the comforts of a castle, lived in the simplest hut in camp.
"Guess ‘es not ‘ere", Will said quietly. Just as he turned to leave, something caught his eye. The corner of a piece of parchment was lying on Robin's bed. Will picked it up and started to read...
All other love is like the Moon?
Now Wot is that suppose to mean? Oh I gets it, you needs the moon to runs' from a jealous 'usband. Okay. Lets see wot else is 'ere.
Which comes and goes, like flowers on a plain.
There you go, give a girl flowers, that’s a romantic thin' to do.
The bud that blooms, and withers soon, the passing day that ends in rain. Wots so romantic about dead flowers, and getting soaked?
All other love I flee for this
I knew 'e were runnin' away from a jealous 'usband.
To find myself within your heart.
Yeah, in 'er heart, then in your tent. Next thin' she's got 'er mother in your tent, and 'er whole bleedin' family!
To you I promise my first kiss
Hmm, I new Robin were good, but not that good!
And with it swear, we'll never part
That’s it, I'll be parting with me lunch now!
After reading that silly, flowery,...(A throat is cleared from behind
Will. Stiffening, Will continues...) Most wonderful, beautiful poem I ever read.
Spinning around, Will finds Robin standing in front of him. Glancing at the poem, a sheepish grin crosses his face. He shoves it out, nervously laughing, "I founds it,"
"Really?" Robin asked. "Oh, I see, you found it, hidden under my pillow."
Will swallowed hard, his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. "Can I just say one thin?" He squeaked. Robin's dark eyes were smoking, he folded the poem, and slipped it in his tunic.
"What is it?"
Will was slowly moving towards the tent's opening, "Well you see Rob," he took a step closer, "After readin' that poem, all I 'ave to say is..."
"Yes?" Robin asked.
"Wot were you drinking when you wrote that, because I'll be swearing it off fo' the rest of me life!" He shouted as he ran from the tent. Running out, Robin called out to the fleeing Will.
"Marion wrote it."
"Great! I never liked water anyways!"
Marion Fitzwalter was walking through camp when she saw Will run from Robin's tent, and Robin yelling after him. "Boys will be boys," she thought. When
Robin glanced over his shoulder and saw her, he waved to her, motioning her to come over.
As she neared the tent, she called "What was that all about?"
"Oh, Will was just being Will", Robin laughed.
"So what are our plans for the day?", Marion asked, addressing Robin.
"Nothing" was his quick response. When he noticed Marion's bewildered stare, he continued. "We have enough gold in camp for a while, and I haven't heard of any rich Normans traveling in the area, so I thought we all deserved a day off. How about you and me going on a picnic?"
"Just the two of us!", Marion squealed with excitement in her voice.
"I can put a blanket in my saddlebag," Robin began to mention as Marion interjected "And I'll run over to the cook's tent to see what I can pack? Do you want anything special?"
"Water", Robin said with a grin. "I'll meet you by the horses in a little while"
"Water...Okay" Marion repeated to herself as she sauntered away.
As Robin noticed Marion shaking her head, he thought, "That's what you get for confusing me all the time."
"Robin, where are we going? We've passed plenty of good places for a picnic." Marion was hungry and getting annoyed.
"Not much further, on your right. Look familiar?" Robin was trying not to laugh.
"Hey, you would remember that!" Her voice was filled with disbelief.
"Well, who told you to try to climb that tree after Guy and me while wearing a dress. It's not my fault you fell and the dress was ruined..." He tried to sound serious.
Robin dismounted his horse, and helped Marion from hers. They walked to the tree, Robin holding the blanket and Marion carrying the basket of food.
Robin lay the blanket down, took the basket from Marion and the two sat down. Unpacking, they found a piece of venison for each, some apples, one of Tuck's pigeon pies, and 2 flasks of water.
Robin glanced over at Marion, raising an eyebrow. "Do you ever miss what we had as children?"
"What?" Marion wasn't sure what Robin was asking her.
"We never had anything to worry about. Our families were wealthy. We could have fun and let the servants do all the work. If you didn't join me, you would still be living in a castle, like you should."
Marion reached over, placing her finger on Robin's lips. "I want to be where you are, castle or forest. Prince John doesn't care for the people of England. Someone has to make sure Richard doesn't lose the throne, and I wish to help."
"I was forced into this life, you weren't. I only wish I could give you something to show you how much I appreciate all you do, for me and the cause.
When Prince John's soldiers seized Locksley, I wasn't able to bring anything with me when I fled. There was a jewel case in my father's room. It was to belong to the next Countess. It should be yours. If only I had one of those pieces for you." Robin was starting to sound sad.
"I don't want any of that. I just want to fight by your side and know you're safe everyday. We'll have plenty of time for that when Richard returns." Marion wanted to lift Robin's spirits. "Let's eat and then you and I can take a ride"
Throughout the meal, they reminisced about their childhood together. When the last of Tuck's pie was finished, the two outlaws stood up and started to fold the blanket. Marion noticed something and pointed it out to Robin. Her name was carved in the tree, and under it were several scratch markings. "I was counting the days until you returned from London, but had to flee Locksley before you got back." Marion's eyes started to tear. "Oh I did grab something before I left the castle." Robin reached into his tunic and removed a piece of parchment. Marion immediately recognized it, and began to cry. "I would read it every night," he gently told her.
"Robin, Robin" a voice called
"Olwyn, is that you?" Robin cried out.
"I don't hear him, Robin" Marion was now worried
"Robin, on your way back to camp, go through Weston. Do not ask why. You will know when you get there," Olwyn said.
"Marion, Olwyn told me we have to detour through Weston on the way home and we'll know why when we get there." Robin let her know what happened.
"It's not too far out of the way," Marion said, getting on her horse.
Robin got on his horse, and within the hour they rode into Weston. They were surprised to see Andrew MacGregor conducting a practice session.
"Andrew, is this where you're hiding now?" Robin shouted.
MacGregor told his students to take a break .
"Robert, Marion, good to see you. What brings you to this town?"
Robin and Marion rode their horses to the town's stable, and joined MacGregor. "Olwyn sent me a message to come here, but didn't say why," Robin explained.
"Let's go to the tavern and have a drink, on me of course," MacGregor offered, "There you can catch me up on what's been going on"
When the drinks were finished, MacGregor told Robin and Marion to go with him to his room. "I do quite a bit of traveling, and I don't need as many clothes as I have. Let me give you some to bring back with you to distribute to any man that may need them."
"Why, thank you Andrew," Robin replied, sounding pleased.
"Yes, that's very generous of you," Marion added.
They walked upstairs and entered the room MacGregor was staying in.
Clothes were spread out all over the bed. "I haven't finished unpacking yet," MacGregor said, "Let me see which are the ones I want to give to you."
MacGregor made two piles of clothing. One was for him to put away for his stay, the other for Robin and Marion to bring back to camp. Robin offered to help MacGregor put his clothes in the dresser drawers. As he reached for the handle to open the door, MacGregor yelled, "No". It was too late. Robin had the drawer opened, and was staring at what was inside. He looked at MacGregor with disappointment.
"You never told me you had this?" Robin picked up a wooden box. The crest of Locksley was carved into the lid. Marion couldn't remember where she saw the box before.
"Robert, your father knew there might be trouble. He told me to hold it for you. I've never let it leave my side, even going from town to town the way I do. I was going to give it to you as soon as King Richard returned. I know that Marion will be your Countess, I wanted it to be a surprise for you and her when you returned to Locksley," MacGregor said, hoping Robin would understand.
"Is that your mother's case, Robin?," Marion softly asked him. I was in your father's room once. He kept it on top of his dresser, didn't he?"
"Yes, as if she was still with him. I thought it was lost, that Prince
John's soldiers took it when they seized the castle. It's really yours, Marion. Do you want to see it?"
Robin opened the case. Marion's eyes went wide with amazement. "I could never take such a beautiful gift from you. At least not now." She turned around. "Andrew, will you continue to hold it? I'm not the Countess yet. I shouldn't have her jewelry."
"Is that what the two of you want?," MacGregor asked, addressing them.
"If it is what Marion wants, and you don't mind, it's alright with me.
But I want to do one thing first." Robin put the box down, reached in and removed a gold bracelet; one that had been passed down for several generations. "I want you to have this now." He wrapped the bracelet around Marion's wrist. He then closed the box and looked at MacGregor "You keep it safe."
"You know I will. I'm looking forward to the day I give it back to you."
MacGregor smiled at his one time pupil, now friend.
"It's going to be getting dark soon, I think we should start back to camp," Marion said.
"Until the next time, Andrew. Stay well," Robin told him as they left the room.
MacGregor bowed to Marion "And you keep your eye on him, young lady".
Marion was staring at her bracelet. "Most definitely. It was good to see you again"
MacGregor watched from his window as Robin and Marion walked to the stable to get their horses. Marion folded the clothes MacGregor gave them and put them into the empty food basket.
Robin and Marion rode quickly through the forest, arriving in camp just as dinner was being served.
When asked by several people in camp where she got her bracelet, Marion just answered it was something Robin picked up on the way home. It was another secret she and Robin would share.
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Single Payer Isn't Dead: How States Are Keeping the Movement Alive
By Michael Corcoran
truthout | Op-Ed
Monday 02 August 2010
The grassroots single-payer movement in Vermont reflects the growing belief that the fight to make health care a human right must come from the states. But will the passage of federal reform get in the way?
When Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March, many thought the long and tedious stretch of legislative wrangling and endless debates about health care reform had come to an end and the prospects for further meaningful reform would be shelved for years or decades.
But while the country was consumed with the incredibly narrow debate in DC, dictated largely by drug and insurance lobbyists, anti-abortion politicians and a collection of conservative Democratic senators with close ties to the insurance and drug industries, another significant health care battle was taking place hundreds of miles to the north, in the tiny little state of Vermont, population, 600,000. By the time Obama signed a federal health care bill into law, the Vermont Workers' Center was almost two years into its "Healthcare is a Human Rights campaign," which had the unambiguous goal of abolishing for-profit health care in the state and passing a statewide, single-payer health care system that guarantees health care as a right to all Vermonters. In May, the Vermont Legislature, under constant pressure from this growing people's movement, passed a bill that could possibly lead to Vermont being the first state to pass a single-payer health care system, setting up what could be a crucial phase of the fight for health care justice.
If Vermont is able to break this ground, the implications could reverberate well past the borders of the Green Mountain State. The fight for statewide single-payer here reflects a growing belief among health care activists that the path to a universal public system, will not take place in Washington, DC, where moneyed interests have a death grip on the legislative process, but through state houses across the country. Further, the effort in Vermont may prove to be the first test case of the "state innovation" language in the federal reform bill and could indicate if Obamacare will ultimately serve to enable statewide single-payer systems or if it will kill them. Finally, the movement in Vermont also highlights a fascinating debate over the rhetoric of health care reform. Should advocates point to the significant savings associated with single-payer health care and the unsustainability of the current system? Or should the primary emphasis view the fight for public health care as a matter of basic human rights?
Federal Reform: A "Distraction" to the Fight for Health Care Justice
For the last year, James Haslam, long-time director of the Vermont Workers' Center, paid only scant attention to the massive fight in Washington over health care reform. "In many ways the argument in Washington was something of a distraction for us," he said in an interview with Truthout, from his home in Burlington Vermont. "The debate gave some people the impression that healthcare would be fixed. But to us it was clear that what they did in Washington does not address the crisis, because they preserved the current profit system. We thought it was important to define healthcare as a human right."
Indeed, the reform that eventually passed in DC is memorable not only for its scale - some $900 billion in federal spending over ten years - but also the fact that it failed to fundamentally change the private, for-profit basis of the United Sates woeful health care system, which leaves more than 46 million without insurance and is the most expensive in the world. Not only did Congress fail to even consider some kind of public, guaranteed, universal system, the likes of which exists in every developed nation on the planet, but progressives could not even muster through Congress a minuscule "public option," that had been understood as the major consolation prize that would ensure liberal/left support for Obama's health care reform.
So the Workers' Center, unlike many progressive organizations, chose not to rally on behalf of federal reform and instead dutifully set out to "get people to think about healthcare as a human right," as Haslam describes it. The first year of the campaign began ever so cautiously. Rather than narrowly focus on a specific piece of legislation, or even the details of single-payer health care, organizers simply made their way across the state, passing out surveys and listening to stories from those who had been left behind by the health care system. Many of them were from the tens of thousands of uninsured Vermont men, women and children.
The group held hearings in every corner of the state - from St. Albans to Brattleboro - and heard gut-wrenching story after gut-wrenching story: women who stayed in abusive relationships so their children would not lose health insurance; a hobbled logger who continued to work one of the world's most dangerous jobs on a bad knee with no insurance ("life is scarier when you step out of the woods," he said); families with insurance still facing bankruptcy, because the coverage did not protect them from financial ruin.
"From talking to people, we came to learn that people in Vermont really did believe that healthcare was something that everyone should have and that it should not be treated as a commodity," Haslam said, noting that 95 percent of those polled by the Workers' Center, believed health care to be a human right.
A Different Approach
At the core of every action and statement made by the Workers' Center, was its emphasis on human rights. It is noteworthy just how much this approach differed from reform efforts in Washington. While Democrats in DC were obsessing over "bending the cost curve," cutting the deficit, and other technical (though vitally important) elements of health care reform, in Vermont, the bulk of the rhetoric used avoided that approach. The Workers' Center often cited the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and held events to correspond with its anniversary.
Anja Rudiger, the Right to Health Program coordinator for the National Economic & Social Rights Initiative, has assisted with health care campaigns in Vermont and elsewhere. She says the language of human rights is being adopted by an increasing number of organizations and individuals as they attempt to build movements.
"A human rights focus puts humans at the center. It is about people's experiences and about people's needs and it is a very powerful approach to get people in all kinds of communities involved," she said in an interview with Truthout.
This approach may seem simple, but it does take discipline. After all, the finances of statewide single payer remain persuasive. According to a study commissioned by the Vermont Legislature in 2006, Vermont would save $51 million a year if it switched to single payer. Still, Haslam insists, the focus should not be on cold economics. "It's important that the debate over healthcare reform not only be about how to finance a system," he said.
The difference in rhetoric - and policy goals - is not the only reason why reform in Vermont is so different than in DC. While reform in Washington was largely hammered out in closed-door meetings between politicians and industry officials, in Vermont, the drive for change has come from the bottom up - at rallies, committee hearings and parades. "In Vermont, a few hundred votes can make the difference for a politician," Haslam said. "The people have a much larger voice on what goes on than in Washington ... we had people from our campaign at almost every single related committee meeting, telling their stories."
Building the System
Even in Vermont - home to a self-identified socialist senator and Ben and Jerry's ice cream - passing single payer will be no easy task. A bill that could have been a stepping stone to single payer was passed in 2005, only to be vetoed by Gov. Jim Douglas. This led to a private-public compromise, Catamount Health, that has been hampered by state budget issues, ever-rising premiums and low enrollment.
With Governor Douglas not seeking re-election, single-payer activists are no doubt keeping a close eye on the 2010 Vermont gubernatorial race, which is expected to be a battle between Vermont's conservative Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie and the winner of a hotly contested democratic primary. Organizers express optimism that any of the Democratic front-runners will be favorable to their position. Senate President pro-tempore. Peter Shumlin, who in July received a key endorsement from former president of Physicians for a National Health Program Deb Richter, may be the most friendly to the cause. In a letter to the Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Richter and other health professionals called Shumlin, "the only candidate who has shown unwavering support for a publicly financed universal health care system in Vermont." (A similar dynamic exists in California, where the Legislature has passed single-payer bills twice in recent years to have them met with vetoes from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is termed out in 2010).
"Whoever is the governor, we think we can work with them to pass a bill," Haslam says, confidently. Nonetheless, others have lingering fears that the Legislature will punt by passing another half-measure, or using federal reform as an excuse to hold off on anything dramatic. Others fear Dubie, who polls ahead of all the Democrats, may win the election and simply veto any meaningful reform.
But despite the many political obstacles, the Workers' Center continued to fight, and at the end of the 2009 legislative session, got behind S.88, which calls for three health care systems - all to be based on human rights principles - to be designed. Among the three systems to be designed will be a single-payer system and organizers' hope is that S.88 will lead to a new health care system in the near future.
While the grassroots movement may be focused on human rights, designing a system will require a hard look at the economics of dramatic reform. And to handle this task, the Vermont Joint Fiscal Committee (which handles legislative business when the session is out), has assigned Dr. William Hsiao, the creator of the much-praised Taiwanese health care system, which has dramatically lowered costs and increased coverage since it was implemented in 1996.
Single-payer activists have celebrated this selection as a sign that the Legislature is serious about reform. "We are at the door step of history," noted Walter Carpenter, a volunteer for the Workers' Center.
For Carpenter, a Montpelier resident who nearly died at the hands of the system when he suffered liver disease, the issue is personal. "In the last of my four operations for liver disease, I had lost my job, was turning yellow again and had to negotiate the price of my own life," he told Truthout.
Will Obamacare Derail Statewide Single-Payer Efforts?
Perhaps, the worst possible conclusion would be if a movement in Vermont managed to secure a historic health care victory, only to be killed by the very federal health care reform that some overzealous commentators praised as "the greatest social achievement of our time."
But this is entirely plausible. One major element of planning a new system is dealing with the federal government. The final version of federal reform includes "state innovation" language that address the ability of states to create their own health care systems. These systems, according to a memo by the Center for Policy Analysis, "could delay implementation of state single-payer plans." Igor Volsky, writing for Think Progress, says the federal reform might be "a major set back for single-payer advocates":
"States that still chose to pursue their own plan, will have to reconcile their programs with the federal requirements for Medicare, Medicaid, FEHBP, Indian Health Service and, most importantly ERISA - a 1974 law that, among other things, preempts states from enacting legislation that is "related to" employee benefit plans ... States will have to go to Congress if their reform affects the health insurance offered by large employers."
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) had pushed hard to include an ERISA waiver, but it was dropped from the final bill - yet another painful example of progressive impotence in this legislative process. More trouble for statewide single-payer advocates occurred when the date for when states could opt out and make their own systems was pushed back from 2014 to 2017 - three years after statewide exchanges will go into effect.
This, according to Michael Briggs, communications director for Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vermont), was an unfortunate and inexplicable tweak to the final bill. "Bernie (Sanders) has encouraged statewide single-payer for years. He was the one who pushed for and implemented provisions that would allow states to experiment. But, for complicated reasons I don't fully understand, the date that these states could start experimenting was pushed back until 2017," he said in an interview with Truthout.
This could mean that even if Vermont is able to pass through a single-payer bill in one of the next legislative sessions, it may require an act of Congress - a place notorious for not even giving single payer a passing glance - to allow such a transformation to take place. It is hard to grasp what a cruel irony it would be if Obama's health care legislation became the death nail for statewide single-payer movements across the country.
But not all are so pessimistic. Dr. Hsiao, in an interview with Truthout, said he felt the new federal legislation, "left quite a bit of room for state innovations," and was confident the state could secure the needed waivers should Vermont push legislation through.
Senator Sanders, too, has encouraged Vermonters to push through a bill. "As a long-time advocate of single-payer I'm glad the state is going to have a study," Senator Sanders told The Nation. "I think the result of it will show that the most cost-effective way to provide universal, comprehensive health care to every Vermonter is through a single-payer approach. What the Vermont legislature has done is very important, very positive and I strongly support their efforts."
Sanders added that he "will be going right into the President's office and making the fight on the floor of the Senate that Vermont should be able to become a laboratory and go forward with a single-payer program. And I think if it works in Vermont many other states will want to do the same thing."
Could Vermont Lead the Way?
Sanders has a point. Washington has proven to be entirely unwilling, or incapable, of truly standing up to entrenched special interests. Indeed, the Canadian single-payer health care system was created in much the same way as Sanders envisions for the United States, with one province taking the lead and others following in turn as the positive impacts became obvious. "Vermont, being a smaller state could be a demonstration site. And it can show states across the country how we can bend the cost curve," said Hsaio.
"The battle for healthcare as a human right in Vermont is also really a battle for healthcare for people all over the country," Haslam said.
This is precisely why the battle for single-payer health care in Vermont ought to be seen as a national struggle. The reform talks in Vermont may not involve close to a trillion dollars, but the type of change that could come out could represent a fundamental change in the way a state delivers and finances health care. And if it works, it could spread.
In fact, formidable statewide single-payer movements are forming all over the country and making the case that health care should be a human right - in Montana, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Minnesota, Maryland, California, and elsewhere. It is clear that private, for-profit health care is unsustainable and that Washington, DC, is not capable of addressing the issue. So, the responsibility to end this crisis now falls on grassroots movements across the states. Will Vermont be the first domino to fall?
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After my post in which I complained about the mediocre selection of essays in The Best American Essays 2006, I’ve come across a couple very good ones. One of them is Adam Gopnik’s “Death of a Fish,” which appeared originally in The New Yorker, and which I’d already read there. The essay was good enough to reward a re-reading, and I liked it just as much the second time as I did the first. The essay is about the death of Bluie, Gopnik’s daughter Olivia’s fish; it starts off with these irresistable sentences:
When our five-year-old daughter Olivia’s goldfish, Bluie, died the other week, we were confronted by a crisis larger, or at least more intricate, than is entirely usual upon the death of a pet. Bluie’s life and his passing came to involve so many cosmic elements — including the problem of consciousness and the plot line of Hitchcock’s Vertigo — that it left us all bleary-eyed and a little shaken.
Poor Bluie gets stuck in a fishbowl castle and no one and nothing can get the thing out. The family scrambles to keep Olivia from finding out, and the ten-year old son ponders what it means to be a fish: “Does Bluie know he’s Bluie?” The parents wonder what is going on in Olivia’s mind, and this is what Gopnik concludes:
Olivia loved Bluie because it is in her nature to ascribe intentions and emotions to things that don’t have them, rather as Hitchcock did with actresses. She knows that she is Olivia because one of the things that she is capable of doing is imagining that Bluie is Bluie. Though you read about the condition “mind-blindness” in autistic children, the alternative, I saw, was not to be mind-sighted. The essential condition of youth is to be mind-visionary; to see everything as though it might have a mind. We begin as small children imagining that everything could have consciousness — fish, dolls, toy soldiers, even parents — and spent the rest of our lives paring the list down, until we are left alone in bed, the only mind left.
I love this characteristic of the essay — that it can take a small life event and turn it into an opportunity to reflect on large philosophical issues. The essay can be a way of ordering and shaping life, drawing lines and putting pieces together, connecting large and small, relating the private event to the public concern.
The other essay I liked is Michele Morano’s “Grammar Lessons: The Subjunctive Mood.” This has a clever structure that does not feel overly clever or gimmicky; Morano takes nine reasons to use the subjunctive mood in Spanish and makes them the outline for her essay, using her failing relationship with her boyfriend as an example to illustrate each of the nine reasons. As she explains the grammar, she explains the relationship. As she explains the grammar, she writes about what can and can’t be said and known, what is certain (the indicative mood) and what is uncertain (the subjunctive). For example:
In language, as in life, moods are complicated, but at least in language there are only two. The indicative mood is for knowledge, facts, absolutes, for describing what’s real or definite. You’d use the indicative to say, for example:
I was in love.
Or, The man I loved tried to kill himself.
Or, I moved to Spain because the man I loved, the man who tried to kill himself, was driving me insane.
The indicative helps you tell what happened or is happening or will happen in the future (when you believe you know for sure what the future will bring).
The subjunctive mood, on the other hand, is uncertain. It helps you tell what you could have been or might be or what you want but may not get. You’d use the subjunctive to say:
I thought he’d improve without me.
Or, I left so that he’d begin to take care of himself.
Or later, after your perspective has been altered, by time and distance and a couple of cervezas in a brightly lit bar, you might say:
I deserted him (indicative)
I left him alone with his crazy self for a year (indicative)
Because I hoped (after which begins the subjunctive) that being apart might allow us to come together again.
Morano’s use of the grammar rules gives the reader some distance from what is a pretty harsh story, and it allows her (her persona) a way of talking about the story that’s not self-pitying or whiny. The distancing tactic keeps the story from sounding melodramatic, but it also increases the power of the reader’s response: the voice of the essay is restrained, held back by the organizing structure, but behind and underneath that restraint is some very powerful feeling.
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World Busk 2013
10 June to 16 June 2013
From Monday 10 Sunday 16 June, Musequality will be encouraging musicians in every country to take to the streets for its fifth annual World Busk fundraising event. Musequality is a charity which takes music projects to some of the poorest children in the developing world, helpingthem to change their lives. We want it to be the biggest celebration of music and busking in as many ways and as many places as possible.
In 2009, the first year of its World Busk event, Musequality set the record with the help of 483 buskers in 14 countries. Musequality’s founder, the violinist David Juritz, said: ‘We were absolutely blown away by the response to the first World Busk. There were buskers on all seven continents, including a rock band in the Antarctic, and we even had an aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious, joining in. We think that’s a first!’ In the past 4 years the Musequality World Busk has raised over £30,000,helping us to fund more music projects for some of the most vulnerable children in the world.
This year we want to get even more musicians and countries busking but we need your help. If you have busked for us before, please spread the word and get some new singers and instrumentalists to join you. If you are in a band, choir or orchestra we would love you to dedicate a performance to the World Busk, either during World Busk Week, or beforehand to help us publicise the event.
If you wish to take part, please register now at www.worldbusk.org. Buskers only need to choose a location and decide what music to play and busk for as long as they like, raising more money and entertaining more people.
‘We’re looking for musicians of all kinds and any level, age, shape or size. Whatever kind of music you play, whether you’re plucking a ukelele or have a 100-piece orchestra behind you, what really makes the difference is enthusiasm,’ says Juritz.
World Busk 2012…
From Monday 11 to Sunday 17 June the world’s streets resounded to the sound of music as musicians everywhere turn out to entertain the local crowds and raise money for Musequality.
Early starters included the Dulwich College in Seoul who raised money with a busking bandstand at their school. Child's Play (India Foundation) busked in Goa, India, an underwater busk at Latymer Upper School and 14 hours of jazz, folk and classical music at South Kensington Tube Station in the UK. See our map!
The event is fast becoming an unmissable fixture on the musical world’s calendar. In 2009, we set a world record for biggest co-ordinated busk. In 2010 we raised money to help the Holy Trinity Music School that was destroyed by the Haitian earthquake. In 2011 we sent money to schemes for some of the poorest children in Uganda, Thailand, India and South Africa. Naturally we want it to be bigger and better than ever, so this year’s theme is ‘Extreme Busking’. Could you try for the highest altitude busk? How about a deepest busk – underwater? Can you beat the Rothera Research Station’s furthest south busking record? How about furthest north? Most colourful costume? Largest group? What about most unusual location – can you beat the aircraft carrier busk of 2009?
Join the funOf course, everyone is welcome to join in, wherever you are in the world. And it’s easy. Just decide what, where and when you want to play (check you have permission) and get out there. If you’ve never done it before, we have plenty of tips and advice. Then send the money you’ve raised to us using our donations pages, or, if you have a specific music project you would like to support, send it direct to them. You can also set up your own fundraising page. Register now and we will keep you updated with all the latest news and developments.
World Busk 2011
12 June to 19 June 2011
It began in the icy wastes of Antarctica, and ended a week later in New Zealand. In between, streets and public places around the world were treated to a string of outdoor performances that made Musequality’s 2011 World Busk one of the liveliest and most diverse yet.
Over the course of the week, 59 separate busks involving almost 500 participants took place in 16 countries. This was an extraordinary achievement, and more than £7,000 was raised for projects supported by Musequality as well as money for numerous local initiatives.
On 12 June, more than 230 people in 11 countries turned out to try and help us beat our own 2009 record for largest coordinated world busk. Sadly, we didn’t quite make it, but we are extremely proud of what everyone achieved.
If there was an award for toughest audience, it would go to the Rothera Winter Crew for their attempt to entertain a handful of uninterested penguins in Antarctica. Wettest busk probably goes to the brave performers at Bedford Park Festival Speed Busk in Chiswick, London. Both they and Fredrick Kyewalyanga and the Elgon Youth Brass Band in Uganda should also be congratulated for possibly the first ever mutual live busk, in which they played to each other via a telephone link. A strong contender for most unusual instrument must be the dulcimer played by Bryson Gerard in St Louis.
It was great to have so many schools involved, such as Grove Park Primary School in London, whose efforts continued all week. The Discovery School in Hong Kong took part to raise money for the Ban Mai Mok Cham school project in Thailand – and not to be outdone, the Ban Mai Mok school joined in too. Some events were on an impressive scale, like the choirs, bands and acts who came together in Nigeria for a day of busking to raise funds for a local music project.
One of the busk’s proudest achievements was giving a voice to >Palestinian refugee children in Beirut. A group of children performed songs and classical music pieces on the violin and traditional Middle Eastern instruments in busy Hamra Street. They were from the Al Kamandjati project, a non-profit association that makes music accessible to children in Palestine and the refugee camps. Palestinians in Lebanon often have a difficult time, so it was heart-warming to hear how well the spectators received their performance.
Musequality would like to thank everyone who played and contributed, including long term supporters, The Treblemakers (the Acappella group outside South Kensington underground station); Harriet Cochrane and Isla Ratcliff in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh; Kingswood School in Grahamstown, South Africa; Angela Amati and her Orchestra in Naples, Italy; Ryeland Harp Ring in the US; the Ezra Beats in Madrid, Spain; members of the Shin Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Ramo, Japan; and many, many others.
So far Musequality World Busks have raised over £27,000 to support music education projects for disadvantaged children around the world. In 2010 we raised money to help the Holy Trinity Music School that was destroyed by the Haitian earthquake. This year you’ll be supporting music projects for some of the poorest children in Uganda, Thailand, India and South Africa. Music has already changed their lives and, by getting involved, you can help get more kids into music programmes that make a real difference.
Taking part is easy and it’s fun, too! Just register, find a place to play and get out there. Then send the money you’ve raised to us using our donations pages or, if you have a specific music project you would like to support, send it direct to them. Don’t forget to tell us how much you raised so that we can add your contribution to our total.
World Record Co-ordinated Busk
To set our first World Busk Record we were joined by 483 buskers in 105 acts in 44 pitches in 30 towns or cities in 17 countries on seven continents ... and one sea, to establish a record for the largest coordinated busk.
Buskers 2009-2010 First row: Barbershop Chorus Light Relief, New Zealand. Falkland Islands’ police chief
witnesses Vocalise with Shirley Adams Leach MBE. Angela Amato’s Sirenide for Musequality, Italy.
Second row:Craig Ogden. Royal College of Music Junior Departmernt string quartet. Sam Meredith and Nick Booth. Jocie Juritz awaits speed busk. Rob Juritz. Wind Chamber Orchestra, St Pancras International.
Third row: London: Tutti Flutti, Chiswick. Heidi Goldsmith, South Kensington. London Tango Quintet.Taro Hakase with London Tango Quintet, St Pancras International. Senior officers as Peruvian pipers, HMS Illustrious. Primary school violinists, Woking.
Fourth row: Mark Fennell, Isle of Wight. Royal College of Music Junior wind quartet. Kensington Symphony Orchestra beside the Thames. Goan picnickers join the busk, Middlesex
Fifth row: Nine year old Sarah Gordon, London. Kier the Street Musician, Weymouth. Barbershop Capital Chorus, London. Guitarist Simon Green, London. Acephale the magician, Seattle. The Wandering Skewers, Padstow
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Some of the amazing
supported our 2011 World Busk:
Tight fisted penguins!
The Rothera Winter Crew in Antarctica
Little Brian's, Little Big Band
busking to raise money for prosthetics
for Tadeo at the Good Shepherd School,
Uganda. Match funded by Musequality.
Ban Mai Mok Chan School in Thailand
"Today's busking went fantastically well and we collected £333.37 in two hours from a very generous audience. Thank you to everyone involved and we hope to update you very soon about progress with young Tadeo's prosthetics."
“Back here in Uganda, all went well and everyone at the busk had fun. We had 30 buskers from EYBB and 15 from the church choir totalling 45. We used our brass band instruments like; trumpets, sousaphone, drums,trombones,tubas etc. We had an audience of more than 400 people at the busk, I have organized to it tomorrow at the Mbale regional hospital."
“Well, our busk was both fun and successful! We only made $41 but we had a great time, and had a very entertained and amazed audience! We had 11 harpists, one fiddler and a percussionist!
Thanks for organizing such a wonderful event!!!!"
“Isla and Harriet did their busk yesterday! It was a sunny day in Edinburgh, but cold and fairly windy. We tried busking in the Royal Mile, but couldn't dislodge a much louder punk rocker playing brash recorded music just 20 yards away round the corner from us. So we moved to Princes Street Gardens, where lots of people passed, some stopped to listen,and a few donated. As usual, it was children and young people who were most interested, including one girl aged about 12 who asked to try out Harriet's violin. Harriet kindly obliged, and afterwards the girl gave a big grin and said it was cool! ."
"Had a great day at Kirtsenbosch ...wonderful weather and everyone loved the music. Hope you too all had a great busk."
The world busk aims to raise money for Musequality, whose mission is:
- supports music projects for underprivileged children in the developing world that will foster self-confidence and growth in their social, intellectual and spiritual capacities.
- provides financial assistance to these projects as well as through exchange programmes and training.
- facilitates partnerships between established music organisations and Musequality beneficiaries.
Musequality supports projects in Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana India and Thailand. By joining the world busk you will help us continue funding these projects – and set up more.
The Times, UK, 10th June
There’s no business like snow business – and it’s all in a good cause. More
BBC World News, 5th to 8th June
Clips of a few busk rehearsals were broadcast around the world.
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San Francisco resident Corey McMills decided he no longer wanted to deal with the heavy traffic of San Francisco. So he came up with an ingenious idea for parking his car: turning his bay window into a garage. Seen on Curbed, this amazing idea doesn’t leave room for nothing but admiration. The conversion was completed by a company of architects called Beausoleil Architects, according to the owner’s concept. We believe this project could be taken forward; what if parts from inert buildings could be put to good use and transformed into spaces for parking? Have a look at the video below to see how this unusual garage works and let us know what similar creative garage conversions you have seen lately.
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Posted: Oct 13, 2009 9:00 AM by Associated Press
A warship built with 7 1/2 tons of steel from the World Trade Center site is heading to its namesake city.
The USS New York left south Louisiana, where it was built, on Tuesday. The Navy will officially commission it in New York in early November.
Organizers of a "line the levees" event in the New Orleans area are hoping several thousand people turn out for a send-off there.
Organizer Lola Lass says she expects a festive, patriotic scene. Flags were being handed out to people gathering at a riverfront park.
Thousands of workers helped build the ship at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's yard in Avondale.
A company spokesman says two ships under construction - Arlington and Somerset - will join the New York as 9-11 "tribute" ships.
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If you really want to get to know a job candidate, don't ask just for the usual references during an interview. Try asking for negative references -- people with whom the applicant didn't get along.
Phil Thomas, chairman of the Thomas Group Inc., an Irving, Tex., consulting firm, has found that negative references are often more revealing than positive ones. While most job applicants will say initially they can't think of anyone who didn't like them, persistence will almost always result in some names -- names that the surprised applicant probably hasn't had time to screen mentally. Those negative references and the potential hire's explanation of the problems invariably give Thomas a more balanced picture of the person's strengths and weaknesses.
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“Looking at emergent phenomena in nature, don’t you think (traditional) design itself is against nature?”
This question arises from the presentation DESIGNING SPACE FOR EMERGENCE IS AN EMERGENCY in which we were exploring relations between design and emergent phenomena. Computational designer and researcher Andrea Graziano pointed out that we should rather think that “nature is the best designer ever” and suggested two inspiring mini-talks that I am sharing with you today. They both come from the website NextNature, a network that explores the changing relation between people, nature and technology. NEXTNATURE is asking a very simple question: “What is nature?”.
For example, do you think the image above is a photo of birds murmuring or a drawing generated by grasshopper or any other parametric design tool? Does a different kind of nature, created/designed by humans, exist?READ MORE
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
S.O.S: Why the Scale Lies
Has the Scale ever lied to you? Ever felt like you were doing everything right but the scale didn't reflect your hard work?
I have had several experiences when I knew my scale must have been lying to me! I have been working out really consistently since March. In the beginning the scale did not move one bit but I stayed motivated and tried to ignore the scale. I decided to do some research and see why my scale did not reflect all the hours I spent in the gym. I found this great article by certified Personal Trainer, Renee Chole that really breaks down all the factors of the scale. I have highlighted some of the really important parts here.
To all my S.O.S. Fitness Challenge participants stay motivated and don't let that scale distract you! If you are eating right and exercising the weight will eventually come off. Don't forget to share this information with your sisters, friends, co-workers. We have to support and motivate each other.
1. Water makes up about 60% of total body mass. Normal fluctuations in the body’s water content can send scale-watchers into a tailspin if they don’t understand what’s happening. Two factors influencing water retention are water consumption and salt intake. Strange as it sounds, the less water you drink, the more of it your body retains. If you are even slightly dehydrated your body will hang onto it’s water supplies with a vengeance, possibly causing the number on the scale to inch upward. The solution is to drink plenty of water.
2. Excess salt (sodium) can also play a big role in water retention. However, a food doesn’t have to taste salty to be loaded with sodium. A half cup of instant pudding actually contains nearly four times as much sodium as an ounce of salted nuts, 460 mg in the pudding versus 123 mg in the nuts. The more highly processed a food is, the more likely it is to have a high sodium content.
3. Another factor that can influence the scale is glycogen. Think of glycogen as a fuel tank full of stored carbohydrate. Some glycogen is stored in the liver and some is stored the muscles themselves. This energy reserve weighs more than a pound and it’s packaged with 3-4 pounds of water when it’s stored. Your glycogen supply will shrink during the day if you fail to take in enough carbohydrates. As the glycogen supply shrinks you will experience a small imperceptible increase in appetite and your body will restore this fuel reserve along with it’s associated water. It’s normal to experience glycogen and water weight shifts of up to 2 pounds per day even with no changes in your calorie intake or activity level.
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Google has been in the news for quite some time over a variety of FTC investigations and issues concerning mobile, advertising, and search practices, with claims that it is deliberately harming its competition. Now Microsoft’s Vice President Dave Heiner has tossed his voice into the mix, posting a lengthy piece on TechNet that expresses concern over the slap on the wrist Google is poised to get from the FTC while claiming that the search engine giant is intentionally harming Windows Phone and its competition in general.
Heiner states that Google is still blocking Microsoft from offering Windows Phone users a full-feature mobile YouTube app, forcing it to offer a sub-par web-like option instead. Meanwhile, obviously, its own Android OS has a full-feature YouTube app (as well as iOS). Microsoft complained about this to both the FTC and the European Commission back in early 2011.
As Heiner points out, YouTube was one of the most downloaded apps last year. Things get interesting, however, when he claims that Google specifically instructed YouTube to prevent Windows Phone from having access to a full-feature app like Android and iOS. “But just last month we [at Microsoft] learned from YouTube that senior executives at Google told them not to enable a first-class YouTube experience on Windows Phones.”
Heiner then goes on to point out that Google is going to get out of the issue of harmful practices with little more than a slap on the wrist and a mumbled promise to stop. This comes after the FTC came under fire when reports began surfacing that it planned to let Google off so easily. In response, sources have claimed that the FTC will likely extend the investigation while it considers additional penalties it may institute. The European Commission, however, has taken a harsher stance in addressing the issue, and is presently working with Google to form a legal order for dealing with the concerns.
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This one-hundred-twenty-four-page app note is Part 4 (as the title says, "fourth generation") in the grand saga of cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs). Just to remind you:
- Part 1 is Figure 36 in App Note 45
- Part 2 is App Note 49
- Part 3a is App Note 55 (part 1 and part 2)
- Part 3b is Chapter 11 in his second book
The organization of this app note, as compared to App Note 55, shows a distinct change in emphasis. "Perspectives on display efficiency" and Figure 1 are first up in the main text. This section is an updated version of Appendix K in App Note 55, but it now takes the stage front-and-center. Clearly, as the circuits got better, display efficiency became a more important issue. Figures 2 through 9 summarize typical characteristics of CCFLs, some of which is above and beyond the material presented in the introduction of App Note 55 (particularly the plots of on-time and lamp emission).
Next up is display losses (illustrated schematically by Figures 10 and 11), and the gallery of "display situations" in Figures 12 through 32 (thirty pages of photos!). "The deleterious effects of display parasitics dominate practical backlight design." The examples shown demonstrate losses from 1.5% (Figure 14) to 31% (Figure 31). I assume that Jim had spent a lot of time talking to customers and saying, "No, don't do that."
The final display-loss-related section is "Considerations for multilamp designs" on page 31. It is funny to examine how his opinion of multilamp designs has changed over time. They were suggested in App Note 49 (page 4), with a little discussion of "different transformer rating" and the "differences in lamp wiring", but, "Practically, these differences are small, and the lamps appear to emit equal amounts of light." In App Note 55 (pages 12 and 13), he writes, "Systems using two lamps have some unique layout problems," but he concludes, "imbalanced illumination causes fewer problems than might be supposed." Here in App Note 65, "The text's tone is intended to convey our distaste for multilamp displays. They are the very soul of heartache."
I'll talk about the circuits next time.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
“Dresden reminded him of Dayton, Ohio...”
Omi's Note: Several of my homies have asked me to write about my view of the city. After living here for close to 3 months, here it is:
When Kurt Vonnegut said that line in his monumental book, Slaughterhouse Five, I was shooked. Dresden, Germany was a beautiful city that was fire bombed by the Allies during WWII killing more people than the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Slaughterhouse Five was a fictional story centered around the bombing of that city. Of course Vonnegut wasn't saying that Dresden after the bombing looked like Dayton, Ohio. He meant that Dresden looked like the city that was once home to the Wright Brothers before the bombing. The homes are spaced out dramatically. There is so much open space here.
After a few weeks here, I noticed several things. The first thing I noticed is that there are several closed businesses. I have never seen so many closed businesses in my life. Well, I take that back. The Bronx during the 70s and early 80s was in the same situation. There are also several vacant homes and buildings. On my block alone there are close to 4 vacant homes. The home we moved into was vacant for close to five years.
The people look beaten. I know that in the last couple of years several manufacturing jobs have left the area leaving the economy depressed. Many people are moving out of the city. I have realized that people don't even want to be associated with Dayton. I can't say I don't blame them. In the daytime, you can see scores of people in the street drunk and impaired. I have learned that the city is filled with assaults, drunk and disorderly, and breaking and entering. Heads still throw the hands out here.
On the news, I expected to see the same ol' same ol', but even though the city is half black, I find the local news filled with acts committed by whites. Here in Ohio, I have learned that white folks can't stand po' white folks. I think I am reminded of that every day. “You live in Ol' North Dayton with the po' white trash?” (I am dead serious! This is coming from white folks!)
Despite the decadence, I can see the mass potential here. I mean surround Dayton, Ohio so much is going on. Here is an opportunity for folks to come in and own there own with some land, too. I do feel lonely here. Very few conscious folks here. Very few. I think I build with the same person over and over again. I miss building.
Dayton is very family oriented however. There is much to do here for the family. Their children's museum is so gangsta. I love playing there! The park system is the dopest I have seen. All the parks in the system are connected via bike path. While it is true that some folks have been found dead on these paths, I see folks ride them everyday all day.
Dayton has a dope farmer's market. Better than Norfolk and Virginia Beach's are. Dayton is surrounded by several farms so the opportunity to purchase organic food at crackhead prices are everywhere. The cost of living here is so so fly. The dollar really stretches out here. Overall, I give the city a C-. Yet the potential for growth is exponential. We just need some dedicated folk.
Time to build.
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Coach Johnston shares his secrets to implementing an effective Spinning Single Wing-T offense - a package he's dubbed the Spinner S'Wing-T - that can be easily installed at the youth, middle school or high school football programs.
With the Wing-T offense as its foundation, the Spinner S'wing-T offers motion and misdirection that are critical to moving the ball into the end zone. Johnston covers the basics of installing the Spinner S'Wing-T including formations, blocking rules, numbering systems and cadence.
In addition, Johnston shares six core plays that helped his team average 34 points a game in 2008 - while playing only 8 minute quarters.
One of the biggest advantages of the Spinner S'Wing-T is its flexibility. Johnston shows how it can be used as your base offense and how it can be easily installed as a change-up package similar to what many college and NFL teams are using now. Offering game strategies, Johnston shows how to attack defenses and make the changes necessary during the game to counteract defensive adjustments.
This is a no huddle "fast break" offense designed to keep defenses confused and frustrated.
65 minutes. 2009.
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Many consumers may think of their CD principal as sacrosanct, but should they cash in early, 97 percent of the institutions Bankrate surveyed in February would dig into principal to satisfy a CD early withdrawal penalty if the interest accumulated at that point won't cover it. That's up from 92 percent in our 2010 survey and introduces a risk that many CD investors may not be aware of, says Greg McBride, CFA, senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com.
"The whole reason people invest in CDs is to preserve the value of their principal, but getting your timetable wrong is potentially going to cost them principal," he says.
Fortunately for holders, CD early withdrawal penalties haven't risen on average since our last survey. As in 2010, the most common penalty is still three months' interest for CDs with maturities of less than one year, and six months' interest for CDs with maturities of one year and longer.
Still, penalties varied widely. For closing a one-year CD early, some institutions, including Bank of the West and Boeing Employees Credit Union, charged a penalty of only 30 days' interest.
On the other end of the scale, some institutions, such as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co., charged as much as $25 in cash plus 3 percent of principal.
Under the above two pricing schemes, if a consumer closes an entire $10,000 one-year CD, it amounts to a difference in penalty of $1.60 versus $325. That difference in penalty underscores the need for consumers to take a close look at the fine print for CDs before committing their money, McBride says.
Why the stiff penalties?
"Banks use CD balances to fund loans, and they don't want consumers taking their money out should interest rates rise. So, they need penalties to be a big enough stick to keep people from leaving en masse and causing them funding problems," McBride says.
One bright spot in our survey: If you accidentally let a CD automatically roll over, the Bankrate survey found banks typically allow a grace period of seven to 10 days for savers to withdraw the money without penalty.
CD early withdrawal penalties undermine appeal
Historically, savers have been willing to put up with CD early withdrawal penalties because CDs generally yield better returns, says Kent Grealish, a partner in Quacera Capital Management LLC in San Bruno, Calif.
"For no-risk money, (investors) can give up a small amount of availability or liquidity in exchange for a modestly higher return over alternatives, which would be savings accounts or (Treasury) bills," he says.
But with CD rates at all-time lows, that dynamic is starting to change, says Dan Geller, executive vice president at Market Rates Insight in San Anselmo, Calif.
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On the world’s longest foot race, which takes place entirely within Queens, N.Y.:
Such were the hazards last summer in Jamaica, Queens, at the tenth running of the Self-Transcendence 3,100. The fifteen participants—all but two of them disciples of the Bengali Guru Sri Chinmoy, who has resided in the neighborhood for forty years—hailed from ten countries on three continents. They ran in all weather, seven days a week, from 6:00 a.m. to midnight, or until their bodies compelled them to rest. If they logged fewer than fifty miles on a given day, they risked disqualification. By their own reckoning, the runners climbed eight meters per lap, mounting and descending a spectral Everest every week and a half. They toiled in this fashion for six to eight weeks, however long it took them to complete 5,649 circuits—3,100 miles—around a single city block.
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News Release: From: City of Evansville, Mayors Office Flooding Update (EVANSVILLE, IN)- The City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County are experiencing what is called a “100 year rain”. As of 10 am, the Evansville Regional Airport had received a record-breaking 6.52 inches of rain. The single greatest rainfall on record for Evansville was 6.5 inches, set back on October 6, 1910. As a result, the Ohio River is at 37 feet and rising. It is expected to crest at 43 feet on Monday. The Water and Sewer Utility had its three vacuum trucks removing water from areas around the City all night long. Crews responded to 147 flood calls; 29 were for storm water in a basement or a home, the remaining 20 were because of sewage backups. A majority of the backups were caused by sump pumps that failed because they couldn’t keep up with the rainfall. This is also a good reminder to check back flow valves to see if they are functioning properly. Back flow valves are required by ordinance to stop the flow of storm water and sanitary water back into homes. The most stagnant water is on the far Southeast Side, where there are no inlets. Rainwater there is moving through the ditches, but it is a slow process due to the record breaking rainfall. At this point, all inlets are capable of handling the extra rainfall. It is important that residents do their part in these rain situations by remembering to clean debris out of storm water drains and inlets so there isn’t any backup. As of noon today, Street Maintenance reports that the water is swiftly receding and the major streets are clear. The State Hospital Lakes and Indian Woods Lakes are also receding and have contained rain runoff from the adjacent areas. Street flooding problems in the City can be called in to Street Maintenance at (812) 435-6000, and in the County (812) 435-5777. (More) The City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County remain under a “local disaster emergency” (the declaration was made at 11pm CST on March 18th). This declaration may be lifted later this afternoon. The determination will be made by the Emergency Management Agency, in conjunction with the Mayor and County Commissioners. Right now, the County reports more than two dozen roads are closed. In the City, the only road closed at this time is Waterworks Road, starting at the point where it meets Riverside Drive. Inland Marina is also closed due to the high river level. Roads may be temporarily closed if water is being pumped out to protect workers in the area. At least 45 people have come to the Emergency Management Agency office or City Street Maintenance to pick up sandbags to prevent water from coming on to their property. It’s important to remember that there is an ordinance in place which prohibits vehicles from driving around or past barricades unless they are authorized to do so. Authorized vehicles must drive at a slow rate of speed to create minimal or no wake. Violating this ordinance can result in a $500 fine. If the violation results in physical injury to a person or property, the fine is $1,000.
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The retailer better understands how online research influences purchases.
Allison Enright , Editor
Storage and organization products retailer The Container Store Inc. uses feedback from consumers who’ve visited its e-commerce and mobile web sites to understand how its online sites influence purchases made in its retail stores.
The Container Store, No. 308 in Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide, began using OpinionLab Inc.’s feedback and survey service about a year ago to query consumers who used ContainerStore.com’s then-new elfa Design Center tool, which leads shoppers through the process of designing custom closet and organizational systems. The feedback helped Container Store to understand the reasons why consumers used the tool and what they planned to do next, says Catherine Davis, direct marketing director for Container Store.
When consumers tried to click away from the tool, a pop-up survey appeared. “We asked consumers what was their intent for using the Design Center tool—were they just playing around with it because we were promoting it, were they serious about using it for planning, were they leaving because they couldn’t get the solution they needed or were they going into the store to make a purchase there rather than online,” she says.
The consumers who said they were heading to a store to buy helped Container Store to better measure the conversion rate of the Design Center, and the feedback from consumers who said they couldn’t get the information they needed helped Container Store make improvements to the tool, Davis says.
Consumer views obtained via an OpinionLab feedback button embedded in the footer of the retailer’s mobile web site led to changes for that site as well. Mobile users who filled out a free text “comment card” told Container Store that they were having trouble using the store locator function on the mobile site, which required them to enter their ZIP codes to return results. Davis says the desktop web site made that requirement clear, but that it got lost in translation for the streamlined content of the mobile site. Consumers later used the feedback tool to request that the mobile site include more of the functions found on the desktop site, such as access to the gift registry and organizational tips. “The feedback really helps us prioritize what we should do first,” Davis says. “When you look at the things people are saying on a daily basis, you are able to identify trends and use that as business justification to get support to tackle new initiatives,” she says.
Lauren Freedman, president of The E-Tailing Group will present at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2012 in Chicago in June in a session titled “What shoppers want: Listening in on the consumer voice.”
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ON THE TUBE
ON THE TUBE
Music Production Info
Unlike the techno I usually produce for clubs, this song reaches a climax quickly to better suit the in-game action. Even so, if you compare it with the other songs, it's pretty laid back.
Video Production Info
"On The Tube". As you'd expect, it means "On TV". The thing that's surprised me most on TV was seeing the TV screen under a magnifying glass. It must have been early on in grade school; I remember being surprised at watching how the light switches on and off under a magnifying glass. Since PCs have become popular, we've all become familiar with the concept of light being made of three primary colors - red, green, and blue - but still it's kind of strange.
The structure of the movie follows the sound fairly closely. I added BNC display cables that transmit each component of light that gets displayed on the TV tube to mix in the flavor of shock and wonder i mentioned before. There are also lots of "Q" marks throughout the video, out of respect for Q'HEY, who's been a leading figure in the hard techno scene both here in Japan, especially in Tokyo, and overseas.
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Here's what you can do to guarantee successful, powerful speakers for your meetings.
Acan make or break your event, so selecting the right person requires careful consideration. Tony D'Amelio, executive vice president of the Washington Speakers Bureau, shares tips for choosing and managing speakers.
Begin by determining the outcome you want. Outline what is most important to you. Is it the speaker's name appeal? The message? Both?
Find out if the audience will be primarily international or U.S.-based, as political issues and humor may be received differently. Explore what distractions might come up.
A meal followed by the speaker is ordinary. That can be deadly. Instead, consider having a speech before dinner, a point-counterpoint, a “conversation with” format, or a moderator leading a panel of experts.
Talk with others to find out which speakers they have seen in person. Get testimonials and references, and talk with the speaker yourself. Don't assume that a big name can take on any role-moderator, motivator, etc.
Ask to see theand rider (if any) before you decide to go forward.
Check the date and make sure that everything is correct. Don't assume that time/detail changes are OK. Don't assume that it is fine to videotape the speech; how the video will be used is critical.
Discuss the speech with the speaker or his or her assistant and provide written information.
Make the speaker feel welcome and wanted. Escort the speaker, but don't be intrusive. Offer reminders on time, meeting place, and speech length. Give the speaker a once-over before he or she goes on stage to make sure that everything is in place.
Test all AV equipment before the event begins. If there is a sound problem, stop the speaker and fix it right away.
The biggest gripe from speakers is having to speak during waiter service. Make sure that the meal is over before the speaker starts.
The worst thing that can happen is having to tell a speaker to cut the speech short.
Plant a question or two to get the ball rolling.
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The owner of the Laurel Leader-Call, a newspaper in Mississippi, is defending his decision to run a front page story on 7 February about what it called the first same-sex marriage in its county.
The newspaper headline read “Historic Wedding: Women wed in Laurel through smiles, tears” and featured the wedding of Jessica Powell and Crystal Craven, who has been battling brain cancer.
Family, friends and Mrs Craven’s doctors attended the wedding and Mrs Craven was quoted as saying: “If chemo doesn’t work, we don’t know what happens after that.”
However, the story caused outrage amongst some of the newspaper’s readers in a state that does not recognise same-sex marriage and the backlash was so severe that the newspaper’s owner, Jim Cegielski, felt compelled to write an editorial in the paper published on Saturday.
Mr Cegielski wrote: “We shouldn’t have to defend every decision we make here at the Leader-Call. However, the intense reaction to our gay wedding front page story, which led to a deluge of hate calls, letters, e-mails, Facebook posts, sound-offs and random cross stares thrown in my direction, warrants some sort of response.”
He continued: “We were well aware that the majority of people in Jones County are not in favor of gay marriage. However, any decent newspaper with a backbone cannot base decisions on whether to cover a story based on whether the story will make people angry.
“The job of a community newspaper is not pretending something didn’t take place or ignoring it because it will upset people.”
Mr Cegielski says the majority of complaints were in regards to the headline calling the wedding “historic”, however he explains in his editorial: “You don’t have like something to be historic. The holocaust, bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Black Sox scandal are all historic.
“I’m in no way comparing the downtown wedding of two females to any of those events, even though some of you made it quite clear that you think gay marriage is much worse.
“We have stories about child molesters, murders and all kinds of vicious, barbaric acts of evil committed by heinous criminals on our front page and yet we never receive a call from anyone saying, ‘I don’t need my children reading this.’ Never. Ever. However, a story about two women exchanging marriage vows and we get swamped with people worried about their children.”
Mr Cegielski also writes that he had at least twenty readers express to him that they thought same-sex marriage was “an abomination against God.”
Fifteen readers have cancelled their subscriptions in protest.
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The Beatles had been invited to beat poet Allen Ginsberg's 39th birthday party by mutual friend and Indica Gallery co-founder Barry Miles. Although few of the party goers expected them to show, John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd arrived.
The party was thrown by David Larcher at his basement flat in London's Chester Square, and had been organised by Barbara Rubin, Ginsberg's occasional girlfriend. Hand-drawn invitations had been sent out, one of which arrived at NEMS for The Beatles.
When the two Beatles and their partners entered the flat, Ginsberg was drunk and wearing nothing but a sign on his penis saying "Do not disturb". The new arrivals didn't stay for long.
At the party Allen got completely drunk and stripped off his clothes, putting his baggy underpants on his head and hanging a hotel 'Do not disturb' notice around his cock. It was at this moment that two of The Beatles arrived: John with Cynthia, and George with Pattie. John and George quickly checked that no photographers were present. Allen kissed John on the cheek, and John told him that he used to draw a magazine at art school called the Daily Howl [in reference to Ginsberg's poem Howl]; they were friendly enough and accepted drinks, but then made quickly for the door. I asked John why he was leaving so soon. 'You don't do that in front of the birds!' he hissed in my ear. However, the next year, hearing that Allen was in the audience at The Beatles' concert at the Portland Coliseum on their 1966 American tour [actually on 22 August 1965], John called out a greeting to him from the stage between numbers.
When Two Virgins came out, I couldn't resist reminding him of his meeting with Allen, and his revised attitude towards nudity. 'That wasn't my problem with Allen,' John snapped at me. 'The trouble with Allen was that he always got up real close, and touched you, and shouted in yer ear!' Then he laughed. Allen was always ahead of his time. By the end of the evening he was so drunk I had to wrap his arms round a lamp post in order to keep him upright while we looked for a taxi.
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Unique has been a source of mutual support and self-help to families of children with a rare chromosome disorder since it was founded by Edna Knight in the UK in 1984 as the Trisomy 9 Support Group.
In 1989, with the support of the In Touch Trust and Contact a Family, the group expanded to include families whose children have any rare chromosome disorder. In 1993 the group was granted Charity Status and the new logo Unique was adopted.
In 1996, Unique launched its comprehensive computerised database to collect information about all aspects of how specific rare chromosome disorders affect individual members over a lifetime. In January 1999, Unique was awarded a 3 year grant by the National Lottery Charities Board to fund a full-time Development Officer and a part-time Family Support Officer. In April 1999, the group's first website was launched and membership stood at just 1192 families.
In 2003, other short-term grants allowed the group to employ a full-time Information Officer to research and produce family-friendly information leaflets on specific rare chromosome disorders. At the same time, a part-time Assistant Information Officer was employed to produce information on topics such as behaviour, communication, education and so on. A part-time Finance and Fundraising Officer joined us in 2004.
Over these many years, we have worked hard to raise awareness of Unique among families and individuals affected by rare chromosome disorders and the professionals who work with them. We have also been spreading awareness of rare chromosome disorders to professionals and to the general public so that they too have an appreciation of the extraordinary challenges our members face. With nearly 5000 member families in 67 countries in March 2006, the demand for Unique's work shows no signs of abating! However, securing grants to pay for this work is becoming much more difficult with fewer funding opportunities available and many more charities competing for the same grants. Please help us with donations and fundraising so that we can continue our essential work
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December 6, 2007
Maybe it’s not so weird, after all
Reconsidering L.A.'s most controversial un-synagogue, the Kabbalah Centre
At certain moments in the Shabbat service, congregants circled their arms around their heads, like background dancers in a music video. And when the Torah came out, everybody held their hands out with their palms up, to, as the man standing next to me explained, "Receive the Light."
My wife was there, too, upstairs in the women's section. She whispered something to a friend during the rabbi's sermon, and someone on the other side of her hissed, "Shh!" It was comedian Sandra Bernhard.
Weird? It all seemed to me a cross between Scientology and Hebrew school -- full of glassy-eyed acolytes who knew more about multilevel marketing than Torah.
Two weeks ago, I went back. And what I found and what I felt shocked me: I liked it.
That's right, I liked it. I had been reading Jody Myers' (photo, left) just-released book, "Kabbalah and the Spiritual Quest: The Kabbalah Centre in America" (Praeger, $49.95), and it is the book's great strength that it forces a second and third look at a group that the great majority of mainstream Jewry finds suspicious, aberrant, fraudulent -- even dangerous.
Myers is a professor of religious studies at Cal State Northridge. She is a scholar of orthodoxy and Zionism and a member of the Library Minyan at Temple Beth Am. In 1999, simply out of curiosity over the disdain her colleagues had leveled at the Centre, Myers walked for the first time into the Centre's attractive mission revival building on Robertson Boulevard, just south of Olympic Boulevard. This slim, diminutive and energetic academic decided then and there to use her sabbatical leave to research the Centre.
She dug into archival, academic and religious research, interviewed numerous adherents and leaders and attended two 10-week courses the Centre offers, along with numerous Centre services and events. She devoted seven years to this work.
The result is a rare example of open-minded, fair inquiry on a highly charged subject. She tracks the origin of the kabbalah movement, examines its main teachings, looks at the particular way Kabbalah Centre founder Rabbi Phillip Berg adapted those teachings to the American spiritual seeker, and she profiles Centre participants. She rarely lets the curious down -- though I suspect she will incense many readers who expect a mainstream indictment of this new form of Jewish expression.
Instead, what she offers is a dispassionate analysis of the Kabbalah Centre as one of many new religious communities that have sprung up to satisfy the spiritual needs of a new generation. While most Jews and their rabbis disparage it, the Centre has grown worldwide to attract tens of thousands of participants by appealing to a generation that is suspicious of religious authority but hungry for tangible spiritual benefits. At a time when mainstream Jewish life is struggling and often failing to reinvigorate itself, the Kabbalah Centre has successfully taken, in Myers words, "an elitist and highly complex religious tradition limited to Jews" and modified it to appeal to a large, universal audience.
It has done so without a dime of Jewish foundation grants or the benefit of focus groups, academic studies or any of the other hallmarks of 21st century institutional Jewish life, including membership dues or building campaigns.
What Myers teaches, and what my visit last month taught me, is that instead of shunning the Centre, we ought to at least be studying it.
The history of popular kabbalah in America doesn't begin with the Kabbalah Centre. It begins with a poor Polish Russian-born rabbi named Levi Krakovsky.
As Myers tells it, Krakovsky followed his teacher, Yehuda Ashlag, to Palestine in 1922. Ashlag considered himself a disciple of the 16th-century kabbalistic master Isaac Luria, whose esoteric system of understanding the deeper, divine meanings of Torah influenced all future generations of Jewish and non-Jewish mystics. (In the age of "The Da Vinci Code," it's easy to see the appeal of a system of images and symbols that claims the Bible's real, true essence is "a code that establishes correspondences between the divine realm and the earthly realm.")
On the death of his wife, Krakovsky placed his five children in a Jerusalem orphanage and came to New York to bring kabbalah to American Jewry. He failed. In post-war America, Jews wanted their religion staid, rational and practically Protestant. After two more marriages and an itinerant life spent carrying a satchel full of his English-language kabbalah book from Jewish community to community, Krakovsky -- a character in search of a Michael Chabon short story if ever there was one -- died in 1966.
"Kabbalah destroys families," his son, Shlomo, said by way of eulogy.
But before he died, Krakovsky met Shraga Feivel Gruberger in Brooklyn. Gruberger, born in Brooklyn in 1929, was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi at yeshiva TorahVaDat. Already successful in real estate and insurance, Gruberger decided to devote his life to spreading the understanding of Jewish mysticism he had received via the chain of Ashlag, Krakovsky and his colleague, Yehuda Brandwein -- kabbalah means "that which is received."
It was the 1960s. Gruberger -- who by now went by the anglicized name of Phillip Berg -- promoted kabbalah as a way to keep young Jews out of the cults and away from non-Jewish religions that were sweeping them up. One study at the time found that Jews, just 2 percent to 3 percent of the American population, constituted between 6 and 20 percent of the membership of radical new religions. Berg, Myers writes, wanted to "show alienated and spiritually hungry Jews that their own religious heritage contained everything they needed for fulfillment."
Berg's genius was in making something that was dense and esoteric into something highly accessible. What Ashlag wanted to teach to all Orthodox Jews, what his disciple Krakovsky wanted to teach to all Jews, Berg wanted to teach to all -- period.
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Amid the present - understandably febrile - state of public opinion we are hearing, as we often do in these circumstances, calls to short-circuit the cumbersome processes of the law in order to bring the rampaging rioters and looters to justice. The prime minister is reported as saying that a "major police operation" is under way to track down looters caught on CCTV "picture by picture", and that "phony concerns about human rights" issues won't stop them being published. He wants anyone convicted of violent disorder to be sent to prison.
I am sure that is what he wants, but it isn't his decision, because the judiciary is of course independent and bound by the law, as well as today's omnipresent sentencing guidelines.
In the fluid situation of a riot the police are far too busy to be able to concentrate on the minutiae of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and record careful contemporaneous notes. When the night is over and the dust begins to settle, as the acquisitive hordes lug home their plasma TVs, mobile phones and trainers, the police face an awesome task in putting the evidence into the kind of form that a court could accept. What this means is that only the most straightforward charges with clear strong evidence will make it to court.
In particular, identification will be in issue. Many rioters were wearing various kinds of disguise, especially the ubiquitous hoodie. There is a vast body of law about identification, and every magistrate has heard the 'Turnbull' direction to the effect that a sincere witness can be mistaken. That means that the Crown Prosecution Service will be properly cautious about running with any charges based on a simple uncorroborated ID. In a trial, a defence lawyer will be able to make mincemeat of a witness whose evidence can be discredited - or
at least brought below the 'beyond reasonable doubt' threshold - by reference to the noise, the smoke, the chaos and the fear of a riot.
CCTV is not the panacea that it is sometimes made out to be, either. Just have a look at the footage and the stills and put yourself in the shoes of a defence lawyer. "Yes, members of the jury, this footage is disturbing. But can you be sure – completely sure – that the young man in the video is the man before you today? One young man in the street in Tottenham, among thousands of others?"
I have heard from sources in the police and in the court system that many of the early charges are for burglary and handling. If you are in a store that is being looted, and are then arrested, ID issues do not arise - any more than they do if you are picked up on the way home with a 40-inch television for which you do not have a receipt.
Then there is the issue of bail. Threats have been made that those arrested in the riots will be refused bail and remanded in custody, but there is nothing in the Bail Act to say that certain crimes preclude the grant of bail. There is a presumption of the right to unconditional bail unless there are 'substantial' grounds to fear the defendant will abscond, commit more offences, or interfere with witnesses. Realistically, is not a young looter who has been arrested and charged, with access to free legal advice, then bailed, less likely to reoffend than the man who has not been caught and fancies having another go at PC World?
It can be tempting to treat a remand in custody as a first bite at punishing an offender. That is not just wrong, but also illegal.
This week's riots have been so shocking that normally level-headed people start to see due process of law as an encumbrance to justice. The reverse is true – due process is fundamental to justice, even for the unprepossessing and the downright nasty offender.
Bystander is the pseudonym of an English magistrate. He blogs at The Law West of Ealing Broadway
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I noticed a discussion about Sharedband on Vecosys and I couldn’t resist finding out a little more about what they were up to, so I spoke with Keith Collins, who is their Sales and Marketing Director (you can find Keith on LinkedIn). Sharedband have recently started beta trials of their software with a couple of UK ISPs and plan for launch in the March timeframe.
What do they do?
The concept of inverse multiplexing goes back donkey’s years and was applied to traditional E1/T1 lines and to ATM. The term means that individual links are paralleled (or bonded) to multiply the available bandwidth according to the number of links paralleled. Sharedband have extended this concept in a “quite novel” way to the IP layer which enables ISPs to offer a DSL bonding service.
Sharedband is essentially a software company and they provide the tools necessary to manage the service. They license their software which is installed on the ISP’s routers and the ISP provides a firmware update for their customer’s routers.
Because the concept is IP based, it’s claimed to be low cost and an ISP can get the Sharedband service up in a day or so. It’s also simple to install at the customer end as well.
The company believes that there will always be a need to gain some additional bandwidth if it is obtainable at a reasonable price. They are probably right. There will always be individuals who want to increase whatever bandwidth they currently have, turning 1Mbit/s into 2 or more likely 8Mbit/s into 16Mbit/s. According to Keith they “want to look for companies that want to use something now rather than having to wait”.
They are initially focusing on the small business market (SME) and home workers with some money to spend as this seems to be an obvious market.
What is really interesting, is that because the software is network provider agnostic, it could be possible to obtain real provider resilience and even “bond cable and DSL combinations”. For example, the two bonded DSL lines could use different ISP providers although care would be needed to ensure that both are not using BT to provide the DSL connection or the phone line use the same BT street box. This is such an interesting application area!
As Sharedband works at the IP layer, bonding does not have to be limited to being installed on ISP DSLAMs. It could be installed on servers at a datacentre which, I imagine, could lead to network-based services such as Salesforce.com offering some interesting services that could improve performance and resilience directly to their customers.
Their business model is that the ISP charges for the multiple DSL lines and then adds an additional bonding charge which is split between the ISP and Sharedband.
Sharedband are currently talking to 20 /30 ISPs and hopes to sign up this number within 12 months. One might also imagine, with their BT genesis, that we will see an announcement in this space as well?
They are currently in beta with two providers KeConnect and TeleComplete though I couldn’t find the doubler service on TeleComplete’s web site. You can see details of the service and pricing on the KeConnect site.
Some other vendors offering hardare based solutions:
There are other companies that provide a solution to bonding multiple DSL lines, the Australian ePipe is one example. The ML-IP access concentrator, is a hardware solution an enterprise can bond three DSL links into a multi-link tunnel without the involvement of the ISP.
FatPipe is another. “MPVPN enables bi-directional data transmission over multiple VPN paths, providing customers with the confidence that MPVPN will keep their VPNs “up” at all times regardless of router, ISP, line or backbone failures on one or two carriers. MPVPN allows companies to maximize the reliability, redundancy and speed of their VPN infrastructures while only requiring one VPN unit profile life.” Here is a short presentation on MPVPN.
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Kin Platt was a cartoonist, painter, sculptor and writer. He was the artist of the 'Mr and Mrs.' comic strip, that appeared from 1947 to 1963 in the New York Herald-Tribune. From 1950 to 1954, he did another newspaper feature, called 'The Duke and the Dutchess'. He occasionally was a theatrical caricaturist for New York newspapers and a radio comedy writer for Jack Benny, Stoopnagle & Budd en The National Biscuit Comedy Hour of 1936. Platt was the writer of animated cartoons for Disney and Hanna-Barbera from the late 1930s and the creator of 'Supermouse' for comic books (Better Publications).
During the 1940s, he worked on many other Better titles, including 'Happy Comics', 'Diamond Dust', 'Rip Rabbit', 'The Sphinx', 'Captain Future', and 'The Mask'. He additionally worked on Timely's romance titles, as well as 'Terry-Toons Comics', 'Puffy Pig', 'Cindy' and 'Rusty'. In the 1960s, he drew for DC's war titles, and during the 1970s, he made some comic adaptations for Pendulum Press ('The Call of the Wild', 'Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde', 'Dracula').
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Women in IT or Software:
The Observation is that the number of women in Software or IT who attended QCon 2010 London was very small, around 2 or 3 % of the attendants were women. This is nothing compared to the number of women attending agile 2010. The percentage of women attending Agile 2010 maybe somewhere around 40%. (these numbers are based on my observations and they don't reflect actual statistics).
QCon focus more on technical aspects of software development while Agile 200X harnesses more diverse topics related to enhancing the software development life cycle in general with somehow equally distributed sessions and workshops for technical and non-technical subjects.
My interpretation is that women in software are more into business, quality, team facilitation, and management rather than programming and operation. And this could explain the huge difference in numbers of women attending two events like QCon 2010 London and Agile 2010.
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posted on December 13, 2011 00:00
Killer B’s, Honda and Mazda to Release B Segment Racers
By Mike Kojima
We can just about all agree that racing is fun. We can also agree that racing is also very expensive. It is the expense of racing that deters most of us with racing ambitions from actually taking part in wheel to wheel racing. Well the SCCA, NASA and several manufacturers of sub compact cars, known as the B Segment have gotten together to support a new affordable racing class.
|The Honda and Mazda B Spec racers are derived from the pedestrian Fit and Mazda 2 respectively. You gotta admit lowering them and putting on some graphics makes the cars look a lot less stubby and cartoonish.
To date both Mazda and Honda have embraced the program cooperating with the SCCA to draft a set of rules that will be common with SCCA, NASA, Grand Am, World Challenge and possibly our own MPTCC. Both Mazda and Honda have created inexpensive B-Spec kits that are officially homologated as legal mods for the series. Ford, Mini, Toyota and Kia have all built demo cars for the series and Nissan seems asleep at the wheel even though they have an excellent grass roots Motorsports program where this series would be a shoe in.
|B-Spec racing is designed as a very low cost way to run a late model compact car.
Although it is hard to get excited about the stubby, tall, cartoonish looking B Segment cars (hey manufacturers, you used to know how to make cool looking small cars, look to your past when designing the next generation!) when lowered with some cool wheels and racing graphics, they start to look a lot better.
|A universal set of rules adapted by SCCA, NASA, Grand Am, and World Challenge should help make the class viable.
Unlike the old Showroom stock racing trunk kits of yore, the new B-Spec kits actually make some pretty competitive and fun to drive race cars. Mazda and Honda both invited us to the Streets of Willow Springs race track to get to sample their respective B–Series racers with close to final kit specs as well as bone stock cars to contrast and compare to the racers. Let us tell you about them.
| The race kits are simple and easy to install with the only major expense besides the car being the roll cage.
First up was the stock Mazda 2
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:53 AM
My roommate has a Fit. I don't like it. Needs a 6th gear and a better designed interior (there is a lot of wasted space with the dashboard being set so far back). It's a good city car, but on the highway the buzzing motor gets pretty old pretty fast. It's got a lot of potential and I could see it being a fun racecar. Are there any details on this series? Any other OEMs joining the fray? I could see the Yaris, Fiesta, and Sonic hopping in on the action.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:05 AM
I'm a little bothered by this to be honest. Drum brakes, cars that look like minivans, open diffs, etc. Could the Mazda 2 really be that good in handling? I can't imagine a car with such an antiquated rear suspension setup could even compete with say an Acura Integra.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:07 AM
Yes it handles and brakes that good or we would not say it does!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:31 AM
Wow, pretty cool little series and definitely hit its mark! (affordable)
Now we need to see Nissan get involved with their Versa, Toyota with a Yaris, Ford with their 2 (fiesta) and maybe even GM with one of their compacts.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:51 AM
Mini, Ford and Toyota have built demo cars.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:59 AM
I love these cars and the article! I want a Mazda 2 race car sitting on black 949 racing wheels. I became a fan boi of this setup at the 2011 Chicago auto show when Mazda had theirs on display!
Mr. six you are not looking at this for what it is designed to be. A race series dedicated to these subcompact platforms, designed to be as reliable and inexpensive as possible to campaign. There is nothing wrong with drum brakes in a low powered car. I campaigned them on Project 200SX prior to the turbo for YEARS with nothing but aftermarket shoes and upgraded fronts. If my car was as light as these I could have gotten away with stock fronts.... That said you CANNOT compare these cars to an Integra. Two different segments. That would be like bringing a race prepped TSX or RSX to this race series and saying you are faster. Apples to kumquats my friend.
If you look at the series for what it is designed I am sure you can come up with something positive to say?
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:15 PM
While driving the race cars, I was mad at myself for being sloppy and not getting every bit I could out of them. Even experienced drivers can be challenged/learn some important new skills and most importantly have a lot of fun in these cars. I was also impressed that the Fit came straight from the 25 hours of Thunder hill with no prep and it ran like a champ all day!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:20 PM
The is the nice thing about these cars and also the appeal of a series like Spec MIata. Fun to drive, great cars to learn momentum and patience in. Super fun. Lord knows I have driven a lot of underpowered cars over the years only to find myself a better driver at the end of the day because of what you have pointed out. MIQ B-Spec challenge series here we come!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 2:55 PM
How does one go about buying or preparing a car like this? Any more specifics on the race series options? Thanks!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:01 PM
There will be more info coming as Mazda and Honda finalize their kits.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:32 PM
Will Honda or Mazda provide a rollcage kit and/or roll cage installation? Will Honda or Mazda provide any trackside support for any of the aforementioned B-Spec racing series?
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:35 PM
I think that the roll cage construction will be up to the car owner and will have to conform to SCCA/NASA spec. For trackside service I highly doubt it although both companies have excellent racer parts purchase programs.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 4:26 PM
I have to say before I can't read for a while (getting an eye exam) that this stuff kind of gets me excited for some grassroots fun! If I remember that Fit changed its brake pads ONCE for the whole 25hrs and that was it! I think the Mazda suffered by not switching theirs out. Oh and the skid pad numbers for the Fit were phenomenal for non-adjustable coilovers. Good stuff!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:28 PM
Thanks Mike. I hope this series survives. The low cost of entry, minimal vehicle maintenance and the growth of the B-segment in the U.S. market certainly make it promising.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:10 PM
as a Fit owner, ive been waiting for this series to come to fruition. now that its here, i look forward to seeing what the final number$ for a build might be and what a salvage Fit might cost?
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:22 AM
Mini has built the regular Cooper with the naturally aspirated 1.6L for this. Ford has the Fiesta built. It should be a great series!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:41 AM
Thanks Mike. I'm pleased to see this development. It's been a while since there's been a true showroom stock class that could be embraced by one or more major league racing series.
If I were to go back into the game, this is the class where I would put my eggs. Why? Low entry and maintenance costs, manufacturer support, and the possibility of national exposure.
If this class gets traction, expect grids of 40+ econo boxes you can buy right off the showroom floor. That should guarantee spectator interest as well as close fought races through the pack. Even if the action takes place at a yawn, it still might attract TV interest which would be a plus for anyone seeking sponsorship.
These days often the most entertaining club race to watch isn't the one with the GT1 cars. It's spec Miata or wreck Miata which the stewards call it here. That aside, my bet is this new B-Spec class has that same potential for attracting spectator eyeballs and willing participants.
Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:57 AM
Nice looking kits!
I just wish there was more competition for this class of car in Australia.
Would be curious to know how stiffly they had them set up?
I guess they would have to be running pretty high spring rates due to them being MacStrut, quite tall and the fail motion ratio's of beam rear cars.
Friday, December 16, 2011 11:59 AM
hate to be the guy to nitpick, but... the Mazda2 has back doors...
I was actually funny to see you say that, as I've got a 2 and I can't tell you how many times friends who were going to be riding in the back walked up to me and waited for me to move the seat before they got in, not realizing they were standing right next to a back door.
Friday, December 16, 2011 12:06 PM
haha, I don't know what I was thinking, you are right!
Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:48 PM
Looks like a fun series. Are there going to be any component claiming rules to keep people from building hot motors, or revalving their Bilsteins on their own? I can imagine the more enterprising can turn this into a Spec Miata series where engine rebuilds happen twice a season for stupid money.
Can't wait to see more, as these cars are all fun. The only dud I can see is the Yaris: indefeatable traction/stability control would necessitate ECU reflashing, and that engine has got to be the nastiest sounding, least rev-happy engine on the planet.
Monday, December 19, 2011 2:49 AM
Rockwood, I think that the FIT has indefeatable traction / stability control, too. The Mazda has a dashboard switch...
In general, without the mfr putting a system to either defeat both systems, or to turn-off the TCS / tone down the ESC -- I would think that any changes to front/rear roll stiffness, would be for naught.
Mike K -- what happens, in this regard, with the FIT?
The only other possibility is the use of something like an eEmotiv "Black Box" -- which is only available for specific cars (so very few) and which allows you to tune in the degree of under or over steer...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:33 AM
I've been watching the development of the B-Class for a while... interesting to note that they finally went some way to fixing the power disparity, though perhaps it would have been better to bless the Mazda2 with a set of cams or a retune rather than restrict the Fit.
The Mazda2 is a fantastic little car, and tremendous fun in canyon carving. Hell... the sedan variant (not available Stateside) is one of the most controllably tail-happy cars I've ever driven. With a two liter engine, a limited slip and ABS defeat, it'd be nigh on perfect.
Saturday, December 24, 2011 11:07 AM
So with the simple suspension change was there anything done with the camber of the cars?
With so much emphasis on suspension setups the phrase of keeping it simple really does apply here and works quite well from all the positive feedback.
It's very nice to see this series come into play and I'm anxious to see it's future. Wonderful article.
Monday, January 30, 2012 7:24 PM
In regards to the Mazda2, that doesn't appear to be a rear anti-roll (sway) bar, so what's it for?
Also, do you have any idea what the spring set-up is on the M2?
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Library Staff Training: High Tech & High Touch
Donovan Deakin, WebJunction
found an increase in interest to online learning
barriers to training:
staff time, expertise, lack of $$, technology
face to face training is still the most popular method, in house or outside contractor.
adoption and definitions are varied
not just online and face to face, for example: using a webinar, stopping and starting for discussion, or adding local content
web 2.0 techs: using tools for training as well as content matter
web-based training for staff: using Microsoft live meeting, wimba (?), etc
has chat, raise their hands, instructor can poll, interactions between different learners in the online classroom.
board of trustee training
leadership and succession planning (mgmt, supervision)
patron services content:
user services: (youth, cultural and lingual diversity, adults)
working with patrons (difficult patrons, social challenges)
info technology (networking, etc), computer applications and tools (think Microsoft), web 2.0 (think web 2.0)
training budgets are remaining static:
some see an increase in the next two years
impact and ROI:
morale and job satisfaction. Attendance and evaluation of trainings, job performance ratings (folks will have a clearer understanding), improved lib services (will be able to successful offer new service etc)
modules as small as 15, just in time experiences (!!), fight it into the schedule of the libs, no time, need to make it small digestible and able to fit into daily life. (note to self: maura, think about this in terms combining online searching, etc training tips tools into life at lib)
growing awareness of new technologies in the library
Rebecca Ranallo Kahl, Internet & Media Services Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library
CCPL: $68mil budget, 1000+ employees, 664 in union, ten busiest libs in the country
serve 47 communities, with 28 branches, so they are covering a diverse population over a decent chunk of land
staff became increasingly responsible for content on the new website, so staff needed training on using the new tools
has staff resistant to technology, hired a fulltime tech trainer, who had a background in elearning. needed someone on the staff. allows more hands on projects, using their own data.
new intranet (hmm, we have the new staff portal of the website…)
blended learnings : more options
new site has the ability to pull in more resources
ppl have the chance to go back to find the info, refresh, review or share with others
using podcasting, videocasting and putting it on staff intranet for staff members who may have missed the original training
etime tutorial: employee time and payroll software
a changed to develop some really bad training,
staff can go back and look at documentation at any time, print out paper copies.
piece for managers, comp time, working as a good start
training to come: online tutorials how to create an email signature
more interactivity and staff as technology creators: want to give them the chance to play internally
staff will be expected to use second life, increase awareness, hope staff will be excited about using this tool-
a website that will deal with community issues, they will host the site, subject specialists will moderate and manage- and they will have to be more interactive, info is going to go two ways
revamping Orientation Center:
happens when enough of ppl are hired in any given month, some people might be working for a month or so already before going through the training
(info freedom, confidentially training, customer service: lots of great free modules already out there…)
staff are going through it
managers are taking responsibility and getting buy in on both levels, managers are taking part in the learning
fear of technology, union (makes competency based training hard, needs to wait until the next contract, “its not part of my job”), updated technology, complacency (ppl are nervous about new things. so provide multiple avenues to access information. they might get more out of in person training, but having the info available.)
deliberate training plans:
have ppl come in with projects they are working on, so training is hands on and focused.
responsibility for learning
more on-demand opportunities.
to be able to retire when she never hears the phrase, “no one trained me on that”
main barriers to technology?
R: fear and challenged to use it in the branches
ways to motivate:
r: hard to do… what drove her is that she will learn new things all time. amazed when ppl say they don’t need to learn it. rlly about making it comfortable, giving various opportunities to approach it.
organization is becoming a learning organization:
r: slow going. director strongly believes in training, and continually reminding staff they are supported
r: has one staff member who handles staff training
getting buy in from decision makers, ex it training. new libs have lib skills, but not common sense, issues about technology. staff members won’t admit it or buy in. how to encourage from stake holders:
r: directors and board are v.supportive of training and understand where libs are headed in terms of technology and that it needs to be supported. I didn’t talk about web 2.0 training, because a challenge with marketing department regarding content generated by staff.
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The slump in the popularity of [Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle] and the Free Democrats is bad news for [Chancellor Angela Merkel], especially when the Christian Democratic Union is also smarting after big setbacks in recent regional electionswrites Judy Dempsey (while, in an unrelated story, Michael Kimmelman discusses the latest revelations regarding the "dark secrets" linked to Adolf Eichmann's post-war escape to Argentina.)
For Germany, Mr. Westerwelle’s weakness is compounded by Mrs. Merkel’s dwindling interest in foreign policy at a time when Europe is in desperate need of strong leadership to deal with the immense changes sweeping across the Middle East. Together, say analysts, Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Westerwelle have weakened Germany’s international standing.
In March, they snubbed their French, British and U.S. allies by abstaining in a U.N. Security Council vote authorizing a no-flight zone over Libya. “It was the wrong decision. It damaged Germany’s reputation as a reliable ally,” said Elmar Brok, a European Parliament lawmaker and leading foreign policy expert in Mrs. Merkel’s conservative Christian Democratic Union party.
“The point is that Germany did not bring anyone else along,” said Heather Grabbe, E.U. expert and director of the Open Society Institute in Brussels, which promotes democracy and human rights. “Maybe it was a justified decision but there was no strong moral argument communicated either to the domestic audience or Germany’s E.U. partners.”
…With Europe confronted with upheaval in the Middle East, a continuing war in Afghanistan and unresolved issues in the Balkans, Germany can ill afford a weak foreign minister.
“Germany has often acted as a moral conscience of Europe in foreign policy,” said Ms. Grabbe. “To play that role, Germany’s foreign minister has to take a lead and articulate the foreign policy dilemmas facing all of Europe.”
It was Mrs. Merkel who tried to do just that during her first term as Chancellor from 2005 to 2009. She repaired the rift between Berlin and Washington after former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, a Social Democrat, had opposed the U.S invasion of Iraq. With Russia and France, he established an anti-war “alliance” which in turn deeply divided NATO and the European Union
Mrs. Merkel also became a beacon for human rights campaigners in Russia, China and Iran by speaking out for the values of an independent news media and basic civil and human rights.
But since being re-elected, she has shown scant interest in foreign policy. It is the euro crisis and the future of nuclear energy that have monopolized her time, leaving little time even for fundamental issues like the war in Afghanistan or the Arab revolutions.
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The fugitive founder of Sea Shepherd has stepped down from key roles at the militant anti-whaling group, passing the Antarctic harpoon chase mantle to a former Australian politician.
Canadian Paul Watson is wanted by Interpol after skipping bail last July in Germany, where he was arrested on Costa Rican charges relating to a high-seas confrontation over shark finning in 2002.
Due to a raft of legal issues he has stepped down as president of the group in the US and Australia, and as captain of flagship anti-hunt vessel the "Steve Irwin", although he will remain with the fleet during this year's campaign.
Watson's whereabouts had been a mystery until December, when he confirmed that he was back on board a Sea Shepherd vessel and ready for the group's annual Southern Ocean expedition against the Japanese whaling fleet.
Sea Shepherd said he would take a back seat in the chase, with Bob Brown—founder and long-time chief of Australia's environmentally minded Greens party—to direct operations.
The Steve Irwin will be captained by Indian sailor Siddharth Chakravarty, formerly the ship's first officer, with Watson to "remain aboard to document the campaign".
"I am honoured to serve the great whales of the Southern Ocean and Sea Shepherd in this way," said Brown, a renowned conservationist.
Sea Shepherd Australia director Jeff Hansen will co-direct the campaign, and said the change in leadership was a natural evolution given the Australian chapter's heavy involvement and the continent's proximity to Antarctica.
Hansen said Watson's legal problems had played a part in the decision.
"We obviously always want to stay within the law in everything that we do, and in order for us to stay within the law Sea Shepherd Australia is taking over the leadership of this campaign, the management of this campaign and Paul will step down from the board in Australia and in America," Hansen told AFP.
Under a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sea Shepherd must stay at least 500 yards (metres) from whaling vessels and is prohibited from physically confronting any vessel engaged by the Japanese.
They are also banned from "navigating in a manner that is likely to endanger the safe navigation of any such vessel" under the court's order, issued last month.
Sea Shepherd claims to have saved the lives of 4,000 whales over the past eight whaling seasons, mounting ever-greater campaigns of harassment against the Japanese harpoon fleet.
They say this year's will be its biggest yet, involving four ships, a helicopter, three drones and more than 100 crew members.
Tokyo claims it catches whales for scientific research—a loophole in the international ban on whaling—but makes no secret of the fact that they ultimately end up on dinner plates.
The whaling fleet left Japan for the Southern Ocean in late December, planning to catch up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and up to 50 fin whales.
Explore further: Activists launch annual whale campaign in Australia
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NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partner university faculty. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Why an Enlarged Prostate
Going into sinus surgery I had a normal size prostate. Before leaveing the hospital, they did not make me urinate. I went home and could hardly urinate and my bladder was hurting. I ended up in the ER and had a cathater put in to drain. A CT showed an enlarged prostate. The doctor said it was stopping me from urinateing. Why did this happen?
It is not uncommon to have difficulty with urination after surgery. Some of the medications used during anesthesia along with pain medications can make it more difficult to urinate after any surgical procedure. If there is an enlarged prostate, these medications along with having a distended bladder may be enough to put one in retention. If you were not having a lot of difficulty with urination pre-operatively, this will likely correct on its own. Medications such as alpha blockers may also be used to help relax the bladder neck and prostate and make it easier to urinate more quickly. Surgical intervention is generally reserved as a last resort when more conservative measures have failed.
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School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
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Google: Group In China Targeted Senior US Officials, Chinese Activists, Others With Phishing Attack
Google has just revealed that it has detected a phishing attack originating from Jinan, China that targeted hundreds of people, including “senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists",
The attack itself — which relied on phishing passwords — doesn’t appear to be overly sophisticated, according to a report that identified it back in February. But it was very targeted, which is unusual for phishing schemes. Google says that the perpetrators were stealing user passwords, then setting Gmail accounts to automatically forward messages to other inboxes (delegation settings, which can grant other people access to accounts, were also changed).
Google says that it ”detected and disrupted this campaign” and that it has already notified affected victims, as well as government authorities. It then goes on to detail some of the things you can use to secure your account, including 2-step verification , strong passwords, and by checking to make sure you aren’t forwarding your email to any inboxes you don’t know. Google’s post emphasizes that this was not an issue with Gmail itself and that its internal systems weren’t attacked.
This isn’t the first time Google has had issues with cyberattacks originating in China. Early last year, Google revealed that it had been the target of a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack” that originated there, prompting the company to radically revise its operations in China. Google doesn’t mention anything in today’s blog post about the attacks being related, but the previous attack also targeted the accounts of Chinese activists.
Here’s a description of the attack, from contagio:
Victims get a message from an address of a close associate or a collaborating organization/agency, which is spoofed.The message is crafted to appear like it has an attachment with links like View Download and a name of the supposed attachment. The link leads to a fake Gmail login page for harvesting credentials.
By Jason Kincaid - TechCrunch on June 2nd, 2011
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FortiFlora® is a registered trademark of Nestle Purina Pet Care Company. Comparison based on information available on the product label.
IntelliFloraTM has been proven to promote intestinal health, and is designed to create a balance of microbes within your dog or cat’s gastrointestinal tract. IntelliFlora is most often used during periods of diarrhea, stress, and antibiotic use.
IntelliFlora contains a blend of four different bacterial strains including Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus rhamnosus (the leading brand only offers Enterococcus faecium). These four strains are instrumental in fortifying intestinal cells while inundating the bad, unhealthy bacteria present within your dog or cat’s GI tract.
IntelliFlora also contains a variety of essential vitamins and nutrients including Vitamins C, A, E, Zinc, and Manganese…all of which are needed for your dog or cat’s proper metabolism, vision, and immune system functioning.
Changing a cat or dog’s food can disrupt their digestive system causing various symptoms including diarrhea and digestive upset. IntelliFlora may be used to minimize these symptoms while avoiding compromise within the animal’s immune system.
There are also a number of negative side effects caused by antibiotic therapy as well (including diarrhea, digestive upset, and an overall depletion of healthy bacteria in the animals digestive system). It is recommended that IntelliFlora be used during antibiotic therapy , but given during alternating times with regard to the administering of the antibiotic itself. It is also recommended that, if possible, IntelliFlora be given for a period before and after the antibiotic regimen has begun.
Containing human-grade poultry liver as a flavor additive (the leading competitor uses “animal digest” of unknown origin), even the most finicky of cats and dogs will take IntelliFlora…and you won’t need to be concerned about what your cat or dog is consuming.
PSCPets products are backed by our 100% satisfaction Guarantee! You may return PSCPets brand products any time for a full refund of the purchase price (excluding shipping charges).
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Caution: For animal use only.
For Dogs and Cats: Provide 1 leveled scoop daily under the supervision of your veterinarian. Sprinkle on food.
Scoop Included: 1 leveled scoop equals 1 gram
Store in a cool dry place. Keep out of the reach of children. Store with lid tightly closed.
Note: This product does not need refrigeration.
PSCPets products are backed by our 100% satisfaction Guarantee! You may return PSCPets brand products any time for a full refund of the purchase price (excluding shipping charges).
Guaranteed Analysis (minimum per gram)
Enterococcus faecium: 1 x 108 CFU*
Total Lactic Acid Bacteria**: 2 x 108 CFU*
*Colony Forming Units
**Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus
Other Ingredients: Dried Poultry Liver, Maltodextrin, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sucrose, Silicon Dioxide, Salt, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Taurine, and Sodium Alumino Silicate
Great results and my cat loves it
My cat had loose movements and a limited appetite. Since adding IntelliFlora to his diet, he's had a much better appetite and normal stools. His energy level is up and his coat has a beautiful sheen.
Great low price product!
My toy poodle has a sensitive stomach. If I don't give her probiotics daily she throws up her food. I've given her Fortiflora for years. It worked & she loved it but it is so expensive. I am so happy I found PSCPets IntelliFlora! My dog loves it & it helps her just as much as the expensive stuff! Thank you Probiotic Smart!
Intelliflora is the best!
My cat has always had runny stool and a resulting dirty bottom that I had to wipe daily. That is, until I discovered Intelliflora. I noticed results almost immediately. She is now clean and her stools are formed and firm. She never even noticed that I mixed it with her food, she just gobbled it up.
I highly recommend this product!
Very Satisfied :)
I am one very satisfied person. My dogs have been using IntelliFlora since Nov . My oldest dog who is 8 yrs old was the one who was having major stomach issues & having bouts of diarrhea often isn't any longer. Plus you can tell by looking at her & the way she acts that she is feeling better. She acts like a dog who is much younger than 8. My younger dog who was having some diarrhea problems hasn't had a problem since Nov.
cats really like it!
I've been very happy with this product. I sprinkle it on top of their canned food and it makes them eat better. They are now spoiled and want it always sprinkled on top before they eat. I'd say it's good if you have a cat who is finicky or old/underweight. Price is better than Forti-Flora, it has more different kind of probiotics in it, and no animal digest.
My cats love this sprinkled on their dry cat food. My 13lb cat was having loose stools, and he wasn't enjoying his IAMS as much as he was in eating 'junk' food, so I thought I would give this a try, for his stomach at least. Since sprinkling this once a day on his dry food, he runs to eat his IAMS and the loose stools have stopped. So it's a win-win situation!
I started giving this to my Japanese Chin because she seemed prone to diarrhea. Then when my Rat Terrier developed diarrhea I gave it to her and it cleared up in a couple days. Now my Beagle has diarrhea and I am sure that this product will clear it up in a couple days. I am even considering buying the large jar because it still costs a lot less than taking all three to the veterinarian.
I ordered IntelliFlora for our 6 year old mutt Henry, he was suffering from a bad stomach. I tried IntelliFlora and it first it didn't seem like it was doing anything. After about four days of use, Henry was more energetic and I thought, "someone's feeling better!". It did take a couple days to see the benefits, but once we did we are very satisfied.
Found this was cheaper than FortiFlora and decided to give it a try. It worked nicely and we're IntelliFlora people now
We LOVE this product!
My dog has suffered with diarrhea on and off for years! We are the typical group that's tried EVERYTHING with little to no success. Finally a friend recommended IntelliFlora to me and low and behold it worked like charm! We are so very satisfied with this product and would recommend it to anyone whose dog has the same problem!
Wow. All I can say is wow. This product is just awesome. The quality is excellent and my dogs are so used to it they won't eat until it's sprinkled on their food. I guess it's just become part of the meal to them which is so awesome. It was so hard to find a supplement for their digestion that they would actually take without turning their nose up. I'm so totally greatful for this product and to PSCPets.com
So happy to find this product!
I am so happy to find this product for my brothers boxer. He has been suffering from diarrhea on an off for as long as we can remember. I feel like we have tried everything and nothing worked. We had tried FortiFlora and it worked really well, but this product works, period. Plus I pay less!
Thanks for making a great product!
Thanks for making a great product. Because of the quality of Intelliflora, my cat's "eye condition" has cleared up and is maintained by daily use of your probiotic. I've used others, but have stuck with Intelliflora for many months now, and I consider it a daily staple for my senior cat's continued good health. Too often people like to complain, but I like to send kudos to those companies deserving as yours.
Good product, great price
Seems like a good product, been using the more expensive kind my vet sells sometimes, and this sometimes since it has more types of bacteria. My 2 kittens' constant loose stools seem to gradually be improving, slightly. I am going to add some digestive enzyme supplements as well, and see how that goes...... I did notice that if I give my kittens the full scoop, it seems like their gas gets worse-- since they are little, about 1/2 a scoop seems to be appropriate.
My Dogs and I Both Love this Product!
The first time I used this product it was an instant success! Both of my dogs thought it was an extra treat that was added to their food and didn't think twice about eating it. Plus, we live on a hobby farm and you never know what the boys get into while out on their various adventures and this product has help the stool inconsistencies as well, which makes cleaning up the yard so much easier. I would recommend this product to anyone!
Fixed my cat
My cat was throwing up 3 to 4 times per week despite eating high quality natural cat food (though the food has fixed other problems). I got a sample of Intelliflora in my last order and to my amazement the puking started to subside! I bought a full bottle and now sprinkle it on my cat's food daily. She hasn't vomited since. Excellent work on this supplement.
My cat loves it...THAT is a miracle!
My 15 year old siamese mix is THE most finicky cat in the world. About 8 months ago, she fell ill. The veterinarian recommended that we "put her down" due to a large mass in her lung. Being that she didn't get the chance to say goodbye to her best buddy, our 11 year old German Shepherd mix dog, we took her home for what we thought would be one last time.
During this critical period, we began to give her probiotics and a calorie supplement. Suddenly, a couple of days later, she began to improve! Over the course of the next two weeks, she managed to gain some weight back...in fact, she became achieved an even healthier weight level than prior to her illness.
A couple of months ago, I started giving her IntelliFlora for digestion & immune system functioning. I was skeptical at first as to whether or not she would eat a powder-based probiotic supplement. At first, I was mixing it in with soft food (which is more of a "treat" to her as she primarily eats kibble)...to my surprise, she gobbled it all up. In fact, she meows at me every morning, more or less saying "Dad! Give me my probiotics!!!"
This morning, we were out of soft food with which to mix the probiotics with, but she was still meowing at me to give her some. So, I thought "why not try giving her the IntelliFlora mixed with her hard food?" That's what I did, and she ate it all! This might not sound like a big deal, but if you knew my cat you would understand why it is!
This is a great product, and I honestly believe that it is the best probiotic supplement available on the market. Not only do I give it to my cat, I also give it to our dog. Fortunately, IntelliFlora has the best price when compared to other probiotics on the market as well.
A++ and 2 paw-thumbs up!
Must be yummy
My cat turned his nose up at every probiotic I tried to give him. But this stuff he likes. And it is helping with his hinky tummy. Good stuff.
Sadie, my Great Dane/Boxer has had a few digestive problems. She is very active, needs at least two runs daily, sometimes more and still wants playtime...she is 1-1/2 years and almost 80 lbs. Since she has a tremendous appetite and gets more than her share of treats daily, her stools are not as solid as they should be and she also requires anal expression approximately every other month.
Since I have been adding IntelliFlora to her breakfast daily, no more problems with diarrhea, however, we will continue to include in Sadie's diet on a maintenance program.
Thank you for a great product.
Great alternative to the product I've been using
I ordered Intelliflora after looking for a similar product online for a price that was cheaper than my vet offers. I found this, a comparable but even BETTER product, for a lower price. Besides the quality of ingredients I prefer the scoopable powder to the individual packets of the other product. I will definitely be ordering again soon.
Great product for great price
This product worked great! Helped my little labbie get her digestive system on the right track! I will order again if needed in the future.
Excellent product for my cat Baby!
Baby has an abdominal condition that is not fully understood by my various veterinarians he has seen in three states, and for the last 3 years we have tried various products to stopped his runny stools. He has almost died twice.
This product is excellent because it is so comprehensive. He has only been taking it for one month but I have seen some changes already. His stools are firmer. PLUS, he will lick the powder from on top of the food! It is great! And he is a picky eater.
I am very grateful for this product and so is Baby. Thank you. :-)
Our dog, Darcy, has colitis and has been on Flortiflora since she was a year old ( 5 years now). We're thrilled that Intelliflora works exactly the same for less money. You can't even tell we changed her probiotic. We're on our second order and have also referred a few of her friends to you. Thank you!!
Great product and super service!
My dog's IBD has greatly improved with the use of IntellaFlora. Service is excellent: fast shipping and receipt of orders. Highly recommend both product and seller!!!
My cat was having some serious digestive problems with diarrhea over a 4 day period. I took a stool sample to the Vet and it came back negative for everything. Morgan the cat 11-12 years old has been diagnosed with some type of inflammatory bowel disease.
After just 2 days of using Intelliflora all symptoms are gone and normal stools not once but twice a day. He is feeling much better.
He and his cat buddy Max both love the taste, and demand that I spinkle it on there food. Great product!
No more problems, new dog
My Eskie has always had runny stools. My vet sold me foriflora, and told me to use kaopectate along with it. I messed up my password & had to call in. The girl I got was telling me about Intelliflora. This is the best product I have ever had for runny stools, this is my 4th dog. Not only are her stools firm, after the second bottle she acts years younger and now plays most of the day. I no longer use Kaopectate since I am using this product. This has got to be the best product on the market.
Great product seems to be doing just what they said.
My cat "Paka" is a 14 year old American Bobtail purebred. For years he's been a 21+ lb kitty..... As he got older he seemed to lose his belly fat. Now a mere 10 lbs and having runny stools, I took him to his Vet. for blood work. Everything checks out fine. I E-mailed probioticsmart for questions about Paka's situation. they recommended Intelliflora. and it seems to be doing it's job.
I've been purchasing IntelliFlora for a while now because it really helps control my dachshund's IBS. In addition, this company offers quick, dependable service. Will continue to buy IntelliFlora from ProbioticSmart.com!!!!
Lifesaver for 16-year old large dog!
Our 16-year old Duke is an EXTREMELY picky eater. This summer after a bout with life-threatening diarrhea, we started him on Probiocin Gel. That brought him back!
Now, he gets IntelliFlora daily,. Unfortunately, he won't eat any kind of tablets, but likes the IntelliFlora powder mixed in with his meds in his daily "special treat". He licks the bowl clean! I won't miss a single day giving him this live-saving powder.
I puchased Intelliflora for one of my cats who had severe diarrhea. After taking him to the Vet for fecals to rule out the cause. They were all negative. He was diagnosed with a form of IBS. Within 36 hours of using the product his distress was completely over, with normal bowel movents since, now over a months use.
The taste must be great also, since he and his partner cat both demand that I sprinkle it in their food wet or dry.
This is one wonderful product., I would recommend it to all cat parents for increasing thier felines better nutrition and good health.
My cat has been on Intelliflora for two weeks and is tolerating it very well. I like the ease of putting it on his food and he likes the taste.
Your customer service representative was very helpful and walked me through the process of loging in and signing up for the review points.
Great for older dogs
My 14-yr old greyhound has more energy and has a better appetite while using this product. I highly recommend it!
My dog loves this he actually eats his food now he is still a bit fussy but if you would have seen him before. I really love this product.
Intelliflora is such a wonderful product that I had to reorder and continue it's use for my 2 cats. It is now helping one of my cats to shed some weight, about 1 pound over 6 weeks. My other cat is older with health problems and he has now added a pound of weight to his body after lossing as much to illness. Love Intelliflora!
This product really helps my dog with IBS. I use it daily. The service from PSCPets is fast and dependable. Couldn't be happier.
Cats like it, visible improvement
Had a cat that was losing weight, IntelliFlora helped him get back to a healthy weight. And his coat looks great.
Our Cavalier has been on FortiFlora for years. We switched her to Intelliflora and she is doing great. Everything comes so quickly and we are thrilled to save money.
IntelliFlora helps our elder cat with her appetite.
Good alternative option
I was using other probiotic powders for my cat's terrible gas problem, and came across a sample of this. It worked just as well, and is a little less cost. I've been using it ever since. Cat doesn't seem to mind the change, and she doesn't stink up the room anymore!
Excellent product that is much more cost effective than other brands. Having two dogs both with sensitive digestive systems can be frustrating and pricy. My pups have been using this brand since October and we have seen a dramatic improvement. I would definitely recommend this product.
My cats experienced horrible and intense intestinal difficulties after my carpeted living room flooded following the rupture of a 90-gallon salt-water fish tank. Two of them endured 24-hour-a-day hospitalization for over a week (vomiting and eliminating blood), and we could not get their watery stools stablized for a VERY long time, no matter what antibiotics or other treatments we tried. My vet recommended the addition of Fortiflora to their food every day, and they have been on that regimen for over 2 years. However, not long ago, I discovered Intelliflora, and added that to their diet as well. Since the addition of the Intelliflora, I have seen NOTICEABLE gains in their health, energy level, and ability to digest food and hold weight. I highly recommend this supplement.
What a find, learning about this probiotic. We had been using Fortiflora, from this very site, which has the best price anywhere, if you must know. Our Belgian needs the product, as recommended by our vet. I was even prepared to write a "PAWsitive" review for it, until you suggested we try INTELLIFLORA.. Not only does it double up the probiotics, it utilizes four strains instead of one with additional vitamin supplements, and NO animal digest.
A HUGE PLUS (+).. Within three days we saw an improvement in our girl, and our vet was very pleased with INTELLIFLORA. Usually they don't deviate from what they routinely sell, but not so with this suggestion. The product has all the right stuff. The right direction in the amounts used IN the product, (up) as well as a reduction in COST of the price of the product.
Delivery is lightning fast too! I don't go out of my way to submit reviews, but what a relief it is, that this product is helping our girl after such a short time. Trust me we have looked at all the possibilities out there, and this one not only makes sense, it works! That is the main thing.
We have a dog who obviously suffers from digestive upset, but thankfully we have found a product that HELPS! Thanks to you for suggesting INTELLIFLORA. Having tried other probiotics that use things I would rather NOT have my dog ingest, both my Vet & I are confident this product had merit, but seeing my dog 'take' to it, ON her food, was the 1st hurdle, But, then mainly, seeing IT WORK on my dog in a very short time (plusses in a few days time) was enough for us to order a 3 months supply for starters. Thank you for the additional discounts too. EVERY little bit helps, esp. When you have a pet who has special needs. bRAVo!
My cat had no problem switching from the more expensive Fortiflora to IntellifFlora
I switched my cat from Fortiflora to Intelliflora. He had no problem making the change and his intestinal problems have greatly improved.
Switched from Fortiflora to Intelliflora and the results were amazing! Fortiflora never seemed to help my dog very much and the amount you had to mix with food was excessive. Intelliflora only requires a very tiny scoop which is easy to mix with food.
Didn't work well for my dog
I had used FortiFlora with my senior dog, and was eager to try the benefits of Intelliflora (higher counts of active cultures). Unfortunately the product did not agree with his sensitive stomach. PSCPets.com was super to let me return the rest of the product and go back to FortiFlora, so I appreciate the excellent customer service.
My 4 year old boxer was diagnosed with stage III renal failure a year ago along with some digestive problems, our vet recommended Fortiflor along with renal mp food, we began using the Fortiflor with positive results ordering through pscpets. A sample of IntelliFlora came with our order of FlortiFlor so asked our vet if we could try it after getting a thumbs up from the vet we tried it and our girl is holding her own and gaining weight! Couldn't have asked for a better product!!
my dog has ibs and the med the vet gave me were so expensive. I tried this since it was cheaper and was basically the same product. It worked great almost better the the one the vet gave him.
My cat has IBS and this products really helps, not to mention my vet was selling me Forteflora at $2.00 per little packet...(30 packets per box @ $60) I found this online and my cat likes it better because he doesn't like the beef flavor in the Florteflora..and less expensive, you says it doesn't pay to shop around !!!
Love this product!!
My older dog has had tummy trouble for years and this did the trick!! No more diarrhea and she seems happier and more active. Works great and balances their intestinal flora.
I have a 2-yr old Bull Terrier. Switched from Fortiflora to Intelliflora and the results were amazing! Fortiflora didn't seem to work at all, and the amount you had to mix with food was a lot. Intelliflora only requires a very tiny scoop which is easy to mix with food
I have an 5 yr. old 18 lb. American Bombay male cat who has an extremely delicate digestive system. Very loose stools and odors until vet put him on a pro-biotic (brand name) and very expensive.
I have 2-cats feeding from the same source and multiple litter boxes cleaned 2/day.
I switched to a sample of Intelliflora several months ago when I purchase a re-supply of (name brand) and tried it. Both cats consumed Intelliflora and I have found it tightened up his stools and reduced the offense odors along with him using the litter boxes as opposed to the outside patio. I have purchased a 3-month supply and will continue to use this product as it appears to preform better and is less expensive. Will review again after 3 months to see if it continues to show benefits. Like the 1 gram dispenser better then the individual packets.
So worth it
I have a one year old collie who was having bouts of diarrhea, some bad enough that he had take a course of antibiotics. I started him on Fortiflora on the advice of my vet, and it helped a little bit. I did some research online and found Intelliflora, which not only has more probiotic content, but also does NOT have animal digest. Just a day or two after starting my dog on Intelliflora, his diarrhea disappeared and has not returned. In addition, there is MUCH less packaging. The bottle is recyclable and one doesn't have to mess around with little envelopes, so you can manage the amount you want to use. Basically - this stuff is really good. Can't recommend it enough if your dog has digestive issues.
HELP FOR HOSPICE DOGS
As a veterinary hospice nurse I often find that the patient is being over medicated and also being spoiled to death...literally, by well meaning but misguided owners. Owners think spoiling the dog in it's terminal state with all the foods it loves but has been denied due to health reasons is okay. Interestingly, if the case is truly not end stage then I have found that a new and better diet plan including pro-biotics, along with other enrichments, can improve an ill patients qualtiy of life, even fo the short term. With Intelliflora I have seen dogs' health and vitality turn around in 12 to 24 hours. This is not to say that pro-biotics will cure the disease or help every dog. However, it is my experience that dogs who are on a myriad of medications and most recently antibiotics, who are suffering from diarrhea with little response to prescription meds can possibly benefit from the addition of Intelliflora to their diet. I love the powder form because it's not another pill to add to the already huge arsenal of pills being taken by a sick puppy!
(always consult your veterinarian before adding anything to your pet's medical regime).
Love the product - my girls have delicate systems, so I am always happy to find something that will help them feel good and healthy. I have had some issues with the measuring thing within the bottle, it seems to flip out spilling some of the product whenever I open the bottle. It is me or have others encountered the same issue?
Great product for my kitty!
One of my two cats has always had loose stools, which also resulted in her walking around with a messy rear end. I tried some enzymatic stuff I found at a super pet store -- did nothing.
Then I found Intelliflora -- received a sample, I forget how. Within a week my cat started having way better, firmer stools and her bottom cleaned up as well.
Very, very impressed with Intelliflora! I'm so glad I tried this product before the vet emptied my bank account out with tests, trial foods, etc, etc etc. Thank you!
I finally found something that helps my fifteen year old dog's sporadic digestive issues!
Great alternative to brand name
I had been using Purina's version of digestive supplements but decided to try PSCPets IntelliFlora. I'm glad I did. The dogs love it just as much as the more expensive version. I won't be wasting my money on brand names. I'll stick to the PSCPets brand and use the savings to buy toys for the "kids"!
Excellent product! Easy to use!
I love not having to open individiual packets and it allows me to adjust the dosage as needed. Works just as well, if not better, than competitor brands.
best product ever
This is the 3rd time I've ordered this product, it's great. My two cats receive about 1/2 scoup every other day as aregular course. I give them 1 scoop-one gram- if the get diarreha. After a day it's usually regular bowel movement again. Darn the lizards, etc. that they insist on chasing.
My dog likes it while not liking other probiotics
My dog is very picky and I had to throw other probiotics on his food while he was eating because he didn't like them. With this probiotic, he eats his food with it on with no fuss. With his sensitive stomach, I'm glad I found a probiotic he does not turn his nose up at.
My dogs and cats like intelliflora a lot. One of my dogs has food sensitivities and easily gets an upset stomach. This does wonders very quickly with his loose stool. I plan to always have some of this on hand!
My finicky cat either didn't even notice, or he likes the flavor of Intelliflora. It has really helped firm up his stools. The cat has had diarrhea for years, no more... Thank you!
I love that Intelliflora doesn't have animal digest. My pets don't seem to mind the flavor change at all. My two dogs and 6 cats all like it. One of my dogs actually needs it due to food sensitivities. WIth the recalls, we've had to change his food and Intelliflora works like magic to control very watery stools. Highly recommend.
help post-antibiotic treatment
I am glad to have a good quality Probiotic always on hand. I have 2 senior dogs and various ailments crop up that require antibiotic therapy. The Intelliflora immediately brings tham back in balance.
Money well spent
Both of my cats get this product in their food once a day. My male cat has had issues with his digestion and since starting with FortiFlora, then using Intell/Flora now (much more economical) he has had no issues. Our little female eats it too, just because it's in the food. They both eat the food right up and appear to enjoy this supplement. I highly recommend it if you cat has bowel issues. I have been using it for over 2 years and will do so for as long as they live! Good poop is happy poop!
Better than Fortiflora
This stuff really works well. The fact that it only requires a small scoop mixed with food is really a plus!
Better than Fortiflora
Works great! Small scoop required is a big plus
Only thing that works
My dog Wallace is a nervous nelly and constantly suffers from diarrhea due to his stress. I was referred to this site by my vet who recommended fortiflora, but after reading the comparison between fortiflora and intelliflora it was an easy decision. Since I started giving Wally intelliflora his BMs are the most formed they've ever been. He enjoys the taste and I enjoy the result.
I had been introduced to Fortiflora and decided to switch to Intelliflora after one of my dogs suffered from a bought of food poisoning.It worked famously. He was feeling better in a couple days. My dogs are 13 and 10 and have continued this as part of their everyday regimen.
IntelliFlora has added months, if not years, to his quality of life
Teddy is a 13-year-old, 60 pound designed original. We refer to him as the flat-footed, sway-back, bow-legged boy with a rear club foot. As he has aged, regularity became a significant issue. Since we have been using IntelliFlora (at the recommendation of our vet), he has become far more regular and more in control. I honestly believe that it has added months, if not years, to his quality of life (and mine).
Our Yorkie was on Fortiflora as prescribed by the vet for recurrent tummy issues. I switched to IntelliFlora after reading reviews (it was also less expensive and easier to use) What a difference in our little guy's daily life. Won't skip a meal without adding this now and I always have an extra container for travel. He seems to love his food now since we've been adding Fortiflora. Thanks!
I was recommended this product by the breeder of my two Scottish Terriers. My problem was one of them especially he had a hard time with regularity. I also noticed that there was often times that his stool was inconsistent as well. I'm a firm believer that this product, used on a daily basis, created Regularity and consistency quickly. It has now become a daily additiv to their dinners.
Better than Forti Flora!
I wasn't at all sure about trying this product since I have used "Forti Flora" by Purina for both of my dogs daily for approximately 3 years with good results. The sample of IntelliFlora arrived with some other products I purchased from PSCPets.com. With the sample there were some educational materials comparing ingredients and the cost of IntelliFlora with FortaFlora. I researched the ingredients. The combination of the "better ingredients" along with the lower price made me curious to try IntelliFlora. I'm so glad I did because this product is superior to what I was using and costs less. It has been a win/win situation!
Only thing that helped.
My dog Wallace constantly has what's referred to as nervous diarrhea. I couldn't find anything to help him over come the stress that is put on his intestines due to all his nerves until someone recoomended fortiflora. I originally signed on to try that and then found this. Not only has it helped him to have more solid BMs on a regular basis but it is much better than the leading competitors nutrition wise. I give it to him everyday and have seen a remarkable improvement. He loves the taste of it and I love the result.
My vet recommended this product to help my dog who is on chemo medications and always had the diarrhea. The product has worked great.
Had cats suffering from diarrhea that nothing seemed to help, not antibiotics, not switching to a limited ingredient diet, NOTHING ... until I tried this product, that is! Now all four cats have properly formed stools and are holding their weight nicely. I add it to their dry kibble daily. They love it, and their all-around health has greatly improved. Highly recommended!
It's a success!
I wanted to update my review on this product. I've been using it for over 6 weeks now and seems to help keep my kitty regular for the first time in years. Easier to use than the other higher priced one, and seems to work just as well. Great price here too. The shipping rate is VERY reasonable and with my points earned for each person, I can deduct from my total bill which saves more MONEY! I am so glad to find this site and especially this product. Works great!
I received a sample of this and was reluctant to change from FortiFlora which my cat, who was 17 and had not been eating, loved. However, he liked this just as well and it provides more nutrition for less price.
Definite Improvement on my 16 yr old cat
I started using a form of this, in a higher priced "packet" type for my 16 yr old cat who had terrible smelling poo which was very runny. That seemed to help slightly. Then I ran into this cheaper, and EASIER to use by PSCPets and have seen DRAMATIC improvement overall. My cat is picky so I hide this in his wet food every morning and he doesn't seem to mind. This is not only cheaper but seems to work better and easy to dispense. Very pleased and will continue to order this one instead! I gave 4 stars because I've only been using this for a couple weeks. Time will tell...
My dog is very fickle but when you put this on his food he cleans the bowl. Love this product.
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Tips on Getting Pregnant
on Feb 06, 2012
by Larissa Belanger, RN
Trying to get pregnant? Read all about these 6 tips to getting pregnant fast to help you get started on the right foot.
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This is probably the biggest tip when it comes to getting pregnant. Sometimes it comes easily, and sometimes it doesn’t. When it doesn’t come so easily, you might have to step outside of your comfort zone and try things you wouldn’t normally try. In doing so, you can really help give yourself a better chance of getting pregnant naturally. Some of the things that you can do to help yourself include getting your body as ready as possible for a pregnancy, by eating right, exercising, and being active.
You can also help yourself by taking away things that could hurt your chances of getting pregnant. Things like smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, and even caffeine can all make it harder for you to get pregnant.
You might also want to start tracking and charting your cycles, so you can know for sure when you are ovulating. If you know when you are ovulating, you can have sex when you are fertile, making it easier to get pregnant. These are just a few tips of things that you can do yourself to help improve your chances of getting pregnant.
There are so many different alternative fertility treatment methods and ideas out there, there would be no way to even begin to cover them in this post. However, many people swear by these over the counter, natural, and cost effective ways to boost fertility. Some women swear by herbal supplements and fertility blends like Fertibella ConceiveEasy to help them improve their chances of getting pregnant. These are all natural blends of different herbal fertility remedies, vitamins and minerals that women (and men!) can take to improve fertility without going to a fertility clinic.
There are also other non medical ways to get help getting pregnant. Some women swear by acupuncture and massage to boost their fertility, and there are even fertility “diets” you can go on to make sure your body is getting all of the fertility boosting nutrients that it needs.
If you have been trying to get pregnant for over a year with no luck, even after trying non medical treatments, diet and lifestyle changes, etc, it might be time to seek the help of a fertility doctor. If your attempts to get pregnant are unsuccessful on your own, you might benefit from fertility treatments. Your doctor can perform tests to determine why you are having trouble getting pregnant, and can help you deal with those issues. There are many different things that fertility doctors can do to help you get pregnant, from fertility drugs like Clomid, to IVF and Artificial Insemination, and even donor sperm and eggs. Don’t be afraid to ask for help if you are having trouble getting pregnant. There are usually quite a few options that might be right for you, and doctors today can help almost any woman to find the option that works right for her, so that you can have the family that you have always dreamed of.
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Ms. Belanger has 20 years of experience in women's healthcare and nursing, including labor and delivery, postpartum and antenatal. She is passionate toward improving both maternal and fetal outcomes of high-risk obstetrics patients.
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Did the person(s) behind the creation of basketball ever think that it would be considered a sport for the people that are vertically blessed?
And that it would be one of the most annoying questions asked to those same vertically blessed people?
Suggested/Submitted by: Anonymous
According to research that let out we’re more likely to get cancer because we grow faster, have more cells, more stem cells and the latter.
But that doesn’t mean that the shorter you are the less likely you are to get cancer.
A lot in this day and age can cause cancer.
Submitted by dayanatuna
I still would never change being tall ever
The above comment.
We all just have our problems.
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Q: What you and your fellow cartoonists are doing on your trip to visit the troops is fantastic. How did that all come about?
A: Although he would be quick to try and pass off some of the credit to others, the driving force behind the National Cartoonist Society’s visits to wounded soldiers, veteran’s hospitals and more recently overseas troop locations is Navy Times/Broadside cartoonist Jeff Bacon.
Jeff is a retired naval captain and started his strip “Broadside” in the Navy Times in 1986 while still on active duty. The strip is about the lighter side of life in the Navy, and is well known among service men and women. After joining the NCS and attending a couple of Reubens, Jeff stood up at the business meeting in 2005 and asked what the NCS was doing for our military who were risking their lives so we could draw cartoons and enjoy our way of life. Jeff isn’t the kind of guy to just ask what can be done… he was challenged to come up with something that could be done and he rose to the task magnificently.
Initially there was no funding, so local cartoonists were organized to visit wounded warriors at places like Walter Reed and the Bathesda Naval Hospital in DC and the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where many of the soldiers injured in the combat zone get treated. Visits were also organized at smaller VA hospitals in other parts of the country. Cartoonists paid for their own expenses at first and the cost prohibited larger trips or travel, but the visits were very well received. The NCS was very much behind his efforts, especially president Jeff Keane (The Family Circus), in no small part because his father and The Family Circus‘s creator Bil Keane visited troops with other cartoonists during the Vietnam war. In fact the NCS was really created out of cartoonists trips to visit the soldiers and do “chalk talks” back in the 1940′s, so this was the organization’s real roots.
Eventually Jeff (Bacon) sought funding for the visits, and started trying to get enough financial support for a trip overseas to Landstuhl, Germany and the medical facilities there where the injured soldiers go immediately from the theater after being hurt. In October of last year, Jeff managed to raise enough funds all on his own to sponsor a trip for eight NCS cartoonists to DC/Landstuhl. I was one of those who went on that trip.
Our time with the soldiers on that visit made a real impression on the USO and the military brass there. We have been told numerous times that of all the celebrities that come and visit them, our group has been the most talked about and best received. I suspect it’s because we provide a lot more than just a photo op and a few minutes of banter. We spend time with these folks and create something unique on the spot, just for them, while we get to really hear their story and let them know how much we appreciate their service and sacrifice.
The USO took notice and through Jeff’s continued efforts and those of some of the top leaders of the USO, later trips have been sponsored almost entirely by the USO and the Entertainment section of the military, including another to Landstuhl with a different group of cartoonists last March. The cartoonists are going to be making regular trips overseas thanks to the success of our first few visits. This trip into the combat zone (“down range” as they say), which includes the original eight cartoonists from the first overseas tour and the additions of Garry Trudeau and Mike Ramierez, would not have been possible without the major involvement and sponsorship of the USO.
More importantly, none of it would be possible without the tireless efforts of Jeff Bacon. Thank you, Jeff.
Thanks to Grant Jonen for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar, e-mail me and I’ll try and answer it here!
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