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IYA2009 Update in the United States of America
2 August 2009
Puerto Rico celebrates the Moon landings
The Puerto Rican IYA2009 team have successfully organised a discussion panel celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Called "We Came in Peace For All Mankind", it was held at the Ateneo Puertorriqueño in San Juan on 12 July 2009. Panelists included experts in science, journalism, religion, and social sciences. A report on the event has been produced, and is available here: http://www.astronomy2009pr.org/Apollo11.html
Hubble's Diverse Universe Premiere Viewing
10 July at 7pm and 11 July at 2pm at MAAT Science Village, 408-14th St., Oakland, CA Hubble's Diverse Universe, a film by Jarita Holbrook and Romeel Dave, is a 45-minute documentary focused on the impact of the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA on the careers of individual astronomers. The film is supported by a NASA Education and Public Outreach Grant and the International Year of Astronomy 2009 USA. After the showing, there will be a question and answer period with team members. A one minute preview can be found here: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~holbrook/HubbleT.wmv and additional clips are at: http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling/hubbles-diverse-universe/
Year of Science
July is the Astronomy Month for the Year of Science. Doug Isbell and Jarita Holbrook are blogging for them, Andy Fraknoi has provided links and materials, and Denise Smith has written a special issue of their newsletter. IYA2009 is prominently mentioned. See: http://www.yearofscience2009.org/themes_astronomy/celebrate/ (and continue by pushing the next button).
ASP Updates
Astronomy Behind the Headlines. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is happy to announce the first episodes of Astronomy Behind the Headlines, a series of podcasts for informal science educators. Each month, we'll give you a look behind the latest headlines in astronomy and space science and provide links to related resources and activities so you can interpret these exciting topics for your audiences! Visit our webpage to listen to the latest episode, access related resource and subscribe via iTunes or XML: http://www.astrosociety.org/abh/
Simple Effective Education and Dissemination (SEED) grants for astronomy researchers available for 2009 from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Thanks to the support of the Planck and Herschel Missions, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific is offering SEED Grants for 2009 to active researchers in astronomy, astrophysics, or space science to engage in public outreach, K-14 formal education, or informal education programs or activities. Maximum grants are $2,500; funds may be used to purchase equipment related to the proposed EPO activity, or to defray expenses associated with carrying out the activity. Given the nature of the Planck and Herschel Missions, SEED Grant proposals involving cosmology, galaxy studies, solar system investigations, and space science will be given special consideration. Proposal submission deadline is July 31, 2009, with announcement of awards by September 15, 2009. To learn more and to review the simple guidelines for proposals, go to: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/grants/grants.html
New Higher Scholarship Funding Available for Two Days of Hands-on Astronomy and Earth-science Education Workshops for 4th -12th Grade Teachers and Others near San Francisco, Sept. 12 - 13, 2009. Thanks to generous supporters of astronomy education, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific is pleased to announce that scholarships to cover expenses up to $750 are now available for educators who want to attend a weekend of hands-on workshops and exciting science talks offered as part of the 120th anniversary meeting of the non-profit Society at the Westin Hotel near the San Francisco Airport in Millbrae, California. For more information, please go to the meeting web site at: http://www.astrosociety.org/events/meeting.html or go directly to the workshops page at: http://www.astrosociety.org/events/2009mtg/workshops.html New information and programme details will be posted as available.
Register for the ASP meeting in September. Just a reminder to register for the ASP meeting which will include IYA2009 sessions: http://www.astrosociety.org/events/meeting.html
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Obviously, the posts this tour have been few and far between. There are a number of reasons for that, including the massive amount of information and knowledge
I have been back in Afghanistan for about ten months now, and my perceptions have run the gamut during that time. There have been times that I have been so frustrated that I could spit. I have seen things from time to time that have just flat disgusted me. That being said, the overall trend is very positive.
I know that there are those who decry the changes in the Rules of Engagement that are nearly a year old now. Michael Yon has recently begun spreading what I can only describe as a meme about Soldiers patrolling around some corner of Afghanistan and being prevented by their command from chambering a round in their weapons. This is not and has never been the intent of COMISAF. If this is indeed true, which I have never seen or heard any evidence of, concealing the identity of the commander who has generated this type of directive is in itself a dangerous and irresponsible act. Personally, you would have to prove to me that anyone is actually doing that.
What I do see is more and more Soldiers and Marines doing their level best to apply creative solutions to complex tactical situations, both kinetic and non-kinetic. I see Soldiers and Marines, who could easily kill, sparing lives and leveraging local relationships by allowing communities to take a positive role in correcting their local citizens. A favorite example of GEN McChrystal, which I have personally heard him use, is the example of observing an individual emplacing an IED. In GEN McChrystal's example, there is a choice; you can kill the individual, or since you already know where the IED is, you can arrest the man, neutralize the IED, and take the man to the village elders and offer them the opportunity to sort him out. It's all about empowering the local authorities to make decisions and encouraging them to control their own populace. It's also about the second and third order effects of the perceptions of that populace about their security when gunshots and explosions ring out in their neighborhoods.
Like you, gunshots and explosions in the neighborhood doesn't make them feel safe.
Now, some may say that the live capture scenario would never work. The fact is that it's been used and it has worked. Or, you can do like one Marine unit in Helmand did recently and send a simple, one-line report.
Observed one individual emplacing IED. Engaged with Hellfire.
The Hellfire option does work to resolve the initial issue. It kills reliably. It is also the knuckledragger's first answer to the question. (This is not about Marines. The Marines are doing some really fine work in Helmand. Some units get it more than others, as is the case with the Army. It is about the action and the thought process, not the flavor of American servicemen involved in the incident.) Every action has second and third order effects. The knuckledragger will opt for the easy, pyrotechnic answer ("Ooooooh, sparkly!"). It takes much more thought and effort to use the other method. Now, granted, there is not always the opportunity to sort the man out while he still has all his pieces rather than just sorting the pieces of the man out later. But more and more often, units on the ground are making the harder call. That's just the beginning.
Last year, I wrote that there are many things in Afghanistan that are not best addressed by the Army or Marines. Stability Operations, and their subset, COIN Operations, require actions that are not typically military. As I pointed out before, Afghanistan has governance and economic development issues that the Army is not best suited to addressing. Other organizations, such as the State Department and USAID, had not been leveraged in Afghanistan. Just as we needed a military "surge," we needed a "civilian surge" as well.
The "civilian surge" has had some successes. A lot of bright, talented people have come into the country. Many came in with stars in their eyes and hearts full of noble purpose. Afghanistan quickly beats starry eyes out of a person. They either come to see reality or they quit. There are some self-evident examples of those who do not have the resilience, intelligence and courage to continually push against the seemingly Sisyphean rock, witness Matthew Hoh. Many of these bright, energetic people have come into the country with purpose and have integrated their spirit with the reality with very positive results. We need more of them, but the ones who have showed up are having some very positive effects. Using the District Stability Framework, they are doing systematic, logical program design instead of just going for the default answers typical of our earlier efforts; build a school, build a road, build a clinic.
These civilians brought capabilities that have expanded the capacity-building efforts necessary to heal Afghan society, the economy and establish governmental ability to provide basic services. Efforts at providing conflict resolution mechanisms that leverage traditional Afghan methods and structures are slowly chipping away at the primary service that Taliban shadow government has offered successfully in many areas; courts.
Are there still problems and misfires? Of course. But there are more instances of getting a 75% solution than there were several years ago. Is a 75% solution workable? Yes. You don't have to be a perfect counterinsurgent. You don't have to be faster than the bear. You just have to be faster than the next slowest guy. The insurgent in Afghanistan is not faster than the bear. The bear, in this case, is the populace. The populace, on the whole, doesn't like the insurgent, therefore the insurgent is inherently slow. You just have to be faster than a guy who has hobbled himself and continues to hobble himself. So, this bear prefers to eat the other guy, but will eat you if you insist on being slower.
There is still considerable corruption in the Afghan government. This is a big problem which must be addressed. Is it being effectively addressed? Time will tell. It slows efforts to fix what is wrong, and fixing these wrongs, addressing those grievances, removes any traction other than intimidation that the insurgency has. There are numerous stories of successes and failures at the grassroots level. While they resent high-level corruption, which seriously dilutes redevelopment efforts, the Afghan people are most affected by failures at the grassroots level. The corrupt sub-governor is more of a threat, because of his direct influence on the perceptions of people at the district level, than the ministry level official who is skimming from contracting efforts at a national level. Both need to be addressed, but the most direct impact is made on the people by sorting out the district level actors. That doesn't mean that both cannot be addressed simultaneously. There are signs of effort. Again, time will tell.
While there are examples of commanders who absolutely don't get it, (such as a brigade-sized element who used old counter-guerrilla doctrine as their basis for training and were subsequently kicked out of their assigned operational area due to their overly kinetic focus and the resultant backlash from the local populace and insurgents) there are more units who are making an honest effort at conducting effective COIN operations. This is a very positive sign. The multinational operational environment makes for some serious challenges, the British and French in particular are making progress with using doctrine consistent with COMISAF's intent. These are very positive indicators. I have had personal experiences with both and have worked directly with officers of the British and French armies both at the theater level schoolhouse and on the ground. I have generally positive experiences with them.
The best indicator of effort at the institutional level, as far as I'm concerned, is education and training. This is where many of the changes that are under way are first evidenced. Our own forces are the weather vane, but other nations are key as well. Institutional changes are very slow in coming. The Marines, with their smaller structure, find their ship easier to turn. The Army, on the other hand, is like turning a train where the tracks run straight. Very recent events are hugely encouraging. The Secretary of Defense just published a memo that puts in place a change mechanism to change the training model for units deploying to Afghanistan. I look for this to have a huge impact on the readiness of units deploying to the theater to conduct effective COIN operations by pushing the education to a point earlier in the deployment train-up cycle.
The effect of pushing the education piece earlier in the cycle is to inform training. Training is less effective without context. Putting the subsequent training into a context, a mindset if you will, educated in the principles that are to drive the behaviors will make the conduct more consistent. That's not the extent of it. The actual tasks are about to change, including the methods. Folks, we are seeing the development of task, conditions, standards-based training for COIN. This is the way that military forces know how to train.
In reality, it's the way that industry trains effectively as well. Industrial training methods are based on lessons learned from military training. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves. The military had to figure out long ago how to quickly and effectively train groups of people to do tasks consistently.
I've had a number of opportunities to see units in action on the ground from the organizational level to the dusty boots level. I've been in a position to hear directly the experiences of others just like me who have been elsewhere simultaneously. I have seen and heard the amazing successes and the abject failures. I am encouraged. I am disheartened to hear some reporters whose depictions are clouded by an apparent lack of counterinsurgent understanding and, in some casees what appears to be petulant anger. I am disheartened because the American people are searching for answers. Many thirst for understanding of what is happening on the ground. More than just individual stories of sacrifice, endurance and courage, the American people want to know; is this working? Are we making progress? What they have gotten is often not a coherent answer, and it is at odds with my perceptions.
I am encouraged. As an NCO, I have no right whatsoever to evaluate such an officer, but someone who knows has to say something out loud; there is no doubt in my mind that I am being led by the the right man for the job. There is no doubt in my mind that the General "gets it." There is no doubt in my mind that I can trust him. (I'm sure he will feel so much better to get my lowly endorsement.) There are many challenges to functioning effectively in such a joint, multinational environment, but there is progress. We are having positive effects on a much more consistent basis. Our training is about to take a quantum leap. There is improvement in the Afghan contribution to all three lines of operation; military/security, governance and development. It's not just an "Afghan face," it's increasingly Afghan solutions implemented with assistance… and sometimes without. It is hard. This summer will look, at times, desperate. That's because our enemy is feeling the pressure. Don't let the activity fool you. Look beyond it, and look beyond the desperate reporting as well.
We're not "there" yet, but we're making progress, and there is reason for optimism.
Funny, I thought you were an O. That'll teach me.
Few and far between is okay when you have posts like this Thanks for taking the time to do a "brain dump' for all of us. GEN McChrystal may not need your endorsement, but I'm reassured when someone like you gives it.
"Our training is about to take a quantum leap." That's the line that I find most encouraging Blue. Thanks for this. There has been so much crap reporting from Afghanistan lately that it's been very disheartening. As in the past, when you are optimistic then so am I.
Stay as safe as you can.
Now that Obama has telegraphed our Aug 2011 "run-away" date, why does any of this matter anymore?
The only thing left, is to pray that our warriors (one of them my Marine in Marjah) all come home alive.
Sorry to be a wet-blanket, but after cheering all you guys on since day-one, I'm kinda pissed.
so glad you put this out there. it is refreshing to hear from those who are THERE and who really KNOW what is what on a FACTUAL basis… and not those who express only opinion based on what they PERCEIVE is occurring. I trust your take on this… you have no agenda or financial stake in chaotic cries of "the sky is falling". thanks again, Blue.
Is this the direction America's forces should go? (I know they can for they can do anything.) But do we want to have a permanent base in Afghanistan? Is it best for our national security to have the military create (and become) USAID structure?
I realize the boys from Team Rubicon want to be of positive use, as do all our military personnel, but what of mission creep? You're looking at 10-20 years of a land of NGOs (and it hasn't worked out too well for Haiti). Should the U.S. military be building the structure upon which USAID and all NGOs sublease?
I keep thinking back to the Marshal Plan and MacArthur in Japan, but then we won the war decisively. I'm not saying tribes need to be demoralized but then they haven't exactly accepted defeat either. It's hard not to recognize our military far off while the enemy is flanking us on our southern border. People are moving freely with the poppy from Africa to South America, and past our porous border. Is COIN a mission too far?
Great post, brother!
I really needed it. I've been sticking with GEN McCrystal, but it's been hard.
I, and the men's prayer group at church, pray as a group for y'all every Monday night.
Many of us, in the rear with the gear, are staying watchful to ensure, as best as we are able, that Congress doesn't pull a Vietnam move on you. Drive on.
Good to see you writing again and going the distance on the truth and reality.


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Years later I was going down from the summit back toward the Bay Area. I was going about 20 to 25 mph in a snowstorm. The guy at the checkpoint was in a hurry because they were talking about shutting down Interstate 80. I had a four-wheel-drive go past me probably twice my speed. A short time later a CHP unit went past at a much safer speed.
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Recently I had the opportunity to visit Virginia wine country as part of the 2010 DrinkLocalWine.com conference. I had never been to Virginia before or visited a winery there, so I was quite excited as to what I would find. What I found was this sign greeting me at each winery I visited:
"Warning: Under Virginia law there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity."
Welcome to the winery!
I know what you are thinking after reading this. 'Among others?' Like what? For those of you keeping score at home that's three 'agritourisms' in the first sentence along with a healthy dose of 'inherents' throughout.
The bill requiring agritourism locations to have agritourism related signs regarding the inherent risks of agritourism was passed in Virginia in 2006. Discussing this sign with people at several local wineries, lettering on the signs is required to be a certain size, presumably so everyone is properly protected (I'm not sure we're talking about consumers here).
So what exactly is agritourism anyway? Virginia law defines agritourism as "any activity carried out on a farm or ranch that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to view or enjoy rural activities, including farming, wineries, ranching, historical, cultural, harvest-your-own activities, or natural activities and attractions. An activity is an agritourism activity whether or not the participant paid to participate in the activity." (Code of Virginia § 3.2-6400).
A 2009 press release from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is titled "See the sights as a Virginia agritourist this summer." However, it neglects to add "…AT YOUR OWN RISK!" Surprisingly, this same press release concludes by saying, "No special preparation needed to be an agritourist." This seems at odds with the warning sign which implies - at minimum – that a person should have a written will. The press release continues, "Just come as you are but be ready for a wonderful time down on the farm." I would add to this, "But remember that there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity!"
I found a summary of various state's legislation on agritourism here (no idea how up to date it is). Washington is suspiciously absent from this list. In a bad economy, this presents considerable opportunity for Washington State lawyers - as well as sign makers if such a bill were passed. For consumers, the risks of agritourism provide a compelling argument for visiting wineries in Woodinville instead of venturing out to the inherently dangerous vineyards east of the crest. It just might save your life.
Read more about Virginia's Agritourism statues here (Note: Opens .pdf).
Read a legal update from Tennesee here (Note: Opens .pdf).
Thinking of visiting a winery? Think again. It just might kill you.
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Virginia wine country as part of the 2010 DrinkLocalWine.com conference. I had never been to Virginia before or visited a winery there, so I was quite excited as to what I would find. What I found was this sign greeting me at each winery I visited:
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Jared Says:
Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside and puts you in the proper mindset to taste wine! The first time I see this at a Washington State winery, I'm holding you responsible, Sean!!
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Jared, please see my revised "About" section about the inherent dangers of reading agritourism related blogs. I cannot be held responsible. You read at your own risk.
Lynsey James March Says:
HAHAHA! What a great sign! Drink at your own risk, read at your own risk, sounds like the lawyers are at work!
Anonymous Says:
I'm am so tired of all the nonsense! Don't the big companies, lawyers and government have all our money already?
Anonymous Says:
well that's what insurance and supervision is for, the only sign I would put up is as follows. Name of winery... is not responsible for injuries caused to unsupervised children ! Now it's on the parents backs, plain and simple.
Linda Says:
Wow some ones lawyer got a hold of that. Did it have to be so wordy? I agree with what the above commentor says.. KISS :) Would be more pleasant.


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The Old "When in Rome" Excuse
Great article by Richard Cohen in today's New York Times about Microsoft's recent willingness to cave in to the Chinese government and shut down an MSN blog by a Chinese journalist that criticized the current regime. They, of course, follow Cisco Systems, which sells the equipment the Chinese government uses to censor the Web and Yahoo, who revealed the contact information for a dissident who is, as a result, now in a prison camp doing 10 years hard labor.
This is just the same old birthday suit on a new emporer. The Gap, Nike, Disney, Wal-Mart and scores of other corporations who farm out manufacturing to subcontractors in developing nations have used the same tired excuse: Sure, the working conditions are bad, the labor and evironmental laws are nonexistent, and the pay is paltry - but that's how everyone does it in (insert country here). It's a positively Clintonian splitting of factual hairs - we're not breaking any local laws, we're complying with the local custom. They conveniently ignore the moral implication if, say, the local custom is to whip children who don't meet their quotas. The same semantic jig is on display whenever one of these multinationals falls back on the old reliable "we don't own the factory, so we can't be held responsible for what a factory owner does."
It is remarkable, and remarkably sad, that companies like Microsoft who have grown incomprehensibly huge and prosperous precisely because of certain freedoms and ideals that make America great, yet they choose to sell out other freedoms and ideals when it is convenient. For shame.
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The Pelican Case: How to properly transport your PlayStation, Xbox or Wii
It makes me nervous when I have to transport my gaming console. Heck, it makes me nervous even bumping into it accidentally.
We have all heard or been a victim to the horror stories associated with consoles dying after being disturbed in any way. So it gives me shivers to consider traveling with one. Especially checking into baggage for a flight.
Well, I may have product which offers a little peace of mind.
Pelican offers a series of cases which I believe offer maximum protection. Take your gaming consoles and gear with you anywhere without fear of damaging or scuffing 'em up. Pair your favorite system with a virtually indestructible case. Watertight, crush proof, and dust proof protective solutions for a variety of game systems and portable gaming devices.
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If my plane goes down over a body of water, I'll have peace of mind knowing my gaming system will make it back to my son unharmed.
Seriously though, the cases are impressive and the website is extensive, offering a cases for just about anything one can think of, from laptops to camera equipment.
As I've never seen another product more protective than a laptop bag, they are worth checking out.


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What would Cheney do?
It took him a day or two to get started, but President Barack Obama this week signaled that he is going to follow the conventional Washington playbook for trying to tamp down scandal.
He has furrowed his brow, sacked an agency head, pledged transparency and cooperation with official inquiries and piously declared that no one is more troubled than him about any wrongdoing.
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There's no indication that Obama and his aides have paused to ponder the WWCD test: What Would Cheney Do?
( Also on POLITICO: Cheney on Benghazi)
The former vice president, through years of public statements and internal deliberations during the Bush administration, fashioned a distinctly different school of thought about how to operate in the midst of a Washington storm.
That philosophy, in a word: defiance.
Don't feed bodies to the Washington wolves through resignations and firings. The pack will just get hungrier. After Obama announced the IRS's acting director was resigning Wednesday, various Republicans called Thursday for a broader IRS probe, a special prosecutor and criminal charges to be filed.
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on the IRS)
Don't accept the premise of partisan critics and commentators that some controversy or another is genuinely a big deal. That projects weakness, demoralizes supporters and suggests the opposition is on the level, rather than driven by self-interest and hypocrisy.
Don't show transparency by turning over internal documents and e-mails to the news media and Congress. It's none of their business and weakens the constitutional prerogatives of the presidency. Note that the release of emails about Benghazi talking points only generated GOP calls for additional records from the aftermath of the attack.
What would Cheney do is not a question, to put it mildly, that Democrats are prone to asking. And Cheney's own history shows that his approach can carry big political costs. An aide and his daughter, Liz, did not respond to emails for comment.
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on Obama and Benghazi)
But as Obama's early moves so far have not notably succeeded in quieting the scandal dogs and allowing him to regain control of his public image, it invites speculation of what his options would look like if he applied Cheney-style logic to his current predicament.
*The uproar over Justice Department subpoenas of records of the Associated Press? This one is easy to imagine. Obama would say "Damn, right," and offer robust support for the idea of criminal probes of sources and news organizations who reveal national security secrets. There would be howls of indignation among Washington's chattering class, but probably considerable support among the public at large.
( Also on POLITICO: Why the GOP thinks it could blow it)
On Thursday, asked about this scandal, the president began with a Cheneyesque riff about prosecuting leakers ("I make no apologies") but then he muddied his answer by endorsing a law to shield the press from prosecutors.


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The Future of Magazines Is Squinty
In your wondrous Wednesday media column: a mobile phone-focused magazine launch, a J-school's magical new fee, Stefano Tonchi talks trash, a sluggish growth forecast, and Northeast recruiting explained.
- A bunch of hot shot journalists and editors and the former president of Newsweek are launching Nomad Editions, which is a weekly magazine designed to be read on mobile phones. If you don't read on mobile phones, well, now you know how mobile phone readers feel, about print magazines.
- The Berkeley Grad School of Journalism wants its students to pay a $5,000 "fee" now. What does this fee buy? The right to attend the Berkeley Grad School of Journalism. Doesn't "tuition" cover that? You future journalists are learning valuable lessons about the business world already.
- Stefano Tonchi, the new editor of W magazine, says of WSJ. magazine, ""They have been doing a magazine for a very boring readership." Burn. That's just one bit from this NYO story that very deftly manages to make the entire editorial leadership of W sound very bizarre.
- Private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson issues a media industry forecast every year which is really quite informative. Their latest projections: growth in traditional ad-driven consumer media is "expected to be sluggish at around 2.2 percent," well below average for the entire communications industry. Where's the big growth? In the boring stuff. "Business & Professional Information & Services will be the fastest-growing industry sector from 2009 to 2014." Read more here.
- "Why Aren't New York Start-Ups Recruiting in Boston?" Probably because Boston sucks big time.


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Depositing money into a savings account is only the first step toward personal finance empowerment.
The fees and features of that account are equally important to your saving strategy.
As the year begins, you should think about where your savings are and how they might best work for you, no matter what your age.
"Regardless of what age bracket you fall into, make sure your savings account fits your individual needs and that you're getting the best return on your money," says Greg McBride, CFA, Bankrate's senior financial analyst.
Those individual needs can vary as you get older. Whether your child is starting the first day of elementary school or you're starting your first day of retirement, here's a look at the best savings accounts based on age.
Age bracket: Toddlers to teens
Account: Basic savings account with a parent
Many banks offer low-cost or free savings accounts for minors that allow parents to guide their children through the basics of smart money management. The accounts typically require a parent or guardian to open the account in the child's name and allow the adult to show the child or teen how saving works.
While personal finances may not be the first thought on a preschooler's mind, it's never too early to teach children about the importance of paying themselves first, says Erin Constantine, senior vice president of consumer deposits for Wells Fargo.
"It's important to incorporate an automatic savings plan from an early age," Constantine says.
That plan can be as simple as automatically transferring $1 from a monthly allowance into the child's savings account, and Constantine says those little lessons can make a big difference down the road.
Age bracket: 20-somethings
Account: Online savings account
As an emerging generation of savers gets more tech-savvy, online-only banks, also known as direct banks, offer savings accounts that give account holders a place to grow their money without having to go to a physical banking location.
"Many millennials will only ever bank online and via their mobile devices," McBride says. "They may never go into branches."
That lack of branch interaction can reward 20-somethings with more than a digital banking experience. Jessica Howell, associate manager of public relations at Ally Bank, says direct banks do not have the same overhead costs as traditional bank branches. Lower costs allow direct banks to pass on perks such as no minimum balance requirements and no monthly maintenance fees.
Age bracket: 30-somethings
Account: Brick-and-mortar money market savings account
Savers who are on the path toward making bigger decisions about what to do with their money may want the ability to go beyond an online relationship with their banks.
"Having the ability to go into your local branch and talk to a banker remains an important part of personal finance planning for many consumers," Constantine says. "A lot of people want the ability to have a face-to-face conversation with an expert."
Constantine says mature savers should consider how they will use their tax returns or annual bonuses to help accelerate saving toward bigger items, such as a new home or a college education.
Many traditional banks offer money market savings accounts that reward consumers with higher interest rates based on the balances of their deposits. Those tax returns and bonuses can help account holders reach higher tiers of interest potential.
Age bracket: 40- and 50-somethings
Account: High-yield savings account
As savers mature, Constantine says it's important to consider more than automated transfers into a standard savings account.
"Fast forward into your 40s or 50s, and it may be time to think about moving into an account with a higher interest rate," Constantine says.
"Every few basis points make a difference," McBride says.
The national average annual percentage yield, or APY, for savings accounts is 0.11 percent, according to Bankrate.com data, but some online banks offer rates nearly 10 times higher than the average. As you move closer to retirement, that accelerated earning potential can help increase your liquid savings cushion.
Age bracket: Retirees
Account: Online IRA savings account
While millennials may be known as the tech-savvy generation, more and more seniors are starting to see the benefits of an online savings account.
"The notion that retirees are sticklers for a local branch presence is highly overrated," McBride says. "Online is the preferred channel for banking interaction across all age segments."
Online banks have recognized that seniors want tech-savvy saving solutions, too, and some Internet-based institutions offer individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, to keep retirement savings safe while helping account holders earn higher interest rates on their low-risk savings.
"Having a competitive earning potential on the cash account within the IRA can be very important to retirees," McBride says.
This story was originally published by Bankrate.


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Portland State University's Student Health & Counseling (SHAC) Dietitian Jordann Kearns was named the 2012 Young Dietitian of the Year by the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
"Jordann has brought so much to SHAC with her work on intuitive eating, eating disorders, and overall patient care," said Mark Bajorek, MD, Director of Health Services for SHAC. "At PSU we know that Jordann is amazing, kind, and considerate, and we are very excited that the whole Oregon Academy now knows."
In addition to working at SHAC, Jordann also does relief work for Providence Hospital and is a Columbia River Eating Disorder Network Board Member. In 2004 she traveled to Washington D.C. with the Eating Disorder Coalition to lobby congress to pass a bill that would require insurance to cover Eating Disorder treatment. Jordann also helped launch the first Intuitive Eating support group on PSU campus. The program has been so successful, that a second Intuitive Eating group was started this Spring.
Jordann earned her BS in from Oregon State University in 2004. In 2006, she completed the OHSU dietetic internship and started working at SHAC later that year. Jordann has been a volunteer Dietetic Internship Preceptor for OHSU, helping to educate the future of dietetics. She has also started a website called www.PortlandRD.com that helps to connect Portland dietitians to one another. In her spare time, Jordann enjoys photography and learning Photoshop and web design. She loves cycling and yoga, especially prenatal yoga as she waits for her first daughter to arrive.
Student Health & Counseling
The Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) is a community-based health care organization that provides high quality, accessible mental health, physical health, dental, and testing services targeted to the needs of the PSU student population. SHAC supports the University mission and collaborates with University staff and faculty to support student success. For more information visit www.pdx.edu/shac.
Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is an affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, with more than 700 members working in a wide array of settings. Their mission is to empower members to be leaders in food and nutrition and optimize the health of all Oregonians through food and nutrition. For more information visit http://www.eatrightoregon.org/.


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Apple, Samsung Call Patent Truce Outside U.S.
Smartphone Giants Agree to Dismiss Disputes
The two technology giants agreed to dismiss all patent disputes between them in courts outside the U.S., marking an easing of tensions between the bitter rivals of the smartphone wars. The agreement affects disputes in eight countries.
Apple and Samsung said they would push ahead with the most high-profile cases taking place in the U.S.


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Choosing the right birth control pill can be a challenge. Learn the pros and cons of different types of birth control pills.
If you're considering taking birth control pills, you're not alone. Birth control pills are some of the most popular contraceptives. And for good reasons — they're effective and easy to use. The variety of birth control pills available, though, can seem daunting. Fortunately, they can be sorted into just a few categories to make it easier to assess your options.
There are two main kinds of birth control pills — combination birth control pills, which contain estrogen and progestin, and the minipill, which contains only progestin.
Combination birth control pills come in different mixtures of active and inactive pills, depending on how frequently you want to have periods:
Combination birth control pills are also categorized according to whether the dose of hormones stays the same or varies:
Combination birth control pills that contain less than 50 micrograms of ethinyl estradiol, a kind of estrogen, are known as low-dose pills. Women who are sensitive to hormones may benefit from taking a lower dose pill. However, low-dose pills may result in more breakthrough bleeding — bleeding or spotting between periods — than do higher dose pills.
The minipill doesn't offer as many choices. There's a single mixture and formulation, and all the pills in each pack are active.
Combination birth control pills suppress ovulation — keeping your ovaries from releasing an egg. Combination birth control pills also thicken cervical mucus and thin the lining of the uterus (endometrium) to keep sperm from joining the egg.
The minipill thickens cervical mucus and thins the endometrium — preventing sperm from reaching the egg. The minipill also sometimes suppresses ovulation. Unlike combination birth control pills, the minipill doesn't contain estrogen. The progestin dose in a minipill is also lower than the progestin dose in any combination oral contraceptive pill.
No. Your health care provider will ask about your medical history and any medications you take to determine which birth control pill is right for you.
Your health care provider may discourage use of combination birth control pills if you:
Your health care provider may discourage use of the minipill if you:
You have many options for birth control. If you choose to take birth control pills, work with your health care provider to decide which type of birth control pill is right for you.
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Dan Haggerty, the bearded US actor who starred in the film and TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, has died aged 74.
Haggerty died at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Centre in Burbank, California, according to his manager, Terry Bomar. He had been battling cancer of the spine.
Born in Pound, Wisconsin, the actor had minor roles in such films as Easy Rider and the Elvis Presley musical Girl Happy before playing the title role in the 1974 movie loosely based on the life of Californian frontiersman James "Grizzly" Adams.
One of that year's biggest cinema hits, the film told the story of a woodsman who flees into the mountains after being wrongly accused of murder, going on to adopt an abandoned grizzly bear cub.
A TV show of the same name also starring Haggerty made its debut in 1977, clocking up 38 episodes before ending in 1982.
Haggerty's other TV credits include The Love Boat and Charlie's Angels.
The actor had a lifelong affinity for wild animals and worked as a trainer for Walt Disney Studios.


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Houston PyCamp :: January 8-12, 2007
PyCamp raised $1800 for the newly formed Houston Zope and Python Users Group!
PyCamp was developed and tested by TriZPUG and has been proven effective. TriZPUG is pleased to bring PyCamp to Houston with the help of a PyCamp alum from the University of Houston Southwest Technology Center, Mali Ozbay. PyCamp taught Mali functional programming with Python. Mali was so thrilled, he wants to bring PyCamp to Houston. Proceeds from PyCamp will be used to fund a Python Users Group in Houston.
Photos • Movie • When and where? • How to register? • Is PyCamp for me? • What to expect? • Who sponsors PyCamp? • Who is your instructor? • What you need to bring? • What you need to do to prepare? • What about a flyer? • Who's coming to PyCamp?
For more information, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
When and Where
232 Philip G. Hoffman Hall is a state of the art high technology classroom. There are wired 100Mb Ethernet connections and grounded AC power outlets at every seat. A video projection screen monitors the presentation computer at the front of the room.
Boot Camp consists of two parts:
How To Register
Registration Is Closed!
The registration schedule was:
Complete by December 15, 2006 for early bird registration ($300).
Complete by December 31, 2006 for regular registration ($350).
Complete by January 5, 2007 for late registration ($375).
Qualify Yourself
Do you:
If you answered "Yes," then PyCamp is probably for you.
What To Expect
Check out the PyCamp final syllabus. This syllabus has been revised due to testing during the first TriZPUG PyCamp. It reflects what beginners can be reasonably expected to usefully comprehend and retain in one week. Syllabi for Advanced PyCamp and SciPyCamp are also linked on the PyCamp syllabus in order to show the forward progression of the TriZPUG pedagogy. Successful PyCamp alums are encouraged to enroll in Advanced PyCamp and then SciPyCamp.
PyCamp represents a unique pedagogical approach. You will learn:
PyCamp Sponsors
Houston PyCamp is sponsored by The Texas Learning and Computation Center (TLC2). TLC2 fosters and supports interdisciplinary research, education and training in computational sciences and engineering through centers, laboratories and individual faculty initiatives. TLC2 has state-of-the-art computation, visualization and educational facilities for environmental studies, biological, biomedical and energy research, undergraduate and graduate education and teacher training.
Houston PyCamp is also sponsored by Enfold Systems. Enfold Systems delivers complete solutions for clients around the world. From support services to scalable websites, from custom applications to intranets, our extensive consulting and development experience will help ensure your success. Get Enfold Systems working on your solution!
Houston PyCamp is also sponsored by Continental Airlines. Continental Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 3,200 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 151 domestic and 136 international destinations. More than 400 additional points are served via SkyTeam alliance airlines. With more than 44,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with Continental Express, carries approximately 61 million passengers per year. Continental outranked all other U.S. carriers to be chosen as the Best Airline for North American Travel in Business Traveler magazine's 2006 Readers' Choice Best in Business Travel Survey.
If you or your organization would also like to sponsor PyCamp, please email email@example.com.
Your instructor
Your instructor is Chris Calloway, applications analyst for the Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System at the University of North Carolina and is a TriZPUG organizer and open source activist. Chris taught the original PyCamp and has organized many boot camps and sprints for TriZPUG. Chris has been developing in Python for seven years and has 27 years of of IT experience, primarily for IBM. Chris has previously developed and taught 40 hour courses in Java technology.
What You Need To Bring
What You Need To Do To Prepare
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Print out the flyer and help publicize PyCamp in Houston.
The list of participants is updated daily during the registration period.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College wrestler Charlie Huff has been selected as the Heritage Community Bank Student-Athlete of the Month for March 2014.
Huff became the first Coker wrestler to qualify for the NCAA National Championship in March. He finished fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regional and fell just short of being named an All-American at the NCAA National Championship. Thanks to Huff's leadership the Cobra wrestling team completed its inaugural season ranked No. 33 in the nation.


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In 1902, an advertisement ran in a local newspaper that, shockingly to our modern ear, read as follows:
"In girlhood there is a great need of motherly watchfulness and care. A growing girl needs all her strength, and if she is nervous and melancholy, and loses appetite, there is surely something wrong. This is especially true as the young girl approaches that important period of change when the womanly function is established. Timely care and proper treatment at this period may save much after suffering.
"The best medicine for girls who are nervous, melancholy, and irregular of appetite is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It cures nervousness, dizziness and melancholy, promotes the appetite, and gives the body robust health. There is no alcohol in "Favorite Prescription" and it is entirely free from opium, cocaine, and all other narcotics."
The patent medicine that was commercially known as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was immensely popular at the time. Dr. Pierce's Buffalo, New York-based company sold nearly two million bottles per year for numerous years. Undoubtedly, many mothers my area partook of the advertised product.
While perhaps the entire ad was in many ways disturbing, the last sentence may have particularly piqued your curiosity. Advertising that it was free of opium and cocaine?
This was economically necessary at the time, as the nation's foremost family magazine, The Ladies Home Journal, published in the same year a scathing expose on the product. In it, it was revealed that an independent lab analysis had determined the medicine's all-botanical ingredients: savin, cinchona, agaric, cinnamon, water, acacia, sugar, digitalis, opium, oil star anise and alcohol.
Dr. Ray Vaughn Pierce, a licensed physician and free enterprise mail-order pharmacist who was also elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (but, ironically, had to resign at the age of 40 due to "ill health"), promptly sued the magazine for $200,000 over the article which he deemed libelous. He insisted that his concoction did not, nor did it ever, did contain alcohol, opium or even digitalis.
The Journal did all it could, chemically sampling hundreds of bottles, but found no opium or alcohol. The courts sided with Dr. Pierce; the Journal backed down and paid up. It was later determined that, not being at all regulated, Pierce had simply discontinued the inclusion of the narcotic and spirits after the original analysis and prior to the Journal article.
While it was not unusual for a patent medicine to include an extremely potent and addictive narcotic such as opium (from which heroin is derived), it did perhaps explain the product's vast and long-term popularity. It must be remembered that even an iconic product such as Coca-Cola, in 1902, still contained – for proprietary reasons – traces of the extract of coca leaves, cocaine.
However, the real controversy about this fashionable product was shadowed by the looming debate over the narcotic. Little known to many, it was the herbal contents that were perhaps the basis for the commercial demand for the medicine by mothers purchasing it for their daughters. Some of the herbal ingredients were fairly benign:
Herbalists claim that oil star anise promotes proper digestion, cinchona produces a chemical in the body similar in nature to quinine that acts as a natural painkiller and agaric (produced from deadly poisonous mushrooms) inhibits perspiration. In a world that was pre-antiperspirant, young women must have coveted this effect. Digitalis is well know for its ability to increase blood pressure while decreasing pulse rate, thus perchance calming all those poor nervous young ladies.
More sinister though are the last two. Without much doubt, mothers – far more knowledgeable of herbal remedies than today's counterparts – knew of the effects of these plants and winked at each other as they insisted their daughters take the elixir for their 'feminine problems'. Acacia is believed to dampen sexual appetite and response. Then there is savin...
Savin has been used for thousands of years; it is believed that the Romans discovered the extract of the European juniper berry's effects on the female body. Medicinally, it is known as a strong emmanagogue. That is a fancy word for anything that induces menstruation. If this savin-based medicine were taken regularly by a young woman, even if she were to have an egg fertilized, it would not implant. She would always menstruate. In theory, she could not get pregnant.
Our world, which wrestles with the morality of everything from birth control pills to the morning-after pill, is often thought to be radically dissimilar from 'the olden days'. Perhaps, we are not all that different.


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In early February I received some interesting information from PTC touting its plans for making some of its PLM offerings available to mobile users. At that time, PTC said:
"Mobility and mobile applications have a way of impinging on our daily lives – for better or worse – more so today than ever before. Whether it is keeping a global project moving during your time zone's "off hours," being able to access all the relevant data and product code while out in the field, or accessing product data on your mobile phone, there is just no denying the presence and impact of mobility.
In fact, according to IDC research, by 2014, 46% of employees will be mobile only. Which means that by 2014, vendors need to be able to supply reliable, scalable, affordable mobile applications that can support 46% demand and usage. Couple this with a workforce of young professionals who want, expect and need a modern, mobile infrastructure.
And then you can start to imagine these apps:
- Mobile PLM for the engineer
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4 Bar 4 Ranch named one of Colorado's most endangered sites
Colorado Preservation, Inc, has announced that the 4 Bar 4 Ranch, located on the west side of County Road 5 in the Fraser Valley, is one of five most endangered places in Colorado.
The organization made its announcement during a Feb. 6 luncheon in Denver. Governor Hickenlooper also proclaimed Feb. 6 Colorado Preservation Day during the luncheon.
The 320-acre 4 Bar 4 Ranch was homesteaded in 1895 by Dick McQuery to provide a stop for travelers on the Georgetown Stage Line that traveled through the ranch from Idaho Springs to Hot Sulphur Springs over Berthoud Pass.
The two buildings that still stand on the ranch, which is currently owned by the Stagecoach Homeowners Association, have fallen into disrepair with their roofs caving in and the structures themselves nearly falling down.
Thanks to the recent designation as one of Colorado's most endangered places, the homeowners association that owns the building can now begin to raise funds to repair the buildings and designate them as a historical site.
The association now plans to create a nonprofit organization for the buildings, which they hope will aid in raising funds to refurbish the buildings and make them accessible to the public, said John Hart, president of the Stagecoach Homeowners Association.
While the label as one of the most endangered places in Colorado does not provide any funding to maintain the site, it does open some doors to funding and grant opportunities, according to Hart.
"The award is the first step, but the work is ahead of us to set up the nonprofit and raise the outside funds and get other people involved," he said.
The homeowners association inherited the ranch property when the property was first purchased, though it has been tough for the HOA to identify funding sources to maintain the buildings, according to Hart.
"Taking the property out of private hands and putting it into a nonprofit not only allows fundraising to be more efficient," Hart said, "but it also allows us to get contributions from people outside of the neighborhood and it also turns it into a public property."
Preserving Colorado's past
Colorado's Most Endangered Places Program involves, to date, 101 historic resources across the state. The program has a wide reach, with sites located in 47 of the 64 Colorado counties. As of today, a total of 101 sites have been highlighted through the program and only six have been lost to demolition.
"We have selected five diverse sites this year that span from Colorado's earliest history to the most recent," said Rachel Parris, programs manager for Colorado Preservation, Inc., in a press release dated Feb. 6. "In addition to the threats of neglect, deterioration, and natural weathering, (building sites in) the state of Colorado (were) plagued by fire and floods this year, further threatening the great resources found across the mountains and plains. Colorado Preservation, Inc. devotes staff time and resources to raise funds and rally concerned citizens so that listed as well as unlisted sites can be saved. We are proud to be able to work within communities as issues and threats arise in order to advocate for preservation throughout the state."
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Vancouver Coastal Health's Dr. Max Cynader, Director, The Brain Research Centre of UBC Neuroscience explains how much the food you eat affects your brain activity.
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Cole & Mason Electric Salt & Pepper Mills
With these battery-powered mills you can dispense salt or pepper ground to your desired coarseness at the touch of a button. A mini light illuminates the area below the mill – handy for twilight grilling and candlelit dinners.
- Easy push-button operation.
- Stainless-steel body with a brushed finish.
- Durable carbon-steel grinding mechanism for pepper and salt.
- An acrylic window displays the contents and fill level.
- A mini light illuminates food below the mill as you grind.
- A Williams Sonoma exclusive.
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- 8 1/2" high.
- Made in China.
Use & Care
- Uses six AAA batteries (included).
- Wipe clean with a damp cloth.
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This item is shipped from our warehouse by UPS to arrive within 3-5 business days of our receiving your order.
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Orders received by 9:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
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Caught this tidbit in the publication Seattle Weekly Monday regarding Portland, Ore., band Duck. Little Brother, Duck!
(If you're not familiar with the band, the capitalization and punctuation like that are stylized, so don't be confused — "Duck. Little Brother, Duck!," just like that, is all one proper noun. OK, moving on…)
In the short Q&A with band guitarist and vocalist Jon Scheid, the musician says his favorite line in his favorite song, "Calvin Young," recalls a trip the four-member group took across country to the original American Portland, here in Maine. It's not the sort of thing Maine's largest city hopes to be immortalized in song for, but it doesn't sound like the stench of the occasion ruined Scheid's impression of the place.
I'll let him explain, in an excerpt from the Weekly:
My favorite line in the song is "The chandelier drips water from the bathroom above. The murky tile. Go back to sleep." It is a reference to a house we played and stayed at in Portland, Maine. We were getting ready to sleep when the toilet upstairs flooded and water literally began to waterfall through the floor upstairs and down the chandelier into the kitchen. The people in the house were very nice, and were frantically trying to stop the flow of water. They came into the living room where we were sleeping and said, "Don't go into the kitchen, go back to sleep." The smell was horrible. It is still a really funny memory for all of us.
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A year after the flooded toilet incident, the band went back and played the song in Portland, Maine. Sounds like everybody had a good laugh about it in hindsight. Again, here's Scheid from the Weekly:
My favorite time playing it was when we were in Portland, Maine, playing in the same house that the song had been written about just a year earlier. Pretty much all of the same people still lived there, and it was a really funny thing (even for them in retrospect), for us to all get to reminisce about.


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Adult Temper Tantrums
Stephen's RageLaurie and Patrick say their 25-year-old son, Stephen's, rage is so out of control that they're afraid he'll kill them if something doesn't change. They say Stephen, who is unemployed and lives with them rent-free, has destroyed their house, stolen from them and even threatened to shoot them in the head when they refused to give him gas money. They say when Stephen doesn't get his way, there's no stopping his rage. "The word no just sets him off," Laurie says.
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"When he's in his rage, he acts psycho," Patrick says.
"His face turns beet red, and you can see veins popping out of his forehead," Stephen's brother, Kyle, says. "He broke my mom's laptop. He's broken dozens of phones. The list goes on and on."
Stephen explains that when he's in a rage, he feels like he blacks out and can't control himself. "The consequences don't even cross my mind," he admits.
Laurie says Stephen steals from anyone and everyone." She says he's stolen her GPS, checks out of her checkbook and designer handbags and wallets. As a result, she says she now hides her purse and other valuables in her room at night and is afraid to leave Stephen alone in the house. "I work at home because I don't feel comfortable going into the office while he's here rummaging through our house, trying to find items to sell." She adds, "He thinks he's entitled to it."
Dr. Phil tells Stephen that he's behaving like a child. "This is a grown-up tantrum. We call it rage when people grow up," he says. He turns to Laurie and Patrick and says, "Kicking you in the shins [as he did when he was a toddler] has now become, 'I will now shoot you in the head; I will yell at you; I will scream at you; I will break these things.'"
He adds that Laurie and Patrick need to stop enabling Stephen and start holding him accountable for his actions — and kick him out of the house, if necessary. "That goes against every instinct of a parent," he adds sympathetically. "This is not a happy alternative, and I hope we can negotiate something short of that."
"I know we created a monster. We just don't know how to correct it," Laurie responds. "I give into [Stephen] because I'm afraid of him, and I don't know what he will do."
Dr. Phil tells Stephen that he'd like to arrange for him to go to the PNP Center and have a thorough, multi-faceted evaluation to find out what's causing his outbursts and teach him how to control them. "I think you get into neurological storms that you experience as blackouts, and I want to teach you to soothe yourself and calm your brain," he tells Stephen. "I'm going to teach you how to spot them and stop them before they start." He adds that he'll also provide Stephen with a life manager, who will help him set up short-term and long-term goals and get his life back on track.
"If you remain under [your parents'] roof, it will be because you earned that privilege by respecting the rules of the house and treating these people with dignity and respect," he tells Stephen. "If you violate that, then they're going to go drop you somewhere and let you make your own way." Stephen and his family accept the help.
Justin's DrinkingTwenty-one-year-old Jessica says her 26-year-old fiancé, Justin, is a great guy when he's sober but becomes violent and abusive when he drinks, and their relationship is on the brink of disaster. "He gets very violent and aggressive, and he breaks things," she says. "He'll punch holes in the walls. He's kicked in the door."
"I have a really short fuse," Justin admits.
On the night before her son's third birthday party, Jessica says Justin passed out on the living room couch after a night of drinking and awoke violently the next morning. She says he threw a vodka bottle across the room — just missing her son's head.
Justin admits to tossing the bottle, and says he was angry because Jessica pulled the blankets off of him.
When Jessica was three months pregnant, she says Justin spit on her and pushed her after she confronted him about text messages from other women. She says she called the cops, and he was arrested.
"I went to jail for the night, and that pissed me off because I don't think it should have gotten to that point," Justin says.
Justin says his drinking isn't their only issue. "Jessica is always accusing me of talking to other women," he explains. "I hate that, because I'm not." He says that Jessica has also violated their trust in the past by posting "raunchy" messages along with photos of herself online.
Jessica says she hasn't posted anything since and that she gave Justin access to all of her accounts shortly after that incident — something she says he hasn't reciprocated, which makes her suspicious.
"He's not a teenager anymore. We have two kids together. He needs to grow up," Jessica says.
Dr. Phil offers Justin help in gaining control of his alcohol problem. He also tells the couple that they need to start behaving more maturely.
"I've done some foolish things, and I need to stop; otherwise I'm going to lose [Jessica], and I love her to death," Justin says.
Jessica agrees to make some changes on her end, and Justin agrees to get help for his drinking.


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ACIs are stored in the aci operational attribute. The aci attribute is available for use on every entry in the directory, regardless of whether the aci attribute is defined for the object class of the entry. The aci attribute is multi-valued, therefore multiple ACIs can be defined for the same portion of a directory.
ACIs can be used to control access to the following portions of a directory:
The entire directory
A subtree of the directory
Specific entries in the directory, including entries that define configuration tasks
A specific set of entry attributes
Specific entry attribute values
ACIs can be used to define access for the following users:
A specific user
All users belonging to a specific group or role
All users of the directory
A specific client identified by its IP address or DNS name
ACIs can be created at any node in a directory tree, including the root DSE.
The scope of an ACI can be the target entry, the target entry and its immediate children, or the target entry and all of its children. When no scope is specified, the ACI applies to the target entry and all of its children.
When a server evaluates access permissions to an entry, it verifies the ACIs for the entry and the ACIs for the parent entries back up to the base of the entry's root suffix. ACIs are not evaluated across chained suffixes on other servers.
Access to an entry in a server must be explicitly granted by an ACI. By default, ACIs define anonymous read access and allow users to modify their own entries, except for attributes needed for security. If no ACI applies to an entry, access is denied to all users except the Directory Manager.
Access granted by an ACI is allowed unless any other ACI in the hierarchy denies it. ACIs that deny access, no matter where they appear in the hierarchy, take precedence over ACIs that allow access to the same resource.
The Directory Manager is the only privileged user to whom access control does not apply. When a client is bound to the directory as the Directory Manager, the server does not evaluate any ACIs before performing operations.
In previous versions of Directory Server, ACIs could not be added or deleted directly under the root DSE. Now this limitation has been removed in Directory Server.
The following restrictions apply to ACIs
If your directory tree is distributed over several servers by using the chaining feature, the following restrictions apply to the use of keywords in access control statements:
ACIs that depend on the groupdn keyword must be located on the same server as the group entry. If the group is dynamic, then all members of the group must have an entry on the server too. If the group is static, the members' entries can be located on remote servers.
ACIs that depend on the roledn keyword must be located on the same server as the role definition entry. Every entry that is intended to have the role must also be located on the same server.
Attributes generated by a CoS cannot be used in all ACI keywords. Specifically, you should not use attributes generated by CoS with the userattr and userdnattr keywords because the access control rule will not work.
Access control rules are always evaluated on the local server. You must not specify the hostname or port number of the server in LDAP URLs used in ACI keywords.
You cannot grant a user the right to proxy as the Directory Manager, nor can you grant proxy rights to the Directory Manager.
The cache settings used for ensuring that the server fits the physical memory available do not apply to ACI caches, which means that an excessive number of ACIs may saturate available memory.
The following default ACIs are defined on the root DSE:
All users have anonymous access to the directory for search, compare, and read operations (except for the userpassword attribute).
Bound users can modify their own password.
Users in the group cn=Administrators,cn=config have full access to all entries. This is equivalent to Directory Manager access, although unlike Directory Manager, users in the Administration Group are subject to ACIs.
ACIs are stored as attributes of entries. Therefore, if an entry that contains ACIs is part of a replicated suffix, the ACIs are replicated like any other attribute.
ACIs are always evaluated locally, on the directory server that services the incoming LDAP requests.
When a consumer server receives an update request, the consumer server returns a referral to the master server for evaluation of whether the request can be serviced on the master.
The effective rights feature can be used to obtain the following information:
Rights information, including entry level rights, attribute level rights and logging.
Permissions for write, self write add, and self write delete.
Logging information for debugging access control problems.
To use the effective rights feature, you must have the access control rights to use the effective rights control and read access to the aclRights attribute.
If a proxy control is attached to an effective rights control-based search operation, the effective rights operation is authorized as the proxy user. Therefore the proxy user needs to have the right to use the effective rights control. The entries that the proxy user has the right to search and view are returned.