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"History revisited," "Parallel players?" "Math works," "In the mix"
History revisited
I was astonished to see the BCM cover and story dedicated to the Black Talent Program ("Power of the People," by William Bole, Spring 2009). The article is a long time coming. As an alumna of the Black Talent Program I am proud to see a part of our story told. It is not only an account of the black students on Boston College's campus, it is the story of the changing face of Boston College.
Precursor to the Office of AHANA Student Programs, the Black Talent Program provided both opportunity—educational, cultural, and social—and a model for what a multicultural education program should look like on a college campus. (Courses in black studies and black theology were among the fruits of the Black Talent Program.)
Leadership skills and core values—namely, responsibility for our brothers and sisters and communities—were integral to the mission of the Black Talent Program. Many of us alumni are nurses, lawyers, educators, business administrators, civic leaders, media specialists, ministers, the list goes on.
The individuals interviewed in the magazine—Julianne Malveaux and Othello Mahome, among them—were instrumental in the successes that have come out of the program. Yet one unsung hero needs to be acknowledged and that is Hezekiah Ben Israel. As the last student director, he, with the assistance of Donna Burton '77, provided us with the vision of what the Black Talent Program was meant to be and what was expected from us as we returned to our communities.
I hope that you will run future stories highlighting the accomplishments of individuals who came out of the Black Talent Program. There has been a misconception among some Boston College administrators and faculty that the program was a failure. Trust and believe, it was a success beyond many folks' wildest dreams.
Valerie Lewis-Mosley '79
West Orange, New Jersey
I lived on the first floor of Keyes North during my freshman year in 1978. For reasons I didn't know until I read your story on the Black Talent Program, the University had painted the walls red, black, and green, the colors of the black liberation movement. There were about six of us African Americans on the floor, and we couldn't believe it. The majority students never noticed.
Michael Bullock '81
Florida, New York
The article on the Black Talent Program was extremely informative and brought back many memories. I realize now that I was rather unknowing of the details of the program, especially in the early years. That was probably for the best.
My challenge in that era was to articulate to confused and concerned alumni what was happening to their college; their bewilderment was compounded by the fact that they were still processing the outcomes of Vatican II and thus changes were coming fast and furious.
I am most proud of how the movement and its eventual course affected Boston College, and I note with pleasure that three of the Black Talent founders in later years served with distinction as elected or appointed members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
John F. Wissler '57, MBA'72
Londonderry, New Hampshire
The writer was executive director of the Alumni Association, 1967–98.
I found William Bole's oral history of the Black Talent experiment during the strike years at Boston College a carefully balanced and utterly absorbing account. There is one point, however, that I fear may have been overlooked. Carl Lewis '72 expressed surprise that the University's president, W. Seavey Joyce, SJ, did not resort to the "normal tactic" of bringing in the police to dispel student demonstrators or oust striking students from administrative offices. They "never came on campus," he remarked, although they were waiting just outside the gates.
Through those tense times, Fr. Joyce was determined to preserve free speech on University grounds, and steadfastly refused to bring in the constabulary as long as the lines of communication were open. He was often criticized for "giving in" to the students; in actuality he was trying to safeguard the rights of students and maintain the integrity of the University.
Thomas H. O'Connor '49, H'93
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From 1970 to 1972 the writer served as faculty advisor to the University president.
Parallel players?
Re David Reich's Spring 2009 article on the compatibility of science and religion ("Odd Couple"): Science employs a method of discovery that religion, when pushed, ultimately must disregard. Tenets of Catholicism such as Christ's resurrection, the Trinity, and transubstantiation, when scientifically scrutinized, are problematic (at best) because ultimately, they depend on faith to be "true"—and faith, by definition, is a belief in something for which there is no proof.
The scientific method relies on observable, measurable evidence; religion relies on faith. Let's not pretend they are the same thing. (By the way, I wrote a paper on this topic in a Perspectives class. Ironically, I defended the position I now oppose.)
Albert de Plazaola '95
Venice, California
While the positing of religion against science is ultimately a false choice, we cannot ignore the historical fact that these two systems have articulated conflicting versions of "truth" along the way and that religious explanations of why often cede to science when the relevant how is answered. Example: The same Bible that explains why the earth was created (God's grace) also implies that the earth is about 6,000 years old, a belief still held by many Christians. Science has largely answered the question of how the earth was created, however, and informs us that it is billions of years old. Religion is simply wrong on the subject.
Notwithstanding popular depictions of the Catholic Church as superstitious and regressive, the Church did acknowledge, before other denominations and religions, that the biblical explanation of how man was created (God formed him out of clay, instantaneously) may not be literally true in light of the scientific answer—Darwin's theory of evolution. We know that the Church, and Darwin himself, considered the theory consonant with a belief in God and creationism in its most general sense, but the point is that specific religious beliefs succumbed to scientific conclusions, not the other way around.
That being said, religion has refused to bend to scientific knowledge on certain core elements of faith. Virgin birth and resurrection do not accord with science, yet the faithful believe in Jesus's virgin birth and resurrection. And therein lies the source of protestation that religion and science are incompatible: Certain religious dogma cannot be squared with science.
Yet the fundamental ends of science and religion are not inherently conflictive. That is because science, by definition, claims only to discover what can be tested objectively by direct observation or mathematical abstraction. It does not appropriate to itself the ultimate why question that is the domain of religious inquiry—why is there anything at all?
Interestingly, that question would not be asked but for a conscious being to formulate it. And so this suggests a tautology: Could it be that in essence God is the absurdity of existence itself?
Time for a martini.
Anthony A. DeLuca '82
Atlanta, Georgia
Math works
Re "Chalk Talk," by Ken Gordon (Spring 2009): Whenever I tell friends or family that I was a math major at BC, I respond to their confused looks with another statement. I tell them that my favorite class as an undergraduate was "Intro to Abstract Algebra" with Professor Solomon Friedberg. He was a master at making, well, the abstract seem concrete and familiar. His explanations were easy to understand, yet never oversimplified as we learned about group theory and other amazing properties of the integers.
Thanks to the BC website and BCM, I have been able to follow, from afar, the activities of the math department and Professor Friedberg, including his effort to improve the image of mathematics in secondary education. I was delighted to read about the BC-MIT Seminar and to see once again Professor Friedberg doing his part, as the article states, to fix math's "PR problem."
Alexander H. Lee '97
Lutz, Florida
I just finished my first year in the master's program in mathematics at BC. Although I was not present at the meeting of the BC-MIT Number Theory Seminar reported in Mr. Gordon's story, I can say that the series overall was exciting and engaging. I am a number theorist in training, and I found the talks valuable even when I didn't understand them—which was at most 15 minutes after the introduction, usually.
Thank you for sharing a part of our world with the rest of the BC community.
Ebony Harvey
Boston College
In the mix
Re Mark Oppenheimer's "World Fare" (Spring 2009): I was thrilled to read of the large-scale interdisciplinary effort taking place at Boston College. The Guestbook Project, as part of the new Institute for Liberal Arts, not only brings together the best of different academic disciplines, it combines this scholarship in a real world context and invites "outsiders" to participate. The project's goals seem ambitious indeed. They are no less important than experiments done in a science lab.
Katherine Cannella '08
Bayonne, New Jersey
Correction: In "Business by the Caseload" (Spring 2009), the photo shows John Clavin '84, not Peter Bell '86 as captioned. Also, Mr. Bell ran a data storage technology firm, not a software firm as stated; Mr. Clavin joined the investment management firm Merganser Capital Management; he did not found it.
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Whether it's to take a nice stroll or become educated on a specific plant or way of gardening, the Ogden Botanical Gardens provide colorful blooms and features including water-wise varieties, an arboretum and memorial gardens.
Entryway Garden
Five large pergolas surround a stone planter that is the new welcoming room into the garden. A water feature soothes the soul as one enters and hears, sees, smells and feels the garden.
Collections Garden
Throughout the garden are many specimen trees and shrubs. Three beautiful Yellowwoods draw you into the garden where you will find a limber pine, Rosehill ash, Tartarian maples, and a Zelkova which adds to the delightful wealth of information for those seeking ideas on which trees to plant for their own landscapes. It is also home to a large collection of irises and summer blooming perennials. Located in the center of this garden is an alpine garden filled with plants that one might find in any alpine area in Northern Utah.
Oriental Garden
A Japanese garden adorns the east side of the Education Building. It is a very popular place to take wedding and family pictures. An attractive wooden bridge crosses a dry river bed running through the area which features ground covers, Japanese maples, a pagoda and other plants common to oriental gardens. There are wooden walkways, stones, niwaki plants, and a tea hut.
Terrace Native Plant Garden
Established in the fall of 2008, this garden features many native plants which can be enjoyed while sitting in the shade of a large plum and several rocky mountain maples.
Cottage Garden
The entryway is bordered by a cottage garden planted with perennials and shrubs found in English and more informal gardens. The one-half acre garden has an entryway pergola with vines, a knot garden, a sitting area, a developing sensory garden, and several hundred perennials. In the spring, this garden is adorned with tulips, daffodils and other spring blooming flowers.
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This garden was planted in the spring of 2008 and features perennials that thrive in low water and still look spectacular throughout the summer. This bed inspires visitors with ideas on how to plant a truly colorful and splendid garden that provides season long color and still helps to conserve water, one of our greatest natural resources.
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Different awarding organisations recommend different models of support for EPQ students. Some prefer a student's supervisor to be a subject specialist with expertise in the relevant area, while others prefer the supervisor to have a different subject background. Whichever approach you choose, each student should have a subject specialist (whether the supervisor or not) who can provide them with specific advice for their project.
Where to provide guidance
There are particular areas of STEM projects, and particularly practical STEM projects, that will require more specific guidance – most of these areas should be covered by a subject specialist:
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- ethics (see the Wellcome Trust's 'Ensuring your research is ethical' guide).
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If students are doing a practical project, their supervisor should check that their work is appropriately safe, or that safeguards have been put in place. If the student's project supervisor is not a subject specialist, or has no STEM expertise, a practical project should be checked over by someone who's able to verify the health and safety of the approach.


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This is a wonderful post! I really enjoy using face masks too, especially hydrating and resurfacing masks for a little bit of a pick-me-up.ReplyDelete
I think I'll pick up one or two of these next time I'm due to restock!
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The 3D Warehouse tools by Cadman provide a suite of tools to Quality Check your models for managing and reviewing SketchUp models prior to uploading those files to 3D Warehouse.
Tools that let you attach to and manage information on components in your model. Driven by a simple CSV spreadsheet, it provides several ways to view, manage and report design information from a model.
Draw a centerline based upon successive triple point selections anywhere in the model. Draw to a single point, a centerpoint from 3 pick points, or a midpoint between 2 pick points
The MeshWrapper tools by Cadman provide a suite of tools for creating an outer shell around 3D geometry, simplifying the model and resulting in an evenly distributed surface mesh around the object.
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Warning: Photo Overload! Just kidding. I had such a great time with this photo shoot that it was hard to choose just 10-12 photos for this post. Instead there are 15.
Now…In the 'Leave It to Beaver' days of strict fashion rules, wearing white post-Labor Day was considered a huge no-no. But then again, black was once only proper for mourning, and denim was only acceptable if you were mining for gold or maybe repairing someone's carriage. But thank the good Lord times have changed. Especially the antiquated notion that you can't wear white after Labor Day.
The truth is you can wear white any time to the year/365 days a year. I think white jeans should be a fall staple just as much as it is during the summer…but perhaps with a few less rips or none at all.
Here I paired my white jeans and tee with other fall staples: neutral-colored long cardigan and booties. Ithink these two colors together say 'I'm not yet ready for summer to end but still looking forward to fall.' During the day when the temps are still warm, the cardigan can be taken off while still looking stylish. But the cardigan is perfect for those chilly evenings and nights. This would also look really cute with white denim shorts. But only for the beginning of fall days, September and October. I think any later in the year wouldn't be appropriate due to the temps…unless you live in Florida!
Jeans | Tee | Cardigan | Booties (sold out) | Purse (sold out) | Sunnies | Watch (c/o) | Necklace (old)
What do you think? Do you wear white after Labor Day? Or do you feel doing so is strictly a no-no? Please do tell!
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London, Dec 11 — Christmas celebrations are around the corner and, like everyone else, pregnant women too want to enjoy the festive season. So here is a list of dos and don'ts for pregnant ladies.
Pregnancy active wear specialists FittaMamma says less alcohol, consumption of lots of water, proper diet are the basic mantra's, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
– Comfortable clothes: The festival shopping might keep you on your toes. So wearing something to support the weight of bump will make the shopping day last longer.
– Avoid alcohol: Enjoy a glass of something refreshing and sparkly instead of alcohol. Mixing up a batch of ginger and lime sparkler not only tastes good, but sparkles almost like champagne help with pregnancy nausea as well.
– Stay hydrated: Christmas is tiring, you get out of your normal routines and it is easy to forget your usual bottle of water.
– Take a walk: If you can't fit in your usual exercise regime don't forget that walking is good for you too. But a brisk walk with family or friends is a sociable way to maintain the regular cardio.
– Stretch a little: Find time to stretch out with some yoga poses. Ten minutes of yoga can do much to make you feel more relaxed and energised. Sitting on the floor with legs crossed with feet beneath your knees, lengthen the spine and sit up tall. Relax your shoulders, inhale deeply into your belly and press your chest forwards.
– Enjoy: Make the most of being pregnant and accept offers of help. Let other people carry the shopping and do the cooking.
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This beautiful and vibrant birthday party took place at the Madison Green Country Club in West Palm Beach. The palette of orange and pink and the paper lantern chandeliers we custom-made created an exciting atmosphere!
Pictures of the birthday woman throughout her life decorated the entryway and details like a cupcake display and favors brought a cute and casual vibe to the affair.
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A wing is one of the coolest things you can have on a road car. In some cases, they're just there for aesthetics, while in others, they actually provide downforce. Which is your favorite?
My favorite wing to appear on a road car is probably the one on the Koenigsegg Regera. The way in which the mechanism retracts from the body is unlike anything I've seen, using top mounts on the actual aero piece to improve airflow, while still sitting flush with the body when not in action.
Let Christian Von Koengisegg explain the active wing's revolutionary design in this video.
Now we'd like to know: Which car do you think has the coolest wing or spoiler? It doesn't have to be a new car, or even a fast car that necessarily needs a wing. It just has to be a factory piece of kit to fit the bill. Let us know in the comments below.


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It's a large and yet slowly moving asset class – commercial real estate that is. Property management is a traditionally conservative segment within the real estate industry, yet nonetheless a critical part in the ownership and investment of a portfolio. While automation and innovation are quickly becoming common and expected in other segments of the real estate industry, the ability of technology to bring speed and efficiency to the property management segment has been challenged. That is changing. Moving forward, management teams who embrace software technology to optimize the process, create streamlined workflows, and boost overall team productivity, will create a real competitive advantage, and also reduce wasted costs and effort.
Proptech makes everyday jobs easier, less costly, and faster – and improves tenant satisfaction!
"Proptech" is short for property management technology. The role of technology as a daily tool is increasing, as the sector is maturing.
Here are the 5 current trends in functionality that owners, landlords, and management teams should consider. The implication is that property teams should budget for technology implementation investment today, for 2019.
1. Geo-location of assets and repairs on-site.
Use technology to pinpoint asset location both inside and outside buildings, and communicate location to remote vendors or team members. In a large building or corporate campus setting with thousands of points, this becomes even more important, and reduces costly errors and wasted on-site trips.
2. Tenant portal for optimizing the tenant experience and satisfaction.
Tenant satisfaction is as important as ever. Speed and execution of issues and urgent requests can differentiate property management teams. Technology empowers tenants to become the eyes of the building when management is elsewhere, and allow tenants to see real-time updates on repairs.
3.Real-time tracking execution of work and service requests through team portals.
Driving execution at the field level no longer implies building visits to view project or repair status. Simply use technology to view your properties, from your desk. Dedicated vendors easily show their work through updates captured by their mobile devices. Team members also communicate project status to their owners or managers quickly, and easily.
4. Data storage via The Cloud – capture, store, and plan by capturing all asset data in one single location.
Gone are the spreadsheets and hundreds of photos and documents that are stored in multiple places, in static environments. Keep all portfolio information in one source down to the smallest detail. Everyone can access portfolio information at one single source, and then export information easily if needed.
5. Customized Reporting Tools – at your fingertips.
Create standardized reports for internal team purposes, or for more customized requests. Technology allows teams to create and quickly access all their relevant information collected from their assessment and bidding work. Then print. Then move on the next project.
Property Management companies that are technology adopters and invest will benefit from received value both short and long-term. Start with the software providers that help with the 5 features above. And don't look back!


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The best bank or credit union for you depends on what you're in the market for: a savings account, a checking account, or both.
NerdWallet spent more than 200 hours comparing and rating dozens of financial institutions to identify those with the best deposit accounts. Skip ahead to our top picks.
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Our list includes a credit union. Generally speaking, credit unions emphasize customer service more than banks do and pay higher interest rates — although online accounts, like the ones on this list, tend to pay great rates, too. Read our article for more on credit unions vs. banks.
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In 2007, Dan Siroker was a Google product manager when he got a chance to listen to Barack Obama's campaign speech at Google's Mountain View headquarters.
Two weeks later, Siroker left his Google job to join Obama's presidential campaign as an unpaid volunteer.
"[Obama] talked about how he wanted to take what we were doing at Google and bring that to the government," Siroker told us. "That inspired me to leave my job [at Google]."
Siroker knew nothing about politics at the time, but he says he simply wanted to make use of the data analytics skills he'd learned at Google and test it on campaign trails.
"The only thing I had when I got there was data," he said, referring to the data analytics skills he obtained while working at Google, a company notorious for data-based decision-making. "They tasked me with how to use data to help make better decisions."
His work involved experimenting with Obama's official website to boost user engagement that would eventually lead to more campaign donations. For example, he discovered that a picture of Obama's family with a button that said "Learn More" had a 40% higher chance of increasing the number of sign ups than buttons reading "sign up" or "join us now."
"Ultimately, we look back at that experiment as having driven millions of dollars in incremental donations to the campaign," Siroker said.
After Obama
Siroker spent about a year on Obama's campaign team as its director of analytics, before going on to launch his own startup called Optimizely in 2009. His company now offers an easy way for companies to test their products through common techniques such as A/B testing, which ultimately lets them "optimise" their user experience.
Since its founding, Siroker says Optimizely has doubled its sales every year, expanding its user base to go from small startups all the way up to large enterprises, such as CNN, Priceline, and Crate and Barrel.
Its growth has been nothing but impressive, and investors are betting on it big time as well. On Tuesday, it just raised a fresh funding round of $US58 million led by Index Ventures, bringing its total raised to over $US140 million.
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So, everyone, let's all talk about the elephant in the room: The unemployment estimates out Friday.
Missed them? Well, if you were following along through the morning, you may have been confused about just when was the last time that preliminary estimates of unemployment rose in Maine. That may have been my fault. (It was a year ago, but we're getting into whether we should pay that much mind either.)
The correction raised a good topic to discuss: Just what do we know on a month-by-month basis about unemployment in Maine, anyway?
The answer is, not too much. With good reason, it's why the monthly tables from the BLS pick out states with a statistically significant change in preliminary numbers from one year ago. Maine was one of 45 states with a decline in unemployment from one year ago.
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What if the apparent decline in job growth came from the inherent volatility of surveys that rely on samples, like the survey that produces the Labor Department's monthly employment estimate?
Well, they created just such a world to show you, given absolutely flat job growth, just the types of trends you may be able to perceive based on that statistical noise. (Give that link a look. I'll wait here, if you'd like.)
That's the same dynamic at work in the monthly employment and unemployment numbers in Maine. And if you don't believe me, take it from Glenn Mills, chief economist for the Maine Department of Labor's Center for Workforce Research and Information.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Homework Hell
I have tried everything. I have tried sweet talk, praise, bribery, threats, ignoring, rewards, incentives, nonchalance, peer pressure, finger pointing, mini-trampoline jumping breaks, passing the buck to my husband, turning his math into a game, and making his reading questions tie into his obsessive scripting. Once I even constructed a homework coach out of Legos. There are times when these strategies work and there are times when they don't, but even when they do work, they only work for a few days and then I have to find something new.
Every afternoon after school I open Jack's backpack and take out his homework. On the occasional Monday when there is no weekly reading packet, I do a mental happy dance. When the math teacher doesn't send home a worksheet I send her a silent thank you. And when Jack didn't do all his work at school so it gets sent home for him to do on top of his every day math and reading? I cry a little inside.
Did I mention that he's in first grade? I can't even imagine what my and Jack's after-school lives will be like in middle school.
Jack's homework should take a half hour at most. It almost always takes us between one and two hours to finish. Some days—today for instance—the homework battle stretched to more than three hours.
The really frustrating thing for me, I think, is that Jack could do his homework standing on his head. The kid is so smart. This afternoon when I was quizzing him on his spelling words, which is the only part of his homework he seems to like, he made each of the words plural, including "penny," which he correctly changed to "P-E-N-N-I-E-S."
I have tried so many times to tell him that if he just sat down and did his work then he could play at whatever he wants for the rest of the day. But he either just doesn't get it or is incapable of making himself sit down and do the work.
Instead he hems and haws. He gets distracted by his brothers. He wants to draw a picture of whatever story he is obsessed with at the time. He squirms around on his seat until he falls off of his chair. He complains. He makes his angry face. He growls at me. And, often, in his sad little voice, he will say, "I'm tired of homework."
Me too, Jack. Me too.
Cross-posted at Stimey's Washington Times Communities column, Autism Unexpected.
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- AnonymousJanuary 6, 2010 at 7:57 PM
You could easily be describing our own afterschool experience. It's so bad here, that I am considering putting my son in his school's aftercare program next year so that THEY will have to do his homework with him and not me.ReplyDelete
And yes, this could be so painless and over in 20-30 minutes if he would just sit down and do the work.
Maybe after holding it together at school all day, they simply can't sit and work anymore?
I don't know, it's just really really hard. And it makes our time together afterschool very very sucky.
I am a former teacher and yet I wonder about the rationale behind giving so much homework (I consider even a half hour a pretty hefty amount) to a first grader. I see my neighbors' kids get on the bus for school before 8 and then get home after 4. Even without any after-school activities, there just isn't much non-school time in kids' lives these days. I can't imagine how much more frustrating the situation must be for you - and for Jack.ReplyDelete
I totally agree with you about homework. It frustrates me to no end that parents have to have these nightly battles with their kids over what is essentially busywork. And my kids don't even get that much! (I kind of think the teachers agree with me, but have to assign some because it's district policy or some such nonsense.)ReplyDelete
Fortunately, Georgia, my kindergartener, is the type of kid who will just face an unpleasant task, do it, and be done. So she is done with the week's homework on Mondays after about ten minutes.
But Audrey, my 3rd grader, likes to whine and complain about how she doesn't want to do it (no kidding), or it's too boring (yep), or it's too hard (not a chance). Yesterday we had her biggest meltdown of her LIFE and she was alphabetizing 15 spelling words for 90 minutes. And she knows how to alphabetize.
But then, when she was done, she went up to her room and fell asleep. (It was 5:15.) She slept until 7:15 this morning...
These kids. Why don't they just do it already? Grrrr...what's going to happen when the work actually IS hard?
I guess I should write a post about this. Maybe I'll just cut and paste this comment.
Ugh. I see this in my future. Right now my 2 1/2 year old takes about 10 seconds to do his puzzles when he wants to. But if he's not in the mood when we want him to do them, it can take 10 minutes.ReplyDelete
Here's hoping the logic of "let's just get this over with" kicks in soon!
I don't understand...don't your kids know what happens if they get "left behind"?ReplyDelete
Maybe you should get them some gyroscopes to stimulate their interest in math...
Ah, Papa Echo. I happen to have already heard from your wife on Facebook that your kids shed tears with homework too. So I guess gyroscopes don't solve everything, eh? :)ReplyDelete
Some thoughts:ReplyDelete
1. Put it in his IEP that he needs to be taught how to sit and focus on worksheets or whatever format they are sending home, as he clearly does not have this skill set. Make it clear that you are happy to work on those skills at home, but until they are mastered, he cannot be expected to complete these types of assignments at home.
In other words, make it clear that instead of focusing on a math concept he has already mastered, you intend to be using these assignments to work on the functional skills of focus, attention, organization, etc. Therefore, he may not always complete the assignments sent home, or may complete them in a way the teacher may not expect, because these assignments are inappropriate formats for assessing his understandings of the academic skills. You have a lt of other things you are reinforcing at home. Because of his special needs, his evaluations (report card grades) should not be based on these assignments, but on more appropriate evaluations.
2. Some strategies our speech therapist is using for Joey when he gets off-task:
Divide the room into zones. One zone is for Jack to do whatever he is obsessing on. The other part is for being Jack. Set a Time Timer for two minutes. He can go obsess for two minutes. Make it clear that when his two minutes is over, it is time to come to the other part of the room and be Jack. Set it again for two minutes, to be Jack Doing His Homework. Then two minutes again... fade forward the time to be Jack (next week, he has to be Jack for three minutes...)
Cut the worksheets up, so that each question or exercise is separated. Paste them each onto a separate sheet of paper. He completes them one at a time. (This is supposed to help him break up what may seem overwhelming, and focus on what he needs to be working on, not the whole sheet).
3. I hope that half-hour includes the reading packets. Expecting a first-grader to complete more than two worksheets would be ridiculous.
4. The problems you are having may reflect some other issues that need to be addressed. For example, Joey has a lot of difficulty with social studies assignments. He can read it, but has trouble because he can't focus on the meaning of the words. The problem? He has difficulty grasping the concept of past time. Clocks, calendars, etc., no problem. But getting his head around what "George Washington lived two hundred years ago" means, even on a second-grader level? Ackaroonies. So the whole idea of history is something he just doesn't get, and that gets very frustrating for him.
Frustration leads to three-hour marathon homework sessions. :P
My daughter's hw would take 10 min if she did it. It is such a nightmare. Yesterday we had a screaming match. Quite fun. I think I'm getting payback for making my 10th grade students do h.w. over the summer back in the day.ReplyDelete
Pick your battles. If no one is getting anything out of homework other than forced compliance, get rid of it or at least modify it (in his IEP). 5 spelling words instead of 20, 5 math problems at school instead of 15 (no incomplete at home), etc. I also scribed everything or took it upon myself to modify like this: http://miscthing.blogspot.com/search?q=book+reportReplyDelete
And boy did I get pissy when work came home like this: http://miscthing.blogspot.com/2008/10/being-set-up-to-fail.html (you'd like that he made up his own spelling word "clon[e] trooper")
And he wasn't getting sensory to help him cope either.
I gave up. So now we homeschool. I was tired of resenting my kids and someone else running our lives.
[[Can you tell I am still suffering from PTSD homeowrk hell???]]
Boy, I feel your pain. We had a lot of trouble with this too. My son is very smart but has a tremendous amount of trouble staying on task when the task is something he doesn't feel like doing. The littlest things become distractions. While the other little boys in the neighborhood blew through their work and went out to play, mine was stuck at his desk forever. Between homework and instrument practice, he had almost zero "down time." It sucked, for both of us.ReplyDelete
I know this is not the solution for everyone, but this year, after much agonizing and discussions with his neurologist and pediatrician and case manager, we started him on a low dose of medication to help him focus. While I don't love the idea of meds, I have to admit it has made a huge difference for him. Huge.
Just something to keep in the back of your mind, possibly, for the future.
- KirstenJanuary 7, 2010 at 8:46 AM
There is such a huge difference in kids, aside from the autism component. I have A who dives in and was done in minutes, and C who spent the first hour complaining, etc. In first grade, C's teacher assigned homework but A's didn't - A would do C's packets for fun. I think the rigidity of the school day is bad enough at 6, let alone homework. Minor consolation: this seems to have resolved in college!ReplyDelete
Oh I feel your pain!ReplyDelete
My son, Sam, is also in first grade and comes home somedays with 3 or 4 pages of homework to complete.
His autism has caused a number of issues with his motor skills which have prevented him from learning how to orient his body and his hands for writing so he uses a keyboard at school, which is great, but at home I write the answers for him and you would think that would make things go faster...not so much.
Its still like pulling teeth to get him to focus for more than a minute on any one subject.
I think by 2nd grade I will be bald from pulling all my hair out.
My husband's school is spending a lot of time this year exploring the question, "Is homework discriminatory?" The reality is that there are only a select few children for who homework *works.* For others there's autism, or working parents who don't get home until after bedtime, or a house full of children and family members with no quiet space to work. It's a small step, but the discussion should be happening everywhere. Teachers are trained to address multiple learning styles in their classroom, yet homework is the same for all students. If it's not working for all kids, it's not working.ReplyDelete
And I still think you're supermom.
TC got a homework sheet on Tuesday. We have not done it yet. UGH.ReplyDelete
Ooh - I love Joeymom's comments. I think I may have commented before that the research on homework is pretty clear. It doesn't teach anything - just develops speed and fluidity. It's not until 7th grade that it makes a difference. Not sure what you can do with this little nugget, but I'm hoping it might ease some of the pressure you feel.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 2:05 PM
I'm following this is homework necessary-useful /is there another way thread with some interest. I's (age 6) school does not have any worksheets either in school or for homework. There is some common work but most is tailored individually for him- e.g. he is very interested in animals and did a lot of reading on lizards and then a big report and got to care for the class gecko for a long time. On things he couldn't read but needed for his work- he was paired with a bigger kid who could read to him. They all learned reading but it was great fun. He is now studying the titanic and WWII. For homework the school has literature discussion groups- the teachers pick books that are above the kids reading level and then their parents read it to them and then the students discuss it in a college style format. They also have a weekly homework project around the book- so one week he was supposed to write a new chapter of Pippi Longstocking (he came up with this hilarious piece about a hot air balloon) and one week he was supposed to make an art piece from a scene in Bunnicula (he made clay figures and then made a stop animation movie!). He loves this stuff- we are reading almost an hour a night to him- his required book and other things because he loves it so much. Why does homework have to be awful? -DMReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 4:30 PM
I may be wrong, but it doesn't sound to me like your child is in public school. If not, the public school situation is simply not comparable.
Oh god, I hate homework. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Jack sounds exactly like Joseph when it comes to homework. Age has helped a little (as it has with most things) but it's still a huge struggle.ReplyDelete
Right now we struggle through it* but I have no doubt there will come a day when I put my foot down and say either "No more homework!" or "We need some serious changes in homework expectations for this kid because there's no way a autistic child can do neurotypical homework." When that day does come I think it will be as much a relief for me as it is for Joseph.
*A bit part of why we're able to muddle through now is that Joseph has an hour long after school program three days a week where the participating kids do their homework together with a teacher's help. Without this program I would have lost my damned mind a long time ago.
Oh, and I meant to say that I'm sending you and Jack virtual hugs because I know how tough this is and you have my sympathy. Although maybe that would freak Jack out. So how about I send you a virtual hug and Jack a virtual ... I don't know ... Lego?ReplyDelete
Jack is like The Borg; mortal weapons will only work for a few shots then he adapts and you have to dream up something new. You're doing a great job - creative and supportive.ReplyDelete
Resistance is Futile...
I second Mama Bub.ReplyDelete
You are supermom. And a super mom.
I'm sorry it's rough-going, I struggle just with the 1x week homework of kindergarten for Sam and have to physically do hand-over-hand with John's...Joeymom has some really great suggestions.ReplyDelete
We used to go through this all the time. Finally we had it written into my guy's IEP that he would not have homework.ReplyDelete
We found that after a whole day at school, he was simply too exhausted to do more work. The school ended up giving him some time during the day to complete any needed assignments and it literally saved our home life.
There have actually been studies published that homework at the lower grade levels is not only ineffective, but harmful to some kids.
Good luck.
i seriously do not understand why they insist on homework for kids this age. isn't the long day at school enough already? even my preschooler has homework. it is insanity.ReplyDelete
as far as i know, my daughter is not autistic but we have a lot of the same problems. her homework sometimes takes up all of her time until supper. since we have an early bedtime, this gives her hardly any free time.
i know you have already gotten a lot of advice, but our teacher said that if the homework takes longer than the 40 minutes the district determines for second graders, we should just send the teacher a note and my daughter doesn't have to finish. this seems like a nice out if we ever need it...
I'm guessing you've tried most things, and I do not have a child with Autism, but I do have a child who has trouble doing an activity so that we can move onto the next. One thing that helps us is picture boards. Like if she can see that following the picture where she does something she is resisting, comes the picture of something she likes, then it helps. Just a thought.ReplyDelete
For us, it peaked in second grade. There was much crying and gnashing of teeth let me tell you (and I'm not talking about just the little guy here). Spending two and even three hours on homework (including meltdown breaks for everyone) was not uncommon. It got better. In fact, by around grade four or five, we probably had an easier time than NT parents.ReplyDelete
Two of mine are like this. IFYP, sista.ReplyDelete
I go through this every day too... not with Little Bear, but with Rafael! Little Bear will sit and begrudgingly do her homework, but poor Rafael is all over the place! He is falling behind in school because he also has troubles sitting still there! It can take him an hour to do one math worksheet, just because he can't focus! And I, too, have trieda million things, including lettign them chew gum during homework time for sensory input (they take their gum from their mouths and throw it at each other) putting up cardboard dividers between them (they stand on the chairs to see each other) having them do jumping jacks before starting homework (they enjoy it, but it doesn't seem to make a difference in his focusing) and finding educational computer games to help them practice math (Rafael just randomly pushes keys and buttons until he gets answers right!) I'm going to try taping his worksheets to a wall and letting him do them standing up, to see if that helps at all... but I doubt it!ReplyDelete


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We've been a little short on motherboard content lately, so to kick things back into action we're taking a look at four P67-based motherboards at once – all benchmarked using our newly revised test suite. The boards we're looking at are the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe, GIGABYTE P67A-UD4, Intel DP67BG and MSI P67A-GD65.
As much as I hate to admit it, we've been experiencing a drought with our motherboard content, but with the help of this article, things are soon to get back to normal. Prior to this P67 roundup, we spent weeks perfecting the revision of our motherboard testing suite, which I talked a bit about in our news section a couple of weeks ago.
Creating a solid test suite for any type of hardware is tough, but after pouring tons of time into this one, we're confident that the benchmarks and other test results will give us the best possible picture of whether or not one motherboard lives up to where we think it should be.
Because it's difficult to get the bigger picture when dealing with the results from just one motherboard, we decided to kick things off with a look at four mainstream models from "the big 4", including ASUS, GIGABYTE, Intel and MSI. All of these boards range from $180~$230, so we're hoping to find a "sweet spot" board that offers a perfect blend of superb performance and features.
We're going to be taking a deeper look at each board on the following pages, but as a primer, we're going to go over the basics here.
First up is ASUS' P8P67 Deluxe, the highest-priced board we're going to tackle here, at $230. Though the most expensive, it could be argued that it's for a reason, as ASUS' Deluxe models have long been considered the most feature-rich on the market for the price, offering all of what's important to the enthusiast, without going overkill.
Sporting the black PCB + blue components color scheme we've come to expect from ASUS, the P8P67 Deluxe looks to impress, and with its Digi+VRM power efficiency feature, the company aims to give us a board that delivers unparalleled performance and smooth operation.
From GIGABYTE, we have the P67A-UD4, priced at $180. Similar to the P8P67 Deluxe mentioned above, the UD4 series from GIGABYTE tries to deliver the best of all worlds, starting off with a clean and smart design and finishing with great performance. Of all the boards we're looking at here, I am inclined to say this one is the best-looking, as there's nothing about the color scheme that stands out in a bad way, and the heatsink design is simple, yet efficient.
Featuring what GIGABYTE calls its "Dual CPU Power" design, only half of the board's 12 power phases are used during regular use, prolonging the life of the VRM, while at full load, all 12 will kick into gear. This, combined with the use of Intel-approved Intersil PWM controllers, aim to deliver a robust power solution that can instill confidence in both the board's long life and in its reliability.
The most serious board of the bunch might be Intel's ~$200 DP67BG. We use a ~ because at this point in time we can't seem to find the board available online anywhere, though it was in month's past. Whether or not Intel discontinued it to prepare for Z68, we're unsure. Either way, it's being included here for a bit of better comparison.
Intel's board is the least-robust of them all in terms of bling or mind-exploding features, but as we've come to expect, the goal is to deliver a board that is as reliable as possible and gives people all of what they need, and nothing of what they don't. And as we discovered in a recent article, overclocking is something Intel has on its mind, which is nice.
For MSI's board, we have the company's mainstream top offering, the $180 P67A-GD65. Like the above-mentioned boards, MSI takes power efficiency and reliability seriously, so it's no surprise to see this board taking advantage of MSI's "Military Class II" components, which means that Hi-C capacitors are used along with super ferrite chokes and high-quality solid capacitors.
Of the four boards we're looking at here, MSI is the only company other than ASUS to include a colorful EFI, in lieu of a typical BIOS. Whether or not this is a good thing depends on the user, but after using the current options on the market, we have little to complain about.
Let's now take a deeper look at each board, and afterward, we'll tackle our updated test suite before jumping into the actual results.
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2007 Missouri County Level Study of Adult Tobacco Use and Related Chronic Conditions
Publication Date: January 2009
Publisher(s): Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; Missouri Foundation for Health
Author(s): Matthew Kuhlenbeck
Topic: Health (Preventive health services)
Social conditions (Social conditions and problems)
Keywords: Missouri; disease; Tobacco; smoking
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In 2006, the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) identified the need for county-specific data on tobacco use and chronic disease prevalence. These data were collected in 2002-2003; however the sample size of 15,000 limited effective analysis at the county level. To address the need for updated and more comprehensive county level data MFH contracted with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) to expand upon previous data collection activities and conduct an assessment of approximately 50,000 Missouri residents to provide county-specific data by Fall 2008.
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Points on Pets: Veterinary ophthalmologist should look into dog's eye problem
by R.G. Elmore, D.V.M.
Q: After having our dog examined because she had a lot of hair matted around her left eye, our veterinarian told us that our dog has an ulcer on her cornea. Although our veterinarian could not tell us what caused this problem originally, she thought that our dog might have scratched her cornea while running under our bushes.
We are now worried that our dog might have to have her eye removed. If so, will she look gross? Will she be able to function normally with only one eye? We are just sick about this situation.
A: Without seeing your dog and without having much more information, it is impossible to predict whether or not your dog will eventually have to have her left eye removed. However, you should express your concerns about this to your veterinarian.
If you are not satisfied with the information that your veterinarian can provide, you should ask for a referral to a veterinary ophthalmologist. You will likely be able to find a veterinary ophthalmologist at a large referral veterinary hospital in a large city in your area or at any of the teaching hospitals at the 28 veterinary colleges throughout the United States. Certainly getting a second opinion is always justified and doing so will give you peace of mind that you are doing everything possible to save your dog's eye.
Your local veterinarian should not be offended that you want a second opinion. Most corneal problems in dogs start out as simple lesions such as scratches. Excessive blinking, excessive tearing which leads to matting, excessive pawing at the eyes, and avoiding bright lights are common signs of corneal lesions. Most simple corneal lesions can be treated by regular administration of appropriate eye ointments. However, most eye problems left untreated become very serious problems within a short period of time.
Most dogs with only one eye do not look gross. Some ophthalmologists actually install artificial eyes in dogs to improve their appearances. Likewise, most dogs with only one eye function normally. Having only one eye should not in any way change your relationship with your loyal four-footed furry companion.
Q: We recently noticed that our old basset hound has a large swelling on the inside of her ear. It seems like our dog has always done a lot of scratching at her ears and shakes her head a lot.
Is this the reason for the swelling? Should we take our dog to our veterinarian to have her ears examined?
A: It is very likely that your old basset hound has a hematoma on the inside of her ear. This is a common condition caused by the hemorrhage of blood under the skin of the ear. Therefore, the swelling is most likely just a large blood clot. Most likely the head shaking has caused the rupture of small blood vessels within the exterior part of the ear.
You should have your dog examined by your veterinarian as soon as possible. Very small hematomas can sometimes be reduced in size by simply removing the blood through a needle into a syringe. Larger hematomas often require surgery to reduce their size.
Keeping your dog's ears clean and preventing insect bites, such as those caused by flies, usually decreases the frequency of head shaking and scratching. Your veterinarian can give you additional advice about how to handle this situation and regarding the care of your aging four-footed companion.
Send e-mail or write to Pets, P.O. Box 120190, San Diego, CA 92112-0190. Only questions of general interest will be answered in this column.


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They saw little, they heard less, and they joyfully undermined the bride and groom's efforts to have an environmentally friendly wedding by buying up hundreds of acres of plastic flags. But on the whole a great day was had by all.
"Didn't see a thing. I'll have to watch the TV tonight, but we're having a ball," said Jackie Kane, 42, who left Manchester at 3am to reach a picnic spot alongside the Mall with her sisters, Valerie and Deborah, and their union flag-draped children. "It's about the atmosphere, and for the kids it's part of history. I came down for Diana's funeral and the jubilee. I love the royal family, it's good for England. And we saw Chris Evans!"
Among the thousands who slept overnight on the Mall was George Sullivan, 23, from Exeter, who, like many, was full of champagne and cheer. "This is England," he said, "sorry, Britain. This is how we show the world what we are."
Police estimate a million people turned out at the palace and along the route, which meant only those at the very front had a view of more than a nodding feather in a hat or a flash of a white-gloved wave.
The cardboard periscopes some clever PR firm doled out were cherished, while the merchandisers were out in force, ensuring the crowds were engulfed by red, white and blue tat.
Draped in their native New Zealand flags, schoolteacher Melanie Cunningham, 35, had the broad shoulders of rugby player partner Rewiti Vaimoso, 30, to sit on. "We're not royalists, but we've been living in Scunthorpe for five years and it's the only royal wedding we'll see. It's exciting. We'd hate for the union jack to disappear from our flag, it's the flag our grandparents wore to war. Besides," laughed Cunningham, "it means I get an entry visa!"
The home crowd came perilously close to being outnumbered – a babel of languages from Thai to Portuguese was in strong evidence, with Japan, France and the US especially represented. TV crews from all corners of the globe roamed the crowds looking for the wackiest dresses and interviewing anyone in uniform.
The poor-quality sound system outside Westminster Abbey left many visitors in confusion about what was going on. Wanda Haun, aged 81, and daughter Kathy Connell, 59, had travelled from California. "We love the royals, always have, and that young man, well, Diana would be proud," said Connell. "We were stuck when the tube had no wheelchair access but people were wonderful and carried my mother and the chair up all those stairs. Really, this is just wonderful."
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One German couple, Gaby and Paul Ekkehard, were in St James's Park with their five children aged from seven to 16. "We came for history and for fun. In Germany we have no celebrities. This royal family is at least half German, so we came for this," said Gaby, 41, a lawyer. "It has been a lot of fun, I did make sure the children all had their Nintendo games, but the youngest is very disappointed not to have met the princess."
One of the happiest men in London was Big Issue seller Alistair Buckley, 32. "It's been great, I've had a £10 and a £5 tip so far, I'm making a fortune. Lots of people want a copy as a souvenir. I'm loving the royals, love 'em."


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The Good
The best aspect of CyphanCon is its small intimate feel. You aren't kept a mile away from the guest, or shoved along through a huge autograph line. Last year the guests had their Q&A in a large ballroom on a huge stage that put a lot more distance between the fan and the star than the previous year. This year CyphanCon tightened things up by putting Ernie Hudson's Q&A session in a small meeting room on a small stage just a few feet from the front row seats. The atmosphere when I came in was a little tense, but I think that just has to do with the question I walked in on. Later on the room really warmed up, and it was a happy, welcoming environment.
There was always something to do at this convention. You could browse the two vendors rooms. You could participate in the wide variety of RPG, Miniature, Boardgame and Demo game events. For those into more electronic gaming interests, the "Holodeck" provided four classic arcade games set to unlimited play. For almost every hour attendees had a choice between two seminars to go to. Of the wide variety of interesting seminars, I chose to check out the Land of 10,000 Spirits seminar and Basic Costumer's Makeup seminar.
The Basic Costumer's Makeup seminar was very informative. It was hosted by Image Works FX. After watching them make a zombie last year using their prosthetic sores and wounds, it was clear that Image Works FX know their stuff. They had some projector trouble so they couldn't get their power point on to the big screen, but thanks to my camera's zoom, I was able to capture it for the benefit of SpaceGypsies readers!
The staff at this con are really top notch. They are friendly, courteous, always smiling, and they seem as pleased to be at the con as the attendees. I'd like to especially thank the young woman who helped me find the best spot in the room to take pictures of the costume contest.
While the fans were few in number, their enthusiasm was infectious. There were costumes all over for everything from Ghostbusters to Star Wars to a lot of really cool things that I had never heard of before! The costume contest had just the perfect number of participants – not so many that it took ages to introduce everyone, and not so few to make it futile. I had some really great conversions with fellow Stargate and Doctor Who fans. It just goes to show that there are no friendlier people than sci-fi/fantasy fans!
The Bad
With conventions, the schedule is everything. If you can't count on the printed schedule you have been provided being right, what can you count on? Cyphan's schedule was well designed with a day packed with concurrently running events, each an hour long with a fifteen minute break in between. The only time slot that wasn't double booked was from 1:30 to 2:30, Ernie Hudson's Q&A session. This makes perfect sense because nothing is more important than your guest star, right? The time slot was buffered by fifteen minutes both before and after. So imagine my surprise when I walked into a closed room at 1:25 and found that the session was already underway!
At first I thought, "Oh, they started early! Well, that's inconsiderate but ok. No big deal." Several people filed in shortly after I did, looking just as confused. Before I knew it Ernie was being told that he could take just one more question. The session ended at 2:00. That's right! The Q&A started half an hour early, overlapping TWO seminars going on two floors below by fifteen minutes. Those poor people downstairs (myself included) had no idea that they were missing the most important event of the convention!
After the room cleared of most of the attendees I flagged down a staff member in the quiet hallway outside the room. I asked him when the panel had started, and pointed out to him that the schedule listed the session from 1:30 to 2:30. He confirmed my suspicions that the panel started at 1:00, but was thoroughly confused by the time in the program. He asked if he could have the schedule from my program to show the convention owner, and he would come find me after speaking to him. I am sad to say that I never saw that staff member again.
I'm still not sure exactly what happened. There were a lot of people in the room, seated and attentive when I entered. I don't have a clue how they knew the panel would start early. It was the first event in that room for the day, and for such a small con I can't imagine people going to claim their seats half an hour before, but suppose it could have happened. If there was a sign or notice somewhere I did not see it. I'm not sure why the staff didn't know about it. The only explanation I can think of is if people were in the main hall of the convention and saw Ernie making his way to the panel room, and maybe some of the staff called out to anyone in hearing range that it was time. This still left the people at the panels two floors below in the cold, and the hosts of the Basic Costumer's Makeup session needed every minute of the hour they were given to complete their presentation (which was awesome). Next time maybe an announcement can be made if the schedule changes.
The Land of 10,000 Spirits seminar was a disappointment. Listed as being hosted by the Mississippi River Valley Ghostbusters, I was expecting some interesting tales of ghost hunting in Minnesota from an experienced team. After getting into Ghost Adventures and Ghost Hunters, maybe my expectations were a bit too high, but this was a far cry from anything I could have expected. Instead of a team of ghost hunters, only one guy from the team came. Instead of telling personal stories of his experiences with the paranormal, he told the historical and rumored stories of some of the most haunted locations in Minnesota. He read them from a power point presentation and pages of paper. He had only one picture of each location, and no evidence of the hauntings to show us. Granted he did start by saying that he had never put on a presentation like this before, and seeing a reporter in the audience surely didn't help the situation.
The Meh
The vendors rooms at Cyphan Con have been pretty consistent, with many of the same dealers coming again and again. This says volumes about the business they have been getting at the convention, enough to make returning worthwhile. At the same time I was a little sad to see that a couple dealers from last year were missing. I hit the Stargate Trading Card jackpot last year, collecting several rare relic cards. I was hoping to find one card in particular, but this time there were no trading cards to be seen. A large T-shirt booth that was in attendance last year was also conspicuously missing. Overall the booths were many but they seemed a little smaller with less variety in items than last year.
Dave Dorman, the famous Star Wars Artist was in attendance, but according to a poster I saw, his table was in one of the two vendors rooms. I walked through there several times and I can't say I actually saw where he was. This was odd since he was considered a "featured guest". Ernie Hudson's table was in a separate and far less crowded room. I had expected to find Dave Dorman in there too.
Overall, I'm just not sure where this convention is going. This year they recaptured the intimate feel that they lost in some respects last year, which was good. That feel is what makes this con unique. It's also very good to see more cons like this in the Midwest. However, there is a serious (and unexpected) breach in the overall organization of the con when a panel begins thirty minutes ahead of schedule. The guests they had this year did not draw a large crowd, but the fans that did come brought and infectious enthusiasm with them. Cyphan Con continues to grow and expand. If they can keep their diverse panels and intimate feel they have the potential to continue growing for years to come.


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Texans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney set Houston up for the game's first touchdown on Saturday with a heads-up interception.
Clowney batted a pass from Raiders quarterback Connor Cook into the backfield, juggled the ball and eventually pulled it down to complete an impressive pick. Houston would score on the very next play on a Lamar Miller touchdown run.
It was Clowney's second pass defended of the game, and gave the Texans a 10–0 lead in the first quarter of their opening-round playoff game.
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