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CHICAGO -- Children with brain tumors had stable cognitive function with proton irradiation, whereas photon radiotherapy was associated with significant decline in IQ, a retrospective study showed.
IQ of children treated with proton irradiation averaged 99.8 before treatment and 98.0 afterward. By comparison, children began photon irradiation with a mean IQ of 90.6, which declined to 86.6 by the end of treatment, according to Lisa Kahalley, PhD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and colleagues.
After controlling for differences in baseline characteristics and craniospinal irradiation (CSI), investigators found significantly greater decline in IQ with photon irradiation (P<0.001), they reported here at the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
"IQ remained generally stable for the proton group in the first 3 years' post-radiation therapy," Kahalley said. "In contrast, photon is associated with significant cognitive risk, with IQ scores declining by more than half a standard deviation with each additional year post photon.
"Our preliminary findings suggest proton may spare cognitive functioning."
An assessment of long-term outcomes is ongoing, since the first children treated with proton radiation therapy have just reached 5-year follow-up, she added.
Although an essential treatment modality for many pediatric brain tumors, radiation therapy carries a risk of neurocognitive decline as a late adverse effect. A child's IQ declines by 2 to 4 points per year after radiation therapy, and the risk increases with younger age at treatment, higher radiation therapy doses, and larger irradiated brain volumes, said Kahalley.
In contrast to conventional photon radiation therapy, proton-beam radiotherapy deposits its maximum dose at the greatest penetration depth, resulting in a reduced entrance dose and no exit dose. Several studies have described potential neuroprotective benefits of proton-beam radiotherapy, but no previous studies have compared actual neurocognitive outcomes in patients treated with proton versus photon irradiation, Kahalley continued.
Since 2006, patients at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston have undergone proton beam radiation therapy at MD Anderson Cancer Center, which has one of 11 proton beam radiation therapy centers that offer treatment for pediatric brain tumors. The collaborative arrangement provided investigators an opportunity to examine and compare the relative neurocognitive effects of brain irradiation by the type of energy source.
The study included 22 children treated by photon radiation therapy from 2000 to 2007 and 31 children treated by proton-beam irradiation from 2007 to 2011. Patients with poor-prognosis tumors were excluded. Kahalley and colleagues compared the patients' baseline IQ scores with scores on follow-up tests conducted within 3 years of radiation therapy.
Children treated by proton-beam radiation therapy were significantly older at the time of treatment (10.3 versus 7.5 years, P<0.01), and they received a lower total dose of radiation (50.4 versus 55.8 Gy, P<0.01).
In the proton group, tumor histology was germ cell in 10 cases, followed by medulloblastoma/PNET (nine), glioma (seven), and "other" (five). In the photon group, medulloblastoma/PNET accounted for half of the cases, followed by glioma and ependymoma (four each), "other" (two), and germ cell (one).
Tumor location was supratentorial in 22 patients in the proton group and 12 in the photon group, and infratentorial in nine and 10 cases, respectively.
Comparison of IQ averages in the two groups showed a significantly higher mean on follow-up in the proton group compared with the photon group (P<0.05). The difference in IQ change from baseline to follow-up also differed significantly between the groups (P<0.05).
"Multiple linear regression showed that the proton group exhibited essentially stable IQ over time (0.1 IQ point per year post-RT), whereas the photon group exhibited a significant IQ decline over time" of 10.3 IQ points per year (P<0.01), said Kahalley. "The 10.3 decline per year in the photon group is way higher than would be expected, and we intend to drill down to see whether we can identify factors to explain this.
"But the point is that IQ decline was significantly greater in the photon group."
The fully adjusted model accounted for 78% of the variance in follow-up IQ scores. In contrast to previous studies, age at the time of radiation therapy was not a predictor of neurocognitive outcomes. Consistent with the literature, craniospinal irradiation did predict lower follow-up IQ scores (P<0.05).
Invited discussant Gregory Armstrong, MD, of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., noted that the primary advantage of proton-beam radiotherapy is a reduction in radiation dose to normal tissues. The newer radiotherapy modality also has several potential disadvantages: uncertain radiobiological effect, unknown toxicity profile, lack of comparison populations for key outcomes, and low enrollment in front-line clinical trials.
Armstrong also cautioned against assuming that the two study groups were similar. Although the 9-point difference in baseline IQ did not reach statistical significance, such a difference is "a clinically significant, measurable difference."
"I must emphasize that there is a gap in knowledge regarding the benefit and risk of proton-beam therapy," said Armstrong. "This study is the first to step into that gap and compares IQ against a control group. Taken alone, a single retrospective study cannot file the gap, nor would we expect it to do so."
Future studies should be prospective, longitudinal, and focus on systematic assessment, he added. The studies should be limited to a single tumor type to reduce heterogeneity, and the comparison population should be a well-established control group or a concurrent, contemporaneous group treated by photon therapy at a different institution. Finally, future studies should include a comprehensive evaluation of the late effects of brain irradiation in children.
Kahalley and coinvestigators had no relevant disclosures.
Armstrong had no relevant disclosures.
- Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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American Society of Clinical OncologySource Reference: Kahalley LS, et al "IQ change within three years of radiation therapy in pediatric brain tumor patients treated with proton beam versus photon radiation therapy." ASCO 2013; Abstract 10009.


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Communications & Social Media Policy
Social Media Policy No.: 1200.17
Policy Statement:
Yellowhead County's large geographic area makes communications to residents, industry and
travelers challenging. As such, Yellowhead County may use social media to communicate County
initiatives, goals and objectives or other pertinent information with the community and various
Yellowhead County has a business need to augment traditional communication methods with the
use of social media channels. Through social media, the County wishes to increase awareness of
municipal services and events, disseminate time-sensitive information quickly and to provide
additional means to gather community comments and perceptions regarding the County and its
1. "Social Media" means the umbrella terms that define the various activities that integrate
technology, social interaction and content creation. Social media uses technologies and
forms, including RSS and other syndicated web feeds, blogs, wikis, photo-sharing, video
sharing, podcasts, social bookmarking, mashups, widgets, virtual worlds, microblogs and
more. NOT all forms of social media may be appropriate for use by the County.
2. "Approved County Social Networking Site" refers to social networks that the County Chief
Administrative Officer has assessed and approved for use by County Departments.
Managerial Guidelines:
1) This policy applies to all County employees and approved volunteers providing services on
behalf of the County.
2) A County department's decision to embrace social media through an approved County Social
Networking Site shall be a risk-based business decision approved by the Department Head and
shall consider the department's mission and goals, audience, legal risks, technical capabilities
and potential benefits.
3) Department Heads or their designates are responsible for determining who is authorized to
use social media on behalf of the department, and for designating appropriate access levels.
4) Departments shall only utilize County approved social media networks for hosting official
County social media sites.
5) Departments are responsible for establishing and maintaining content posted to their social
media sites and shall have measures in place to prevent inappropriate or technically harmful
information and links.
6) The same standards, principles and guidelines that apply to County employees in the
performance of their assigned duties apply to employee social media technology use.
7) Comments containing any of the following shall not be allowed on County social media sites
and may be removed by Corporate Communications;
a) Comments not topically related to the particular site or article being commented on.
b) Profane language or content.
c) Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed,
color, age, religion, gender, marital status, physical or mental disability or sexual
d) Sexual content or links to sexual content.
e) Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity.
f) Content related to non-County related sales, advertising or promotions.
g) Comments determined by the County to be a specific attack on groups or individuals or
to be inherently political in nature or cause.
h) Content that reveals personal or private information about any particular person or is
otherwise protected by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
i) Content that violates any County policy.
j) Content that is deemed to be inappropriate by the County's Corporate Communications
8) Documents and records generated as a result of this policy will be maintained in accordance
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It's still Christmas- the big day itself may have gone but it still Tis the season until after New Year's Day...Basically this is me apologising for not bringing to you earlier. I've been busy, what with yuletide and everything. But I got some time to spare so I've made a quickie animation that sees the return of a friend of the site, the fabulous Mr BD Bear. It's more an animated Christmas/ New Years Card than anything, (if you've seen BD's first appearance you'll know what to expect)
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Operation Christmas Phase 3
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Alphabe-Thursday Letter B
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I love the vase with flowers.ReplyDelete
beautiful and vibrant, I have a friend that lived in Mexico and she has wonderful colored dishes...and walls, like 5 bright colors on one floor....I will take the dishes and leave the walls. lolReplyDelete
Very nice. That is such a bright, pretty blue!ReplyDelete
Love fiesta ware. I have some myself.ReplyDelete
When I open a link that is yours and see your happy header, I immediately start smiling before I even start reading.ReplyDelete
Your linens and Fiesta can't help but bring a smile to anyone reading your blog.
I really like your style of decorating. It is so welcoming.
Thank you for linking pictures of more of your beautiful things.
I L-O-V-E your blog. What a pleasant place to come! The table is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Pretty pretty tablescape!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing it..
Another lovely table.ReplyDelete
Oh, my! You're all ready for us! I'll bring the margaritas!ReplyDelete
Wow! What a gorgeous table setting! The blue is very vibrant! Really lovely!ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone, this is one of my favorite "south of the border" tablecloths! It is so Mexico and reminds me of all our trips to Mexico over the years.ReplyDelete
Still trying to come up with something for next week and the letter "C" .......perhaps "C" can be for COLORFUL dishes! LOL
As always I am impressed.ReplyDelete
Thanks Terra!ReplyDelete
lovely lights..ReplyDelete
romantic post.
Thanks Jingle, see you all next week for the letter "D" .... check in on the letter "C" which is already up!ReplyDelete
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Purdue University Calumet's Riley Summer Enrichment Camp will provide local children an opportunity to learn through fun activities from June 13 to Aug. 5.
This eight-week summer program will consist of various projects that introduce concepts of science, mathematics and social studies in an interactive and engaging environment. The camp is for children ages 3-6.
Activities include observing pond life, exploring mud and sand, discovering the stages of water and participating in obstacle courses. All activities will be held on campus.
Registration options include weekly, daily and half-day packages. A $20 registration fee also is required.
Further information on registration can be obtained by contacting Tamra Bottomlee at 219/989-2343 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Charlotte R. Riley Child Center is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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In 2016, a meltdown of a nuclear power plant contaminates Tokyo, forcing the government to order its citizens to evacuate. 20 years later, Tokyo has become a ghost town due to the high levels of radiation which the government has banned entry for anyone. When a distress signal is received from the area, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force dispatches three girls from the special unit Coppelion to search the ruined capital for survivors.
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Claire joined the UKRSE and SSI as the Research Software Engineer Coordinator in January 2016. She assists with the administration of some events for the SSI but mainly spends her three days a week working for the UKRSE as the network coordinator in organising conferences, meetings and renewing the UKRSE website amongst other activities. Before that, she managed a Doctoral Training Centre EPSRC grant at the University of Southampton for six years.
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Also known as hyper-filtration due to efficiency rates as high as 99% particulate removal, reverse osmosis is preferred in many purification processes.
Reverse osmosis water filters are compact liquid filters used in industries that include, but are not limited to, electronics, research and science laboratories, sanitation, medical, biopharmaceutical, automotive, manufacturing, water treatment, agriculture, food and chemical processing and semiconductor. They are used in the processing of both input and exhaust water to ensure efficient processing and environmental friendliness. As reverse osmosis does not require the use of chemicals or other additives, it is also safe to use and cost effective in the majority of industrial water filter applications.
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According to the latest existing-home sales report by the National Association of Realtors®, first-time buyers in May represented 32% of all sales, up from 30% in April and 27% a year ago. On realtor.com®, we've been seeing record traffic all year, and among serious house hunters, the share of 25- to 34-year-olds—the upper reaches of the millennial generation—has substantially increased.
"This is the beginning of millennials now seriously getting into the home-buying market," said Jonathan Smoke, our chief economist, during a panel discussion on Wednesday at the National Association of Real Estate Editors conference in Miami. The topic was "Mortgage Availability for Millennials and Other First-Time Buyers."
"This age range historically is the critical time frame in which most people buy their first home," Smoke said after analyzing a survey of more than 12,000 site visitors from Jan. 1 through June 15. "Even last year, when the first-time buyer segment was depressed, 25- to 34-year-olds still represented the largest single age demographic of buyers."
In January this year, about 54% of these older millennials said they were planning to buy a home within three months. By mid-June, that figure was 65%. In addition, older millennials and first-time buyers are more optimistic than the average buyer, saying that they are "very likely to purchase within the next 12 months."
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"It's not just millennials, but also young Generation Xers," he told the audience in Miami.
Would-be buyers who report that they're having a hard time getting a mortgage are 60% more likely to be first-timers. They have been trying to buy for quite some time—probably because they haven't been able to qualify for a loan. In fact, 25% report that they started looking to buy more than a year ago, which is 50% higher than the typical buyer.
Here are the key impediments that they face:
- 60% cite needing to improve their credit score, the No. 1 issue for this type of buyer; that rate is almost 7 times that of the typical buyer.
- 52% cite lacking funds for a down payment.
- 39% say they cannot find a good house in their budget.
- 15% cite being on a lease, which is 2.5 times that of the typical buyer.
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With Leinster needing maximum points from their last two matches to have any chance of staying up and Phoenix needing a win to have a chance of finishing in seventh place there was something at stake in this bottom of the table clash.
With Andrew Leonard on a busy weekend in the day job, Syed Ali injured, Coach Lunson reverting to his coaching role, Nicholas James and Steve Davis left out the selectors obviously had given some thought to the line up which welcomed the return of the Anders brothers, the return of Jonathan Wardell behind the stumps and saw a 1st xi league debut for Ben White. Leinster won the toss and elected to bat. The eleven who took the field for Phoenix were Captain Conor Kelly, wicket keeper Jonathan Wardell, Corie Dickeson, Colonel Sadaf Raza, M D Masud Ahmed, Dumisani Magala, Branem Adams, Adam Chester, Thomas Anders, Rory Anders, Ben White.
Rory Anders and Dumisani Magala shared the new ball against Richard Forrest and Hugh McDonnell. McDonnell did not last long before being bowled by Magala for 3 and the South African took a little longer to remove Ward for 17 and make it 47 for 2. In the meantime Forrest was batting steadily at the other end and his partnership with Mallon of 65 runs in 53 minutes seemed to settle Leinster before Adams had Mallon caught by Wardell for 18. It looked as if Forrest would go on to a century and beyond but a misunderstanding with Moreton led to a run out with White the responsible fielder. From 144 for 4 the Leinster innings went into a downward spiral and the batsmen were overmatched against the collective bowling and fielding effort of Phoenix. Captain Kelly produced one of his better bowling spells of the season with 9 overs costing 33 , White picked up two wickets on his senior league debut with Wardell and Chester taking the catches, Johnston was run out for 4, Raza had O'Dwyer caught by Adams for 0 and Azhar lbw for 5 and Magala picked up a third scalp when he had O'Gorman caught by Dickeson for 6. Carroll was undefeated on 19 as the innings closed on 205.
Masud Ahmed and Magala were the opening batsmen for Phoenix. Both were harsh on any loose deliveries by Azhar and Carroll and after 33 minutes the score had reached 50 when Masud was caught and bowled by Moreton for 28. After a few singles to ease himself in Captain Kelly was soon forming a solid alliance with Magala and at some point in this stand Phoenix picked up their second point and Leinster were relegated. Kelly and Magala added 131 runs in 76 minutes and after Kelly was bowled by Azhar for 61 Dickeson took most of the strike and ended undefeated on 21 with Magala undefeated on 86. Phoenix won by 8 wickets.
Man of the Match Dumisani Magala 3 wickets, 86 not out


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Helzbergs to speak at USD 204 Rise and Shine Breakfast
April 20, 2015
The USD 204 Education Foundation has announced its keynote speakers for this year's Rise and Shine Breakfast will be Barnett and Shirley Helzberg of Helzberg Diamonds.
Shirley Helzberg grew up in Leavenworth County and attended school in Bonner Springs. She is a member of the Bonner Springs High School Hall of Fame as a BSHS 1959 graduate.
The Rise and Shine Breakfast is set for 7:10 a.m., with the program to begin at 7:45 a.m., May 21 at the cafeteria in BSHS. The annual event serves as a fundraiser for scholarships for USD 204 students, education grants for teachers and other programs benefiting the district. The event also will feature a music performance from the Bonner Springs Elementary Choir, scholarship presentations and other recognitions.
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This is a film that starts off with some agreeable, professional trashiness before settling into routine. This is not to say that the opening, with meek, lonely accountant Jonathan (McGregor) striking up a friendship with the slick Wyatt (Jackman), is entirely smooth going. Almost immediately, the movie suffers from casting the sly, handsome McGregor as a fumbling nebbish. The guy has both acting chops and charisma; naturally, several of his Hollywood roles ask him to trade both for an American accent. Hopefully he meets up with Colin Farrell and James McAvoy to commiserate -- or maybe he swapped stories on-set with Jackman, another good-looking overseas bloke who has alternated terrific performances with bouts of blandness.
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They accept Ida's advice. While hiking Timber Falls, Mike and Sheryl encounter stunning waterfalls, pristine lakes, and a mountaintop campsite with gorgeous Appalachian views (though camera crews never stepped foot in West Virginia; the film was shot in Romania). They set up camp and go to sleep. The next day, Sheryl goes missing. Mike suspects mischief from the rifle-wielding backwoods boys they met the previous day.
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Chances are I enjoyed this new Die Hard, the fourth in the series, more than you will. Full disclosure time: The original Die Hard is my favorite film. Not my favorite Bruce Willis film. Not my favorite action film. My favorite film, period. And Willis' invulnerable but impossibly human John McClane is, to me, the quintessential movie hero -- a street-smart civil servant with a knack for disrupting the best-laid plans of vicious malcontents.
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My job will become that much harder if the 19-year-old keeps appearing in fare like Just My Luck. Lohan stars as a P.R. agent living a life in which good luck sticks to her like dandruff. Give her a lottery ticket to scratch, she'll win something. One elevator door closes; another one opens. Meanwhile, elsewhere in New York City, a young music promoter (Chris Pine) has nothing but bad luck, which we find out courtesy of a drawn-out sequence.
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The plot doesn't matter (and even Crocodile Dundee took care of that). Irwin is the real show here - everything else just distracts from him. The movie is just another episode of his popular television series. While in the Outback, he gets up close and personal with spiders, lizards, crocodiles, and snakes. Speaking directly to the camera, he gives us a fairly useful education about these different animals while Terri provides additional commentary (think commercial spokesperson). It's all very interesting stuff and Irwin's humor and quick wit is enough to keep the lessons entertaining and the action scenes believable.
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Willis plays Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator who resigns his guilt-ridden, big city post for a quiet, safe position as chief of police in the small town of Bristo Camino. Even with the new surroundings, Talley has yet to heal the emotional scarring he's inflicted on his wife and daughter. Instead of reconciling the damage at home, he runs from it: "See you next weekend" he tells his family before scurrying off to work. It's hardly the behavior you'd expect from someone touted as an expert in mediation.
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The story resembles one of those studio pictures of the 1940s and 1950s made famous by the likes of William Holden and Gary Cooper. Willis plays Col. William McNamara, the highest-ranking officer in German prisoner camp Stalag IV during the tail end of the WWII. McNamara retains the dignity of his fellow American soldiers held captive and silently plans to strike back against the enemy under the suspicious eyes of German Col. Werner Visser (Marcel Iures). When a murder occurs in the camp, McNamara sets in motion a plan of attack against his German counterparts by orchestrating a court martial headed by Lt. Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell), an Army desk jockey with a senator for a father who was recently captured in Belgium. As the tensions mount and sides are taken, both friend and foe uncover duplicities within their own ranks, values of lives are weighed against the duties of soldiers, and the question of honor versus freedom plays out to the final whopper of an ending.
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Doing time for unknown crimes, Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) are milling about the clink one day when our hunky inmate Joe engineers a daring escape, taking his milquetoast pal Terry along for the ride. Within a few nights on the lam, they've engineered a plan for a new kind of bank robbery -- kidnap the bank manager at his home, spend the night at his house, then waltz in with him first thing in the morning and abscond with all the money.
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Civil war is tearing Nigeria in two. Without warning, the country's president is overthrown by infidels, who assassinate the deposed leader along with his immediate family. Amidst the political upheaval, our government orders a U.S. Navy SEAL platoon led by Lt. A.K. Waters (Willis) to infiltrate the African jungles and extract Dr. Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci) and her assistants.
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Apparently when a Christianity Today story on our George Rekers scandal story went up yesterday at around noon, the doctor was still listed as a member of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality's Scientific Advisor Committee. A quick look today reveals that he's been scrubbed even from the list, meaning NARTH, a group that advocates homosexuality can and should be cured, has cut all its ties with Rekers. Rekers was caught traveling with a gay escort who claims that he was instructed to give Rekers nude massages once a day.
"One thing for which I am grateful is that my travel assistant openly shared his spiritual doubts with me during the trip and he did let me share the gospel of Jesus Christ with him with many Scriptures in three extended conversations," Rekers wrote.
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However, he did apologize for his bad decisions.
"I confessed to the Lord and to my family that I was unwise and wrong to hire this travel assistant after knowing him only one month before the trip and not knowing whether he was more than a person raised in a Christian home," Rekers said. "I also confessed to the Lord and to my family the sin of thereby putting myself into a vulnerable situation where I tragically became subject to false allegations."


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It's been almost two years since New Jersey's cell phone ban went into effect; two years of $100 tickets, two years of "Hang Up or Pay Up" enforcement sweeps, and two years of driver education aimed to reduce cell phone use.
Is it me, or is this problem worse than ever?
It's not me. No matter where you drive -- Parkway, Turnpike, local streets, school zones, work zones, and shopping mall parking lots -- you are confronted by the erratic driving of people talking or texting on cell phones. The lane weavers, speed droppers and tailgaters. Those oblivious to everything and everybody, except for their conversation. DWD is the snappy acronym.
Here's how oblivious:
A few weeks ago, Denville police had a cell phone crackdown along Route 46 a few weeks ago. Well ahead of the traps, police put up flashing electronic signs. 'Cell phone ban enforced. Hang Up or Pay Up," they said, in big, flashing yellow letters.
And still ...
Cell phone users went head first into the trap, still talking. Denville police wrote 89 tickets on the first go-round in three hours. One guy got a ticket going east, then got one coming back west. DWD. Driving While Dumb.
"It proves people on cell phones really aren't paying strict attention to the road," Denville chief Christopher Wagner said.
One more thing: Wagner said in all his years in law enforcement, he has never seen any crackdown as widely applauded.
"People thanked us for doing it," he said. Not those ticketed. Those who have to share the road with them.
There have been hundreds of international, federal and states studies about how talking or texting and driving don't mix. A Harvard study from 2002 said people using cell phones caused 2,600 fatal accidents and 570,000 non-fatals. A United States Department of Transportation study says people on a handheld phone or texting are just as attention-deficient as a person with a couple drinks in them. Be it DWI or DWD, those people are four times as likely to crash. Maybe into you or me.
And still ...
Federal government studies say between 4 and 11 percent of all drivers are talking on phones at any given time. Do your own study. You'll see it's true.
On a quick loop of Route 287, Route 24, the Parkway and Route 1 Tuesday, photographer Andy Mills and I saw the following:
A girl driving Jeep Wagoneer with her wrists up 287 for about five minutes while she texted. A limo van driver chatting away on the local lane merge of Route 24 and 78, as traffic snarled behind him when his speed dropped to 35 mph. A truck driver on 287 with a heavy equipment trailer in tow, bringing two lanes of the road to a slow-down as he talked away and let his speed fall to about 40. A state trooper flying up the fast lane moments later in a SUV, phone in ear. And much, much more.
And still ...
Police in New Jersey are still enforcing traffic control the old-fashioned way, focusing on speeders rather than the new nuisances. In November, for instance, police in New Jersey wrote 17,302 speeding tickets in categories from 1 to 24 mph over the limit. During the same period, 7,650 cell phone tickets were given. It was not known what number were given as primary offenses, but the guess here is not many. Me, you, and everybody you know see people on cell phones everyday blowing through speed traps, or menacing local streets right under the eyes of the law.
This time of year seems worse. Everybody's rushing. Everybody's stressed. Everybody's being driven crazy, and DWC. Driving While Crazed.
So there is no better time for a crackdown on Driving While Mindlessly Yakking on a Cell phone (DWMYC) than the holidays. EIE. Enough is enough.
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I'll dig through my many many boxes of tattered children's books that have one or more qualities that make them just too cute to throw out.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
This cute little book was published in 1933 by Rand McNally and was written and illustrated by Lillian Baker Sturges.
The story takes place in Bavaria, where all the toys are made for children around the world. Only problem is, there are no toys left for the Bavarian children.
It's told in rhyme and illustrated variously in color and black and white. I've trimmed the story down a little, but you'll get the gist.
(Actually, after re-reading this story and looking at the pictures, it's kind of creepy...all the children like zombies plodding after a bunch of creaky toys in the moonlight and then not saying a word when their mother's urge them back home.)
In far-away Bavaria, there is a queer old town whose narrow streets and dwellings quaint, have brought it great renown.
A high stone wall surrounds the place, a hundred towers rise, and many a tower once rose high that now in ruin lies.
Oh what a rainbow colored town!--You'd surely like to stop and look in through the window panes to see this fine Toy Shop.
For Nuremberg, as well you know, is noted for its Toys; they're sent the wide, wide world around to please the Girls and Boys.
Alas! they are all sent away to far-off foreign lands; the little ones of Nuremberg must play with empty hands.
Here are many lovely dolls with flowing curly locks, some clad in common calico, and some in silken frocks.
There're dolls of wood, and dolls of rags, and dolls that really walk, and dolls that jump, and dolls that sleep, and dolls that truly talk.
An elephant that nods his head; a rocking horse that rocks; a duck-on-wheels; a bird that sings; a pert jack-in-the-box.
These patent toys are wonderful! You turn a little key; a monkey walks, a rooster crows by strange machinery.
Once upon a time the shopman, Hans, old, and forgetful quite, wide open left the toy shop door and went home for the night.
Leaving the toys unguarded there, it presently grew dark, and then arose a murmuring up near the Noah's Ark.
"I'm sure I'm tired of staying here," exclaimed the Jumping Jack; "I'd like to jump and limber up this stiffness in my back. The other jacks are happier far who've gone to foreign shores, for they know something of the world and dwell in lovely stores."
"I'd like just once to see the moon, it is my fondest dream to gaze upon a real, true moon, not just a stray moonbeam."
Thus spoke the pretty waxen doll, and then she heaved a sigh; "we'll never see the moon from here," Was Noah's sad reply.
"I know I'm just a wooden duck, but I have wheels inside; if one of you would wind me up I could go far and wide
into the great big glorious world, and oh, the sights I'd see! Yes, sights both new and wonderful; won't someone please wind me?"
"Ah, here's the key and there's the lock right underneath your wing' of all the animals in the shop you are the queerest thing!"
"You know you really cannot walk, you always wabble so; but I suppose that is the way that all real live ducks go."
The rubber balls cried: "We can bounce," and bounced down to the floor; they bounced and bounced and bounced again, and bounced right out the door.
Good Mrs. Noah followed next, the animals two by two, the rocking horse, the lamb-on-wheels, the squad of soldiers too.
Out the door into the street, the gay procession went, with jostle, tumble, rush and bang--on sight-seeing intent.
The children, they were fast asleep--such chubby girls and boys! When down the silent moonlit street marched on the troops of toys.
From underneath the coverlets stirs many a little head; the children soon are wide awake and bounding out of bed.
One glimpse from windows open wide--the toys in moonlight glow; they flash and gleam with color bright as they pass on below.
Down many a winding flight of stairs, all stealthily and fleet, came echoing through the hallways dark the patter of little feet.
Never before was such a sight in quaint old Nurnberg town--each little one tripped blithely out in white nightcap and gown.
The toys marched on with never a glance at the children trooping out, they did not even seem to hear their joyous laugh and shout.
But ever forward on their march, through many a crooked street; the children followed after them in their soft-slippered feet;
On to the massive city wall, the gates stood open wide; the train marched on across the bridge that spanned the moat outside;
But still they followed up the toys farther and farther still, until they spied the yellow moon just resting on the hill.
Each mother to her child's room went to see if all was well; but every bed stood empty--what a shocking thing to tell!
They searched all corners of the house; they searched hallways too; they searched the narrow crooked streets; they searched the whole town through;
They searched outside the old town gates; Look! over the hill they saw the train just vanishing--a sight to make them ill.
Across the dale and up the hill, breathless, yet striding fast, they chased the truant little ones and caught them too, at last.
"Come back, and we will give you toys," desperate the Mothers cried: "We'll give you toys and toys and toys, until you're satisfied."
The children turned with never a word, and from the hill came down; they crossed the moat, filed through the gate, back into Nurnberg town.
They went contentedly to bed each with a woolly toy, a doll, a nodding elephant, an ark, or sailor boy.
But not a truant toy came back that started forth to roam; maybe you'll find some if you look, right here, in your own home!
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There are some collection of old books which are always kept the way they are, even I try to throw them away but I know I can't. This post was quite relatable
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This simple pink flower thrives in a former non-space on a typical mid-rise office building. Last summer I posted a photo showing the full 5 story, vertical garden column on this mid-rise Shinjuku Gyoenmae office building.
Recently I passed by and was drawn to this beautiful pink flower with lush leaves repeating themselves all the way up.
Update: @JasonDewees informed me that it's a bergenia. Seems wells-suited to vertical city life.


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Don't Compromise Your Online Business with a Poorly Designed Website
One of the best things about the Internet is that it levels the playing field for business owners. Anyone can set up a website and as long as it's well-designed, and many of your visitors will have no idea whether the company behind the site is a one-man-band or a multinational corporation.
A well-designed website makes your company look trustworthy and professional. A poorly designed website, however, will drive visitors away and could do a lot of damage to your brand.
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"See you in a week"
Those were the last words you told your parents before you left for Spain. They kept running through your mind as the plane landed in Germany. Had it only been a week? It felt like longer, and you were really starting to miss them.
You see a huge crowd as you leave the plane and head towards the terminal to grab your luggage. Many of them look exhausted, and you spot a few propped up on their luggage trying to catch some sleep. Others look exhausted more emotionally than physically, crying from a desparate attempt to make sense of the world.
After fighting your way through the crowd you find a reasonably comfortable place to sit on the opposite platform and wait.
And wait.
And wait.
It never arrives.
Luckily a group of people headed the same direction offers you a ride. They drop you off at a bus stop near your home.
It was a long journey so far, and you were tired from the long plane ride to begin with. Unfortunately for you the busses don't run this late, so you have to make the last few kilometres yourself.
As you near your home you realize you haven't gotten a call from your parents yet, despite being much later than you thought you'd be.
It's four o'clock in the morning when you see your home in the distance, and you hope to finally get some rest.
Rest you weren't meant to get this night...
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Representatives of France are sent to the "Compiègne Wagon" (Wagon de l'Armistice) to negotiate a truce with representatives of Nazi Germany. On this very spot, in this very car on November 11, 1918, the Compiènian armistice, humiliating for Germany, was signed, which recorded the disgraceful defeat of Germany in World War I. The signing of a new Compiènian armistice at the same site, according to Hitler's plan, was to symbolize Germany's historic revenge. In order to roll out the car to a clearing, the Germans destroyed the wall of the museum where it was stored, and laid the rails to the historic site.
Photo place: Compiègne, Picardy, France
Date of the photo: 22 June 1940


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Sales of the iPad have bashed through the one million mark just 28 days after the device first became available in the US.
The milestone was acheived faster than the manufacturer's popular smartphone, the iPhone.
"One million iPads in 28 days—that's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone," Aplle chief executive officer, Steve Jobs, said in a statement. "Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers."
Apple is also claiming more than 12 million iPad app downloads and 1.5 million e-books from its iBookstore. However, some developers have warned there will be a premium for iPad apps for some time.
(Read more on How the iPad works.)
On the first day of the iPad's availability, Apple boasted sales of 300,000 - more than the 270,000 iPhones sold in the first two days the smartphone hit the stores.
In mid-April, Apple said it would delay the release of the iPad to the Australian market until the end of May as a result of the strong US demand.
Telcos Optus, Telstra, Vodafone Australia and 3 Mobile have confirmed they will all offer plans for the device when it is officially released.
The latest sales figures from Apple come on the back of strong financial reports and news global iPhone shipments rose 131 per cent during the first quarter this year over the same period in 2009.
Boosted by an increase in iPhone and Mac shipments, Apple reported a 90 percent increase in quarterly profits two weeks ago. The company reported net profit of $US3.07 billion for the three months to 27 March, just under double that of the same quarter in 2009.


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When you get there, be sure to ask for the Fleet Car Manager by name (again, this is to get away from any imposters). Shake their hand, be polite, and act business-casual. After meeting face-to-face, they will show you the fleet cars. Be sure to:
By this point, you've met the manager, driven the car, and now have a good feel for the situation. Now is the time for negotiations:
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Stay up-to-date and improve your German!
Regularly reading German newspapers is a great way to stay up to date on German and European affairs, and to practise your German language skills!
you're a German translator, learning German or already at home in the language,
immersing yourself in German texts for just 5 minutes a day will help
keep your language skills up to date!
Use some of the German newspapers I've listed here to check up on German terms – international stories in English newspapers will also be covered by their German counterparts. Examine the language they use, e.g. 'official' translations of titles, positions, international bodies, etc.
The German newspapers listed here all have links to their online editions, giving you free access to a variety of writing styles and subject matter.
Some also offer audio broadcasts of news items and stories, which is a great chance to hear German spoken in a variety of accents.
Below I've listed some of the most popular German language newspapers according to type and frequency of publication, as well as a few Austrian and Swiss-German language newspapers:
With a population of over 80 million, it's not surprising that Germany offers a wide variety of quality newspapers. Here the big names, in descending order of popularity (approximate circulation levels):
Quality dailies:
Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) Half a million copies.
Quality weekly:
Die Zeit Around 650,000 copies. Appears on Thursdays. Hard to praise highly enough. Thoughtful articles and indepth analysis. The only paper we subscribe to at home.
Tabloid dailies:
These are your populist and more sensationalist daily papers, but just as The Sun, England's most popular daily, is said to be written by the best journalists that Oxford and Cambridge can produce, an occasional dip into the Bild-Zeitung will give you some examples of a more colloquial use of German, and an insight into local prejudices!
Bild Almost 4 million copies.
Express 200,000 copies.
TIP! German translation students: I've noticed that many exam papers, especially for the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation, take as their source text an extract from one of the German quality dailies such as Die Zeit, or the FAZ. So read your papers carefully and use them for practice translations!
Quality dailies:
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) 330,000 copies, respected, liberal paper going back over 200 years.
Tages-Anzeiger (Tagi, or TA) 550,000 copies, largest Swiss daily, left of centre.
Tabloid dailies:
Blick Readership of around 750,000. Great if you're desperate to know what various European Royals are up to.
With a population only 1/10th the size of Germany, Austrian newspapers are unsurprisingly somewhat provincial compared to their German counterparts, but give an in-depth view of what's going on in Austria.
The weekly German newspaper Die Zeit also dedicates a few pages to Austrian news & articles commenting on the state of Austrian politics, often by Austrian journalists or popular figures. These analyses often seem more insightful than the local Austrian coverage!
Quality dailies:
Der Standard Liberal, online edition reportedly attracts over 1 million readers.
Die Presse 350,000 copies, liberal and free-market.
Wirtschaftsblatt 25,000 copies, Austria's only financial daily.
Tabloid dailies:
Kronen Zeitung (Die Krone) Around 3 million, Austria's largest populist daily.
Kurier 300,000 copies
If you're looking for news about Germany and German affairs in general, then you might try the online news published by the German Missions in the United States, the official website of the German Embassy and 8 official German consulates in the USA.
Or try the webpage of Germany's international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (German Wave) whose goal is to provide information about Germany and Europe to an international audience in 30 languages.
Viel Spaß beim Lesen!
Also in this series: German TV & Radio, German Magazines
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A Simple Guide on Boxing Techniques
This New Year, people are more concerned upon having a well conditioned body with zero fat concentration. There are various fitness clubs that provide excellent training upon boxing. There are some facts that can always help a person to gain the right kind of body to begin with.
Why Boxing
There are many advantages of boxing. It is an excellent kind of cardio workout. The entire body can be conditioned through a single boxing workout. It is a high calorie burning routine that enables the body to lose fat in large quantities. Beginners need to maintain certain rules and regulations for achieving proper training in boxing starting from equipments to workouts.
List of Equipments
The Basic Equipments that every budding boxer needs are wrist wraps, boxing gloves, punching bag and jumping ropes. The basic training program involves the establishments of a boxing stance. Body positioning is very essential to start with as correct standing will help in achieving better results from the workout sessions. It also reduces the risks of developing joint strains.
Boxing – The Techniques always Matter the most
Standing Posture
Beginners can stand in sideways posture and consider the punching bag as their opponent. It is essential to place the feet a little further than the shoulders in width distance. It is important to place the subordinate side your body facing the target. Experts always consider keeping the dominant hand at back, and it is necessary to bend the knees and to distribute the weight of the body.
Balancing Hands
It is important to place the hands at the chin level as this enables to make gentle fist movements. There need to be at least 6 or 8 inches of distance between the dominant rear hands, the one, which will help in punching the opponent. It is best to keep the arms placed around the torso area. There are many institutes on personal training in Phuket that assure to provide their candidates with the best possible education on punching techniques.
Punching Techniques
A boxer is only said to be good, when he or she throws proper punches against his or her opponent. A good punch is signified with proper rapid extensions of the upper limb. This movement is followed by fast retractions. A person will need to extend the rear arm outside towards the opponent while rotating the hips to face the front for a fast and powerful cross punch. It is essential to pivot over the rear football while strengthening the legs for a speedy, lengthy and power pack punch. It is essential to keep the front arm extended to jab. This sort of punch does not necessarily require any hip rotation.
Points to Remember
A number of factors are very important for proper boxing training. An immature boxer always requires proper amount of sleep and adequate nutrition for muscle building. It is essential to increase the quantity of protein in the diet as it helps for enhanced muscle building. It is necessary to warm up the body before punching the bags. A simple warm up workout involves jumping of ropes. Rope jumping process can continue for a time period of 3 minutes. It is enough to prepare the muscles to get ready for the bigger workout part.
Boxing is considered to be the best way of losing weight. It enables the body to lose weight in large amounts and also to tone down the muscles in an effective manner.
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PROJECT RUNWAY Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York Spring 2015
Wildly popular and successful American reality TV show Project Runway is focused on fashion design, hosted by Heidi Klum and is in its 13th season. The premise of the show is that contestants compete with one another to create the best clothes, all while being constrained in time, material and theme. Each week, the designs are judged and one (or sometimes more) designer goes home. Toward the end of the show, only a few finalists remain, and these designers must prepare a complete fashion collection for New York Fashion Week. It is from this collection that a winner will be chosen.
The 13th season of Project Runway was a much-anticipated Finale Show presentation at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015, which was held at the Lincoln Center. The work of the remaining nine designers was on show, including Emily Payne, Korina Emmerich, Sandhya Garg, Alexander Knox, Fäde Zu Grau, Amanda Valentine, Sean Kelly, Char Glover and Kini Zamora. One of the highlights of the show was Project Runway's mentor Tim Gunn's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. He was nominated by Heidi Klum, who was happy to do the honors. Klum and fellow judges Nina García, Emmy Rossum and Zac Posen also took a stroll down the runway.


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In case you missed it last week, the incredible Simon Holst is taking over our kitchen every Friday in February!
Simon requires no introduction in New Zealand, as he and his mother Dame Alison Holst have dominated the cookery shelves for several decades. Growing up in a foodie household, Simon inherited a passion for food and cooking, and during the last years of his university degree, he worked with his mother co-writing Meals Without Meat – his first real experience of food writing. That book became a bestseller and established the path Simon would follow in a highly successful career publishing cookbooks.
Following graduation, Simon worked as a food scientist before taking a year to travel and explore the world, tasting his way around the UK, Europe and the United States. He returned home to take up food writing full-time and since then has co-authored over 30 cookbooks with Alison Holst, and produced seven titles in his own right. To date the combined sale of Alison and Simon Holst cookbooks is in excess of 4.3 million copies.
As well as compiling best-selling cookbooks, Simon contributes to various New Zealand newspapers and magazines, undertakes cooking demonstrations, and, since 2008, he has appeared regularly on TVNZ's Good Morning Show. The overall focus of his work is to create practical and delicious family food with the minimum of fuss.
When he's not working Simon enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, practicing karate, swimming, looking after the house and garden, or holidaying at the beach.
We're thrilled to have Simon at TVSN, and we hope you'll tune in to the shows. We had a sneak peek of some of his recipes and we can't wait!
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The Power of Now {EDITOR'S PICK}
To make the journey into THE POWER OF NOW we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of this extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, "the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death." Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question-and-answer format to guide us.
A word-of-mouth phenomenon since its first publication, THE POWER OF NOW is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers--one that can radically change their lives for the better. (from the back of the book)
Editor's Note: I have always been somewhat skeptical of self-help books. But the simple, and yet profound message of this book, rings with the truth of inner liberation that crosses all national, political, social, and religious lines. I highly recommend this guide to spiritual enlightenment.
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What is a Short Sale?
Real estate foreclosures in Knox County, Ohio are on the rise. Due to the increase in unemployment, I believe it is realistic that home foreclosures will continue to increase until the job market rebounds. Home foreclosures can cause serious stress and these types of financial challenges are one of the biggest factors influencing the increased divorce rate among married couples today.
Did you know that a high percentage of the homes that are foreclosed on could have avoided foreclosure and the owner could have sold the home through a REALTOR? This is where the term Short Sale comes into play.
The Short Sale Explained. (Just click the play button)
In today's current housing market, many people owe more on their home than their home is worth. There are many reasons a homeowner may owe more on their home than it is currently worth and here are some examples:
- This may have happened because the value of the home simply dropped.
- They refinanced their original loan and rolled the closing costs into the new loan.
- They may have added a home equity loan and financed the closing costs into the loan.
- They did a cash out refinance to pay off other consumer debts, vehicles and credit cards.
- Many owners refinance to pay unexpected medical bills or funeral expenses.
- Divorces, in many cases, create the need to refinance a home when one of the spouses wants to maintain ownership of the home and often at that point they are required to remove the ex spouse from legal ownership and financial obligation.
- There are dozens of reasons why someone might owe more on their home than it is worth and in many cases it could even be a combination of any of the items listed above.