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They told me that Goa is packed with tourists… It is not.
They told me that Goa is filled with Israelis… It is not.
They told me that Goa is filled with drugs…
I arrived to Goa yesterday morning after a 16 hours bus drive.
It was a sleeper bus so I slept all night.
I came with two friends from Pune, a guy, Elad and a girl, Sharon and we stay at a house just on the beach.
It costs us 250 Rupees so that's 8.5 Shekel per night.
Goa is the name of the state and we stay on Anjuna beach.
I will stay here for a week maybe and then move to Arambol which is another beach.
The scenery is amazing, it's a bit difficult to grasp that this is India.
You would think this is the Carribian.
Anyway, I'm enjoying myself here.
Everything is Shanti Shanti.
The prices are a little high because of the high season.
Oh yeah, Marry Christmas to whoever of you who celebrates.
Anyway, I finished the Reiki course. It was the most powerful experience I have had so far.
The teacher, Niranjan is an amazing man and he has his own truths and he dispenses them, no matter what you might think of them.
They do sound silly at first, but then you realize most of what he says is true.
Anyway, every place I arrive to is the same deal:
I am too overwhelmed by the sights and the culture that I do not take a single picture the first couple of days.
Oh yeah, it is so HOT in here. I almost melted yesterday.
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
A cautionary tale and injury prevention for the pregnant runner
I also didn't know when I said I'd write this post that the incidence of pelvic/hip/groin injury was so common in pregnant runners )you are, of course, all smart enough to take a poll on my blog with a grain of salt - but it's hard not to find it a little interesting).
You are more likely than not to have your running curtailed by an injury while pregnant. And the most likely injury (67%) is of the pelvis.
And I consider any groin, hip or pelvic injury to be equivalent. They all occur in the above ring and occur by the same basic mechanism: the uneven loosening of/stress on the pelvis.
What I am about to write is simply an amalgamation of what I have learned in medical school and years of reading about running and pregnancy and is not from any particular research, though I quote one study. The only good reason you have to read it is you probably won't be able to find much else written on this topic (if you do, let me know! I want to read it.).
So, let's get started with my interpretation of the biomechanics that predispose to pelvic injury:
1. The belly grows, of course. This changes the body's position while running. Initially I thought if one ran with a backpack that one would balance out "the problem", but this is the opposite of the truth. (yes, this is my very own illustration)
The truth is, the larger the belly grows, the more a woman leans back to compensate. This puts stress on the sacroiliac joint and the back of the pelvis.
2. At the same time, the ligaments loosen in the pelvis in response to the hormone relaxin. This makes good sense for pushing a baby through. But when things loosen, they unfortunately tend to loosen unevenly.
So what to do to protect the pregnant pelvis while running?
First, buy shoes that promote running on the forefoot. This will give you a posture where you are leaning more forward and less stress with be placed on the pelvis and SI joint this way. If you already run with vibrams or barefoot, you really can't do anything more in this department.
I have now taught myself to run in shoes with very minimal cushion with more of a forward-leaning style. My feet and calves have taken a beating. And it was a while before I could run 3 hours straight in these shoes, but yesterday I did 3 1/2 hours and it went well. I will add that running on dirt as opposed to asphalt makes transition to this running style a lot easier.
Second, you need to have balance in the strength of the muslces that support and surround the pelvis. The balance of strength is perhaps equally important to strength itself when preventing uneven loosening of the pelvis. So what do I recommend? Well, if you run, you legs are strong, but you need to strengthen your abs, back, inner and outer thighs, butt and even upper body to balance things out. Remember this is all theory.
My favorite exercises involve the exercise ball and I attend classes where we focus on the entire body and core. It is easy to overdo the abs and forget the inner and outer thighs for example. Balancing acts (which I have perfected while waiting for trains with my backpack on) are great for strengthening our neglected deep core muscles.
Now, the topic that gets everybody's undies in a bundle: weight gain. It seems intuitive that the less weight one adds to the pelvis, the less chance one has of injuring the pelvis. And I think this is generally true that women who gain less tend to be able to run longer while pregnant. It is very simple mechanics of course, though there are always confounding factors involved.
But, but, but, but. And I admit this actually occurred to me in the last week: women who are pregnant are in essence amenorrheic. They don't have the cyclical estrogen and progesterone spikes that keep female bones strong. Not only this (here comes the one study), but increased prolactin levels cause decreased bone mineral density. Black et al. (J Bone Miner Res 2000; 15:557-63) showed an average decrease in bone mineral density in the spine of 3.5% in 10 women over the course of their pregnancies. First of all, it is thus important to get adequate calcium and vitamin D. But another thing that keeps bones strong is a little extra weight. It is therefore, in theory, important to gain ENOUGH weight so our bones don't weaken too much. (just as an aside, I would love to do a study taking serial dexa scans of women to see if there is a correlation between weight gain while pregnant and the development of osteopenia - or fractures for that matter.).
Sorry, was that just total blabber or what?
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20 comments:
- sea legs girl said...
Aww geez. Someone just added a vote to the poll while I was writing the post. I am too lazy to edit the percentage.
- 22 March 2011 at 18:42
I think another helpful tool while running pregnant is a support belt. It can really help take the pressure of your big belly of of your pelvic and groin areas, not to mention your bladder! They are great for anyone experiencing back pain too. I kind of see it as a sports bra for my pregnant stomach. I had to try a few different ones and different positions to get it right, but when I did, I loved it!
- 22 March 2011 at 21:03
as a physical therapist, i disagree with making a blanket recommendation that a newly pregnant runner should all the sudden change shoe types and attempt to change one's gait pattern... it may have worked for you, but it's a recipe for disaster for most women... especially pregnant women. If you're interested in changing footwear and/or gait pattern, this should ideally be something you work on when all else is "normal" for you... without adding in the hormones, weight changes, ligamentous changes, etc.
I think far more impt to avoiding injury during pregnancy (while running or staying active) is the nutrition side, strength training, and LISTENING TO YOUR BODY! it's rare that the body that's feeling completely "normal" and painfree just POPS out a stress fracture... usually, there's some ache, some discomfort, some "niggles" that have come on... and the person chooses to run through them thinking it's all good... this is true for tendonitis, stress fx, and anything other overuse unjury when we're NOT pregnant as well. we get away from it sometimes, but when we have this growing being inside that takes everything from our bodies FIRST and leaves us with what's left, it's imperative that we listen to our bodies... and have a good PT nearby to help us when we don't. ;)
- 22 March 2011 at 22:55
- green light said...
I would also caution about switching to minimalist shoes. While there is a lot of anecdotal warning, I was shown recently actual numbers that show an increase in the frequency of 2nd metatarsal stress fractures -- a link directly correlating with the timeline of the increase in popularity of Vibrams and other "minimalist" footwear. Not everyone, sure. But with added weight and the other factors you mention, I can't help but fear that pregnant women would be more at risk for these "barefoot" injuries.
- 23 March 2011 at 01:08
- sea legs girl said...
Grace - I have heard a lot of good things about support belts, though have never tried one. Thanks for mentioning them.
Hey kzpt,
Thanks for commenting from a physical therapist point of view. I had read that pregnant women were advised against running barefoot pregnant. My thoughts on minimalist shoes and vibrams and barefoot is one needs to make the transition gradually whether pregnant or not. I knew it was my strategy for avoiding injury even before I got pregnant, so have gradually worked up to where I am now. We'll see if I last longer than 26 weeks before a major hip injury this time!
I had a stress fracture years before I got pregnant in my pelvis that happeneded COMPLETELY out of the blue - I had NEVER had pain there before that very day. And if I understood correctly, Stefanie's happened out of the blue. And the one case report I read of a post-partum pelvic fracture also happened out of the blue without any pain beforehad. I take it as a GOOD sign that I have twinges of pain in my hip once in a while; I figures that means less of a chance for a big injury like last time.
Green Light, good point about the stress fractures. I hadn't read that, though I would imagine they occur because of switching to barefoot or vibrams too quickly and running on paved surfaces (as opposed to trails). But it's a good thing to bring up considering the apparent increased risk of fx in pregnancy.
- 23 March 2011 at 06:49
- SteveQ said...
Some day I'll be on topic, but I just went to the hairfinder site you used for a previous post... and I'm laughing my ass off at the men's hairstyles. The site should be named "guys who got beaten up in high school!" All that's missing is the Flock of Seagulls fiasco hair. How could anyone compile so many hideous photos???
- 23 March 2011 at 19:24
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- 23 March 2011 at 20:59
- Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologist said...
The above post was me.
- 23 March 2011 at 21:00
- sea legs girl said...
Fast Bastard, I had to erase your comment, whic you accidentally posted from my work email address :O.
Here was Fast Bastard's comment:
I agree with green light and the anonyous poster. Pregnancy is no time to pursue barefoot hipsterism.
And I've seen you run; even in the minimalist flats, you strike midfoot. At best.
- 24 March 2011 at 06:38
- sea legs girl said...
Fast Bastard
Well, for me even running forward enough so that it's midfoot was a big change. It's simply an experiment that I hope works. Last time I only made it to week 26 before trouble set in and I just want to last longer.
Every woman simply has to find what works for her. What I wrote about is simply my plan and I'm sticking to it, that is unless it doesn't work.
Steve Q, I love hearing that I had some part in you laughing so hard, but I'm just not sure which site you're talking about!!
- 24 March 2011 at 12:08
- Stefanie Schocke said...
Completely agree with you about the stress fracture showing up out of NOWHERE!!!! It was like I got stabbed in the groin, no signs. Yes, I had some pubic symphysis issues during pregnancy, but there was no reason to stop running. Looking into the vitamin D/calcium deficiency.
- 24 March 2011 at 14:34
- Kirsten said...
You know, this lady just had a baby. Maybe she knows somthing that you can use?
Just take care of you self!!
- 25 March 2011 at 09:27
- SteveQ said...
I just saw this site in Amy Sproston's blogroll and I'm trying to figure out how that happened... whose site did she visit to find you? You girls certainly stick together.
- 25 March 2011 at 16:34
- sea legs girl said...
Stefanie - thanks for the comment :). Glad you at least agree with the pain part ;). I was really worried about how exactly to write about your fracture. I hope you know I'm simply looking at it scientifically and not in any way criticizing you. I wish you a fast, fast, fast recovery!!!
Kirsten, you know, I actually read that Dena Kastor GAVE UP running while pregnant and I was really miffed! But you know, we all have to do what we are comfortable with. BUT STILLL...
Steve, yeah, Amy Sproston is one of my best friends who I have never met :). Though we ARE going to meet when she visits family in Madison. She found my blog through Olga's, if I remember correctly. I like how you said we girls stick together. It's a happy truth - we crazy running women need each other.
- 25 March 2011 at 17:01
- Olga said...
Crazy people always find each other, even if craziness is in dofferent areas.
I got no comment on a real post though. But I am still here, for one sick reason or another.
- 26 March 2011 at 13:39
- Lisa said...
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PREGNANCY!!! I was just thinking that I should check out your blog, and what a wonderful surprise!
- 27 March 2011 at 01:46
- Lisa said...
Oh, and the support belt was key for me - it really helped during my pregnant running adventures. I highly recommend one. I got the cheapest one off Amazon and it was a godsend.
- 27 March 2011 at 01:48
- Jacqueline said...
Hey there. I had two stress-fractures -- one in each pubic ramus -- the year after I had my son. I had a Dexa-Scan about a year after that (2010), and it was normal (and I had one in 2006, and it was still normal). I'm just saying this because you wondered what they would show Here is your sample of 1. ;-)
I also nursed my son for 14 months and then had another baby. So, two pregnancies, and while breastfeeding, and still had normal density. I also gained very little weight with both pregnancies. Yet, still normal bone density.
- 28 March 2011 at 20:32
- sea legs girl said...
Jacqueline, Good point. You don't have to have abnormal bone density to get stress fractures. There were stress fractures found randomly in something like 2% of Israeli army recruits (who were men with presumably normal bone density). I think there are actually a lot of stress fractures that are never found. But on the other hand, if bone scans are used, they are also overdiagnosed. It's an interesting topic that I wish I knew more about. But one seeming certainty is the less you weigh, the more likely you are to get a fracture (this was also true among the Israeli soldiers).
- 28 March 2011 at 21:19
- Jacqueline said...
That's interesting on the weight comment. And just want to also say, my body is obsessed with ovulation, ha ha, so everything returns to normal, for me, pretty quickly post-partum, so no issues there. I think for me, the injury really was pure overtraining. It hurts to admit that. ;-)
I will say that the stress fractures to pubic ramus hurt like hell and suck more than any other injury I've had. I wouldn't wish them on anyone. They are so weird.
I find all your research interesting, so thanks for doing it.
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Office: WIU-Quad Cities Campus
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Website: wiu.edu/museumstudies
Location of Program Offering: Quad Cities/Figge Art Museum
Graduate Faculty
Faculty teaching in the Master of Museum Studies program are full, associate, and temporary members of the graduate faculty from the Department of Art; Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Administration; and museum professionals at the Figge Museum of Art and other institutions.
Program Description
The purpose of the Museum Studies Program is to educate students as to the history of museums, the various aspects of museum work to include administration, collections management, exhibition development, education, community development, tourism, and fund raising. Also, the program strives to acquaint students with the opportunities and problems faced by museums and museum personnel, and to create career opportunities for students who might seek employment in a museum. Emphasis is placed on practicum experiences involving such basic museum functions as exhibition, curatorial research, cataloging, acquisition, community service, education, and administration.
This program offers coursework through the departments of Art, and Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration working in conjunction with museum professionals at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa.
Admission Requirements
It is expected that students enrolled in the program will hold at least a bachelor's degree and be seriously committed to a career in museums, historical agencies, preservation organizations, or related institutions. No prior museum experience is required.
Requirements to be considered for admission into the program include:
1. Official transcripts indicating a Bachelor's degree (or foreign credentials equivalent to the U.S. bachelor's degree) with a cumulative or last two years' undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher
2. TOEFL score of 600 (paper based), 250 (computer based), or 100 (internet based) or better for international applicants
3. Three letters of recommendation
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5. An essay, professional in appearance and content, explaining your academic goals while pursuing graduate study in Museum Studies at WIU, and how your immediate and long-term plans will be met through this program
Preference will be given to applicants who come from backgrounds in the following areas: art; recreation, park and tourism administration; anthropology; education; and history.
After being accepted to the program but before beginning the program, students must purchase a "Museum Studies" membership at the Figge Art Museum. This fee will be paid to the Figge Art Museum to cover incidental expenses and admission to workshops held at the museum. The fee will include a 2-year membership to the Figge Art Museum. Students who do not complete the program in two years must purchase another 2-year membership.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Arts degree in Museum Studies requires 34 semester hours of coursework including workshops, a portfolio, and a ten-week internship/special project.
I. Core Courses: 22 s.h.
MST 500 Introduction to Museums: Purpose, Function and History (3)
MST 501 Museum Administration (3)
MST 502 Museum Exhibition (3)
MST 503 Museum Collections Management (3)
MST 515 Introduction to Museum Education (3)
RPTA 424G Fund Raising and Volunteerism in Leisure Services (3)
MST 600 Internship and Special Project (4)
MST 601 Workshops in Museum Studies (0)
MST 602 Graduate Portfolio (0)
II. Directed Electives: 12 s.h.
RPTA 448G Interpretation of Cultural and Environmental Resources (3)
RPTA 460G Community Tourism Development (3)
RPTA 467G Special Event Planning and Management (3)
ART 485G Research in Art History (3, repeatable to 9)
ART 496G History of Contemporary Art (3)
MST 520 Independent Study in Museum Education (1–3, repeatable to 6)
MST 560 Practicum in Museums (1–3, repeatable to 3)
MST 599 Special Topics in Museum Studies (1–3, repeatable)
TOTAL PROGRAM: 34 s.h.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program
The department offers a post-baccalaureate certificate in Museum Studies. For program details, go to the post-baccalaureate certificates page.
Course Descriptions
Museum Studies (MST)
500 Introduction to Museums: Purpose, Function and History. (3) This course will provide students with an overview of the purpose, function, and history of museums and their role in society. Students will be introduced to all of the disciplines within the museum and will discuss recent issues in the field.
501 Museum Administration. (3) This course will provide students with an overview of management history, theory and practice focusing on the issues involved in managing a non-profit organization. Topics to be covered include strategic planning; ethics and governance; membership; earned income; and marketing and non-profit finance. Students will complete a finance assignment and an in-depth museum management case study. A variety of topics will be covered including the concepts of project management, team building, group problem solving, and managing change. Case studies of actual projects in museums.
502 Museum Exhibition. (3) This course will focus on the development of interpretive museum exhibitions including theory, planning, research, methodologies, design, construction and installation, and the application of new technologies.
503 Museum Collections Management. (3) This course will provide an introduction to the basic theories, methodologies, and current issues relating to archives management. Establishing collections policies; laws, regulations, conventions, and codes that bear on acquisitions, deaccessions, loans and collection care; accountability; access problems. The implementation of collections policies: establishing and managing collections; management procedures and systems; documentation of collections; records preservation; tax codes; data bases; collections access and storage; restitution and repatriation laws and controversies; handling, packing and shipping; inventory control; and responsibilities of a museum registrar.
515 Introduction to Museum Education. (3) Public education is at the core of the service that museums provide. This course focuses on all aspects of the educational role of museums from the mission through an exploration of museum learning, the use of new technologies, and the development of public programs and evaluation.
516 Visitor Studies. (3) The purpose of this course is to introduce evaluative methods used to design and implement museum visitor studies. Students will explore the uses of front-end, formative, and summative evaluation approaches to better understand visitor experience and improve museum program offerings.
520 Independent Study in Museum Education. (1–3, repeatable to 6) Students may take up to three hours of independent study per semester in areas related to museum studies; art; history; or recreation, park and tourism administration. Students must design the study in consultation with the appropriate faculty member, complete an Application of Independent Study form, and have it signed by the program director before enrolling for the course. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of completed coursework.
560 Practicum in Museums. (1–3, repeatable to 3) This course is designed to give supervised practical experience in museums.
599 Special Topics in Museum Studies. (1–3, repeatable under different special topics) A special topics course acknowledges the changing environment of museums. This course focuses on emerging issues in museum professional practice. Students will explore the chosen topic through current research, theory, and practice in museums. Practical application of ideas will take place in museum settings.
600 Internship and Special Project. (4) Students are required to complete an internship of at least ten weeks in a museum or related organization. As a part of the internships, students will undertake and complete a special project approved by the host museum and the program director, and make periodic reports to the program director on their experience. Students are responsible for finding their own internships, although the program director assists by informing them about opportunities. The program reserves the right to reject any student-arranged internship. The overall internship program is coordinated by the program director, but individual interns are supervised by museum professionals at the host institution. Graded S/U. Prerequisite: Completion of at least 21 s.h. in the program.
601 Workshops in Museum Studies. (0) Students are required to attend at least five workshops run through the Figge Art Museum or other workshops approved by the program director. Graded S/U.
602 Graduate Portfolio. (0) Throughout their graduate program, students will develop a portfolio documenting their evolving knowledge and skills in the Museum Studies program. Graded S/U. This course should be taken during the last semester of coursework in the program.
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- General Information
- Campus and Facilities
- University Services
- Special Programs
- Admission
- Academic Guidelines
- Graduate School Policies
- Costs and Financial Assistance
- Programs of Study
- Integrated Baccalaureate/Master's Degrees
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
- Other Departments Offering Courses for Graduate Credit
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These phoneme/grapheme relationships are taught together as "explicit" phonics,
"in isolation" (without key words, pictures or letter names) as recommended in the
1985 federal synthesis of reading research done by the nation's leading reading
professors, "Becoming a Nation of Readers" (BNR).
This instruction takes only four of the first nine weeks in Grade 1--all without
consumable worksheets.
The 120 collective years of research and experience that have produced this updated
method began with Dr. Samuel T. Orton, the earliest neuroscientist to research the
functioning of the human brain in learning language skills (1923-1948). Dr. Orton
used a very similar phonics base and collaborated with successful classroom teachers
to combine his non-discriminating multi-sensory techniques with
Classical Direct and Socratic instructional approaches
to teaching. His first successful applications went to re-establish language-skills
memory in brain-damaged World War I veterans. Other physiological organic or trauma-induced
brain-damaged individuals (i.e. stroke patients) were treated similarly until his
death in 1948.
Using Orton's methods to teach normal primary students was designed by one of his
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in 1957. She believed, and we believe, that her method represented Dr. Orton's final
conclusions that this method should be used for primary children, both to prevent
and correct learning disorders, and most importantly to establish high literacy
in virtually all primary children. This promise gave birth to our motto:
The Riggs Method incorporates the phonics-based spelling with rules system dating
from the Webster-Oxford standardization of English spelling, but also provides realistic
phonemic/graphemic correspondences from contemporary dictionaries. It is possible
to teach correct spelling as well as regional dialects and varied pronunciations
across the English-speaking world. This phonetic system and the rules of English
were regularly taught in colleges of education and were incorporated in orthography
student texts during the pre-"Dick and Jane" era (the 1920's and before), in a time
when children who were privileged to attend school almost all became highly literate.
It simply requires a realistic alignment of worldwide speech patterns with the English
spelling system (and our slight revision of the phonograms). See
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over the phoneme.
Augmenting the instruction to finely integrate grammar and syntax, creative and
organizational composition skills, and vocabulary development saves time, money
and attention, and points out the relevance to that which the student already knows.
We use roots, prefixes, suffixes, homophones and homographs, antonyms, synonyms
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user's choice. Chronologically arranged daily lesson plans, with initial "how to"
scripting, make the method teacher friendly and potentially the most creative program
any teacher or parent may be privileged to use. It is the most cost effective, in
that it equips a teacher for life for about $200. Students use only paper, pencil
and their minds.
Instruction begins at a 6-year-old's listening and/or spoken comprehensible vocabulary
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and 24,000 words. Because phonics instruction is first, fast, complete and multi-sensory
(the latter to address all neurologically based "learning styles"). Beginners very
quickly spell, write, and then read what they can already listen to and/or say with
understanding. Primary children find this fast-paced, common sense, independence-establishing
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A newly published Microsoft patent shows the Redmond, Washington-based computing giant may soon have the ability to monitor Xbox users through their Kinect hands-free controller. The system would allow content providers, like movie studios or record companies, new ways to monetize their goods. Only problem: The technology sounds like something straight out of 1984.
Microsoft's patent, entitled "Content Distribution Regulation by Viewing User," was first filed in April of 2011, and was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on November 1 of this year. The patent describes a "content presentation system and method allowing content providers to regulate the presentation of content on a per-user-view basis."
So what, exactly, does that mean? Well, according to the patent, that means content providers will be able to offer content licenses to customers based not only on time (i.e. "this rental lasts 24 hours") but also on the number of people watching a movie, for example, or listening to a song or album. Microsoft's system would then use the Kinect's camera to actually see how many people are in the room. If it's more than the amount allowed by the purchased license, the entertainment will stop, and the system (probably Xbox Live) will demand that the customer upgrade to a new license that allows for more viewers.
Or, in the words of the patent itself: "The users consuming the content on a display device are monitored so that if the number of user-views licensed is exceeded, remedial action may be taken." Furthermore, Microsoft's technology may enable individuals to be "specifically identified and the amount of their consumption of the content tracked relative to their specific use."
A note on copyright law: Right now, U.S. copyright law contains a provision known as "Public Performance" that gives copyright holders the right to when their protected intellectual property is performed or shown in public. So, what does "public" mean in this case? The law says "public" is a "place open to the public or at a place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances are gathered."
The tendency might be to assume that Microsoft's patent is there to give copyright holders a better way to police public performances of their movies and music – and that certainly seems like a no-brainer application of the technology. But that is not really what Microsoft is proposing here – this is some other beast entirely.
What Microsoft's enabling with this patent is the exact opposite of public performance monitoring. Indeed, it seeks to monitor what are obviously private performances, which are not prohibited by copyright law. Not only that, but it greatly strengthens copyright holders' power over users by allowing them to block their legally obtained content if, say, someone else walks in the room.
The benefits for Microsoft and content providers goes far beyond protecting copyright; it allows them to establish entirely new pricing for content. Only one person watching this movie? That'll be $2. There's 10 of you? Well, you're going to have to cough up $15. And you'd better hope nobody shows up late to the party.
For consumers who are already disgusted with the disintegration of ownership in the 21st century, technology like that which Microsoft describes in this patent is clearly a giant leap in the wrong direction. We can only hope this is one of those ideas that dies in the prototype phase, and doesn't become an industry norm.
And to think, these are the same companies that want to dissuade people from pirating their content. Here's a hint: This won't help.
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As we kick off wedding traditions week here at Sugar HQ, I couldn't help but think of the old adage of "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." Each item from this Old English rhyme is meant to bring good luck to the bride, with "something old" meant to represent continuity with the past. If you're a bride-to-be, or if you're a friend or relative looking to make the bride's day a bit more special, here are five ways you can do "something old" the beauty way. Look for the rest of the traditions throughout the week, and be sure to check out all of our wonderful wedding content, too.


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In this tutorial you will be learning how to draw a character who came into homes around the world and touched lives on his way. Today you will be learning how to draw Barney. Now Barney is a dinosaur from children's imagination. He starts off as a regular purple colored stuffed animal. When children need help or are just plain board, the purple sensation becomes a life size dinosaur. Barney teaches kids about all kinds of stuff like sharing, team work, and other important life knowledge. Barney was first created back in 1987 by a woman named Sheryl Leach out of Dallas Texas. Her whole purpose for Barney was to create a character that her preschool aged son would enjoy watching while learning at the same time. The opening song to the show was very appealing as well it goes; Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination and when he's tall he's what we call a dinosaur sensation. Barney's friends are big and small they come from lots of places, after school they meet to play and sing with happy faces. Barney shows us lots of things like how to play pretend, ABC's, and 123's and how to be a friend. Barney comes to play with us whenever we may need him Barney can be your friend too If you just make-believe him. I love that song even to this day. Well this tutorial will show you how to draw Barney step by step. The detailed instructions will put you on the right path to help you draw this purple dinosaur from scratch. I will leave this tutorial with a song that Barney and his friend sing when it is time to say good-bye; I love you You love me we're a happy family with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you. won't you say you love me too. See ya.
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Feature Flick: 2014 Kia Forte Says "Respect the Tech"
Kia's creepy robot gets more animated and less violent.
You may remember the Kia "Hotbots" ad from the 2013 Super Bowl where a strange humanoid robot woman beat up an innocent observer of the new 2014 Kia Forte as part of the car's "Respect the Tech" campaign. Now, Kia must have decided that violence is not the answer, as three new ads for the 2014 Kia Forte take "Respect the Tech" in an new, less painful direction.
These three new spots feature the same bionic woman from before, but now in a newly animated form. The new Hotbot is also a lot nicer than before, too, using her superhuman powers for good rather than evil as she does her best to protect the 2014 Kia Forte from the elements without harming any humans in the process.
The three animated ads, entitled "Seagulls," "Outdoor Garage," and "Shade Tree," don't say much about the Forte, but the simplistic animation is a nice change from the creepy real-life Hotbots. The 2014 Kia Forte is Kia's latest entry in the contentious compact sedan class. Available with a choice of a 148 hp, 1.8-liter or a 173 hp, 2.0-liter four-cylinder, the 2014 Kia Forte starts at $16,700 with destination. Coupe and hatchback models will be coming later this year in the form of the 2014 Kia Forte Koup and Forte5, respectively.
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This year for Christmas I got the most exciting gift! Well, I actually got quite a few, I had a very nice Christmas. But, there is one in particular that will allow me to be very creative. It is Carol Fenster's 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes cookbook! WOOHOOO!! This cookbook is absolutely amazing! Not only are there tons of baked goods (we all know I have a sweet tooth), but the meals look wonderful! My Mom, who doesn't have to eat GF, is going to buy this so because she wanted to try out so many of the recipes. Plus, she will have ideas for Jon and I as well.
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Its that time of year again to invite all those military vehicle enthusiasts , living history groups, and re-enactment groups to the Duncannon Military show 2014 .
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We look for ward to a good show this year to mark our 10th show in Duncannon . We hope this year to promote even harder the living history aspect of the show and get as many groups as possible there promoting the hobby and informing the public of their specialised period of interest .
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A winner was selected from 76 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
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We would like a basic logo for our new website about slang- called Slangbook. As described above, the logo should be simple, but fun and exciting. We will require two templates- one with the full word Slangbook, and one just showing a large S. The logo should be colorful and should draw attention to the fun, youthful aspect of the website.
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Update: Chevron put out a statement Thursday evening. Excerpts follow.
"Chevron is continuing to depressurize the West Texas LPG pipeline that ruptured and subsequently ignited today at approximately 9:30 AM CST. The fire continues to decrease in size as residual product is flared and burned-off. Chevron continues to monitor the nearby 14-inch LPG pipeline and is in the process of mobilizing resources to remove product from it and depressurize the line.
Local unified command has established a 1.5 mile evacuation zone at the site, and approximately 700 people in the town of Milford have been asked to evacuate. The local Red Cross has mobilized to assist those impacted in the region. Chevron has also established a toll-free claims hotline for affected residents: (855) 276-1272."
MILFORD, Texas (AP) — A drilling crew punctured a gas pipeline in North Texas on Thursday and triggered an explosion that led emergency personnel to evacuate a nearby town, according to the Ellis County Sheriff's Office.
Officials said the explosion occurred about 9:30 a.m. at a rig near Milford, about 40 miles south of Dallas.
A Chevron crew punctured a 10-inch line, and company spokesman Justin Higgs said the accident involves a liquefied petroleum gas pipeline.
Flames could be seen shooting into the air and some vehicles at the worksite burned. A column of billowing black smoke could be seen from miles away. Sheriff's spokesman James Saulter said no injuries have been reported. Chevron requested that Milford be evacuated.
Saulter said deputies went door-to-door advising people in the town of about 700 to leave. Milford school Superintendent Don Clingenpeel said all students and staff were evacuated to the nearby town of Italy.
"The biggest concern right now is the pipelines that are around to make sure there's not going to be additional explosions," Saulter said.
He said Chevron has indicated it could take 24 hours to bring the fire under control and cap the ruptured line. He said it's not clear how long the evacuation will last.
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Norwich children benefit from Liam Still Foundation
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Children in Norwich will benefit from the fundraising legacy left by a popular Sprowston footballer who died following a car crash.
Liam Still was preparing to do a skydive just days before his fatal accident in May – so family and friends stepped in to take his place and finish the job the 21-year-old started.
And they have continued his fundraising work since, collecting more than £6,500 to be shared between Nelson's Journey, the Norfolk charity for bereaved children which Liam supported, and Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, where Liam died on May 24.
As well as the skydive, his friends and family have organised race nights, raffles, charity football matches and even a carol concert for the Liam Still Foundation, set up in memory of the former Wroxham FC and Riverside Rovers goalkeeper.
After his death, more than 50 of Liam's friends followed his lead and put their names the organ donor register, and his organs have already been used to help others.
His mother, Amanda, said that the family's first Christmas without her son had been "very quiet", but that she had been overwhelmed by the response to the charity.
"It's been amazing the way that everyone has played their part and organised so many events to raise money," she said.
"I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has raised or donated money. It's been incredible."
Ms Still said the family had initially planned to donate the money to Addenbrooke's but decided to share it with Nelson's Journey to follow Liam's wishes.
"That was the charity he was going to do his skydive for, so it seemed like the right thing to do," she said.
"It will also be going to help children, which Liam would have liked, and the work Nelson's Journey do is so important."
The family hope to register the Liam Still Foundation as a charity in the new year, and plan to choose new causes to support each year, with an annual football match, summer football tournament and a wrestling night planned as annual fixtures.
Some of the money will be used to improve the lives of children in other ways, such as paying for a magician to visit sick children at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
Liam, who lived with his mother and younger sister Katie, suffered fatal injuries after his Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B1108 Watton Road near Bawburgh as he drove back to his St Margaret's Drive home at around 5.15am on May 19.
After initial treatment at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, he was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, where he died.
His parents discovered after his death that Liam had signed the organ donor register, and dozens of his friends did the same in the days following his death.
Ms Still revealed that just three days after Liam's death, she received a card from a patient who had been donated one of his kidneys.
"It was just a simple card, saying thank you and telling us that he would look after it," she said.
"It was heart-warming to know that somebody had received something and they are so grateful that they sent a card.
"They might have thought it would be upsetting for me, but I appreciated it, that someone had taken the time to say thank you."
To make a donation or to find out more about the Liam Still Foundation, visit www.liamstillfoundation.co.uk


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ATV, motorcycle collide on South Shore street
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Two South Lake Tahoe men were flown to Reno for medical treatment after a collision between an ATV and a motorcycle on a neighborhood street Monday evening.
The wreck occurred at 12th Street and Patricia Lane.
The two men were traveling side-by-side and heading in the same direction on 12th Street when they collided, South Lake Tahoe Police Lt. Brian Williams said.
The incident remained under investigation Tuesday.
"I don't know what the speeds were, but in any case one of the men crashed into the other. The motorcyclist flew into a fixed object and got the worst injuries," Williams said.
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Mumbai, Dec 23: India batting great Sachin Tendulkar Sunday closed a major chapter of his illustrious career by announcing his retirement from one-day cricket. He will continue to play in Tests.
Tendulkar's decision following days of speculation came moments before the selectors announced Team India for the limited overs series against Pakistan starting Dec 25.
Battling with form, Tendulkar's move was on expected lines. Since the 2011 World Cup, the 39-year-old has scored only 315 runs from 10 games.
Yet his record in ODIs will be hard to beat.
He has played 463 ODIs, scored 18,426 runs and made 49 centuries — each figure a world record. He is also the first cricketer to hit a double-century in ODIs — 200 against South Africa at Gwalior in 2010.
Tendulkar conveyed his decision to retire from the 50-over format to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan.
"I have decided to retire from One-Day format. I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup-wining Indian team," said Tendulkar, 39, in a statement.
He said it was high time for the team to prepare to defend its world title.
"The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015 should begin early and in right earnest. I would like to wish the team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years," he said.
Tendulkar's decision ahead of a crucial series against Pakistan, which marks the resumption of bilateral cricketing ties disrupted after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, made his teammates emotional.
Cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh wrote on Twitter: "It is an emotional time! Letting Sachin go from one dayers! 18 thousand plus runs. Your jaw drops when you see those records, master you will always live in my heart and fellow Indians! The pride of our country, I salute to you for your contribution to Indian cricket."
His contemporary Sourav Ganguly expected Tendukar to play against Pakistan.
"I felt that he would play the series against Pakistan. But it is his decision and I think it is the right one," said his contemporary and former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
"There was a doubt on whether he would play ODI cricket or not. But I am not surprised by his decision. He has done what he thought was right," he added.
For BCCI, the news did not come as a shock.
Ratnakar Shetty, chief administrative officer of the BCCI, said: "He was waiting for the right and today he took the decision. The BCCI respects his decision."
Tendulkar's last ODI appearance was against Pakistan in Dhaka during the Asia Cup where he made a match-winning half-century.
During the Asia Cup, he also completed a century of centuries (49 in ODIs and 51 in Tests).
Tendulkar made his ODI debut in 1989 in Gujranwala, Pakistan, scoring a duck in the game.
It took him nine ODIs to get his maiden ODI half-century, 53, against Sri Lanka in Pune in 1990.
Tendulkar took the world by storm when he was asked to open the innings against New Zealand in Auckland in 1994. He smashed 82 off 49 balls.
Tendulkar had to wait 79 ODIs for his first three-figure score in ODIs — 110 against Australia in Colombo, 1994.
Since then he has re-written record books.
Tendulkar has scored most of his runs against Sri Lanka (3,113) and Australia (3,077). His back-to-back hundreds against Australia in a triangular tournament in 1998 at Sharjah mesmerized his fans.
He was also the highest run-getter in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.


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STONY BROOK, NY, March 12, 2012 - Last year when the Stony Brook University Transportation &Parking Student Advisory Committee made the suggestion that students would benefit from a real -time tracking system for transit buses and shuttles , University administrators wanted to help. They reached out to the research scientists at the University's Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) and issued the challenge. This month, the solution to that challenge, SBU Smart Transit, a global positioning system (GPS) that tracks real-time SBU Transit bus and shuttle locations and passenger occupancy is being introduced campus wide.
The new GPS information system will be rolled out as a pilot on five buses this month . Mobile applications for iPhone, Android and Blackberry are also planned for release before summer 2012. Research and development for SBU Smart Transit has been underway since spring 2011. It is a collaborative effort among undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Department of Transportation and Parking Operations and CEWIT. Jennifer Wong, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and CEWIT-affiliated faculty member, served as the project manager of the initiative.
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SBU Smart Transit is comprised of multiple components , including wireless routers, automated passenger counters and card-reader technology, which automatically tallies passenger ridership . This information will be used to enhance services by pinpointing peak times of operation and usage patterns . A full software suite including a real time web portal and mobile browser site was also created in order to aid both riders and transportation management.
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CEWIT was created in 2003 to capitalize on the IT revolution, spur economic growth, advance scientific research, and develop the technologies of tomorrow. CEWIT, the first building in Stony Brook University's Research and Development Park, is a next-generation research and educational facility whose mission is three-fold: become recognized as a world leader in interdisciplinary research in emerging , critical technologies of the information age; address the skilled technology worker shortage; and foster new enterprise development.
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Founded in 1960, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University is home to seven academic departments: Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technology and Society. The College aims to provide students with a solid foundation that prepares them to adapt successfully throughout their careers to advances in technology . Hands-on laboratory courses, the undergraduate internship program, and the senior design project provide practical experience in engineering that complements theoretical training . As of 2009, the college is home to about 2,000 undergraduate students, 1,000 graduate students, and a faculty of 148 engineers and applied scientists. It boasts more than 20,000 alumni.
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The Department of Transportation and Parking Operations provides essential transportation and parking solutions for Stony Brook University on the following campuses : Main Campus (East, West and South), Stony Brook Southampton, and the Research & Development Park.
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When my doctor advised me that the margins of the breast tumor weren't clear after my lumpectomy and that I would need a mastectomy, I thought what choice do I have? I guess I thought it out loud because he told me that several women say that they would rather die than lose their breast. He then told me that most of them return to his office and decide on mastectomy after thinking about the option.
Years ago, most women didn't have the option. Once breast cancer was discovered, a mastectomy was scheduled. In many instances, this involved a radical mastectomy that removed the lymph nodes and muscle at the same time. Thank heavens for more current research that shows that a lumpectomy in most instances is just as effective and a modified or partial removal of only the affected lymph nodes is necessary.
Many women still opt for a mastectomy though even when a surgeon has advised a lumpectomy. This is due to fear of cancer returning or spreading, or especially if their family history shows a strong risk factor. Initially, I was all too happy to learn I would only need a lumpectomy; I was devastated when I was told that the margins weren't clear and that I had 8 out of 11 lymph nodes involved. I wasn't upset about losing the breast, I was upset about the increased risk of the cancer having spread and what that could mean. At that time, I had just moved to Michigan, I didn't know many women or have a good idea of where to turn for advice other than the medical community.
I think that when a woman is newly diagnosed she likes to hear what other women have been diagnosed with and the decisions she has made. It is like when you go out to dinner with a group and want to know what everyone else is ordering before you decide what you want. I don't think deciding on surgery for breast cancer is like ordering dinner, but it is such a human trait to want to know what others did in your situation and then make your own decision. Fortunately, more women are speaking out so you can read about their experience in magazines and hear them on webcasts.
Maybe sharing how you made your decision here on this blog will help other women faced with the same decision. So what's your story?


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Driver: San Francisco – Disappointment.
Driver's graphics are really kind of sub-par. For a game released only a few months ago (end of August), it is just disappointing. Cranked all the way up the graphics aren't better than something you would see on an average xbox 360. In addition the game play is awful. Seriously, the drive handling is poor, the jump system (for moving from body to body) is poorly designed and clumsy. The string along game play is intrusive and gets annoying very quickly.
There is very little reason to purchase this game, it just falls short on almost every mark.
Driver takes place about six months after the events of Driv3r 1. Your main characters survive the shootout in Istanbul. Jericho escapes in round 2 (San Francisco) and you get into a bad car accident that puts you into a coma.
While you are in the coma you dream and you discover that you can "jump" or "Shift" (as they call it) into other people's bodies.
The plot is interesting for about 10 minutes and then the implementation of the plot becomes rapidly annoying.
This game is available on several platforms PC, Xbox 360, Wii, etc…
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Isaac has gone to college
Isaac moved into his college dorm last weekend. Keely and her boyfriend went over to Murray to help him haul his belongings up the stairs to his third-floor room. I had to work, so I didn't get to supervise the move -- probably just as well.
Isaac's roommate is a young man whom he knew in high school. Brandon is a sophomore and he's been at Murray State for a year already. Isaac finally got his transcript and financial aid problems straightened out, so he is officially a junior and my blood pressure is normal again.
Isaac's classes started on Wednesday. In one of them, he has already made a choice from a list of research paper topics. He says he's going to have a lot of reading, and I'm sure he's right. He couldn't register for classes until his records were in order, so this is what he was finally able to get:
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- Intro to Criminal Justice
- Modern Europe
- Intro to Historical Studies
- History of Latin America
The house has been oddly quiet all week. The laundry basket is empty and there aren't many dirty dishes. The television stays on the same channel. The collection of books on the kitchen table is half its former size. The cats know that Isaac is missing, and they are shadowing me.
Isaac's college town (Murray, KY) is just an hour and a half away, so Isaac's coming home for the weekend. He wants to get some things he forgot, do his laundry, carry on his Hopkinsville social life, etc. Dennis and I are looking forward to his visit. The cats will be happy to see him, too.


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(February 21, 2012)—Arvest Bank recently released results of its mortgage lending and servicing activities in 2011. The bank reported an eight percent increase in purchase money mortgages, from $553 million in 2010 to $598 million in 2011. In contrast, the Mortgage Bankers Association projected 2011 purchase loans to be down 14 percent nationally.
"As the state's largest mortgage company, we see the increase in purchase money transactions as a positive sign that homebuyers are looking for local lenders who emphasize service after the loan is originated," stated Steven Plaisance, Arvest Mortgage executive vice president and chief operating officer.
The bank also originated more than $1 billion in new mortgage loans for both purchases and refinancing for the ninth consecutive year. While the Mortgage Bankers Association predicted that mortgage loan values would decrease nationally by 20 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, Arvest originated refinance and purchase mortgage loans totaling $1.6 billion in 2011 compared to $1.78 billion in 2010, or a decrease of 10 percent over the previous year – significantly better than the national average.
"While our total volume was down from 2010, we were very encouraged by our increase in purchase money activity and its impact on local housing and the economy," stated Plaisance.
Arvest is unique for most local lenders in that it services 99 percent of its mortgage loans. Consequently, the bank's mortgage servicing portfolio reached a record of approximately 56,000 loans in 2011. The outstanding balance of these loans grew from $5.9 billion in 2010 to $6.3 billion in 2011, or an increase of more than six percent in the value of loans being serviced.
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How to Print Flowers with Flowerscomments (21) June 27th, 2014
While attending the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show in Anaheim, I happened to walk past a rather nondescript booth set up by a Japanese firm named Oshibana Art Co., Ltd. There, a very deferential man handed me a pink plastic bag, which he accompanied with a deferential and very polite bow. Trade shows abound with this sort of behavior, with each vendor keen to get their name, catalog, business card, or take-away into the hands of the passing attendees. I added this item to the myriad other shopping bags I was already lugging around and passed on my way.
A short while later, I again found myself passing that same booth (clearly I was walking in circles without realizing it) and, since there happened to be a few comfortable-looking chairs there, I inquired, "What is it, exactly, that you do?"-pausing only a moment before helping myself to a seat and taking advantage of the opportunity to rest my weary feet.
I am glad that I did.
According to the literature they provided, the company is a leader in "flower craft." Whether or not this is, in fact, the case, I cannot say because their website is only available in Japanese. What I do know, however, is that the technique I was shown at the CHA event was marvelously simple and yielded charming results. I share it with you here despite the fact that I have no sure way to put you in contact with the company that makes the materials I am demonstrating (though, I suspect, substitute materials might work just as well).
The concept is simple. Use vividly colored flower petals to print vividly colored flower petals. The procedure for doing so is nearly as easy:
- A sheet of plastic (or craft mat) to protect your work surface.
- A sheet of paper upon which you wish to print your image.
- A sheet of fine polyester mesh.
- Flower petals arranged in a pleasing shape.
- A sheet of clear plastic to cover the petals and hold them in place.
- A craft stick, ballpoint pen, or bone creaser to burnish the petals and release their pigments.
The process worked flawlessly and took only a few minutes to complete. The results were surprisingly beautiful-soft-edged yet richly colored-and the materials (the polyester and the plastic sheets) are easily washed and reused.
For people who liked my Impressing Prints but would rather avoid harsh chemicals (or for those crafting with children), this seems like a wonderful alternative.
Please feel free to post any suggestions on what material might substitute for the polyester fabric that came in the kit I was given. As well, if any of my readers happen to read Japanese, please let us know if there is any additional information available on the nature-print.com site. (Thanks.)
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Judi's business is called "Nature and Judi Carlson" ("Flower Pounded Originals and Forest Art")
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For example, the sentence on the nature-print website just below the word Botanic Art translates from this:
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If you put a piece of scrapbooking paper underneath the muslin when you are hammering the flowers/leaves, you will get a pattern on the fabric and the paper. It looks really beautiful quilted and would be a good way to preserve the memory of the Valentine's Day flowers that you receive.
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Probability of getting exactly $k$ of a kind in $n$ rolls of $m$-sided dice, where $k\leq n/2$
Probability was never my thing, so please bear with me.
I've reviewed the threads above to the best of my ability, but I still wonder how to go about finding a match of 3 from 7 dice.
At least three match, but no more (two sets of three is okay, a set of three and a set of four is not):
(a) : $ \frac{6 \binom{7}{3} 5^4}{6^7} $
In the other discussions, this wasn't desired since it would allow for a second triple to occur, or even a quadruple. Odds of a quadruple with the remaining 4 dice:
(b) : $(1/5)^4 $
Then, the probability that from rolling 7 dice that there is at least three that match, and no more than three, would be:
(c) : $ \frac{6 \binom{7}{3} * 5^4}{6^7}- (1/5)^4 $
Exactly two sets of three:
(d) : $ \frac{6 \binom{7}{3} \binom{4}{3} \binom{1}{1}}{ 6^7} $
Maybe? My thought process was that if $\binom{7}{3}$ will give me a set of three, then with the remaining 4, I could pick 3 yielding $\binom{4}{3}$ with 1 leftover. I realize this is probably wrong. Why? What would be the proper way to go about this?
Exactly one set of three:
Then to find the probability that there is one and only one set of three from 7 dice, we could take the probability of one or more sets of three (c) and subtract the probability of exactly two sets (d), for:
$ \frac{6 \binom{7}{3} 5^4}{ 6^7} - (1/5)^4 - \frac{6 \binom{7}{3} \binom{4}{3} \binom{1}{1} }{ 6^7} $
(e) : $ \left(\frac{6 \binom{7}{3}}{ 6^7}\right) \left( 5^4 - \binom{4}{3} \binom{1}{1} \right) - (1/5)^4 $
Is this at all on the right path?
Thank you!
PS. Sorry about the syntax, but I couldn't figure out how to make the standard nCr() symbol with MathJaX.