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Net gains: Moises Henriques.AUSTRALIA'S latest Test sensation, Moises Henriques, is days away from cashing in on his successful ascent to Michael Clarke's side, with the NSW all-rounder to be upgraded to a full Cricket Australia contract.
The 26-year-old's standout debut with the bat – scoring 68 and 81 not out – was a silver lining in the eight-wicket loss to India in the first Test in Chennai, belying his inexperience at the highest level and emerging as a potentially key figure on this tour and back-to-back Ashes series later this year.
After landing a place in the extended squad to the subcontinent, Henriques was not necessarily expected to feature in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, but having impressed when given a chance he is set for an immediate windfall.
By playing in the second Test, which begins on Saturday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, he will accrue the points required to qualify for an upgrade to the CA contract list and be automatically eligible for the $230,000 minimum retainer.
The qualification system allows players not already centrally contracted to be rewarded for international appearances on top of the performance payments of $14,000 per Test, $5600 for a one-day international and $4200 for a Twenty20.
The magic number for an upgrade is 12 points: five for a Test, two for an ODI and one for Twenty20.
Henriques, having played three matches in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka this summer, is on 11 points.
In the first Test, only Clarke was able to combat India's spin bowlers as effectively as Henriques, suggesting he could bat further up the order than No. 7.
But the captain was quick to water down expectations on the Portuguese-born newcomer despite being highly impressed by his debut.
"He could bat three if we wanted him to," Clarke said. "It's his first Test match though and we don't want to put too much pressure on him. He played really well in his first Test match. Now it's about consistency."
Henriques was not as successful with the ball on a Chennai wicket that made life difficult for seamers, but with Shane Watson playing as a batsman only in India, his presence adds balance that would otherwise be missing.
While Australia was beaten in Chennai, the inclusion of Henriques proved a shrewd move.
"I just think the maturity he showed was amazing," coach Mickey Arthur said.
"I thought he was outstanding. That was very, very pleasing because it gives you that third or fourth seamer, and it gives you another batsmen. Let's hope he goes from strength to strength."
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Here's something you don't see every day — Central Park West near 107th St. in Manhattan temporarily turned into a river. The culprit? A break this morning in a massive 30-inch, 100-year-old water main.
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There they were. Three kids. My same age. One of them looked a little like me-a girl with a long brownish- blond braid falling down her back. The other two? They were black. I wasn't quite sure how to make sense of it. When I look back on it, I wonder if we really just lived in a bubble or if I was just completely oblivious to the world around me until that moment. Either way, I was completely mesmerized, confused, terrified, intrigued and drawn like a moth to a flame to those children that looked like all the other kids I knew but who had skin that looked like chocolate.
I don't remember saying goodbye to my mom. I don't remember meeting my teacher. I do remember getting in that sandbox. One of the brown kids introduced himself. I think I told him my name. Mostly, I'm sure, I just stared at him. I remember that we were digging around in the sandbox together when our hands brushed each other under the surface of the sand. I think that I was almost shocked when nothing happened to me. This kid who didn't look like anyone else I knew touched me and nothing happened. It was weird. I'm not sure what I expected to happen, but the whole experience just left me completely dumbfounded.
You see, my parents never once talked about African Americans. Not at all. Not in a derogatory way. Not in a positive way. Just nothing. I wasn't poisoned against black people, but I was so completely ignorant that I was scared when our hands brushed each other. Ignorance is like a breeding ground for fear. I stood up, brushed the sand off of me and went to a different center. I never told my mom about it. I wonder if it's because I was worried that I'd be in trouble.
I couldn't figure out as a kid why no one was talking about how people were different colors. I assumed that by not talking about it, it meant that people who were different colors weren't good. When I was in the fourth grade, there were two girls from Japan who were in our school while their dad was working on a special project at one of our local plants. Those were the first Asian people I had ever seen- and y'all, I was 10. But again, no one talked about it, so I though that meant that we were supposed to ignore those girls. Those girls came into a new school and a whole new environment and hardly any of us reached out to them. Not because we were mean children, but because we were ignorant.
When I got to middle school, our classes finally became more diverse. But in all honesty, most of the races stayed in clusters amongst themselves. The Latino children hung out with the other Latino children. The African American children hung out with other African American children. I thought nothing of hanging out with my other middle class white friends. After all, there were no black people in my church, so black people must not want to be with white people either. My parents didn't have any black friends. I was on the swim team and there was not one single black person on our team (or any other team in KY for that matter). None of my boy crazy girlfriends had crushes on any boys that didn't have a skin color that matched their own. In my mind, it just was what it was. At the time it never occurred to me that maybe we just weren't creating an environment where everyone felt comfortable being together.
Then something happened to me in the eighth grade that was so profound I can remember it like it was yesterday. I had this teacher named Mrs. Miller. She was one of those teachers that you loved, but you were also a little bit afraid of. She was the kind of teacher who ran a tight ship. She was the kind of teacher who expected so much out of you that even the kids who didn't give a rip about school suddenly found themselves trying to rise to the occasion. She demanded a yes ma'am and a no ma'am and I always thought that it was kind of funny that the "bad" boys in class who would address the other teachers as "bitch" would always give Mrs. Miller a yes ma'am when she asked them a question. Mrs. Miller had a very predictable schedule in her eighth grade language arts class. On Monday we always did vocabulary. We got a list of 20 new words every Monday and we had to look up the words in the dictionary and write the definitions. That's how I know it was a Monday on that day that is so etched into my being.
I was midway through my vocabulary lesson when there was a knock on the door. Two grown African American men were at the door. Mrs. Miller obviously wasn't expecting anyone and the whole class looked at her when the knock came. These men obviously didn't know that you were NOT supposed to interrupt Mrs. Miller's class. In walked the two men and the always put together and proper Mrs. Miller practically skipped from her desk over to those men. She stood on her tippy toes and hugged their necks so tight I wondered if their heads would pop off. There was some chit chat and then I'm not sure how it came about, but Mrs. Miller introduced those boys as her "sons". In all my life of no one talking about race and ignoring that fact that we all look a little different, here was my prim and proper teacher, the picture of a what a perfect, white, Southern woman should be telling me that these two black men were her sons. In that instant, that teacher showed me more about race and tolerance and love than any other moment in my previous 13 years of people acting like it was an issue we could just push under the rug.
You see, Mrs. Miller and her husband were foster parents. It wasn't something that I knew about them. I knew that they had a biological son who was several years younger than me. Those men that walked into her classroom were former foster kiddos of hers who were home from college visiting a women who had made a profound impact on their lives. At 13, that was the first transracial relationship I ever saw. And what I saw was love. Pure joy and love and respect. It didn't matter that some of the people in that family were white and some were black. I never told her this, but something in me changed that day. It wasn't like a light bulb went off and I had a dream for my family to be all different colors. It was something smaller and more intangible. It was tolerance and a desire to understand that at the root of it all, we are all just people. I realized that day that the reason nothing happened when the boy brushed my hand in kindergarten was because he was just a kid and black wasn't a disease. I'm ashamed that it took me so many years to figure that out. Ignorance is not bliss.
Mrs. Miller taught us so much just by living her life out loud and not being ashamed. She didn't introduce those men as her foster kids. She introduced them as her sons. But some things she taught us were more intentional. I remember that she spent a whole week devoted to teaching us about disabilities (which probably had nothing to do with language arts, but meant infinitely more than vocabulary and sentence structure). She made us feel like what it felt like to have to push yourself down the hall in a wheel chair, or how it looked to read a book when you had dyslexia, or how to walk around and make sense of your environment when we had our sight removed with a blindfold. We watched movies about people with mental disabilities and mental illnesses. She took The Diary of Anne Frank and taught us lessons about hatred and religious persecution and the power of what happens when good men do nothing.
In a world where no one would talk about any of those things for fear of being taboo or looking racist, Mrs. Miller did it. She did it with authority and with no apologies. At the time, I probably shrugged it off like any teenager who is too cool for school would, but those moments stuck with me. The first time I ever kissed a black man or felt what African African hair feels like, that thought that we are all just people that Mrs. Miller ingrained in me was there on the surface. The first time friends of mine from high school entered into interracial relationships, I didn't think they were bad people like so many others thought. The first time a girl in my class wore a hijab to school, I knew that being Muslim didn't make her scary and radical. The first time I saw a mom walking around in a store with her adopted Chinese daughter, I flashed back to those thoughts of Mrs. Miller's sons and how families can look any way you want them to.
Tolerance has to be taught. If we aren't teaching our kids to accept people, they might not have a Mrs. Miller to step in and do it. I often wonder how much longer I would have gone in life without someone having those tough conversations with me. College, perhaps? Maybe never. I wonder if the whole trajectory of my life hinged on those lessons. I wonder if having a family that looks like this...
...would have ever been a blip in my mind without having been shown that it was okay. The point is, we never know who we are impacting with our actions and our words. I know that Mrs. Miller could probably have never foreseen that her sons showing up at school one day to visit her would have planted a seed that nearly 20 years later would result in my family having a son from Africa and foster children on the way. I'm so thankful that somewhere along the way in my life, someone had the courage to have those tough conversations about race and acceptance with a group of teenagers. The reach and the impact we can each have on someone's life can make ripples we will never see or even hear about. But those ripples are important. They matter. They show someone else down the line that acceptance is okay and that talking about hard things is GOOD. If only everyone could have a Mrs. Miller...
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope." -Robert Kennedy
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This week Uncommon Knowledge brings us a blast from the past. A golden oldie. Host Peter Robinson rides in on a motorcycle to kick off the installment. Over at Ricochet, Peter commented when this episode ran last year:
He may have been gone for [five] years now, but Milton Friedman, the Hoover Institution website display indicates, remains one of the most popular interview subjects ever to appear on Uncommon Knowledge.
Oh, if only–if only. I understood that Milton was a great man, but when I knew him at Hoover–his office was just two doors down the hall from mine–I failed to grasp just how singular he was. No one else is even a little bit like him. I should have insisted on sitting right down with Milton and getting his entire life story on tape.
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It's an embarrassment of riches! I am especially proud of the work I created over this past year, and it is an honor to have that work recognized by the international photography competition "Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3). This is my first time in the international game, and all 5 of the images above were selected as well as 2 honorable mentions.
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Luke Burbank, host of Too Beautiful To Live for Seattle Met. Art Director Benjamen Purvis.
Dennis Haysbert for Seattle Met.
Keli Carender, founder of the Tea Party political movement for Seattle Met. Art Director Benjamen Purvis.
Plants Vs. Zombies / John Vechey, co-founder of Pop Cap Games for Inc. Photo Editor Monique Perreault.
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Modern Living Room With Pops Of Pink
Adding a little colour to your home is the perfect way to refresh a tired room, especially for the summer. Different shades of pink update a traditional velvet sofa, infusing modern energy into the once tired space. Hits of brass, gold and blue add dimension to the contemporary interior.


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On Jan. 20, VA released an enhanced VA Blue Button, adding several new categories of information from the VA Electronic Health Record. Blue Button is the personal health record inside the My HealtheVet self-service platform and through My HealtheVet, VA Blue Button enables Veterans to download an electronic file that contains their personal health information.
"We are excited to introduce these new features of VA Blue Button, advancing the quality health care we give Veterans daily. The paradigm of patient-centered care means fully engaging patients in their health and care," said Undersecretary for Health Robert A. Petzel, M.D. "Enabling patients to have better access to their health information is an important step in supporting them as active partners."
Veterans now also have access to the VA Continuity of Care Document (VA CCD), which contains a summary of the Veteran's essential health and medical care information. The document can be exchanged between providers and read by a growing number of computer applications. The VA CCD uses recognized standards that support the exchange of information between health care systems and providers for effective continued care of the patient.
Veterans can now also access VA OpenNotes, which 'opens' clinical notes, allowing Veterans to read their health care team's notes from appointments and hospital stays. VA OpenNotes provides Veterans the ability to read and discuss notes with their health care teams, family and caregivers, offering them greater control over their health care.
Previously, Veterans with a premium My HealtheVet account could access appointments, allergies and adverse reactions, chemistry/hematology laboratory results, immunizations and wellness reminders. New features now available in VA Blue Button include: demographics, problem list, admissions and discharges (including discharge summaries), laboratory results (microbiology), pathology reports (surgical pathology, cytology and electron microscopy), vitals and readings, radiology reports, and a listing of Electrocardiogram (EKG) reports. In addition, self-reported food and activity journals are now also available for inclusion in the VA Blue Button.
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Any of you thinking of buying PREPGENIE I would not recommend it. The course content is like a cut and paste out of a text book. It is a total waste of money. I tried to get a refund but of course that was not possible as the course comes from India and I am pretty sure they do not even have the GAMSAT there. DO NOT BUY IT thats the only way to get rid of these crappy courses.
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great advice!!
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Yeah, I got suckered into prepgenie too. Epic fail.
If anyone else has had direct experience with prepgenie, send me a message. I'm writing a petition to ACER to have them *specifically* warn candidates about numerous complaints specifically against prepgenie. The more signatures the better.
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Thanks guys and how unfortunate that you had to waste money
This is all so daunting to a mum of 2, but this forum has been so great.
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hey guys,
I took the gamsat this year for the first time (2nd year student) and prepgenie was the first program i bought.
I only got the humanities section, and when i got it, I agree, it was dissapointing in regards to the content. the MC answers where mismatched and only a few answers had explanations.
I expressed my dissatisfaction on this forum and they e-mailed me quite soon after apologizing and sent me a revised copy of the humanities section, which was fantastic. explanations were clear and the format/style of questions are very similar to the actual GAMSAT content.
I dont know, but those of you already purchased the course, they will probably be in contact.... my confidence was shot at first, but i saw a steady improvement in my scores each time.
I only know about gold standard courses which i found to be a copy of the MCAT and is surprisingly different in format to the GAMSAT. Will be trying the Des O'Neil course this time around, but still sticking to prep genie, because it really helped me get my score in section 1.
It is difficult to overcome the 'once bitten, twice shy' mindset but the second one i got was brilliant. To each his own i guess.
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Please show us some parts of the revised copy, if it is really that amazing.
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hi guys,
I am a science postgraduate and working at the moment. I am planing to sit for GAMSAT only when I feel prepared enough so want to start preparing for it as soon as I can.
I was thinking to get Gold standard textbook for GAMSAT, to begin with..to get familiarise with the pattern and all the sections. But after reading this post, I am in doubt.
I know its about PREPGENIE but would like to know If anyone has used GOld standard textbook for GAMSAT nad what do you think about it? IS it worth spending couple of hundred dollars on it?
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I have no intention of sock puppeting here so please don't take the following as any form of endorsement. All I can relay are the facts.
I'm a doctor who graduated 2010 in South Australia. I've seen the PrepGenie materials as well as most of the others (my wife is trying to get in to medical school) and I concur that in the past the standard has been low.
However I can attest that large amounts of time and money have been spent by the owners of this particular company to rewrite, improve and review their content and I have seen a genuine commitment to improvment.
They have done so by retaining the services of several freelance writers and reviewers (I am one of them) with medical doctorates or high level tertiary qualifications. Apart from this freelance relationship I have no conflict of interest (ie I do not receive any comission for this statement).
Good luck in your attempts for 2012 people.
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Olympic gold medalist Malcolm Howard '05 and Pan American Games silver medalist David Wakulich '11, both former members of the Harvard heavyweight crew, have been invited to participate in training, and selection of boats, for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England, Rowing Canada Aviron has announced.
Both athletes will train and compete for spots in the men's eight at the Rowing Canada Aviron Olympic Training Camp. Defending Olympic champion Canada earned a spot in the 2012 Olympic Games in London with a bronze-medal performance at the 2011 World Rowing Championships. Howard was a par t of both that bronze-winning boat and the Olympic-champion eight in Beijing in 2008.
Wakulich began training with Canadian national program following his graduation from Harvard in the spring. He was a part of the eight at the Pan Am Games last month in Guzman, Mexico. The Canadians edged Argentina by three-quarters of a second to take the silver medal, trailing only the United States.


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Our good friend Cindy Shapiro has returned to Los Angeles and her family, but she continues to teach, write, and of course, sing. Cindy began singing at a very early age. She had platinum level instruction from several people including Elaine Russell of the Western Wind Ensemble and the Philip Glass Ensemble).
Having developed her voice and special sound, she became a leader in "Art" Rock. Her bands, The Card Game and 2.5D were hot on the New York scene playing such famous venues as CBGB. She progressed to ethnic singing and at one point focused on Jewish music becoming Cantorial Soloist at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, taught there and was on full pulpit rotation.
She has done a lot of soundtrack work (including work for video games and documentaries). She toured around the world with Video Games Live.
Cindy, thanks for sitting down with us. You have a fascinating story tell. Start us off from the beginning.
CS: My story begins with a foray in pre-school music at age three. I was in love with music from this point forward, and still once in a blue moon run into my original music teacher, now a professor of music in Washington DC.
From there I moved into private study in piano. I've played many instruments along the way, including violin, flute, contrabass, and guitar, but my main instrumental love is the human voice. What can't it do??
Who do you consider to be your first source of inspiration…any musicians stand out in your mind as the one (or ones) that set the Cindy story in motion?
CS: When I reached high school I was fortunate to have a music teacher who had unreasonable expectation of his students. He taught us college level music theory, exposed us to, and expected us to sing perfectly, very challenging choral material, and insisted that we develop the ability to both write and read music. Who gets to do these things at such a young age?
My major musical influences have been, in no particular order: The Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Igor Stravinsky, Pete Zeldman, Chrissie Hynde, XTC, Peter Gabriel, Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, Laurie Anderson, The Police, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Andes Throat Singers, The Bulgarian Women's Radio and Television Choir, and Yoko Ono. So, as you can plainly see, I embrace a very narrow and focused gaze at music…
And your development as a musician…? Take us along the road from where you started to where you are today.
CS: Get ready for a twisty and turny tale:
I started out wanting to be an opera or Broadway singer. I had a vocal scholarship to Pepperdine University, and was steeped in legit singing and choral work. My interest in participating in creations devised and organized by other people waned, and so I became a software engineer specializing in human behavior modeling/games/simulations while simultaneously putting together crazy original downtown New York bands. (Side note: my father, Bud Shapiro, had been a pioneer in electronic publishing, and so I was exposed to computer science notions from a very early age, and LOVED technology. Still do…)
My first serious NYC band was The Card Game. It consisted of world-renowned drummer Pete Zeldman, brilliant bassist Kyle Turner, andme.There was no guitar or keyboard, so that mid-range sonic space was filled up by the three of us — Kyle moving nimbly around the bass fretboard, Pete sounding like a tribe of drummers all playing simultaneously, and me using my voice not only as a singer, but also in experimental ways as an instrument. It was at that point that I schooled myself in middle eastern singing, and that style, along with growly rock and opera, was incorporated into the music. We had a good following, and played mostly originals. In order to "explain" ourselves to audiences we always ended our sets playing our own twisted version of a Beatles cover. By playing a piece that was already universally known we were demonstrating our unique take on the rock genre by our through-the-looking-glass interpretation of the piece. Our version Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was a particular favorite with our audiences.
After that band broke up I put together a new band, called 2.5D, again with the genius rhythmatist Pete Zeldman, but bringing in the wonderful Jeff Virgo on bass, and my brother Rob Shapiro on guitar and back vocals. My brother is a particularly skilled song writer, and we were very excited to be working together. This band continued on in the upside-down and backwards approach to rock and roll that was started in TheCard Game, and had a serious element of playfulness and fun. We also maintained our Beatles-at-the-end tradition to help get people on board with our oddball way of approaching music. We did a really fun version of I Wanna Be Your Man that incorporated punk elements, audio deception (where in the hell is 1? Oh… there it is…), and surprise. We had a large following in NYC, and were signed to Capitol Records.
I used to say that the breakup of that band was like every band in the "Behind the Music" documentaries, only without the fame and money. (Sigh…)
I got married to an engineer that had worked with us on our Capitol Record recordings. We moved to Los Angeles together, where we still live, had a child (a killer musician in her own right), and started a business of music and sound for video games. This was a nice intersection for me, as it intertwined my long history as a game developer with my passion for music. My husband, Jack Wall, turned out to be a stellar composer, and is now easily one of the top ten composers for video games in the world. I'm very proud of him. After our child was born I turned the keys to the business solely over to him, and he has turned his business, Wall of Sound, into a force to be reckoned with.
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After the birth of our daughter I went back into technology, only this time I was toiling in the soul-killing field of internet services. I didn't much care about making websites for large corporations, and, though I loved my co-workers and was tasked with the challenge of managing large-scale multi-million dollar projects, I was bored and depressed. I needed to be singing, and I needed to nurture my soul, so I set out to become a Cantor. –What?!?! (I must say, this foray into organized religion/spirituality FREAKED out some of the people who had known me as a gyrating, sweaty, stage-diving rock singer… But I was still me. Living within the container of being a Cantor was at times very difficult for me as an artist. There were still times I just wanted to drop to the floor while I was singing and writhe my way through the piece I was gobbling up and spitting back out to the audience. Not the most appropriate behavior on the pulpit. I had to make do with swaying back and forth, a movement that the Rabbis (there were 7 of them) sometimes found disconcerting.)
An explanation: a Cantor is a member of the Jewish clergy who leads the congregation in traditional ancient chant, modern musical interpretations of sacred text, and generally provides spiritual context through the use of the human voice to a congregation. That was for me! What a great job… The only thing was I had absolutely no training for this, and it requires a very broad and deep level of knowledge in order to be executed properly. So, I found the oldest, crankiest (they tend to be charming, but cranky, I don't know why) male Cantors I could find. This has been a male-dominated field for millennia, and I wanted to learn how to do the chanting in the most authentic way possible, so it made sense for me to seek out these guys. They were MORE than willing to take on a female student, I was pleased to discover, and I learned an incredible amount about interpretation and the art of this style of singing. Plus I learned the modes, and leitmotif necessary, and a decent comprehension of texts was imparted to me.
Lucky me(!) I was able to get a full-time job as a Cantor at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. Not only that, I was the musicteacher/Cantor for the day school, and was on full pulpit rotation there for six years. I did all of my High Holy Day services at the Wiltern Theater — a well-known Art Deco-style rock venue in Los Angeles. I think I hit my most spiritual moment there when I was leading services the morning after Robert Plant had just gigged there. I mean, I was breathing the same air as the guy just had, and it seemed to add to the spirituality of the experience that day.
Meanwhile, back in the world of video games, my husband was devising a symphonic touring show of a survey of music from the beginning of video games (Pong) to now. The show launched with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl in the summer of 2005. I soloed, as did our daughter. The show began to tour all over the world after that to much acclaim, and my husband, who was not only the show's producer but also its maestro, was gone a lot. We made a family decision to go off the grid — we pulled our daughter out of school, (I homeschooled her), I left my job at the temple, and we toured everywhere, performing in some of the greatest venues with the most sophisticated orchestras in the world. What an experience! We did that for five years… The music was challenging and soaked in beauty, and the audiences were filled with kids and their parents and grandparents all sharing the symphony-going experience together, an unusual happening this day and age.
We left that business in 2010, wanting to get back to our creative musical roots. Jack was reinvigorated to continue to compose music for large-scale video games , and I was ready to being writing albums, and then move on to long-form work. Last summer I wrote and recorded a solo album, Sun God's Consort, which will be released this year.
Last fall I applied for an artist-in-residence at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. I thought my chances of being accepted were about nil to none, so I didn't incorporate a major trip to Paris in my plans for 2011. HOWEVER, much to my surprise and delight, I wasaccepted. I arrived in Paris on 2 September, 2011, and set out to compose an opera based upon the Psyche and Eros myth.
Let's take a few minutes to watch your vid leading vocals for ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 (performance by Video Games Live).
Fabulous! Along the road, you've no doubt had some really great "ups", but just about everybody in the business has at least one experience they could have done without…can you share some highs and lows with us?
CS: I think the lowest points for me were the breakups of my two NYC bands — The Card Game and 2.5D. I loved the music, the musicians, the challenge, the performance, the feeling of being ensconced in the larger arts community of downtown NYC. I think some part of me will always be mourning the loss of those two great bands. I plan on doing an independent release of some of the music we recorded back in the day. Be on the lookout for it!
You have been in Paris for the last few months working on a very special project. Tell about your stay in Paris and your current work.
CS: I'm currently working on long-form pieces — right now I'm about 2/3 of the way done writing an opera. I was an artist-in-residence at Cité Internationale des Arts for a three month period working on an opera based upon the Psyche and Eros myth. The musical style is a hybrid of postmodernism and rock. My stay in Paris was truly magical. I was inspired by the thrum of the city as well as the deep arts culture woven into the fabric of French society. Psyche as an art subject is pretty rife, so I found many works from antiquity through the Renaissance, and beyond, about her scattered throughout Paris. This enabled me to look at other artists' interpretations of the myth and the characters, bringing a greater dimension to my own work. What a privilege! I hope to return to Paris to do another residency sometime over the next couple of years. I plan on continuing to do larger scale work, and find that Paris is a perfect crucible in which to create.
Plans for 2012?
CS: 1: FINISH! I must finish writing this opera. I've completed Act I and part of Act II and need to get to the end.
2: Stage Psyche — I'm currently speaking to producers here on the ground in Los Angeles, but haven't ruled out a run in Minneapolis or Chicago sometime later this year.
3: Release my record from last year and older music from my experimental NYC bands.
4: Continue to be a support to my awesome daughter and husband.
Wow ! You really do have an incredible background and story. I know you are missed in Paris and I hope that you'll come back to "La Ville-Lumière" to share your contributions. Thanks again, Cindy, and our very best wishes to you and your family in 2012.
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PEMBROKE, N.C. – The No. 30 Georgia College & State University women's tennis team (9-10, 5-6 PBC) beat UNC Pembroke (9-14, 2-10 PBC) 6-3 Friday, breaking a three-match losing streak.
In doubles action, the Bobcat French duo of Diane Danna (Paris) and Bertille Lion (Lyon, France) improved to 10-9 in the No. 1 position, defeating Jenna McGary and Janna Oxendine 8-4. The Braves claimed the second spot as Kayla Barksdale (Martinez, Ga.) and Caroline Seabolt (Madison, Ga.) fell 8-3 to Meredith Pierson and Mia Winterbottom.
Georgia College's Adriana Acuna (Peachtree City, Ga.) teamed with Linda Mosa (Stockholm, Sweden) to pick-up their fifth victory this season, taking Christian Minnick and Maricel Quintero 8-4. The 'Cats held a 2-1 lead entering singles play.
At first singles, No. 48 ranked Danna collected her lucky 13th win, going 13-4 for the season. She has now won nine of her last 10 matches. The Georgia College senior swept McGary in a pair of 6-3 sets, while Barksdale outlasted Winterbottom 6-4, 6-2.
Lion has been on fire as of late, winning 10 of her last 11 matches. Slotted third, the junior dominated Pierson, claiming the first set 6-1 and then blanking the Lady Brave 6-0. Lion improved to 14-4 for the 2010 campaign.
In fourth singles, Quintero lost 6-2, 6-1 to Georgia College's Mosa, who advanced to a 7-9 record. Acuna surrendered 6-4, 6-2 against Oxendine, while Seabolt fell 6-0, 6-2 to UNCP's Minnick in the sixth spot.
The Bobcats are back in action Sunday, April 11 hosting the Bees of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) at noon.
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The latest Zorin OS Education release brings a special set of academic features that add value to an already impressive Zorin 8.0 Core. Zorin OS 8.0, released last month, is available in the free core and free education versions, as well as in a paid or ultimate version that provides support and a few other features. However, this release number is an interim upgrade. If you are looking for a Long Term Support version, Zorin OS 6.0 is also available.
I reviewed that version in September 2012 and was very pleased with its performance. Zorin OS 8.0 has several very noteworthy changes, though, and software upgrades that make it worth using despite the shorter support period. The most significant improvements are in the user interface.
The Zorin OS distro is especially well suited for Linux newcomers who want a familiar desktop that has the look and feel of Windows XP or Windows 7. The Zorin OS has desktop changer and theme changer applications that make modifying the desktop interface a one-click process.
The Education Edition goes one step beyond offering these conveniences by including 17 programs attractive to a wide range of study and learning interests.
Desktop Design
An offshoot of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, the Zorin Linux distro has a look and feel much more like Linux Mint, another Ubuntu derivative. Zorin has a few very substantial differences, though.
One big difference is the lack of alternative desktops. Zorin gives users solid functionality and ease of use. It does this my tweaking the GNOME 3 desktop into a seamless user experience. By not offering the different embellishments available with other desktop interfaces, Zorin gives users a one-size-fits-all desktop appearance.
This does not mean the computing environment is boring -- quite the contrary. The System Settings panel offers enough control settings to keep all but very experienced Linux users quite happy. Special effect choices work well, but they are limited compared to other desktops.
Look and Feel
The GNOME trappings are downplayed in this distro. You do not have the bothersome slide panel on the right edge of the screen to view thumbnail images of virtual work spaces, for example.
Zorin uses a modified Avant Window Panel (AWN) as the panel bar. You can place it at the top or leave it by default at the bottom. About a dozen panel applets are available to customize the panel.
User personalization is accomplished by changing theme options and background images. You can place often-used applications as desktop icons or place them on the favorites menu.
If you want easy workplace switching, the Workplace Switcher app on the panel makes it easy to click and move to another workplace.
Eye Candy
Zorin, both the Educational Edition and the standard Core Edition, does not go overboard with the degree of eye candy presented in other desktop environments such as KDE -- but it does give users a small yet tasty dish.
For example, Zorin runs by default the Compiz compositing manager. So you can press and hold the mouse button anywhere on the desktop to display the rotating cube. Moving the mouse left or right turns the cube to expose another work space.
Pressing the Super key (aka Windows button) and the tab key displays a rotating ring of thumbnails of each opened window in a work space. Similarly, you can select a hot corner and keyboard combination to access the aero display showing a grid thumbnail view of the contents of all of the work spaces.
The Window Management section of the Compiz Config Settings Manager application lets you choose various other special effects such as snapping windows, scaling and more.
Menu Options
The Compiz compositing tools provide just enough glitz and glitter to make using Zorin interesting. New users may not immediately care to apply these special effects, but more seasoned Linux users will have enough display enhancements to make up for the missing features from other desktop environments.
I particularly like the Zorin Main Menu that resides at the left end of the panel bar. Its simplified design includes a search tool at the bottom to quickly find applications and other files as a quick launch tool. A list of categories fills the left column of this menu. Click on a category to replace the column's contents with a list of apps in the category.
A second column on the right of the menu window provides quick access to places such as the Home, Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos, Computer and Network folders. Also accessible from this side of the menu are the recent items list, system settings panel, and shut down and log out options.
A nice extra is to place the Cairo Main Menu app on the panel bar. This is a more standard menu. When you place the mouse pointer on it, the contents of each category cascade into a new column. For even more flexibility, you can place the Zorin Applications menu on the panel bar. This opens a window showing just categories. Click on a category to see a new list of that category's content.
Education Edition Specials
Educators with access to computer stations in the classroom can benefit from using Zorin's Education Edition rather than the Core release. Using the Linux Unetbootin tool makes it easy to create a fast- performing live USB intallation on a 4-GB drive. Aside from engaging in Web browsing and word processing activities in a classroom setting, students can pursue the specialized education applications bundled in this edition.
Some of these specialized tools run as KDE applications. Others run using a GNOME front end. If educators and parents do nothing else with this distro, its educational package alone delivers solid results. Some of these educational games are repeated in the Game category of this and the Core versions.
Blinken is a retro-style electronic memory game. Celestia is a constellation-viewing display. Gbrainy is a brain teaser game and trainer using logic puzzles, mental calculation challenges, short-term memory exercises and verbal analogy tests. Geogebra is a dynamic mathematics learning tool. Kanagram is an analog puzzle generator.
KBrunch is a learning application to help students practice calculating with fractions and percentages, using learning and exercise modes. KWord Quiz is a vocabulary-learning program that uses flash cards. KHangMan is a classic hangman game augmented with sounds and graphics.
Kig is an interactive geometry program. KTouch is a typewriter-style game to learn and sharpen keyboarding skills. KTurtle is an educational programming environment using the TurtleScript Programming Language. Marble is virtual globe for exploring earth through maps to find locations and measure distances.
Parley is a vocabulary training tool. Step is an interactive simulator to explore the world of physics through simulated physical experiments that let you view the evolutionary process as the laws of physics are applied.
Tux Math uses an arcade game environment that requires correct math computations to move about the playing field. GCompris is a collection of educational games with loads of activities for children 2-years-old and older.
Tech Notes
Zorin OS 8 is based on Ubuntu 13.10, and all editions of Zorin 8 ship with a tweaked GNOME 3.8.2 desktop and Linux kernel 3.11.0. Zorin OS 8 Educational edition is an updated version of the project's specialist edition designed primarily for educational institutions.
The software packages come from the Ubuntu repositories, supplemented by other repositories for Google Chrome, Opera and other updates. Yes, Zorin 8 ships with the Google Chrome browser installed with the latest Adobe flash plug-in. The Zorin Browser Manager makes it easy to install the Opera or Midori browsers with a single click.
Another nice touch with Zorin OS 8.0 is its impressive collection of included software packages. You get the LibreOffice 188.8.131.52 Office Suite that includes Calc, Draw, Impress and Writer. A document viewer app is included. Internet apps include Empathy IM, Desktop Sharing, Remmina remote desktop and Thunderbird. Graphics programs include GIMP 2.8.6, Image viewer, Shotwell photo manager, Simple Scan and Screenshot.
Multimedia offerings include well-known apps such as Brasero disc burner, Cheese webcam booth, Music, Openshot video editor, Sound recorder, and Videos. The Accessories package includes Archive Manager, Calculator, Font Viewer, Files Search, the standard GNOME Terminal, gEdit Text Editor, gparted and Startup disc creator. Other software includes Wine, PlayonLinux and all multimedia codecs. These include the usually restricted ones.
Bottom Line
Zorin OS 8 Education Edition is a top flight Linux desktop. It installs smartly and runs without glitches. It is a solid choice for hassle-free computing, even if you ignore the education bundle.
If you want a Linux distro with all the power of Ubuntu without dancing around the Unity interface, you can not go wrong with Zorin OS 8. If you are a fan of Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop, Zorin OS 8's integration of the Compiz window effects might give you a more pleasant, less cluttered computing experience.
When you navigate to the download page on the Zorin OS website, be sure to click the Education tab and not the Core tab. Otherwise, you will not get the Education version.
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Madwire Media was awarded $2.9 million in state tax credits on Thursday to help them stay and grow in Loveland, if they so choose.
The tax credits, awarded through Colorado's Job Creation Performance Incentive Fund, are contingent upon the Web marketing company creating more than 300 jobs over five years and, of course, remaining in the state.
"This is a huge, huge step for us," said Farra Lanzer, Madwire's director of public relations.
In addition to applying for the state tax credits, Madwire Media has also requested nearly $300,000 in incentives from the city of Loveland — $250,000 in cash and $47,600 in use taxes and fees — to help them move into the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology.
"This absolutely helps," Lanzer said. "We really do want to move forward with moving into the old HP campus."
Madwire Media was founded in Loveland in 2009 and their 130-plus employees have now outgrown their two buildings at the south end of Lake Loveland, according to company officials.
The 57,300-square-feet of space in the former Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies campus is the company's first choice for expansion, President and CEO Joe Kellogg told the council last week, but they are also weighing undisclosed incentives to expand to Austin, Texas.
Kellogg told the council that if they don't move into RMCIT, the other option is to keep their current employees in Loveland — they expect to have 165 staff members by the end of the year — and expand operations to Texas.
The city's Economic Development Department and the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation worked with Madwire over the past several months to develop ways that Loveland can keep the company.
"We looked at how we can encourage Madwire to stay in the state and take advantage of some of the great tax credits in the state," said Kelly Peters, NCEDC's director of business retention and expansion, who worked with Madwire on their application to the state.
The state's office of economic development and the governor's office for information and technology were also involved, and both Peters and city Economic Development Department Director Betsey Hale were in Denver Thursday to meet with the commission that awards the tax credits.
Madwire has not reached a decision on their future plans, but Hale expects to hear by next week.
"This at least gives us the ability to say we're competing for the project and put our best foot forward for the city, the region and the state," Hale said.
The City Council will also have to vote on the incentive agreement. The item was introduced for discussion-only last week, and Hale said that councilor's directive to move forward with the agreement boded well at the state level.
"The state really wants to see a partnership and a shared investment," Hale said.
Also part of an incentive to keep Madwire in Loveland is $50,000 from the Loveland Development Fund, a local non-profit that came on board to help seal the deal.
Terms of a potential lease with RMCIT owners Cumberland & Western have not been released, though Hale told the council last week that negotiations have resulted in "very beneficial concessions to both parties." The term of the lease would be 10 years and Madwire would have the option of expanding to the entire first floor of Building D at the complex.
If they decide to go with RMCIT, Madwire could move in by January 2014.
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Today: It's so much more than just a plant -- Gena introduces us to ch-ch-ch-chia seeds with a recipe for Blueberry Cardamom Chia Pudding.
"Do they make your hair grow?"
I've just been talking to a friend about chia seeds, and I'm not surprised when a reference to the famous chia pet comes up. (Ch-ch-ch-chia!) My friend is amused when I tell him that, in fact, the chia seeds I love to eat and the chia seeds used on chia pet planters are one and the same.
"Wow," he says. "You eat those?"
Believe it or not, I do. Chia seeds are one of my favorite foods; I use them in baked goods, in smoothies, and, most often, in puddings. And I'm not the only one. These small, dark seeds are darlings of the nutrition world right now. While I can't promise you that they'll make your hair grow, I can assure you that the current chia craze is legit: chia seeds are nutritionally rich, handy in all sorts of food preparation methods, and, if you know what to do with them, very delicious.
At this point, you've probably seen Salvia hispanica at a specialty grocery store, a Whole Foods, or in a magazine. If you didn't, you might have come across them in the book Born to Run. In it, we learn that the Tarahumara people, who are renowned for their superhuman endurance as distance runners, have been making "chia fresca" drinks (think lemonade pudding--weird, but not in a bad way) for ages.
Why? It may be because chia seeds, like tapioca pearls, absorb liquid, and can therefore be hydrating (and soothing to digestion.) They're very high in Omega-3 fatty acids, which are increasingly being shown to have a positive impact on cardiovascular health and to play a role in controlling inflammation. On top of all of that, they're a great source of plant-based calcium, and a good source of protein, which means that vegans, vegetarians, and folks who are just trying to reduce their meat consumption are especially fond of them.
That's the good news. The bad news is that chia seeds have a slight learning curve. If you just want to sprinkle them on top of some breakfast cereal, oats, or stir them into muffins or banana bread, great: unlike flax seeds, you don't have to chew chia seeds to get all of the nutritional benefits, and you'll probably find that they lend a pleasant crunch and texture to your food. That said, this is a pretty boring way to experience chia, if only because the coolest feature of chia seeds is that they plump up in liquid.
For this reason, the most popular way to enjoy chia seeds is in a chia pudding. For vegans, this usually means soaking chia seeds in a non-dairy milk, and using whatever add-ins (spices, fruit, cocoa) are desired. Chia pudding is totally hands off (you quite literally just have to soak the seeds, then stir them as they plump up), a quick and easy breakfast option, and delicious with fresh fruit. The only downside to be aware of is that different chia seeds absorb different amounts of liquid, so it can be a little tough to predict how much liquid you need for a pudding recipe. The most common complaint about chia pudding is that it turned out too runny or too pasty.
To avoid this, you simply have to use a little kitchen intuition. The desired texture for a chia pudding is something that resembles tapioca pudding; just imagine that the tapioca pearls are tinier and more fine than the usual. You should be able to spoon or pour the pudding; you just don't want it to get soupy. So, if you soak your pudding overnight and find that it's too thick, simply add more milk (I usually add in quarter-cup increments) till it's the right texture. If, on the other hand, your pudding is way too runny, just add two tablespoons of chia (and more as needed) till it looks right.
Once you get the process down, you'll find that chia puddings are one of the most versatile and tasty delights of the vegan food world. I've served chia pudding up to total skeptics (both ladies and gents), only to hear about how delighted they were with the results. As a full time student, I rely on chia pudding for easy, portable breakfasts: before I go to bed, I combine three tablespoons of chia with a scant cup of almond milk, some cinnamon, and a bit of maple syrup, then let it soak in the fridge overnight. In the morning, I pack it up and take it to campus, where I pick up a banana or berries to mix in. It's a wonderful meal, and adds plenty of brightness to the pain of morning classes!
If that sounds a little boring to you, consider the following recipe, which showcases just how creative chia pudding can get. I've made countless chia pudding flavor combinations (you can find a good roundup here), including chocolate, pumpkin, and strawberry ginger. But this pudding, which features the surprisingly winning flavor combination of blueberry and cardamom, is a new all-time favorite. Sweet, spicy, and totally unexpected, this is a very unique and visually stunning way to enjoy chia seeds. Serve it with fresh blueberries and a little shaved coconut for breakfast, or enjoy a few spoonfuls for a light, healthy dessert. Whether your hair grows faster or not, you'll be glad you tried it!
Blueberry Cardamom Chia Pudding Serves 4-6
1/2 cup chia seeds 2 1/2 cups almond milk (or rice, soy, or light coconut milk) 1 cup fresh blueberries 1 1/2 tsp cardamom 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup maple syrup or agave nectar 1 tsp vanilla extract
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Bob Dole is a former Senate majority leader and was the Republican nominee for president in 1996. He was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star for his Army service in World War II.
Memorial Day evokes a jumble of emotions: pride in military service mingled with grief over the human toll exacted by war, and profound gratitude for whatever it is in the American character that inspires heroes in every generation to risk everything for the country they love more than life itself. Over the years their civilian brethren have expressed appreciation, however imperfectly, through their generous support of charities assisting veterans, especially those wounded in body or spirit.
I am a lifelong beneficiary of this impulse to give. When I needed it most, my friends and neighbors in Russell, Kan., raised funds to help offset my hospital bills from half a dozen postwar surgeries. More recently I have shared medical facilities with soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, some no older than I was in the spring of 1945, and all deserving of rehabilitative care on par with their sacrifice. Many will no doubt find themselves as dependent on private philanthropy as I was when someone placed an empty cigar box, the nucleus of the Bob Dole Fund, in a Russell storefront almost 70 years ago.
Today, the business of charitable fundraising is vastly more sophisticated. This is a blessing and a curse. "Excellent charities succeed because their resources are not tied up in fundraising," says the highly regarded online guide Charity Navigator. Unfortunately, many veterans' charities tend to allocate more than their civilian counterparts to administration, direct mail and other for-profit fundraising services. In most such cases, the problem is simple inexperience compounded by the belief that enthusiasm for the cause will ensure success without resorting to exorbitant overhead and fundraising expenditures.
Then there are groups like the impressively named American Veterans Relief Foundation, a prime target of congressional investigators in 2007-08 hearings. The foundation raised $3.6 million, of which less than 1 percent went to assist vets. It was an extreme case, to be sure, but not a unique one. Those hearings raised awareness of the problem without offering a legislative solution. A Donors Bill of Rights could, for example, require that prospective contributors be told upfront how much of their gift will support a charity's stated mission. Think of it as consumer protection for charitable donors. Enactment isn't likely, however, as courts up to and including the Supreme Court have frowned on fundraising regulations as potential violations of the First Amendment.
Oversight of charitable giving has been left largely to the states, where many attorneys general have stepped up efforts in recent years to identify fraud or misuse of donated funds. These are crimes subject to prosecution, unlike a bad business model, poor judgment or excessive payments to telemarketers and other solicitors. The good news is that media coverage has also helped keep this issue front and center since the congressional hearings into the American Veterans Relief Foundation. The bad news is that the media have no shortage of alleged scams to expose. Earlier this month a trial date was set for the purported mastermind behind the U.S. Navy Veterans Association, a bogus charity with a nonexistent board of directors and a post office box for a headquarters that is reported to have bilked unsuspecting donors of more than $100 million.
Fortunately, there are plenty of honest, admirably run veterans' charities deserving of support. My own list includes Honor Flight Network, which brings World War II vets to Washington to visit their memorial on the Mall, and Fisher House Foundation, which provides free housing to service members' families at dozens of military and VA medical centers. This enables relatives to be with their loved ones in uniform when their presence is needed most.
If you want to help servicemen and women in their transition to civilian life, exercise the same due diligence you'd apply to any significant purchase or investment. Don't hesitate to kick the tires or demand the equivalent of a test drive. If you're contacted by fundraisers, be prepared to ask some questions in return. Confirm the organization's tax-exempt status. Find out how much of your gift will go to the intended recipient and how much to administration or fundraising. Better yet, ask the group to put its appeal in writing and then review its financial stats and spending record on Web sites such as Charity Navigator. As Ronald Reagan said in a different context: Trust but verify. Check them out before you write a check.
I can't imagine a better way to observe Memorial Day than to support those who have worn their country's uniform — while denying others who would enrich themselves in the service of greed.
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How Climbing Can Help Cerebral Palsy: Meet Emily Esca
If you pay close attention on Thursday and Sunday nights at Brooklyn Boulders, you might see some unexpected happenings, like people climbing in wheelchairs. If you pay attention to the news, you'll have already heard about our Adaptive Climbing Group, started by Kareemah Batts.
What makes a climber an adaptive climber? I recently participated in one of their Volunteer Orientation programs and got to hang out with them and find out. What I discovered is that what makes an adaptive climber is what makes any climber – persistence. But more impressively, persistence in face of challenges most climbers don't even have to think about.
Meet the charming Emily Esca, an adaptive climber who happens to have a form of Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Right Hemiparesis. She was born with a muscle weakness on her right side, and as a result, has limited use of her right hand and leg. Rock climbing isn't something she'd ever thought she'd do – and unexpectedly changed her life drastically.
Where are you from and how'd you get to Brooklyn?
I am from Croton on Hudson. It's a small town about an hour north of the city near West Point. I moved around for a couple of years but ended up coming back to NY in 2006 to get my doctoral degree in Audiology.
How did you start climbing?
Well, I watched this documentary on Steve Wampler – one of the first disabled climbers to face El Cap. There was a screening at Brooklyn Boulders, so I went and decided to try climbing with the Adaptive Climbing Group. It was something that I thought I'd try once and never do again, but as any climber would know… it's addictive. I'm still climbing a year later.
Does climbing affect your Cerebral Palsy at all?
Oh, yeah. My doctor didn't even want me to climb – they said it was a bad idea. But as I started to climb, I could feel my right hand getting stronger.
I previously had zero grip strength in my right hand, and I never knew what it was like to be able to use it. But then one day I just started doing really mundane tasks, like taking out the trash on my own. The best part is being able to buy someone a drink at the bar now – I can double fist!
In fact, I'm a case study now – I kept telling my doctors about how my right arm was improving, and now they're documenting it.
Wow. That's kind of amazing. So climbing changed your life, in a way.
Absolutely. I didn't face my disability until I started climbing. It was a part of myself I sort of ignored, but I had to face head on when climbing on the walls. And now I understand it better than ever, and even have pushed the limits to what I previously never thought I could do. My right hand now is as strong as my good left hand was when I first started climbing – they've improved in parallel.
And of course, there's the community behind it. I really want to get climbing outside more – Doug Ferguson does these trips through Mountain Skills Climbing Guide for adaptive climbers up in the Gunks. And each member of the Adaptive Climbing Group is really motivating and supportive
– it's great to see this mental mind shift for each climber that comes into the group. At first, there is some hesitance over what they think they can climb. You think that you can't climb as well because of your disability.
But you see climbers like Q, Jon, and Adam – and they still climb hard. They don't let their disability limit them.
Cool. Last question: what would you say to someone with Cerebral Palsy that is thinking of climbing?
Climbing is awesome and it can be a definite game changer. Don't get discouraged, just keep climbing. After a while, you'll be surprised of how much you can accomplish.
To find out how to volunteer for the Adaptive Climbing group, visit their site here.
*A clinic is being hosted on Friday, April 17th at 11am, sign up to help here.*
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Can it really be September? Where did August go? So much to do, so little time!
New Cemeteries
After a well-earned break in Samoa, I've hit the cemetery trail again, with a lot of help from my parents. Three (yes, THREE!) new cemeteries have been photographed and will be available online just as quickly as I can get them all listed. Those three cemeteries are Alford Forest, Mt. Somers and Ruapuna. Check back often for progress.
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In the meantime I'm working on a presentation I'm giving to the New Zealand Society of Genealogists in Christchurch next week. I hope my nerves calm by then, it's been a while since I addressed an audience.
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Here we go again, better switch to opera, mozilla and the likes people !!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06...tched_ie_flaw/Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Internet Explorer, which in combination with other known issues can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) A variant of the "Location:" local resource access vulnerability can be exploited via a specially crafted URL in the "Location:" HTTP header to open local files.
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2) A cross-zone scripting error can be exploited to execute files in the "Local Machine" security zone.
Secunia has confirmed the vulnerabilities in a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 6.0.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archiv...4-06/0104.htmlThe vulnerabilities are actively being exploited in the wild to install adware on users' systems, security researchers warn. Other exploits - include computer viruses - based on the same techniques of tricking users into visiting a maliciously constructed website housing malign script could follow.
Etienne Greeff, director at MIS Corporate Defence Solutions, said: "This is a very sophisticated exploit using encryption and stealth technologies to deliver its payload, using previously unknown vulnerabilities to work."
Windows users should disable Active Scripting support for all but trusted websites until Microsoft releases patches to address the vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities were publicised by a Dutch 'white hat hacker' called Jelmer, who came across an example of an exploit of the flaws already in circulation last weekend.
In related news, there have been proven cases of misuse of some webmail systems in combination with this exploit, atleast two dutch ISP's.
(link is dutch) http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/18746.phtml
that Jelmer guy sure is a showoff !! http://22.214.171.124/security/idiots.../installer.htm (<-- proof of concept exploit)


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