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Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study [Public Use Data] (ICPSR 31622)
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Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University; Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University; Sara S. McLanahan, Princeton University; Christina Paxson, Princeton University
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The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study follows a cohort of new parents and their children and provides previously unavailable information about the conditions and capabilities of new unwed parents and the well-being of their children. Mothers and fathers were interviewed in the hospital shortly after the birth of their children. The baseline questionnaires for mothers and fathers include information on (1) prenatal care, (2) mother-father relationships, (3) expectations about fathers' rights and responsibilities, (4) attitudes toward marriage, (5) parents' health, (6) social support and extended kin, (7) knowledge about local policies and community resources, and (8) education, employment, and income. Follow-up interviews gather additional information including (1) access to and use of healthcare and childcare services, (2) experiences with local welfare and child support agencies, (3) parental conflict and domestic violence, and (4) child health and well-being.
The first four waves of this study (1997-2003) have been archived and are available for download at ICPSR-DSDR. Nine-Year Follow Up (Wave 5) data can be found through the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study page on Princeton's website.
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Additional publications using the Fragile Families data can be found on the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Web site.
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This national study uses a stratified random sample of all United States cities with 200,000 or more people. The stratification was not geographic; rather, it was according to policy environments and labor market conditions in the different cities. The sampling occurred in three stages: First cities, second, hospitals within cities, and third, births within hospitals. The total sample size is 4,700 families, made up of 3,600 unwed couples and 1,100 married couples. The data is representative of non-marital births in each of 20 cities, and is also representative of non-marital births in United States cities with populations over 200,000. Follow-up interviews with both parents take place when the child is 12, 30, and 48 months old. Data on child health and development is collected from the parents during each of the follow-up interviews, and in-home assessments of child well-being are carried out at 30 and 48 months.
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Response rates were: 90 percent of mothers, 75 percent of fathers.
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- Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan, and Christina Paxson. Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study [Public Use Data]. ICPSR31622-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-12-06. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31622.v1
2011-11-28 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Sidney Crosby capped a third-period outburst with his 10th goal of the season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Monday night.
Brian Gibbons scored on the first shot of his NHL career and Brandon Sutter chipped in his fourth goal of the season as Pittsburgh's struggling offence found a rhythm late against the Pacific Division-leading Ducks.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots for Pittsburgh, which won for only the second time in six games. Crosby's goal was his second in 11 games.
Ryan Getzlaf scored his 11th goal for the Ducks, who earned just one point during a four-game East Coast road trip. Viktor Fasth made 24 saves but struggled in the final 20 minutes.
Gibbons took a slick backhand pass from Evgeni Malkin to break a scoreless tie 3:56 into the third. The Penguins needed just 62 seconds to make it 2-0, as Sutter deflected a shot from the point by Olli Maatta.
Anaheim responded immediately when Getzlaf scored his fifth goal in four games.
Crosby pushed Pittsburgh back in front by two, finishing the Penguins' three-goal outburst in a span of 4:04.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ??? Reilly Smith and Carl Soderberg had a goal and an assist each in the first period, and Boston topped Carolina.
Johnny Boychuk scored midway through the third period, and Milan Lucic added an empty-net goal for Boston, which has 11 points in its last seven games (5-1-1).
Boston killed four Carolina power plays, including 63 seconds when the Bruins were down two skaters. They haven't allowed a power-play goal in 32 short-handed situations since giving up goals on five consecutive power plays in October.
The Hurricanes played their first game since Oct. 24 with Cam Ward in net. Ward, who missed 10 games because of a leg injury, made 26 saves. He rebounded from a rough start in which he gave up two goals on Boston's first four shots.
Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots for Boston.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) ??? Sean Monahan scored the winning goal in the eighth round of a shootout and Calgary snapped its six-game losing streak with a victory over Winnipeg.
Jiri Hudler had given Calgary a 4-3 lead with 3:26 remaining in regulation, but the Jets tied it on Bryan Little's with six seconds left.
With Winnipeg goalie Al Montoya on the bench for an extra attacker, the Jets swarmed goalie Reto Berra, and Little put a rebound into an open side of the net.
Montoya made 29 saves. Berra stopped 43 shots, including three in overtime, to help the Flames end their 0-5-1 skid.
Calgary's Michael Cammalleri scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season on the power play and added an assist. T.J. Brodie and Lance Bouma also scored.
Michael Frolik, Olli Jokinen and Dustin Byfuglien had goals for Winnipeg, and defenceman Grant Clitsome and Blake Wheeler both added a pair of assists.


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Every organization has a chain of command, and the Knights Templar were no different. This alphabetical list shows the different people who made up the Templar Order and the duties they performed for the Order:
Chaplains: The Catholic priests within the Order.
Commanders of Knights, Houses, and Farms: Knights responsible for the specific operation of Templar holdings, under the Commanders of the Lands.
Commanders of the Lands: Administered Templar operations in the Holy Land regions of Jerusalem, Tripoli, and Antioch, which included castles, farms and Templar "houses" or Preceptories.
Craftsmen: Farmers, cooks, masons, smiths, and other serving brethren who performed the day-to-day menial tasks of supporting the Order. Some also took on a military role and were armed when needed (and were, thus, considered to be of higher rank), while others did not.
Draper: In charge of all clothing for the Order.
Grand Master: The head of the Order in both military and administrative matters. The Grand Master was elected for life and answered only to the Pope.
Knights: Noble-born Templars, groomed for battle.
Marshal: The Minister of War within the Order, responsible for coordinating all military action.
Masters: Heads of the Order within the provinces of Apulia, Italy; Aragon, Spain; England; Scotland; Poitiers, France; Portugal; and Hungary.
Provincial Masters: Located outside the Holy Land, the Provincial Masters were involved in the administration of the banking side of the Order, along with being European recruiters.
Seneschal: Second in command to the Grand Master.
Sergeants: Common soldiers who held a lower rank because of their lowborn status.
Squires: The young attendants to the Knights, who aspired to eventually become knights themselves.
Turcopoles: Turkish/Greek, Eastern Orthodox soldiers recruited as light cavalry or scouts, of lower rank than the Sergeants.
Under-Marshal: In charge of all equipment.
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HENDERSON, N.C. - Britthaven, Inc. and its successor, Principle Long Term, Inc., operators of a nursing and rehabilitation center in Henderson, N.C., discriminated against an employee with a disability and then unlawfully discharged her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. Britthaven, Inc. operated a nursing and rehabilitation center known as "Britthaven of Henderson" until December 2010, at which time the operation was transferred to Principle Long Term, Inc. and the name of the facility was changed to "Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center."
EEOC's complaint alleges that Nicky Thomas was hired by Britthaven, Inc. as a cook on September 25, 2009. In February 2010, Thomas was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thomas informed her supervisor of her diagnosis. The complaint further alleges that around October 28, 2010, Thomas was required to take medical leave so that she could undergo surgery to treat her breast cancer. Her doctor provided a note indicated that she would need 4 to 6 weeks of leave, which EEOC alleges was approved by the company. At a post-surgery visit to her doctor on November 10, 2010, Thomas was told that she could not return to work until December 10, 2010. The complaint states that Thomas submitted a doctor's note to her supervisor, stating that Thomas needed to take additional leave, until December 10, 2010, due to her medical condition. The complaint further alleges that on November 29, 2010, Thomas was informed that her request for one additional month of medical leave had been denied and she was being terminated for failing to report to work.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which protects employees from discrimination based on their disabilities and requires employers to provide disabled employees with a reasonable accommodation. The EEOC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Britthaven, Inc. d/b/a Britthaven of Henderson and Principle Long Term Care, Inc. d/b/a Kerr Lake Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Civil Action No.5:12-CV-00818) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The EEOC seeks back pay, compensatory damages and punitive damages as well as injunctive relief.
"Although it has been more than 20 years since the passage of the ADA, employers still need to be reminded that employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations which do not pose an undue hardship," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Actavis PLC said Tuesday it would buy Forest Laboratories Inc., sending both pharmaceutical stocks sharply higher, while Tesla Motors Inc. shares climbed to a new record ahead of quarterly results.
Forest Laboratories US:FRX soared 28% after Actavis ACT, +0.06% said it would buy the company with a combination of equity and cash that values the firm at $25 billion. Forest shareholders would get $89.48 per share, with $26.04 in cash and 0.3306 Actavis shares for each common share of Forest. Actavis gained 5%.
Shares of Tesla TSLA, -2.42% rose 2.8%, at one point touching its all-time high of $206, a day ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings report. Reports surfaced over the weekend that Apple Inc.'s AAPL, -1.46% top deal-maker met with the car company's CEO Elon Musk last year as part of its quest to snap up companies to fuel growth. Apple shares were up 0.4%.
Analysts at R.W. Baird also reiterated Tesla's outperform rating and raised its price target to $215 from $187, providing more momentum. "Despite stock appreciation of about 32% year to date, we believe several catalysts could drive the stock higher including 2014 delivery guidance, additional battery factory details, and a possibility for more info on a new production line," said analyst Ben Kallo at R.W. Baird.
Mylan Inc. MYL, +0.00% shares rose 4.8%. The pharmaceutical company is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings next week. Analysts forecast Mylan to earn 74 cents a share in the quarter.
First Solar Inc. FSLR, -0.55% shares added 6.9%. The solar company is expected to announce fourth-quarter earnings of 97 cents a share when it reports quarterly results next Tuesday.
BlackBerry Ltd. US:BBRY climbed 6.6% following news last week that billionaire fund manager Dan Loeb took a stake in the company as part of his investment in struggling device makers.
FBR & Co. upgraded BlackBerry's stock to market perform from underperform, with analyst Scott Thompson writing in a note: "We expect the company's liquid assets and early positive momentum could limit downside in shares in the near term."
Prana Biotechnology Ltd. US:PRAN leapt 39% after the pharmaceutical company said it met the endpoint for one phase of a clinical study testing its treatment for Huntington disease.
Kansas City Southern KSU, -0.20% shares dropped 4.5%. The stock was downgraded to neutral at J.P. Morgan on Tuesday. "We are lowering our rating on KSU from overweight to neutral due entirely to our concern that there is a meaningful probability that new rail legislation in Mexico could become law. While such a law would be challenged by KSU and other railroads, it ultimately could translate to less pricing opportunity in Mexico," said analyst Thomas Wadewitz in a note.
Coca-Cola Co. KO, -1.12% fell 3.8%. The beverage maker said its quarterly revenue and profit fell from the same period a year earlier. The firm said it was looking to regain momentum after a challenging year. It also said it was targeting $2.5 billion to $3 billion in buybacks in 2014.
Waste Management Inc. WM, +0.48% declined 4.5% after the firm said it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter. The waste-disposal company also projected a 2014 per-share earnings range of $2.30 to $2.35, below the consensus estimate of $2.41, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters.
Elbit Imaging Ltd. EMITF, +9.38% shares tumbled 56%. The Israeli holding company, which deals in commercial and entertainment centers, said it had approved more details in its restructuring plan.
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In Chicago on Thursday, the first lady was announcing a new partnership to help schools do just that. It starts with a website, www.letsmoveschools.org , where school officials and others can sign up to get started.
CHICAGO (AP) ? Imagine students learning their ABCs while dancing, or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks?
Some schools are using both methods of instruction and Michelle Obama would like to see more of them use other creative ways to help students get the recommended hour of daily exercise.
In Chicago on Thursday, the first lady was announcing a new partnership to help schools do just that. It starts with a website, www.letsmoveschools.org , where school officials and others can sign up to get started.
Mrs. Obama said too many penny-pinched schools have either cut spending on physical education or eliminated it outright to put the money toward classroom instruction. But the first lady who starts most days with a workout ? and other advocates of helping today's largely sedentary kids move their bodies ? say that's a false choice, since studies that show exercise helps youngsters focus and do well in school.
The effort is one of the newest parts of Mrs. Obama's 3-year-old campaign against childhood obesity, known as "Let's Move," which she has spent the week promoting.
"With each passing year, schools feel like it's just getting harder to find the time, the money and the will to help our kids be active. But just because it's hard doesn't mean we should stop trying," the first lady says in her prepared remarks. "It means we should try harder. It means that all of us - not just educators, but businesses and nonprofits and ordinary citizens - we all need to dig deeper and start getting even more creative."
She was being joined for the announcement at McCormick Place in her hometown by several Olympians, including gymnasts Dominique Dawes and Gabby Douglas, sprinter Allyson Felix, tennis player Serena Williams and decathlete Ashton Eaton, along with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and triathlete Sarah Reinertsen, whose left leg was amputated above the knee when she was a child.
Research shows that daily exercise has a positive influence on academic performance, but kids today spend too much time sitting, mostly in school but also outside the classroom while watching TV, playing video games or surfing the Internet. Federal guidelines recommend that children ages 6-17 get at least 60 minutes of exercise daily, which can be racked up through multiple spurts of activity throughout the day.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he's proof of the link between exercise and academic performance. As a boy, he said he had a hard time sitting still in class but that exercise helped him focus.
"What's true for me is true for many of our nation's children," he said in an interview.
Duncan, who played basketball professionally in Australia for several years, said the choice is not between physical activity or academics, especially with about one-third of U.S. kids either overweight or obese and at higher risk for life-threatening illnesses like heart disease or diabetes.
"It's got to be both," he said. Duncan cited the examples of students learning the alphabet while dancing or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks.
Under the new "Let's Move" initiative, modest grants will be available from the Education Department to help some programs get started.
Mrs. Obama called on school staff, families and communities to help get 50,000 schools involved in the program over the next five years.
The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation will oversee the program. Funding and other resources will come from Nike Inc., the GENYOUth Foundation, ChildObesity180, Kaiser Permanente and the General Mills Foundation.
Nike has committed $50 million to the effort over the next five years; the remaining groups together have pledged more than $20 million.
"All kids deserve a chance to realize their full potential and we believe creating active schools will help kids do better in school and most importantly in life," said Nike President and CEO Mark Parker.


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Thanks to our every four years orgy of public decision making, we finally know what president we'll be stuck with for the next four years. Well, at least technology can still set us free! Here's a week's worth of iPhone apps for you to enjoy!
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New Line/Warner Bros. has unleashed the new trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street. Hitting theaters on April 30, the film stars Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Thomas Dekker, Kellan Lutz, Katie Cassidy and Connie Britton.
In the film, a contemporary re-imagining of the horror classic, a group of suburban teenagers share one common bond: they are all being stalked by Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley), a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can protect one another…but when they sleep, there is no escape.
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GERMANTOWN — Police on Friday recovered the body of a pilot whose plane crashed in the Hudson River north of Saugerties and identified him as Michael Braunstein, 72, of Copake.
Divers from New York State Police and the Greene and Ulster county sheriff's offices found Braunstein about 4:30 p.m. amid the crash debris in about 20 feet of water.
According to FAA records, Braunstein is the owner of a Grumman G44 built in 1943. The airplane's registration status is listed as valid, and Braunstein had a current third-class medical certification, the level required for private or recreational pilot. He was certified as an airline transport pilot.
Braunstein is listed on airnav.com and by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association as the manager and owner of the Copake Lake Seaplane Base and B Flat Farm Airport in Copake.
Police say Braunstein took off in the Grumman about 4 p.m. Thursday. At 4:30 p.m., Braunstein's plane was seen crashing into the Hudson River near Germantown, roughly halfway between Saugerties and Catskill.
A witness said there was no smoke or fire, and that the plane "pretty much disintegrated" when it hit the water.
Police and fire divers focused their attention Friday on wreckage found in about 25 feet of water roughly 75 feet east of the river's center channel. Around noon, they found an 18-to-20-foot-long section of airplane tail, but not the tail section with the plane's ID number. The search has been complicated by the Hudson's murky waters, and the crews have been using sonar to augment the dive searches. At 4 p.m., divers took advantage of slack tide — a period in the tidal cycle where there's little or no water movement — to send in "an army of divers" to search for the body, said state police Capt. Robert Nuzzo.
The effort bore fruit as they found Braunstein's body half an hour later.
State police are continuing the investigation along with Greene County Emergency Services and the Greene and Ulster county sheriff's offices. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will also investigate; the NTSB will ultimately determine what caused the crash.
The Grumman G-44 is a five-seat twin-engine amphibious aircraft — a seaplane — built in the 1940s and 1950s. FAA records show Braunstein's plane was manufactured in 1943.
An autopsy will be performed to determine what caused Braunstein's death.
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GERMANTOWN — Police on Friday recovered the body of a pilot whose plane crashed in the Hudson River north of Saugerties and identified him as Michael Braunstein, 72, of Copake.


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Rumor mill grinds overtime for Supreme Court health care ruling
Read these tea leaves: Conservative justices on the Supreme Court sound angry in their dissents this week because they already know that the court on Thursday will uphold the Obama administration's health care law.
Or how about: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a presumed health-care law supporter, sounded pretty darn happy when she talked recently to the liberal American Constitution Society. Was this, in poker terms, another tell?
But wait! Perhaps, as former Supreme Court clerk Ed Whelan suggested Wednesday, Justice Antonin Scalia tipped everyone off that he'll be in a majority striking down the law because he's already read from the bench his unofficial quota of dissenting opinions and that means he won't be dissenting on health care.
True? False? Who knows? One certain fact: Speculation has run riot in advance of the health care ruling, due Thursday morning. The tense wait has provoked obsession over everything from a justice's tone of voice and vacation plans to a short-lived, Internet-fed rumor that the decision was about to be issued on, ummm, May 24.
Rumor followers, Ginsburg said in her recent speech with some evident satisfaction, got their just deserts.
Put another way, she noted, "Those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know."
Those who don't know vastly outnumber those who do, which might explain why it's gotten so noisy. In any event, the blather is inevitable when the facts are so scarce and the stakes are so high. In what will be a set of interlocking decisions announced shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday, the court is set to declare whether Obama's health care law rises or falls, in whole or in part.
The justices must decide whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause when it imposed the individual mandate, requiring most U.S. residents to obtain health insurance or pay a fee. The court also must decide whether Congress improperly coerced the states by threatening to withhold Medicaid funds unless they expanded coverage. And, not least, the court must decide whether the rest of the law survives if the individual mandate falls.
In search of answers, would-be soothsayers have been picking apart the points raised in the record 136 amicus briefs and in the questions asked and answered during more than six hours of oral argument in March.
"Obviously, people have flyspecked the transcript of these arguments back and forth," said Paul Clement, the attorney for Florida and other states that are challenging the law, "but the way it was structured doesn't allow you to draw conclusions the way you might have . . . if it had been some sort of four-hour free-for-all."
Some predictions reflect political framing rather than rigorous analysis. Earlier this month, citing no particular evidence, House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D-Calif., opined that the court would uphold the law on a 6-3 vote. Other predictions appear more rooted in a microscopic reading of court practice.
The detail-oriented SCOTUSblog website, for instance, predicts that Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has written the majority opinion in health care because he hasn't yet authored a decision from cases heard in March and April. Typically, the court spreads decisions around evenly.
In Congress, the Republican lawmakers who united in fighting the health care legislation are preparing in their own way. They have twin goals: Keep reminding everyone they're ready to act whatever the court does, and make sure no one gloats too much over victory.
"No one knows what the court will decide, and none of us would presume to know," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a memo last week, "but if the court strikes down all or part of the president's health care law, there will be no spiking of the ball."
The Republican playbook includes holding a vote on repealing the entire law if the court doesn't strike it down in its entirety. This would be message-sending, rather than serious legislation, as a repeal couldn't possibly pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
"If the Supreme Court doesn't see fit to rule it unconstitutional, House Republicans will move to repeal it lock, stock and barrel," declared Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, the chair of the House Republican Conference.
Lawmakers are scheduled to leave as early as Thursday evening for a Fourth of July recess that's scheduled to end July 9. After disposing of any symbolic House vote, lawmakers would need time to address more realistic measures in response to a complicated court ruling.
"We have things ready to go," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. "We have different drafts for different contingencies."
The White House, too, has its contingency plans, though officials concede that even the president will find out the Supreme Court news just like everyone else.
"Well," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday, "we turn on televisions and radios and computers, and watch SCOTUSblog."
Lesley Clark contributed to this report.


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Decision : 37 COM 8B.16
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-13/37.COM/8B and WHC-13/37.COM/INF.8B2;
2. Inscribes the El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, Mexico , on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (vii), (viii) and (x) ;
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (EPGDABR) is located in the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is one of four great North American deserts along with the Chihuahuan Desert, the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert. EPGDABR has a surface of 714,566 hectares with 354,871 hectares of buffer zone. It is a large and relatively undisturbed protected area which comprises two very distinct broad landscape types. To the East, there is a dormant volcanic area of around 200,000 ha, comprised of the Pinacate Shield with extensive black and red lava flows and desert pavement. The volcanic shield boasts a wide array of volcanic phenomena and geological formations, including a small shield-type volcano. The most visually striking feature is the concentration of a total of 10 enormous, deep and almost perfectly circular Maar (steam blast) craters.
In the West towards the Colorado River Delta and South towards the Gulf of California, is the Gran Altar Desert, North America's largest field of active sand dunes and only active Erg dunes. The dunes can reach 200 meters in height and contain a variety of dunes types. The dunes originate from sediments from the nearby Colorado Delta and local sources. In addition, there are several arid granite massifs emerging like islands from the sandy desert flats, ranging between 300 and 650 m.a.s.l., which represent another remarkable landscape feature harbouring distinct plant and wildlife communities.
The variety of landscapes results in extraordinary habitat diversity. The diversity of life forms across many different taxa is notable with many species endemic to the Sonoran Desert or more locally restricted to parts of the property. All feature sophisticated physiological and behavioural adaptations to the extreme environmental conditions. The subtropical desert ecosystem reportedly hosts more than 540 species of vascular plants, 44 mammals, more than 200 birds, over 40 reptiles, as well as several amphibians and even two endemic species of freshwater fish.
Criterion (vii): The property presents a dramatic combination of desert landforms, comprising both volcanic and dune systems as dominant features. The volcanic shield in the property boasts a wide array of volcanic phenomena and geological formations, including a small shield-type volcano. The most visually striking feature is the concentration of a total of 10 enormous, deep and almost perfectly circular Maar (steam blast) craters, believed to originate from a combination of eruptions and collapses. The property is visually outstanding through the stark contrast of a dark-coloured area comprised of a volcanic shield and spectacular craters and lava flows within an immense sea of dunes. The dunes can reach 200 meters in height and contain linear dunes, star dunes and dome dunes, displaying enormous and constantly changing contrasts in terms of form and color. In addition to these predominant features there are several arid granite massifs emerging like islands from the sandy desert flats, ranging between 300 and 650m high. The combination of all these features results in a highly diverse and visually stunning desert landscape.
Criterion (viii): The property's desert and volcanic landforms provide an exceptional combination of features of great scientific interest. The vast sea of sand dunes that surrounds the volcanic shield is considered the largest and most active dune system in North America. It includes a diverse range of dunes that are nearly undisturbed, and include spectacular and very large star-shaped dunes that occur both singly and in long ridges up to 48km in length. The volcanic exposures provide important complementary geological values, and the desert environment assures a dramatic display of a series of impressive large craters and more than 400 cinder cones, lava flows, and lava tubes. Taken together the combination of earth science features is an impressive laboratory for geological and geomorphological studies.
Criterion (x): The highly diverse mosaic of habitats is home to complex communities and surprisingly high species diversity across many taxonomic groups of flora and fauna. More than 540 species of vascular plants, 44 mammals, more than 200 birds and over 40 reptiles inhabit the seemingly inhospitable desert. Insect diversity is high despite not being fully documented. Several endemic species of plants and animals exist, including two freshwater fish species. One local endemic plant is restricted to a small part of the volcanic shield within the area. Large maternity caves of the migratory Lesser Long-Nosed Bat, which is an important pollinator and seed dispersal vector are found within the property. Noteworthy species include the Sonoran Pronghorn, an endemic subspecies restricted to the South-western Arizona and North-western Sonora and threatened by extinction.
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve is relatively undisturbed and has an outstandingly high level of physical integrity to a greater extent related to its harsh environment. Whilst there are a limited number of private land ownership (Ejidos) areas, the entire property is under the authority of the Federal Agency for Protected Areas (CONANP).
Protection and management requirements
The property counts on an effectively enforced adequate legal framework and its management is well supported in terms of human and financial resources. Management of the property is guided by a long-term management plan supported by annual operational plans and implementation is supported by local governments, NGOs and indigenous peoples. Future revisions of the existing management plan should consider ways and means to maintain and enhance the Outstanding Universal Values and conditions of integrity of the property. It should also propose new options and mechanism to ensure the financial sustainability required for the effective long term management of the property. In addition the management plan should establish enhanced mechanisms to effectively involve indigenous peoples in the planning and management of the property.
Special attention should be given to avoid the indirect impacts of nearby tourism development including from increased traffic, which creates ecological disturbance, littering and wildlife road kills. More importantly, tourism can create pressure to extend existing road infrastructure which could facilitate entry points for alien invasive species. Increasing impact from off-road vehicles has been observed, requiring monitoring and effective law enforcement in EPGDABR. However the most critical long term management issue is to address potential problems derived from tourism-related water consumption.
Long term protection and management of the property also includes the need to minimize and/or mitigate impacts derived from existing or proposed roads; to ensure effective implementation of measures to avoid further depletion of scarce water resources; to maintain and enhance ecological connectivity so as to buffer against climate change impacts and to effectively control and eradicate alien invasive species. Transboundary cooperation to maintain and enhance the management of the property is essential and therefore the formal establishment of a Transboundary Protected Area with adjoining protected areas in the United States is highly recommended.
4. Commends the State Party on the decision to not locate electricity transmission infrastructure along the coast, in order to conserve the visual integrity of the area, and requests the State Party to apply the highest environmental standards in the alternative corridor in the northern part of the property;
5. Requests the State Party to ensure full compliance with Environmental Impact Assessment requirements as regards the ongoing expansion of the Route 2 road development;
6. Encourages the State Party to consider the future expansion of the property to include the adjacent Ramsar site of Bahia de Adair;
7. Also encourages the State Parties of Mexico and the United States of America to strengthen cooperation on the conservation and management of the shared Greater Sonoran Desert Ecosystem, building upon the existing agreements and working relationships at all levels, which may eventually lead to the formal establishment of a transboundary protected area;
8. Further encourages the State Parties of Mexico and the United States of America to further cooperate on the saving of the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible extinction;
9. Furthermore encourages the State Party, and the neighbouring State Party of the United States of America, to fully consider environmental concerns in security efforts along the international border that forms the northern boundary of the property.
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Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2008, 14:29
Post subject:
Hi see my post
I don't know if your pet would do what I'm after, or if you know of anything which might work?, or might fancy another challenge?
as I've had little response & I can't believe no-one's done anything for deaf/hearing impaired people
I believe dragon naturally speaking can do both text to speech as well as speech to text, but I'm looking for a linux version or similar,
to put speech on screen, like subtitling on TV
any ideas?
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Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2008, 14:55
Post subject: unfortunately no
Unfortunately, as HairyWill describes in the thread you gave, voice recognition is technically very challenging; there are so many variables, and lots of possible decoding techniques. Similar issues to optical character recognition, but worse, like trying to decode handwriting and more. Basically, recognition, of all sorts, is a major research topic, involving statistical analysis, neural networks, parallel computing, you name it...
A commercial voice recognition package, such as you described, may be the best way forward for your friend.
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Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2008, 15:01
Post subject: state of the art tactile devices for the blind
As for the blind.... A friend of a friend, who works in a university research
group on projects in this area, sent me the following interesting links:
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Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2008, 15:16
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OK thanks
Great links for the assist for blind/visually impaired
Let's hope the hard of hearing get a similar team working on their difficulty, in the near future
If you happen to spot this, I hope you don't think I wasn't undermining or undervaluing your comment, I was merely continuing my research, thanks
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Posted: Thu 20 Mar 2008, 11:26
Post subject: Make X apps speak text too! fokSyf Eye R version 1.0.0pre8
Subject description: with Karl Dahlke's edbrowse setup wizard (modified for puppy)
version 1.0.0pre8
Major overhaul to include new setup routines for edbrowse,
which call up a specially modified version of Karl Dahlke's
new edbrowse run control setup script.
Makes it relatively easy to setup your e mail accounts for use with edbrowse.
Edbrowse itself is upgraded to the latest 3.3.4 version from cvs.
When starting edbrowse for the first time,
you will be given an opportunity to configure it.
When you do that, you should accept all the default options for everything
to work with foksyf out of the box. Indeed it you put in other directories,
edbrowse will not be able to find its files!
You will, of course need to enter your own mail accounts information.
This release involved a signicant number of changes,
so some bugs may have been introduced. Let me know if you find any.
[I've actually moved edbrowse's configuration files around quite a bit
to coincide with the new default's used in Karl's script. Hopefully,
I've not broken anything major in the process...]
In foksy's e mail section you'll find an edbrowse mail getting started guide, which hopefully shows how easy it is to send mail with edbrowse. In the config system you'll find an option to re create edbrowse's run control config file anytime you like.
Download as usual via:
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Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2008, 20:24
Post subject: mcewanw last post on murga forum
Owing to circumstances, including my moving to a new distribution,
this is mcewanw's last post concerning fokSyf Eye R on the murga linux forum.
I have been finding that I have been using up more time than I have available,
so, in order to rationalise my work on fokSyf,
I have currenly moved all future announcements concerning fokSyf developments
to its homesite:
Please thus keep an eye on that page for the forthcoming announcement of
fokSyf Eye R version 1.0.0 final.
Since I am not planning to check murga forum very regularly, if at all,
you can leave any feedback you wish concerning foksy
on the general wiak.org feedback blog at:
A link for the above page is also provided at the main fokSyf website.
I don't myself post much to that page in general,
mainly because I haven't had any feedback there,
however, I will endeavour to answer any questions that you post on that feedback blog.
I do endeavour to take account of your comments, where possible,
and tend to prioritise any development work on the basis of comments and feedback,
so I encourage you to use that site if you still want to keep me busy!
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Posted: Sun 23 Mar 2008, 17:17
Post subject: wiak developments of foksy continue
Well, mcewanw has decided to move on permanently afterall,
in some search or other (a blonde or redhead maybe)
and I for one wish him all the best,
and thank him for all his efforts.
Anyway, that said, foksyfeyer's development and maintenance continues.
Yes, a version is being planned now for debian-based systems too,
but that is another story and problem in itself.
The puppy version will however remain a key version however.
Puppy Linux is a small, tidy distribution, which lends itself well,
I feel, to this sort of system/application.
A quick change of heart though, now that mcewanw has gone:
it is probably not such a good idea to only announce new versions of foksy on its homesite,
Certainly, new versions will be announced there,
but as far as discussions and comments are concerned it is probably better
to keep this thread for that purpose,
since new puppy users might otherwise realise that fokSyf Eye R is available
for their use. Since progress in terms of development is generally led by feedback, there is also clearly an advantage of using the forum to collect that too.
I am in the process of creating a new repository for the files
(mainly in anticipation of the debian-based version being released too);
I'll announce that more formally once I have completing setting it up.
Of course, I'm happy for the files to be mirrored on puppy-specific sites as well.
In the meantime I am sure you have noticed that version 1.0.0 final is now ready and available for download at Caneri's site.
New releases are likely to come more slowly from now on, however,
though I shall endeavour to update the package on a regular basis and certainly in sync with new releases of some of the underlying applications, such as espeak and speech-dispatcher.
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Posted: Tue 25 Mar 2008, 22:45
Post subject: Environment simplified access to the Internet for the blind
Subject description: (GPL) created by Erwin Bliesenick for use on Ubuntu
I'm continuing my struggles trying to produce a version of fokSyf that will run on Ubuntu alongside Orca.
It is a big struggle for me,
because until recently I have not actively used either Debian or Ubuntu,
so I even had trouble compiling the latest edbrowse on it like alone packaging the whole of fokSyf!
In the meantime, for those who speak french,
I've been informed of another system for blind users, by Erwin Bliesenick, which runs on Ubuntu.
Perhaps someone could adapt it to english?
mcewanw mentioned Erwin previously.
Erwin produces the french translation of Karl Dahlke's edbrowse usersguide.
He is also producing a beginners usersguide which covers edbrowse and computing in general.
Again, that is in french, and he is looking for help in translating it.
Perhaps someone reading this can assist?
You'll find Erwin's system described at his homesite:
Lots of great information and relevant links there as well.
You can read the page via
if you don't understand french.
I'm sure Erwin won't mind me quoting this extract from the email he sent me:
Erwin wrote:
I have developed a "complete system" for blind users: a speech synthetizer, originally written in Python, and rewritten in C++, and a few "utilities" (a program (written in C) for learning the keyboard (each key is pronounced), and "a file reader" for the main file formats (word, open office, rtf, pdf) called by Edbrowse functions. And, of course, an utility for tuning the tts engine. All packed in a "menu" writen in bash. All is now on my site (www.bliesenick.net : in French ! sorry)
I will buy a computer in the next days for my blind friends and I will certainly install puppy linux on it. I am, after years with Debian, under Unbuntu (I'm fully sighted). For the moment, I've not tried puppy.
As for my own struggles with Ubuntu...
I've been trying out Orca. It is very good in many ways. Fine for the not too severely visually impaired I'd say, but I'm not so sure it is of much use for a totally blind person.
It is also a huge system. Foksyf with Puppy Linux, on the other hand, can be carried around on a usb stick, and doesn't rely on any GUI at all. Puppy is much easier and user-friendlier, it seems to me, than Ubuntu. Ubuntu is great, but complexity comes at a cost. However, the great thing about a speech reader system that runs on Ubuntu is that Ubuntu is a very widely used system generally.
An incredibly slimmed down Ubuntu (more so than Xubuntu) would be fantastic, but for now, Puppy seems to me to be the best small yet really quite complete Linux out there. Puppy is just so very adaptable and expandable. For the home user it is near to perfect in that sense.
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Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2008, 00:02
Post subject: progress on Ubuntu version of fokSyf
Well, I was close to giving up on producing a Ubuntu version of fokSyf. However, I have suddenly made progress. Nothing yet available for publication there, but I do have it running on my Ubuntu system now, though it is only partially functional as yet, and there are many changes to make and fix up.
It is working with yasr, without needing to load up Orca at all, so I am confident that I can now produce a version for a slimmed down Ubuntu too, such as Xubuntu and also Edubuntu.
I will also produce a foksy menu which doesn't call up yasr, so that it can be used alongside Orca (which doesn't use yasr) as an alternative. That should work too.
Should have something ready in about a week...
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Posted: Sat 29 Mar 2008, 12:42
Post subject: fokSyf version 1.0.0-1 now available.
Subject description: Both Puppy and Ubuntu versions for download.
fokSyf version 1.0.0-1 now available.
Both Puppy Linux 2.14R, 2.17.1, 3.01
and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy versions for download via:
[Edit]: temporarily moved the download site location. The last host isn't proving reliable. So get the files via here, or directly from Caneri's site:
Following the instructions in the foksyinstallREADME.txt carefully. For full functionality, the Ubuntu version requires the apt-get additional download of some of the underlying applications. The Puppy Linux versions all comes in a single dotpet as usual.
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Posted: Sat 29 Mar 2008, 20:55
Post subject: Try again. Last site wasn't working reliably.
I've moved the download intro page for fokSyf Eye R to the reliable:
So fetch the new Puppy or Ubuntu versions of fokSyf Eye R from there or directly from Eric Mulcaster's puppy repository.
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Posted: Mon 09 Jun 2008, 23:37
Post subject: foksyfeyer mostly works in Puppy 4.00 (dingo)
I've been away and very busy (still am) for a while, but thought I'd check in and mention that I've quickly tried installing foksyfeyer on Puppy 4.00 ((dingo). Apart from krecspk the voice recording program provided in foksyfeyer, the rest pretty much works, apart from a minor glitch (which doesn't prevent its otherwise correct functioning). I'll fix krecspk and the minor glitch sometime in the coming weeks, once my moving house is sorted out. Here are the brief notes I wrote concerning my recent foksy test in Dingo:
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Posted: Tue 10 Jun 2008, 05:01
Post subject: Foksyf Eye R patch for Puppy 4 dingo.
Okay, I've created a patch so that foksyf Eye R (and krecspk/wrecspk) will work correctly in Puppy 4 Dingo. Find the patch and patch installation instructions here:
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Posted: Tue 02 Dec 2008, 16:15
Post subject: Alternate Download?
Given .ca's recent troubles, is there anywhere else to download this pet?
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I don't know of an alternative location for fokSyf Eye R, but mcewanw's other apps, e.g. wiak, are available here:
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Children's clothing store closing after 24 years in town
When Anda Weyher left a job at Ralph Lauren in New York City and moved to Fairfield County, she found a void in the area's marketplace.
She and her friend, Leslie Littlejohn, had "pretty extensive fashion backgrounds from working in New York."
"When we moved to Fairfield County, got married, had kids, we really didn't find the type of clothing in the area that we wanted for our kids, things that we had seen or bought in New York," Weyher said. "We were both kind of hip-fashion, savvy young mothers and we wanted to bring the same kind of city aesthetic out to New Canaan."
So 24 years ago, the two women opened Littlejohn's children's clothing store on South Avenue to offer more modern choices in children's outfits. "It worked beautifully for many, many years," she said.
About nine years after that, they moved the business to 120 Elm St., where it grew in popularity. In recent years, however, business was no longer thriving, and the store is about to close.
Weyher, whose business partner retired 10 years ago, is closing Littlejohn's on Thursday, Aug. 14, after a series of factors that made the store's existence "impossible." She said she made the decision early in the spring, when she "was presented with an unattainable rent increase."
"It was honestly too much of an increase," Weyher said. "It would be very difficult, really, or impossible to continue."
Though she wouldn't be specific, a listing for the space on William Raveis Real Estate's website states the lease is $9,000 a month.
On top of the rent, Weyher has also faced declining sales and new competition.
"The clientele diminished in size and the piece of the pie became increasingly smaller," she said. "You couple that with a rent increase, the arrival of additional children's clothing stores and the ever-looming changes (brought by) the Internet -- that combination created the perfect storm."
Nearby stores that sell children's clothing include Vineyard Vines, J. Crew's Crewcuts and Ralph Lauren Children's Store, which is across the street from Littlejohn's.
Until a few years ago, Weyher said, the rent and taxes were lower and the merchandise cost less. She added that many parents now buy most of their children's clothes online.
Weyher, a Wilton resident, now will take some six or nine months off before deciding on her next career move. She said it is possible that she might open a different retail business.
She said, "It's time to turn the page and start a new chapter." In fact, Weyher added, "because I've been in the business for a long period of time, it's time to start a new book."
Weyher will miss "the unique feel" of downtown New Canaan, she said, which is one of the reasons why she did not consider moving the business to a different site.
"I love my location in New Canaan," she said. "I'm sad to close the business. I had a wonderful run in New Canaan. I had a wonderful clientele."
She noted, however, that this was "a wise business decision." She said she's afraid "what may happen to New Canaan is the same thing that has happened to Westport," where she said most locally owned shops have left, to be replaced by chains.
"That seems to be the trend. The independents are being phased out for (corporate-owned) stores, which is a pity because they take the uniqueness out of the downtown of New Canaan," Weyher said.
The lease for Littlejohn's expired Aug. 7, but the landlord gave Weyher an extra week to stay open. A liquidation sale is underway until then.
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Since its first instalment in 1964, the celebrated Up documentary series has traced the fortunes of a group of British children from a variety of backgrounds and different areas of the UK, returning at seven-year intervals to take snapshots of their lives. Directed by Michael Apted the series reaches another landmark this week with the three-part 56 Up, in which all but one of the original 14 participants take part. Ironically, the missing one, Charles Furneaux, went on to become a TV producer. In April 2015, Paul Almond, the Canadian director behind the groundbreaking Seven Up! documentary, died aged 83. Here, we trace their stories to date.
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In 1964 he was an enchanting Liverpool boy who wanted to be an astronaut. Tragically, in 28 Up Neil was found homeless and in a bad mental state. Yet he surprised viewers when he reappeared as a Liberal Democrat councillor in Hackney in 42 Up. In a heart-rending twist, Bruce Balden, another Up participant, had helped Neil on his road to recovery.


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NEW YORK, March 23 (UPI) -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists at New York's Yeshiva University say they have found two new ways to kill tuberculosis bacteria.
The scientists said their research, led by Professor William Jacobs Jr., could lead to a potent TB therapy that would also prevent resistant TB strains from developing.
"This approach is totally different from the way any other anti-TB drug works," Jacobs said. "In the past few years, extremely drug resistant strains of TB have arisen that can't be eliminated by any drugs, so new strategies for attacking TB are urgently needed."
Jacobs said findings from the study could also enhance treatment of diseases caused by other species of mycobacteria. Leprosy, for example, which still occurs in the U.S. and other countries, is caused by a mycobacterium related to TB. He said treating leprosy now involves using several different drugs, some of which are also used to treat tuberculosis.
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Fiona Apple Postpones Tour to Be with Her Dying Dog
(LOS ANGELES) -- Fiona Apple is putting her tour on hold in the name of her dog. In a message posted on Facebook Wednesday, the singer said her dog Janet, a pit bull once used in a dog fighting ring that she found as a puppy in Los Angeles' Echo Park, is dying. Janet suffers from Addison's disease and has a tumor in her chest.
"I just can't leave her now, please understand," Apple wrote in the post, which was accompanied by photos of a handwritten note she penned before typing out her message on Facebook. "If I go away again, I'm afraid she'll die and I won't have the honor of singing her to sleep, of escorting her out."
Apple recently wrapped the North American leg of her tour for her latest album, "The Idler Wheel." She was due to perform in Brazil next week, then travel to Argentina and Mexico.
Apple detailed her close relationship with Janet. "She's my best friend and my mother and my daughter, my benefactor, and she's the one who taught me what love is," she wrote. She revealed that she bakes tilapia for the dog, and they sleep in the same bed every night.
In Apple's eyes, she's better than a boyfriend. "Janet has been the most consistent relationship of my adult life, and that is just a fact," she said.
Thousands of people have posted messages of support on Apple's Facebook page. She's come to terms with the fact that she's witnessing what will likely be Janet's last days.
"I know that she's not sad about aging or dying," she wrote. "But I know that she is coming close to point where she will stop being a dog, and instead, be part of everything. She'll be in the wind, and in the soil, and the snow, and in me, wherever I go."
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Each week just after noon on Wednesday seven people gather around the WCAT studio conference table and talk about their activities from the previous weekend at the beginning of an hour-long class. Then they talk about and show their homework to the instructor, who has been leading them through the efforts to produce a 30-second public service announcement at the conclusion of the term.
Each week just after noon on Wednesday seven people gather around the WCAT studio conference table and talk about their activities from the previous weekend at the beginning of an hour-long class. Then they talk about and show their homework to the instructor, who has been leading them through the efforts to produce a 30-second public service announcement at the conclusion of the term.
On the particular day when the Observer visited the class, Jennifer, of Wakefield, told the others that she went to her aunt's birthday.
Moe, of Burlington, told the class he played basketball on Sunday.
Derek, who lives in Woburn, is a huge football fan. He discussed the Division 3 high school Super bowl results and told his classmates that he met Patriots owner Bob Kraft.
Andrea, of Melrose, went to the mall on Friday and played with puppets during the early part of the week.
Kathy, of Salem and who accompanies the group to class, told everyone that she just relaxed over the weekend.
Peter, from Winchester, told the class he played in the snow and got ready for Christmas.
WCAT instructor, Shawn Downs, who lives in Melrose, told the group that live Christmas trees are not allowed where he lives so he was waiting for his roommate to help set up an artificial tree for the holidays.
This classroom setting is not unusual. WCAT offers many opportunities to learn the ropes and go behind the scenes to see just what it takes to produce anything from a PSA to a 30-minute cablecast television show.
What is unique are the students who populate the conference room. The five students are from ARC or Eastern Middlesex in Reading who are accompanied by their trainer and an instructor from WCAT. They are high-functioning individuals who have a variety of physical challenges.
When they have gone around the table to discuss their weekends, storyboards are presented to the instructor. The class had previously decided that their final project would resemble a newscast. Derek will talk sports; Peter, who has always enjoyed the weather, will tackle the challenges of the green screen and present the weather from a hand-drawn map of the area. Others will be anchors, entertainment commentators and camera operators. Andrea, who plays the keyboard, has agreed to show off her talents on the accordion, not an easy thing for anyone. Everyone will play a vital role in this production.
After the storyboards, the video footage shot from the previous week was presented. Downs stopped it several times to offer constructive criticism, but he was also very free flowing with his praise in the efforts of the students. On this particular class day they showcased the footage that was shot during a trip to the Burlington Mall, highlighting holiday decorations. There were also appearances on camera by the students who were taped while doing some of their weekly activities. The video also featured attitude cookies, which were sugar cookies displaying a variety of moods through hand-drawn smiles and frowns made from icing.
Downs explained that the students have a video camera at their disposal and when not attending the 1 1/2 hour program at WCAT, they often take field trips together to shoot vide. Doug Wood-Boyle, community outreach coordinator at WCAT, admits that he modeled the program after the Triangle program featured on Malden cable, but it was something he clearly wanted to do.
Currently the fourth session of the class is in session and he touts its success.
"I spoke with Joan Simms (former executive director at ARC of Eastern Middlesex) because I was looking for an opportunity to do this. We have trained some clients from ARC of Eastern Middlsex. Among the students who participate are high functioning individuals and they are fun to be with," Wood-Boyle said.
The pilot program began almost a year ago, according to Wood-Boyle, who said that it is based on WCAT's Kids Video Club model.
"It fits their capacity for learning and doesn't dumb it down. The program brings the students through stages and multi-level learning," he said.
WCAT personnel work with an instructor from ARC of Eastern Middlesex who is trained in working within the limitations of the clients who participate in the program.
Wood-Boyle secured grants from a variety of sources including the Mass Cultural Council and the VSA-arts of Massachusetts to help fund the program. In order to fulfill the qualifications of the $2,500 award, it was required that WCAT hire someone who was himself disabled to teach the class. They didn't have to look far; in fact, they only had to look in-house.
Downs suffered a double stroke three years ago, which resulted in short-term cognitive disability.
"It was a good way to go, having Shawn here to teach the class," said Wood-Boyle. "We are very happy to have him as an instructor. He is a very valued employee and is a great instructor.
Shawn has remembered all the technical knowledge that he learned before the strokes. He has the full knowledge in his head and he relates it to the students in the class on a level that they understand."
Wood-Boyle and Downs expect that the current class will produce two to three PSAs by the time the class ends in January. A new class will begin in February with some new faces and some returning students. That class will work toward producing a 30-minute show.


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"Staggering the Moral Imagination"
An recent article in The New York Times highlights the "chilling" abortion rate in New York City. And it has the attention of the city's religious leaders:
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York joined other local religious leaders on Thursday in calling for a new effort to reduce the number of abortions in the city. The annual figure has averaged 90,000 in recent years, or about 40 percent of all pregnancies, twice the national rate. The archbishop, at a news conference in Manhattan, called the citywide statistics "downright chilling."
Albert Mohler puts these startling statistics in the context of the national abortion rate of 22 percent, while reminding us that in 2008 (the last year full numbers are available) 1.2 million abortions were performed in the United States. Mohler is helpful in raising our view beyond New York City when he observes that, "The abortion rate in New York City staggers the moral imagination, but the abortion rate nationwide is itself 'chilling.'"
I'm writing this post even as this morning I learned that members of our church just became grandparents for the fourth time with the birth of baby Luke. And a young couple in our church is due with their first baby any day now. There is awful irony in a fallen world where there coexists the joyful embrace of new life and the mass killing of the unborn. Indeed, Mohler is right when he laments that "we are a murderous people, and the blood of the innocent cries out for justice."
On January 23 we will recognize the annual Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. My hope and prayer is that God will awaken His church to labor for life well beyond that day.


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Yes, with homecoin you will always be listed on the same Multiple Listing Service (MLS) that local agents use. We show you up front which MLSs you can list on for a flat fee through our website (there are over 700 MLSs in the US). It is absolutely critical you list on the correct MLS, and some websites will list you on the wrong MLS. We do not accept listings for MLSs that we are not able to get you listed on.
Yes. If you are offering a fair commission through the MLS (typically 2-3%), buyer agents will certainly show your property. Buyer agents only avoid homes that are not offering a commission through the MLS. By using the MLS, you are making a contractual offer to those buyer agents and you can offer them any amount you like.
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Other websites will either a) collect generic property information that you provided about your home, have you pay, and then refer you to an agent who will send you the actual listing forms to complete / sign / scan / email, or b) use the information provided to complete the MLS listing, which is a tremendous disservice to you since all MLSs have very different fields to complete and your home will not be as visible if you cannot complete all the actual MLS fields.
Yes, they are extremely common. It is estimated that 20% of real estate sales do not use a commission based listing agent. The US Department of Justice has a large section of its website dedicated to informing consumers how much they can save by doing flat fee (aka fee for service) sales.
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For video games, the horizon may hold more than the promise of superior graphics, improved audio bitrates, and expanded narrative. Following the rise of increasingly complex and inclusive second-life simulations, i.e., MMORPGs ("massively multiplayer online role playing games"), gamers and developers alike are now faced with a variety of legal troubles both novel and daunting. Who owns an in-game sword: the person who found it or the company that coded it? If that sword is Continue Reading →


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MILPITAS, Calif., April 3. 2012- SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, provided preliminary revenue results for its first fiscal quarter of 2012 ended April 1, 2012. Due to weaker than expected pricing and demand, the company estimates total revenue to be approximately $1.2 billion, down from the previously forecasted revenue range of $1.30 billion to $1.35 billion. Total gross margin is also expected to be below the previously guided range of 39 to 42 percent. SanDisk will release its first-quarter financial results and provide business commentary at its earnings conference call to be held on April 19, 2012.
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SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, from research and development, product design and manufacturing to branding and distribution for OEM and retail channels. Since 1988, SanDisk's innovations in flash memory and storage system technologies have provided customers with new and transformational digital experiences. SanDisk's diverse product portfolio includes flash memory cards and embedded solutions used in smart phones, tablets, digital cameras, camcorders, digital media players and other consumer electronic devices, as well as USB flash drives and solid-state drives (SSD) for the computing market. SanDisk's products are used by consumers and enterprise customers around the world.
SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com.
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