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Cissie Swig, SF civic leader, at Harvard
One day San Francisco arts benefactor Cissie Swig sits at home in her "California figurative room," among works by Diebenkorn and Bischoff, Weeks and Oliveira. Yellow daffodils are in bloom outside the door.
The next day she's left this all behind for an 8:30 a.m. flight east into the cold, gray winter, her bags packed with crimson sweatshirts and scarves, a backpack and binder, all bearing the Harvard crest.
At 82, Swig is going back to school for the first time since she took leave of Cal to marry hotelier Richard Swig, in 1950. Accepted into the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, she will spend a year in a furnished hotel room with a microwave and a dorm fridge, sloshing through the mud and tiptoeing over the ice to make it to class on time.
"I'm not nervous anymore," says Swig, who had already been out to Cambridge to find a place to live, just like any other student. "I'm just in wonderment of all the things that are going to suddenly be in front of me that I'm going to have to confront or participate in, and not have the support system of family."
Carrying a full load of courses would be one thing to confront. But she has a focus that was lacking the last time around - to use her education to develop a strategy for revitalization of Bayview-Hunters Point, the neighborhood across town and a world away from her William Wurster home, with Tommy Church garden, in Presidio Heights.
She has spent two years on an idea she had for an advocacy group called the Bayview Alliance. The idea is now on the verge of action, and she'll spend her Harvard year plotting it out with faculty and bouncing it off the 32 fellows in the program.
Swig hadn't met any of her classmates before leaving, but knows that they each have a minimum of 25 years of distinguished service, whatever their field. "The idea is that these individuals have all of this accumulated experience, and what to do with it?" she says. "It seems that most of the people have always had some idea of doing a social program. It could be anywhere from global poverty to kids on the street."
Acceptance to the program is competitive, and the application process is in depth. Swig may be the only one in it without a college diploma, though she does have honorary degrees from Mills College, Santa Clara University, the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Art Institute, which awarded her an honorary doctorate in fine arts. And her list of extracurricular activities probably overloaded the Harvard admissions office file cabinet.
Asked how many boards she will be leaving behind, her answer is "a lot." Pressed for a number, her answer is "a lot." If you want to press it further, you have to go to her executive assistant, Patty Breuer, to learn that Swig serves on 17 boards and participates in 21 organizations worldwide.
She has temporarily withdrawn from each so she won't be tempted to fly home for a meeting. Meanwhile she will maintain in absentia Roselyne C. Swig Community Consultants, her Financial District office with a staff of two.
Class at Harvard started Thursday, and there are no breaks. When the semester ends in late May, Swig will be going on a field trip to Shanghai for a global conference. During the summer, she is expected to work on her Bayview project. Then it is back in September, when focus on the Bayview project will intensify, with a dissertation to be presented to a faculty panel.
The program's students can audit any Harvard class that has room, and she'll take full advantage of that, up through the law school, the business school and the Kennedy School of Government. Though she'll be living in comfort, at the Charles on Harvard Square, "I don't think I will be too sedentary," she says. "I'm very curious. Very, very curious."
She'll be paying tuition and will have a student ID, and she expects to don her Harvard hoodie to walk across the river for hockey games in winter and football games in fall.
Swig has the energy of a freshman, and though her curriculum does not offer credit, maybe she can work something out to transfer units to Berkeley, where she would return as a junior after taking 62 years off.
"I always wanted to finish my degree, but it's not my primary motive in doing this," she says. "Right now my primary motive is to get there and meet the people."
She's expecting visitors from among her four kids and 12 grandkids, but she won't be visited by her Jack Russell, Spud. He's checked into a dog hotel in Sonoma, and she figures to miss him more than he'll miss her.
"He'll be there for a long time," she says. "Would you like to see a picture of him?"
Sam Whiting is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: swhiting@sfchronicle Twitter: @samwhitingsf


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Kubiak defends Schaub, ready to move forward
HOUSTON — The Houston Texans expected to advance farther than they did last season.
Instead, a late-season collapse cost them a bye week and home-field advantage, and they lost in the divisional round just as they did a year before. Now they're left to ponder another missed opportunity after a season that began with such high hopes ended with a 41-28 loss to the New England Patriots.
Coach Gary Kubiak still believes his team moved forward this season.
"Last year we were just excited to be in the playoffs ... and now we're really, really disappointed because we're not in the Super Bowl and we're not playing this week to get in the Super Bowl," Kubiak said. "That's a big compliment to everybody in this building and how hard they work ... we will always be that way now and we expect to be that way for a long time."
But not everyone is looking on the bright side of a season where Houston won a franchise-best 13 games. Star defensive end J.J. Watt, who developed into one of the top defenders in the league this season, summed up the year differently.
"I don't see it as a success," he said. "We don't have a trophy, so it's not a success. And in my mind in this league if you don't have a trophy then you're not a success. So we work hard this offseason, put every single thing we have into it, and we're going to come back next season with that trophy on our mind."
Watt's performance this season was one of the biggest reasons Houston won its second straight AFC South title. Watt led the NFL with a franchise-record 20½ sacks in the regular season. He also had 107 tackles, including 39 for losses, 16 passes defended and forced four fumbles. He added another nine tackles, including 1½ sacks and three tackles for losses with two passes defended in Houston's two postseason games.
"Of all my years in football, and I've been around a couple of MVPs, it's as good as a football season as I've ever seen," Kubiak said. "He's a second-year player is what's amazing about it. I think the sky's the limit for this guy."
As Watt grows into a more veteran role, Kubiak plans to lean on him as an example for other young players on the team.
"The thing I want him to do is raise this team's level of play and see us get past that step that we haven't gotten past in the last two years," Kubiak said. "I think he's committed to doing that. I think he's going to be a leader on this team for a long time."
Much of the criticism from fans and media following the loss has been directed at quarterback Matt Schaub, who threw an interception in the fourth quarter Sunday to end a drive that could have cut New England's lead to less than a touchdown. He also threw for 343 yards and two scores in the loss.
Schaub made the first two postseason starts of his career this season after missing last year's playoff run with a foot injury.
Kubiak believes putting all the blame for the loss on his quarterback is unfair, and said that a number of players, including Schaub, didn't make plays that could have changed the outcome. He has no plans to make any changes at the position in the future.
"I believe in Matt," Kubiak said. "He's the quarterback for our football team and I have no doubt about him. I feel very good about our quarterback. Our whole team has got to get better — and that includes coaching and playing — for us to make the next step and Matt's a part of the team."
Schaub led an offense that was seventh in the NFL with an average of 372.1 yards a game. He was helped by excellent seasons from running back Arian Foster and receiver Andre Johnson. Foster was second in the AFC with 1,424 yards rushing in the regular season and Johnson bounced back from his worst season to finish with a career-high 1,598 yards receiving, which led the AFC.
Kubiak was disappointed that those numbers didn't translate into more consistent offensive outings in the last part of the season.
"There's a lot of good things going on right there, but we want to be the best," he said. "And being the best meant that we could have been more consistent in the last month of the season and that could have been a difference for our team. That's the biggest thing right now for me is why weren't we more consistent in third down playing and those type of things late in the season like we were in the first three quarters of the season?"
Rookie wide receiver DeVier Posey injured his Achilles tendon in Sunday's game and will require surgery. Kubiak wasn't sure Monday how long he'll be out. "It's a big blow," Kubiak said of the injury. "You just feel bad for the kid because he had put himself in a situation to come back here next year and compete for a starting spot on this football team."


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Testimonies: Osteoporosis
6/29/2011 "She came for prayer for an infection in her jawbone that was being treated with a second round of antibiotics. A few days prior, she had a root canal procedure done Wednesday where the infection occurs, but it does not seem to be healing. During prayer, God revealed to Arliss that her osteoporosis was caused by a broken heart and a sense of inadequacy. After the team released healing for the wounds in her heart, they prayed for the infection in her jaw. Prophetic words revealed that the infection was related to fear and worry. After prayer, Arliss reported that the pain was COMPLETELY GONE! The following day, we received the following testimony from Arliss: I've had an infection in my upper jaw since June 7. I had an appointment with our dentist on the 9th and he said it looked like the nerves in that tooth below the infection were dead. I had a root canal on that tooth on Wednesday and was hoping that the infection would go down. Instead, it seemed to be getting larger. I was on my second round of antibiotics. I've been taking pain bills - first a half and lately, Iâve been taking whole pills as it was bothering me so much. I got an email from Northgate AK (AKA Crossroads) that their healing room would be open today from 10 a.m - noon. I am so delighted that I came for prayer. About an hour after I got home, the gums started draining; my gums are back to normal and the pain is gone! I was wandering if I was going to have to have surgery to open up that infection! What a wonderful answer to prayer! Thank you so much for praying for me! I canât tell you how much this means to me."
- Arliss
12/2/2008 "I had a diving accident when I was 15 year old and sustained extensive damage to my neck and spine. Throughout the years since that time, two of the discs collapsed in the lumbar area of my spine causing a large bulge in my spine at the L-4/L-5 vertebrae. I also had a spinal infection (ostemyelitis) in 2005 which caused my left hip to fracture because it was weak from osteoporosis, subsequently leading to a hip replacement. The infection damaged the nerve connection in my spine which controls the nerve endings in my left leg; the lack of nerve function left me with a drop foot. My left leg is approximately 1/2" shorter than my right leg and I have relied on using a cane to walk since that time. On Saturday, November 22, 2008 the Healing Room team prayed for my hips to be adjusted and realigned and I have been walking without the cane since. I am trusting the Lord for a total healing of the nerve function and full restoration of my left leg and foot. On Monday, November 24, 2008 the Healing Room team prayed for my back to be healed, for the collapsed discs to be restored to their proper position and for my spine to be made perfectly straight. The next day my back was healed, the collapsed discs were restored to their proper position and my spine was perfectly straight. Praise God for His healing and His great mercy and grace which He extends so generously. "
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Isla Mujeres (Spanish for "Island of Women") is an island in the Mexican Caribbean Sea, located eight miles off of the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, near Cancun Mexico.
The climate is tropical, with year-round hot, humid weather.
Isla Mujeres was a Mayan sanctuary to goddess Ixchel for about a thousand years. In around 1850 the first modern inhabitants moved to the island and established the village of Dolores.
Peak season is during the winter months when temperatures are cooler. Summer temperatures are sweltering, with blazing sun and highs well over 32 °C (90 °F), although summer visitors (from mid-May through September) have the opportunity to see whale sharks which gather in nearby waters in groups that can contain up to 400 sharks.
Get in
By boat
There are various boats that will take you there. From Cancun you can get a boat. Ferries leave from Puerto Juarez (70 pesos one way), Gran Puerto Cancun or Playa Tortugas on the hotel zone. In Punta Sam you can get a car-ferry (35 pesos one way for pedestrians). Puerto Juarez is quite close to downtown Cancun, but not within a walking distance. Puerto Juarez and Punta Sam can be reached by Colectivos starting opposite the ADO bus station in downdown within a few minutes for 12 - 15 pesos. The locals use Puerto Juarez and thus these ferries can get crowded. Be advised that these rides although fast, can be somewhat rough in bad weather, especially in the evening.
Gran Puerto Cancun is close to the hotel zone and serves also from 5:00 to 23:30. Price for the trip is about 150 pesos. Playa Tortugas only has six departures per day.
By plane
If you're in a hurry and have cash to spare, you can charter a Cessna from Aerobanana (tel. 998 87-25040). Or, if you are the adventurous type, try hitching a ride with a local in their plane. You will never forget the look on the Mexican's face when he sees an opportunity to aquire a new friend.
Get around
The island is about 7km (4.3 mi) in length. The north end sees the most tourist action with the main town area (which is extremely compact and walkable) and the ferry while the south end is host to mostly private homes and guest houses. Many locals live in the central part of the island. Taxis from the ferry terminal will take you anywhere in town for 30 pesos, but for multiple excursions to the south end of the island, the best option is to rent a scooter or golf cart. Like everything in Mexico, you should be able to haggle a decent price - assume $25 USD a day as a starting price for a moped rental. The roads are all paved and the main road makes a loop the whole way around the island. Be aware that when driving on the Caribbean side of the island, there are occasional strong gusts of wind that can really take you by surprise on a scooter, as can the many topes, or speed bumps.
Water activities
Land activities
You have the typical items available for purchase (blankets, jewelery, stone carvings, pipes). Silver is the item to look for and good prices can be found, especially if buying in quantity. The majority of shops and restaurants accept the US dollar but may give you your change in pesos.
Hidalgo Street is full of restaurants catering to the tourist crowd and tends to be the most lively and also the priciest, while the central portion of the island is where the locals tend to eat and has slightly lower prices. Beach restaurants are also plentiful, with options near the ferry terminal being more lively while those on Playa Norte and other beaches featuring a more relaxed atmosphere.
Fish is fresh and bountiful, and dishes like ceviche are popular and delicious. A signature island dish is Tik-n-chik, which is a whole fish marinated in achiote and grilled. Dining options include everything from an exquisite lobster dinner to a slice of pizza. Some of the best food on the island comes from carts: taco stands and vendors selling corn on the cob and tamales in the town square. Be aware that eggs, corn, or milk is rarely refrigerated here because of local tradition.
Isla's nightlife is a lot more laid back then Cancun's but there are still good options. The livelier nightlife seems to be found on Hidalgo Street, while the beach bars are more relaxed. Also, like all beach towns in Mexico, it is usually "Happy Hour" someplace, and beer is 2 for about $3, mixed drinks, 2 for $5. The "beach bars" on the north end have rotating happy hours. Try a michelada, which is a beer mixed with fresh lime juice and a variety of other sauces - the perfect delicious island drink. If you want a dosage of Cancun nightlife, jump on an express ferry heading to Cancun in the evening, party the night away and take the first ferry back to Isla at 5AM.
The private homes on Punta Sur make great options if your budget is greater. Located on the most sought after location, these incredible homes overlook the bay towards Cancun.
Casa Vaya Vida. This 3 bedroom home has a piano shaped infinity pool overlooking the bay. The master suite has ocean view. The palapa on the roof provides 360 ocean views. It is one of the top rated casa's on the island.
Casa Vista Allegre Del Sur.
Casa Amarilla.
There are not too many ATMs on the island. One is located right across the port, and the next one in a supermarket just a few meters north. The Xpress Supermarket by the town square also has an ATM. By 2013, this is less true. There are ATM's in the 7-11, the Chedraui, Banamex, HSBC and both the super markets (and more are popping up regularly). Cash shortage was a problem as little as 2-3 years ago, but now seldom is.
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Psychological Approaches to Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury
Psychological Approaches to Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury
ISBN: 978-1-405-11167-6 April 2008 Wiley-Blackwell 528 Pages
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DescriptionThe psychological effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) provide a major challenge to rehabilitation services. This text will increase understanding of the nature of these effects and provide practical guidance from experienced practitioners about psychological interventions for use in both rehabilitation and long-term adjustment.
- Provides practical guidance and illustrative case examples from experienced practitioners.
- Structured around five main areas: overview of psychological effects and services; cognitive rehabilitation; managing emotional and behavioural problems; vocational rehabilitation; and family impact and interventions.
1. Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury: Nigel S. King and Andy Tyerman.
Part I: Service Provision:.
2. Acute Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Services: Katherine N. Carpenter.
3. Post-acute In-patient Rehabilitation: Joanna Collicutt McGrath.
4. Community Rehabilitation: Andy Tyerman and Nigel S. King.
5. Residential Services: Andrew D. Worthington and Robert N. Merriman.
Part II: Cognitive Rehabilitation:.
6. Communication Difficulties: Pat McKenna and Claire Willson.
7. Memory Problems: Barbara A. Wilson, Jonathan J. Evans and W. Huw Williams.
8. Visual-perceptual and Spatio-motor Disorders: Andrew D. Worthington and M. Jane Riddoch.
9. Executive and Attentional Problems: Jonathan J. Evans.
Part III: Behavioural and Emotional Interventions:.
10. Behaviour Problems: Andrew D. Worthington and Rodger Ll. Wood.
11. Fear, Anxiety and Depression: Joanna Collicutt McGrath.
12. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury: Nigel S. King.
13. Facilitating Psychological Adjustment: Andy Tyerman.
Part IV: Vocational Rehabilitation:.
14. Return to Previous Employment: Roger Johnson and Sue Stoten.
15. Vocational Rehabilitation Programmes: Andy Tyerman, Ruth Tyerman and Peter Viney.
16. Supported Employment and Job Coaching: David Carew and Sylvia Collumb.
Part V: Family Interventions:.
17. Brain Injury and the Family: A Review: Michael Oddy and Camilla Herbert.
18. Working with Families: A Community Service Example: Andy Tyerman and Sandra Barton.
19. Familial Brain Injury: Impact on and Interventions with Children: Audrey Daisley and Guinevere Webster.
"This book is a "must" for clinicians in the field of rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. Andy Tyerman and Nigel King have brought together contributions by experts who not only outline theoretical/legal issues relating to service provision, cognitive rehabilitation, behavioural and emotional interventions, vocational rehabilitation and family interventions, but ensure that the chapters' very practical emphasis and case studies, as well as recommended reading, will make this book enormously helpful to a wide range of practitioners". Dr Laura Goldstein, Senior Lecturer in Neuropsychology & Honorary Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Institute of Psychiatry, London.
"This is a really excellent and useful book that will prove useful for the entire multidisciplinary team. There are some excellent review chapters and the whole book is written in a very clear and easy style. Many congratulations to the editors and the chapter authors."Professor Michael Barnes, Professor in Neurological Rehabilitation, Newcastle University and Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS, & President of the World Federation for Neurorehabilitation.
"Psychological Approaches to Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury explores the diversity of clinical presentation of patients following TBI, the impact on the patient and their relatives / carers, and the different models and approaches to rehabilitation. It will be a valuable resource to any professional working in brain injury." Doreen Rowland, Neuro Services Manager / Occupational Therapist, Defence Services Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Surrey.
- Increases our understanding of the nature of the psychological effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Provides practical guidance from experienced practitioners about psychological interventions for use in both rehabilitation and long-term adjustment including illustrative case examples.
- Structured around five main areas: overview of psychological effects and services; cognitive rehabilitation; managing emotional and behavioural problems; vocational rehabilitation; and family impact and interventions.


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Merry Sweet-Tooth Friday! It's Christine here with another holiday dessert. This week I made vegan jubilee bars, which are like miniature versions of the classic Christmas fruitcake. But don't freak out— fruitcake doesn't have to live up to it's rock-hard reputation— these are a soft and delightfully chewy combination of fruit, nuts, and chocolate. They're good for you too!
Happiness is a Warm Cookie
"Woe is me! I made White Bean Blondies for this week's post and they totally sucked! Now what do I do?" This was my cry on Wednesday evening while at my dad's house. My stepmom Margaret said she had an idea and pulled out an old yellowed newspaper clipping. Her mom had originally cut out this article entitled Happiness is a Warm Cookie, and Margaret's family has been baking with the recipes for years.
And even though the author Mrs. Roeder has a hairdo that is a bit old-fashioned, her advice is still pretty sound. She writes "Don't worry about cookies spoiling appetites and not being good for children. Select recipes that use liberal amounts of cereals and fruits for 'anytime' snacking." It's true— your desserts don't have to be unhealthy!
In the spirit of her advice, I made some updates to the recipe that I'm sure Mrs. Roeder wouldn't mind. In the past, shortening made sense because of butter rations, but now that we know the harmful effects of trans fat, I figured canola oil would make a better choice. And I updated to whole wheat pastry flour (in the recipe it calls for 'flower') and organic sugar. For the eggs, I made flax eggs by mixing ground flax seed with water.
This recipe calls for finely chopped mixed candied fruit. Those are the neon green cherries that may come to mind when you think of fruitcakes, but traditionally it also includes pineapple, citron, and orange peel. At the natural market I found some maraschino cherries that are colored with fruit and vegetable juice instead of red dye. They are made by The Silver Palate and they are delicious! A lot of times I can't tell too much of a difference when eating natural products besides the peace of mind, but I really recommend these cherries- no bitter aftertaste at all! To stay true to the traditional taste of the mixed candied fruit, I added a tablespoon each of dried orange and lemon peel.
Vegan Jubilee Bars
- 2 tbsp flax seed, ground
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 cup organic powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp canola oil
- 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt (or 1/2 tsp if using salted nuts)
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 3/4 cup vegan semisweet chocolate chips (half a 12 oz bag)
- 1 cup chopped mixed nuts
- 1/2 cup chopped mixed candied fruit
Optional garnish: extra powdered sugar and melted chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Grind the flax seeds and mix with the water, set aside to become gummy. In the meantime, if using dried orange and lemon peel, soak in maraschino cherry juice for a couple minutes. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. Combine the dates, chocolate chips, nuts, and candied fruit, set aside.
Beat the flax mixture with a whisk until about the consistency of eggs, then whisk in powdered sugar and oil. Stir in dry ingredients. Fold in fruit and nut mixture. The batter here is very very thick, but work hard to fold the ingredients in evenly.
Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray and spread batter into pan. I had to wash my hands and actually press the batter in because it is so thick. Bake for about 35 minutes, rotating around in the oven halfway through. Allow to cool before cutting into bars.
Quick, before anyone realizes these are healthy: dust with powdered sugar and drizzle with melted chocolate.
I have to confess that since making these bars yesterday I've singlehandedly polished off about half of them! They have an amazing old-fashioned Christmas taste from the combination of citrus, nuts, and chocolate. I imagine them fitting right into a Victorian Christmas like in The Nutcracker Ballet.
I hope you give these healthy bars a try and help let fruitcake enjoy the spotlight that at one time it deserved! Thanks to Margaret for the vintage recipe. See you next Friday!
Until then, stay sweet!
xoxo Christine


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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Lincoln Center.
26 comments:
Lol. I'm notorious for overpacking too. I love that brown dress. Absolutely made for you, and your hair-do!ReplyDelete
those are the coolest gloves!ReplyDelete
I absolutely adore this outfit! Those colors are just perfect, and that pin really completes the look :) I tend to be an overpacker, so when I went to Romania, I deliberately fought that urge, and was able to fit everything in my carryon! I felt so accomplished, haha.ReplyDelete
i love your outfit! love your color. :)ReplyDelete
So exquisitely beautiful!ReplyDelete
i love the tights.ReplyDelete
you look beautiful. I love your outfit and fox pin.ReplyDelete
PERFECTION! Whoo!ReplyDelete
Love the coat, the shoes, the fox pin. DARLING!ReplyDelete
you are seriously so pretty.ReplyDelete
You look great despite your CBF. I think you are fabulous, and amazing and cool. Hope NYC was as magical as ever!
- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Im an over packer too. Better safe then sorry and it never hurts to have a few more choices :)ReplyDelete
Love this look -- especially all the details. The fox pin! The gloves! Those tights!ReplyDelete
That fox pin!ReplyDelete
You look lovely, I love the outfit! :) Zoë xReplyDelete
the tights have the perfect sized dots. and that dress and the color scheme is perfection!ReplyDelete
i also pack everything. all of the time.
This is the absolutely perfect outfit!ReplyDelete
yay teen vogue! i was wondering if photos of you from that day popped up. after looking around at other street style photos.. i realized that next time i really have to smile, or laugh or something. everyone looks so nice in their candid happy moments, and i just look pissed everywhere haha. something you and i have to work on!ReplyDelete
The persimmon orange is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Love Grace.
i'm an overpacker too. better to be safe than sorry. i love everything about this look- polka dot tights, shoes, coat (LOVE the coat)- right down to the gloves and the little fox brooch.ReplyDelete
Oh hai there pretty :DReplyDelete
Oooooh, Teen Vogue!ReplyDelete
I, too, have a face that settles into an annoyed look when relaxed. CBF strikes again.
Beautiful outfit - I like the little details, like the fox brooch and the gloves. Am also a BIG fan of the hair :)
Hello Sweetie,ReplyDelete
Just wanted to thank you for having such an inspirational blog. Hope you have an amazing week full of lots of beautiful things.
Feel free to drop past my blog if you have time =)
-Mia xoxo
You're darling.ReplyDelete
Love it! Head to toe so many details that are pitch perfect. The stockings, purse, fox pin and especially the gloves. Elegant and timeless.ReplyDelete
Such a gorgeous outfit.ReplyDelete
Your dress is beautiful and I love the colour combination.


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Thursday, August 9, 2012
* Charting Goals Over The Summer and School Year
Do your kids set goals for themselves over the summer or during the school year?
Teaching children how to set goals and achieve them
promotes responsibility, independence, accountability, and teaches them
that with hard work you can bring rewards.
I recently viewed this video about Charting Goals
at the Mom's Homeroom Website discussing goal setting with children
for sports and in life.
She suggested making a chart or notebook with your child
so they can write down their goals, review the steps to achieve that goal,
set a target date to achieve the goal by, and what their expected end result is.
The chart can be as simple as you want (think: Post-It note, spiral notebook)
or as elaborate as you wish.
My favorite piece of advice she gave was to make sure that you as a parent
provide direction for your child and their goals but that you do not achieve the goal for them.
They need to do it themselves.
"E"s 4th grade teacher gave an optional "goal setting" project this fall.
Each month the kids got to pick two project ideas from a list and interpret them
any way of their choosing. "E" picked set your goals for the new school year
and decided to make (you guessed it!) a diorama.
Here's a quick tour of her diorama... Math has always been her scariest subject
in school, she's actually good at it but is convinced that she's not because
mom is terrible at math!
She loves Origami and challenged herself to continue to learn
more complicated origami. BTW, she can fold a crane by heart now
(so can her mom thanks to my 9 year old's instructions.)
"E" doesn't participate in sports but she does love running club at her school.
It's a before school program where we all go run on the high school track
and she earns one of these little "foot" tokens for each mile.
Her goal was to earn 20 more miles. ("C" and I run with her)
She wanted to enter the Science Fair again,
something she re-thought and decided against once we got into spring
and there were other things going on.
"E" wanted to start to learn how to write in "Cursive"
she's still working on that one - a good goal to carry into the new school year.
She wanted to earn a spot at her class pizza party
by reading enough books to earn a spot and she did it!
Do you set goals for yourself?
Do your kids set goals?
Maybe it's time to start!
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|November 14, 1997
|Agency Addressed
|William O. Monroe, Director
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Office of State Comptroller
During post-audit reviews of deferred payment contracts, we have noted several problems regarding the timing of installment payments. In some instances, agencies are paying significantly earlier than required while in other cases the payments are being made late. These payments should be made in accordance with the amortization schedule approved for the particular deferred payment contract. For example, if the amortization schedule shows that a payment is to be made on May 1, then the payment is due to the vendor on that date. This requires that an agency submit a voucher for payment approximately 7-10 days prior to the due date. This should allow enough time for the payment to be processed and the vendor to receive the payment on or slightly before its due date.
We are aware that some agencies are requiring vendors to invoice them for payments on these contracts with the understanding that when the invoice is received that they still have 40 days to make the payment. This is incorrect. Please note that the approved amortization schedule received at the inception of the contract serves as the invoice for the entire term covered by the deferred payment contract. This schedule should be submitted to the Comptroller's Office each time a payment is made with the applicable payment date highlighted. If an agency is invoiced periodically for the payments on a deferred payment contract, the date that an invoice is received does not take precedence over the original amortization schedule. The suggested method for handling these payments is to set up a "tickler file" for all deferred payment contracts and note the date on which the payments are to be vouchered. This will help serve as a reminder to make the payments each month or quarter without having to rely on a vendor invoice.
In summary, timing of the payments is critical to insure that the State does not lose interest by paying too early, and it does not incur late charges as a result of paying late. The Comptroller's Office will closely monitor these payments to ensure that economic prudence is maintained.
Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions regarding these instructions or if we can be of additional assistance, please feel free to call Kevin Thompson at 414-1829 (SC 994-1829) or Mark Hammett at 414-1828 (SC 994-1828).


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Rural Pharmaceutical Grower, Inc. A prescription for better farm profitability?
A 40-year-old mother of two is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. Her kidneys have succumbed to the ravages of diabetes - a disease she's fought since she was 12 years old. It's uncertain whether she will receive a transplant in time. Each day, 10 people in the United States die while waiting for an organ for transplantation.
In the next decade, the odds will improve for people like this woman. Advancements in plant and animal biotechnology may make it possible to immunize children from juvenile diabetes via genetically engineered potatoes and may someday result in an alternative supply of organs harvested from genetically engineered pigs for transplantation in humans.
The potential appears unlimited. Farm crops of the future will do more than feed a world population that's expected to double in the next 50 years. Through genetic engineering and the use of crops and animals as molecular bio-factories, it will also improve the health of millions of men, women and children around the globe. These bio-based solutions will not only provide miracle cures but will help prevent diseases and infections from occurring.
It's truly a revolutionary time in agriculture. Some farmers will have opportunities to produce exciting value-added products. The ag, pharmaceutical and food industries must develop new infrastructures to handle these products, which require identity preservation, quality control measures and new processing methods.
Creating organs for transplant. Xenotransplan-tation is the transplantation of animal cells, tissues or organs into humans. Currently more than 60,000 Americans are awaiting a transplant, and 10 of them die each day waiting. Xenotransplan-tation has the potential to provide an alternative source of organs for transplantation. In January, Infigen and Imutran, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novartis Pharma AG, formed a strategic partnership to develop a new line of pigs, through genetic engineering and cloning, with organs that will be more suitable for transplantation. For example, removing or adding genes for specific proteins may enhance the transgenic organ's protection from immune attack or increase its physiological compatibility with humans. According to Dale Schwartz, CEO of Infigen, an immunosuppressant pig whose organs will not be rejected by humans may be developed within the next decade.
Plants as pharmaceutical factories. Pharma-ceuticals are expected to be commercially grown in plants within five years. Several human clinical trials are now underway with pharmaceuticals that were manufactured in genetically engineered plants.
The basic technique involves taking the genes that encode specific proteins and antibodies for human diseases and inserting them into the plant's cells where they are reproduced. Another technique is to insert the desired genes into a plant virus that replicates itself in plants. The plants are harvested, and the desired protein, antibody or chemical is extracted from the plants or, in the case of edible vaccines, is simply harvested and perhaps processed.
Increased safety, reduced production costs and lower capital costs are key reasons for the pharmaceutical industry's interest in using plants as bio-factories. "The ag system is very efficient and scaleable; without significant additional capital expenditures we can significantly increase pharmaceutical production," says Vikram M. Paradkar, scientist with Integrated Protein Technologies (IPT), a division of Monsanto. "Currently antibodies are made in expensive mammalian cell culture systems. Using these antibodies in a wider range of treatment is not cost-effective. That's why we are looking at making them in soybeans and corn. Another important reason for using plants is that plants do not harbor human pathogenic viruses. It's a safer raw material for producing therapeutic proteins than blood plasma or mammalian cell culture." According to Andrew Hiatt, vice president of research for Epicyte, a start-up biotechnology company focused on producing antibodies in plants, the cost to build a fermentation facility is between $200 million and $400 million. Typical production of proteins from animal cells in vitro may only yield 220 lbs./yr. "A few hundred acres of corn could produce 10 times that amount of a specific protein for a fraction of the cost," says Hiatt.
Epicyte is inserting an antibody for herpes simplex virus protection into corn. It hopes to have a commercial product by 2004. The corn acreage required to serve this market of potentially millions of people will be fewer than 1,000 acres.
"There is some discordance between our needs and farmers' desire for large acreage of these crops. There are more than 100 antibodies now in clinical trials, so there are at least 100 opportunities. But it will take years and years before all of these would be manufactured in plants," says Hiatt.
In 1998 IPT conducted human clinical trials on a cancer treatment that it produced in corn. Although high in value, the amount of active ingredient needed to treat the entire patient population is small. "For the whole market we only need probably several hundred pounds. This could be produced on several hundred acres," says Paradkar. "Many of these pharmaceuticals will only require a small-sized farm to serve the whole market."
IPT has also produced an antiviral agent in soybeans that could prevent herpes infections in humans. "The potential for this market is much larger and it will require several thousand acres," Paradkar predicts. IPT is also working on producing blood proteins and drugs for cardiovascular disease in corn and soybeans.
The active ingredient in a pharmaceutical may cost anywhere from $20 per gram to several thousand dollars per gram, depending on the method used to produce it. "A $4,000 per gram cost may be acceptable for a life-saving anticancer drug, but the high cost limits the molecule's use in broader applications such as industrial uses," says Jim Thornton, vice president of agriculture for Demegen. "It's feasible that production costs for these molecules could be lowered eventually to just pennies per gram in plant-based production systems. By reducing the cost of production, you can broaden the potential uses of the material, including reducing medical costs."
Cows as pharmaceutical factories. Advance-ments in animal cloning have created the possibility of simultaneous generation of an entire herd of transgenic cows capable of producing a medicine in their milk on reaching maturity. In January, Pharming Group of the Netherlands announced that it generated the first transgenic female calves via nuclear transfer using technology developed by its partner Infigen. The animals are the first of a herd to be born in the course of this year, which can be used to produce one of Pharming's lead bio-pharmaceuticals. Pharming develops products in the area of tissue and bone repair, rheumatoid arthritis and blood plasma components. The company is working with the American Red Cross to develop therapeutic blood-clotting proteins in plants to treat patients with hemophilia and to control bleeding in surgery and trauma.
To accommodate all of the transgenic calves being born this year, Pharming has begun construction of a state-of-the-art, $2 million farm complex in DeForest, WI. The new facilities, which will house up to 80 animals, are designed to ensure the safe production of bio-pharmaceuticals in the milk of transgenic animals.
The first commercial product produced from these animals could potentially reach the market next year. One cow can produce the same amount of human therapeutic protein as 1,000 rabbits or 300 sheep, according to Dale Schwartz of Infigen. After extraction of the desired proteins, the milk would be discarded. Because of the quality-control measures required and the value of the animals, it's unlikely dairy producers would have one or two of these cows in their normal herd.
"We envision production herds totally devoted to the production of pharmaceutical compounds in the milk. These would be new molecular farms that would operate at high bio-security levels," says Mike Bishop, vice president of research for Infigen. "These will be million-dollar cows, so high levels of management will be required."
What's the market potential? "One of our pharmaceutical products represents a $300 million market annually. It would require 1,000 to 1,500 cows to produce the protein," says Bishop. "Other pharmaceutical products that could be produced in transgenic cows' milk represent markets ranging in size from $500 million to $2.5 billion annually. It's hard to predict how many herds might be needed."
Edible vaccines. Vaccines produced in plants would be cheaper and easier to distribute and administer worldwide. Dwayne Kirk, project manager for edible vaccines with the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Ithaca, NY, explains: "Traditional vaccines were derived from live bacteria or viruses which were then inactivated. There is risk of infection, purifying the vaccine is expensive and these vaccines must be refrigerated. Modern vaccine technology has allowed production of component proteins, without the pathogen's complete DNA, removing the risk of infection. To make an edible vaccine we take the gene from the bacterium or virus that encodes for specific proteins and insert those into the plant cells. The plants will produce the protein just as the authentic virus or bacteria will."
Kirk notes several advantages in producing the vaccine in plants:
*Production costs less because there is no need for expensive purification or extraction.
*Contamination risks associated with mammalian cell lines, yeast or bacterial production systems are eliminated.
*The vaccine has a longer shelf life and doesn't need to be refrigerated.
*The vaccine doesn't need to be injected with a needle; it can simply be administered orally.
Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) published its first human clinical trial for edible vaccines last year. It inserted the gene that codes for the bacterial toxin produced by E. coli into potatoes. E. coli found in contaminated food or water causes diarrhea in humans and is the third biggest killer of people in developing countries. In this human safety trial, volunteers who were fed the raw potatoes expressed specific antibodies against the E. coli toxin.
This year BTI and its licensed partner, Axis Genetics, will conduct human safety trials on two other edible vaccines in potatoes: one for a viral pathogen that causes gastrointestinal infections and another for hepatitis B. There are no oral vaccines currently available for either condition. The first edible vaccines could be commercially available in three to five years, according to Kirk.
Axis Genetics has licensed the edible plant vaccine technology from Mycogen and BTI. It recently signed its first manufacturing agreement with American Ag-Tec International of Delavan, WI, to grow the first transgenic potatoes for development of the oral hepatitis B vaccine. Axis Genetics will also be conducting clinical trials on a cholera vaccine in conjunction with Dr. William Langridge at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California.
Langridge is hopeful that one day an oral vaccine may help eliminate or reduce the effects of juvenile diabetes. As an outgrowth of his work on the cholera vaccine in potatoes, he has created a fusion protein of the cholera vaccine and the human insulin protein in potatoes. In juvenile diabetes, the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin and the body treats the production of insulin as a foreign substance that must be attacked. Mice genetically predisposed to juvenile diabetes were fed the special fusion potatoes, which helped them to tolerate insulin so their bodies would not send "attack" cells to the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin. In the 30-week experiment, the mice had a 50% reduction in diabetes symptoms.
Reinventing the wheel. Many in the ag industry are hopeful that farm products tailor-made through biotechnology for specific end uses will shift agriculture from a low-cost, commodity-based business to a high-value, identity-preserved industry. "The formation of a new 'wellness complex' by food, agriculture and pharmaceutical companies adds value and new dimensions to agriculture," says Sano Shimoda, president of BioScience Securities, an ag biotechnology investment banking firm. "It is dramatically expanding the linkage of the farm to a much broader spectrum of value-added growth industries."
The transition will not be an easy one. "The science is running fast and it's credible," says Ed Shonsey, president of Novartis Seeds. "How quickly it's adopted depends on the greater issues of creating a whole new economic infrastructure and dealing with emotional and regulatory issues." He notes that pharmaceutical companies have not been pursuing these solutions, but agribusiness is showing them the viability. "Some pharmaceutical companies may fear that their products will become commoditized in a new plant-based production system, but I contend that the lower cost of production for these drugs will free up dollars for researching new solutions in disease prevention and create more opportunity."
Novartis Pharma AG is investigating using plants as bio-factories for pharmaceuticals in its seven core product areas: dermatology, cardiology, metabolism, endo-crinology, respiration, transplantation and oncology. Most of the products are still in the lab with commercialization of the first products expected in seven to ten years. "Our commitment and intent is to reduce costs and offer more profitability for everyone in the value chain, including farmers," says Shonsey.
To capture that value, farmers need to look at new ways of valuing their contribution, says Scott Mc-Farland of the National Corn Growers Association. "Attribute production should not be priced off the Chicago Board of Trade commodity system. We need to move beyond this lowest common denominator for farmers to win," he says. McFarland notes that in a few short years, "high-oil corn has become a commodity."
He suggests that growers be compensated at a set margin based on the value of the attribute. To do that there needs to be full disclosure by all participants in the value chain so that they can take a reasonable share of the profit based on the value they supply and the risk they assume. McFarland calls this "value transparency."
Shimoda agrees: "The existing structure is obsolete. We will have to create an all-new business model, pricing and value mechanism to allocate portions of value to people in the chain. We also need to reengineer the agribusiness infrastructure from the farm to the consumer. The progress for identity-preserved ag-biotech traits will be bumpy because we are fundamentally reinventing the wheel. New small and medium-size companies will innovate to create the new structures and the existing monsters on the block will change kicking and screaming.
"We are shifting agriculture from a production, cost-driven business to a demand, value-driven business. Farmers will have to share in the wealth based on quality and value, not pure cost of production. Quality out of the farm is going to count."
A handful of Nebraska farmers have tried their hand at new age pharming, producing a high-value medical protein in their corn fields. Although the amount of acreage is small - tens of acres rather than hundreds of acres - they are providing "proof of concept" for companies interested in growing pharmaceuticals in plants.
The farmers are growing corn seed developed by ProdiGene and Stauffer Seeds to produce Avidin, a protein used in human health diagnostic test kits and Gus (B-glucuronidase), a protein used as markers in plant transformation. The scientific community uses markers to indicate the presence of the foreign genes being introduced into the plant. Both products are marketed by Sigma Chemical Company. Currently, Stauffer offers growers a $1/bu. premium for corn containing these products.
"These products represent very small markets by corn farmers' standards but are relevant because they prove corn can efficiently and economically be used as a bio-factory for pharmaceutical and industrial molecules," says Dan Hammes, vice president of sales and marketing for ProdiGene.
According to Tony Laos, president of Stauffer Seeds, within 10 years, 10% of the corn acreage in the United States will be devoted to production of pharmaceutical and industrial proteins contracted through Stauffer Seeds and ProdiGene. "In the next few years there will be tens of thousands of acres devoted to this type of value-added production," says Laos. "We have an agreement with Aurora Co-op which has 16 locations throughout Nebraska to identity preserve grain for us. We're also building a data-base of preferred growers from Minnesota to the high plains of Texas to grow these value-added products for us. Basically, we want them as customers now so we can get to know one another before these products come on line." They look for growers with good records, top management skills and systems for quality control.
ProdiGene is working on producing an oral hepatitis B vaccine in corn, which would require tens of thousands of acres of corn. It's also working on producing Brazzein, a low-calorie natural sweetener, in corn.
The company has put the TGEV antigen into corn and expects to have a commercial corn product available in two years that would immunize swine from transmissible gastroenteritis virus when they eat the corn. ProdiGene is also working on enzymes that can be used in industrial processes. These applications would require a large number of corn acres.


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Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
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Probably the single most frequently-asked question of our editors here at iLounge is "How do I copy music from my iPod back to my computer?"
Although Apple's iTunes program is very good at keeping a computer-based library synchronized to an iPod automatically, or for manually transferring tracks from your computer's iTunes library onto your iPod, it provides extremely limited functionality for transferring information in the opposite direction—from your iPod back to your computer.
One of the likely reasons for Apple to have taken such a restrictive approach to this is to combat piracy and thereby maintain good relations with the music labels that are currently selling their content via Apple's iTunes Store. In reality, however, there are any number of legitimate reasons why a user may want to copy music from their iPod back to their computer, such as recovering from a catastrophic system failure, or easily transferring a large iTunes library over to a new computer.
Unfortunately, with the exception of tracks purchased from the iTunes Store, which we'll discuss further later in this article, iTunes provides no method for transferring your music and other media content from your iPod back to your computer. It has therefore fallen to third-party developers to pick up where iTunes left off in this regard, and there are today a number of very robust and full-featured utilities that will do everything from basic copying of media content back to your hard drive all the way through to rebuilding your entire iTunes library using the information on your iPod, complete with playlists, ratings, and play count information.
In this tutorial, we will begin with a background on how music is stored on the iPod in the first place, and then look at the options available for copying music and other media files from the iPod back to your computer, both on an individual basis and en masse for a complete disaster-recovery scenario.
It should be noted that the information in this article applies to all past and current models of iPod, including the iPod nano, iPod mini, the iPod shuffle, and now even the iPod touch and iPhone. However, there is no guarantee that future generations of iPod will continue to support these methods. Further, this information does not apply to content stored on the Apple TV, since despite its integration with iTunes, a different synchronization technology is used for this device and there are presently no methods to recover content from the Apple TV without hacking into or physically disassembling the unit.
Under the Hood—How Content is stored on the iPod
Before we get into the details of how to copy media content from the iPod back to your computer, it's important to begin with a discussion of how that content is actually stored on the iPod. An understanding of how the iPod stores its content will make it more clear as to what the various recovery or copying options actually do, and help decide on what the best option is for a particular situation.
Unlike many other portable media players, the iPod stores its content using a database methodology. iTunes copies the content itself to a hidden directory structure on the iPod and then updates a database stored on the iPod. It is this database that is used both by iTunes and the iPod interface itself to index and catalog the content that is stored on the iPod.
For the most part, this database information is gleaned from the internal header tags within the media files themselves, in much the same way that iTunes indexes and catalogs your media library. Information such as the track name, artist, album, genre, and a myriad of other information that you can find for each track in iTunes is actually stored in each file, and the name of the file has no bearing on what iTunes or the iPod sees or how it catalogs any given media file. In fact, the only time the file name is ever used by iTunes is if the tags themselves are not present (or if the file format does not support tags, such as with WAV files).
The iPod database also contains additional information about your music that is not normally stored within the tracks themselves. This includes your playlists and the listing of their content, as well as track metadata such as rating, play count, last played time, skip count, last skipped time, and more.
This particular means of storing information on the iPod has both advantages and disadvantages. The major advantage to this approach is that music is catalogued in such a way that it is easily and rapidly accessible from the various menus on the iPod itself, without having to search through individual track information or build a separate cache. The disadvantage is that the music must be tagged properly in order for this to work, and of course this obscures the actual layout of the music files themselves, making it more difficult to find and copy specific tracks from the iPod back to the computer.
Fortunately, a number of third-party utilities have been developed that can read these iPod databases directly, and use them to not only locate specific tracks to recover, but in some cases even recover playlists and other additional metadata such as rating and play count.
On the iPod itself, all of the internal iPod information is located in a hidden folder called iPod_Control. Most of the information in this folder pertains to internal iPod operations, such as device configuration and settings and the library database described above. However, beneath this iPod_Control folder is a Music folder that contains all of the individual audio and video files that are stored on that particular iPod. The only information not stored here is photos, which we will discuss separately later in this article.
The files in the Music folder won't necessarily be organized in any meaningful way for a human, since they are expected to be accessed via the iPod's library database, which contains all of the information and other metadata for each track cross-referenced with the location of these individual files.
The times they are a-changin'—The 2007 iPod models, the iPhone and the iPod touch
Traditionally, as far as your operating system is concerned, the iPod has simply appeared to your computer as a removable storage device—basically an external hard drive. In fact, iTunes itself basically just accesses traditional iPod models in much the same way—media files are copied to the device as an external hard drive, and iTunes simply accesses the iPod's database directly and updates the information contained in it using normal file access methods.
Essentially, the traditional iPod models are "dumb" devices when it comes to synchronization with iTunes. The device itself doesn't "participate" in the synchronization process… iTunes itself does all the work, and the iPod just sits there connected as an external hard drive. When the sync is finished and the iPod is ejected, it returns to normal use, and since iTunes has updated the iPod's database, any new tracks that have been added will appear in the appropriate places.
This method allowed early iPods to work quite effectively without requiring complicated technology, but it had the obvious disadvantage that since the iPod wasn't involved in the synchronization process, any failure on the part of iTunes to properly update the iPod's database would lead to odd and inconsistent behaviour. This was most commonly observed when disconnecting the iPod prior to an iTunes sync being completed—iTunes wouldn't be able to update the database, and since the iPod itself didn't know what was going on, it would be left with an inconsistent or incomplete database of track information.
The iPod classic and iPod nano (video) released in September 2007 retained this same approach to synchronization with iTunes, but added an extra "checksum" in the iPod database to help ensure that it would be left in a more consistent state in the event of a problem occurring during synchronization with iTunes. Unfortunately, these changes broke compatibility with a number of third-party iPod management applications, since they needed to update the checksum when updating content on the iPod. There were some rumours at that time was that Apple had added "encryption" to the iPod database to deliberately break third-party applications. However, there is no truth to these rumours, and in fact applications that simply read the iPod database (such as many of those we will discuss further on in this tutorial) have been mostly unaffected by these changes. From an iPod recovery point of view, there are no significant differences between the 2007 traditional iPod models (iPod classic and iPod nano (video) ) and previous generations.
On the other hand, the iPod touch and iPhone introduced a completely new synchronization protocol for communicating with iTunes. Since these devices are running an OS X based operating system much like a computer, they no longer have to be passive targets for iTunes, but can participate in the synchronization process. With the iPod touch and iPhone, iTunes essentially hands the information off to the device for processing, and the device updates its own database. This ensures proper database integrity in the event that a problem occurs during synchronization, since the operating system on the iPod touch or iPhone can ensure that the database has been properly updated, even if the device is pulled from the cradle in the middle of a sync. This in fact was an important feature for the iPhone—the ability to pull the device to answer a call if it rings while syncing with iTunes.
The result of these changes on the iPod touch and the iPhone are that most of the traditional methods for recovering content will not work. Fortunately, many software developers have stepped in to fill this void as well, and in the past few months several existing applications have been updated and a few new ones released specifically to handle recovering content from iPod touch and iPhone.
Disaster Recovery
So you have a nice big 160GB iPod with your entire media library loaded onto it, synchronizing automatically with your iTunes library, when suddenly the unthinkable happens… Your computer's hard drive decides that it's been spinning for long enough, and gives up on you.
You now suddenly find yourself in the position where your only copy of your music library is on your iPod itself, and you need to get those tracks back off the iPod onto your computer, so you can rebuild your iTunes library.
In a situation where you've been using automatic synchronization with your iTunes library, and you suddenly find you no longer have an iTunes library to sync with, there are a couple of additional considerations that are important to keep in mind.
Automatic iPod synchronization from iTunes is, for the most part, a one-way experience. Some information does come back in the other direction, such as ratings and play counts, but the bottom line is that iTunes considers the library on your computer to be "authoritative"—meaning that the iPod mirrors the iTunes library, rather than the other way around.
The unfortunate downside to this is that if you have an empty iTunes library on your computer, an iPod that is automatically syncing to it will happily mirror the content of your empty library. In other words, everything on the iPod will be deleted and replaced with, well… nothing.
The good news, however, is that this is only really a problem if you're actually using the same library as you were syncing with before. iTunes is intelligent enough to notice when an iPod that you connect was previously associated to a different iTunes library database, and prompt you with a warning as to what you want to do next:
If you are trying to recover your music from your iPod, you obviously donot
want to select Erase and Sync. Simply click Cancel instead, and your iPod will remain connected to your computer, but the auto-sync process will not run.
So what about those situations where you are connecting your iPod to your existing iTunes library? For example if you accidentally deleted a few tracks from your main iTunes library that you want to recover from your iPod. In this case, the iTunes automatic sync will run without notification since it's the same library database. Fortunately, iTunes offers a solution for this as well: Simply hold down the SHIFT+CTRL keys (on Windows) or CMD+OPT keys (on a Mac) while you are connecting your iPod to your computer. Keep holding these keys down until your actually see your iPod show up in the iTunes source list. This will prevent iTunes from running any kind of automatic sync when it detects the iPod, but the iPod will again remain connected and ready to work with.
Swinging Both Ways…
Keep in mind that if you're planning to use the features described in this article to use your iPod to transfer music between a Mac and a PC, your iPod itself needs to either be Windows-formatted so that both your Mac and PC can access it, or you will need to use a program like MediaFour's MacDrive to allow you to read your Mac-formatted iPod under Windows.
Note that this is not an issue with the iPod touch or the iPhone. These devices are not accessed as an external hard drive (see above), and the format therefore doesn't matter. Under the hood, they're always Mac formatted, since they're running OS X.
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Posted by romzzz in Toronto on July 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM (CDT)
My favorite is iPodDisk. It mounts the ipod like a drive with all the albums and artists. By far the best in my opinion
Posted by brmac in Toronto on July 10, 2007 at 6:20 PM (CDT)
Holy moly, what an awesome article!
Haven't even yet completely read it, but i'm sure it's gonna be worth it.
Too bad it didn't come two weeks earlier, when i myself had to rebuild my iTunes DB from my iPod as my external HDD was dead.
I successfully rebuilt the complete DB using SharePod, a MP3 Tagger and loads of time ;)
Posted by Manuel Grabowski in Toronto on July 11, 2007 at 7:32 AM (CDT)
iPodDisk is for Mac.
On PC, your best bet is CopyTrans http://www.copytrans.net/copytrans.php as it does not only copy your songs to your computer but also all useful data such as ratings, playlists and imports all that to iTunes.
Posted by Bob1234567890 in Toronto on July 12, 2007 at 10:19 AM (CDT)
Very good article!
I was wondering why XPlay and Anapod Explorer were not rated or mentioned?
Posted by melanchete in Toronto on July 15, 2007 at 7:01 AM (CDT)
Although they are both excellent tools in and of themselves, XPlay and Anapod Explorer are designed as full iPod management tools to replace iTunes, and are therefore somewhat beyond the scope of this article.
Although Yamipod also provides this type of functionality, it was included due to its wide cross-platform support and its free availability.
Posted by Jesse Hollington in Toronto on July 15, 2007 at 12:39 PM (CDT)
I've recently transferred my itunes music files to an external HD & have also uninstalled & reinstalled itunes. itunes can access my songs but has wiped all of the playlists, playcounts etc. I was thinking of downloading copytrans to sort this out, but is it possible to use this just to update playlists etc. or will i have to copy all of my music files & then delete the originals? Thanks for your help!
Posted by aaaaaaaaandy in Toronto on July 18, 2007 at 7:12 PM (CDT)
My hard drive died and I am in desperate need of this article. It is not clear to me whether or not any of the software included in the article will allow you to recover videos, pictures, tv shows and games that are currently on my 30g ipod. Please help!
Posted by Middie in Toronto on July 26, 2007 at 12:21 AM (CDT)
I get the following error when using CopyTrans. All my songs/artists/playlists show on the screen and I desperately need to copy the contents of my iPod to my itunes…ideas anyone?
System Error: 0002 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
CopyTrans Error: Source song not found on iPod.
Posted by outghost in Toronto on July 27, 2007 at 12:21 PM (CDT)
My iTunes doesnt have an "add to library" option. It has both "Add to Library from File" and "Add to Library from Folder". I use iTunes 7. When I try to use the "Add from Folder" option, I get to the Ipod_Control folder and I can not go any further into it to get to the Music folder. Any ideas? Right now I'm going in to that folder from My Computer and copying all the folders into my iTunes Music folder and copying them in one folder at a time and its taking forever!!! Thanks.
Posted by givemenoise in Toronto on July 30, 2007 at 11:11 PM (CDT)
ok, my problem is that i'm going to be moving to california in a month or so. I can take my Ipod with me but the computer is my mothers. My uncle will have a computer and I may get a laptop. I'm wondering how I can transfer my library to a different computer.
Posted by Ronaldbbbb in Toronto on August 2, 2007 at 3:03 PM (CDT)
Hi, good article but having some small problems.
Managed to get into my ipod's music folder, which then had a 49 F folders (ie F00 to F49) inside of which are all the music files.
Problem: my itunes is now empty. I tried 'File Add Folder to Library' and itunes does nothing?
I picked the entire music folder first, then tried individual F folders, and still nothing happened.
I tried this both on the copy I took of my ipod (to safeguard it in case something happened when I connected to an empty itunes and lost everything!) and also to the actual files on my ipod…
Any ideas?
Thanks - Pete
Posted by petemw2506 in Toronto on August 6, 2007 at 11:58 AM (CDT)
Have you done any reviews on CopyGear for Mac OS X? I am wondering if this is the way to go for my new MacBook. Thanks - Jon
Posted by iJoni in Toronto on August 7, 2007 at 8:59 PM (CDT)
Also if you have any review on iRepoX. Thanks - Jon
Posted by iJoni in Toronto on August 7, 2007 at 9:28 PM (CDT)
I used ipod access to transfer my music from ipod to my laptop. Now I get an error message stating the majority of songs could not be used because the original file could not be found. Can I utilize this material?
Posted by scalpeldoc in Toronto on August 8, 2007 at 11:11 AM (CDT)
my friend just bought an ipod and wants to transfer the music from my ipod to his pc. what software does he need? we have pc's
Posted by lazysalvadorean in Toronto on August 14, 2007 at 4:55 AM (CDT)
I have never bonded my video ipod to any machine let alone my own macbook but now i want to back up the audio files I have on the Ipod but am afraid they will get wiped when I bond my ipod to the macbook, has anyone any ideas?
Posted by anthonycronin1 in Toronto on August 15, 2007 at 12:56 PM (CDT)
Great article! Though I didn't make time to read it all, I don't recall seeing any mention of having to remove the hidden attribute from the Music folder prior to trying the "Add folder to Library…" step? For iTunes 7 anyway, it wouldn't import it with the folder properties hidden attribute set (used the Windows folder method because I don't trust other software much).
Does anyone else think that it's a pretty pathetic attempt to combat music/software piracy by simply using hidden folders?!? HA! What a joke…though I laugh now, I won't be surprised if upcoming iTunes releases start using some sort of nasty algorithms or encryption. It'll just make it harder to crack and extract.
Again, great article, a real lifesaver!
Posted by gimmie5 in Toronto on August 19, 2007 at 3:08 PM (CDT)
FYI, for those of you who are trying the "brute-force method" of copying your media files back manually, I found that you have to make sure the folder that contains your music (the iPod_control/music folder in this article) is not a Hidden Folder. If it is, iTunes will not allow you to "Add Folder to Library." If you right click on the folder (even in your iPod), and select Properties, you can uncheck Hidden as a property and then it should work fine. I just successfully got my entire library back!
Posted by waterguard in Toronto on August 20, 2007 at 6:09 PM (CDT)
Thanks JDH - this article saved me untold hours of reloading my iTunes with 150 CDs and 20 DVDs!
I have a problem still - iTunes Video library does not recognize the 20 movie files that were copied over from the iPod. I asked CopyTrans to copy ALL files and I found the movie files in the iPod Music folder.
I'd appreciate your insights on how to fix this.
Posted by JCPA in Toronto on August 27, 2007 at 3:09 PM (CDT)
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