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quote:Enigma@Home is a wrapper between BOINC and Stefan Krah's M4 Project. 'The M4 Project is an effort to break 3 original Enigma messages with the help of distributed computing. The signals were intercepted in the North Atlantic in 1942 and are believed to be unbroken.' [read more] You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer.
Enigma entered the Vault in early May, 2009.
Ars is presently in 17th place, 2 positions ahead of TN.
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Bar hopping at Burning Man
What do you eat and drink on the playa? Share ideas, recipes and advice here.
- TomServo
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Keep it frozen, and gift it to the bar of your choice, when the moment strikes you. I donated a 64oz. bottle of Bloody Mary mix to the Duck Pond, and the weight was not an issue....Just dont walk around with mixers, expecting to gift. If you like a bar, return with the gift.Packoderm wrote:That gives me the idea of gifting mixer. However, I would not want to walk around the playa with a bunch of two liter bottles of Coke tied to my belt. Orange juice concentrate is good and compact, but it should be kept frozen. Any ideas?
anything worth doing is worth overdoing..
- This Woman
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At Teo del Fuego – kinda carded
We asked youthful looking people how old they were and if they were old enough to consume alcohol. If they were especially young looking, we carded. Only one person like that came in without a card, and she came back with a card shortly thereafter with no issues over going to get it. Many people did not have cards, but looked old enough to drink and told us they were old enough to drink, so we served them. I have no idea if LEO came in and were satisfied with our method, but I assume not. Seems from prior discussion, that bars know afterward if LEO has checked them, even when they pass.
The Liver's End ~ Where the locals go.
- Teo del Fuego
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Do you card everyone, no exceptions? Or just the ones who look close to 21?C.f.M. wrote:If I'm bartending, I card.
I only card the really young ones. But I thin the herd a bit by refusing to serve to anyone without a suitable cup. Suitable does not equal Nalgene bottles, thermoses, etc. Just freaking cups that don't hold a quart and can receive some ice.
Do you card everyone, no exceptions? Or just the ones who look close to 21?Teo del Fuego wrote:C.f.M. wrote:If I'm bartending, I card.
I'd always just assumed that my wrinkles would serve as proof. They're a bit harder to hide under a hat than the greying hair. Since I may be dressed as an 8yr old I might try the lanyard id copy trick tho. Best to know.
As far as mixes go, I stumbled upon this little gem early last summer. If you mix just so much 7-up with just so much mineral water and a smallish-largish splash of o.j. you get very close to Orangina for a wee fraction of the price!
And let me tell you something about the beauty once that's mixed with vodka!~ Very refreshing. Not too sweet. Not at all acidic (for those of us with issues).
Now the only issue is all those plastic bottles!!!!
Worry is a misuse of imagination
"She had blue skin, And so did he.
He kept it hid And so did she.
They searched for blue Their whole life through,
Then passed right by- And never knew."
Shel Silverstein
"She had blue skin, And so did he.
He kept it hid And so did she.
They searched for blue Their whole life through,
Then passed right by- And never knew."
Shel Silverstein
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Oh yeah, no cup, no service. When I was running the bar at a regional (we're talking...400 hundred, maybe?) I still carded and people, who were like, half a field from their tent got pissed. I was like, go to your tent, get your ID. And no cup? Then they got an earful of YOU ARE A SHITTY BURNER AND DON'T DESERVE A DRINK IN THE FIRST PLACE.Teo del Fuego wrote:Do you card everyone, no exceptions? Or just the ones who look close to 21?C.f.M. wrote:If I'm bartending, I card.
If you're obviously old I won't card you. If you're questionable or I just don't really want you around, I'll card you. I like to cover my ass (because bars DO get fined!) and perhaps your ire at not getting boozed up will teach you to carry some ID - and a cup, if you didn't have one.
Fuck all the hippies who show up looking for handouts. Camps that serve freely work their asses off and spend a lot of money to make the community beautiful, and I am not about to let anyone take advantage of that.


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"App" has been a computing term for a lot longer than five years. But, on July 10, 2008, it began its journey to becoming a household word.
That's when Apple, a year after launching the iPhone, introduced its App Store to the world.
The online marketplace launched with 500 apps, mostly for established Web companies such as Facebook, eBay and Yelp. Today, it has more than 850,000. And, a couple of months ago, it passed a mind-boggling threshold, marking the 50 billionth app to be downloaded.
Apple can no longer claim proprietary ownership of apps, those mini-programs that continue to push the boundaries of what a mobile phone can do. Google launched its own app store, now called Play, less than a year after Apple. Today, it's on a path toward surpassing Apple's number of downloads.
But the iPhone was the first smartphone most folks ever saw, and the App Store was the accessory that gave it extra usefulness. On this anniversary, we look at five iconic apps that got a huge lift from the App Store and expanded the capabilities of our phones.
'Angry Birds'
Before the App Store, video games were, by and large, for hard-core players with consoles or souped-up PCs. Now the line between who is a gamer and who's not is blurry — and millions of people have "Angry Birds" to thank. The deceptively addictive little game, in which players fling a flock of … well … angry birds at their pig nemeses, is the top-selling paid app in the App Store's history.
Since its launch in 2009, the game has become a franchise, with spinoffs, toys, cartoons and even a movie making up just part of Swedish developer Rovio Entertainment's furious, feathered empire.
Google Maps
With the rise of Google's Android system as Apple's chief mobile rival, there's a certain irony that one of its products was a key to the App Store's success. But since Google Maps rolled out as a native app for the iPhone, the ability to get directions on the go has become one of mobile computing's key features. (Does anyone still hand-draw maps?)
Yes, there are other map apps out there. But Google's treasure-trove of data makes its maps a go-to for millions. Witness the mini-disaster Apple had on its hands when it bumped Google's offering for its own Maps app last year. Apple's product was so half-baked that CEO Tim Cook, in a rare mea culpa, essentially told users to download Google Maps until it was fixed.
By 2008 Pandora already had become a popular Web-streaming service, letting users seed their own personal radio stations with bands or songs they liked. But the company was quick to see the potential in mobile computing, and Pandora was among the first apps available when the App Store went live.
Since then, it's become the second-most downloaded iPhone app in the store's history, trailing only Facebook. Its proof of concept — that users want to be able to bring their music with them anywhere — also helped inspire a host of competitors, from Spotify to Rdio to Last.fm.
Mobile phones, particularly smartphones, made all of us photographers. That's a huge shift. But, sadly for most of us, it didn't make us all good photographers. Enter Instagram — with a slate of editing tools and funky filters that can make even the most pedestrian pictures look good. Add to that Instagram's social features, complete with Twitter-like hashtags, and you've got a tool tailor-made for mobile.
Launched in 2010 by Stanford University students, Instagram now moves about 45 million images every day. Oh … and those creators also sold it to Facebook last year for a cool $1 billion.
It seems like a little thing, until you stop and think about it: What if your phone could listen to a few seconds of a song, then tell you what it is? That would have sounded like magic not so many years ago. Now, we take it for granted. Shazam started in the UK in 2002 as a Web service.
But it was front and center at the beginning of the mobile revolution, and is now among Apple's Top 10 downloaded apps, with 300 million users.
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Ole and Mari Finnestad's great grandson, Charles LeRoy Sanderson was born to Ellen Marie (Vallem) and Seward Sanderson on May 13, 1913 in Lee county, Illinois.
Charles married Lucille Marion Mark in Alta, Buena Vista county, Iowa sometime in 1938. Marion was born August 29, 1912 in Alta, Iowa.
Charles passed away on May 24, 2003 in Rockford, Winnebago county, Illinois and was buried at the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Machesney Park, Illinois.
Here is a photo of the Sanderson plot.
Here is a photo of Lucille and Charles' marker.
Lucille passed away March 6, 2006 in Rockford, Illinois. Here is a closeup of her inscription.
Here is a closeup of Charles' inscription.
Here is a photo of the entrance to Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Here is a map of the cemetery.
Lucille and Charles were buried in the Lutheran East section.
Charles' grandparents were Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis P Vallem.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Charles LeRoy Sanderson - burial
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Stephen A. Paget, MD: My name is Dr. Stephen Paget. I am the Chief of Rheumatology at the Hospital for Special Surgery. It is a pleasure today to introduced Dr. Melanie Harrison, who is one of our Assistant Professors of Clinical Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery. She has an interest in both clinical epidemiology, coordination of our registries and repositories, and a specific interest in neurocognitive abnormalities in patients with lupus. Dr. Harrison what is a registry and how does it help research?
Registry Content and Aid to ResearchMelanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: We have several clinical registries here at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and the registry is a longitudinal, on-going data base, within which we collect and maintain data regarding which patients have which rheumatic diseases. Specifically, we maintain databases on our rheumatoid arthritis population, our lupus population, patients with antiphospholipid antibodies and fibromyalgia, as well as determining whether or not these patients meet classification criteria for each of these diagnoses. We keep track of their signs and symptoms of disease, what medications they may be using, various alternative therapies that they may have tried, as well as things such as psychosocial aspects of the disease and functional status.
We collect this data usually at least once a year. For certain conditions, such as lupus, we might collect the data at least four times a year. For rheumatoid arthritis up to twice a year. From these databases, we are able to (1) identify patients who would be appropriate for other clinical studies; (2) generate our own data from that, which we have collected and therefore draw conclusions; and (3) generate hypotheses based on information that we have collected, which in turn allows us to develop new studies for the future.
Patient Privacy, Ethics, and Institutional Review BoardsStephen A. Paget, MD: Given the importance of privacy issues today, how do you address both privacy and ethical issues? How do patients feel comfortable giving you information and allowing you to use it?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: Well first of all, all of the data that we collect and every patient's privacy is maintained by coding each patient's history. So, in other words, once the patient acknowledges that they are going to become part of this data base, we assign a number to them and, with the exception of one single database, every single piece of data is connected to this number. It is an anonymous number, and only we who have been given permission to access this information through institutional review board, which is essentially an ethics review board, will have access to that information.
Second, we don't have access to any information about patients until they themselves give us consent to ask them questions, to access their medical records, and not only do we explain what this means to patients, we make sure that they understand it and we have them sign a consent. Patients are allowed to withdraw from the registries at any time, much like they are allowed to withdraw from any clinical study at any time. Research assistants, as well as all of the other physicians who have access to this information, have to take an ethics exam proving that the understand that the rights to privacy are maintained for all of these patients.
Stephen A. Paget, MD: You are a member of the Hospital for Special Surgery institutional review board. What is the role of that board?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: The board is responsible for reviewing any and all studies that take place at the institution that have any type of connection to patients - and that includes whether or not we are going to speak to patients directly. It includes whether we are going to review patient records. The institutional review board is responsible for going through not only the protocol of the study being conducted but to also make sure that the people involved understand their responsibilities to maintain the privacy of the patients and to protect the patients so that they are not put in harms way.
Defining Cognition and Cognitive LossStephen A. Paget, MD: Now you have a specific interest in neurologic problems in connective tissue diseases, specifically lupus, and you have a particular interest in cognitive abnormalities. What is a cognitive abnormality and how does a patient and a doctor know that they are dealing with that?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: Cognition is a very difficult term to interpret or explain. It includes all sorts of processes that go into our intellectual function. It is not just a matter of intelligence, however. It's a matter of receiving information, interpreting it, and even feeding back on it - explaining what it is that you have learned. So it includes things like memory concentration, learning ability and processing ability.
When we look at cognitive abnormalities or when a physician is trying to identify cognitive abnormalities in a patient or a patient is trying to identify cognitive abnormalities in him or herself, it can be very variable. It can be something as simple as not remembering people's names, people whom you've known for a long time, where this is a persistent abnormality - or something as complex as not being able to balance a check book, where the same patient was a CPA years before or even months before.
So in terms of physicians being able to identify it and pick up on it and patients being identify it, a lot of it is patient-dependent. Patients need to voice their concerns, I think, that they have noticed in terms of their ability to remember, to concentrate, to process information, and then the physicians have to have a heightened awareness as to what might be contributing to this. Again, this is similar to the idea that cognition has a lot of processes that go into it, and there are a lot of different things that can contribute to it. So even mild depressive symptoms or pain can cause someone to have mild memory impairment that is not necessarily significant in the long run, although it might be significant and important to that individual.
Defining Cognition and Cognitive Loss
Stephen A. Paget, MD: Physicians and patients know what an evaluation of a glucose level or a sodium level or a rheumatoid factor or an ANA is. How do you measure cognitive abnormalities?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: Usually, for the purpose of clinical evaluation, not for the purpose of research but for clinical evaluation, one is referred to a neuropsychologist, and that is a psychologist who specializes in the evaluation of cognition. In the process of speaking with the patient, the neuropsychologist identifies particular problems that the patient him- or herself has noted in terms of ever day life. From that, a group of neuropsychological or cognitive function tests are administered. These are usually either verbal tests and/or pen and paper tests, where you either have to copy a pictures, stick pegs in holes, remember lists of various items and reproduce them, match up different diagrams. They are very variable. The batteries usually take a half an hour to an hour and a half and, again, they look at various issues related to cognition such as memory, intelligence, concentration, recall, calculating ability, etc. - all dependent on what the patient him- or herself knows or acknowledges that they are having a problem with.
Stephen A. Paget, MD: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic inflammatory autoimmune disorder. What does it have to do with cognitive abnormalities?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: One of the groups of manifestations of lupus is a group of neuropsychiatric manifestations. Many of those neuropsychiatric manifestations, anything from seizures to strokes, can lend themselves to cognitive abnormalities. However, cognitive dysfunction often occurs without any of those obvious other neuropsychiatric manifestations. There are all sorts of things that happen to a lupus patient, whether they are flaring or not that can contribute to cognitive dysfunction. Again, these can be mild things, such as depressive symptoms, pain, some of the medications that may take away from someone's memory or ability to concentrate. And then again there are things like antibodies, changes in cytokine levels, other things that are inherent to the actual disease that may, in fact, be contributing to cognitive dysfunction that perhaps in the future we will be able to modify.
The Course of Cognitive DysfunctionStephen A. Paget, MD: Tell us about your specific study and how you employ the registries to make that come true.
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: For the last five years, we have been conducting a study of the longitudinal course or the course of cognitive dysfunction over time within lupus patients. Using the registry we identified patients who are seen at the Hospital for Special Surgery, who have been classified as having lupus, who are within a certain age range, and who are not on dialysis because that is another factor that my contribute to fluctuations in cognition. Once we can identify these patients through the registry, in other words once we get their names and their physicians, we ask the physicians if they will ask the patients if they will be willing to participate in this particular study. Once we have that permission, we approach the patients and ask them to come in for a battery of standardized neuropsychological tests that have shown to be effective for the purpose of research in identifying cognitive dysfunction, and then we look at other things such as disease activity and disease damage. Many of these indices have been maintained within the registry, and so those assist us in collecting the data.Stephen A. Paget, MD: What have you found so far?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: Well, there are probably three things that we have found so far in our interim analyses.
Number one is that there is tremendous variability both between patients and within patients who have lupus with respect to their cognition. In terms of between patient variability, there can be two patients who have lupus who have nothing in common in terms of their cognitive functioning or dysfunctioning, much like one lupus patient might have arthritis as a prevalent sign and another patient might have a seizure disorder as a prevalent sign. So where as one lupus patient might have a memory problem, another might have a calculation problem.
The second thing that we found out is that patients have kept quiet about this and, as a result, physicians haven't pursued the issue of cognitive dysfunction on a one-on-one basis as much as patients would like. This has become a venue for patients to voice their concerns and, as a result, we have generated a lot of excitement, both on behalf of the patients and physicians, in terms of identifying and looking for some kind of treatment in the process of finding an etiology.
The third thing that we have noticed is that there are two issues that keep coming out - two issues that the patients keep voicing are concerns to them. That is that they have specific difficulties in the area of memory and in the area of what we call executive functioning - that would be organizational thinking, in other words planning a meal, remembering how to get from one place to another, having the forethought to again organize your ideas.Stephen A. Paget, MD: Again, why do you think those occur?
That remains unclear. As I said before, there are so many different things that may be contributing to cognitive dysfunction. We are looking into specific areas of the brain although, again, considering the between-patient variability in these patterns and even the within-patient variability, that is the variability in which tests are abnormal over time, it is unlikely that there is one particular part of the brain, one aspect of the anatomy, that is abnormal. And so we are looking into other things, such as the generation of antibodies against neuronal tissue, the fluctuations in disease activity, and what that might be associated. In other words, we don't think the disease activity itself is what is causing the cognitive dysfunction but, perhaps, an alteration in the cytokine profiles within those patients during times of flare are altering the brain chemistry if you will.
Causes and Therapeutic OptionsStephen A. Paget, MD: Do these findings stimulate any therapeutic options?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: For now, no. We are still looking for that particular etiology that we can target in terms of whatever is underlying. However there are certain things that we can do in the interim. We are starting another study where we are trying to develop an educational program for patients. It will actually be a cognitive retraining and rehabilitation program for selected patients, at least to begin with, who have specific memory problems as well as executive dysfunction, and we will attempt to retrain these patients in terms of their ability to function through everyday life.
As far as other things that we can potentially treat, we know that the depressive symptoms, even mild depressive symptoms in lupus patients, might be contributing to what patients perceive as cognitive impairment and actually to cognitive performance. So by treating even mild depressive symptoms, we might be able to improve cognitive function. In much the same way, we know that patients have associated their high steroid doses to cognitive or even mild cognitive impairment or intermittent cognitive impairment that might be severe. As a result, we would encourage patients to be willing to try other medications that might help in terms of some of their other symptoms, as long as it is safe and as long as the physician agrees. So, again, this is a push which we always try for and that is to decrease steroid doses as much as possible.
The Kirkland Center for Lupus ResearchStephen A. Paget, MD: You are a part of the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research. Is there is a specific focus in this area in that center?
Melanie J. Harrison, MD, MS: Absolutely and, in fact, the cognitive retraining program that we are trying to develop and test in terms of its efficacy is bing funded by the Mary Kirkland Center. Besides that, as I mentioned, patients now have a venue for voicing their concerns about this issue, which has raised other concerns of theirs with respect to their quality of life and their ability to maintain not only social function as working individuals and individuals going to school but as social individuals. Again, the issue of quality of life keeps rearing its head and it's not just a matter of being able to get out of a chair. And so we started to look at quality of life, specifically in conjunction with the Kirkland Center, and, again, looking at quality of life with respect to the less tangible aspects of lupus, such as cognitive dysfunction.
Stephen A. Paget, MD: Thank you, Dr. Harrison, very much.
Posted: 10/24/2001
From an interview with Dr. Melanie J. Harrison by Dr. Stephen A. Paget


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People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities* must be free from abuse, neglect, or any kind of mistreatment.
Abuse, neglect, mistreatment, exploitation, and maltreatment (collectively, "mistreatment") of people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities is all too common. Mistreatment often occurs where people are isolated.
Individuals living outside the family home, regardless of the size or location of the residence, are vulnerable to mistreatment.
Some families lack knowledge or access to appropriate professional or informal supports and services that would help them care for their family members appropriately. A few may, as a result, mistreat their family members. Many more families lack the support they need to help them protect their members from mistreatment by others. When families believe mistreatment has occurred, they often do not have the support to ensure an effective investigation or forceful prosecution after the finding of probable cause.
Federal and state laws may in fact be insufficient for this purpose. Ineffective professional practices among child and adult protective service agencies may add to the problem. Emergency responders and other professionals such as police, emergency room, and protective service workers need to be educated as to how to assist people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to be safe without violating their rights. Finally, individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities may not have received any, much less enough, training on how to protect themselves from or report mistreatment.
Protection of all people Protection of all people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities from mistreatment is a core concept of public policy in the United States and an ethical obligation of anyone involved in their lives. The efforts to keep people safe from mistreatment should be balanced with the dignity of risk.
All people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities should receive training, in ways they can understand, on their rights to exercise their human and civil rights and to be free of mistreatment. They should also learn about the nature of mistreatment and its likely sources. They should know how to avoid it, report it to the appropriate authorities, and give credible proof that it has occurred.
Whenever children or adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are removed from their families' homes to protect them from mistreatment, they should be placed in small homes, integrated into the community, and not in institutions. Putting people with intellectual and or developmental disabilities in segregated settings is not an effective way to keep them safe. One of the best protections people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities can have is a wide, involved network of contacts and relationships and a consistent visible presence in their community.
Children The law and culture in our country presumes that the birth, adoptive, or foster family is the best source of protection from harm for a child. To assure that families can indeed protect their children, the following should be both available and easy to access:
If the family is unable to protect its child for any reason, then federal, state, and local child protection systems, services, and funding should be available, accessible, appropriate, affordable, and accountable to the child and, as appropriate, the family.
Whenever a federal, state, or local government agency acts to protect a child, it must do so in ways that are least intrusive into the child's and family's rights to privacy. These entities must protect children from abuse.
Adults The best protection for an adult needing such assistance usually comes from the person's family, community, and friends. However, when necessary, adult protective agencies or advocacy groups should also provide the needed services. As with children, the full force of the law should be applied to protect the individual from mistreatment. The law, as applied, should recognize the right of all adults to make and follow through on choices that do not put their own physical, emotional, mental, and financial well-being at great risk.
Board of Directors, AAIDD
September 21, 2009
Board of Directors, The Arc of the United States
October 29, 2009
Congress of Delegates, The Arc of the United States
November 14, 2009
Reviewed and extended without revision, 2015
*"People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities" refers to those defined by AAIDD classification and DSM IV. In everyday language they are frequently referred to as people with cognitive, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities although the professional and legal definitions of those terms both include others and exclude some defined by DSM IV.


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After Ebola – sweat it out
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden were photographed a couple of days ago out for a run with friends. Or whatever their version of running is. Over the weekend Nicole ran into Ebola Paris Hilton, the first time the two were spotted together publicly in a long time. As you know, since Nicole has had her children, she's pretty much stayed away from that piece of diseased sh-t.
But it was a Victoria's Secret party. And Joel and Benji Madden were DJ'ing. And Ebola showed up and pounced right away, engaging her former BFF in conversation – the photo is here, please click to see so we can play Photo Assumption.
Look at Nicole's face as she's talking to it.
It seems way more invested in the discussion. Like, omg what a great photo opp; people care about you, Nicole, more than they care about me these days; I need some of your rub. And meanwhile Nicole is praying for the viral exposure to be over, politely nodding, and covering her chest with one hand, trying to protect herself from infection, trying not to breathe the poison.
Nicole isn't stupid. She doesn't want the drama. So she's not going to publicly declare war. That would only serve its purposes. Hopefully she was trying her best to escape unscathed, no posing together on the carpet, and – so far at least – no follow-up outing with the paps attached. Instead, she went out right away for some exercise. To expel the toxins. Smart.
Be well Nicole. It will stop at nothing to suck itself back in.
Oh and by the way – just in case you've forgotten how vile it is, just in case you've forgotten that Ebola is indeed Ebola... Click here. That sh-t doesn't change. EVER. (Thanks Katie.)
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Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen may have a role in the next Harry Potter movie as a shape-shifting central banker.
Her speech from Jackson Hole on Friday morning was read as hawkish by some and as dovish by others.
Fed watchers in the media, who got the speech first, were split.
The explanation could be that Yellen, in the words of Laura Rosner, economist at BNP Paribas, "remained on the fence."
Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, complained that Yellen had thrown the unemployment rate under a bus.
The single best indicator of the labor market, the unemployment rate, has been dropped in favor of a new Fed staff developed index of 19 labor market indicators, one for each of the 19 Federal Open Market Committee members we guess.
(That's said in jest, by the way — the methodology is laid out here.)
Adrian Miller, an analyst with GMP Securities, said weakness in the 2-year note showed that bond market saw a hawkish tilt to the speech.
Josh Shapiro, chief economist at MFR, was singularly unimpressed:
After much discussion of all the factors that go into the Fed's analysis of the labor market, the "big" conclusions were that things have improved, but probably not by as much as the drop in the unemployment rate would indicate, and that the timing and pace of monetary policy normalization would depend in large part on the flow of economic data. Nothing new here, and certainly nothing meaty for markets to chew on. Resume your sleepy summer Friday.
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#Madonna Now Verified on Twitter
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In before Tony comes licking ass when he said years ago that being on twitter is stupid. Anyway, 5 years to late, who the fuck cares.ReplyDeleteReplies
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The Packers made a big splash in free agency by signing defensive end Julius Peppers after years of facing him twice a season with the Bears.
On Monday, the Packers landed another defensive lineman with NFC North experience. It is not nearly quite as big a splash this time around.
Letroy Guion's agent Thomas Kleine announced via Twitter that his client has signed in Green Bay. Guion visited with the Packers recently after making his first free agent visit to the Patriots.
Guion spent the last six years with the Vikings after he was a fifth-round pick in the 2008 draft and was a starter for the last two of those seasons. He recorded 52 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble over those years as a starter, but is likely to find himself in a reserve role now that he's in Green Bay. The Packers recently re-signed B.J. Raji to go with Mike Daniels, Datone Jones, Josh Boyd and Jerel Worthy up front.


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FAQ: Why Does It Take So Long to Find Users in the Assigned To and Primary Owner Fields?
In System Center 2012 – Service Manager we introduced the concept of a "Global Operators Group". This group can be used to limit the number of users that are being shown in fields like "Assigned To" and "Primary Owner" on the incident forms and similar fields on other work item forms. The idea here is… Read more


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I was tagged by Sarah to do this fun little question and answer. I feel I am very open here on RWS, but there is still a lot you probably don't know about me, so here we go!
Rules: 1 Post these rules
2: You must post 11 random things about yourself.
3. Answer the questions set for you in their post.
4. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
5. Go to their blog and tell them that you've tagged them.
6. No stuff in the tagging section about you are tagged if you are reading this. You legitimately have to tag 11 people.
11 random things about me…
1.) I like to sleep in the pitch black dark. If there is light in the room it's all I can focus on and I can't sleep!
2.) I crack my knuckles. I know, terrible habit. Fingers, toes, ankles, back…you name it!
3.) I am afraid of heights. I will never sky dive, bungee jump, or anything of the sort
4.) Sweet tea is my guilty pleasure
5.) When I get nervous, I clean.
6.) I am obsessed with making Shutterfly photobooks. I never print pictures…always Shutterfly.
7.) My cell phone is always attached to my hand. Because of the nature of my work, I need constant e-mail and phone access
8.) I am not spontaneous. I wish I was.
9.) When I was 5 I took ballet. I was not very good.
10.) My first car was a lime green new beetle that I drove for 6 years.
11.) My senior year of high school I was district MVP for volleyball, 1st team all district for basketball, and female athlete of the year for my school.
Questions for me:
1) What is one childhood secret you never told your mother? Well I wouldn't have told her but she found out. When I was 5 or so I didn't want to eat my peas so I hid them in my mom's Bible and then when she was singing in the choir, she sat down, opened her Bible for the sermon, and all the peas fell out and everyone was staring at her!
2) What is your idea of a romantic date? A tasty dinner, and then going for a walk or sitting outside on the porch just talking. I'm easy to please.
3) Would you rather spend a whole day shopping or cooking? Shopping! I love to bake but don't think I would enjoy doing it all day.
4) What is your favorite vacation spot? Disneyworld. Are you surprised?
5) If you could eat only 1 kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you eat? Something with cheese in it.
6) What is your dream job? I really do love my jobs! If I wasn't doing this, I would love to help people plan their weddings and events.
7)If you were to be remembered for one thing, what would you like it to be? That I loved God and loved others.
8) If you could re-live a day of your life again, which would it be and why? Either my wedding day or pretty much any day of vacation with my husband. We have so much fun together!
9) If you were given a $1000 gift card, where/how would you spend it? Probably Banana Republic or Kirklands.
10) What piece of clothing is a staple in your wardrobe? My running shoes! Oh, you mean "real" clothes? A layering tank. Tops are never long enough.
11) What is the weirdest food you have eaten? I am a very very picky eater and don't eat weird foods so I have no idea!
Questions for my friends:
1.) How long should you be engaged before you get married?
2.) Must read book?
3.) Biggest pet peeve?
4.) What is your dream job?
5.) crushed ice or cubed?
6.) Have you ever met anyone famous?
7.) Favorite summer Olympic sport to watch?
8.) Salty or sweet?
9.) Would you rather have an encounter with a bear or a mountain lion? Why?
10.) What was your favorite birthday party as a child?
11.) What size bed do you sleep in?
People I am tagging:
Karen, Janine, Kristyn, Tara, Megan, Amy, Heidi, Crystal, Lindsay, Julie, Rachel
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The OECD's Committee for Fisheries and the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department co-hosted a Workshop on the Challenges and Opportunities of Fisheries Globalisation in April 2007.
The purpose was to better understand the process of fisheries globalisation and to highlight the key risks and opportunities that policy makers need to address so that, on the one hand, the opportunities that are created are not missed while, on the other, the risks are addressed appropriately.
This publication presents a wide range of experiences and points of view from every part of the value chain of the fisheries industry, including fishers, processors, consumers, NGOs, restaurant and retail chains, as well as government and academic experts.
The Chair's Summary by Lori Ridgeway is available for further information on this publication.
Publication date 22 January 2008
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Table of Contents
Understanding How We Read and Write Today
Looking at the History of Words and Images
Using Beyond Words
Chapter 1 READING TEXTS
Identifying Subject Or Focus
Identify The Subject
Find Focal Points
Examine and Interpret The Details
Notice What's Missing
Considering Audience
Note How a Text Signals Its Audience
Assess the Level of the Message
Note the Demographics
Understand the Original or Intended Audience
Notice How the Audience Has Changed
Understanding Purpose
Understand Texts That Inform and Analyze
Understand Texts That Persuade
Understand Texts That Instruct and Entertain
Identifying Genres
Identify the Conventions of a Genre
Recognize Changing Conventions
Examining Media
Understand Media
Appreciate Language as a Medium
Understanding Contexts
Understand the Context
Explore Personal Associations
Examining Structure and Composition
Examine the Parts
Understanding and Reading Media
Manohia Dargis, Defending Goliath: Hollywood and the Art of the Blockbuster
*Nicholas Carr, Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
*Steven Pinker, Mind Over Mass Media
Chapter 2 Composing Texts
Choosing a Subject or Focus
Stretch Your Comfort Zone
Define Your Subject
Reaching An Audience
Know Your Audience
Figure Out What Your Audience Needs
Earn the Interest of Your Audience
Deciding On Your Purpose and Context
Understand an Assignment
Explain the Context of Your Project
Choosing a Genre and Structure
Writing a Description
Writing a Narrative
Writing a Comparison and/or Contrast Project
Writing a Report
Writing a Response or Position Paper
Preparing a Problem/Solution Project
Writing a Rhetorical Analysis
Writing an Ad Analysis
Writing an Argument
Preparing an Oral Presentation
Choosing A Medium
Choose the Spoken Word
Choose Written Words
Choose the Fine Arts
Choose the Graphic Arts
Choose Photography
Choose Film
Choose Video
Choose the World Wide Web
Choose Multimedia
Doing Research And Documenting Sources
Scope Out Your Topic
Be Methodical In Your Research
Use the Library
Use the Internet
Learn From Experts
Prepare a Field Observation
Synthesize Your Source Materials
Document Your Sources
Formatting the MLA Paper
Formatting the MLA Title Page
Formatting the MLA Works Cited Page
Revising And Editing
Evaluate and Revise Your Work
Sweat the Details
Project 2.1: Analyzing a Place
Student Project: Esteban Rodriguez, "Taquería Jalisco"
Chapter 3 Identities
Reading Texts about Identity
Gallery: Representations of Identity
Dorothea Lange, Drought Refugees Camping by the Roadside
*Damian Dovarganes, Yao Ming Announces Partnership with McDonalds
*Peter Byron, Young Boy Watching Violence on Television
• Mean Girls Movie Poster
Judy Syfers-Brady, Why I Want a Wife
Razanne Doll and Muslim Girl
Edward Hopper, Nighthawks
Gordon Parks, American Gothic
Cluster 3.1 Life Stories
*Sherman Alexie, How to Fight Monsters
Jim Goldberg, Images from Rich and Poor
Annie Dillard, from An American Childhood
Lan Tran, Lone Stars,
*Lise Sarfati, Images from Fashion Magazine, Austin Texas
Cluster 3.2 Bodies
Susan Bordo, The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies
*Colby Katz, Beauty Pageants
*Dave Zirin, Standing with Caster
* Figures on and off the Field
Josie Appleton, The Body Piercing Project
Uwe Krejci, Teenagers with Facial Piercings
Cluster 3.3 Sing the Body . . . Electric!
*Robert Risko, Illustration for "Of Glee I Sing" Vanity Fair
*James Wolcott, Of Glee I Sing
*Alonso Duralde, Once Upon a Time . . .,
*Disney Studios, Actor Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans, High School Musical/3
* Ramin Setoodeh, Straight Jacket
*Jane Lynch, Jonathan Groff, and Chris Colfer from Glee
*Lucas Hilderbrand, Stage Left: Glee and the Textual Politics of Difference
Writing About Identity
Project 3.1 Composing a Personal Memoir
Student Project
Ademilola Mojiminiyi, "My Hair Gets Curlier Faster than It Gets Longer"
Project 3.2 Researching and Profiling an Artist
Student Project
Billy Smith, "Gordon Parks: Using Photographs to Spark Social Change"
Chapter 4 Places
Reading Texts about Places
Gallery: Representations of Places
*Eastman Kodak, Kodak As You Go
*Dennis Stock, On Times Square and James Dean on the Farm of His Uncle 195
*NASA Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico, June 19, 2010
Terry Falke, Rustic Camper, Arches National Park
*Wrigley Rooftops
Melissa Ann Pinney, Disney World, Orlando Florida
*Scott Graham, St. Peter's Dome
*John Vachon, Worker at Carbon Black, Sunray, Texas 1940
*Thomas Hoepker, Photo taken from Brooklyn, NY September 11, 2001
Alice Attie, from Harlem in Transition
Cluster 4.1 Home on the Earth
*Henry David Thoreau, from Walden
*Title page from the 1854 edition of Walden
*Navaho chant, Song of the Earth
*Anne Spencer, Earth, I Thank You
*Edward Hoagland, A Peaceable Kingdom
*Google Earth, Riverhead, NY 2010
*Sharman Apt Russell, Apocalypse Not in My Backyard
Cluster 4.2 A Borderland
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, Tijuana , Mexico 2006
Charles Bowden, Our Wall
Benjamin Alire Saenz, War (in the City in Which I Live)
Joe Grossinger, from El Paso Street Art, 2007
*Flag of Mexico, and Daryl Cagle, Violence in Mexico, Aug. 29, 2010
*Daryl Cagle, My Mexican Flag Cartoon and Angry Readers
Cluster 4.3 Roads We Travel
Road Trip, Movie Poster
John Steinbeck, from The Grapes of Wrath
Bobby Troup, Route 66
Cadillac Ranch, 2007
Jack Kerouac, from On the Road
Jack Kerouac
Holland Cotter, On My Road
Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination
*Ramadan Rod Trip, CNN Belief Blog
*Aman Ali, Day 22: Ross, North Dakota , A Leap in Time
*Mosque in Ross, North Dakota
Writing About Places
*Project 4.1 Observing and Analyzing a Public Space
Student Paper: Kruti Parekh, "India: A Culinary Experience"
Project 4.2 Describing a Place
*Student Paper: Elizabeth Mashburn, "The Basement Room"
Project 4.3
Project 4.4
Project 4.5
Chapter 5 Design and Culture
Reading Texts about Design and Culture
Gallery: Design and Culture
* Designers Nexus Inc., Free Fashion Croqui Templates
Greg Marting, Giro Atmos Bicycle Helmet, 2003
*Nintendo Wii n Controller, 2006, and Sony Playstation Move, 2010
*Milton Glaser, Dylan
*Magimix Vision Toaster
*iPhone, Magic Mouse, iPad
* Obama Campaign Logo
Cluster 5.1The Dynamics of Design
*Kevin Kelly, Reading in a Whole New Way
*Logan Ward, With Ancient Arches, the Old is New Again
*Katja Heinemann, Vault201 at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
*P. J. O'Rourke, Make Mine a Jeep,
*Brett Affrunti, Wrangler Rubicon
*Christine Rosen, Awe and the Machine,
Three-Three Designers, First Things First Manifesto 2000
Cluster 5.2 If the Shoe Fits . . . Fashioning Culture
*Design sketch by Diane Mulleavy for the character Odile and a still from the film Black Swan. From VF.com, January 7, 2011.
*Laurie Penny, Curves Ahead is Hardly Progress
*Lisa Hilton, So What if I'm Skinny?,
*Cruel Feet?
*American Apparel: Legalize LA and Legalize Gay
*Jennifer 8. Lee, The Moral Costs of Counterfeiting
*Fashion Advertisements from 1972, 1988, and 2010
Writing About Design and Culture
Project 5.1Analyzing the Design of an Everyday Text
Sean Kamperman, "Sandals Signify", Sean Kamperman
Project 5.2 Studying Design and Its Contexts
STUDENT PROJECT, Sean Nixon, "The Transformation of American Architecture during the 1920s and 1930s"
Project 5.3
Project 5.4
Project 5.5
Chapter 6 Media
Reading Texts about Media
Gallery: Messages in the Media
Got Milk?
Crowd Gathered Outside An Outdoor TV Set in India
Presidential Jet Flyover
*Luis Sinco, Marlboro Marine
Philip Greenberg, Viagra Model Car
*Twitter messages on a smart phone (Getty [date?])
Lewis Hine, Girl Worker in Cotton Mill
*Jonathan ElderfieldLife is simple in the East Village, Houston Street
Cluster 6.1 Music in the Media
*Jeff Chang, Fight the Power Jeff Chang
*Lif Wayne, Tha Carter III CD
*Tanny Oler, Ladies' Camp Rock
*Alissa Quart, Music Lessons
*Elvis Presley Dancing
Cluster 6.2 The Games People Play
*Simon Dumenco, Game Theory: How (and Why) Facebook, Twitter, etc., Became Recess for Grown-ups
Scene for from Grand Theft Auto
*Michelle Goodman Gaming Tree: How Gamers Might Help Bring About Social Change
*James Gee Video Games: What They Can Teach Us About Audience Engagement
*Michelle Newman,Teens Participating in a Bowling Tournament
*Emily Parrino, Members of the Wii Bowling Team at an Assisted Living Facility
Cluster 6.3 Media Goes Online
*Sheryr Turkle, Digital Demands: The Challenges of Constant Connectivity
*Claudio, Alvarez, Kindle User in a Bookstore
* The Onion, Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book
*Christine Greenhow and Jeff Reifman, Engaging Youth in Social Media: Is Facebook the New Media Frontier
*Twitter Messages Documenting and Promoting Protests in Iran
Writing About Media
Project 6.1 Composing a Web Essay
STUDENT PROJECT Hannah Easley, Sound and Medium in No Country for Old Men
Project 6.2 Composing a Photo Essay
Student Project: Michael Lee, "Images of History: The Hmong"
Additional Writing Projects
Chapter 7 Science and Society
Reading Texts about Science and Society
Gallery: Technology and Science
Nasa, Blue Marble, 1972
*Crowdsourced Bird Sightings
*The Economist, Public Acceptance of Evolution
Photos: Images of Genetically Engineered Animals
*Airport Body Scan Image., U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
*Speak2Tweet Application., Google; Twitter
*Car Parts Incubator., Design That Matters
Cluster 7.1Our Watery Ways
*David Usborne, Bottled Out, (2007)
*Kitt Doucette, An Ocean of Plastic (2009)
*San Jose Mercury News, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
*Stomach Contents of Fledgling Albatross.
*Lester R. Brown, Warmer World, Savage Storms,
*Sumatran Coast Before and After tsunami.
Smiley N. Pool, Flooded School Buses
*Elizabeth Royte, The Last Drop: We May Not Get All the Water We Want, But We Can Have the Water We Need
*Alain Buu, Images from the Photo Story, "Water Wars".
Cluster 7.2 This is Your Brain on. . . .
*Susan Greenfield, Modern Technology is Changing the Way Our Brains Work
*Steven Johnson, Yes, People Still Read, but Now It's Social
*Subnetwork., Yorgy Buzsaki and Attila Sik
*Karen Bleier, Facebook Friends
*Patrick Tucker, Prospects for Brain-Computer Interfacing,
*Neil Reynolds, One Robot,
* Stephan De Sakutin Animal Test Subject and Human Test Subject
Writing About Science and Society
Project 7.1 Explaining a New Development in Technology or Science
STUDENT PROJECT, Beau Faulkner, "Year Zero: A Viral Marketing Promotion"
Project 7.2 Connecting Science To Culture
Julia Berkelhammer, Angel Cockerham, Michelle Kasprak, Alyssa Tedder, and Taylor Warren, "Schizophrenia: A Beautiful Fight"
Additional Projects
Chapter 8 Politics
Reading Texts About Politics
Gallery: Politics
Political bumper stickers
*Charles Dharapak, Health Care Overhaul
Todd Heisler, Reno , Nevada
* Cartoon re: Christine O'Donnell Senate Campaign Ad, I'm You
* Campaign photo Joe Manchin Senate Campaign Ad, Dead Aim
*Good, Is College Still Affordable?
*Volume, Inc., San Francisco , AIGA Get Out the Vote Campaign,
Cluster 8.1 Media Matters
*President Obama on The View and The Daily Show
*Larry Rosen, The Daily Show Effect: Attracting Young Voters to Politics One Joke at a Time
*Sarah Palin's Alaska, TLC
*Victor David Hanson, The New Sophists
*Mike Keefe, The Denver Post cartoon
*Aaron Sorkin, In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose Had It Coming
*Taylor Jones, "I Won,"(cartoon)
*Jack Shafer, In Defense of Inflamed Rhetoric
*No Labels, The No Labels Statement of Purpose
Cluster 8.2 Food Fights
Kim Severson, "Be It Ever So Homespun, There's Nothing Like Spin"
Michael Pollan, "Why Bother?
Photos: Lauren Greenfield, Images from Thin and Camp Shane
*Greg Hubacek, Dead Weight
*Jennifer Bleyer, Hipsters on Food Stamps
*Kyle Smith, Politicians Want to Tax Us Thin
Cluster 8.3 Car Wars
*Jorg Greuel and Good, Car Wreck in Monument Valley
*Thomas L. Friedman, Their Moon Shot and Ours
*IBD Editorial Gov't Motors' Electric Edsel
*Jamie Kitman, Drive vs. Fly
*Oliver Munday and Good, Saving Money by Cutting Traffic
The New York City Street Memorial Project
Andrew Hinderaker, Ghost Bike Memorial
*Farhad Manjoo, Don't Worry, The Robot's Driving
*Chris Matyszczyk, Google's new robot car: Crazy good or crazy crazy?
Writing About Politic
Project 8.1 Analyzing a Political Argument
Student Project: Jonathan Butler "Visual Images of National Identity: British and French Propaganda Posters of the Great War
Project 8.2 Creating a Public Service Announcement
Student Project: Meixia Huang, "Pay Attention to Them"
Additional Projects
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When it comes to commercial real estate on the South Fork, rumors abound. Come winter, with many shops closed, tongues wag about which are coming and which are going. Don't necessarily listen to the scuttlebutt.
"Wintertime in the Hamptons is so quiet that if a store or restaurant closes for a day, the rumor is it's closing for good," said Hal Zwick, an agent who specializes in commercial properties at Town and Country Real Estate. "It's almost like telephone: By the time it gets to the fifth person, it's totally wrong."
An example is the buzz that the Elie Tahari store at one of the East Hampton Village shopping district's prime locations is moving. Not so, according to Mr. Zwick. Mr. Tahari "owns six or seven buildings in the village," including 1 Main Street, which houses his own fare and which he purchased in 2006 or 2007. There was some talk about the fashion mogul and his ex-wife selling a house, Mr. Zwick said, which may have sparked the falsehood.
Then there was the rumor that Bobby Flay had bought Espresso, the small, popular Italian deli in Sag Harbor. "Espresso has been sold," Mr. Zwick said, with the closing to take place in two weeks, but not to Mr. Flay. "Really great local people have bought it," he said, although he declined to name names. Also in Sag Harbor, Madison and Main, a restaurant that was on the market almost as soon as it opened its doors, has been bought by Doppio Artisan Bistro, a trattoria with locations in Huntington, Greenwich, Conn., and the city. It will open in the spring offering specialty pizzas.
Another bit of scuttlebutt across town has proved correct, however. Christopher Fischer, a cashmere retailer, has closed its East Hampton boutique (although it is staying on in Southampton), and Lisa Perry, a fashion designer with a flagship store on Madison Avenue, will be taking over. Farther north on Main Street, the Roberta Freymann shop is staying put. With branches in California, Florida, New York, and other locations, the designer known for her global style seems to appeal to shoppers here.
Juicy Couture, however, on Newtown Lane, is becoming a Kate Spade outpost. That's not surprising, since they are part of the same conglomerate. A headline last year in Forbes blared, "Kate Spade Is a Brand Ready to Boom Around the World."
Linda Lee, a landlord with several East Hampton stores, has rented most of them. Her space occupied by Catherine Malandrino, which is next to Cittanuova, has been leased by Zimmermann, a purveyor of edgy swimwear. Her storefront down the next-door alley will be the new office of West Chin Architect, a firm with an office on Lower Fifth Avenue that is known for the residences of Amber Valetta and Ed Burns and Christy Turlington. Ms. Lee's store at 23 Newtown Lane will be taken over by Sunbarth, a beachy fashion line that brings the St. Barth's lifestyle north. Nearby, the shop that was formerly Steph's Stuff is to become part of what is said to be a worldwide chain of "luxurious and decadent" cosmetics called Orogold.
While much has been snapped up in the village, there are still several empty commercial spaces. Outdoors, in the Reutershan parking lot at 30 Park Place, which calls itself a "beach entertainment shop," will be leaving and the space will be available. Ms. Lee has two spaces farther up Newtown Lane, one of which housed a hair salon, the other a gallery.
Retail Store E at 66 Newtown Lane near Mecox Gardens and the Drawing Room, in what was formerly Big Drop, is on the market for $138,000 for a year's lease. At 11 Muchmore Lane, a 1910 house off Newtown Lane, the law firm of Dayton, Voorhees, and Balsam has just vacated the downstairs office, with the possibility that a new firm could expand into the upstairs apartment.
Back on Main Street, JanGeorge, an interior design studio and shop selling antiques and modern furniture, opened at number 55 in early March.
But the huge storefront that housed Tiffany & Co. — all 4,200 square feet of it — is still available. Ditto for the space that housed Valentine Gallery before it moved to a smaller location on Newtown Lane. The landlord of the Tiffany space is asking $425,000 per year for a long-term lease, and, according to Mr. Zwick, it is harder to get anyone to commit for larger properties. But, he said, "Anything under 2,000 square feet rented immediately." In fact, there were bidding wars on a couple of properties.
Moving westward, the new owners of the former bowling alley have been unable to rent it to retailers yet, though Mr. Zwick said, "Discussions are going on."
The large restaurant that was the Beach House, and, for a short time, the Players Club, has had three offers, but the owners are appealing the possibility that its commercial status may have reverted to residential because of the time it has been empty.
The Highway Diner, which had an initial burst of activity when it opened in 2012, is on the market asking $650,000 for the 13 years left on the lease, but will continue to do business if the lease isn't taken over. The vacant space next to Sherwin-Williams Paint will rent out momentarily, according to brokers.
In Bridgehampton, in response to the rage for fresh juices, a Juice Press will be opening its second smoothie bar next to Starbucks, a space formerly occupied by Fill-R-Up, a gift shop. Its other location is in Southampton. Hampton Briggs Antiques has replaced Black Swan Antiques, which has moved to 26 Main Street in Sag Harbor. Peter Marcelle has moved his gallery to 4 North Main in Southampton.
All in all, the commercial demand is considered higher than since 2007. "There's been a shift to where landlords and sellers have had a little more leverage than since the recession," Mr. Zwick said. However, haggling has been gentlemanly. "Negotiations have been tense, but there's been a realistic meeting of minds."


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Catholic Health Initiatives partnered with MedShare to deliver an aid shipment to the Indigenous Peoples' Hospital in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. View video here
From Sister Norman Manzano, Hospital Administrator; "Providing access to specialized treatment and care to the approximately 60,000 indigenous people living in the Diocese of Bayombong is the most significant need. These tribal peoples are some of the most marginalized and impoverished in the Philippines. They have been forced to subsist in remote, mountain villages as more and more of their land is taken for commercial endeavors, such as mining, logging, and construction of dams. They live a simple, agrarian lifestyle. The absence of a road network makes accessing services particularly challenging. Cases of emergencies often results to irreversible health deficit or death. They do not have health insurance coverage and are often turned away because of inability to pay for services. The provision of the basic preventive health services, such as immunizations and antenatal care, remains a challenge. Detection and proper management of communicable diseases, like TB, are exceedingly difficult."
MedShare is proud to collaborate with CHI to deliver over 1,100 boxes of medical supplies to enable the Outpatient Clinic to begin treating patients from the impoverished, indigenous population of Nueva Vizcaya.


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A 'mobile first' approach to educational technology
'Mobile devices' are increasingly to be found in schools, and utilized for learning purposes, around the world. In most cases, related discussions taking place in ministries of education focus on the use of portable tablets and small laptops as complements to, and extenders of, existing approaches to the use of technology to help meet a whole host of education and learning objectives. At the same time, mobile devices of many other sorts -- most notably the mobile phone -- are proliferating at a much greater rate in larger society. Linkages between the devices being used outside of schools, and the technology to be found within schools, are often quite tenuous, where they exist at all.
Policies and plans related to the use of our current generation of electronic mobile devices are sometimes considered in ways distant or divorced from the way that the previous generation of 'mobile devices' was used in education: books, notebooks, pencils. At other times, they are considered in exactly the same way, as if the new opportunities and affordances appearing as a result of technological advances are best considered as mere adjuncts to, or continuations of, some of the approaches and practices which have marked and defined what has happened in schools over the past one hundred years or so.
Is there really anything different (potentially) going on now,
and if so, what might this be,
and why (and how) might we care about this difference)?
I just returned from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world's largest exhibition and conference for the mobile industry, in which over 75,000 people representing mobile phone network operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world gather to do business, announce new products and services, and discuss What's Next. In addition to walking through the acres of exhibition space, attending briefing sessions and meetings on activities and developments all over the world, and listening to lots of well-rehearsed marketing messages, the specific reason for my attendance at this year's event was to make a speech at the MWC's official ministerial programme, an event for senior government officials featuring debates and knowledge sharing sessions on a variety of topics of related interest. In case it might be of any interest to a wider audience (the ministerial programme itself was a closed event, not open to the public), I present below my speech below. One of the animating impulses behind the EduTech blog is to try, in a decidedly small and modest way, to promote greater transparency and openness by sharing some of the conversations and themes and perspectives that are being discussed 'behind closed doors' in various places in a more public forum. With that in mind ...