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|Saving the World (Compulsive Hoarding)
"Saving the World"
By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
I was recently reminded of a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) known as "compulsive hoarding" when a patient brought me an article from a British newspaper that jokingly looked into the homes of several people afflicted with this problem. The reporter, in his ignorance, seemed to think it humorous that these homes were knee-deep in possessions, papers, broken or useless things, or just plain trash. Even in our own country, those who compulsively hoard and collect are sometimes kiddingly referred to as "pack rats," and they are laughed at as being eccentrics.
Unfortunately, compulsive hoarding is no joke. It can in fact be quite excruciating, just like any form of OCD. When you look closely at the lives of compulsive hoarders, there is no doubt that they can become incapacitated and disabled by their habits, and their lives frequently become disorganized and unmanageable. Their home lives can be rather isolated, and socializing is often a problem. They are unable to have visitors or even repairmen come into their homes, due to the serious embarrassment they would feel at having someone see the clutter.
Hoarders may collect large quantities of old newspapers and magazines, greeting cards, bottles, junk mail, plastic containers, broken appliances, old clothes, shoes, furniture, etc. They not only save broken and useless things, they also tend to save quantities of stuff that can greatly go beyond what a person could possibly ever need. This could include buying things such as soap or paper goods several cases at a time, or dozens of an item that might be on sale, but which most people would only own one of.
Typical symptoms of compulsive hoarding could include any or several of the following:
Actually, the urge to hoard and collect may well be strongly instinctive in many species. The familiar sights of squirrels storing seeds and acorns and birds gathering nesting materials tell us that humans are certainly not alone when it comes to collecting and saving. Among our fellow human beings, we can observe a whole range of such behaviors, both positive and negative. However, when it is expressed through OCD, it may be that an instinctive program we all carry in our brains has been inappropriately activated. This may resemble trichotillomania, where it has been theorized that grooming instincts are wrongly turned on.
I have observed that one of the main reasons for hoarding is this: a fear that if things are thrown away, they will almost certainly be needed one day, but will be gone for good. This loss will then lead to some kind of serious hardship or deprivation. This symptom is due to the chronic doubt which is a hallmark of OCD (it used to be known as 'The Doubting Diseasde' in the nineteenth century). Because of this, many hoarders seem to lack the ability to discriminate between what is truly useless and what isn't. Ironically, hoarders rarely use, much less look through, the things they save. Even when they do search through their piles and heaps, they are usually unable to find what they are looking for.
There are some who hoard for what seem like sentimental reasons they keep many or most of their old belongings. One adult patient of mine had all of her childhood toys, as well as all the clothes she had ever owned since she was a youngster. There may be a number of reasons behind such behavior. One may be superstitious bad luck may occur if they let go of any of these things. Another may be the previously mentioned fear of the loss of something needed one day. Such doubts may be further compounded if the individual is reluctant to grow up or has some reason for not wanting to give up or lose their past.
A different type of hoarding seems to relate more closely to the sort of hyperresponsible thinking often seen in OCD. Here, hoarders save things they believe will be useful to others rather than themselves. They would feel guilty and worry about being neglectful if they didn't have these things around for others who might need them someday. They may also feel guilty if they don't save a potentially useful item that could be repaired or recycled rather than discarded or wasted. In reality, no one ever really needs the things they save, and most of the things saved never get repaired or are too damaged to be fixed in any case. Being constantly reminded to save the environment and to be more green certainly doesn't help theswe individuals.
Some who appear to hoard actually don't save things for their own sake. Their obsessive doubts cause a fear that, when throwing trash away, something important will be thrown out with it by mistake. These people compulsively thumb through every page of newspapers or magazines, and they double-check the seams of paper bags, boxes, and envelopes to be certain they have not thrown out money, jewelry, or important papers. Throwing things out can involve hours of searching and checking. This can become so difficult and time-consuming, that they may eventually just stop throwing things away altogether: This type of saving may not really be true hoarding, but something more like a type of double-checking. I like to refer to it as pseudo-hoarding.
Compulsive hoarders can accumulate such large amounts of things that they create storage problems and fire hazards. In particular, huge stacks of papers, excessive furniture, old clothing, non-working appliances, etc., can quickly overwhelm a house or apartment. The range of items saved can include something potentially useful such as reusable containers, except that hoarders may have hundreds of them. The other end of the range may include such unlikely things as cigarette ashes, pet hairs, or used tissues. Entire rooms become completely unusable. I know of people who have been evicted or threatened with eviction due to the large amounts they have collected. Some hoarder's properties are declared to be public nuisances by their local governments. In such cases, the local authorities may conduct a cleanup on their own, and bill the unfortunate sufferer. Luckily, some towns and counties are becoming more educated about these problems, and are dealing with them in more humane ways. Local problems aren't the end of it. I also know of divorces resulting from a spouse refusing to live under such overwhelmingly disorganized conditions. I have seen hoarders threatened by state child protective services with the loss of their children when it was thought that unsafe or unsanitary living conditions were seen as a source of potential harm. Several years ago in our area, a case was reported of a woman who burned to death in a house filled with newspapers.
In the most extreme cases, homes can almost look as if they have been vandalized, with floors covered with debris and rooms filled to overflowing with boxes and bags full of possessions. The most famous example of a compulsive hoarder was Langley Collyer who, between 1933 and 1948, filled a mansion on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan with 120 tons of refuse, junk, and human waste. He would prowl the streets of Manhattan at night looking for items to rescue from the trash. Both he and his invalid brother, Homer, were found dead among possessions that included 11 pianos and all the components of a Model T Ford. Langley was actually crushed by a falling heap of heavy items he had rigged as a booby trap for burglars.
There are other types of hoarding, such as having to make a "complete" collection of a particular item to get a sense of "perfect" closure. There is "mental" hoarding, which is having to memorize all informa-tion on a particular topic. There is also the hoarding of memories or experiences. These symptoms seem to overlap with the problem of compulsive perfectionism. It is not unusual for some hoarders to buy and save large amounts of useful things that they then must maintain in a pristine and perfect condition. The items may be carefully wrapped, packaged, and stored away, never to be touched by anyone. Ironically, many of the saved items often deteriorate after years in storage, becoming totally unusable. Certain types of compulsive buying may be related to hoarding, depending upon what is done with the purchase.
Proper treatment for compulsive hoarding relies heavily on behavioral techniques. Hoarders need to be encouraged to gradually discard items that they find harder and harder to part with. A therapist may have to accomplish several goals: first, visit the home in order to survey the dimensions of the problem; second, determine the order in which things need to be tackled; and third, assist in the throwing-out process if the person can't seem to get started or is too great a procrastinator. I have sometimes encouraged people to begin by bringing bags of belongings to my office to start the discarding process.
Hoarders also need to be given guidelines for what is to be saved or discarded, now and in the future. We often use a "two-year rule." This states that if you haven't used it, worn it, or read it in the last two years, you don't need it. This obviously doesn't include valuables, heirlooms, or tools used only for special purposes. Some need even more specific rules. Most are discouraged from keeping more than the current week's newspapers or the latest issues of magazines, and articles are saved rather than entire issues. Mail must be sorted the day it arrives. Many also need help in organizing important personal papers and bills, and the purchase of filing cabinets is encouraged. In some cases, a therapist may also employ the services of a professional organizer to assist the sufferer in learning to manage their homes and possessions.
In serious cases, medication may help a sufferer approach the therapy process with less anxiety and fewer obsessional worries. It can also relieve serious depression that robs someone of the energy needed to clean house. The usual antidepressant drugs shown to help OCD are recommended. It is important to find a psychiatrist who is sympathetic and experienced in the treatment of OCD, which can take a certain amount of expertise to do properly.
With determination and support, hoarding can be conquered. I have seen people clean up some of the worst accumulations and keep them cleared up. There is no cure, however. In order to stay well, hoarders must learn to think differently and to keep up their new habits. Interestingly, upon recovering, the hoarder's reaction is often one of relief rather than anxiety. If this is your problem, get help. You don't have to drown in a sea of possessions and junk.
If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about OCD, take a look at his self-help book, "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well," (Oxford University Press, 2000). You can learn more about it at www.ocdbook.com
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In this article, we will look at what variable fonts are, how we can use them in our work, and the potential possibilities they entail. But to understand what they offer, first we must explore how typography and font loading currently work on the web.
The terms font and typeface are used interchangeably in the developer industry. However there is a difference: A typeface includes an entire family of designs, such as the Roboto typeface. Meanwhile a font is one of the digital files of that family, like "Roboto Bold" or "Roboto Italic." In other words, a typeface is what you see, and the font is what you use.
Above: Roboto was designed and developed by Christian Robertson. On the left, a specimen of the Roboto typeface. On the right different fonts within the Roboto family.
Challenges for the Designer and Developer
When a graphic designer prepares their work, they typically export the final artwork in a way that either embeds all of the fonts used, or they provide an export archive that contains all of the assets used separately, a bit like a basic website. The cost to the designer depends on the suitability of the typeface for the rendering context (is it legible at small sizes, for example) and the license to use the fonts.
On the web, we have to consider both aspects, plus the associated bandwidth costs. For every member of a typeface family used in our designs, we have had to require another font file to be downloaded by our users before they can see that text. Only including the Regular and Bold styles, plus their italic counterparts, can amount to 500k or more of data. This has been a sticking point for web designers and developers, as a richer typographic experience comes at a cost. This is even before we have dealt how the fonts are rendered, and the fallback or delayed-loading patterns we are going to use (such as "FOIT" and "FOUT").)
Anatomy of a variable font
A variable font is a collection of master styles, with one central 'default' master (usually the Regular font style) and multiple registered "axes" which tie the central master to the other masters. For example, the Weight axis might connect a Light style master to the default style and through to the Bold style master. The individual styles that can be located along this axis are called instances.
For example, the variable font Amstelvar has three masters for its Weight axis: The Regular master is at the center, and two masters, thinner and bolder, are at the opposite ends of the axis. Between these there are potentially 200 instances that can be chosen by the designer or developer:
The OpenType specification) specifies other axis, such as Width, Optical Size, Italic and Slant. All of these axes share the same default master, and we can combine them to explore an exponential number of typographic styles, like powers of 2, 3 and 4 do to numbers.
Amstelvar also has three masters in a Width axis: Again the Regular is at the center of the axis, and two masters, narrow and wider, are at the opposite ends of this axis. These not only provide all the widths of the Regular style, but also all the widths and weights combined.
Among Amstelvar's registered axes (width, weight and optical size) there are thousands of styles. This may seem like massive overkill, but consider that Amstelvar only supports the Latin writing system. Considering the needs of all the world's scripts, and many of today's typography applications, the quality of the reading experience can be remarkably enhanced by this diversity of type styles within a font. And, if it is without performance penalty, the user can use a few or as many styles as they wish – it's up to their design.
Italics are slightly different
The way that Italics are handled in variable fonts is interesting, as there are two difference approaches. Typefaces like Helvetica or Roboto have interpolation compatible contours, so their Roman and Italic styles can be interpolated between and the Slant axis can be used to get from Roman to Italic.
Other typefaces (such as Garamond, Baskerville, or Bodoni) have Roman and Italic glyph contours that are not interpolation compatible. For example, the contours that typically define a Roman lowercase "n" do not match the contours used to define an Italic lowercase "n". Instead of interpolating one contour to the other, the Italic axis toggles from Roman to Italic contours.
After the switch to Italic, the axes available to the user should be the same as those for the Roman, just as the character set should be the same.
A glyph substitution capability can also be seen for individual glyphs, and used anywhere in the design space of a variable font. For example, a dollar sign design with two vertical bars works best at larger point sizes, but at smaller point sizes a design with only one bar is better. When we have fewer pixels for rendering the glyph, a two bar design can become illegible. To combat this, much like the Italic axis, a glyph substitution of one glyph for another can occur along the Optical Size axis at a point decided by the type designer.
In summary, where the contours allow for it, type designers can create fonts that interpolate between various masters in a multi-dimensional design space. This gives you granular control over your typography, and a great deal of power.
Axes Definitions
Since the font developers define which axes are available in their fonts, it is essential to check the font's documentation to know what is available. For example, in the Gingham variable font designed by Christoph Koeberlin, there are two axes available, Width and Weight. The Amstelvar variable font does not contain a Slant axis, but does have an axis it calls Grade, plus many more axes.
A Grade axis is interesting as it changes the weight of the font without changing the widths, so line breaks does not change. By playing with a Grade axis, you can avoid being forced to fiddle with changes to Weight axis that effects the overall width, and then changes to the Width axis that effect the overall weight. This is possible because the Amstelvar default style has been deconstructed in the 4 fundamental aspects of form: black or positive shapes, white or negative shapes, and the x and y dimensions. These 4 aspects can be mixed to form the other styles, such as Width and Weight, in the way that primary colors can be mixed to create any other color.
You can view the working example and source code for the above sample here.
The five registered axes plus Grade have 4-character tags that are used to set their values in CSS:
|Axis names and CSS values
|Optical Size
In order to add a variable font first we must link it, as with any custom font;
@font-face {
font-family: 'AmstelvarAlpha';
src: url('../fonts/AmstelvarAlpha-VF.ttf');
The way we define an axis value is by using the CSS property
which has a series of values that pair the axis tag with an instance location:
#font-amstelvar {
font-family: 'AmstelvarAlpha';
font-variation-settings: 'wdth' 400, 'wght' 98;
You can view the working example and source code for the above sample here.
Responsibility of the typesetter
Setting the axes values comes down to personal taste and applying typographic best practices. The danger with any new technology is possible misuse, and settings that are overly artistic or exploratory could also decrease legibility of the actual text. For titles, exploring different axes to create great artistic designs are exciting, but for body copy this risks making the text illegible.
One great example of artistic expression is shown above, an explorations of the typeface Decovar by Mandy Michael.
You can view the working example and source code for the above sample here.
There is also a possibility to explore animating characters with variable fonts. Above is an example of different axes being used with the typeface Zycon. See the live animation example on Axis Praxis.
Variable fonts performance gains
OpenType variable fonts allow us to store multiple variations of a type family into a single font file. Monotype ran an experiment by combining 12 input fonts to generate eight weights, across three widths, across both the Italic and Roman styles. Storing 48 individual fonts in a single variable font file meant a 88% reduction in file size.
On the flip side, if you are animating the font between settings, this may cause the browser performance issues. Learn more about this on Surma's Supercharged.
With variable fonts, app and website makers can offer really rich typography experiences that express each brand, without the previous bandwidth and latency costs. However, if you are using a single font such as Roboto Regular and nothing else, you might see a net gain in font size if you were to switch to a variable font with many axes. As always, it depends on your use-case.
Fallbacks and browser support
Current support is limited, but variable fonts will work today out of the box in Chrome and Safari, with support coming soon to Edge 17 and Firefox. See caniuse.com for more details.
It is possible to use @supports in your CSS to create a viable fallback:
@supports (font-variation-settings: 'wdth' 200) {
@font-face {
/* https://github.com/TypeNetwork/Amstelvar */
font-family: AmstelvarAlpha;
src: url('../fonts/AmstelvarAlpha-VF.ttf');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
#font-amstelvar {
font-family: AmstelvarAlpha;
font-variation-settings: 'wdth' 400, 'wght' 98;
This article would have only been made possible with the help of the following people:
- David Berlow, type designer and typographer at Font Bureau
- Laurence Penney, developer of axis-praxis.org
- Mandy Michael
- Dave Crossland, Program Manager, Google Fonts

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As a chef, I am always looking for the perfect balance in my dishes, whether it's rich versus acid, sweet versus sour or soft verses crunchy. It's the same with drinks. It's always about the steps and the layers that create the final perfect product.
I've heard our transtasman neighbours have brewing and distilling down to a fine art and I'm keen to test that reputation ... and the best way to do that is by visiting one of South Australia's cutting-edge boutique breweries.
We are all familiar with the big-name Aussie beers but my mission takes me to McLaren Vale, a 45-minute drive south of Adelaide.
McLaren Vale has always had a rich history in grape growing. As early as 1850, the historic Hardy and Seaview wineries were in operation and today more than 60 cellar doors can be explored, many accessed by bike on one of several wine and food trails - which I'll be checking out later.
My first stop is Ekhidna Kitchen & Cellar Door, a relatively new offering in the region with tastings of wine, beer and a fantastic food menu available to try six days a week. Ekhidna offers visitors a sampling of nine styles of beer and cider, including a popular ginger beer. The brews are preservative free and kettle cooked, so what you get depends on what's freshly brewed at the time, making the experience special every time you visit.
After a delicious lunch and couple of tastings, I decide to park the car and test out these wine and food trails by bike. Following the 6.5km Shiraz Trail, I weave my way past vineyards and restaurants out to the McLaren Vale Beer Company and its new Willunga Brewery. I love the fact you can stop and have a glass of wine or beer, then bike off again. If you decide you want to purchase wine they even offer a wine freight service to Adelaide so you can ship it on from there.
The McLaren Vale Beer Company is a gateway brewery, designed to entice beer drinkers away from the mainstream brands. It is that little bit edgy but large enough to carve out an enviable slice of this niche market.
Owner Josh Stuart introduces me to head brewer Jeff Wright. I've seen a lot of breweries but nothing beats being taken on the journey with the main man in a small brewery where you can witness each stage of what makes a great beer.
I see how the barley is toasted and how the flavour and colour are created and added to the beer, through to hops being sprinkled into the fermenting tanks to increase the lager's hoppy bitterness.
I learn that New Zealand hops make up 50 per cent of the hops Australians use in their lagers. It seems like one of our best-kept secrets - that Nelson produces hops for breweries around the world, including giants such as Guinness.
McLaren Vale started with its signature Vale Ale and it was soon on tap and in stores in many states. It added a Vale Dry lager and an IPA and then its seasonal keg-only experimental ales which have included US-inspired brown ale with lots of rich malt flavour and big hops, a fruity number in the tradition of the Belgian withier style and full bodied and creamy, and its first experimental beer, an oatmeal stout with a shot of nitro for added creaminess.
My favourite beer type is Indian Pale Ale, aka IPA. With the blend of the toasted barley and its higher alcohol content with extra hops, it is an easy drinking beer. No surprise, then, that this is the number one consumed beer in Aussie.
Having seen firsthand the effort that goes into this process, it just makes it taste all that much better. Cheers!
Suggested food match for Vale beers: Roast chicken with light gravy.
Food and wine Indulgence
McLaren Vale is known as a boutique wine region where "the vines meet the sea", with great vineyard restaurants and a relaxed coastal lifestyle. It also offers a choice of fresh produce, including its famous almond and olive groves, all of which can be tasted at the Willunga Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. Visit Producers of McLaren Vale for hands-on food and wine workshops, including cheese making, vineyard walks, olive grove tours and sparkling wine making. Or try the food at the Victory Hotel or the pizza at Russell's Pizza, open on Fridays and Saturdays.
Two Day McLaren Vale Itinerary
Day 1: Devote the day to great food and wine. Start by picking up a hamper of delicious cheeses at Blessed Cheese before heading on a wine trail, calling in at Coriole, Wirra Wirra, Samuels Gorge and Primo Estate wineries. Enjoy lunch at one of the cellar door restaurants or the Star of Greece Cafe, perched on the cliffs overlooking Port Willunga bay. Pick up a bike in McLaren Vale and cycle one of the many trails. The 17km Shiraz Trail between McLaren Vale and Willunga is a great way to work off some of the day's indulgence. Overnight in McLaren Vale.
Day 2: Start your McLaren Vale tour by picking up a Tour Genie GPS from the Visitor Information Centre and take off along the Fleurieu Way. This 235km touring route weaves around the peninsula and provides a blend of attractions, taking in the coastal towns of Victor Harbor, Port Elliot and Goolwa. Take a cruise in the Coorong, jump aboard the Cockle Train or watch whales as they come close to shore between May and October. Alternatively, follow the Fleurieu Peninsula Arts Trail and pick up some souvenirs from the art and craft spots around the region. Overnight in McLaren Vale.
Mike Van de Elzen travelled to South Australia with the assistance of Tourism Australia, the South Australia Tourism Commission and Air New Zealand. See Australia Passion: Food and Wine.
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One of my favorite bloggers, Heidi Butkus, brought up a great subject (well, for teachers of young children anyway) today on HeidiSongs Facebook Fan Page:
Then a teacher said that glue was her "arch nemesis" and wanted to know how the rest of us get our children to use glue appropriately. Of course, many of us use sayings and songs to try to avoid the never-drying globs and the messy glue all over the table, but what else can we do? Then it happened...I was inspired (as I always am by the blogging world...thanks, as always) to create the Top Secret Glue Procedures for Beginning Gluers:
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Alice Phillips
September 3rd, 2014, 11:18 AM
I am a regular user of the "flog" function on the USMS site. In the previous years in which I have used it, I have always been able to stay logged in (except for very infrequent times when I was asked to re-login, such as once I cleaned my cache). In other words I keep the USMS site on my favorites bar, and then click on it, which immediately takes me to the page listing the flog, discussion forums, etc. In about the past month however, I have to login every time, even though I keep checking the "remember me" box. It never remembers, even on the same day or only one day later! Am I doing something wrong? Have the site settings changed? I realize it could be my browser, though I am not aware of any browser changes and other sites seem still to remember me. Thoughts?!


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SRM packages: A closer look
Storage resource management (SRM) is central to the storage administration in the modern enterprise. But like a lot of terms, SRM tends to conceal as much as it reveals. There are many SRM products available, with at least as many different combinations of features. This tip offers guidelines on finding the right product for your needs.
When comparing storage resources management (SRM) products you have to keep in mind which features really matter to you. While this is true of most applications, it is especially important with SRM products because SRM is a fairly fuzzy term and vendors often add features that are outside what most would consider SRM's core function.
For example, managing e-mail archiving is arguably a storage management function and a number of vendors, such as IBM (Tivoli Storage Manager), Veritas (NetBackup) and EMC (Legato NetWorker) have e-mail management features. But an SRM product with an e-mail archiving and management feature doesn't do you much good if you use a third-party e-mail archiving and management product, such as Mimosa Systems Inc. NearPoint.
SRM started with glorified report generators, which gathered and organized statistics on storage utilization, performance and such. Later, SRM products added the ability to actually manage storage as well as report on it. However, different SRM packages tend to have very different mixtures of information and management features.
Some packages will let you drill down as deeply as the individual spindle on an application but may not offer the sophisticated management features found in other SRM products.
In part, this is because there is a difference of opinion among storage administrators about what they want SRM to do. Some administrators want to be able to manage their storage resources from the SRM package. Others prefer to use SRM strictly for information gathering and reporting and do the actual management with other kinds of storage management tools.
Handling heterogeneous environments
SRM products vary widely in their ability to handle environments with multiple operating systems and products from multiple vendors. Products tend to trade granularity and control for openness. In other words, products tend to trade detailed reports and fine control for the ability to work in a heterogeneous storage environment.
Detail versus ease
Another continuum in the SRM world is between detail of reporting and degree of control and ease of installation and use. Some products, such as EMC Corp.'s Control Center and Veritas' Command Central, try to provide broad, deep control over storage. That tends to make them harder to install, configure and learn than products with more modest goals.
How much information do you really need?
While information is generally a good thing when it comes to systems management, there is such a thing as too much information. With the constantly falling price of storage devices and other hardware, at some point the cost of gathering the information exceeds the benefit you can derive from having it. At the present time, that is a highly enterprise-specific and subjective decision. In making it, keep in mind that the cost of gathering information is far more than the raw cost of the SRM system. It includes the configuration cost and analysis costs as well.
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About the author: Rick Cook has been writing about mass storage since the days when the term meant an 80 K floppy disk. The computers he learned on used ferrite cores and magnetic drums. For the last 20 years, he has been a freelance writer specializing in storage and other computer issues.


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There is no doubt that Spring has sprung. As a pet owner, I am sure you can tell by your pet's sudden craving to be outside, active – and inquisitive. When the weather is nice, our pet's have a natural tendency to want to explore. Even predominately indoor pets will become more active and more eager to play.
While burning off excess energy is a great thing for pet owners, our pet's curiosity can get the best of them. When your pet wanders into a rose bush or finds an ant pile too entertaining to leave alone, are you prepared to take care of them? Here are a few first aid tips for pets including things you need to have in your Pet First Aid Kit:
– Phone numbers for your veterinarian, the emergency veterinary clinic and the Animal Poison Control Center (888-426-4435) and your pet's medical record (including medications and vaccination history)
– Plastic exam gloves, ice and hot packs
– Gauze, nonstick bandages, towels, or strips of clean cloth
– Adhesive tape for bandages (do not use human bandages, like Band-Aids® on pets)
– Scissors, tweezers, toenail trimmer and tick remover tool
– Milk of magnesia and /or activated charcoal to absorb ingested poison
– Hydrogen peroxide (3%) to induce vomiting
– Digital "Fever" Thermometer
– Eye dropper for oral treatments or to flush wounds
– Leash, muzzle and extra towels, wash cloths and blankets
Although we can't keep our pets out of everything, at least we can be prepared for almost anything. Before performing any type of medical procedure on your pet, contact your veterinarian. Pets learn from experience, but when something goes wrong, they can't tell us. PurinaCare offers an Accident Only policy to help ensure that when your furry friend loses a fight with the neighbor's dog or bites the wrong end of a stick, you won't have to worry about the cost of care. Being prepared in the face of an accident or emergency is reassuring and helps ensure the health and safety of your pets.


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Heading to Austin, Texas, this week for the inaugural United States Formula One Grand Prix at the new Circuit of the Americas? Here are Autoweek's tips for how to best navigate the city and event, and to make the most of your experience in a new city.
Weather: Race day should be warm, with highs around 70, lows around 50 and enough wind to make it feel cooler. Bring a jacket or a sweater, as well as a lightweight poncho. Don't leave your sunglasses behind, either. And here's something to be aware of for anyone with allergies: Austin is the allergy capital of Texas.
Get Your Bearings: The Colorado River, also known as Lady Bird Lake, divides Austin north and south. Congress Avenue divides it east and west. North of Lady Bird Lake is downtown Austin. South of that is, er, South Austin (also known as SoCo, or South Congress Ave.).
Congress Avenue is often referred to as "the Main Street of Texas." For F1 weekend, 11 square blocks of downtown will be closed to vehicular traffic to allow a variety of F1 related activities to take place.
Restaurants and Food: With more than 120,000 people expected, finding an open table will be a challenge. Austin's perennial No. 1 restaurant is Uchi and its sister, Uchiko. Downtown has a wide variety of national chains.
Two upscale local venues are the Driskill Grill in the Historic Driskill Hotel, and Trio at the Four Seasons. Other notables include III Forks Steak House, Lamberts Downtown Barbecue, Eddie V's Prime Seafood Restaurant and La Traviata. Or venture south of the river on South Congress Ave. for a variety of dining opportunities from Austin's most recognized food trucks.
Doc's Motor Works, Home Slice Pizza and Lucy's Fried Chicken offer local fare in a more casual atmosphere, and a more casual price range. Upscale SoCo? Try Vespaio or Perla's. All-night eateries include Magnolia Café, Kerbey Lane Café and 24 Diner.
Of course, this list is just a starting point, as you'll find no shortage of dining options suitable for all tastes and budgets.
Bars and Clubs: Austin's legendary 6th Street, the Warehouse District, the Central Business District and the Rainey Street Area are all located downtown—and all of these areas are easy walking distances from each other.
Traffic and parking will be extremely challenging throughout the entire weekend; we highly recommend using public transportation. One of the big question marks surrounding this inaugural event is just how nightmarish or relatively smoothly all the logistics will turn out, as no one has any previous experience of a race-weekend in Austin.
There will be taxis, limos, pedicabs and even a special bus route slated to run around downtown's perimeter. Three legendary Austin music venues are Antone's, the Continental Club and the Broken Spoke. Additionally, there will be free musical entertainment every evening at downtown Austin's Fan Fest. For more information on Austin's music scene, visit www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/music/
Shopping: The average age of an Austin resident is 30, so shopping tends to cater to that demographic downtown, in the new 2nd Street District and in SoCo. But there's a good variety of shops available for all ages in these areas. North of downtown, along MoPac (Route 1) is the Domain, which contains a number of ritzy stores. The Domain also has several very good restaurants. Another option is Barton Creek Mall.
Parking: Metered parking spots downtown feature a three-hour time limit, and parking for the downtown shuttle stop to the Circuit of the Americas may be difficult to find. The city assumes most people taking the shuttle to the track will choose to park at either the garages or in the surface parking lots, both of which will offer all-day parking, as opposed to the limited-hour meters. In any case, the earlier you arrive downtown, the better your chance of finding parking.
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Bicycles: This is not a bad way to go. Seriously. The ride to the track is less than an hour and for the most part follows a well-marked route. While you will arrive at a guarded bicycle parking area near the circuit, but not at it, your shuttle ride from there should be much quicker and shorter. There will be a bicycle valet to take your bike.
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or, at least, comics that move are a subject that has fascinated me recently.
The last one I did got a pretty good response, with some questions about how I did it. Well, you should know that I'm almost always making things up, so I can't be considered and authority on this (or any) subject. Anyway, I'm sure there are a bunch of ways to get to the result that I did, but I will divulge my secrets (which are so simple that, upon their divulging, you will wonder why you even asked).
First, a new comic:
and in an alternate form:
Some Dads Give Their Kids Blocks from Anthony Holden on Vimeo.
Ideally, I think it would be cool to build in a Flash functionality that allowed readers to click on a panel when they are ready to watch the animation. That way, you could get the benefit of animating moments while maintaining a more traditional feel to the comic (one that doesn't distract from the other panels because of the constant movement). I might do a little more studying to look into that option. It may involve learning some code, so buckle up.
Some Philosophy:
There are advantages and disadvantages inherent to both animation and comics. Comics, similar to novels, have the ability to delve into a world rich with sensory experience via the words and images on a page. In film, ideas can only be conveyed visually or aurally. That said, film has the advantage of time-manipulation; a director can control exactly how long you see and hear things. You can't do that with comics.
Sure, comics employ some parlor tricks: filling pages with dialogue or stacking multiple drawings that depict an action in order to slow down the reading experience. But at the end of the day, a reader gets through a comic as fast as he or she wants. The author does not control time.
By animating comics, the author can cheat a little. I can manipulate small moments of time within a panel. I think this has tremendous potential. I apologize that all I've used it for so far is to make jokes about butts and handing bricks of hash to minors.
The point is that someone with more noble tastes than me could do something really great with this. Please, noble people of the interweb, I adjure you: make great things with moving comics!
The Tricks:
I use Flash (CS3) to make the comic. I'm most familiar with this program when it comes to animating digitally, so the drawing process is pretty intuitive. When planning out individual panels, I try to make sure that things loop in increments of 24 frames, so that if I end up with panels of different loop lengths, they don't hiccup (so to speak) when the loop comes full circle.
I've tried a number of methods for actual GIF file-creation. Flash's compression engine is sort of crummy, so I tried a handful of export options in After Effects (also CS3). After Effects GIFs had similar compression issues in my experience.
Then, my good friend, Eric Armstrong, showed me the light. Here's the deal:
1. Export Quicktime (.mov) from After Effects at full quality.
2. In Photoshop, File>Import>Video to Layers. Your animation will show up in a stack of layers.
3.Cmd+Option+Shift+S ...it's a heck of a hotkey, please stretch before attempting.
4. Preview your .GIF, mess with the options, get it to where you like it.
5. Export!
Blogger has weird issues hosting gifs sometimes, so I have been using Photobucket to host the files, and then embedding image links in blog posts. I have noticed other gifs elsewhere on blogger that seem to work just fine--what are you folks doing to get yours to work?
Like I said, there are probably less convoluted ways of making GIFs, but this is what's been working for me. Let me know if you have any luck with this process, or if you have a method of your own that you use to make GIFs. I understand there are ways to make GIFs exclusively within Photoshop as well. Anyone with experience doing so, please chime in!
My thanks to you if you read this far. With any luck, I'll keep experimenting with these in the future. See you soon!


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July 01, 2007
For weatherization professionals in the country's northernmost state, half the job is just getting there.
The state of Alaska comprises 570,000 square miles of wild and rugged landscape. There are extremely different climate regions within the state, with heating degree-days ranging from as low as 7,100 in the southern regions to over 21,000 at the arctic north slope, posing widely different challenges for weatherization programs and for residential construction in general. The far north and the interior regions are extremely cold and dry.
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I just lost two long-time owners from a 12-team keeper Fantasy Baseball league and will be looking for replacements in 2014. I've been the commissioner of the league for over a decade, and it has a rather idiosyncratic culture with owners from all over the United States. We are a weekly H2H on CBS Sportsline with eighteen scoring categories that run the gamut from FIP to ERA and OPS to RBI.
If you are interested, send me a PM and tell me about your experience with Fantasy Baseball. It's not really an application process per se, but I just want to make sure you understand what you are getting into with this group of guys. We have a long history and a particular way of doing things -- something that can be either great or off-putting for a new owner.


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by Pamela Katz Ressler, MS-PREP, RN, HN-BC, PREP-Aired blog moderator and administrator, Program in Pain Research, Education and Policy (PREP) at Tufts University School of Medicine
As we mentioned in our last blog post, The International Association of the Study of Pain , along with other prominent pain organizations such as The Mayday Fund, the Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, the Union for International Cancer Control, have joined with the Lien Foundation by co-sponsoring a series of 50 short documentary films spotlighting the global burden of inadequate pain treatment in the project: LIFE Before Death.
This week's short film is entitled: Quality of Life and focuses on the dramatic benefits of palliative care services offered to patients and families facing end of life issues.
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really have to wonder how all the
Nexus One info rose like a phoenix!
Last week at the same time, nobody outside Google and/or HTC knew anything about
a so called Nexus One Android smartphone which isn't just another Android
smartphone but the first to sport
Android 2.1/Flan and
furthermore expected to be
directly distributed by Google. Everything started with
a couple of tweets last
Friday, followed by a very quick
response on Google's Mobile Blog. Than, if
you thought you knew everything, the first
blurry photos appeared on the web -
"accidentally" posted on Google's very own Picasa service - and it doesn't took
too long that the first
videos appeared on Google's very own YouTube service as
Finally - you might have thought - all beans were spilled but no, straight
after the
FCC confirmed the existence of a Google Nexus One, the
United States
Patent and Trademark Office unveiled that Google wants to trademark Nexus One
for a mobile device and, that's still not all, yesterday the
GCF continued
the information-flow by
certifying the HTC Nexus One and confirmed some of the previously unveiled specs
again. And if this wasn't enough - the first
Android 2.1 firmware-port is also already available -
showing the whole beauty of Android 2.1/Flan.
At the end of the day I have my doubts that this can't be a coincidence at
Either Google was aware that the FCC, the USPTO and the GCF were ready to unveil
the info anyway and therefore jumped into the lead by showing-off the Nexus One
at the all-hands meeting with the knowledge and risk that this info will make it
to Twitter sooner or later anyway. Or Google's marketing department is quite
smart by planning this in advance to make sure the blogsphere as well as
mainstream media like WSJ.com and even the New York Times, will receive its dose
of daily leaks to create a buzz aka creating a pretty clever viral marketing
campaign at no costs.
As far as I can oversee it, in 2009 no other topic has kept tech bloggers and
journalists that busy as the Nexus One and I can hardly believe that it is a
coincidence at all.
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This is an excerpt from Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription-Sixth Edition
By Vivian Heyward
Balance training has been identified as one of the top 10 worldwide trends in the fitness industry. The 2008 "Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans" suggests balance training at least 3 days a week for inactive and active older adults (≥65 yr). Although the ACSM (2010) makes no specific recommendations for exercises to include in a balance training program, the guidelines state that neuromuscular training (i.e., balance, agility, and proprioceptive training) is effective for preventing falls. Also, a review of balance training studies concluded that balance exercises are effective for reducing the risk of ankle sprains in athletes; 6 wk of balance training after an acute ankle sprain substantially reduces the risk of a recurrent sprain (McKeon and Hertel 2008). General recommendations for designing balance training programs are presented in the following:
Compared to the other physical fitness components, there is a lack of research dealing with balance training for athletes, children, and older adults. It is difficult to compare studies examining the effects of exercise on balance because of diversity in the populations (e.g., young athletes to frail older adults), as well as the lack of standardization in balance outcome measures and training regimens. Also, there is no gold standard measure of balance. The following questions address issues you should consider when prescribing balance training for your clients.
Given that balance performance is affected by muscle strength and flexibility, resistance training and stretching programs may be useful for maintaining and improving balance. In addition to increasing strength and range of motion, Pilates, yoga, tai chi, dance, walking, and combinations of exercise modes may be suitable activities for improving balance. Balance discs, foam pads and rollers, balance boards, stability balls, and computerized balance training systems are tools that may add variety and challenge to balance training programs.
In a review of exercise interventions to improve balance, Howe and colleagues (2007) analyzed results from 34 studies having a total of 2883 participants. The researchers categorized the training interventions as follows: gait, balance, coordination, and functional tasks training; strength training; tai chi; general physical activity (walking); and multimodal physical activity programs that used a combination of exercise modes. Table 12.5 summarizes the positive effects of these interventions on direct and indirect measures of balance.
In addition to flexibility and resistance training, exercise programs specifically designed to improve the functional ability of the lower extremities may be effective for improving balance and preventing falls in older adults. Shigematsu and colleagues (2008) compared the effects of regular walking and square-stepping exercise on balance, leg power, agility, and reaction time of adults 65 to 74 yr. The participants exercised for 70 min, two times per week, for 12 wk. The square-stepping exercise program included forward, backward, lateral, and oblique stepping patterns performed on a felt mat (100 3 250 cm) that was partitioned into 40 squares, 25 cm each. Each stepping pattern was repeated 4 to 10 times, and the patterns became progressively more complex, ranging from elementary forward–backward stepping to advanced lateral, oblique, and anterior-posterior patterns of stepping. Compared to the walking program, square-stepping exercise produced significantly greater improvements in leg extension power, forward–backward tandem walking, stepping with both feet, walking around two cones, and reaction time. Preliminary results suggest that square-stepping exercise is more effective than regular walking in reducing risk factors associated with falling.
In another study, proprioceptive balance training involved bilateral dorsiflexion/plantar flexion and supination/pronation of the ankle and bilateral squats during standing on semicompressible foam roller devices (Bellew et al. 2005). These devices are approximately 13 3 6 in. (33 3 15 cm) and resemble a football cut lengthwise. During each exercise session, subjects performed two 2 min bouts of bilateral supination/pronation and two 2 min bouts of bilateral plantar flexion/dorsiflexion. Each 2 min set of bilateral movements of the ankle was followed by partial squats (one set of 10 reps). This balance training protocol was performed 2 days/wk for 5 wk. Compared to a sedentary control group, the training group showed significant improvements in functional reach test (25%) and a lower extremity reach test (16%).
Takeshima and associates (2007) compared the effects of aerobic, resistance, balance, flexibility, and tai chi training on the functional fitness of older adults. Exercise programs were performed for 12 wk, 2 days/wk, for each exercise training mode except for the aerobic training (3 days/wk for 90 min). While resistance training elicited the greatest improvement (31%) in upper body strength, balance training produced the greatest increase in lower body strength (40%). Resistance training, tai chi, and balance training each produced similar gains in balance and agility (10%).
Hill and colleagues (2007) examined the effects of physical activity that combined yoga, tai chi, and resistance training. At the end of this 6 mo program, strength, balance, and gait endurance of older adults were significantly improved. Those who attended classes 2 days per week improved more than those averaging only once per week.
Improved balance is often mentioned as one of the benefits of resistance training. Orr and colleagues (2008) recently published the first systematic review of studies that assessed the effect of progressive resistance exercise training on balance of older adults. They noted that only a small percentage of balance outcome measures were significantly improved due to resistance training: static balance (26%), dynamic balance (14%), functional balance (57%), and computerized dynamic posturography (8%). Thus, resistance training as an isolated intervention does not consistently improve balance of older adults. Part of the discrepancy in results may be a function of the fact that in many of these studies, the researchers selected universal whole-body and lower body strength exercises for the resistance training programs instead of identifying key muscles used for balance.
These results also suggest that strength alone is not the major underlying mechanism for poor balance. Muscle power (force 3 velocity) may also be a limiting factor in balance control. Age-related decreases in neural processing may diminish the ability to develop force rapidly in response to postural challenges (Orr et al. 2008). Mayson and colleagues (2008) reported that leg press velocity was positively related to dynamic balance performance (i.e., Berg Balance Scale, POMA, and dynamic gait index), whereas greater leg strength was associated with better performance on static balance tests (e.g., unipedal stance test).
In future studies addressing the use of progressive resistance training, it may be prudent to focus on the type of balance to be developed (i.e., static, dynamic, or functional), as well as specific muscle groups critical for balance such as the ankle dorsiflexors and plantar flexors, the knee extensors and flexors, and the hip abductors and adductors. Hess and Woollacott (2005) reported that a high-intensity strength training program targeting key lower extremity muscle groups (i.e., knee flexors and extensors and ankle plantar flexors and dorsiflexors) significantly improved the postural control in balance-impaired older adults.
Research demonstrates that balance training using balance boards, elastic tubing, ankle discs, and foam pads may reduce the risk of ankle injury and reinjury in physically active individuals (Han et al. 2009; Hoffman and Payne 1995; Verhagen et al. 2004). These programs use a combination of strengthening and coordination exercises to rehabilitate injured ankles and to improve balance. Han and colleagues (2009) reported that dynamic balance of healthy young adults with and without a history of ankle sprains was improved following a 4 wk elastic tubing exercise program with lower body resistance exercises performed in four directions (i.e., front pull, back pull, crossover, and reverse crossover). For this program, participants performed three sets of 15 repetitions, three times per week. Improvement in balance performance was retained up to 4 wk posttraining, suggesting that this form of balance training may improve ankle stability.
Over the past few decades, tai chi has increased in popularity. Between 1992 and 2001, there were 11 published randomized clinical trials in the tai chi literature compared to 31 published from 2002 to 2007 (Li et al. 2009). The National Institute on Aging sponsored two studies on tai chi for older adults (Wolf et al. 1996; Wolfson et al. 1996). In the first study, the effects of tai chi on strength, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, body composition, functional ability, and occurrence of falls were examined. Tai chi reduced falls and had a favorable impact on components of fitness and functional ability. The second study demonstrated that improvements in balance (measured by one-leg stance, limits of stability, sensory organization tests) and lower body strength resulting from a 3 mo balance training intervention could be sustained by participation in a low-intensity maintenance program of tai chi for 6 mo after the intervention (Wolfson et al. 1996).
Li and colleagues (2005) studied the effects of a 6 mo tai chi program (three times per week) on balance and number of falls in older men and women 70 to 92 yr. Compared to results for a control group that participated in a stretching program, the risk of multiple falls was 55% lower for the tai chi intervention. Tai chi participants showed significant improvements in all measures of balance including the Berg Balance Scale, Dynamic Gait Index, functional reach, and one-leg stance. Studies suggest that tai chi is an effective form of exercise for reducing falls and improving dynamic and functional balance performance of older adults (Kuramoto 2006; Maciaszek et al. 2007; Rogers, Larkey, and Keller 2009).
Wu (2002) reported that tai chi interventions improved one-leg stance with eyes open and Romberg test scores in 20 to 60 yr and older (>75 yr) adults. Tai chi training had only a limited effect on walking and timed get up and go scores.
Tai chi is practiced in a variety of styles, for example Yang, Wu, and Tai Chi Chih. Each style has its own movements and traditional length of practice. The Yang style uses a wide stance and steady, slow speed of movement with constant knee flexion. Shifting body weight in this stance demands strength and flexibility. In contrast, the Wu style uses higher stances with a narrower stance width and slower movements, requiring more balance than strength compared to other styles. Therefore, the Wu style of tai chi may be more appropriate for balance training programs and interventions (Wu 2002).
The research clearly shows that the number of tai chi sessions makes a difference in terms of training effects on balance. Generally, 40 or more sessions are needed to show significant improvements in balance performance. To reduce risk of falls, tai chi training programs should be a minimum of 15 wk. Due to age-related declines in physical abilities, the duration and frequency of tai chi programs for older adults may need to be increased to derive the degree of improvement seen in younger adults.
Despite the popularity of yoga, there are a limited number of randomized control studies assessing the effects of yoga on physical fitness and motor performance. Oken and colleagues (2006) reported that a 26 wk Hatha yoga intervention produced significant improvements in the timed one-leg stand with eyes open and chair sit-and-reach test scores of healthy older men and women 65 to 85 yr. The yoga training consisted of one 90 min session per week with unsupervised home practice during the week. During the training, participants were taught 18 poses; during the exercise sessions, seven or eight poses were held for 20 to 30 sec each.
In light of the complex nature of balance and the paucity of research studies dealing with balance assessment and training, it is not possible at this time to make firm recommendations for prescribing a balance training program for your clients. You can use the general guidelines presented in this section as a starting point. You should individualize programs to take into account your client's needs, goals, age, and physical activity status. Keep in mind that balance training is task specific. Task-specific exercises, targeting a single, specific balance or gait impairment, are more effective than generalized exercise for improving balance. Techniques from a variety of exercise modalities can be combined to form a comprehensive balance program that challenges your client. In the sample multimodal program, exercises from tai chi, Pilates, agility training, boxing, and lunges are used to improve balance and mobility of an older adult (see p. 311).
There are many excellent resources available for designing an individualized balance training program for your clients. ABLE Bodies Balance Training (see Scott 2008) presents a 16 wk exercise program that safely takes older adults through the exercise progressions for improving balance and mobility, flexibility, posture and core stability, strength, and cardiorespiratory endurance. Resources for developing safe exercise programs for improving balance and functional fitness of older adults are available (see Rose 2003; Scott 2008). For ideas about incorporating Pilates and yoga workouts into balance training programs, see Isacowitz (2006) and Shaw (2009).
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