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Training can begin as soon as your puppy begins eating dry treats/kibble and is weaned.Close
Begin by giving treats from your hand. After providing a few treats/kibble, make a trail of treats/kibble leading to the Treat Dispenser. Do not dispense any treats, but allow your dog to walk up to the dispenser. After repeating this several times, your dog will learn to walk up to the Treat Dispenser without begin afraid.Close
Battery Status Indicator
When turning on the Treat Dispenser, the LED surrounding the on/off button will indicate the battery status in the following manner:
NOTE: The pad must be fully opened with no folds. If the Pee Pad Clip is not attached to the designated area it will not operate.
|Pee Pad Clip Function
|LED Response
|Battery added and on
|Green LED flashes once
|Low battery
|Red LED flashes once every 10 seconds
|Moisture detected from Pee Pad
|Orange LED flashes once
The Handheld Remote, Pee Pad Clip and Treat Dispenser are paired from the factory. If you installed the batteries properly and the Treat dispenser is not responding to the handheld Remote or Pee Pad Clip, follow these steps:
A mounting template is located on the back cover of this guide. In order to ensure stability when mounting the Treat Dispenser, be sure to follow all instructions.
Note: It is important that the Treat Dispenser is level when mounted. Follow leveling instructions if mounting about floor level. Be sure to use the included anchors if there is no stud to avoid damage to your wall or the Treat Dispenser.
General Tips
Nutritionally Balanced Diet for Your Dog
It is important that your dog is already on a nutritionally balanced feeding program before you begin using the Treat Dispenser. If you are using dry dog food/kibble, ensure they are the correct size and can be used in the Treat Dispenser for training.
NOTE: If you free feed your dog, and he shows no interest in the kibble from the Treat Dispenser, change to specific meal feeding times during the day while training with the Treat Dispenser. This should make the dispensed kibble more enticing. If you use treats instead of kibble, your training sessions should be over a longer number of days and the total calorie intake should be subtracted from your dog's daily intake of food. For most dogs, treats should make up less than 10% of a dog's daily food intake.
Training Sessions
Although we typically take our dogs outside to eliminate, it is sometimes necessary to provide an indoor potty area. This will require a minimum of four (estimated 10 – 15 minute) training sessions throughout a full day of your time with your dog over 2 – 4 week period. Your patience and direct supervision is critical to the success of the Train 'n Praise™ Potty Training System. If you have more than one dog, train each dog separately with no distractions by other pets, small children or any other interruptions. Training will begin without the Treat Dispenser and Pee Pad Clip. These will be introduced gradually. Please read all training steps before starting.
Teaching Your Dog to Focus on You
Some dogs become very attentive to the Treat Dispenser, but they must also learn who is controlling the treat dispensing. If your dog automatically looks at you for reassurance between treats or because he knows who is controlling the treat dispensing, you are ready to move on to additional training. Ensure you reward him each time he looks to you by toning and treating.
If your dog has not learned you are controlling the treats, get his attention by calling his name and when he looks, press the Handheld Remote button to tone and treat. Repeat until your dog is consistent. When your dog focuses on you then immediately goes to the Treat Dispenser after hearing the tone, he is ready for additional training.
To ensure your dog has learned the tone/treat association, practice in different locations and add distance. Repeat until your dog consistently responds to the tone from 8-10 feet away.Close
With the Treat Dispenser turned off, place or coax your dog onto a Train 'n Praise™ Pee Pad. It is best to choose the typical times dogs need to eliminate when on a regular nutritionally balanced diet. Be consistent by placing or coaxing your dog on a pee pad right after your dog wakes up in the morning, after eating or drinking, after playtime, after napping and before going to bed. Each time your dog is on the pee pad is considered a training session.
During the first couple of training sessions say a cue word as in "potty time" or "bathroom" and give a treat/kibble by hand when your dog is on the center of the pad. Keep your dog on the pee pad by giving treats/kibble until he is comfortable and familiar with the feel of the pee pad. Use the same treat/ kibble by hand as you will use later in the Treat Dispenser.Close
The next step is introducing treats/kibble using the Handheld Remote and Treat Dispenser.
After your dog is consistently using the pee pad and taking treats/kibble that you dispense using the Handheld Remote, you are ready for the last step.
The water-resistant, removable Pee Pad Clip is a wireless transmitter that works similar to the Handheld Remote. It is designed to send a signal to the Treat Dispenser when the pee pad detects moisture and is already programmed to wait 10 seconds before a treat/kibble is released. In addition, it is scheduled to wait at least 20 minutes before another signal can be given to the Treat Dispenser. The specific times designed for the Train 'n Praise™ Potty Training System will provide adequate time for the pee pad top layer to dry before the next use. You can decide to continue the audible tone on the Treat Dispenser to alert the dog, reinforcing the positive reward, as if you were there and using the Handheld Remote.
The PetSafe® Train 'n Praise™ Moisture Detection Pee Pads have been designed to be an innovative aid to housebreaking, however with the addition of the Handheld Remote it can be used to reinforce other good behaviors at home. We recommend your dog be fully trained using the Treat Dispenser with the pad before other training begins.
NOTE: Please ensure the Treat Dispenser and pee pads are not together before doing the additional training.
Teaching Your Pet the Audible Tone
The Treat Dispenser includes an audible tone that can be used for additional training. The tone is turned on by default from the factory. Using the Handheld Remote and Treat Dispenser, spend 10-15 minutes a day for a few days to teach your dog the association. Most dogs quickly learn a treat follows the tone.
Jumping Up
Pets typically jump up to get attention. If you do not want your pet to jump on you, then friends or members of the family should not encourage this behavior. That means every time your pet jumps on someone, he should be reprimanded or redirected to an alternate and acceptable behavior for which he can receive praise.
NOTE: You (or your guest) should stand completely stationary and not give the dog any attention during this training. Continue to dispense treats/kibble until your dog goes to the Treat Dispenser. Your dog will learn he doesn't get attention until he stops jumping.
Begging can be annoying and disruptive. If you don't want your pet to beg, then friends or members of the family should not encourage this behavior. This means every time your pet begs, he should be reprimanded or redirected to an alternate and acceptable behavior, for which he can receive praise.
NOTE: Ensure you ignore your dog at the table. Don't make eye contact when he is begging. Keep
the remote with you each time you are going to be in situations where your dog begs.
Training can begin as soon as your puppy begins eating dry treats/kibble and is weaned.Close
The issue you're facing is "surface association" because your dog is trained to go on a unique surface not found in your backyard. Your pet is looking for that pad/paper when out on the walk or in the backyard.
You can easily transition your pet to use grass by using the Pet Loo. Simply place the Pet Loo in the area where you normally place pee pads or newspaper, then put the pad/paper on top. Each time you need to replace the pad/paper, cut it in half so that more and more of the synthetic grass can be seen underneath. Eventually your pet will not need the pad or paper at all and will just be using the Pet Loo.
If your dog is reluctant to step up onto the Loo during this initial stage, you can use a similar technique. Take the synthetic grass off the base unit and place the pad/paper on top of the grass and on the ground, in the area that your dog prefers to toilet. After a day or so of successfully using the grass and paper combination, you can then introduce the base unit to your dog by placing it next to the synthetic grass. Allow your dog another day or so before placing the grass and paper back on top of the Pet Loo. Once your pet is confidently using the Loo, you can start halving the paper/pad on top of the grass.
There are products available that help you train your pet to go to the bathroom. Instinctively pets are territorial so if they smell a scent of another dog's pee, they will be inclined to mark over the top of it. "Skip to my Loo" is a unique attractant that helps you to toilet train your best friend. The scientifically formulated solution mimics animal urine and encourages your pet to use that spot, making potty training easy.Close
If an action is followed by praise or reward, after a period of time an animal will learn to repeat this action. Training an older dog may take a little more time and patience, but if you invest the time, you will reap the rewards. Some dogs may instantly get it from the word "go," while others may need a little extra help. You will need to put in some serious time and effort to have a fully house trained dog, but it will be rewarding in the end!
Basic Steps
Frequent Potty Breaks
Before launching into the epic adventure that is toilet training a dog or pup, it can help the process if you put yourself in their shoes.
An 8-week-old puppy, when awake and active, will need to need to go on average about every 20-40 minutes, or after every meal and after every nap. Puppies don't start gaining control of their bladder and bowel functions until they are several weeks of age. This is also the age when puppies start developing preferences about where they will go - a vital stage to be learning to go where you want them to go.
Many puppies may need 15 minutes of sniffing and circling before they are comfortable enough to go. The sniffing and circling is very important, but this should not become playtime. Keep toys and distractions away from where your pet goes to the bathroom.
Always Supervise
One of the biggest problems with toilet training is not supervising your pet. If your dog has accidents in the house, and if this is allowed to happen often enough, the pup will soon be conditioned to toilet inside, wherever he likes. It's important to supervise your dog before he's properly house trained.
When you can't watch your pup, keep him in a safe, confined area such as the laundry room, bathroom, crate, or anywhere with an easy-to-clean floor. This makes accidents easy to clean up, and your dog will be more likely to choose the Loo or pee pad to toilet on, rather than their eating or sleeping spaces.
Be Consistent
The key with toilet training is consistency. Much like humans, all dogs are individuals; therefore you may need to adapt your training methods to suit your best friend. Whichever approach you choose, it's important that you stick to it! Toilet training can take up to 2-3 weeks, so don't give up!
Clean It Up
Clean up accidents with good quality cleaning products that get to the source of the smell and prevent pets from using that spot again. Liquid, enzyme-based products, such as Whiff Off or Liquid Ate, get to the source of odor or stain to eliminate, not cover them up.
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Dress shirts for trade shows are like cornerstones of corporate style and attire. No matter what industry, in the workplace it is often important that your employees present themselves in a clean, professional manner. This is especially beneficial when your employees are representing your company at events and conferences. In these instances, there are several benefits to outfitting your employees in dress shirts for trade shows. First, you can be assured these items have a fresh, ironed appearance when you order from our wrinkle resistant designs. Second, they can also provide additional means of brand exposure as attendees of events are given one more opportunity to cement your company's name and logo in their minds. Finally, they will make your employees easily recognizable and more approachable for others.

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Parents, teachers included, camp out at Fine Arts Center for coveted Pre-K slots.
Face off:
Candidates in county commission, state senate, state house and Congressional races invited to forum Thursday at civic center.
Beautiful yet beastly:
LCES drama students present Disney classic Thursday at Fine Arts Center.
Soccer success:
Trojans, Lady Trojans advance to round two in the GHSA state soccer playoffs.
Big day:
Laura West, who first visited Gordon in sixth grade, among 351 graduates to receive degrees at graduation Friday.
A preview of the 5.6.2014 edition of The Herald Gazette
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Safety boots and safety shoes are vital personal protection equipment, both for protection in hazardous environments and for protection against impact. Whether youre handling heavy objects, or working with chemicals, appropriate foot protection is a standard requirement in many work environments.
The RS Components range of protective footwear includes high quality safety boots and shoes from leading brands, to suit all applications.
Toe Protection
Perhaps the most common kind of safety footwear, safety shoes and boots with re-enforced toe caps protect your feet from impact. As such, they are required where hazardous terrain or the handling of heavy objects is required. Steel toe cap boots are typically used in warehouse and delivery, where there is a higher chance of heavy objects falling onto your feet.
Heavy Duty Protection
For more hazardous environments, sturdier protective footwear is required. The RS Components range offers cut proof, penetration proof and abrasion proof boots. These boots can offer protection in potentially dangerous fields such as landscaping and tree surgery, or wherever heavy machinery is operated. Shock proof footwear is also available to provide protection against vibration.
Chemical and Liquid Resistance
Water proof boots might ensure comfort and safety in adverse weather or wet work place environments, but sometimes more robust liquid protection is required. The RS range offers boots, shoes and wellingtons with resistance against oils and chemicals that would corrode lesser footwear. With acid and even fat resistance available, there is footwear available to meet the most challenging health and safety demands.
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For lighter safety demands more comfortable footwear is available. Whether a safety trainer with polymer re-enforced toes, or anti-slip soles for where workplace floors might be damp, safety footwear doesnt have to be bulky and uncomfortable.
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Safety footwear is also important in the laboratory, and anti-bacterial and ESD safe footwear is also available.


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[Part One] How often have you heard people say—"You can't be sure you have the Bible in its original form. The Bible has lots of errors and mistakes since it was written and transmitted over several thousand years." Both Mormons and Muslims claim the Bible has been corrupted in transmission. Atheists and modernists have waged an aggressive war against the Bible for over a century. They have succeeded in undermining public confidence in the authenticity of the text of the Bible. What does the evidence show?
[Part Two] The second installment recaps the categories of evidence that verify the integrity of the New Testament. The transmission process is explained in terms of the types of unintentional errors that naturally entered into the manuscript copies that were generated through the centuries.
[Part Three] This installment identifies additional causes of textual variants among the Greek manuscripts as they were produced by scribes and copyists through the centuries. The "errors" are easily decipherable, enabling the student to recognize the original reading by the inspired writer as God intended, thus verifying the integrity of the text of the New Testament.
[Part Four] Installment #4 in the series continues an examination of the kinds of textual variants that characterize the extant Greek manuscripts that underlie the text of the New Testament. Perusing samples of these "errors" demonstrates that the majority of such variants pertain to minor matters, and the few that are of more significance do not affect doctrine. Dr. Miller leads the listener through an analysis of an actual textual variant in order to show how one may arrive at the original reading.
[Part Five] The final installment in the series offers additional textual variants to further underscore the fact that the vast majority of manuscript differences pertain to minor matters and may be easily deciphered. The integrity and authenticity of the text of the Bible has not been undermined by the transmission process. We can know we have the Bible as God intended!


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Yes Sir, I get that bird frenzy! Especially during spring migration!
Check out how Google is honoring Audubon's influence on ornithology and natural history.
And, as I tried to pay my respects to Mr. Audubon, I discovered that website of The National Audubon Society, a wildlife and ecosystem conservation organization that was named after him, went down today as fans across the country remembered the famous naturalist.
Cute Husband and I just returned from an Easter hike on the Appalachian Trail where we paid homage to the natural world with Adam and his adorable girl pal.
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children ~John James Audubon
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Woman's Day magazine is honoring Leslee Shaw, PhD, and Sanjay Gupta, MD, with two of its four Red Dress Awards for 2013. The award honors those who have made significant contributions in the fight against heart disease among women.
Dr. Shaw and Dr. Gupta join the ranks of other distinguished Red Dress award recipients including United States Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, renowned journalist Barbara Walters and Elizabeth Nabel, MD, former head of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Dr. Shaw is a professor of medicine at Emory School of Medicine and co-directs the Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute. She currently serves on the Cardiovascular Imaging Committee for the American Heart Association and is on the Board of Directors for the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. She is a past-president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Her areas of interest and expertise include test accuracy, risk assessment, prognosis and cost efficiency—with a particular emphasis on the role of how diagnostic tests work differently to assess heart disease risk in various ethnic groups and in women versus men.
Dr. Gupta is CNN's chief medical correspondent and is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory School of Medicine and associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital. He is a practicing neurosurgeon at Emory University and Grady hospitals.
Gupta's medical training and public health policy experience distinguish his reporting on a range of medical and scientific topics including brain injury, disaster recovery, health care reform, fitness, military medicine, HIV/AIDS and other areas.
The prestigious award will be presented on February 12 at Lincoln Center in New York City. To learn more about this award visit Red Dress Awards 2013 – Woman's Day.
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STERLING – Want to find out what the Sterling Township road commissioner makes?
It's not an easy number to get.
During an interview, Sauk Valley Media asked Supervisor Matt Howze for Commissioner Jim Lopez's salary. He wouldn't answer the question – or an inquiry about how many full- and part-time employees were in the township's road district.
"I don't have a clue who is full time or part time," he said. "[Lopez] does his budget."
Howze, who is running unopposed in the April 9 election, acknowledged the supervisor and trustees hold the township's purse strings. So shouldn't Howze answer questions about the salaries and numbers of employees?
No, Howze said; such questions should go to Lopez.
"It's professional courtesy," he said.
He said the newspaper could find information on salaries in the township's budget filed at the Whiteside County Courthouse.
So Sauk Valley Media visited the courthouse. But the document in question included only total amounts of salaries in each township fund, not salaries for specific employees.
Howze's other tip for getting the road commissioner's salary: File a Freedom of Information Act request.
The newspaper followed his advice and, while doing so, asked for the entire list of employees and what they were paid last year.
A few days later, the township responded, but not with the requested information.
The road commissioner's salary showed up in the budget – $44,000. However, the documents didn't show what other employees made.
For its personnel, the township listed them in three salary categories – less than $15,000, more than $15,000 but less than $30,000, and more than $30,000.
Howze and employees Frances Leal and Angela Schneider were listed in two categories – less than $15,000 and more than $30,000. That, Howze later explained, was because they were paid from more than one fund.
Although Howze said it's not his business to answer questions about road district finances, he is the district's treasurer under state law.
Bob Anderson, a longtime township critic from McHenry County, said the supervisor should be able to answer questions about finances.
"He is the tie-breaking vote on the trustees, and the trustees approve the budget, and he's also the treasurer," Anderson said. "When he says he can't speak [to the finances], what that says to the voters is, 'In your face.'"
After a second interview with Howze, Sauk Valley Media asked when it could get the information on employees' wages. He responded to that request shortly after.
Lopez, 77, has been the township road commissioner for 12 years and has worked for the road division since 1969. His actual wages amounted to $43,666 last year. He also gets a $22,910-a-year pension as a result of his years of service before being elected commissioner.


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As competition is fierce in the domestic market price wars cannot be ruled out, particularly among businesses operating in the lower quality segment.
- Industrial expansion strategy helps the sector
- A low insolvency level expected in 2017
- Payment duration is about 90 days on average
The Indonesian economy is expected to grow about 5% in 2017 and 2018 annually, mainly driven by strong domestic demand and an ambitious industrial expansion strategy by the government, which aims at increasing the country's industrial portfolio by thousands of both large- and small and medium-sized enterprises. This industrial development scheme is expected to stimulate demand for machines and engineering, particularly in the manufacturing, construction, telecommunications and electricity industries.
Profit margins of Indonesian machinery/engineering businesses have remained stable at around 8%- 15% over the past 12 months, and are forecast to remain steady over the next 6 months. However, as competition is fierce in the market (also due to the activity foreign competitors), price wars cannot be ruled out, particularly among businesses operating in the lower quality segment. This could negatively affect profitability of domestic businesses in the medium-term.
Through the nature of their operations, businesses in the machinery/engineering industry display high levels of gearing and are highly dependent on bank financing in order to manage working capital requirements. The level of gearing and the payment history of the buyer, along with the performance of the business, are considered to evaluate the financial risk level of individual machinery businesses.
Indonesian machinery/engineering businesses need, on average, 90 days to pay their invoices. Payment behaviour is average compared to other sectors, and the level of protracted payments has been low over the past year. The number of non-payment cases registered in the Indonesian machinery/engineering industry has been very low over the past 12 months, and this stable trend is forecast to continue in the coming six months. The current insolvency level in the industry is average, and no major increase in business failures is expected over the coming six months.
Our underwriting stance is open for electrical and construction-related machinery businesses. While businesses in engineering machinery face challenges like strong competition, this segment should benefit from growing investments by Indonesian manufacturers in the coming months. We are more cautious with machinery businesses related to the mining sector (especially coal mining) due to volatile coal prices.


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MB Comment: Vaccines cause encephalitis according to the Merck Manual (the largest-selling medical textbook). The neurological damage caused by encephalitis is a major cause of autism. It is also known as post-encephalitic syndrome in medical journal articles. The FDA VAERS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is packed with reports of rapid-onset encephalitis after vaccination (see SMQs of encephalitis and encephalopathy in these MMR VAERS reports). Do your own search if you don't believe it. It is not a so-called coincidence, as the CDC, vaccine manufacturers, public health departments and doctors claim. They are either ignorant or lying to defend their one-size-fits-all vaccination program. There is one and only one childhood epidemic – and it is an epidemic of neurological damage caused by vaccines (aka autism).
U.S. autism rates reach new height: CDC
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(Reuters) – About one in 88 children in the United States has autism or a related disorder, the highest estimate to date and one that is sure to revive a national argument over how the condition is diagnosed and treated.
The estimate released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention represents an overall increase of about 25 percent since the last analysis in 2006 and a near-doubling of the rate reported in 2002.
Among boys, the rate of autism spectrum disorders is one in 54, almost five times that of girls, in whom the rate is one in 252.
"One thing the data tells us with certainty – there are many children and families who need help," said CDC Director Thomas Frieden. "We must continue to track autism spectrum disorders because this is the information communities need to guide improvements in services to help children."
Advocates for people with autism seized on the apparent spike in the prevalence of the disease to call for more research to identify its causes and services for those affected by it.
"This is a national emergency and it's time for a national strategy," said Mark Roithmayr, president of the research and advocacy group Autism Speaks. He called for a "national training service corps" of therapists, caregivers, teachers and others who are trained to help children with autism.
Some researchers have questioned whether the increases over the last decade are real or reflect greater awareness that has led parents and teachers to see symptoms of autism in children who would not have received the diagnosis a generation ago.
"Inevitably when these statistics come out, the question is, what is driving the increase?" said Roithmayr. Better diagnoses, broader diagnostic criteria and higher awareness, he estimated, account for about half the reported increase.
The new analysis from the CDC comes from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, which currently operates in 14 states.
To determine whether a child has autism or a related disorder, what CDC calls "clinician reviewers" examined the medical and school records of 8-year-olds in those states and also conducted screening. Children whose records included either an explicit notation of autism-spectrum disorder or merely descriptions of behavior consistent with the disorder were counted as falling on the autism spectrum.
CDC investigators warned, however, that the 14 sites are not "nationally representative." As a result, the rate of autism being reported on Thursday in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, "should not be generalized to the United States as a whole," they wrote.
Autism spectrum disorders are marked by a suite of symptoms, all arising from atypical brain development that results in problems with socialization, communication, and behavior.
Although the disorder can be mild or severe, in general children with autism have difficulty communicating and making friends. Many find it painful to look other people in the eyes, which impairs their ability to understand what others are thinking and feeling.
There is no brain-imaging test for autism, let alone a blood test or other rigorously objective diagnostic. Instead, physicians determine whether someone fits the criteria laid out in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, or DSM.
The manual has undergone significant changes over the years, including in the diagnostic criteria for autism. In its current version, someone must fit at least eight of 16 criteria, including symptoms involving social interaction, communication, and repetitive or restricted behaviors and interests.
The previous version was stricter, describing one diagnostic criterion as "a pervasive lack of responsiveness to other people." In the current manual, that became "a lack of spontaneous seeking to share . . . achievements with other people" and friendships that appear less sophisticated than the norm for a child's age.
The earlier manual also required "gross deficits in language development" and "peculiar speech patterns" for a diagnosis, while the current one lists difficulty "sustain(ing) a conversation" or "lack of varied . . . social imitative play."
Psychologist Morton Ann Gernsbacher, a professor of psychology and autism researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and others have cited these changes to question the reality of the reported autism increase.
Scientists had long estimated that 90 percent of autism risk was genes and 10 percent reflected environmental factors. But a 2011 study of twins by scientists at Stanford University concluded that genes account for 38 percent of autism risk and environmental factors 62 percent.
Exactly what those factors are, however, remains the subject of intense research, with two large studies funded by the National Institutes of Health examining everything from what the mother of a child with autism ate during her pregnancy to what cleaners were in the house and what pollutants were in the dust.
"There is not a clear frontrunner" among possible environmental causes of autism, said Craig Newshaffer, chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel University School of Public Health and lead investigator of one of the NIH-sponsored studies.
There is, however, what he called "good evidence" that any environmental culprit is present during the second or third trimester, the peak of synapse formation. Scientists believe that faulty brain wiring underlies autism.
They have also focused on factors that have changed in the last two decades, including pregnant women's use of certain antidepressants, increasing parental age and the rise in pre-term births and low-birth weight babies, said Newshaffer.
Research funded by Autism Speaks found that autism costs the United States $126 billion annually. That reflects the cost of healthcare, special education and other services, as well as loss of productivity, underemployment and unemployment among adults with autism.
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Schwäbisch Gmünd (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Schwäbisch Gmünd is a city (1955 pop. 30,748; 2005 pop. 61,350) in Württemberg, Germany, 28 miles (46 km) east of Stuttgart, in the Rems Valley. It belonged originally to the domain of the Staufers, then became a free imperial city, and in 1802 it was made a part of Württemberg. It was rich in industry, in the Middle Ages strong ecclesiastically, with three monasteries of Augustinians, Dominicans, and Franciscans. The first stirrings of the Reformation took place here in 1523 under the influence of Hans Schilling, a Barefoot Friar in Rothenburg on the Tauber, whose stormy preaching roused the populace to such an extent that he was banished from the city by the council. He then went to Augsburg, where he also called forth a powerful movement; this brought about his expulsion from Augsburg, whereupon he went to Blaufelden and won the people there to the Reformation. Later he was pastor in Grosshaslach until 1549, then preacher in Heilsbronn, 1553-1558 superintendent and pastor in Uffenheim. Andreas Althamer appeared as assistant to the city pastor in 1524, probably at first with cautiously reformatory sermons, then as the city preacher whom the people paid and whom they accompanied to and from the pulpit to protect him. He performed his own marriage to a young lady of Gmünd. On 4 July 1525 he was, however, forbidden to preach in the city or its territory. Soon afterward he had to flee from the city in a night attack on it by troops of the Swabian League.
The Protestants now met in secret to pray together, sing hymns, and read from the Bible. On 27 February 1527 the council felt it necessary to warn the people of Anabaptism, which had reached its full strength in Augsburg and Esslingen. In Gmünd Martin Zehentmayer, a painter of Langenmoosen near Inchhofen in the district of Aichach, was a significant Anabaptist leader. He is said to have baptized over 100 persons from the city and vicinity in chapels and private homes and to have celebrated the communion service with them. On the basis of the imperial mandate the council in mid-February 1528 arrested Zehentmayer and 40 of his adherents, including 19 girls and women. They were given only bread and water to make them recant the sooner. The obstinate ones remained in the towers 42 weeks. Among the people there was much sympathy for them. Some women and children climbed the city wall to reach the towers and talk to the prisoners or read and sing to them. This was then strictly forbidden. Zehentmayer was examined on the rack about his faith and his plans. He confessed, according to information given by the city council to the Augsburg city council in November, that he had hoped to secure community of goods. The charge of immoral conduct made by the chaplain Nikolaus Thoman, the author of the Weissenhorner Historie, is an unfounded defamation, and is probably based on the provost Aichele. The Gmünd court records give no suggestion of such a charge, charging the Anabaptists only with their attitude toward the established church.
The prisoners, only two of whom are known by name, i.e., Wolf Esslinger and Bamberger, occupied themselves with writing hymns, which are printed in the collection, Die Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder (Scottdale) pp. 48-59, together with the songs written about them by their fellow prisoners. The very conservative council did not venture to take the responsibility of judging and condemning the Anabaptists. The mayor Egen secretly appealed to the Swabian League, to send 200 horsemen and 50 footmen to Gmünd to support the council in the punishment of the Anabaptists. The government of Württemberg also received the commission to send well-armed persons, unspotted by the Lutheran faction and loyal to the powers in authority. Scarcely had the armed men arrived when the prisoners were put on trial. But one of the councilors, the glazier Huber, ventured to voice an objection to the court procedure. The prisoners were sentenced to die by the sword, but if they would recant, they would receive mercy. Zehentmayer and four men, a woman, and a 15-year-old boy remained steadfast, and they were executed on Tuesday, 7 December. When they were again urged to recant and return to their families, they declared that they had commended their families to God, and He would provide for them. When the first article was read Esslinger said: "As you judge today so shall God judge you when you come before His face; God shall well know you." When the third article was read, they said: "You stain your hands with our blood; God shall certainly not remit it to you, but require it at your hands." When the fourth article was read, they said: "Today we will testify with our blood, that that wherein we stand is the truth." When the fifth article was read Wolfgang Esslinger said: "Forsake your sins and unrighteousness, and repent, and God shall never remember it to you."
The people, especially the women, cried encouraging words to those who were to die. Some efforts were made at the last hour to induce them to recant. A nobleman rode into the ring to the boy and said to him, "If you will desist from your error, I will give you a stipend and keep you always with me." The boy refused and said, "God forbid! O God, I commend to Thee my spirit. May Thy Son's suffering not be lost in us." All went courageously to their death.
The popular mood was so excited and rebellious against the council that the council did not dare to dismiss the troops of the Swabian League or to execute more Anabaptists. A number of neighboring nobles interceded for them, as well as a part of the community, and the captains and soldiers of the Swabian League who lay in the city besought the council to show mercy to the Anabaptists. The council now summoned Franz Kircher, called Stadian, pastor in Göppingen, a Humanist and an old friend of Melanchthon, to convert the Anabaptists. He cannot have been a Lutheran preacher, as asserted by Debler and Vogt, the Gmünd chroniclers, for under the Austrian government and the strict Catholic spirit of the Göppingen chapter a Lutheran preacher could have asserted himself no more than had the Lutheran preacher Martin Cless, who had been compelled to flee from Göppingen (Hermelink, 211). Kircher was probably an Erasmian. A considerable number must have recanted, for on 14 December the council proclaimed slandering and insulting those who had recanted to be a punishable offense. Calm returned to the community, the troops of the Swabian League were dismissed.
The attempt to win the Anabaptists to the old faith must gradually have succeeded. At least the council had no more trouble from Anabaptists, though it had to combat the Lutherans until the end of the 16th century. On the other hand we hear of several women who fled from Gmünd and its territory to Württemberg and were arrested there for Anabaptist practices: Barbara, the wife of Bonaventura Bopf in Gmünd, who was in prison in Nürtingen on 2 July 1530, and was converted by the Tübingen professor Balthasar Käufelin; Barbara Schleicher, wife of Veit Beck, a smith of Gmünd, who was in prison in Kirchheim early in July, and was converted by experienced and learned men; Ursula Harthmann of Mögglingen, who was in prison in Kirchheim early in July 1530, and like Barbara Schleicher was instructed and recanted; Ursula Spanner of Gmünd, who had married the Anabaptist Konrad Lemlin of Sindelfingen, who was burned in Vaihingen, still lay in prison. Since she was pregnant they did not punish her, but let her swear an oath (23 December 1531) that she would at once leave the principality and never return.
The Anabaptists were deeply concerned by events in Gmünd. This is shown by the five hymns about them, printed in the Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder, pp. 48-59. One of them is also in the Ausbund.
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The size of Britain's military budget is set to be surpassed by India's in the next few years, a development that would see the United Kingdom spend less on defense than its former colonial subject, a defense analysis firm said Wednesday.
HIS Jane's said that projections show that Britain — once No. 4 in terms of global military spending — had fallen into fifth place behind Russia this year and is due to slip into sixth place behind in India in 2017.
"The U.K.'s standing is not a strong as the public perceive it to be," Ben Moores, an IHS Jane's analyst, said in a statement. Britain, like many other European nations, has cut defense spending in a bid to deal with burdensome debts even as developing nations boost their military budgets to catch up with Western powers.
The Sun newspaper, Britain's top-selling tabloid, said the figures make a mockery of U.K. leader David Cameron's recent assurances to the military that, "we have the fourth largest budget in the world and we have some of the finest armed forces in the world. While I'm prime minster that is the way it will always stay."
In a statement, Britain's Ministry of Defense disputed some of Jane's figures and described the prediction that India would soon overtake its former imperial master as "baseless speculation."
But independent analysis of budgets, growth forecasts, and inflation figures suggests that Jane's prediction was well founded, according to Samuel Perlo-Freeman, whose Stockholm International Peace Research Institute tracks governments' defense spending.
Perlo-Freeman confirmed that Britain had fallen behind Russia, and said his analysis showed that India's defense budget — now pegged at $46.9 billion compared to the $49.3 billion projected for Britain in 2015-16 — would only have to grow by about 6 percent in nominal dollar terms to overtake that of its former ruler.
"Given that they have projected real GDP growth rates (from the IMF) of 5.7 percent this year, 6.3 percent next year, and 6.6 percent in 2015, this would seem fairly likely," he said in an email.
Inflation, currency fluctuations, and a fall in military spending could all complicate the picture, but Perlo-Freeman said it was still reasonable to assume that the two nations' defense budgets would be neck-and-neck by 2016.
In its statement, the British military insisted it wasn't the size of a nation's defense budget that mattered.
"Ultimately defense spending can only be judged by the quality of the product, not what is suggested in a theoretical league table," it said.


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Here's the trailer for The Heat, the action/buddy comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. Honestly, it looks kind of predictable and slapstick. But we're willing to pay money for this, because:
- Sandra Bullock does uptight FBI agent well
- Melissa McCarthy is only scary and tough in the most adorable way
- Dancing
- Paul Feig?


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The Subjugation Capital
Having pontificated for two days over the tornado of protests that have hit Delhi, I found time to contemplate if I *really* knew what they were protesting about. So I asked someone who has lived there and experienced the alternating splendor and horror of Delhi; my wife. This is what she had to say.
I love Delhi, the city. I love its wide, open roads, its wonderful architecture. I've made great friends in Delhi. I went to a wonderful school in Delhi. I've also suffered in Delhi. I'm one of millions of women with tales to tell of how Delhi has ground our self-respect and security to dust. General descriptions of harassment can't adequately describe the horror a woman faces every day in the city. There isn't a single moment when you're walking its streets that you can think "I'm safe, I can breathe easy and enjoy the sunshine. What a lovely day!" If you have breasts, you're fair game. It doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, how old you are, you can be a man's property. You can be used for his gratification. You can be dominated.
I don't want to recount the hundreds of times I've been groped in crowds in Delhi. Hands moving over you, pinching your bottom, rubbing your breasts as you desperately try to find some inch of ground that will be safe. Women routinely carry sharp objects like needles and drawing instruments to dissuade such attacks but there are too many incidents to deal with.
Once, while attending a wedding in Delhi, I was at a friend's place and was about to leave for the venue. I called the bride's mom to tell her I'll walk down to the venue and I heard an unmistakable sense of terror creep into her voice. She dropped the bonhomie and almost shouted at me to stay where I was. She would send a car. I laughed and told her that she was being ridiculous. Her response was that of anger. "Stay where you are. DON'T MOVE! I'm sending a car. DO NOT walk alone, especially all dressed up. There's no telling what might happen." The venue was two blocks away in Southex, a very posh part of Delhi. It was five thirty in the evening and it was broad daylight.
I accompanied my friend's relatives to a function at Pragati Maidan. With us was her 70 year-old grandmother. The lady was a widow, dressed in the characteristic white sari. She hobbled on a walking stick. The ground was crowded and dusty. As we made our way through the crowd, a young adolescent boy shoved his hand between her legs. He felt up a seventy year old woman hobbling on a walking stick. We were unable to reconcile this incident with any semblance of logic or sense. Why did this happen? Just. It was a female with female parts, which of course are the property of every human in Delhi blessed with a penis.
As a student in Delhi, I'd attend tuitions literally across the road from where we stayed. The proprietor was a burly man with a shy fourteen year old son. Every evening, after classes dispersed, it was that young boy's job to make sure we girls safely crossed the street. That's all. He'd just stand outside the gate and make sure we crossed a distance of fifty feet safely. He wasn't worried about us being hit by cars. He was making sure we didn't get molested. If a mob of men had shown up, the poor boy wouldn't stand a chance. And yet, he'd be there every evening, standing alert and looking responsible for us.
If you think misogyny and sexism are the refuge of the rich and powerful alone, think again. As I sat in a car in Delhi, a beggar came up to my window, begging for alms. A pathetic creature shod in tatters. He saw that I was a woman and suddenly his demeanor changed. His face lit up in an evil sneer and he started flicking his tongue in and out. I was so stunned I laughed. Here's this pathetic creature with no food or clothes to sustain him but so desperate was his sexual need and so fearless his demeanor that it trumped all else. A woman can be fucked. Should be fucked. Oh, and can I also have some money for food?
Delhi's sexist culture is a festering cesspool that permeates its families. A friend of mine lived in a joint family in a palatial house. Rich, educated folk. I remember we were nine year old girls, hanging out at her house, playing with Barbie dolls. Her younger male cousins barged in and started creating a ruckus. We shooed them away, treating them as a nuisance but they had a stunning response up their sleeve. These boys brought their GI Joe figurines and said "hum tumhare Barbies ka rape karenge". We were stunned. These were six or seven year old boys. They probably didn't even know what rape was. They didn't even know how it was done. But they knew it can be used to teach women a lesson. They must've heard their fathers and uncles talk about putting women in their place. "Zyaada bak bak karegi toh uska rape kar denge." This is also why I find casual remarks or jokes about rape extremely unfunny.
This dehumanization of being, steady erosion of self-respect, the constant looking over your shoulder no matter where you are, is what makes Delhi such a horrible place for women. There are some well-reasoned arguments why we shouldn't trivialize the larger issues surrounding rape by laying blame at the doorstep of one city alone, but there's a reason for this insidious association; it breeds and lives on the fear that power creates. Let's just call Delhi the capital of subjugation. I also need to mention that I've never felt this CONSTANTLY afraid in any other city in India. You can quote examples of rapes in Mumbai, Kolkata, or other cities and you'd have a point. This pathetic patriarchal culture pervades India, but there's no other place quite like Delhi where patriarchy and power mingle to create a sense of male entitlement.
I saw pictures of these young girls standing their ground getting beaten up, screaming in the cops' faces. Learned pundits question why. What is the point of this protest anyway? What do they want? It's a pity they can't even see this basic point. They want to be treated as humans again. I read about the rape in Delhi and the anger in me has refused to go away. Memories of those years of harassment came flooding back. If you're a woman in Delhi, you've been groped and violated five times a day since you were eight. Since you were too young to even know what breasts are and what they can do to men. My years in Delhi exacted a heavy price from me. I'd instinctively step back when a man entered my personal space. This instinct finally started ebbing away after I moved to Pune. Even there, I'd instantly be on my guard, alert and tense, when a man looked over my shoulder as I worked on the laptop. This was because of Delhi and it took years for it to go away.
When you'd get molested for the first time you'd come back tearfully to tell your mother or the other grown women in your family. "Kya karein beta, aisa hi hota hai". What can you do, this is how it is. That crushing realization as an eight year old girl that you're somehow going to have to deal with this for the rest of your life. Groped by the domestic help, groped by the boy who delivers the groceries, groped by your uncle. Never being able to step out unless you have a "man" accompanying you. Men, who deal with the status quo without changing it. Men, who ironically feel a greater sense of entitlement by being the "protectors" of their women. This feeling is what that girl in the protest is screaming against.
I'm still angry when I see those pictures because I haven't moved on. I'm angrier when I read men lamenting about what ails us. Here's a reality check: if you're a man, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. You have NO IDEA what it's like to live a life that doesn't belong to you. I understand your sympathy but have no use for it.
I'm angrier when I read scholarly articles about civil society, better governance and societal and infrastructural reforms. I read words like five years and "long term" and seethe. Of course one wants to live in a civil society that believes in redemption and the rehabilitation of its worst members but you have no bloody idea what you're dealing with in Delhi. These are men who operate on an animal instinct. You need a brutal deterrent, employed continuously and consistently in the short term to let them know we mean business. When you're cornered by a wolf snarling and baring its fangs do you lecture it on the sanctity of life? No, you react. If I could come face to face with these brave men of Delhi who tormented me, I'd shoot them between the eyes. Even today, if a man stares at me a moment longer than necessary I have this visceral urge to rip his eyes out.
So fuck you and your calls for long term change. Don't waste my time talking about the next five years. Tell me what you're going to do in the next five hours when your mother, sister or wife leaves the safety of her home and wades into the filthy muck of the city, telling herself that there's a distinct possibility she may not come home unviolated or even alive.
Edit from Mommysan – Thank you so much for your comments and concern. I want to clarify that not all of the examples of harassment or abuse I mentioned in the post involved me directly. The incidents in the latter half of the post involve people close to me. For example, I know the 8 year old who tearfully complained to her mother about harassment for the first time, because I was present in the room with her. I know someone who's faced abuse at the hands of family members. The point of this post isn't to dwell on specific examples alone, but to communicate the extent to which a woman's liberties are disrespected. It's to highlight how such horrifying incidents get swept under the sanitized terms "molestation" and "eve-teasing", which dulls their severity and impairs understanding of the circumstances that enable them. The examples you've so courageously shared in the comments will also go a long way in this regard.


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I try to avoid driving old cars as much as possible. Considering I own a fairly large antique car restoration facility, that may sound a little odd. But I can assure you the reasoning behind my mild aversion is based on some solid reasoning.
I have had the joy of driving and experiencing cars from every single time period of the automobile's existence. These range from the complex and temperamental single-cylinder relics from the very dawn of the 20th century to the most powerful and adept sports cars of the 21st.
It all started out quite wonderfully and, when I was younger, I didn't mind that old vehicles had a higher percentage of failures per kilometre than modern cars. The older the car, the less chance you have of achieving your aim, which is to reach your destination. Now, if you are just driving an old car for recreation, that becomes an acceptable risk; some say it's even part of the fun. But when you are driving one professionally, it can become rather irksome.
When I say professionally, I mean that my time in old cars started to become more restricted to test driving them — and, when test driving an old car, the chances of ending up beside the road become astronomical. After spending many hours on the road shoulder with leaking, smoking, steaming, bent, tireless, gearless, brakeless — or just plain inexplicably dead — relics of motoring days gone by, I started to look to other members of my staff who wanted to drive the old cars. Most think it is some kind of honour that I hand them the keys. They all learn — eventually.
As time went on, I was driving old cars less and less. I am still called upon by my staff to school them on some of the more eccentric vehicles and how they are driven, but, for the most part, I have handed off the chore.
Then, my best friend Larry decided to sell his collection of antique and classic cars in an effort to downsize his very cluttered existence. He has some truly magnificent cars, most of which I am quite familiar with as I was involved in their acquisition and maintenance. But as much as I appreciate and admire them, none of them tempted me — that is until we brought in his 1930 Model A Ford pickup truck and stuck it in my showroom right in front of the reception desk.
I had forgotten just how charming some old vehicles can be, but, boy, if this truck had eyes, they would be like the eyes of Puss in Boots from the Shrek movies when he is being cute and disarming.
I remember when Larry acquired this truck. It was more than a decade ago when I still had an open-car trailer, which he borrowed to get it and bring it home. This little truck had spent almost all of its life in the deep woods of Vermont, where it was used to bringing kindling out of the bush. The only part of the truck Ford did not put its stamp on during its trip along the assembly line was a pair of military lug tires on the rear. Other than that, even the paint was original. It had never been restored.
To add to its provenance, it turns out the next-door neighbour of the truck's Vermont owner was folk singer Arlo Guthrie (Alice's Restaurant Massacree), who took many trips into the woods in this little Model A.
When Larry brought it home, we decided it should not be restored, just refurbished to make it mechanically reliable and usable. That was done and, as it turned out, this little truck became one of Larry's favourites, despite a garage chock full of high-end, fully restored classics and exotics.
Of all the cars in his collection, it was the only one he seemed loathe to part with — and it was one I really didn't want to sell. We both sort of hemmed and hawed a bit and then we decided the Model A would stay in the family — so to speak. I would take over its stewardship and use it on my new farm to run into town to the feed mill as well as other chores such as taking hay to the horses. This is a fine job for an old pickup in its dotage. As for how much, well, we haven't worked that out yet. We'll figure that out down the line, sort of like a deal made between friends sitting around a pot-bellied stove.
I recently drove it home for the first time. It rattled and banged. It also backfired every now and then when the mixture screw went out of adjustment as it warmed or the advance/retard lever was a bit off, but it went like a little charmer and it brought smiles to all those harried commuters passing it by.
Now I remember what it is about driving old cars that I used to find quite charming. They are a lot of fun.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks sold off late in the session on Tuesday, led by a slide in Microsoft shares, though retailers were a notable bright spot after Home Depot raised its outlook.
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) was the most actively traded on Nasdaq, weighing on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite after the surprising departure of a key executive. The stock fell 3.2 percent to $27.09.
After the closing bell, Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) shares rose 6.8 percent to $18 after it reported quarterly revenue and earnings that beat analysts' estimates.
Home Depot (HD.N) shares hit during the regular session levels not seen since April 2000 and the company's raised outlook suggested a revival in the long-dormant U.S. housing market. The S&P retail sector index .SPXRT advanced 1 percent.
"Home Depot did say something about housing, which was perceived as positive and was behind the earlier rally," said Richard Sichel, chief investment officer at Philadelphia Trust Co.
"That was tempered by Microsoft, to some extent, and probably more so by the 'fiscal cliff,'" he said.
The S&P 500 is down 2.7 percent so far this month and closed below its 200-day moving average for a fourth day in a row, a technical indicator that suggests the recent declines could gain momentum. The moving average is currently at 1,381.58, and failure to rise above that level suggests market weakness.
Concerns about the looming "fiscal cliff" kept investor activity subdued as lawmakers returned to Washington after the November 6 election, when President Barack Obama won a second term while Democrats added to their margin in the U.S. Senate and picked up seats in the House of Representatives.
The market is grappling with how a divided U.S. Congress will deal with the series of mandated tax hikes and spending cuts that start to take effect next year and could take the world's largest economy back into recession. However, serious negotiations are still weeks away, analysts said.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 58.90 points, or 0.46 percent, to 12,756.18 at the close. The S&P 500 .SPX dropped 5.50 points, or 0.40 percent, to 1,374.53. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 20.37 points, or 0.70 percent, to 2,883.89.
Dow component Home Depot Inc (HD.N) raised its full-year outlook even before accounting for any future lift in sales in the aftermath of super storm Sandy, as the retailer benefited from a recent uptick in the U.S. housing market. Home Depot's stock rose 3.6 percent to $63.38, its highest close in more than 12 years.
TJX Cos (TJX.N), which owns the Marshalls and T.J. Maxx retail chains, reported results that beat analysts' forecasts and its shares added 2.7 percent to $42.06.
Microsoft shares fell after Steve Sinofsky, head of the Windows unit, left the company. Sinofsky was considered the driving force behind Windows, the company's biggest product.
Technology shares led the market's decline, with an S&P technology index .GSPT down 0.8 percent.
AK Steel Holding (AKS.N) shares fell 17.6 percent to $4.50 after the company forecast a fourth-quarter loss.
Just over 6.2 billion shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and NYSE MKT, below the daily average during November last year of 7.33 billion shares.
More than two issues fell for every one that rose on both the NYSE and the Nasdaq.
Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Jan Paschal


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Perhaps because of either its absurdity or its simplicity, a messaging app called Yo, which doesn't do much more than send a contact a voice recording of someone saying "Yo," has gone viral.
"Yo is a single-tap zero character communication tool," a description for the app reads on its Google Play and Apple App Store download pages. "Yo is everything and anything, it all depends on you, the recipient and the time of the Yo."
But Friday, several programmers said they had found ways to hack Yo to extract people's phone numbers and send other types of messages, revealing one of the problems with trying out an infant app. Yo acknowledged the security holes.
"We are working on the securities issues that came to our attention," the app's Twitter page said. "We want you to know we take this very seriously."
Yo's co-founder and Chief Executive Or Arbel told the Financial Times that he had raised $1 million to work on the app for the next year. The idea for sending people Yo's came from Moshe Hogeg, founder and chief executive of image-and-video sharing app Mobli. Hogeg wanted a simple tool to contact his personal assistant, Arbel said. The investment came from Hogeg's angel fund.
On Thursday, Hogeg posted on Twitter that the app had nearly 300,000 users and had soared to become the top free social networking app on the Apple App Store. The day before, Arbel reported the app had 60,000 users.
Yo does have at least one other feature that it's hoping to expand. Add "Worldcup" as a contact and send the account a message once, and Yo promises to send you a "Yo" every time a goal is scored in Brazil. Arbel told the Financial Times that, among other use cases, he sees retailers sending fans a Yo to alert people about sales. Like the well-placed head nod or wink, Arbel sees the Yo as more of a necessary communication tool than a novelty.


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This interactivity allows you to sort logic blocks by dragging their images.
What do you think is the same about these two Logic Blocks? What others do you think go with them in the set?
In this problem, we're going to find sets of letter shapes that go together.
What is the largest number of circles we can fit into the frame without them overlapping? How do you know? What will happen if you try the other shapes?
Exploring and predicting folding, cutting and punching holes and making spirals.
This problem explores the shapes and symmetries in some national flags.
In this investigation we are going to count the number of 1s, 2s, 3s etc in numbers. Can you predict what will happen?
A simple visual exploration into halving and doubling.
Follow the directions for circling numbers in the matrix. Add all the circled numbers together. Note your answer. Try again with a different starting number. What do you notice?
There are seven pots of plants in a greenhouse. They have lost their labels. Perhaps you can help re-label them.
The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
Choose 13 spots on the grid. Can you work out the scoring system? What is the maximum possible score?
"Tell me the next two numbers in each of these seven minor spells", chanted the Mathemagician, "And the great spell will crumble away!" Can you help Anna and David break the spell?
Many natural systems appear to be in equilibrium until suddenly a critical point is reached, setting up a mudslide or an avalanche or an earthquake. In this project, students will use a simple. . . .
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. They are the red set, the green set and the blue set. Can you find all the numbers in the sets from these clues?
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. Can you find all the numbers in each set from these clues?
Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?
Each light in this interactivity turns on according to a rule. What happens when you enter different numbers? Can you find the smallest number that lights up all four lights?
Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?
Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
These spinners will give you the tens and unit digits of a number. Can you choose sets of numbers to collect so that you spin six numbers belonging to your sets in as few spins as possible?
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Big East M5: 10.26.12 EditionPosted by Dan Lyons on October 26th, 2012
- Connecticut's basketball's academic woes have reared their ugly head once again, this time in the form of the team's graduation success rate (GSR). The Huskies' GSR dropped from 36% to 11% this year, representing the lowest such mark in all of Division I basketball. The score, which reflects how many of the team's players were able to graduate within six years of their enrollment at school, is different from the APR, the Academic Progress Rating that is currently preventing UConn from participating in the 2013 postseason. On the bright side for the Huskies, their APR is on the rise. Academic success is one of the major black marks on the end of the Jim Calhoun era at Connecticut, and as the NCAA's APR requirements continue to increase every year, it needs to be a major focus for Kevin Ollie or whoever has control of the program in the long term.
- Big time non-conference series are always fun, and yesterday we learned that Georgetown and Kansas have agreed to play four games starting next season. The series will open at Allen Fieldhouse on December 31, 2013 and continue on for three successive seasons home-and-home until 2016-17. Georgetown and Kansas have only faced each other twice, including last year in the Maui Invitational, a 67-63 Kansas victory. The all-time series is tied at one win apiece.
- Pitt's J.J. Moore may be a bit rusty on the court after missing months of basketball from an April surgery to repair his fifth metatarsal, but he spent his summer wisely. After living in the weight room during his rehabiliation, Moore put on around 15 pounds of muscle, and is now a stout 6'6″ and 215 pounds. Moore was not a major part of Jamie Dixon's rotation last season, sitting behind Lamar Patterson and Nasir Robinson at the forward slots, but with his added size and strength he should factor in at both small forward and power forward this year. Moore adds some added quickness and versatility at the four when Dixon wants to go with a smaller, more athletic line-up: "I'm definitely ready to make that transition and play power forward," Moore said. "We've been practicing right now with me being the power forward. It's looking good. I think it's looking good for the team, as a matter of fact. With me as a power forward, the guys can get open because we can space the floor."
- Marquette blog Anonymous Eagle is running a player preview series for the start of the 2012-13 season. Today featured "silky" freshman forward Steve Taylor, whom Buzz Williams has called the best freshman he's ever signed at Marquette. While Taylor has a ton of potential, he is going to start behind Jamil Wilson and Juan Anderson in the rotation, and the AE guys don't foresee him seeing a lot come Big East play, especially with Williams' penchant for leaning on experienced players down the stretch. There is also an excellent photoshop done involving Taylor, Williams, and a 1995 Chevy Chase film, so the full profile is definitely worth your time.
- Having spent four years in Syracuse, I can verify that there are a number of notable food spots in town. Dinosaur BBQ is the first place to roll off of most tongues, but Jim Boeheim's favorite hot dog joint Heid's and the nearly-90 year old Varsity on the SU hill both deserve all the recognition that they receive as well. However, there is one particular Syracuse food item that is particularly legendary – the Mother's Cupboard frittata. This six-pound heap of egg, pepperoni, home fries, sausage, and vegetables has been finished by few and has conquered many, but another brave soul was able to put down the entire dish on Monday: Syracuse basketball walk-on Russ DeRemer. DeRemer utilized a strategy that allowed "Man vs. Food" host Adam Richman to overcome the mighty frittata, and he was able to put away the entire plate in 25 minutes. DeRemer was quite humble about the accomplishment, but fellow walk-on Albert Nassar was more candid about his teammate's impressive feat: "Honestly, he didn't even struggle,'' Nassar said. "Until the last bowl, he didn't pause once. He just kept going. Then on the last bottom, he paused for like a minute and then knocked it out.''


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Though Ron Weasley will always be the defining role of his career, Rupert Grint isn't short on post-Harry Potter employment. The young Brit has lined up a pair of pretty intriguing projects; first up comes confirmation that he's climbed aboard Fredrik Bond's action-comedy-romance The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. While the details of his role are unknown at this point, the film stars Shia LaBeouf as a hapless fellow that falls in love with a woman (Evan Rachel Wood) who's lorded over by an unhinged mob boss (Mads Mikkelsen). Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds) are set to play LaBeouf's deceased (but still communicative) mother and a Serbian war criminal respectively. All told, it's a pretty fantastic assemblage of on-screen talent. More than anything, I'm looking forward to Mads "Le Chiffre" Mikkelsen busting out his "insanely violent" side; I simply never tire of watching that man commit unspeakable deeds.
The script for Countryman comes from Project X scribe Matt Drake. It's currently filming in Romania. Hit the jump for more, plus details on Grint's other new project, CBGB.
Variety reports that, in addition to Countryman, Grint will also star alongside fellow Harry Potter alum Alan Rickman in the music biopic CBGB, which will chronicle the rise of the famous New York nightclub and its impact on the underground punk/new wave movement. It will see Rickman reteam with Bottle Shock director Randall Miller and co-writer Jody Savin, who crafted the lead role of club founder Hilly Kristal specifically for him. Grint will don the spotted pants of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of short-lived but seminal '70s punk outfit The Dead Boys.
Here's the official synopsis for The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman:
Charlie Countryman (LaBeouf) was just a normal guy…until he fell in love with the one girl who will probably get him killed. When Charlie meets the absolutely irresistible Gabi she's already been claimed by Nigel, an insanely violent crime boss with a gang of thugs at his disposal. Armed with little more than his wit and naïve charm, Charlie endures one bruising beat down after another to woo Gabi and keep her out of harm's way. Finally his exploits of blind valor create such a mess that he's left with only one way out; to save the girl of his dreams, must Charlie Countryman die?


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"I think we need to hold those
people involved — both program
officers within the Navy and contractors — accountable for performance to our expectations," he said.
"This cannot just be a system with
entitlements. Everyone is not just
entitled to continue in business."
The next secretary also will
inherit the sensitive political challenge of homeporting a nuclear
carrier at Mayport Naval Base in
Florida rather than Virginia's
Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
Delegations from Florida and
Virginia have been battling over
which state would get the carrier,
which could bring more than
3,000 new military personnel to
the selected base. Mayport lost its
only carrier when the Navy retired
USS John F. Kennedy in 2007.
Winter on Jan. 14 announced
the Navy's selection of Mayport,
saying in a press release, "We have
studied this issue very carefully and
considered multiple factors. This
allows the Navy to obtain the benefits of fleet dispersal without negatively impacting our carrier capability or operations. Homeporting a
carrier in Mayport best supports
the Navy's mission and safeguards
our nation's security needs."
The Virginia delegation already
has signaled that it will fight the
"I intend to bring full scrutiny to
this decision in the coming months
as it makes its way through the
appropriate congressional process,"
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a member of
the Armed Services Committee and
former Navy secretary, said after the
announcement. "I have yet to receive a proper, intelligence-based
assessment from the Navy on this
matter, despite the fact that as late
as Jan. 12, the chief of naval operations confirmed that he could not
identify a threat-based requirement
for this proposal."
Meanwhile, the incoming secretary will have to deal with a looming
"The settlement protects the public interest in national security by preserving the Navy's ability to conduct realistic anti-submarine warfare training."
Navy spokesman Cmdr. Cappy Surette
On the settlement reached by the Navy and several environmental groups on a
lawsuit over the service's use of midfrequency sonar in training exercises.
Los Angeles Times
"This does not resolve all of our disputes with the Navy, but
it sets in place a process to deal with future disagreements.
We're hopeful it will lead to a much more effective dialogue."
Joel Reynolds
A senior attorney and marine mammal protection specialist with the Natural
Resources Defense Council, which was among the plaintiffs in the midfrequency
sonar suit against the Navy.
Offering his reaction to the settlement.
Los Angeles Times
F/A- 18 Hornet strike fighter shortfall
that is expected to peak in 2017 at 69
aircraft and linger, in smaller numbers, until 2025.
Prime contractor Boeing Co. and
several lawmakers have been pushing for the approval of another multiyear procurement of the F/A-18E/F
Super Hornet as a way to mitigate the
In December, 22 House lawmakers wrote Defense Secretary Robert
M. Gates imploring him to find room
in the fiscal 2010 budget to begin
another multiyear buy of the aircraft.
"The role played by our aircraft
carriers in protecting and promoting
America's interests around the world
is too important to permit this [short-fall] to occur," the lawmakers wrote.
"Therefore, as the Defense Department continues its preparation of the
fiscal year 2010 budget, we are writing to express our strong support for
the continued procurement of Super
Hornets as the most cost-effective
near-term means to address the
Navy's strike fighter shortfall."
The current and final multiyear
contract on the fighters expires this
year. But with budgets already tight
and shipbuilding supporters clamoring for the Navy to find room in
its annual accounts to buy 12 vessels
a year, the prospects for another
Super Hornet multiyear buy — or
any other approach to mitigate the
shortfall — remain unclear.
The Navy Dec. 22 awarded a $14 billion contract to General Dynamics
Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding for eight Virginia-class submarines.
The contract, the third for the Virginia class, pays for one ship per year
in fiscal 2009 and 2010, and two per
year in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The
Navy initially had not planned to begin building two submarines a year
until 2012, but Congress ultimately
required the service to accelerate
The program has been hailed as
one of the Navy's best-run acquisition efforts, but backers of the
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"A fascinating book about a topic of great importance." —The Wall Street Journal
"Highly readable…. An important summary of some of the worst Chinese behaviour around the world." —The Economist
"[A] pioneering investigation….The book cuts to the political core by defining China's behaviour abroad as a mirror of its system at home." —Sunday Times
"Engaging and sympathetic portraits of some of the 750,000 Chinese who have set up retail businesses all over Africa selling the flood of consumer goods that pours out of China's factories….Fascinating and vivid reportage." —Spectator
"Excellent macro-economic insights….But ultimately the human stories are what make [China's Silent Army] so compelling….It ought to be required reading."
"The amount of reporting that went into China's Silent Army is truly impressive. It is the sympathetic accounts of ordinary emigrants' experiences that provide the backdrop for the real insights of the book." —Financial Times
"The Spaniards' research is prodigious and the facts they unearth startling….The Chinese should reflect on the questions the book raises." —Evening Standard
"Lively and humane….[China's Silent Army] offers essential information for all who wish to learn how the global reach of China Inc is transforming the lives of everyone on this planet." —Literary Review
"An excellent piece of investigative journalism….China's Silent Army is the first book to give such detailed coverage to the greatest Chinese emigration in history, which is changing the world, and to record the voices of those who are taking part….If you want to understand how China is changing the planet, read this book."
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Click here to read about the new version without Adobe Flash.
The following data can be entered to
create an online periodontal chart: tooth mobility, furcation
involvement, gingival margin (mm), probing depth (mm) and notes.
The blue shaded area representing periodontal pockets will be
created automatically with the red line which represents the
gingival margin and the blue line which represents the
attachment level (bottom of the periodontal pocket) are defined.
The depth of the furcation is charted using a
circle. An open circle (degree 1), a semicircle (degree 2) and a
filled in circle (degree 3).
The online periodontal chart cannot be saved
on the hard drive similar to a text document.
As an alternative, however, the website can be
saved on both Apple Macintosh and Windows
PCs as a PDF file. Depending on the operating
system, Adobe Acrobat (not only Adobe Acrobat
Reader) or any PDF creator has to be installed. (Link
to Adobe Acrobat).
The online chart can be
printed/saved as a Microsoft XPS Document Writer
file when using Windows PC. XPS files, however, will only be displayed in Microsoft Internet Explorer
or any XPS-Viewer.
Using the "Print..." command in any browser
will open the print dialogue to select of one of the following
options: Adobe PDF, FreePDF
or Microsoft XPS Document Writer (Windows PCs only). Clicking OK
will allow the user to choose a file name and location where the
PDF file should be saved.
The goal of clinical periodontal charting
is to record probing depths and
attachments levels at six sites per tooth or
implant in mm. For all the measurements it
appears to be reasonable to round up all the
readings measured with the periodontal probe.
The attachment level will be calculated
for each site based upon to the following formula:
Probing Depth (mm) Gingival Margin
(mm) = Attachment Level (mm)
The probing depth (pocket depth in mm) is
measured with the periodontal probe. The gingival margin
(displayed as a red line) is the distance from the clinical
gingival margin to any given reference such as, in most cases,
the cemento-enamel junction. Crown margins and the margins of
restoration should be chosen as a reference provided they are at
least 3mm apical to the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ),
otherwise, a virtual reference line should be chosen at the
location of the original cemento-enamel junction. This reference
should be noted in order to allow for comparing measurements at
various treatment intervals.
In a healthy periodontium,
the cemento-enamel junction is located below the
gingival marging and immediately above the attachment
level. There is no attachment loss at sites with a
healthy periodontium.
In some cases, the cemento-enamel
junction may be located somewhat below the gingival
margin, however still immediately above the attachment
level. This occurs in cases of gingival overgrowth or
gingival hyperplasia. There may or may not be any
attachment loss at sites with gingival hyperplasia.
Note: Pseudo pockets are pockets of
4mm and more without attachment loss.
Gingival recession is the condition
seen when the gingival margin is located apically to the
cemento-enamel junction. The value noted as the gingival
margin should be recorded as a negative value.
E.g. with periodontal pocket
(probing depth >3mm):
Periodontal probing depth5mm Gingival margin -3mm =
Attachment level 8mm
The selection of the six sites per
tooth for the measurement of both periodontal pockets
and attachment levels is critical. Each tooth is divided
into six sections when observed from the occlusal
aspect. The site with the deepest periodontal probing
depth should be recorded for each section.
The periodontal probe is inserted
along the root surface of the tooth in order to measure
the periodontal probing depths. The instrument should be
angulated in a mesio-distal direction (A or B,
respectively) while keeping it parallel to the long axis
of the tooth (avoid angulations in a buccal-lingual
Furcations of all molars and first
premolars of the upper jaw should be assessed with a furcation
probe (Nabers). The horizontal component of probing is graded
according to the following criteria:
Grade 0 Furcation not detectable
Grade 1 Furcation detectable,
with a horizontal component of probing ≤3mm
Grade 2 Furcation detectable,
with a horizontal component of probing >3mm
Grade 3 Furcation is opened
through and through
Tooth mobility will be recorded using
the following criteria.
Grade 0 Normal (physiologic)
tooth mobility
Grade 1 detectable mobility
(up to 1mm horizontally)
Grade 2 detectable mobility
(more than 1mm horizontally)
Grade 3 detectable vertical tooth
Overall situation (February 2020)
Our online periodontal charting tool is
currently using the Adobe Flash Plugin distributed at
Before the end of this year 2020, the Adobe Flash
Plugin will be removed from all Internet browsers. Therefore, we are
currently developing the new versions of all our online
periodontal tools without Adobe Flash.
Update (May 2020)
The online periodontal risk assessment (PRA) tool has been updated
with the new HTML5 version for a total of 19 languages along with the new main website
Moreover, the german version of the online periodontal
charting tool has been updated with the new HTML5 version at
Updating the Periodontal Risk Assessment (PRA) tool
The current status of the transition of the
Periodontal Risk Assessment (PRA) tool from
Adobe Flash to HTML5 is presented in the following table:
Updating the online Periodontal Charting tool
Furthermore, the current status of the
transition of the Periodontal Charting
tool from Adobe Flash to HTML5 is presented in the following
Following the transition to HTML5 before the end of this year
2020, all our online
tools will remain functional with no expected changes.
Thank you!
Thank you for your understanding and your
patience! And above all, thank you for using our online
periodontal tools!
Christoph RamseierMay 2020
Programming & Design
Christoph A. Ramseier, MASPD Dr. med. dent.
Periodontist SSO, EFPMaster of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Periodontology
School of Dental Medicine (ZMK), University of Bern
Department of PeriodontologyFreiburgstrasse 7CH-3010
Christian A. WolfDr. med. dent., Dr. med.
School of Dental Medicine (ZMK), University of
BernFreiburgstrasse 7CH-3010
Faculty and graduate students of the
Department of Periodontology at the University of Bern are
greatly acknowledged for their support during the
development of this online form.
A special thank you goes to Bernita Bush, RDH,
BS for the English translation of this website.