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Upper floors of Milwaukee County Courthouse reopen after fire
Several floors of the Milwaukee County Courthouse were opened Monday morning, more than a week after an electrical fire shut down the building.
Test results returned last week indicated the air quality in the building was safe on the upper floors.
The fifth, sixth and seventh floors will be open to the public, along with part of the fourth floor. The other floors still need to be cleaned after smoke damage from the electrical fire last weekend.
Criminal, family, small claims cases and jury trials will resume.
Because power to the building remains limited, courthouse employees patrons are encountering a less-than-ideal atmosphere. A lack of air conditioning and lack of elevator service to those upper floors made for some frustration Monday.
"We've been here 10 minutes and evidently going to wait a little longer," said one man waiting for one of the few elevators in operation. He eventually packed up his stroller and his child and took to the stairs.
Charlotte Terwyn made ti up several flights of stairs only to find out her case had been postponed.
"We had to come all the way done here for nothing," she said.
Entrances to the Courthouse on 10th and 9th Streets will be closed. People, including employees, will be able to use the Courthouse entrance on Wells Street. People will also be able to enter at the Safety Building or Criminal Justice Facility and take the skywalk to the Courthouse.
The Courthouse is doubling the number of security scanners and staff at the Wells Street entrance to handle extra traffic at the one entrance. Those who need handicap accessibility should enter through the Criminal Justice Facility. Staff will direct visitors from there.
Restoration and clean up work in the rest of the courthouse is underway.
Power is back up for most of the courthouse and the Safety Building, said County Executive Chris Abele. He said the two generators will remain on 10th Street for some time.
"This has been an unprecedented time for Milwaukee County and I want to thank all of the employees who have taken this in stride and helped us maintain the many important services we provide," Abele said. "I want to especially thank Chief Judge Jeff Kremers and the Court System for their flexibility and an extra special thanks to the County Facilities, Risk Management, IT employees, Security Officers and Sheriff's Department staff who are working 24 hours a day to make sure this cleanup is done safely and is getting done as quickly as possible."
The cost of restoration and temporary relocation of offices is still a question.
While county leaders are confident that repairs from the courthouse fire will be covered by insurance, it's not as clear whether other related costs will also be covered.
Interim County Budget Director Josh Fudge is currently crunching the numbers for the next county budget, and this crisis at the courthouse has thrown an unexpected wrench into the works.
"I don't know what the financial impact will be this year. It's a little too early for that, obviously," Fudge said.
Abele said he believes thanks to insurance coverage, taxpayers should be protected from almost all costs.
- All Criminal, Family, Small Claims Cases and Jury Trials will resume on Monday.
- Jurors can get updated information about where to report on Monday on the Reserve Juror web page, reservemessage.com or by calling the Reserve Juror phone lines at 414-985-6000 or 414-985-6200. Jurors should check the hotlines on Sunday evening after 5p.m. for the latest information.
- Limited Probate services will be available, people should report to room 117 of the Safety Building for Courtroom information.
- The Courthouse Cafeteria will be closed but there are food options at the nearby Public Museum and we have invited Food Trucks to park close by.
The following services remain available off-site:
County Clerk
- Wedding licenses are available in room 105 at the City Campus building (2711 W. Wells St.)
Register of Deeds
- The Register of Deeds department is recording the majority of real estate documents that are submitted. These electronically submitted documents (eDocs) are being processed remotely.
- Register of Deeds is unable to sell vital records copies but records of birth and death events that occurred within the Cities of Milwaukee and West Allis can be obtained from the health departments of those cities. All other county birth, death and marriage records can be obtained from the state vital records office in Madison.
Child Support Services
- Milwaukee County Child Support Services will run a satellite office from 9am to 3:30 p.m. at the Marcia P. Coggs Building (1220 W. Vliet St.).
- Limited services will be available, but Child Support staff will be on-site to meet with participants with child support concerns, and accept payments.
- Income withholding notices will still be processed by Milwaukee County staff temporarily working from the Waukesha County Courthouse.
- The Wisconsin State Child Support trust fund remains operational, and is processing and crediting payments at this time.
Other Functions
- Most other staff and functions including, The Comptroller, Treasurer, Human Resources, Fiscal and Budgeting, Department of Family Care, Disability Services and Corporation Counsel are working from other locations across the county.


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"that's another thing. we all have to look at the stars more often" says lorelai gilmore as she, sookie, jackson, and michel are lying on a blanket, sleeping with the zucchini.
henry van dyke said, "be glad of life because it gives you the chance to work and to play and to love and to look at the stars."
"can you tell my step-mom likes stars?" nathan asked dodger the first time he came over to visit. then two thirteen year-old boys stood in the living room and counted all the stars. there are a lot. without even getting out of my comfy chair, i can see fifteen.
about thirteen years ago i started noticing the shape of stars. i have no idea why i was drawn to them. i remember making christmas cards that year with water-colored stars on them and wondering how long my affinity would last. i was aware than this was a phase, and like many others, it would pass. thirteen years, and a star tattoo on my foot later, i am willing to admit that i have more than an affinity for stars.
i still have no idea why...
Friday, January 14, 2011
Posted by calondra at Friday, January 14, 2011
2 comments:
- Deb in China said...
I'm stealing your Van Dyke quote!
- January 24, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- mamadjay said...
'In our world,' said Eustace, 'a star is a huge ball of flaming gas.'
'Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of…'
-from The Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis
i love stars too... =)
- February 2, 2011 at 8:29 AM
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What would you say if I told you I was facing death threats? ("Lucky you" isn't the right answer.) That some persons outside, entirely unknown to me, represent a grave mortal danger to my well-being? Each day? And these numbered not in the ones or the tens, but in the hundreds?
I am not joking.
That's just how it is to go out on the streets these days. I don't think it's an exaggeration. I don't see a difference between sending these people into the city with a bunch of loaded guns with their safety catches off. Though, people with gun licenses are infinitely more responsible than with driving licences.
There are people who are blissfully unaware of most rules of traffic (don't insult the jungle by making a comparison - at least the jungle's rules are followed). There are people who will miss a turn, then reverse half a kilometer to avoid taking the next gap in the divider ahead. There are people who think flashing their lights at vehicles and passers-by automatically empties the road. There are people who will force you into a mistake by honking repeatedly. There are small people in big, ugly vehicles who think driving in a big box enables them to muscle another person off the planet. There are people who will ruin your day for you, for free.
These are people who can maim you. Or kill you. Or someone close to you.
There's nothing very funny about "that's the way we drive". You might not like it if I, like some Middle Eastern despot, shot off rounds randomly at you and said "that's the way we shoot here".
It's sickening to see anyone on foot, especially the elderly, having to scamper for their lives, each time they step out. Insensitively, I guess the problem is that somehow not enough people die in front of us. That the answer lies in mashing up Stalin's quote: one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic. We need a million personal tragedies.
You may think it's more terrifying to live in Karachi, or Kandahar, or Karbala, where bombs go off each day, where people don't know if they'll make it through the next 24 hours. You might not think of it in these terms, but people who venture out each day don't know which idiot might run into them. A conscious culture of casual and opportunistic lawlessness prevails, where each one nudges the other to skip that signal, break that no-entry, burst through the wrong lane, and see these as the de facto rules. I bet more people die of road accidents in a year than in terrorist attacks. (Anyway, eventually, we don't do much about either.)
You might not have noticed, but it can be terrifying to go out there.
To tell you the truth, when I see people breaking the rules and putting others in danger, I wish something nasty happens to them during that very act. And only to them. I see them as a menace to society (even if society is busy being a menace to itself) and the only way to make the roads safer is to get them out off the way.
This is dangerous thinking. But sometimes, it's me or them.
I'm convinced that the only way to look at this is in black and white. To hammer in the bare-faced social and personal costs of bad driving. Realise this: we are an army of assassins-at-large.
And we'll get you eventually.


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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Carolina Panthers by the numbers after Week 6
4 -- Cam Newton is fourth in the NFL with 1847 passing yards. In all of 2010, Jimmy Clausen had 1558 passing yards.
9 -- Cam Newton's interception total. He is tied for the league lead with Washington's Rex Grossman, so the two could face off Sunday in Charlotte (although Grossman may have lost his job to John Beck with a four-interception game against Philadelphia).
14 -- Steve Smith's receptions of 20 or more yards this season. That ranks first in the NFL in that category; he is second in total reception yardage (675) to New England's Wes Welker (785).
27.2 -- A major problem. That's the number of points the Panthers are giving up per game. Only three NFL teams are worse -- John Fox's Denver Broncos being one of them.
78.3 -- Newton's overall quarterback rating, which was dragged down significantly with Sunday's three-interception performance against Atlanta. It ranks him No.25 in the NFL.
395 -- Number of yards the Panthers have been penalized this season, which is third-worst in the league behind Oakland and Tampa Bay.
418.2 -- Panthers' average offensive yards per game, fifth in the NFL. They've moved the ball with authority between the 20s but continue to have some red-zone problems.
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We must be leading the league in missed tackles.
- October 18, 2011 at 12:32 PM
We one thing is for sure, we do lead the league in unrealistic expectations. This team is FAR from ready to compete in the NFL. We are slightly better than last year, thanks to Cam. But other than that, we are still a 4 win team at the very best, as the oddsmakers had us at the start of the season.
- October 18, 2011 at 2:29 PM
How is Captain Munnerlyn still starting, he's always right there when the other team rips off a big play? Him and Jordan Pugh are atrocious.
- October 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM
Seriously Scott's hood, why can't our homers see what a bad team we are? I was expecting better defense and more rookie mistakes by Cam, not one of the most dynamic offenses in the league and a defense that couldn't stop a lineman from rushing for 100 yards.
People I'm not saying don't cheer for the team, just don't act so surprised and upset when we lose to good teams. Ever since Panthers fans were spoiled in '96, we have been an impatient bunch. Look at Detroit, one playoff win since the 1950s. Many if not most seasons they have had for decades were like ours last year. Cheer for the team but get real folks, the future looks bright and we could not say that last year.
- October 18, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- Alex G said...
Isn't it interesting that a lot of writers has viewed this as Cam's worst performance to date (3 interceptions is a lot), but it was his highest QBR rating, which is supossed to take into account things that aren't the quarterbacks fault, like some of those interceptions???
- October 18, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- clausen said...
Future is bright!
- October 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM
- clausen said...
Future is bright!
- October 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Panthers have a Superbowl contending but aging offense, last place defense. If Cam Newton were the QB of the Jets, Sánchez rookie year, Jets would have one Superbowl win working on another this year.
- October 18, 2011 at 10:52 PM
Anon @ 10:52pm - Cam is good, but remember he's still a rookie and makes plenty of mistakes. The Panthers defense isn't doing Cam any favors, forcing us to significantly outgain the other team, but Cam hasn't been doing the defense any favors either.
His league-leading interceptions can give the defense a short field, or limit their time off the field, making them very tired.
Cam's talents, coupled with a dynamic offense have made the Panthers both competitive and fun to watch (finally), but let's not get carried away. He's still a rookie and will continue to make rookie mistakes. He'll likely wind up being the best QB to ever suit up in a Panthers uniform, but like any good NFL QB, he'll need time to develop and learn from his mistakes.
- October 19, 2011 at 8:01 AM
neutral observer says,
yada yada yada ... losers protect their loser and his 1-5 reg season & 0-3 pre season. not his fault.
nothing is his fault in the pros so far plus he never stole laptops cheated got kicked out of college or got pay for play loot either. not his fault.
he'd be winning super bowls for other teams right now and when he cuts out for 4 times more loot next yr.
the media and his fans on a fantazy trip. laughable.
in the real world the 1-5 kits get a free scalp at the dc barber shop next up. 3-2 skins on the warpath after that philly loss.
washington redskins by 18.
ps on behalf of the other 31 teams please do not make any changes at qb this yr. thankz guyz.
- October 19, 2011 at 8:43 AM
16th in points per game... so some of the gaudy offensive stats are misleading.
- October 19, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Fix the D and this all goes away and the W's begin. Our D is horrible. Anybody who watches this mess can see it. Missed tackles, D line can't and I repeat can't shed blockers to get to the runner. Are we just weak? Cam is performing well above expectations and pleasant to see but his effort goes down the drain when our D steps on field. It's pathetic.
- October 19, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Rivera "We are close"?
More HC comedy. Rivera should have stayed in Cally & gone to Hollywood. Give him a few more weeks like that and he'd at least win on amateur nite at the Improv.
Close only counts in horeshoes darts and target practice.
It can also go the other way. i.e. Falcons by almost 21.
"We are close" Famous last words of Capt Smith on the Titanic.
- October 19, 2011 at 9:14 AM
I want to know what Therapist in town is directing all of her crazy/angry patients to vent on this blog.
Man WHAT! You psychopaths drive on the same road as I? I need a bigger truck.
If you don't like the Panthers, support the Cowboys, as all other crazies do. Just shut the crap UP.
- October 19, 2011 at 8:35 PM
- par said...
Why can not the Panthers pick up T. Owens or T.J. Houshmandzadeh? They need help in the receiving corps.
- October 19, 2011 at 11:32 PM
to keep it all fair theres a 13 year old tuff lil athl looking for some 30 yr old weakling welfare homo runt redneck trailor trash WB to stomp some butt ... scared ? better be.
... hes trains at the gym as a futha nfl qb & one badboy lil killa. gonna be funny. 30 yr old runts butt whipped by 13 yr old killa up next ... he goes to games ... beware of parking lots afta da game...
- October 20, 2011 at 9:19 AM
- secure tabs said...
Well they are 2-8 right now, and they face Indianapolis on Sunday, they got a great chance of winning in Indianapolis.
- November 24, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- viagra online said...
Excellent statistics actually I didn't know some of them, well what I can tell you is that Panthers are the best one.
- November 25, 2011 at 9:41 AM


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And yes, this just happened to someone in my region who I interviewed here on the blog, PB author Barbara Jean Hicks.
The category was Literary Monsters for $1000
In a Barbara Jean Hicks story, monsters are tricked into
eating these veggies when told they're giant trees.
What is...?
You could probably guess the answer even if I didn't have a picture of the book over there. But still! How cool is that to have your name and book on national television?! And check out the other authors in the category: Mary Shelly, Jules Verne, R.L. Stine and Rick Riordan. Pretty sweet!
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Update: Legal voices on Twitter have pointed out that the legal notice that Vidyut received is stupid, as Vidyut is the author, not an intermediary, and the IT bill applies only to intermediaries. This means, that she does not have to take down her content, but the lawyers can make her ISP block her website if she does not, yes, without a court hearing. In short, the IT bill is evil, but has not legally been used against her yet. It has been used, but it was a stupid, uninformed illegal use.
A blogger and dear friend Vidyut Kale had written a post about the raid on the Belvedere yacht party, where she also exposed a history of financial misdoings by Lt Col (retd) Gautam Dutta. She has received a take down notice for her article being defamatory. The IT Rules are so arbitrary that she has no chance to defend herself against the takedown, because no explanation or even verification of the premise of the take down notice being correct is required.
Anyone getting the takedown notice is legally required to take their content down within 36 hours or they lose protections as intermediaries.
While she is also the author, her position as the owner of the blog makes her vulnerable to these threats if her blog is to survive. She has no experience of fighting court cases, and can't afford a lawyer, while the persons sending her the notice have a large law firm at their command. It is not defamation if her content is provable through RTI documents, but to prove it, she will have to violate the IT Rules, lose protection and fight several years in court – to save a post that exposes corruption in sailing on technicalities lawyers can exploit for people with the money to throw, while bloggers can be victimized out of any serious truth seeking by the simple virtue of not having enough money.
She is the same blogger that blogged to draw attention to the Keenan and Reuben murders when mainstream media had reported the story and let it go. Her efforts led to large-scale media attention that helped the poor families get attention to their case and prevent the killers from going scot-free. This can be verified by searching for Keenan and Reuben, and her blog – aamjanata.com is one of the top results. Two posts she did compiling news coverage was extensively refered to by others covering the case. She raised questions that were important to not be ignored.
She has also reported on and followed the case of Naina Singh's dowry death, where the police were refusing to file an FIR. She created a group of people to support Naina's mother as well as found local lawyers (Delhi) who would help her approach courts to get directions for filing an FIR. The FIR was filed five months after Naina Singh's death.
She has blogged extensively on issues of national interest, freedom of speech and human rights.
In reporting stories from the RTI documents related to sailing scams she was again covering an area that is not big enough for mainstream media, but an important leak of money as well as integrity for the country. Not to mention the illegal practices around sailing making it a security risk through norms of "looking the other way".
VIdyut, who is a housewife and has little income is at serious risk of being attacked by a team of seasoned lawyers with money to burn. for daring expose corrupt practices. This is a very concerning sign for freedom of speech and whistle blowing in our country. Any media attention highlighting her situation and precarious situation of smaller content producers in India like bloggers, independent artists, cartoonists, etc and the role played by the IT Rules will go a long way in protecting their rights and drawing attention to their victimization.
MP P Rajeeve is moving a motion in the Rajya Sabha for the IT Rules to be annulled for being unconstitutional, but without appropriate attention, it may not happen or may be too late for many like her.
I have known Vidyut now for some two years, initially drawn to the fire in her writings and tweets, and then getting to know her as a dear and dependable friend.
It saddens me that the IT bill is striking so close to home, and I hope sincerely for Vidyut's sake and for the sake of the freedom of expression in general that the IT bill gets annulled and this case gets the treatment it deserves.
Imagine if you had to tear down your house just because your neighbour alleged that it was irritating him. Yes, it is that bad, no court needs to convict Vidyut for her to take down the content, and if the lawyer is not satisfied by that, her blog. All it takes is to register a case and send a notice to her ISP.
Thanks to helpful lawyers we know now that the IT bill's invocation against Vidyut was an error or a threat tactic by Mr. Gupta's Lawyers, but the sword of the IT bill still hangs on her head, if she does not comply with the notice, they can easily get the ISP to block her site, no case nothing needed. I hope, of course that this does not happen, and at lease one of the swords hanging over her head is removed by the end of the day today.
Spread this message – email it to your friends, post it on Facebook, the IT bill needs to go, and if it doesnt, our freedom will.
Anand Philip


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NBA Playoff Capsules: Rockets, Heat open with wins
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HOUSTON (AP) -- LaMarcus Aldridge scored a franchise playoff-record 46 points and Damian Lillard added 31, including the go-ahead free throws in overtime, to lift the Portland Trail Blazers to a 122-120 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Aldridge fouled out with about a minute left in overtime and Lillard, who was making his playoff debut, took over. He scored the next five points for Portland and put the Trail Blazers on top by one point with a pair of free throws with 17 seconds left. Joel Freeland made one of two free throws seconds later to give the Blazers the win in their first trip to the postseason since 2011.
Game 2 is Wednesday night in Houston.
Aldridge, who was playing in his home state, also had 18 rebounds and two blocks. James Harden and Dwight Howard each scored 27 points for Houston, and Howard grabbed 15 rebounds.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Nene dominated with 24 points, Trevor Ariza scored 18, and Washington rallied from 13 down to beat Chicago in its playoff opener.
John Wall scored 16 in his postseason debut. Marcin Gortat added 15 points and 13 rebounds, and the fifth-seeded Wizards pulled out the victory even though they looked like they were ready to be blown out.
They cut a 13-point deficit to one in the third and trailed by three going into the fourth, before outscoring Chicago 18-6 over the final six minutes to come out on top in their first playoff appearance since 2008.
Game 2 is Tuesday.
MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane Wade added 23 and Miami used a late charge to beat Charlotte in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first-round series.
Chris Bosh scored 13 points and James Jones had 12 for the Heat. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Wednesday.
Kemba Walker scored 20 points for the Bobcats, who led by nine early and led again in the third. Al Jefferson missed eight of his final 13 shots after getting hurt in the first quarter. He finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats, who got 17 from Gary Neal and 15 from Josh McRoberts.
Miami sealed it with an 18-4 run in the fourth, all but three of those points coming with James getting a rest.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Tim Duncan scored 27 points, and San Antonio held Dallas to one field goal in the final seven minutes to win Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
The Mavericks also went scoreless for 5 1/2 minutes during that stretch, their lone field goal coming as time expired.
Tony Parker had 21 points, and Manu Ginobili added 17. Kawhi Leonard had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Tiago Splitter pulled down 11 rebounds for top-seeded San Antonio, which has won 10 straight against Dallas.
Devin Harris scored 19 points for the Mavericks, who nearly pulled off a huge upset.


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I was so surprised at how engrossed I was in this book. I was very skeptical when I received it and thought it was going to be more fluff writing. It was a very sincere, well written, memoir of the author's life and exposed a debilitating mental illness/disease that I knew nothing about.
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I was so surprised at how engrossed I was in this book. I was very skeptical when I received it and thought it was going to more fluff writing. It was a very sincere, well written, memoir of the author's life and exposed a debilitating mental illness/disease that I knew nothing about.
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Similar to Marys' comment above, I was not expecting to be as engrossed in the book as I was. I thought that the author did a great job of letting you know just how difficult her life was without ranting about her parents. So often difficult memoirs spend a lot of time complaining about their situaion. I do understand that some situations deserve to be ranted about, but it does not alway retain my interest. She was so careful to let you know how much she cared about her parents. I thought that was quite special.
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I really enjoyed reading this book. It was fascinating to learn about the way Kim's parents lived. Once I started reading the book I couldn't put it down; I was finished with it three days after it arrived. I think one of the reasons I liked it so much was because, unlike a novel, I was reading the truth of Kim's upbringing.
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I count this book among the top ten books I've read this year. It was informative about the hoarding disorder, but it was written in such a personalized manner that I began to feel sorry for Kim. She tried so hard to help her parents, to no avail and she still kept on trying.
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Looks like most of us were surprised at how enjoyable it was. It was informative about hoarding, but the best part of the book was the relationships that she and her parents had. It was a warm book with these undertones of dysfunction that made you feel for the characters rather than dislike them. Kim was a trooper! I certainly would recommend it.
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I had some difficulty to gain any interest when I began to read this book; however, one afternoon I just began to read and could not put it down until it was finished that evening. Since the production of a variety of TV series exploring hoarding, I am hooked watching these shows. I can't decide if I feel empathy or rage towards these poor souls that can't seem to let go of anything. I believe the author has a long path to good mental health despite the publication of her story. I sense she has still not come to terms with her past.
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I enjoyed this book for all the insight into what hoarding is, the impact it has on the quality of life, and the huge stress it can put on children in the situation, particularly when it is as out of control as it was for Kim.
I was so horrified by the conditions in which she lived and how it so forced her to lead a double life as a school girl just to avoid being a total outcast. She was incredibly strong and brave and though frustrated almost constantly she knew how much her parents loved her and she never hated them or abandoned them.
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When I started reading it, I was afraid that it would be boring since it started off with short sentences, like "I did this" and "I did that". I kept with it and became engrossed in it and don't even remember if the writing improved. The content was really interesting. I haven't seen any of the reality TV shows about hoarding, and until I read this, I thought my own parents were hoarders. It appears that they are just messy and unorganized, and I went through nothing near what this poor girl went through.
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I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Coming Clean. I've seen several episodes of the TV show Hoarders and it just makes me sad and kind of angry. Coming Clean gave me a view that made me feel more sympathetic.
I wonder how the families of other hoarders feel when reading the book. Is their experience much the same or very different?
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I didn't expect to like this book at all, like most of you, so I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. The writing is crisp and clean and Kimberly Miller wove an interesting tale about her real life experiences with parents who were not only hoarders but had other problems besides. I am impressed at how she has been able to rise from the ashes, so to speak, and move above and beyond what her childhood was like and do it so well. Kudos to Ms. Miller for not only writing a very readable book but also for making sure her adult life was healthier and hopefully happier.
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I was horrified to read what this little girl , then young adult, went through while growing up. I also was pained to read how she had to lie & hide about what was going on inside her home. However, I kept reading & was riveted .
This is an important book for anyone who works with children to read. This is an issue that is not openly addressed among educators & it should be. Kim's memoir might pave the way for change in this area!
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I really liked this book. I found it was actually hard to put down. Kim really made her life seem real to me. The thing that I liked the most was how she described the hoarding but still loved her parents and connected with them. It was a very hopeful book. Kim's fortitude and courage to rise above her parents' disease was inspiring. Before reading this, I have been trying to downsize. Now I think I better put more effort into it.
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I am glad that I read the book and found parts of it very interesting. I would not say I "loved" this book by any means. However, I think it is very worthwhile and honest. I think it could be a helpful book for teenage and/ or college psychology classes.
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I looked forward to reading this book, and I really found it interesting. I have seen a few hoarding shows on TV and they always seem to be about older folks. I had never imagined what it would be like to be a child in that situation. The author is so open and honest about her past, and I admire her ability to see how much her parents loved her in spite of the neglect and abuse. I can imagine that the child of an alcoholic parent might experience the same loneliness and shame. I found the book to be thought-provoking, and I believe it would be a good book group book.
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I was really fascinated by this book. It was surprising to me that Kimberly could write about her situation and still be kind to her parents. Time and time again, she helped them get new housing, helped them get rid of junk, etc. She was really invested in the messes they had created.
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I read the book hoping I would get some insight into the kind of life a young person I know has while living with a parent who isn't as bad as Kim's parents but who presents many of the same issues. As I read what it was like for Kim growing up I was filled with sadness and only hope the child I know has the kind of fortitude that Kim had to overcome her home situation. I did not quite believe how Kim still loved her parents since in the situation I am familiar with the child is already resentful and angry. This book provides a much more accurate description of hoarding than the television shows which are edited to only see the worst. There are many more facets to a family dealing with these kinds of behaviors.
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This book was an easy and interesting read. I defintely believe that hoarding is a 21st century disease. What I wonder about is...... during earlier periods of history, people did not have the means to accumulate "things". They did not have the funds, the space nor the time. Hoarding is evidence of deeper problems as Kim's father illustrates. So...how did these problems manifest themselves during earlier times? This theory is bourne out by the fact that Kim's parents received help at numerous times over the years, but reverted back to old habits. This story was thought-provoking. Most everyone hoards something, maybe not to the effect as illustrated in "Coming Clean." Any ideas or responses?
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I, like many others, thought it was well written. I have not watched hoarding shows, so was constantly horrified at the ongoing accumulations. The memoir did not address the "childhood accident" that had given her a small trust fund, and I wondered HOW her parents could pay for acting lessons, move, eat out, keep a car, etc. What funding was involved? She had an incredible childhood and brilliant, but sick parents. It's a triumph she survived and still loves them both. Initially I was very surprised her father was the hoarder. I had just assumed it would be her mother.
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I agree with joanc. Truly if even those of us with what we consider normal american homes got rid of half of what we own, we probably wouldn't miss anything. What makes people hang on to the things they do is curious. I thought the book was very interesting. I am glad that the author also addressed her own issues. You can't survive a life that she had without scars.
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I have always been fascinated with hoarding--especially when that which is hoarded appears to be trash to the ordinary person. I often wonder how people can get so attached to "stuff". This memoir, while not answering those questions, certainly delves into the impact of hoarding on family members. The author's story was easy to read and helps us understand what an impact this psychological disorder can have on children. Miller is a survivor who is compassionate toward her parents even in her extreme frustration with them. It was an enthralling read.
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I too was surprised about how much I liked this book. I was a bit apprehensive to read it, as my father was a hoarder as well, though not to the extent that Kim's was (We did not have the rats and sludge in our house). Reading Kim's account helped me to understand my parents' situation better. I became quite engrossed in the book, and read it over the course of a round trip train journey.
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I'm glad to read that others in this forum question the author's memories vs the realities of her life. Once children are old enough to know that living in a garbage can ( did't they have a TV.) is not the norm, anger and bitterness towards parents is automatic. Cleaning the houses each time to save them from eviction indicates that the author didn't do research on what was wrong with her parents. At one point in the book, her Mother admits knowing that Kim would fix the problem. Sorry to say, her parents were selfish and manipulative, aside from using and abusing Kim, her friends and her Aunt. Hoarding doesn't go away when trash is thrown out. It's a chronic disease which requires ongoing professional therapy. I cannot understand how Kim separates the parents from their hoarding. She loves them even though they seemed to pick "things" over their daughter's well being. Kim is either a saint or not able to let the truth in. It would be too painful.
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Keith Gora, an assistant professor of psychology at Bemidji State University, will deliver an Honors Council Lecture on infant cognition and how infants may relate objects to one another on local and global levels to develop a perception of the world around them.
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Gora received his doctorate from the University of Texas in 2009. His primary research interest is cognitive development from birth to adulthood. Sub-interests include early rule learning, language learning, categorization and effects of individual differences.
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Hundreds of people milled about the terminals at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on the evening of April 22, 2011. Three airplanes with passengers on board sat on the tarmac. It was business as usual at one of the largest municipal airports in the country. But meteorological conditions were anything but usual. A powerful supercell over St. Louis spawned an EF4 tornado (view the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which rates the strength of tornados by the damage caused, on page 2) packing 150-mph winds. The twister barreled directly into the airport 11 miles northwest of downtown, blowing out half the floor-to-ceiling windows in the main terminal and inflicting approximately $30 million in damages. In addition, the tornado seriously damaged part of the copper roof over Terminal 1.The 55-year-old roof was iconic and beautiful. Its four copper domes had been the crowning glory of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, welcoming up to 13 million international passengers each year. But the roof had been showing its age for some time, leaking often and requiring frequent maintenance. Following the tornado strike, airport officials made the difficult decision to permanently retire the roof. "The tornado damaged less than 10 percent of the total roof, but that section needed to be totally replaced," explains Jerry Beckmann, deputy airport director of Planning & Development. "That damage, plus the fact that the roof was almost 60-years old, influenced our decision."
Airport officials were challenged to install more than 100,000 square feet of material over four domed vaults as quickly as possible with minimal disruption to the public. Beckmann, who is an engineer, wanted a roof that was watertight and capable of withstanding high winds while airport administrators wanted to maintain the roof's mid-century architectural integrity. All parties wanted the project completed as economically as possible with results that were aesthetically pleasing, historically appropriate and, most important, built for harsh weather events.
They found the solution in copper-clad stainless steel, a material that has been used in roofing applications for roughly 50 years. The selected ASTM B506-09 architectural metal features two outer layers of 100 percent copper strip roll bonded at very high pressures to a core of Type 430 stainless steel, the same metallurgical bonding process used to make U.S. quarters and dimes. The material delivered the natural beauty and patination properties of solid copper with the strength and durability of stainless steel—exactly the attributes desired by officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
"Copper-clad stainless steel is a great-looking material that can be fabricated for any roofing style. You can't tell the difference between it and straight-up copper," says Shane Williams, vice president of Civil Construction for Kozeny-Wagner Inc., the Arnold, Mo.-based general contractor awarded the public bid by the city of St. Louis. "It's stronger, has a better shelf life and costs less than pure copper. This allowed us to bid competitively for the job and even return a credit to the city of St. Louis."
The owners of Missouri Builders Service Inc., the Jefferson, Mo.-based roofing subcontractor, were attracted to the material's lighter weight and easy solderability. "We were going to have to maneuver a lot of material on the job site and perform a very large amount of soldering to cover four domes," notes John Kinkade, Missouri Builders Service's vice president. "We liked that copper-clad stainless steel had a lower thermal conductivity for easier soldering. That was important to us, given the scope of the project."
The $6.7 million project to replace the airport roof was announced at a press conference in March 2014 by St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge. "The new skin will shine of raw copper like it did in the mid '50s when the terminal was built," Slay stated in a press release issued by the airport. "The roof will slowly transform in color again in time as this airport serves new generations in this region."
Copper-clad stainless steel has become more popular in tornado and hurricane-prone regions of the U.S. in recent years, thanks to the strengthening of building codes for wind-lift and hail-resistance standards. Copper-clad stainless steel conforms to Miami-Dade BCCO requirements and exceeds UL2218 Class 4 hail-test requirements; wind-uplift tests have shown its strength to be equivalent to steel at the same gauge. It offers a strength advantage compared to solid copper, providing higher tensile strength and yield strength at a thinner gauge than monolithic copper.
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It goes without saying that saving energy will save us in turn in not too distant a future. So often we are careless about these in our daily lives both at home or our offices that we fail to value the importance of saving energy at our homes or offices be that water,gas or electrical energy. Sometimes just the right mindset or the awareness of the fact that you can make a difference by saving some energy, can do a great deal because it can all add up when we can do it collectively. Not only will it help us as a country to solve energy deficiency, but it can even solve our power outage problem in as granular a level as our local area. It's quite simple really. When you save energy or rather don't waste energy or electricity for instance, the total consumption of electricity goes down in that locality. Hence, a single person can lower the chances load shedding in a locality which should be motivating itself. Enough of prosaic talk. Here are few tips or guidances that you can follow both at your home or your office to save some amount of energy like electricity or gas. Without giving you a big list, I can only preach what I practice, so here they are:
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4. Always switch off your television when you are done using it. No stand by please! It can even save you from damaging your television set in times of lightening.
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Facebook is protecting its brand and trademark by banning apps that have the words "Insta" or "Gram" in the name to make sure users know there's no official connection.
Instagram has sent out emails to those apps asking that they change their names, according to TechCrunch. From a letter sent to the app Luxogram:
While we encourage developers to build great apps with Instagram, we cannot allow other applications to look like they might be official Instagram applications or endorsed or sponsored by us. . . . The two new points that Instagram indicates that Luxogram is treading on are the fact that it uses "gram" in its name, and that (a highly customized variant of) the camera logo is being used. Instagram notes that a response to the email is expected within 48 hours and that a "reasonable period" will be provided to fix these items.
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This was a truly heavenly dish I lovingly giggle about while calling it my world-famous "nut loaf." Its main ingredients are bread crumbs, carrots, onions, and cashews with a delicious filling of pureed chestnuts. You bake it the way you would bake a banana bread, in a loaf pan. I also made a wonderfully creamy and rich veggie gravy. Throw some mashed potatoes on there and you've got one hearty meal even a lumberjack won't bitch about.
This was so delicious, words cannot even describe. I've never been a huge fan of mock meats but I don't just want to eat a pile o'vegetables either. I made my own seitan using a modified version of the one in Veganomicon then sauteed it with some Mongolian stir-fry sauce and added a little extra crushed red pepper. I like spicy, maybe you've noticed. I served it on top of some Israeli couscous, which is larger than regular couscous. I just like saying couscous. Couscous, whee!! Ahem, the couscous was tossed with fresh basil, toasted walnuts, and lightly browned garlic. Mmmm…
These were the most amazing treats. I am a huge lover of all things coffee-flavored so when I heard that Starbucks was coming out with their own line of instant coffee called VIA, all I could think was, "Hm, how can I put THAT in a cupcake?" For this, I basically made the chocolate cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World and dissolved a packet of VIA in the soymilk/apple cider vinegar mixture. For added buzzed-up fun, I put one tablespoon of coffee grounds in the dry ingredients, too. Lucky for me, one of my BFFs works at a Starbucks in Nashville and I still had some of the coffee left over that she sent me for my birthday. Next, I made regular old buttercream but instead of using one or two tablespoons of regular soymilk to soak up some of that powdered sugar, I dissolved another packet of VIA into the soymilk. Heaven with a capital V. Seriously.
If you want to read about VIA cupcakes on a much cooler blog, go here. This is my friend's site who made her own recipe a couple months back.
Coming soon: Undertaker cupcakes! Fun fact: The Undertaker and I share the same birthdate.


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Appears in *Hyginus (3) (Fab.274) in a list of discoverers and inventors. She is described as an Athenian girl who lived at a time when there were no *midwives, because women and slaves were forbidden to learn medicine; this scenario matches no known historical period. Disguising herself as a man, Agnodice studied medicine under 'a certain Herophilus', and then practised medicine at Athens successfully, challenging the professional monopoly on the part of male doctors. Accused by her jealous rivals of seducing her patients, Agnodice demonstrated her innocence by performing the gesture of anasyrmos, lifting her tunic to expose her lower body. This revelation led to a charge of practising medicine unlawfully, but she was saved when the wives of the leading men lobbied the *Areopagus in her defence. Hyginus claims that Athenian law was then changed so that freeborn women could study medicine.Less
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Too often the treatment of mental illness focuses exclusively on the science of biomedicine, on pathology and cure. Deeper questions about how best to support human flourishing are set aside as irrelevant to the clinical practice of medicine. An initiative at Duke Divinity School aims to change this.
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture (TMC) initiative, which was founded in 2013 to engage communities and institutions on fundamental questions about human flourishing, fragility, and death, has identified mental health as a core area of focus. Its goal is to move healthcare beyond a medical model of mental illness and explore how theological thought and tradition can inform medicine, and at the same time, transform the way the church engages with mental illness and medical practice.
"Mental illness is a major cause of suffering and disability, present within every Christian congregation," says Warren Kinghorn, M.D., Th.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and pastoral and moral theology, and a faculty leader of the initiative. "TMC aims to equip and empower Christian communities to develop new ways of responding to illness and suffering -- including mental illness -- that work alongside and yet are not dominated by modern medicine."
Drawing faculty and students from theology, medicine, public policy, and other disciplines, TMC is engaging these issues by fostering conversations among students and faculty; by providing opportunities for health professions students and practicing clinicians to seek theological training at the Divinity School; and by the creation of a certificate in Theology, Medicine, and Culture within the Divinity School curriculum. In addition, TMC plans to facilitate a multi-year collaborative of congregations called "Reimagining Medicine" that will invite and equip congregations to engage creatively with the challenges of suffering and illness in their communities. Aiming to equip and empower congregations to respond to persons with mental illness, TMC is also co-sponsoring a February conference in Houston, Texas, that considers historical examples in which Christians have introduced transformative and innovative ways of walking with people with mental illness and will link this to the work of congregations today.
"We need to look at how we might learn from the ways that Christians have creatively and faithfully responded to mental illness in the past," Kinghorn said. "Historical examples, including Juan-Gilaberto Jofre, a Spanish monk who in 1409 founded the first western institution for the mentally ill; the community of Geel, Belgium, which pioneered community mental health care; and the Mennonite mental health centers of the 20th century all point to a theology that is still relevant to caring for people who struggle with mental illness today."
The TMC initiative, which expands on the work of the earlier Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, will also focus on end-of-life care and on ways that clinicians experience their work with the sick as a calling. TMC will complement other Divinity School initiatives such as the ongoing Clergy Health Initiative, an initiative funded by The Duke Endowment that aims to improve the health and well-being of United Methodist clergy in North Carolina.
The TMC initiative is directed by Ray Barfield, associate professor of pediatrics and Christian philosophy. In addition to Kinghorn, affiliated faculty include Richard Payne, Esther Colliflower Professor of Medicine and Divinity; Amy Laura Hall, associate professor of Christian ethics; Allen Verhey, Robert Earl Cushman Professor of Christian Theology; Esther Acolatse, assistant professor of the practice of pastoral theology and world Christianity; and Farr Curlin, associate professor of medicine who holds a secondary appointment at the Divinity School.
TMC will co-sponsor a conference, "Walking Together: Christian Communities and Faithful Responses to Mental Illness," Feb. 6-8, in Houston, Texas. The conference will be held in collaboration with sponsors including Reimagining Life Together and the Hope and Healing Institute at St. Martin's Episcopal Church.


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Linear and affine transformations
A linear transformation on a vector space is a function satisfying
where is an arbitrary scalar and are arbitrary vectors. Linear transformations always preserve the origin, send lines to lines, and preserve the relative distances of points along any given line. The image of parallel lines under a linear transformation is again parallel lines. However, linear transformations do not necessarily preserve angles between lines. Examples of linear transformations include
- rotation
- reflection
- scaling
- shear
Linear transformations are closed under composition and form a monoid with the identity function as the neutral element.
An affine transformation is a function of the form where is a linear transformation and is some vector. Affine transformations preserve all the same things as linear transformations, except that they do not necessarily send the origin to itself. Affine transformations include all the above examples, along with
- translation
Affine transformations are also closed under composition, and are used as the basis for all transformations in
diagrams. Note that using homogeneous coordinates, affine transformations can be seen as a certain subset of linear transformations in a vector space one dimension higher. (
diagrams used to actually use this approach for representing affine transformations, but no longer does.)
Matrices, inverse and transpose transformations
Any linear transformation in an -dimensional space can be represented as an matrix: in particular, the matrix whose th column is the result of applying the transformation to the unit vector with a as its th entry and s everywhere else. For example,
is the linear transformation that sends to and sends to . It's easy to see that multiplying a matrix by such a unit vector picks out a column of the matrix, as I claimed. It's also not too hard to see that the matrix's action on any other vector is completely determined by linearity. Finally, of course, one can verify that matrix multiplication is, in fact, linear.
By the inverse of a linear map (note I use "linear transformation" and "linear map" interchangeably), we mean its inverse under composition: a transformation such that . We can also think about this in terms of matrices: the inverse of a matrix is a matrix such that , the identity matrix (with ones along the diagonal and zeros everywhere else). One can check that (1) the identity matrix corresponds to the identity linear map, and (2) matrix multiplication corresponds to composition of linear maps. So these are really two different views of the same thing.
The transpose of a matrix (denoted ) is the matrix you get when you reflect all the entries about the main diagonal. For example,
This is (usually) not the same as the inverse, as can be easily checked. Now, how can we interpret the transpose operation on matrices as an operation on linear maps? Of course, we can just say "the transpose of a linear map is defined to be the linear map corresponding to the transpose of its matrix representation". But I actually don't have any intuitive sense for what the transpose of a linear map IS in any more fundamental sense.
What we really want to think about is the inverse transpose, that is, the inverse of the transpose of a matrix, denoted . Suppose we have a vector , and another vector which is perpendicular to . Now suppose we apply a linear map (represented by a matrix ) to the vector , giving us a new vector . In general, may not be perpendicular to , since linear transformations do not preserve angles. Some linear maps such as rotations and uniform scales do preserve perpendicularity (if that's a word), but not all linear maps do: for example, the 2D linear map that scales all -coordinates by 2 but leaves -coordinates unchanged. But what if we want to obtain another vector perpendicular to ? In fact, the thing to do is to multiply not by , but by the inverse transpose of . That is: if and are perpendicular vectors, then so are and . This can be proved by noting that the dot product of two vectors can equivalently be written (treating vectors as column matrices), and that two vectors are perpendicular iff their dot product is zero. Hence
Now, if one has a matrix it is easy to compute its transpose, and not too difficult to compute its inverse. However, in diagrams, given a transformation we don't have its matrix representation. Linear maps are represented more directly (and efficiently) as functions. We could generate a matrix by applying the transformation to basis vectors, but this is ugly, and converting a matrix back to a functional linear map is even uglier, and probably loses a lot of efficiency as well. What to do? We need to carry around enough extra information with each transformation so that we can extract the inverse transpose. We just have to make sure that this extra information is compositional, i.e. we know how to compose two transformations while preserving the extra information.
It's easy to see that (i.e. the inverse and transpose operations are involutions). It's not quite as obvious, but not too hard to show, that the inverse of the transpose is the same as the transpose of the inverse. Combining these facts, we see that for a given matrix there are really only four matrices of interest: , , , and . We can arrange them conceptually in a square, thus:
Then taking the inverse corresponds to a L-R reflection, and taking the transpose corresponds to a U-D reflection. Given two such sets of four linear maps, it's not hard to work out how to compose them: just compose the elements pairwise (i.e. compose the inverse with the inverse, the transpose with the transpose, etc.), keeping in mind that the inverse and transpose compose in the reverse order whereas the regular transformation and the inverse transpose compose in the normal order.
So each transformation is actually a set of four linear maps. To take the inverse or transpose of a transformation just involves shuffling the linear maps around. Composition works as described above. We just have to specify these four linear maps by hand for each primitive transformation the library provides, which can be done by appealing to the matrix representation of the primitive transformation in question.
Now, so far we have only represented linear transformations: affine transformations can be recovered by storing just a single extra vector along with the four linear transformations.
Transformations are defined in
Graphics.Rendering.Diagrams.Transform (from the
diagrams-core package). There are additional comments there which may be helpful. First, we define invertible linear transformations:
data (:-:) u v = (u :-* v) :-: (v :-* u)
That is, a linear transformation paired with its inverse. We always carry around an inverse transformation along with every transformation. All the functions for constructing primitive transformations also construct an inverse, and when two transformations are composed their inverses are also composed (in the reverse order). Note that the
:-* type constructor is from the
vector-space package. Don't worry about how it is implemented (actually I don't even know).
Then an (affine)
Transformation is defined as follows:
data Transformation v = Transformation (v :-: v) (v :-: v) v
There are three parts here. The first
(v :-: v) is the normal transformation (the linear part of it, i.e. without translation) paired with its inverse. The second
(v :-: v) is the transpose and inverse transpose. The final
v is the translational component of the transformation.
For examples of creating
Transformations, see the remainder of the
Graphics.Rendering.Diagrams.Transform module, and also the
Diagrams.TwoD.Transform module from the
diagrams-lib package.
Specifying transformations as matrices
To turn an arbitrary matrix into a
Transformation would require the following:
- Assuming the matrix is represented using homogeneous coordinates, it must be checked that the matrix actually represents an affine transformation (as opposed to a general projective transformation). This corresponds to the bottom row of the matrix consisting of all zeros and a final 1.
- Extract the translational component from the final column of the matrix (except for the 1 in the bottom right corner).
- Extract the linear transformation component as the submatrix obtained by deleting the last row and column.
- Turn the matrix into a function by inlining the definition of matrix-vector multiplication. e.g. the matrix
corresponds to the function .
- Compute the transpose, inverse, and inverse transpose of the matrix and turn the results into functions as well.


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text: Health Information Every Breath She Takes: Asthma Hasn't Slowed Joanna Zeiger by Karen AspEn Español (Spanish Version) For the past seven years, Zeiger, a 30 year old from Maryland who's pursuing her doctorate degree at Johns Hopkins University, has battled asthma. But she hasn't let that stop her. She's a world-class triathlete who's racked up impressive finishes wherever she's gone, including Hawaii where she's finished in the top 10 in the Ironman World Championships. Yet for all of her accomplishments, Zeiger never thought she'd go to the Olympics. She qualified for the 1992 Olympic trials in swimming but knew she wasn't at the level she needed to be. She found her niche, though, in triathlons.The best part about triathlons, Zeiger says, is the chance to experience new things: new places, new people, and new challenges.Zeiger shares how she's managed to compete at such an elite level with asthma.I've always been a swimmer so I may have been asthmatic earlier in my life, but if that's the case, I didn't notice it. When I started running in 1993, I realized I had a problem. I'd go for a run and I'd often be short of breath, especially during harder efforts. I was almost hyperventilating. I just thought I was out of shape. But my dad is an allergist and he recognized the problem.I never realized the implications it would have. I really had no idea it would be a constant battle. I thought I could take my medication and be fine. Even after all these years, I still have days when I can't get my asthma under control, and I have to remember that I'll battle this all my life.Fortunately, I've found a good combination with my medications so that helps me manage it. Most of the time when I'm training and racing, I can breathe well. But it's always in the back of my head that something could go wrong and I might not be able to breathe. I just have to take my medications daily and be aware of how I'm feeling when I race. If I'm not breathing well, I have to take my medication. It's not easy because you have a fear of being overmedicated or that you're wimping out or you're out of shape. It's hard to admit when I'm having trouble breathing and need to medicate myself.Last summer, I had a terrible experience, but it helped me learn for the future. I did a race in Chicago, and I'd had bronchitis which triggered my asthma. I knew I was having trouble breathing, but I'd already taken something for it, and I didn't want any more. Because I didn't take anything else, I had the worst asthma attack. Now when I'm having trouble breathing, I don't wait to take my medication.A typical week involved about 30-35 hours of training. Some weeks might have been less. I did two speed workouts with running each week. I typically did one or two long bike rides a week that could last up to six hours. I did one long run each week, about two to three hours. I swam five days a week, and the rest was filler workouts with shorter runs and rides. I didn't lift weights, but I did stretch regularly and get a weekly massage.You can still compete at a high level but you have to be smart about it. Nothing will ever be 100%. You might have 10 great days but have problems on the eleventh day, and it's that eleventh day you have to worry about. Ask yourself why you're having problems. Then back off on training that day and take your medication.Interviews were conducted in the past and may not reflect current standards and practices in medicine. Talk to your doctor to learn more about how this condition is diagnosed and managed today and what treatment approaches are right for you.Resources:Asthma and Allergy Foundation of Americahttp://www.aafa.org/Free Asthma All-Stars information packPhone: 1-877-4ALLSTARNBC Olympicshttp://www.nbcolympics.comPlease be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Copyright © EBSCO Publishing. All rights reserved.Editorial PolicyPrivacy PolicyTerms and ConditionsSupport


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Fighting for a national interoperable public safety communications network
The FCC still wants to auction off the D-Block to a commercial wireless carrier but the Public Safety Alliance, APCO, and others are gaining steam in opposition
The Public Safety Alliance — an organization headed by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and consisting of members of the National Sheriffs' Association, the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Emergency Management Association, and dozens of others — late last week issued a press release blasting a recent FCC whitepaper that sought to justify another attempt to auction off the D-Block to a commercial carrier. Frequent readers of this space will recall that the first attempt at such an auction (in Spring 2008) was a colossal failure, and that public safety officials have recently been seeking to have the D-Block of the 700 MHz band allocated directly to them.
The FCC document, entitled "The Public Safety Nationwide Interoperable Broadband Network: A New Model for Capacity, Performance and Cost" is almost cynical in its conclusion that "the 10 megahertz of dedicated spectrum allocated to public safety in the 700 MHz band for broadband communications provides more than the required capacity for day-to-day communications."
Enter, The PSA
The stated purpose of the Public Safety Alliance (PSA) is to "ensure law enforcement, fire and EMS agencies are able to use the most technologically advanced communications capability that meets the difficult, life-threatening challenges they face everyday as they protect America." To that end, PSA issued its own whitepaper in response to the "study" by the FCC. The PSA document, dubbed "House of Cards: FCC's Capacity White Paper Built on Assumptions and Conjecture," is posted in its entirety here, but the following passage cuts right to the quick of the matter.
With only 10 MHz of paired spectrum in the 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Spectrum, public safety network operators could deploy only one 5 MHz x 5 MHz LTE carrier. However, with a D-Block reallocation, public safety broadband networks will be able to operate over one 10 MHz x 10 MHz LTE carrier, which would provide higher peak data rates and increased overall network throughput. The 10 MHz x 10 MHz LTE system would provide superior network performance, as compared to a 5 MHz x 5 MHz system.
Furthermore, reallocating the D Block would provide a more viable option to retain control over the network in public safety hands. Without such control, there is no assurance that public safety will have the reliability and flexibility needed.
A single wireless public safety broadband network containing the D Block and adjacent public safety 700-MHz broadband spectrum is the only logical choice to satisfy the public safety community's wireless broadband spectrum requirements. Primary public safety access is critical, as demonstrated by the failure of the initial D-Block auction. Public safety cannot be relegated to roaming on commercial networks as just another customer.
Industry Giant
Andrew Seybold, one of the most influential observers of the wireless communications industry, also recently issued a response to the FCC's whitepaper. Seybold stated, "It is time for the FCC to revisit its recommendations for the allocation of the D Block that it presented to Congress. If the D-Block is auctioned and the public safety community is short-changed once again, it will only be a few years before it will have to return to the FCC and Congress begging for additional spectrum. After more years of delay, perhaps the next FCC will find more spectrum for public safety, but it will be on yet another portion of the spectrum and cause needless increases in both network and device costs. The D-Block is ideally suited to being combined with the public safety spectrum and the costs associated with building out 20 MHz of spectrum will be much less than building out two 10 MHz bands located in different portions of the spectrum."
Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing time and again and expecting a different result. Still, the FCC remains set on auctioning the D-Block to one or more wireless carrier companies (none of which showed even a stitch of interest in buying this swath of bandwidth last time around). The assumption is that those commercial enterprises would turn around and give first responders "priority access" to that spectrum space when emergency networks are overwhelmed with traffic — such as might happen in a major natural disaster or large-scale terrorist attack.
"The Commission studied three tragic moderately sized real disasters in its white paper," concluded the PSA whitepaper. "However, it failed to utilize data from more extensive real world situations like the attacks in New York on 9/11 or from Hurricane Katrina. The public safety community is left to wonder if anything has been learned from these disasters."
How You Can Take Action
The PSA supports House Bill H.R. 5081 — the so-called Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 — which would allocate directly to public safety the spectrum needed to establish a nationwide interoperable communications network. The PSA is asking for all interested first responders and emergency managers to contact their Representatives in Congress and voice support for the allocation of the D-Block to public safety. Simply click here, enter your state and zip code, and you will be taken to a form you can fill out to make your opinions known.
International Association of Fire Chiefs President and PSA spokesperson Jeff Johnson said, "Time is running out for Congress and the Administration to pass and enact into law the legislation necessary to fund the national architecture and infrastructure build out with the full 20 MHz of adequate spectrum for public safety, to include allocation of the D Block. We continue to urge Congress and the Administration to join with the overwhelming majority of our local and state leaders, and first responders, by actively advocating for allocation of the D Block to public safety, and moving to prohibit the FCC from any effort to rush an auction of this critical national asset."
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The Lasting Presence of the KJV in the Music of the Black Church
On Monday, February 11, at the third of four programs designed to explore the themes in Manifold Greatness (and as a part of Loyola Marymount University's Black History Month celebration), the Sacred Praise Chorale of Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, CA performed works directly inspired by the words of the King James Bible.
The concert, directed by pianist and soloist Diane White-Clayton (affectionately known as "Dr. Dee"), took attendees on an inspiring, energetic musical performance of eight works of that spanned eighty years of worship music written by African American composers.
Reverend Jason Darden, Protestant and Multifaith Campus Minister at LMU, provided moving commentary between songs, and the 120 guests of all ages in attendance left with their hands tingling from clapping and their hearts elated by the honesty, beauty, and soulfulness of the performance. After the concert, guests and performers walked from the Sacred Heart Chapel to the William H. Hannon Library for a reception and viewing of Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible.
I invited Dr. Dee and Reverend Darden to share their personal perspective on the role of the KJV in their life.
"The King James Version of the Bible with its poetic colors and literary prominence has been the source of artistic inspiration for composers for centuries. This is especially true of African American composers. A culture which relies heavily on lyrical oratory, the Black church in America is often filled with the words from this great work, whether quoted by a pastor in a sermon, read as the Sunday morning scripture, spoken antiphonally by congregants and reader, or sung in the lyrics of the choir's musical rendition.
Raised in a traditional Black church, my ears were filled with the words of the King James Version as I memorized verses in Sunday School or listened to my father preach them with eloquence. Hence its influence on me as an artist would be strong. As a composer, a great percentage of my choral works employ the King James Version as the sole source of lyrics. I use it for the beauty of the old English, the familiarity it breeds for those entrenched in the tradition, and simply because of the inspiration it breathes to me as a Christian."
– Diane White-Clayton ("Dr. Dee")
"The King James Bible holds a very special place in my heart. I grew up as a preacher's kid; not only was my father a preacher but my grandfather as well. I can remember sitting in the pews and listening to my father and grandfather preach from the King James Bible. I memorized scripture using the KJV and whenever I quote a passage during a sermon I always seem to resort back to my KJV vernacular.
For me, the King James Bible is comforting; it brings back fond memories of our family's small African American Church of Christ in Sylvania, Georgia. The very first bible that I received after my baptism was a black Thompson Reference King James Bible, with the words of Jesus in red of course! The King James Bible was with me as I began my ministry in the pulpit and will be with me on the day I deliver my last sermon from the pulpit. For African Americans, the KJV is much more than a translation of scripture. The KJV is our grandfather, father and mother, our friend in times of trouble, and our history as a people."
– Reverend Jason Darden
Jamie Hazlitt is Outreach Librarian and Manifold Greatness program director at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.