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Proper 16
21 August 2011
St. John's, Chicago, IL
In the Name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
"Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" lots of confusion surrounded this point in the New Testament era. When Jesus asked this, He knew He was the Son of Man, but not most people. Misunderstandings abounded, as to whether it would be Elijah, confusing what the Prophet Malachi had said, or Jeremiah, or another prophet, or even St. John the Baptizer. Even most of the disciples might not have understood what Jesus was getting at here. So He goes on.
"Who do you say that I am?" There is the heart of it all. Who do you say Jesus is? Is He a prophet? A kind Man? A good Teacher? The perfect example of love? Yes...He is. But if that is all that He is, then you are still going to hell. If Jesus is just a prophet, you are still stuck in your sin. If Jesus is merely kind or good, He would not be giving you life everlasting. If He is simply an example and teacher of love, you would still be in the devil's loveless clutches.
And sure, you say, "Oh! I know better than that! I know Jesus is the Son of God." But do your words and actions follow suit? Or do you speak one thing in church and act another way outside these doors?
Yes, when Simon Peter boldly proclaims, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" you are ready to chime right in, "Me too! That's what I say!" but where is your focus?
If you keep turning back on yourself, and dwell on how you feel, you are off track. If you spend your time thinking about how you reacted to worship, or how you felt or what you thought during hymns or readings or prayers, Satan has been successful! It is NOT about you. The Lord Jesus is God coming to you. And He does this no matter what you are thinking or saying or feeling about it. Remember, it is not by your reason or strength; He sends His Spirit through His Gifts of Word and Sacraments to forgive you and bring you life. And He does this when and where and in whom He chooses.
So would you agree that He is the Christ, just because you thought so, or felt it? Is He the Son of God simply because of your instinct? Absolutely not! The Lord God promises to work through His proclaimed Word, and in His proclamation, He clearly and definitively reveals that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
That is great news! God Himself has come to bear your sin and be your Savior. He is your Redeemer and Rescuer. And He has given His Spirit to reveal that to you in faith. "No one can say 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit." And so He has. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Father and gifted Simon Peter to confess that Jesus is the Lord, and He gifts you to confess it too!
In the 1950's, a show called, "21" was enjoying popularity. Twenty-one was a game show in which contestants answered questions, like "Jeopardy" or "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." But "21" suffered a scandal. They had kept a close watch on ratings, and when they found a contestant that people really liked, they fed him answers so he would keep winning.
You have been given the answers, as well. Only with the Lord and in this situation, it is not cheating. He provides the answers for who Jesus is, and gives you faith in Christ!
This morning we rejoice as once again the Lord has gathered an amazing faculty and staff here at St. John's. He places them here to support and encourage everyone during their earthly journey, as they receive Jesus' Gifts and are then given to confess that He is indeed "the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Our dear Savior has gathered a faculty and staff that is confesses Jesus is "the Christ, the Son of the living God," our only Lord and Savior from sin. He blesses them with faith, and in His love, He uses them to instill this in everyone He gathers here. They believe and confess with you, their fellow baptized faithful, that Jesus is our Risen Lord, who fulfilled that sign of Jonah, of which Jesus spoke soon before this event.
Jonah, seemingly dead in the belly of a fish for three days, then given a "life after death." Jesus, truly dead in the belly of the earth for three days when buried, then rises and gives life after death.
Dear friends in Christ, because the Father has revealed this to you, too, you believe and confess that Jesus is "the Christ, the Son of the living God." and through that gift of faith, you too receive the fruits of this sign of Jonah -- that is, you too join the Lord Jesus in His marvelous resurrection! Amen.


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Philippe Walter
Nationality : French, born 9 May 1967
2012 – Director of the LAMS, UMR8220 and of the Féderation de Recherche NewAGLAE
2008 – 2011 Director of the Laboratory of the C2RMF, CNRS-UMR 171
2007 – Director of Research at CNRS
2005 – Associate Professor, University of Liege, Belgium
2003 – Head of the group « AGLAE » at the C2RMF
1999- 2007 Researcher at CNRS, C2RMF
2003 - Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Chemistry, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
1993 - PhD in Geochemistry at University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
1989 - Master Degree in Physics at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
1986-1990 Student at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud
- Awards : Fellow of the Fundation IXCore for Research (2009), CNRS Silver Medal (2008), Grammatikakis-Neuman Prize of Chemistry from the French Academy of Sciences (2004), CNRS Bronze Medal (2000), Prize in physical chemistry from the French Chemical Society (1994)
- Chair or co-chair of about eight international workshop, congress or school, in particular of the schools « Molecular and Structural archaeology : how did solid-solid transformation occur ? » in 2006 and "Non-invasive analysis of painting materials" in 2010 in the framework of the International School Hubert Curien of molecular and structural archaeology, Erice, Italy. Founding member of a Gordon reserach conférence on scientific methods in Cultural Heritage research (vice chair in 2012 and chair in 2014).
- In charge of different research programs : « Cosmetic practices during Antiquity » CNRS-L'Oréal-Ministère de la Culture (1996-2012) et « Pharmacy and Archaeology » CNRS- University Paris Sud- Ministère de la Culture and ACI Jeune chercheur (2001-2006), "NanoCHEOPS : Nanoreactors in hair for optoelectronic and Cultural Heritage conservation", ANR (2008-2012).
Some publications (out of a total of 150)
- De Viguerie L, Walter, P., Laval, E., Mottin, B., Solé, V.A. (2010), Revealing the sfumato Technique of Leonardo da Vinci by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49 (35), 6125–6128.
- Tapsoda I., Arbault S., Walter Ph., Amatore C. (2010), "Finding out Egyptian Gods' secret using analytical chemistry : biomedical properties of Egyptian black makeup revealed by amperometry at single cells". Anal. Chem., 82 (2), pp 457–460.
- Bleuet, E. Welcomme, E. Dooryhee, J. Susini, J.L. Hodeau, Ph. Walter (2008) - Probing the structure of heterogeneous diluted materials by diffraction tomography. Nature Materials, 7, 468 – 472.
- Ph. Walter, E. Welcomme, Ph. Hallégot, N. J. Zaluzec, C. Deeb, J. Castaing, P. Veyssière, R. Bréniaux, J.L. Lévêque, G. Tsoucaris (2006) – Evidence for early use of nanotechnology from an ancient hair dyeing formula. Nano Letters 6/10, pp. 2215-2219.
- Ph. Walter, P. Martinetto, G. Tsoucaris, R. Bréniaux, M.A. Lefebvre, G. Richard, J. Talabot, E. Dooryhée (1999) - Making make-up in Ancient Egypt. Nature, 397, pp. 483-484.


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Template:Infobox Scientist Stephen William Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (but intends to retire from this post in 2009),[1] a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and the distinguished research chair at Waterloo's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.[2] He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes, and his popular works in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general. These include the runaway popular science bestseller A Brief History of Time, which stayed on the British Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.[3]
His key scientific works to date have included providing, with Roger Penrose, theorems regarding singularities in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes should emit radiation, which is today known as Hawking radiation, or sometimes as Bekenstein-Hawking radiation.[4] His scientific career spans over 40 years and his books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity and world-renowned theoretical physicist. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts,[5] and a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Science.[6] Hawking has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The condition has progressed over the years and he is now almost completely paralysed.
Stephen Hawking was born to Dr. Frank Hawking, a research biologist, and Isobel Hawking, a political activist. He had two younger sisters, Philippa and Mary and an adopted brother, Edward.[7] Though Hawking's parents were living in North London, they moved to Oxford while Isobel was pregnant with Stephen, desiring a safer location for the birth of their first child (London was under attack at the time by the Luftwaffe).[8] According to one of Hawking's publications, a German Wehrmacht V-2 missile struck only a few streets away.[9]
After Hawking was born, the family moved back to London, where his father headed the division of parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research.[7]
In 1950, Hawking and his family moved to St Albans in Hertfordshire where he attended St Albans High School for Girls from 1950 to 1953. (At that time, boys could attend the Girls school until the age of 10.[10]) From the age of 11, he attended St Albans School, where he was a good, but not an exceptional, student.[7] When asked later to name a teacher who had inspired him, Hawking named his Mathematics teacher, "Mr Tahta".[11] He maintains his connection with the school, giving his name to one of the four houses and to an extracurricular science lecture series. He has visited to deliver one of the lectures and has also granted a lengthy interview to pupils working on the school magazine, The Albanian.
Hawking was always interested in science.[7] He enrolled at University College, Oxford with the intent of studying mathematics although his father preferred he go into medicine. Since mathematics was not offered at University College, Hawking instead chose physics. His interests during this time were in thermodynamics, relativity, and quantum mechanics. His physics tutor, Robert Berman, later said in the New York Times Magazine:
It was only necessary for him to know that something could be done, and he could do it without looking to see how other people did it. ... He didn't have very many books, and he didn't take notes. Of course, his mind was completely different from all of his contemporaries.[7]
Hawking was passing with his fellow students, but his unimpressive study habits gave him a final examination score on the borderline between first and second class honours, making an "oral examination" necessary. Berman said of the oral examination:
And of course the examiners then were intelligent enough to realize they were talking to someone far more clever than most of themselves.[7]
After receiving his B.A. degree at Oxford University in 1962, he stayed to study astronomy. He decided to leave when he found that studying sunspots, which was all the observatory was equipped for, did not appeal to him and that he was more interested in theory than in observation.[7] He left Oxford for Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he engaged in the study of theoretical astronomy and cosmology.
Almost as soon as he arrived at Cambridge, he started developing symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (known colloquially in the USA as Lou Gehrig's disease), a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him almost all neuromuscular control. During his first two years at Cambridge, he did not distinguish himself, but, after the disease had stabilized and with the help of his doctoral tutor, Dennis William Sciama, he returned to working on his Ph.D.[7] He revealed that he did not see much point in obtaining a doctorate if he were to die soon. Hawking later said that the real turning point was his 1965 marriage to Jane Wilde, a language student.[7] After gaining his Ph.D., Stephen became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College.
Hawking was elected as one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society in 1974, was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1982, and became a Companion of Honour in 1989. Hawking is a member of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Jane Hawking (née Wilde), Hawking's first wife, cared for him until 1991 when the couple separated, reportedly due to the pressures of fame and his increasing disability. They had three children: Robert (b. 1967), Lucy (b. 1969), and Timothy (b. 1979). Hawking married his nurse, Elaine Mason (who was also the previous wife of David Mason, designer of the first version of Hawking's talking computer), in 1995. In October 2006, Hawking filed for divorce from his second wife.[12]
In 1999, Jane Hawking published a memoir, Music to Move the Stars, detailing her own long-term relationship with a family friend whom she later married. Hawking's daughter, Lucy, is a novelist. Their oldest son, Robert, emigrated to the United States, married, and has one child, George Edward Hawking. Reportedly, Hawking and his first family were reconciled in 2007.[13]
At the celebration of his 65th birthday on 8 January 2007, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight in 2007 to prepare for a sub-orbital spaceflight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Billionaire Richard Branson pledged to pay all expenses for the latter, costing an estimated £100,000.[14] Stephen Hawking's zero-gravity flight in a "Vomit Comet" of Zero Gravity Corporation, during which he experienced weightlessness eight times, took place on 26 April 2007.[15]
He became the first quadriplegic to float in zero-gravity. This was the first time in 40 years that he moved freely, without his wheelchair. The fee is normally US$3,750 for 10-15 plunges, but Hawking was not required to pay the fee. A bit of a futurist,[16] Hawking was quoted before the flight saying:
- Many people have asked me why I am taking this flight. I am doing it for many reasons. First of all, I believe that life on Earth is at an ever increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus, or other dangers. I think the human race has no future if it doesn't go into space. I therefore want to encourage public interest in space.[17]
Research fields Edit
Hawking's principal fields of research are theoretical cosmology and quantum gravity.
In the late 1960s, he and his Cambridge friend and colleague, Roger Penrose, applied a new, complex mathematical model they had created from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.[18] This led, in 1970, to Hawking proving the first of many singularity theorems; such theorems provide a set of sufficient conditions for the existence of a singularity in space-time. This work showed that, far from being mathematical curiosities which appear only in special cases, singularities are a fairly generic feature of general relativity.[19]
He supplied a mathematical proof, along with Brandon Carter, Werner Israel and D. Robinson, of John Wheeler's "No-Hair Theorem" – namely, that any black hole is fully described by the three properties of mass, angular momentum, and electric charge.
Hawking also suggested that, upon analysis of gamma ray emissions, after the Big Bang, primordial or mini black holes were formed. With Bardeen and Carter, he proposed the four laws of black hole mechanics, drawing an analogy with thermodynamics. In 1974, he calculated that black holes should thermally create and emit subatomic particles, known today as Hawking radiation, until they exhaust their energy and evaporate.[20]
In collaboration with Jim Hartle, Hawking developed a model in which the Universe had no boundary in space-time, replacing the initial singularity of the classical Big Bang models with a region akin to the North pole: One cannot travel North of the North pole, as there is no boundary there. While originally the no-boundary proposal predicted a closed Universe, discussions with Neil Turok led to the realisation that the no-boundary proposal is also consistent with a Universe which is not closed.
Among Hawking's many other scientific investigations, included are the study of: quantum cosmology, cosmic inflation, helium production in anisotropic Big Bang universes, large N cosmology, the density matrix of the universe, topology and structure of the universe, baby universes, Yang-Mills instantons and the S matrix, anti de Sitter space, quantum entanglement and entropy, the nature of space and time, including the arrow of time, spacetime foam, string theory, supergravity, Euclidean quantum gravity, the gravitational Hamiltonian, Brans-Dicke and Hoyle-Narlikar theories of gravitation, gravitational radiation, and wormholes.
At a George Washington University lecture in honour of NASA's 50th anniversary, Prof. Hawking theorised on the existence of extraterrestrial life: "Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare."[21]
Losing an old bet Edit
- Main article: Thorne-Hawking-Preskill bet
Hawking was in the news in July 2004 for presenting a new theory about black holes which goes against his own long-held belief about their behavior, thus losing a bet he made with Kip Thorne and John Preskill of Caltech. Classically, it can be shown that information crossing the event horizon of a black hole is lost to our universe, and that thus all black holes are identical beyond their mass, electrical charge and angular velocity (the "no hair theorem"). The problem with this theorem is that it implies the black hole will emit the same radiation regardless of what goes into it, and as a consequence that if a pure quantum state is thrown into a black hole, an "ordinary" mixed state will be returned. This runs counter to the rules of quantum mechanics and is known as the black hole information paradox.
Hawking had earlier speculated that the singularity at the centre of a black hole could form a bridge to a "baby universe" into which the lost information could pass; such theories have been very popular in science fiction. But according to Hawking's new idea, presented at the 17th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, on 21 July 2004 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, black holes eventually transmit, in a garbled form, information about all matter they swallow:
|The Euclidean path integral over all topologically trivial metrics can be done by time slicing and so is unitary when analytically continued to the Lorentzian. On the other hand, the path integral over all topologically non-trivial metrics is asymptotically independent of the initial state. Thus the total path integral is unitary and information is not lost in the formation and evaporation of black holes. The way the information gets out seems to be that a true event horizon never forms, just an apparent horizon.[22]
Having concluded that information is conserved, Hawking conceded his bet in Preskill's favour, awarding him Total Baseball, The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia. Thorne, however, remained unconvinced of Hawking's proof and declined to contribute to the award.[23] Another older bet – about the existence of black holes – was described by Hawking as an "insurance policy" of sorts. To quote from his book, A Brief History of Time:
|This was a form of insurance policy for me. I have done a lot of work on black holes, and it would all be wasted if it turned out that black holes do not exist. But in that case, I would have the consolation of winning my bet, which would win me four years of the magazine Private Eye. If black holes do exist, Kip will get one year of Penthouse. When we made the bet in 1975, we were 80% certain that Cygnus was a black hole. By now, I would say that we are about 95% certain, but the bet has yet to be settled.
—Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (1988)[3]
According to the updated 10th anniversary's edition of A Brief History of Time, Hawking has conceded the bet "to the outrage of Kip's liberated wife" due to subsequent observational data in favour of black holes.
Hawking is severely disabled by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS (a type of motor neurone disease); this condition is commonly known in the United States as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
When he was young, he enjoyed riding horses and playing with other children. At Oxford, he coxed a rowing team, which, he stated, helped relieve his immense boredom at the university. Symptoms of the disorder first appeared while he was enrolled at Cambridge; he lost his balance and fell down a flight of stairs, hitting his head. Worried that he would lose his genius, he took the Mensa test to verify that his intellectual abilities were intact
- See also: Error: Template must be given at least one article name. The diagnosis of motor neurone disease came when Hawking was 21, shortly before his first marriage, and doctors said he would not survive more than two or three years. Hawking gradually lost the use of his arms, legs, and voice, and is now almost completely paralysed.
During a visit to the research centre CERN in Geneva in 1985, Hawking contracted pneumonia, which in his condition was life-threatening as it further restricted his already limited respiratory capacity. He had an emergency tracheotomy, and as a result lost what remained of his ability to speak. He has since used an electronic voice synthesizer to communicate.
The DECtalk DTC01 voice synthesizer he uses, which has an American accent, is no longer being produced. Asked why he has still kept it after so many years, Hawking mentioned that he has not heard a voice he likes better and that he identifies with it. Hawking is said to be looking for a replacement since, aside from being obsolete, the synthesizer is both large and fragile by modern standards. However, as of present, finding a workable software alternative has been difficult.
In Hawking's many media appearances he appears to speak fluently through his synthesizer but, in reality, creating the text is a tedious drawn-out process. Hawking's setup uses a predictive text entry system, which only requires the first few characters in order to auto-complete the word, but as he is only able to use his cheek for data entry, constructing complete sentences takes time. His speeches are prepared in advance, but having a live conversation with him provides insight as to the complexity and work involved in his responses. During a TED talk, a posed question took 7 minutes to answer.[24]
He describes himself as "lucky" despite his disease. Its slow progression has allowed him time to make influential discoveries and it has not hindered him from having, in his own words, "a very attractive family".[25] When Jane was asked why she decided to marry a man with a 3-year life expectancy, she responded: "Those were the days of atomic gloom and doom, so we all had a rather short life expectancy."
Acclaim Edit
Statues Edit
- On 19 December 2007, a unique statue of Professor Stephen Hawking by renowned late artist Ian Walters was unveiled at Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, Cambridge University.[26]
- In May 2008 the statue of Hawking was unveiled at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town.
Museums Edit
- The Stephen W. Hawking Science Museum in San Salvador, El Salvador is named in honor of Stephen Hawking, citing his scientific distinction and perseverance in dealing with adversity. [27]
Buildings Edit
- Stephen Hawking Building in Cambridge, opened at 17th April 2007. The building belongs to Gonville and Caius College and is used as an undergraduate accommodation and conference facility.
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- There is also a Stephen Hawking building in Winchester, at the westgate school.
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Distinctions Edit
Hawking's belief that the lay person should have access to his work led him to write a series of popular science books in addition to his academic work. The first of these, A Brief History of Time, was published on 1 April 1988 by Hawking, his family and friends, and some leading physicists. It surprisingly became a best-seller and was followed by The Universe in a Nutshell (2001). Both books have remained highly popular all over the world. A collection of essays titled Black Holes and Baby Universes (1993) was also popular. His most recent book, A Briefer History of Time (2005), co-written by Leonard Mlodinow, aims to update his earlier works and make them accessible to an even wider audience. He and his daughter, Lucy Hawking, have recently published a children's book focusing on science that has been described to be "like Harry Potter, but without the magic." This book is called George's Secret Key to the Universe and includes information on Hawking radiation.
Hawking is also known for his wit; he is famous for his oft-made statement, "When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol." This was a deliberately ironic paraphrase of "Whenever I hear the word culture... I release the safety-catch of my Browning", from the play Schlageter (Act 1, Scene 1) by German playwright and Nazi Poet Laureate, Hanns Johst. His wit has both entertained the non-specialist public and helped them to understand complex questions. Asked in October 2005 on the British daytime chat show Richard & Judy, to explain his assertion that the question "What came before the Big Bang?" was meaningless, he compared it to asking "What lies north of the North Pole?"
Hawking has generally avoided talking about politics at length, but he has appeared on a political broadcast for the United Kingdom's Labour Party. He supports the children's charity SOS Children's Villages UK.[28]
Selected publicationsEdit
- Singularities in Collapsing Stars and Expanding Universes with Dennis William Sciama, 1969 Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics Vol 1 #1
- The Nature of Space and Time with Roger Penrose, foreword by Michael Atiyah, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-691-05084-8
- The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime with George Ellis, 1973 ISBN 0521099064
- The Large, the Small, and the Human Mind, (with Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright, and Roger Penrose), Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-56330-5 (hardback), ISBN 0-521-65538-2 (paperback), Canto edition: ISBN 0-521-78572-3
- Information Loss in Black Holes, Cambridge University Press, 2005
- God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History, Running Press, 2005 ISBN 0762419229
- A Brief History of Time, (Bantam Press 1988) ISBN 055305340X
- Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, (Bantam Books 1993) ISBN 0553374117
- The Universe in a Nutshell, (Bantam Press 2001) ISBN 055380202X
- On The Shoulders of Giants. The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy, (Running Press 2002) ISBN 076241698X
- A Briefer History of Time, (Bantam Books 2005) ISBN 0553804367
Footnote: On Hawking's website, he denounces the unauthorised publication of The Theory of Everything and asks consumers to be aware that he was not involved in its creation.
Children's FictionEdit
- George's Secret Key to the Universe, (Random House, 2007) ISBN 9780385612708
- George and the Cosmic Treasure Hunt, (Random House, 2008)
Films and seriesEdit
- A Brief History of Time (film)
- Stephen Hawking's Universe
- Horizon: The Hawking Paradox[29]
- Masters of Science Fiction
- Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe
A list of Hawking's publications through the year 2002 is available on his website.
Awards and honoursEdit
- 1975 Eddington Medal
- 1976 Hughes Medal of the Royal Society
- 1979 Albert Einstein Medal
- 1982 Order of the British Empire (Commander)
- 1985 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1986 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- 1988 Wolf Prize in Physics
- 1989 Prince of Asturias Awards in Concord
- 1989 Companion of Honour
- 1999 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society[30]
- 2003 Michelson Morley Award of Case Western Reserve University
- 2006 Copley Medal of the Royal Society[31]
Media appearancesEdit
- Main article: Stephen Hawking in popular culture
Hawking has appeared as himself on many television shows. For example, he has played himself on a Red Dwarf anniversary special, played a hologram of himself on the episode "Descent" of Star Trek: The Next Generation, appeared in a skit on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and appeared on the Discovery Channel special Alien Planet.[32]
He has also played himself in several episodes of The Simpsons and Futurama. When he was portrayed on episodes of Family Guy, the voice was actually done by a speech synthesizer on a Macintosh computer, according to DVD Commentary. He has also appeared in an episode of the Dilbert cartoon. His name is mentioned in the song "White & Nerdy" by "Weird Al" Yankovic. His actual synthesiser voice was used on parts of the Pink Floyd song "Keep Talking" from the 1994 album The Division Bell, as well as on Turbonegro's "Intro: The Party Zone" on their 2005 album Party Animals, Wolfsheim's "Kein Zurück (Oliver Pinelli Mix)". As well as being fictionalised as nerdcore hip hop artist MC Hawking, he was impersonated in duet with Richard Cheese on a cover of "The Girl Is Mine".
In 2008, Hawking was the subject of and featured in the documentary series Stephen Hawking, Master of the Universe for Channel 4. He was also portrayed in the movie "Superhero Movie" by Robert Joy and in Dark Angel TV Series as Logan's geek colleague.
In September 2008, Hawking presided over the unveiling of the 'Chronophage' Corpus Clock (time eating) clock at Corpus Christi College Cambridge.[33]
In 2008, Hawking was featured in a commercial for Discovery Channel.
He has also appeared in a Fairly Odd Parents Episode when he proved Mr. Crocker wrong by confirming Timmy's answer of 2+2=5 is correct.
Space age Scientist Empires From the Game Spore Speak in a seemingly synthesized voice similar to Hawking's.
See alsoEdit
- Flexiverse
- General-audience description
- George Ellis
- Gravitational singularity
- Kip S. Thorne
- Space colonization
- ↑ Stephen Hawking to retire from prestigious post, Associated Press, 2008-10-24, http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iO1883BL8MCeJ4rZa-OJoHzQ169gD940SGB80, retrieved on 25 October 2008
- ↑ "Stephen Hawking accepts post at Ontario institute", CTV.ca. Retrieved on 27 November 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hawking, Stephen (1988). A Brief History of Time, Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-38016-8.
- ↑ "Particle creation by black holes". Project Euclid. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ "Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts". Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ↑ Mason, Michael. "Alliance, Many of the greatest minds of science meet regularly in Vatican City to counsel the pope on the hot topics of the day'". Discover Magazine (Discover Magazine) (September 2008): 43.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Current Biography, 1984. New York City: H. W. Wilson Company. 1984.
- ↑ "Stephen William Hawking". University of St Andrews. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ Dr. Hawking, Stephen W. 1994. Black Holes And Baby Universes and Other Essays. Bantam Books, London. ISBN 0553374117.
- ↑ Stephen Hawking A Biography, Greenwood Press. 1995.
- ↑ "Dick Tahta". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ "Hawking and second wife agree to divorce", Telegraph.co.uk (2007-01-09). Retrieved on 18 March 2007.
- ↑ "Welcome back to the family, Stephen", The Times (2007-05-06). Retrieved on 6 May 2007.
- ↑ "Stephen Hawking plans to see space", Telegraph.co.uk (2007-01-09). Retrieved on 18 March 2007.
- ↑ "Hawking takes zero-gravity flight", news.bbc.co.uk (2007-04-26). Retrieved on 26 April 2007.
- ↑ "Move To New Planet, says Hawking", BBC (2006-11-06). Retrieved on 21 February 2008.
- ↑ "Physicist Hawking experiences zero gravity", CNN (2007-04-26). Retrieved on 4 May 2007.
- ↑ "Origins of the universe: Stephen Hawking's J. Robert Oppenheimer Lecture". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ Hawking, SW (1970-01-27). "The Singularities of Gravitational Collapse and Cosmology". Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Royal Society) 314 (1519): 529–548. doi:10.1098/rspa.1970.0021.
- ↑ Hawking, SW (1974). "Black Hole Explosions". Nature 248 (1): 30–31. doi:10.1038/248030a0, http://www.nature.com/physics/looking-back/hawking/. Retrieved on 23 March 2007.
- ↑ "Primitive life 'likely elsewhere'". Press Association (2008-04-21). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ "17th International Conference". GR17. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ Preskill, John (2004-07-24). "On Hawking's Concession". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ "Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe (Video time index 8:25)". TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ↑ "My experience with ALS". Hawking, Stephen. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ "Vice-Chancellor unveils Hawking statue". University of Cambridge (2007-12-21). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ Komar, Oliver; Linda Buechner (October 2000). "The Stephen W. Hawking Science Museum in San Salvador Central America Honors the Fortitude of a Great Living Scientist". Journal of College Science Teaching XXX (2), http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/5046/article.html. Retrieved on 28 September 2008.
- ↑ "Our Friends". SOS Children's Villages. Retrieved on 2006-05-06.
- ↑ The Hawking Paradox, Internet Movie Database, 2005, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819995/, retrieved on 29 August 2008
- ↑ Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society, http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/lilienfeld.cfm, retrieved on 29 August 2008
- ↑ Oldest, space-travelled, science prize awarded to Hawking, The Royal Society, 24 August 2006, http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?year=&id=5066, retrieved on 29 August 2008
- ↑ "Stephen Hawking". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ↑ http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=51566
Further readingEdit
- Boslough, John (1985). Stephen Hawking's Universe. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-70763-2. A layman's guide to Stephen Hawking.
- Ferguson, Kitty (1991). Stephen Hawking: Quest For A Theory of Everything. Franklin Watts. ISBN 0-553-29895-X.
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- Hawking, S. W. & Ellis, G. F. R. (1973). The Large Scale Structure of Space-time. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-09906-4. . Highly influential in the field.
- Hawking, S. W. & Israel, W. (1979). General relativity: an Einstein centenary survey. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-22285-0. . A much cited centennial survey.
- Misner, Charles; Thorne, Kip S. & Wheeler, John Archibald (1995). Stephen Hawking A Biography. San Francisco: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313323928.
- Clifford A. Pickover, Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them, Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0195336115
External linksEdit
- Stephen Hawking's web site
- Stephen Hawking's page on Academia.edu
- TED Talks: Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe
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- Hawking's Students at the Mathematical Genealogy Project.
- Hawking celebrates own brief history, 7 January 2002, BBC
- Black holes turned "inside out", 22 July 2004, BBC
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- Stephen Hawking's concept of God
- The role of God within the no boundary cosmology and Imaginary time
- Return of the time lord, Interview about "A Brief History of Time", 27 September 2005, The Guardian.
- "Leaping the Abyss", interview in Reason by Gregory Benford
- Stephen Hawking touches on God and science – Physicist says Pope John Paul told scientists not to study universe's origins msnbc. com 15 June 2006
- Stephen Hawking: "Why We Should Go Into Space"
- Stephen Hawking – discussion of two views of the universe Video
- Transcript of Stephen Hawking's lecture "The Origin Of The Universe" in the Hebrew University In Jerusalem, 14 December 2006
- Public Lectures, including debate with Roger Penrose
- BBC exclusive interview
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Over fifty years ago, an oil processing plant was constructed on the bank of the Zapadnaya Dvina River, turning a small town into modern Novopolotsk. Similarly, the Belarusian Automobile Works transformed simple Zhodino — now known far beyond Belarus' borders. In the 21st century, the most northern district centre of the Grodno Region is set to become famous: Ostrovets. It may gain the status of a town this year; in a decade, it could rival significant Belarusian cities, such as Lida, Slonim and Volkovysk.
Public opinion regarding the Belarusian nuclear power station has changed dramatically, as recent polls conducted by the National Academy of Sciences' Sociology Institute confirm. Over the past six years, the number of nuclear energy supporters has near doubled — reaching almost 60 percent. The situation in Ostrovets is especially exemplary. "When talks began, we faced a lack of understanding and even, outrage, from local residents," recollects the Chairman of the District Executive Committee, Adam Kovalko. "Some time later, I met 24 companies' employees; people were actually expressing their impatience, awaiting the completion of construction."
These changes have a simple explanation: the Ostrovets District is home to about 24,000 people. Although local unemployment stands at a mere 0.6 percent, well-paid jobs are scarce. The main production base revolves around Olkhovka Cardboard Factory, the Radiodetal Plant, the Centre of Co-operative Industry, a consumer service enterprise and several other firms. Some jobs pay as much as Br3-5m per month, but rarely fall vacant.
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Difficulty: Hard
Actors: Work crews and engineers
weight: Singal action.
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Primary Determinant: Relations: Fair
Difficulty: Hard
Actors: The Baron him self (and staff)
weight: Double.
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Is Privacy Important?
Over the past two months, I have been asking myself and my social networks the same question.
The answers I have sought to uncover were masked by partisan politics and moral indecision. Following the advice of Richard Ledgett (of the NSA) I continued to learn and dig into the facts about Internet and Cyber Privacy. What I found, and what I learned, opened my eyes to a world that I had never seen before – the world of digital warfare.
We All Need a Mentor
At my first teaching job, I worked with "At-Risk" High School Students in Colorado. It was an eye-opener in a number of ways, but the most striking for me, was the lack of technical knowledge. As a teacher, and with a captive audience, I slowly started teaching my students what technology really is – the ultimate expression of democracy. To start the process, I guided my students through a short lesson on influential documents of a democratic society: The Magna Carta, The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The UN Charter, and… The Conscience of a Hacker (written by The Mentor in 1986). To me, and to my students, The Conscience of a Hacker was a shot at "the man" for miss-interpreting the power of the internet and the wonders of a curious mind. The Mentor wrote:
This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore… and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge… and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias… and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals.
Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.
I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all… after all, we're all alike.
If you have not seen the manifesto before, please read it! In the history of cyber literature The Conscience of a Hacker is one of the most concise expressions about the war on "Hackers."
Since the 1980's the term "Hacker" has become almost synonymous with "Criminal." I am a child of 1985, I am a Technologist, I am a Hacker, and under certain conditions, I could be called a criminal. In my quest for technical knowledge, I have created viruses, hacked wireless networks, disseminated copyrighted materials, and learned more than I ever did in school. I am a member of black-listed organizations and my name and pseudonyms grace many internet rolls.
I crossed my first technology line at the age of 12, using my home computer. I was stuck behind the Pay-Wall to a website that I wanted access to (believe it or not it was for a digital copy of the Encyclopedia of Diving). It seemed like all of my searches kept pulling up cool information that I could not access. So, like Ýmir Vigfússon, I started testing the site for weaknesses. One of the pay-gates allowed for a "bank account and routing number" payment. Grabbing an image of a Checkbook, I started putting in data to see where I would get. After some trial and error, I found that I could put in a fake name, fake email, and fake account number – as long as the routing number was from an existing bank. I was in!
After about 5 minutes, the "Paranoid" chemicals hit my brain. Two minutes later, I had deleted my account, cleared my computer – and sat wondering what to do…
Using a burner email address, I emailed the webmaster of the company and told him everything that I had done. I went into extreme detail on how I broke into their system using fake data. After three agonizing days, I received a reply: "Thanks!" The webmaster attached a copy of the documents I wanted in exchange for my detailed account of how to fix his system. Ever since that day, I have always tried to stay on the right side of the hacking line (and only crossed it one more time – to save someone's life).
In my course of learning about technology, I downloaded and purchased a wide range of resources: virus how-to guides, hardware keyloggers, advanced WiFi antenna's, etc. I also sought to learn from the communities of online experts that freely share technical information (usually termed as Hacker Gangs). At one point in my quest, I was an acolyte in the Church of Wifi, a member of The Pirate Bay, a member of Phrack, and a member of Hacker Monthly. I characterize myself as a White-Hat – or a Hacker for Good – but the only real difference between white and black is who is observing. If I looked at my own search histories and pseudonyms, I would label myself as a pretty shady bloke.
In 2008, The Mentor was my mentor, and he helped me to see more than I thought was possible. In this age of decreasing internet privacy, who is willing to be a mentor if it means being labeled as a criminal?
Why is internet privacy important?
One of the fundamental draws of the internet has been anonymity. The ability to say what you want without censorship or monitoring. The best place to see the freedom of anonymity is by looking at a stack of comments on YouTube. Would people post those horrible things if they knew that all of their friends, coworkers, and family members would learn about it? Learning about internet privacy made me ask some important questions:
Have you ever posted something online that you don't want anyone to know about?
Is the account you used in any-way connected to who you really are? Don't just say no, think about it! YouTube = Google = Google+ = additional Google reviews and ratings. In a previous case of students using pseudonyms to hide online hate group affiliations, I could see – from a YouTube comment – the link to the students Google+ Profile. That profile, even though under a pseudonym, held a recent review for a business in the area (with a lot of specific information). It only took one phone call to learn who the student was. In the IT World, I am fairly capable, but so is your company IT Department, and your next companies IT Department – keep that in mind.
Now, what makes it scarier is the introduction of the cellphone. If you happened to use your personal phone for the post, your IP Address, MacAddress, Routing Information, and GPS Coordinates are contained in the post data! So not only do I know who you are, I know where you live, and what type of phone you carry. In his Ted Talk, James Lyne explains how most images are encoded with GPS data by default. Think of that in terms of online dating profiles – your profile photo is engraved with the location where you took it (probably your home). When I teach students about the scary side of the internet, I caution them that 3 pieces of information is all it takes to find you – if you post a GPS located photo of yourself, you've been found!
Have you ever searched for something that you did not want to ask a real person?
We all have! From "what should I do if…" statements to "how do I…" queries, our entire life is in our internet history. Some security analysts say that Google has become our most trusted confidant. We ask it questions that we would never ask anyone face to face. But, if you happen to be signed into YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. when you make that query, Google – and everyone with access to Google – knows your most dirty secrets. On the other hand, do you want to be able to search for something outside of your own sphere? Do you want to reach a result that does not conform to your current view? Good Luck! In a recent Ted Talk, Eli Pariser quoted an unknown Google Engineer who explained that Google Search uses 57 identifying characteristics – even when you are not signed in – to tailor your search results (which is probably why I had a very hard time finding Anti-Snowden stories). Just think about that… If I search now, from a Mac in South Korea, I will not get the same search results as a friend on a PC in Colorado.
Have you ever downloaded something that you shouldn't?
In some documents released by Snowden, the NSA listed two priority website targets: The Silk Road, and The Pirate Bay. If you are a torrenter – you're probably hosed.
I am proud and humbled to say a resounding "YES" to all of the questions above. If you also answered yes to one or more of those questions, it means that everything you do online is tied to who you are – the internet is no-longer nationless, genderless, or borderless.
Learning Abroad
Since I currently live overseas, I happen to live in a state of surveillance. As I write this, I can see directly over my monitor is a Security Camera which goes to our own "Panopticon" room in the basement (which is managed by the school "Central Control Team" – one of the most aptly named groups in our company). They are always watching… or so they want us to believe. Like it or not, we change our behavior when we know we are being watched. On another front, in my legitimate, but not necessarily kosher, internet searching, I occasionally get blocked by the Korean Government. It is nothing like in China, but it is a constant reminder that they are out there, censoring what we do and what we look at. The message is clear: I am not capable of making decisions on my own – I must be monitored.
I am a connected American who moved overseas. It was surprising how many virtual services disappeared when my physical body crossed a political border. Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Skype, Google, Spotify, and a slew of other companies started hounding me with messages saying: "We have not come to your part of the world yet." The internet is here, like it or not Hulu is also here! I am an American, I am a citizen of the internet, and in most cases, I am paying for services that these companies provide… or did… before I found out that they geographically discriminate on a global scale. Since 1986, the internet has become a place of virtual borders and classes (Americans have more internet "privileges" than people located in other countries).
Student Privacy
In my professional world, I am an oppressor. In my role as a Technology Director, I actively seek out and destroy programs that hamper our ability to monitor students 24/7. My Predecessor setup his own digital "Panopticon" on a big-screen TV that scrolled through live images of our students' computer screens. When a student was discovered breaking our "Acceptable Use Policy" their screen was taken over – and displayed "REPORT TO IT IMMEDIATELY!" That philosophy ensures compliance by extrinsic punishment – there is no intrinsic motivation to stay compliant. In my own way, I have changed our policy to that of "Mass Surveillance." We track, record, monitor, and search all information on student computers and traffic through our servers. As a result, I get to see what the real danger of "Mass Surveillance" is. Teachers and Administrators have used the ability to search our surveillance logs in order to query students who are not connected to any current offense. Indiscriminate searching is common and done without any oversight.
So lets take my microcosm of 600 students monitored by approximately 20 staff members. In the NSA programs, 30 Million Americans are monitored by 90,000 NSA employees. At least we tell our students we are monitoring them… If we cannot ensure that 20 staff members will abide by privacy rules, how can the NSA with 2/3 of is workforce being private contractors, ensure that someone is not abusing the privilege of search.
The Arguments
The more I searched online, and the more I asked, I could only find two real reasons that people support Mass Surveillance. I do think that each of the issues is worth a discussion and we must look at the rationale behind why these arguments exist.
1) Mass Surveillance stops terrorists.
I do not doubt it for a minute! If you know what a terrorist is doing and can monitor his communications, you will be more able to stop him in the future (or for a slightly terrifying look at blowing up terrorist cellular phones – take a look at this). What I do not understand, and nobody has really discussed, is how stopping terrorism is a rationale for targeting 30 Million Americans. Offensive cyber security and defensive cyber security are not the same thing. We all understand weapons of war more than we should (and hopefully some of you know some SiFi) so let me explain this in a different way. The programs that were highlighted in the revelations about PRISM and X-Keyscore show that we are actively firing our cyber weapons at everyone all the time. Instead, we should spend our time working to shield ourselves from the offensive might of others. Can other nations use our own cellular phones as a weapon? Probably not. But we should prepare our defenses as though the can. As a people, we are really good at what we do. Stuxnet is a great example of American ingenuity. The German researcher at Sophos who worked on it listed its code as "Rocket Science." If we can create such amazing and inspiring offensive weapons, perhaps we should look at how we protect ourselves from those same devices. At this point, we should not allow our government to use the tools of the War on Terrorism to wage war on its own population (which was echoed in the wake of Ferguson). That brings us to the second most prolific reason for supporting mass surveillance:
2) If you are not doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide.
I have done things that are wrong, and I want to hide them. I have terrible credit, and I am paying down a mountain of debt. The stunning change is what happens when what we do in private becomes public. Suppose that I like to dance around my house naked. What would happen if a video of me dancing found its way on to YouTube. I think a majority of people would laugh, but what about the parent of the 5 year old who stumbles across it? Or the person who has it emailed to them for a laugh? Who decides if you are doing something wrong? Is my monitoring of students a crime? What if the parents ask for it? What if the students oppose it? How about me dancing naked, is the a crime if I am being watched?
When you say that you do not care because you are not doing anything wrong… what you are really saying is that you accept the social norms of the group currently in Power.
What if the next President decides that a group you are a part of is illegal? Or in the previous case, makes dancing naked a crime? All of the sudden, you are doing something wrong! Would you care then?
**The dancing around naked was just an example, but if you want to hear from John Oliver about showing your Junk on the Internet, feel free.
What do we do?
After all of my research, and all of my time, there is really not much that we can actively do right now. It is up to each person to find an way to protect themselves and protect the freedom and privacy that we currently have. You can protect yourself and the future of the internet by promote and using companies committed to Zero-Knowledge Privacy. In the words of Edward Snowden:
"We need to code our values, not just in words, but in the structure of the internet."
If you value freedom and privacy, as I do, there are a couple of things you can do:
- Follow these companies: Silent Circle, Golden Frog, Kolab, LavaBoom, GitHub, etc.
- Follow the people listed in this Post.
- Learn and take action! Join the Electronic Frontiers Foundation, #UnFollowMe, Code For America, Privacy International, Amnesty, The Zero-Knowledge-Privacy Standard and all of the other wonderful organizations who protect our freedoms on a daily basis.
If you want help setting up your Zero-Knowledge system, stay tuned for more information.


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Are you looking for a way to help that gifted child you raise or teach who has an executive function disorder? How about the one with a reading problem? Or the one with an expressive language disorder?
Joan L. Green, of the Washington, DC, area, is the go-to person for many parents, therapists, and schools who need to figure out what's in that lengthy evaluation they've received about a gifted child who just isn't achieving in one or more areas. Without the right intervention, that child could wind up in a downward spiral that affects both academic abilities and self-esteem.
Green's specialty is the application of assistive technology (A.T.) to speech, language, literacy, and cognitive difficulties that may interfere with learning and personal growth. She is a speech and language pathologist with a master's degree from Northwestern University's School of Speech, who began her career in the late 1980s working with adults who had had strokes or head injuries. As computer technology improved, tools became availab
le that empowered patients to work on their own, with immediate feedback from the program. For example, Green successfully used a program meant to teach English as a second language to help her clients who suffered from aphasia, which involves problems understanding or expressing language.
With the advent of the Internet and the spread of computers into just about every household, such assistive technology became much more sophisticated, available, and affordable. Today, says Green, she has explored about 1600 applications to find the "treasures" that might help her clients — and that's just for Apple's iPad, which she thinks is a great tool.
The twice-exceptional children Green sees are gifted, of course, and tend to have good technical skills. That's an advantage, because they pick up on things fast, says Green, helping avoid that downward spiral.
Most of the interventions Green offers are short-term, but she is also available for the long haul if that's what's needed. She fits the scope of her services to the need and to the family's budget, and makes an effort to emphasize free or economical A.T. choices. Her goal is to empower parents, students, therapists, and other education professionals with the knowledge of cutting-edge affordable technologies. She helps people find the right tools and strategies for implementing a recommended intervention, all while making life as easy as possible for everyone involved.
Successful implementation, she says, is critical. "You can't just give someone a product or a list of potential technology tools and expect them to be able to use them without help knowing which is best and how and when to use the technology."
When the parents of a 2e child come to Green, she will usually receive evaluation reports containing recommendations for using assistive technology. Green' advantage, she says, is that there are not that many people who can implement those recommendations. Her success stems from the way she can combine her knowledge of:
A typical case may start with a half-hour phone conversation between Green and the parents. The parents then make available the reports and documentation Green needs to fully understand other professionals' appraisals of the child's situation.
Next may come a two-hour in-person or online brainstorming session with the parents about potential ways to address the child's needs; the parents, after all, have good insight into the child's interests, routines, and motivation. Green may show and suggest potential assistive technology tools at this point.
Joan Green's favorite A.T. tools include the following:
Then, in individual in-person sessions with the student, Green will help the student learn the tools needed to implement the intervention strategies. This session may take place in Joan's office in Potomac, Maryland, or in the student's own home or school in the greater Washington, DC area. For example, she might choose a drill-and-practice tool combined with a word retrieval tool to improve skills in spelling. Another strategy might involve a word prediction tool or text-to-speech to help improve a student's expressive skills. The areas in which Green uses technology to improve student behavior include:
Green's use of A.T. is not limited to interventions to accommodate a specific learning challenge. She may also implement interventions that focus on augmenting a student's learning in a particular topic by enhancing the student's interest and motivation. Not only does technology make the intervention fun, says Green, the right technology can also get around the I-don't-want-to-be-different problem. Carrying around an iPad rather than a laptop for in-class accommodations, for example, is "cool." Such interventions may play to a student's strengths, helping to keep the student engaged in school and enhancing self-esteem.
Sometimes Green goes into the student's classroom to observe and may have one-on-one sessions with the student's teacher to explain the intervention and the tools used. Or, she may present to a group of teachers at school.
Green says that most parents now realize how assistive technology can help their children and expect schools to use that technology. Teachers, however, obviously face lots of demands on their time and may have trouble keeping up with the explosion in A.T. solutions. That's where Green can help the school, perhaps by assessing the school's technological capabilities, determining gaps in those capabilities, and suggesting alternative ways to achieve goals, like differentiated instruction, in the classroom. By projecting her iPad screen, Green can demonstrate for the staff how to use technology tools and how to find useful resources on the Internet.
Green also presents to other professionals on the topic, which she views as one way to keep up with technology — by making sure her presentation is up to date every time.
Green has written a book on assistive technology which is reviewed elsewhere in this newsletter. She also offers a free e-newsletter on the topic, featuring applications and programs with good value. Interested readers may sign up for it at www.innovativespeech.com.
Joan L. Green may be reached through her website, by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, or by phone at 301.602.2899. She Tweets under @jgreenslp.
Speech and language therapists are licensed to provide therapy on a state-by-state basis. For example, Green is licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. In other states she can provide "generic" support by phone or through online brainstorming sessions. In those cases, she does not work directly with the student and does not read reports and make specific recommendations, but is able to listen to a person's situation and share knowledge of how she has helped others with a similar set of circumstances. Using screen-sharing technology, she can show iPad apps, online programs, software, and devices as well as talk about implementation strategies that have been helpful with other students.
What if you need a speech and language therapist near you? Many speech and language pathologists belong to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, ASHA. Start your search at the organization's website, www.asha.org, and search for a professional in the U.S. or Canada. Search results will include detailed listings on the selected providers. In selecting a therapist, ask about services relating to A.T., using the information in this article as a guideline.


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Thank you! Are the recipes on this forum? Dumplings, bread, porridge? The porridge I know, I will try that tomorrow. However, I didn't know that could be introduced so soon. At Able's suggestion I added some oat bran to my coconut bread and I seem to tolerate it well. I definitely need more food choices. My 11 year old son said to me today "mom you really need to gain weight". Someone on here called this the 'famine diet' and it still makes me laugh every time.
I am glad you're die off isn't too bad. You probably did it correctly from the beginning. I read a candida book that didn't have information as accurate as Able's so I was making a few honest mistakes.
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Here is some information on Kefir Grains. I presented this information at a workshop at my local farmer's market. Anyone who as something to add is welcome!
Kefir Milk Grains
Milk kefir grains have a texture similar to that of cottage cheese. They feed off lactose in milk from cows, goats, sheep, coconut or soy. The grains consist of beneficial yeast and bacteria that live in harmony with one another.
To begin, place kefir grains in a clean glass jar with about 10 times as much milk as you have grains. Cover the jar with a material that permits airflow but does not allow bugs to get in. This can be a paper towel, clean hair net, or an unused coffee filter. Lastly secure the cloth top with a rubber band. Store the fermenting kefir grains and their fresh batch of milk on a counter top and out of direct sunlight. The temperature should be between 75-78˚F. Let the process occur for at least 24 hours. If the room temperature is higher than 78˚F then the kefir will take less time to culture. If the room is cooler than 75˚F then the kefir will take longer than 24 hours to culture. To strain the fermented kefir milk, remove the top and pour the milk into a strainer. This utensil should allow the milky liquid to poor through while capturing the kefir grains. Place the grains back in a glass jar with fresh milk and repeat the process again for another 24 hours.
Store the strained kefir milk in the refrigerator and use it within a week for best results.
Kefir can be produced year-round in your own kitchen.
Just like any other food, kefir should be eaten in small amounts to start. Start with 4-ounce servings. Once you feel comfortable, you can indulge in larger amounts.
Kefir grains are originally from the Caucasus Mountains between Russia and Georgia. These grains should never need to be repurchased, lasting indefinitely as long as they receive their daily supply of lactose milk. Kefir grains can culture in coconut milk and some nut milks. However, the grains should experience a monthly "maintenance feed" of cow or goat milk. This means that if you do not plan on using animal milk regularly then you should ensure the health of your grains by feeding them animal milk at least once a month or else the grains can die slowly.
People who feel discomfort due to an inner imbalance can benefit from drinking kefir milk. Constipation, yeast infection, chronic fatigue, and irritable bowl syndrome are just a few afflictions that can be remedied with the help of kefir consumption accompanied with a wholesome diet of natural foods.
Antibiotics and birth control pills are two examples of prescription medications that tend to throw the body's inner ecosystem out of whack by allowing the harmful gut flora to prosper. A common example of a bodily reaction is a yeast infection. Regular doses of kefir naturally helps controls the imbalance by keeping harmful yeasts in check.
Kefir is full of the healthy bacteria that inhabit the digestive tract and live in symbiosis with your digestive system.
Kefir is surprisingly easy to digest. The grains use the lactose in milk to produce their food. The amount of lactose left in the fermented milk after 24 hours is significantly lower. As a result, the milk settles well even on an empty stomach!
Interested in buying kefir?
Beware of companies who wish to sell you products that do not reproduce grains. The only two investments in kefir should be the initial cost of pure grains and the price of milk to continue feeding them.
What do I do when I produce too much kefir for myself?
Kefir grains multiply over time, and you may find that you have a surplus. Some people enjoy making cheese with the kefir. The grains themselves can be eaten for an even higher concentration of probiotics.


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September Dogs of the Month.
Also known as the Pyrenean Mountain Dog, the Great Pyrenees is a large, stunning breed of dog. Their body is slightly longer than it is tall and their thick, white coat is their stand out feature. Originally from Siberia or Central Asia, they descended from the Hungarian Kuvasz and the Maremmano Abruzzese and are also a relative of the St. Bernard. During the Middle ages the breed gained popularity as a guard dog with the French and by the 17th century they were in high demand by every French noble. Used to protect flocks from wolves and bears they would be armed with spiky collars and with their thick coat were able to defend their property well. Over their time they have proven to be very versatile working as cart pullers, sled dogs, dogs of war and avalanche rescue dogs.
Today they are still used as working dogs to guard livestock and also very devoted family pets. They can be wary of strangers, both human and animal, though when not provoked they are very much a calm, well-mannered dog that still maintains some seriousness to him. They are extremely courageous, obedient and loyal and for this reason need a strong, calm and assertive pack leader who understands and can project natural dogmanship. They are independent in their nature and will dominate an owner who is less secure or that tries to treat them as a human. They are a breed that needs rules set and to be reinforced. With their family they are extremely gentle and loving but if they needed to protect their family, they would stop at nothing – even self-sacrifice.
Grooming is a high priority; their long, thick double coat needs daily brushing to keep it in good condition and extra care when shedding their dense undercoat. Their outer coat doesn't mat unless something gets stuck in it, this can prove to be an issue with working dogs. A good understanding of the breed is a must before considering a Great Pyrenees as your next pet as they are prone to bloat, hip dysplasia, luxating patellas and can develop skin issues in very hot weather. They are not a dog for a small apartment and need room to move and roam. They are fairly inactive indoors though need regular exercise outdoors to keep in shape and somewhere cool to be kept during warmer weather.
As part of the right family and with the correct pack leader, the Great Pyrenees is a loving, gentle giant who are guaranteed to bring years of love and happiness to their family.
Overcoming fears.
Just like humans, our dogs can develop what we believe to be fears. This could be something as little as not wanting to go down the stairs or fearing a spray bottle or hose or something as large as fearing the car, baths or other dogs.
Regardless of what has happened in your dog's past or whatever has caused this behaviour, this can be easily fixed. All it requires is a strong pack leader and confidence. If you've followed our previous tips on how to correctly enforce being the pack leader and how to show natural dogmanship then overcoming these fears with your pooch will be a piece of cake!
The first thing you need to make sure is that you are correctly walking your dog and you are making 100% sure that you are not encouraging this fear. You may be doing this without realising.
For example; if your pet is fearful, aggressive, shy, nervous etc when another dog is approaching you whilst on the walk, you must continue to walk as you have been prior to meeting this dog, make sure your behaviour and energy does not change. Continue to walk as if that dog isn't there. Something as little as adding more tension to your lead or pulling your dog closer to you is sending the message to your dog that what is approaching is a danger and you are fearful so they need to protect you from this, or that they also need to fear what is approaching and try to avoid the situation all together. Continue moving as if you never even saw the other dog, make sure your lead is kept in the same position and that you are calm and confident. Your dog will quickly follow your lead and listen to his pack leader.
If there is a structure or item that your dog fears, make sure you continually encourage them to overcome this. If your dog fears going up or down steps, don't allow them a way to avoid this. If your dog doesn't want to climb the stairs, do not carry them. You are only encouraging this behaviour by doing this. Continually walk your dog up and down the stairs, confidently on lead and reward them ONLY once they have reached the top (or bottom) of the stairs. Be sure to see our 'Right time to Reward' blog to make sure you are not using treats as a way to get your dog to overcome their fear. By using a treat at the start of your training you are again only rewarding this bad behaviour. You must only reward your dog once they have completed the desired task, this can be simply with cuddles and attention or with treats. When approaching your dog's 'fear' make sure you continue along your path as if that situation isn't there. If your beginning to slow down, hesitate or even stop and make a big deal out of the situation, you are only reminding them there is a problem to begin with. Approach the stairs and walk up them as if you are not even walking your dog. If they put the brakes on, give a gentle pull on the lead in a calm assertive manner and continue walking.
Once your dog realises they are able to safely have a bath, travel in the car or walk up and down the stairs it will simply become habit and regular behaviour and the 'fear' that you thought was once there will disappear.
Overprotective pet?
Do you have issues socialising your dog? Does your dog show signs of being overprotective?
There are a number of reasons this could be happening. Maybe you're not projecting the right energy. Instead of confirming you are the pack leader are you instead giving fearful or submissive energy to your dog? Are you doing your best job to follow the right exercise, discipline and affection plans for your dog or does your dog see you as a free source of love and food?
See this from their point of view. If any of the above situations sound like you and your dog, why wouldn't they want to protect something so valuable to them?
Regardless of what has caused your dog's protective behaviour it's something that you need correct before it gets out of control and leads to more serious aggression issues.
One of the best ways to begin changing this behaviour is to socialise your dog. You're worried though, aren't you? With your dog already acting out how do you do this?
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You need to practice how you can maintain a calm, assertive energy. Give your dog confidence that you are the pack leader and you are in control. Part of the reason your dog is acting out is because of the energy you are projecting.
If you are entering a situation where there are other dogs approaching and you become nervous, your dog will sense this and become nervous themselves, causing your dog to take control of the situation and become protective. Once you have your feelings under control, so will your dog.
Make sure you are only introducing your dog to other calm, well balanced friends. Trying to improve your dog's socialisation with another dog that is not well balanced is just asking for trouble. Getting together with a dog group is a great start to exercise is a great start. Keeping your dog's mind and body busy is the key. With the right company and correctly walking your dog not only will you be re confirming you are the pack leader, but you are helping to relax your dog. A relaxed dog will also help to keep your energy maintained at a calm level.
If you are concerned about doing this for the first few times, you can ask your walking buddy to walk a few paces in front with their pooch. It is essential that your dog is walking correctly at this time. See our previous blogs on walking to do this in the correct manner here!
Once you are confident with the situation you can begin to walk side by side with your walking buddy, your confidence in this situation and calm energy is even more important than your dog. Once your energy is under control and your dog knows you are the pack leader, everything else will fall into place.
For a lot of people, the thought of having to approach this on your own can be a little scary. In this case, we highly recommend seeking the help of a professional. The best person for the job will be an animal behaviourist who can come and work with you both in your home and out and about introducing you and your dog to new situations. If you require, please contact us and we would be happy to refer you to the right person.
There is nothing more satisfying for your dog then to know where he is in the pack, to know he has a calm, assertive pack leader who is in control and they are free to the dog in the family. Finding this balance can be difficult but once you better understand your dog's needs and are able to implement the right rules in place, you will find you have a very happy pooch who can have many friends… both dog and human!
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