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I wish this blog was scratch-and-sniff and that you could instantaneously order and receive a sample platter because the food was delicious! The servings were so generous and fresh! People would 'warn' you about particular sauces or peppers being spicy hot, yet to me, everything was perfectly seasoned. And by the way, I did not see the first 'taco'! Enjoy the photos & I hope you can go to Mexico to taste it for yourself!!
Day 10- last day
Thursday, June 26, 2014-- Making the most of our final hours in Mexico, we watched the sun rise. The constant breeze coming off of the ocean was refreshing--- just like this vacation. Coffee, breakfast, and packing completed our stay at this quaint get-away.
On the way to the airport, an unexpected situation with the van necessitated our switching vehicles. That challenging delay was handled with confidence and grace, which again confirmed the leadership skills of Mariana, Emily, & Juan. Making it to the airport in perfect time, we all said our goodbyes to our friends Juan and Mariana. Time on the plane was spent sleeping, reflecting, and looking forward to being with our families. I will miss my new friends / colleagues because have enjoyed their intelligent & honest conversations, their interesting personalities, and our laughter. Even so, I can't wait to see my family, show them my pictures, and tell them my stories. I look forward to sharing with friends, colleagues, and students.
Thanks to you for reading this blog! It's been a cool opportunity to communicate with you.
Adios y vaya con Dios, Mexico!
Day 8 (take 2)
Tuesday, June 24-- This morning reminded me of getting ready for school at home- eating a quick breakfast, grabbing what I need for the day, & hustling out of the door. (Manuel fixed pancakes and a ham'n'cheese quesadilla. He bought fruit, granola, and cantaloupe juice too which was also good!)
Today we met our group again at the Na'atik Center before heading out to visit a public elementary school in a rural Maya town. There are three teachers who run the entire school of about 65 students. Parents volunteer once a month to clean and take care of the school. We asked each other questions about our educational system. The 'reform' for their country's new system is patterned after the US's system which we find interesting since we have many of the same challenges already. I was especially touched by a letter from a student that translated to: I am grateful for your visit and I hope you have a journey of happiness.
We ate lunch at a Maya home. The served us chicken soup, horchata and sandia (fresh fruit juices). We met a lady who is working to promote the Maya culture, encourage women to create their business, and writing books in Maya & Spanish. Her mother shared a tale with us she learned from her mother through storytelling.
People spent a few hours of 'free time' doing various activities before the fiesta such as taking naps, visiting a cultural institute, seeing a center that is 'off the grid', or going shopping.
The fiesta was fun with food, conversation, and dancing. Maya guests presented traditional Maya dances and invited us to join in. It was nice to meet the people my travel mates had talked about.
It's our last night with our host family and the last night rooming with Daphne. Just like the owl I've heard outside of my window each day, she's a hoot!! It's very late (1:40am) so it's time to go sleep!!!
Buenos noches!
Day 9
Wednesday, June 25-- After another delicious seafood breakfast and their presentation of handmade gifts, we said goodbye to our host family. Even if we never see our host family again, we will still be connected and and have influenced each other's lives for the better. I am grateful for their hospitality and what I have learned from them.
With the mindset of gratitude, I must say 'thank you' to Person County schools for partially funding this experience for myself and Ms. Pentecost. By promoting experiences like this, PCS is supporting continued teacher growth and the importance of global awareness.
A huge GRACIAS goes to Mariana and Emily for planning and implementing such a wonderful trip. Their positive attitude, hard work and determination for a successful experience was extraordinary.
At Tulum, we walked through the beautiful ruins of the ancient city. If I were an ancient Mayan, I would choose to live here by the cliffs and gorgeous waters of the Caribbean Sea. Fresh fruit popsicles rejuvenated us for some haggling in the market for tapestries and other souvenirs.
In the town of Puerto Morelos, we made some quick last-chance purchases & enjoyed lunch by the sea. Marking it off the bucket list, we sang with musicos (guitarists - as close as we could get to a mariachi band.)
ASAP upon arrival at Rancho Sok-Ol, we hit the beach for snorkeling and 'just chillin'. After freshening up, we enjoyed a fabulous dinner compliments of Emily and Mariana. We were joined by one of the directors of UNC at Chapel Hill's Consortium of Latin American Studies & her mom who is a university professor in Puerto Rico.
At dinner we again reflected on what we will take with us from this experience. I cannot adequately summarize each individual's ever-important response so I must suffice it to say that it was life-changing for everyone in personal and professional ways. I asked each person to add whatever they wanted to say on this blog & here is what they wanted to contribute:
Claudia: I think that everyone should travel to another country at least once in their lives to learn about other cultures and to appreciate their own. What a truly wonderful experience!
Jennifer: Opening yourself up and taking on new experiences to try to understand other people and cultures is an important responsibility everyone should take ownership of.
Linda: Hard to express in words what a journey this has been. I have learned a lot about a wonderful country but right at this moment I am appreciating being back in my own home country. Viva french fries and pizza!
Daphne:I came, I saw, I connected!
Betty Brandt:As all of my trip-mates know from our many debriefs, the word that has resonated most with me from this trip is "privilege." What a PRIVILEGE to have the means to come explore a new culture and learn. I live comfortably, have received a good education, and I know a language (English) that is guaranteed to have a speaker in almost every situation. Not everyone has this privilege. It has been a joy to go on this journey! And it's not over--- we will all be together again and will challenge each other to carry our experience into our classrooms and give everyone what they may not normally receive by inherited privilege, but what we know they deserve!
Courtney: This was the most spontaneous thing I have ever done in my life and I have absolutely no regrets. I was genuinely sad to leave Mexico! It is such a beautiful, amazing, historical place.
Possibly coming soon-- thoughts from Emily & Mariana & Tyson & Carrie.
For me, a deep truth concerning our interactions with people and places summed up in a simple saying (quoted by a librarian none-the-less) is "Don't judge a book by it's cover." Also, this trip reconfirmed that, as humans, we are more alike than different & that our differences should be celebrated.
Day 7 (take 2)
Monday, June 23--- I awoke in the town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto to the sounds of my family getting ready for school. The 'mom' is a kindergarten teacher & the 'dad' is a PE teacher in middle school. The 'daughter' is fourteen in intermediate school and hopes to become a doctor. They are a wonderful family!
After meeting our travel mates at Na'atik, we grabbed the necessary coffee at an Oxxo (a convenient store) and headed to observe in a Carrillo public school. A fifth grade teacher explained the educational system and answered our questions. The similarities are amazing--- teachers' concerns about the need for more parental instruction in character development at home, the struggle to motivate students to choose to learn, and the governments' lack of understanding the real-life educational system. Teachers in Mexico have similar issues with 'tenure' and pay and benefits as NC teachers.
We explored parts of the town by foot, quickly went through the market, and the toured the Maya Cultural museum. Some people dropped off and picked up laundry at such a reasonable price that I would consider recycling my washer and dryer!
Lunch and a cooking class at Sonja's house (a friend of the Na'atik Center) was fun! We each made our own tortilla and fried our own empanadas. We also enjoyed swimming in the pool at Sonja's house, and, to the sound of a bleating goat, watching Mexico win their World Cup soccer game.
Today feels the hottest with little AC time so there is little relief from the heat. The teachers who are staying in homes with no AC and more challenging sleeping situations are tired--- yet still having a great time!! Myself included, we do miss our families yet still again, we are loving the experience!! We all are learning to live in the moment and appreciate life.
To my family-- I love you!
Day 7.5-- my host family
My host family is so happy to share their life with me and my roommate, Daphne. They showed us beautiful clothes they made-- some by hand and some by sewing machine with cross stitched, painted, crocheted, or other seen decorations. They took us out to eat 'American food' at the market. We got hamburgers and hotdogs (both chicken), French fries, and a coke from a food cart. It smelled just like the state fair. When we got 'home', we sat outside where it was cooler with the breeze & talked. They shared photos of a family vacation and videoes of cultural events using their laptop and projector like a home theatre. They laugh a lot and it's nice to see people happy and enjoying life.
They have been very giving people-- sharing their time, ideas, and finances with us. They provide more than enough food for us, give us the only room with air conditioning, carry my way-too-big suitcase, leave work daily to bring us breakfast & get us where we need to be on time. I could not have asked for kinder or more interesting people to take care of us. I couldn't effectively say 'thank you' in English - more less in Spanish.
On Tuesday, our host parents weren't able to join us for the celebratory fiesta because they were busy with other tasks. The dad was busy cooking a pIg for a family reunion happening Wednesday. He and his brothers all learned this skill from his dad. The mom was sewing a flag to represent their family that they would carry in a parade of sorts At the reunion. The daughter went with us to the fiesta for a short while. Just before we left, I overheard the daughter ask her mom if should could wear a little makeup and her mom nicely said no. Then we had a limited-in-words yet universal conversation about being a mom. No matter where you go, sometimes things are always the same.
Day 6
Sunday, June 22, 2014--
Hey to my family and friends and students!! Hello also to my fellow travelers' family and friends!! I hope you are enjoying keeping up with our trip!
I slept in a hammock last night!! It was very comfortable! The homestay family is very nice and so is their home. We had breakfast with our host families. (Pairs of teachers are staying at different home stays with varying levels of 'comforts' like wifi or air conditioning.) Our host family took us to a restaurant in the market for breakfast. They are very funny and welcoming people.
We are learning more about the culture and education through the Na'atik Center, teachers, and students involved with the program. We started with a celebration of Carrie's birthday with singing and a delicious cake!
Joined by people from the Na'atik Center, we went to the Sijil Noh Lagoon and cenote. It is a beautiful place off the beaten path. Some of us trekked through mud and 'jungle' and someoif us canoed to another beautiful cenote (not in a cave). Snorkeling in the cenote and seeing small, colorful fish was fun! The climb up & down the wooden fire tower was a little frightening yet the view was well worth it!
Another fantastic meal was prepared for us there at the lagoon/cenote. I am so impressed at their ability to be such wonderful hosts at places with only the very basic essentials. Someone picked a fresh watermelon for a delicious & impromptu snack.
We are all just arriving back to our host families for the evening. Buenos Noches!
Friday night--- We all went out for a late dinner which surprisingly included karaoke. The laid back and chill atmosphere was very enjoyable!
Saturday, June 21--- This morning started with reflective conversation with all group participants while we enjoyed coffee and breakfast in the hotel's courtyard. We have been challenged on this trip to think about what we are learning and what we are questioning. The exchange of ideas causes us to think on a deeper level & consider how this experience will apply to us professionally and personally.
We set out early for an amazing experience--- swimming in a cenote! (Everyone reading this---put that on your bucket list!!) The rivers and water sources are all underground in the Yucatan. A cenote is a sink hole that I can best explain as a freshwater natural pool in a cave. The water is crystal clear and refreshingly cool & about 16 feet deep. Bats fly overhead in the cave that's complete with stalagmites. One hole in the 'ceiling' lets in a beam of light with the reflection dancing on the ceiling of the cave. Everyone participated in the experience.
We had lunch in Vallodolid and had a final stroll / shopping spree through the town. The best shopping was done in Juan's family's market booths where we purchased hammocks, blouses, and other items made by his relatives.
Today we leave the state of Yucatan and enter Quintana Roo. Today we will meet our family that we will stay with for four nights. We have been told that are experience is about to change. We all are wondering what is ahead.
Fri, Jun 20, 2014
Day 4--- Friday, June 20--- After a delicious breakfast at the hotel with bags and people packing the van totally full, we said adios to Merida. We experienced Chicken Itza and Ek Balam through self- guided tours. Both are ancient Mayan monuments built about 1000 years ago. Chichen Itza is one of the 7 Wonders of the World! The monuments are spread out over a large area with many tourists and vendors. The monuments are impressive with amazing carvings on a grand scale. A scavenger hunt for particulars such as serpents, skulls, feathers, Mayan gods, and geometric designs helped us pay attention to detail. I wish I could go back in time to see this area to see it alive in color with daily and ceremonial activities. The most adventurous and bonding experience so far was climbing to the top of several buildings including the Ek' Balam Acropolis.
We had lunch at Las Mestizas in Piste. Again, delicious foods, sauces, and drinks (like jamaica) were everywhere! I am grateful to our group's 'guides' for their recommendations, explanations, and interpretations.
We were so pleasantly surprised to go to Juan's house to meet his wonderful family, delicious ice cream, and learn about his wife's craftwork with hammocks and embroidery. The experience was extremely impressive and their charming hospitality unforgettable!
We are staying one night here in Valladolid which is the hometown of our driver and protective friend Juan. The hotel, Casa Quetzal, is dreamy with authentic furnishing and decorations.
Gotta go enjoy a pool side chat!!
Day 3
Last night when posting my blog text and photos there was 'technical difficulties', so this morning I am summarizing quickly before we leave wifi--
We went to two different schools in Merida and Progresso. One private school and one public. It was great to see incorporation of art and creativity, freedom of speech and movement for students, and a relaxed environment. I even saw use of graphic organizers & project- based learning (if you look closely at their papers & projects)!
The day was full of fun with planned and unexpected events in Mexico and along the coast of the Gulf if Mexico!


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The FBI issues tens of thousands of security letters to get records on individuals without warrants. Congress investigates and is appalled at the FBI's "underreporting". The FBI promises to do better (see 2009, and 2008 and 2007….). The 4th amendment continues to erode into meaninglessness.
* Real ID dies a deserved death and is abandoned in 2010. The brain dead idea of better-security-via-universal-ID unfortunately persists despite the enormous number of identity theft victims created by over-reliance on SSN.
* The Transportation Security Administration stops wasting billions of dollars in traveller delays by confiscating water bottles and removing shoes. Instead it focuses on real threats based on rational risk assessment, not security theater based on movie-plots (hat-tip Bruce Schneier). OK, unlikely, but I can dream, can't I?
As always, I will revisit these at the end of the year and provide a critical analysis of my success rate.
Happy New Year everyone, and thank you for reading!
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OCLC Research and the UK's Research Information Network conducted complementary studies of research support services in universities in the US and UK. Hot off the press today is a report, Supporting Research: Environments, Administration and Libraries, by John MacColl and Michael Jubb that highlights the findings. While the reports attempted library-agnosticism, this synthesis takes a stand as to what it means for academic libraries. It ain't pretty, but it's important to face as we think about ways academic libraries can better support their universities' research missions.
Ricky Erway, Senior Program Officer at OCLC Research, worked with staff from the OCLC Research Library Partnership on projects ranging from managing born digital archives to research data curation. Ricky left OCLC in 2015.


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At least they get the monster right. Towering over America's pacific coast, Godzilla looks the real deal. His body-type is pear; small head, big bottom, ginormous paws. His back is covered in spines that in profile resemble a stage of the Tour de France. His tail smashes readily through internationally recognisable tourist locations. His roar is louder than Barbra Streisand. Most importantly, you can identify with the dude; his baleful eyes, his thankless role as nature's last line of defence.
Sadly for this film, the two-miles-tall lizard is the only sympathetic character in it. The latest update on the Japanese cinematic behemoth that last came to America in 1998 as a light stomp romp starring Matthew Broderick, this earnest reboot has been sweatily anticipated in some quarters. It's directed by Gareth Edwards, the 38-year-old Brit whose previous film, Monsters, identified him as an aficionado of the genre and a special-effects whiz to boot. That film was handmade on a budget of $500,000; this one cost an estimated $160m and was ordered by Warner Brothers. The result is a clash between massive, lovingly recreated reptiles and the appetites of a corporate vampire squid. The squid wins.
So while many people might want to go to the cinema to see Godzilla, what they get instead is a load of homosapiens desperately trying to put a human face on the drama. They don't really succeed. A line of actual acting talent – from Bryan Cranston to Sally Hawkins, Juliette Binoche and Ken Watanabe – is reduced to a series of B-movie tropes, from crazed eccentric to rumpled scientist. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the hero Ford Brody, yet another all-American beefcake whose only discernible character trait is his ability to talk gently to children. The kids themselves, no doubt intended as a point of identification for a young audience, are really just a procession of glass-eyed, floppy-haired bores.
The story has been told so many times that you can call it with your eyes closed. America is living happily, America is in peril, America confidently thinks it can solve its problem with guns, America can't, America panics, America is saved by a single bloke. America has now been under existential threat so many times, and from so many adversaries, that you wonder why anyone even bothers trying to assemble a military response any more. Just ask that plucky individual to do it by himself, it tends to work.
As well as draining the film of any true suspense, the dramatic premise of Godzilla is delivered entirely po-faced. There's some kind of subtext about the abuse of nuclear power, perhaps an environmentalist thread too. It's all a bit muddled. But whatever the message is, it's delivered at the expense of humour. Even Cranston, who in his role as eccentric whistleblower is channeling the spirit of Malcolm in the Middle, gets just one joke to deliver. "I don't get many visitors," he says when Taylor-Johnson pays a visit to his conspiracy pit. Even that comes over as sad.
Predictable and two-dimensional, Godzilla is still not without moments of beauty. Alexandre Desplat's score is restrained and evocative with hints of kaiji movies past. Not only is the titular beast sympathetic, he has a sense of style, emerging elegantly through clouds of smoke to take out another adversary. There's a tsunami that crashes through the middle of the film like a cascade, its glassy waters filled to bursting with the effects of civilisation, suddenly just so much detritus. And the "quarantine zone", an abandoned city in Japan that may or may not recall Fukushima, is an imaginative visual rendering of what humanity might leave behind should we finally blow our time on earth. Compressed together, those moments take up about five minutes of viewing time. The rest you can miss.


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I've finished the work to Lorie's block, I satin stitched a sleeping kitty for her & gave her(him?)sweet dreams of mice in detached chain, & a row of humming birds with green glass beads. I threw in another seem treatment, done in straight stitch & french knots.
in other news I just received my copy of Carol Samples treasury of crazy quilting & I am soo excited about it! lots of eye candy & stitch combos to keep me happy for ever! or at least until I find the next thing I kneeed!


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Dec 1, 2000 (Newstream) U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson has appointed Erbin Keith, senior vice president of delivery and operations for Sempra Energy Solutions, to the first-ever Federal Energy Management Advisory Committee (FEMAC).
The new federal panel, which recently was established by President Clinton, will review energy management issues at federal facilities throughout the nation. Issues include energy-savings performance contracts, utility energy service contracts, ENERGY STAR� and other energy-efficient products, building design and efficiency, and renewable and clean energy technologies.
Other members in the 10-member committee represent state and federal energy agencies, architectural and construction firms, and energy and environmental groups.
The committee is also tasked with providing counsel to the Department of Energy on ways to achieve the federal energy management goals set by President Clinton through an executive order titled, "Greening the Government Through Energy Efficient Management."
FEMAC will help to link the administration's environmental and energy policies as it guides federal efforts to achieve energy conservation goals. These goals include reducing energy consumption at federal sites by 30 percent in 2005, and by 35 percent in 2010, based on 1985 energy use levels.
Sempra Energy Solutions offers integrated energy services to commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional customers. These offerings include commodity and energy-asset management, performance contracting, energy-facility ownership and management and energy-efficiency services.
Sempra Energy Solutions is not the same company as SDG&E/SoCalGas, the utilities. Sempra Energy Solutions is not regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission and customers do not have to buy its products or services to continue to receive quality regulated service from the utilities.


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Where do you even start with Barbie? Few toys inspire such feminist gnashing of teeth as the 11 ½-inch plastic doll, with her blindingly white skin, impossible figure, and fathomless wardrobe. And now her Dreamhouse tourist attraction has descended, like the hut from the Baba Yaga story, on Berlin, where it's been greeted by topless protestors waving burning crosses and men ironically dressed in pink skirts and blond wigs. "Occupy Barbie's Dreamhouse," they cry, condemning the doll for promoting consumerism, narcissism and unhealthy body ideals. Their placards—and torsos—are scrawled with slogans like "Pink stinks!" "I will free you from the horror house," and "Life in plastic is not fantastic."
It's easy to sympathize with the 99 percent here: The Barbie Dreamhouse Experience, which opened its doors last Thursday in the middle of grey Alexanderplatz, is a 26,900-square foot shrine to all things pink, shimmery and superficial. Inside, kids can "bake" virtual cupcakes on touch screens (Is it worse that it's virtual baking or that it's cupcakes?), lust after Barbie's shoe collection, loll around in stiletto-shaped chairs, work a catwalk, or lip-sync pop tunes on a karaoke stage. Why, you might ask, can young visitors only choose careers such as "pop star" and "supermodel?" "Pretending to be an engineer is a hard concept for a four or six-year-old to play out," Mattel's Stephanie Cota told the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, demonstrators called the exhibition a "seemingly endless walk-in closet."
In defense of this feminist's nightmare, the house's advocates have marshaled the language of fantasy and play. "I feel sorry about how some people interpret our giant pink playground," said Christoph Rahofer, of EMS Entertainment, which co-created the dreamhouse experience. Even Michael Koschitzki, a member of the demonstrating youth group affiliated to Germany's far-left party, die Linke, felt the need to hedge, "Our protest is not directed towards little girls and their dreams."
Perish the thought. I won't waste your time running through all the reasons why the Barbie dream in particular is so perverse—the layers of racism, materialism, vanity, body insecurity, and passivity billowing around it like so much gauze—but I would like to challenge the idea that anyone today can get away with anything simply by invoking that hallowed word: dream. We cannot reject Barbie's ridiculous mansion, we infer, because doing so would trample on little girls' dreams. It would poison their play. The defense of the Dreamhouse is built into its name, as if any attempt to speak out against it would necessarily crush the tender shoots of youthful imagination under a big slab of adult agenda.
Look, I get the gossamer loveliness of dreams, the bigness of them. I swoon for Keats and Gatsby and am getting weepy just thinking about the gorgeous rebuttals that will probably appear in this post's comment section: In Praise of Dreaming, Dreams Make Us Human, etc. But despite what they tell you, a dream is not the same as a plan or a vision or an aspiration. It is the ultimate in passivity, something visited upon you while you are asleep. Or it's what a princess does as she gazes out the window and waits for her happy ending. Do we need to telegraph to girls that the be-all and end-all of their young lives is spinning out beautiful mental pictures that have no basis in reality? Because, ultimately, that's where the dreaming defense gets its juice: It's a way of assuring critics, "this isn't real, it's nothing to worry about, it's just a game." ("Baking a digital cupcake on a touch screen in the Dreamhouse kitchen won't confine you to stand by an oven for the rest of your life," insists Rahofer.) But if Barbie's proportions, celebrity and overall way of being aren't attainable, then why dangle them in front of girls' faces in the first place? Why invite tourists into the glowing pink rooms with the endless shoes and the runways and the sugary treats that never get eaten? (This is a rhetorical question: The answer is $29 tickets and a gigantic gift shop.)
I have a modest fantasy in which Mattel and co. stop using the word "dream" as their get-out-of-jail free card. But while it's a pleasant thought and good imaginative exercise, sometimes you need more than fantasy. Sometimes you need to wake up and get to work.


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The Research Master of Arts degree is intended for those who wish to pursue specialized scholarly study under the supervision of a full-time faculty member of the Faculty of Education. The degree can be taken in connection with any of the graduate program areas offered by the Faculty of Education; the focus of the degree is research. The degree requires a minimum of 5.0 units. Coursework will vary according to the background of the student. The thesis can count for a minimum of 1.0 unit and a maximum of 5.0 units.
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Students must meet the admission requirements specified for the Master of Arts in Education for the program area in which they wish to study. Applicants must demonstrate an appropriate academic background in the area of research proposed and sufficient research experience to enable them to undertake a major independent research project. Interested applicants should consult with a faculty advisor or the Director of Graduate Education, Faculty of Education.
Applicants must complete the Supplemental Application Form for applicants to the Master of Arts Research available from the Graduate Admissions Officer in the Admissions Office and online. The supplemental application must be signed by the Director of Graduate Education, Faculty of Education, who must confirm that the applicant is qualified for admission, that a supervisor with appropriate expertise has agreed to supervise the work and that the resources necessary for the research are available. The program of study must be approved by the Graduate Studies Program and Policy Committee.
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Basic Softball Drills – Upper Body Throwing DrillJuly 10, 2011 at 8:13 am | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
Tags: Catcher drills, catchers, softball catcher
Purpose: To practice driving the glove and ball back to the ear during the transition. To drill reinforces the correct arm action of a catcher. Softball Catchers have several skills to master and throwing to second is one of them
Procedure: Partners stand 40 to 70 feet apart, have one softball per partner. With toes pointing straight ahead, face one another. Throw the ball to your partner without moving your feet. Just rotate the upper body so that your shoulders line up with the target, and throw. Your partner will catch the ball with two hands and, using the glove, will drive the ball into the bare hand, back and up to the right ear. The glove should push back in a direct route with no arm circle. He will continue this action by throwing the ball back to you.
You may use this drill regularly, for short, intense periods.
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Softball Practice Drills-Shin Guard ShuffleJune 24, 2011 at 11:17 am | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
Tags: Catcher's drill, catchers
Purpose: Catchers need to think of themselves as a banana; the gear is just an outer layer of skin. These drills focus on getting acquainted to the equipment, footwork, hand-eye coordination, endurance and quickness. Softball Catchers have develop themselves physically aside from skills.
Procedure: The drills have full catcher's gear for each person and balls. For indoor work wear wrestling knee-pads instead of shin guards.Have two catchers face each other while standing in a circle. Use the baskettball tip-of circle when indoors. While wearing full equipment(no mitts;mask is optional) shuffle around the circle while playing underhand catch with the ball and listening for verbal instructions. The toss should refect most of the commands(see below). Attempt to frame every toss. Even the catcher without the ball should perform each command. After each skill, continue on playing catch
Verbal commands include:
Left: Rotate to the left
Right: Rotate to the right
Up: Simulate a pop-up
Down: simulate a block in the dirt
throw: Simulate a toss to second base
Push-up: Do an actual push-up
Sit-up: Do an actual sit-up
Jog: Run in place.
Softball Practice Drills -Wall DrillSeptember 27, 2010 at 12:22 pm | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
Purpose: To develop comfort when being hit by a ball pitched into the dirt. Practice catching scenarios should be done when coaching softball.
Procedure: As catcher, you are located at home plate with full gear on. The coach will stand about six feet away with several soft balls. Start on your knees in the blocking position with your glove and hand placed accordingly. The coach will throw five to eight balls consecutively. The throws will bounce in the dirt directly in front of you so that they bounce and hit you. Relax, and become familiar with being struck by a ball hit into the dirt- Breathe out as you are hit by the ball.
You may use softer balls take the fear factor out of skill development. Emphasize that the catchers are acting as walls, and that nothing should get through them. Watch for and eliminate any body tension in players. coach or another catcher. Additional padding may be used to protect the exposed part of the bare arm, especially if the catchers are feeling bare up at the time.
Softball Practice Drills – Catcher's Bunt DrillSeptember 15, 2010 at 11:36 am | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
Tags: Bunt, Catcher, fielding, Practice drills
Purpose: To practice the catcher to field bunts. It's important to put several softball fielding tip in catching drills to improve catcher's performance.
Procedure: As catcher, you're positioned at home plate in full equipment. A coach or another catcher will stand behind you with softballs. Start in your receiving position as if there was a runner on base. The coach or other catcher will toss out a "bunt" to various spots on the infield. You will spring forward and set your feet to field the bunt properly and make the throw. After that or four bunts, switch with your partner. Bunts should be tossed in various directions to work on different approaches.
Concentrate on the footwork involved with fielding bunts correctly. Catchers should be working on developing quick feet. Make sure they keep their masks on while making the throw.
Basic Softball Drills -Pop-Up DrillAugust 11, 2010 at 1:46 am | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
Tags: catchers, Catching, pop-ups, softball catching drills
Purpose: To practice fielding pop-up balls around home plate. This is a helpful softball catching drill.
Procedure: As a coach, you will need a tennis racquet and a few tennis balls. Each catcher will be in full gear. Get them in a crouch position at home plate. The coach will hit a tennis ball straight up in the air. He will decide when to yell "Go" to signal to the catcher that the ball is up. You will attempt to locate the ball, discard your mask, and then field the pop-Up at or above eye level. Because the tennis ball is bouncy, the catcher is forced to use two hands to safely make the catch. The tennis racquet makes it easy to place the ball where you wish.
With older, more experienced players, add a second ball to the drill. Once the ball reaches its height, catapult another ball and have the catcher attempt to catch both of them. This makes the drill more difficult and challenging.
Youth Softball Drills-Road BlockJune 16, 2010 at 4:16 am | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
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Purpose: This is a great game to work on toughness, blocking technique, concentration and endurance. Softball Catching Drills are a must during training to develop good and tough catchers
Procedure: Catcher will need full catching gear and mitt. Have coach prepare a bat, tennis or regulation balls. Start catcher with dressing in full equipment with or without a mitt. The catcher starts in the squat position behind home plate. Throw or hit balls to the catcher from a close distance away. First pratice blocking with tennis balls for purpose of confidence. The move to regulation balls with easy tosses. Progress to hard throws depending on the skill level. Use rounds of 10 to 20 balls a piece. A succesful block is a ball kept in front within a 3-to-5 foot range which the catcher, in a real game, could retrieve a hold a runner from advancing to the next base. Rotate multiple catchers in and out. Those worthy of being called the "Human Road Block" will be loved by their sometimes wild pitchers.
Softball Catcher Drills – Soft Hands DrillMay 25, 2009 at 12:24 am | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
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Purpose: To improve relaxation of the hands for the softball catcher, which helps to develop the soft hands that are required for receiving the ball properly.
Procedure: Catcher 1 will throw tennis balls from 20-30 feet away to catcher 2. Catcher 2 practices giving with the hands when catching the ball.
Fun Softball Drills – Close Plays at the PlateMarch 7, 2009 at 5:28 pm | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
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Purpose: To make the softball catchers practice thrown balls to the plate with a runner scoring.
Procedure: One player simulates a runner trying to score while another helper throws one and two-hoppers toward the plate. The catcher has to make the catch and the tag.
Softball Catcher Drills – Catcher AgilityDecember 18, 2008 at 10:31 pm | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
Tags: fun softball drills, girls fastpitch softball drills, softball, softball catchers, softball drills, softball practice drills, youth softball drills
Purpose: To improve agility for softball catchers and the ability to catch foul balls.
Procedure: The catcher lies flat on her stomach. A partner tosses simulated foul balls behind her, calling "Ball" as the ball is tossed. The catcher scrambles to make the catch.
Softball Catcher Drills – Fielding BuntsSeptember 18, 2008 at 2:24 am | Posted in Catcher | Leave a comment
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Purpose: To simulate game conditions while fielding bunts down the first and third baselines.
Procedure: The softball catcher assumes her position behind the plate with full gear. A helper is at first base and a helper is behind the catcher with softballs (where the umpire would stands). The helper rolls a ball out for the catcher to field and throw to first or third.
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Parametric and generative architecture – exhibition!
On 7th of December 2012 research group LabDigiFab together with Jawor Design Studio will present the exhibition titled 'Parametric and generative architecture – revelation or evil'. The exhibition will take place in headquaters of SARP Wrocław (Society of Polish Architects) and will present various aspects of utilization of algorithms in design of buildings and cities. In addition, it will also feature number of kinetic and interactive installations (painting robots, multitouch table for designing cities and zMorph 3d printers).
Most of the projects were inspired by biomimetics and produced by translating nature-driven ecomorphic processes into language of algorithms. The main goal of the exhibition is to induce creative discussion around the subject of future design technologies.
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Torpedos Against Tornados #Winning
May 4, 2011 | By admin+ | No Comments
Last week's storms caused enormous carnage and destruction to many towns in the south, especially in Alabama and Mississippi. So many areas were hit hard but Tuscaloosa, Alabama home to the University of Alabama saw a mile wide category EF4 (around 190 mph winds) tornado level neighborhoods, businesses, and entire street blocks.
It was hard to grasp the extent of the damage without watching the news, online videos, looking at pictures, and talking to my sister (a sophomore at the University of Alabama) who sat through the tornado, to get the full scope of what happened. Being an avid SEC football fan I have been to TTOWN (Tuscaloosa) several times and can't imagine what it felt like watching or hearing this massive twister tearing up everything in its path.
When thinking of people most likely to help this area in their relief efforts, one would not expect Sir #tigerblood himself, Charlie Sheen to take the lead on an urgent "Recon" mission to Alabama. After receiving a tweet from UA student David Harris while on a national speaking tour, Sheen took a day and a half off to raise awareness (plan a fundraiser) and see for himself the problems the people of Tuscaloosa are facing.
"When people like Charlie come to town, it brings us additional resources that we desperately need …I've got a feeling that Mr. Sheen can raise a lot of money for us," said Mayor Walt Maddox after meeting with Sheen and crew. Sheen has an enormous reach on Twitter (holds a Guinness World Record on the social network) with his 3.7 million + followers and has been all over the news recently with his CBS firing and "Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option" tour. He has been donating a dollar from each ticket sold on his tour to the Red Cross Japanese Earthquake Relief Fund, so I'm not sure why people are questioning his intentions regarding charitable causes this time.
Some are skeptical about Sheen's sincerity but he claims, "We're formulating a plan to come back here and make a significant difference … I'm here. It's time to go to work." Sheen has since set up torpedosagainsttornados.com, a website where people can go and donate via PayPal to a relief fund for Alabama tornado victims. He is also planning a fundraiser show in the near future with celebrity guests that they hope will be held at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater.
I think he sincerely wants to help but it's hard for the media and most Americans to take him seriously after his recent erratic activities.
Torpedosagainsttornados.com will send you a @CharlieSheen autographed baseball if you donate more than $100. Another easy way to donate is by texting "REDCROSS" to "90999" for a $10 gift that is charged to your cellular bill.
This cause is close to my heart and if anyone wants to post in the comments area any information regarding donations and how people outside of Alabama can help, please do it! The more we can help the better!


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United's customer service policies in this case are clearly heinous and absurd...While there may be something to be said for the ability for private businesses to summon the help of the police to remove people from their premises if they refuse to leave peacefully and their presence is unwanted, there is no excuse for the police to cooperate when the reason their presence is unwanted is not "causing a disturbance" or being violent or threatening to other customers, or stealing goods or services, or doing anything wrong at all, but rather wanting to peacefully use the service they legitimately paid for. - Brian Doherty, ReasonThe libertarians at Reason need to make up their mind: either contracts are sovereign, or they aren't. United's right to bump passengers from overbooked flights is stipulated in the terms of service of its contract with its passengers, which both parties entered into freely. If the passenger had no contractual right to be on the plane, then he was trespassing, and the police had an obligation to remove him - by force, if necessary. In fact, according to libertarians, this is the only thing the police should be doing: enforcing contracts and defending property rights.
To get around this merciless capitalist rationale, Doherty tries to delegitimize United's contract with its passengers as "heinous" and "absurd" - that way, he can insist that the police shouldn't have enforced it. But isn't this the move that critics of capitalism always make? Intuitively, most people seem to get that business arrangements can be unjust and grotesque - even ones that both parties entered into freely. We look at situations like a man being dragged off of an airplane, and we realize that something monstrous is happening, even if the logic of capitalism insists that it's okay.
That's why critics of capitalism tend to insist that there are contractual arrangements and private property claims that the government should decline to enforce - and in fact, that the government should probably intervene against. The United incident has put capitalists in a uniquely embarrassing position precisely because it demonstrates the kind of horrific, violent outcome you can get when capitalism is enforced.


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Per the Catechism of the Catholic Church
1262 The different effects of Baptism are signified by the perceptible elements of the sacramental rite. Immersion in water (1) symbolizes not only death and purification, but also regeneration and renewal. Thus the two principal effects are (2) purification from sins and (3) new birth in the Holy Spirit.
(1): Christian baptism symbolizes the death of Jesus Christ for our sins.
Romans 6:5-6 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
(2): The death of Jesus Christ purifies us from our sins if you believe.
Matthew 26:27-28 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."
(3): Christians received the new birth in the Holy Spirit before baptism.
Acts 10:44-48 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered, "Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
1263 By Baptism (1) all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins, as well as all punishment for sin. In those who have been born remains that would impede their entry into the (2) Kingdom of God, neither Adam's sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences of sin, the gravest of which is (3) separation from God.
(1): Confession leads to salvation.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(2): Confession leads to your entry into the Kingdom of God.
Luke 23:39-43 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us." But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong." Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."
(3): Have you confessed Jesus Christ as your Savior for eternal life?
Romans 10:8-9 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
1264 Yet certain temporal consequences of sin remain in the baptized, such as suffering, illness, death, and such frailties inherent in life as weaknesses of character, and so on, as well as an inclination to sin that Tradition calls concupiscence, or metaphorically, "the tinder for sin" (fomes peccate); since (1) concupiscence "is left for us to wrestle with, it cannot harm those who do not consent but manfully resist it by the grace of Jesus Christ." Indeed, (2) "an athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules."
(1): Are you focused on Jesus Christ or your manly efforts?
John 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me."
(2): Are you competing by the rule Jesus Christ taught?
John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."
1265 Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte (1) "a new creature," an adopted (2) son of God, who has become a (3) "partaker of the divine nature," member of Christ and (4) co-heir with him, and a (5) temple of the Holy Spirit.
(1): Are you competing by the rule Jesus Christ taught?
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
(2): Have you placed your faith in Jesus Christ or your baptism?
Galatians 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
(3): Have you grown in your knowledge of the Father and the Son?
2 Peter 1:2-4 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
(4): Have you confessed God the Father as your eternal Father?
Romans 8:15-17 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
(5): Have you placed your faith in Jesus Christ or your baptism?
1 Corinthians 3:11-17 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
1266 The Most Holy Trinity gives the baptized (1) sanctifying grace, the grace of (2) justification: enabling them to (3) believe in God, to (4) hope in him, and to (5) love him through the theological virtures; giving them the (6) power to live and act under the prompting of the Holy Spirit through the (7) gifts of the Holy Spirit; allowing them to grow (8) in goodness through the moral virtures. Thus the whole organism of the Christian's supernatural life has its roots (9) in Baptism.
(1): Do you have a testimony of Jesus Christ or of baptism?
1 Corinthians 1:4-8 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(2): Christians are justified before the Father in the Son by the Spirit not baptism.
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
(3): Belief in God comes before baptism.
Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized
(4) Have you placed your faith in Jesus Christ or your baptism?
Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, having been justified by faith, Łwe have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
(5) Do you believe the Word of God or church doctrines from the dark ages?
Galatians 5:6-7 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
(6) Have you placed your faith in Jesus Christ or your baptism?
Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel Łof Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
(7) Will you use the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be Christ focused?
1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
(8) Christians will grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:17-18 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
(9) Christians will be rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ not baptism.
1 Corinthians 1:17-24 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Colossians 2:6-7 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.


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Traditional braces are typically placed on a child's teeth by the age of 14. This occurs because children typically have most of their permanent teeth by this age, and braces are more effective when placed on permanent teeth. There are times, though, when children begin receiving orthodontic treatment when they still have most of their primary teeth. If your child has not yet developed his or her permanent teeth but needs orthodontic work, here are a few things you should know.
Orthodontics Is Often Completed In Two Phases
Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that focuses on straightening teeth and correcting jaw and bite issues. It is often completed in two phases; however, there are many times when the first phase is not necessary. If your child only needs the second phase of orthodontics, the treatment will be completed once the child has most of his or her permanent teeth, and it will involve the use of braces. If your child has mostly primary teeth and needs orthodontics, he or she will need to go through phase one.
Phase one in orthodontics is only used when a child has major issues with his or her bite or jaw, and this treatment will usually begin around the age of six or seven. This first phase is primarily designed to help the adult teeth come in more properly and accurately than they appear like they will.
How This Helps
The main way the first phase of orthodontics helps a child is by guiding the way the jawbone grows from this point forward. When a child still has his or her baby teeth, the child's jawbone has not fully formed. If your child has a severe problem with his or her jaw and you wait to correct it with braces, it might be extremely hard for the orthodontist to fix it properly. On the other hand, if the orthodontist begins making corrections to the jawbone when it is still moldable and forming, he or she will have a much easier time making all the necessary changes to help the child's teeth, bite, and jaw develop properly.
This is primarily because the jawbone is moldable and movable when a child still has baby teeth. By the time the baby teeth fall out and the permanent teeth develop, it is so much harder to move the jawbone to where it needs to be.
Methods Used In The First Phase
If your child needs phase one of orthodontic treatment, the orthodontist may use a device called a palatal expander. This device is similar to a normal retainer you would see after a child gets braces removed, and it is designed to help increase the size of the child's upper arch.
Another option is called a lower arch expander, and this is commonly used when there is overcrowding of the teeth. Overcrowding commonly occurs when a child's jaw is too small. There is also a chance the orthodontist will recommend braces for a young child. Braces can also help correct bite and jaw issues.
No matter what options are used to correct your child's oral problems, he or she will most likely need to have braces at a later point in time. This will not occur until the child's baby teeth are gone and the permanent teeth are in place.
Using a two-step approach in orthodontics offers a better way to fix major deformities and issues with the jaw. If you want your child to have great-looking teeth and a good bite, you should contact an orthodontist like Cobbe Dental & Orthodontics to find out if your child is ready to begin treatment.Share


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World Stroke Day, Thursday October 29th
Do you know the stroke warning signs?On World Stroke Day, October 29th, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association wants people to remember the common warning signs of stroke, F.A.S.T. (Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 9-1-1).
Every year, stroke kills more than 137,000 people. On average, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds and every four minutes someone dies of a stroke. This Thursday, October 29th we are acknowledging World Stroke Day and we want you to acknowledge it too by becoming aware of the stroke warning signs and helping make others aware too.
Stroke is the number four cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States. One in every 18 deaths is caused by stroke. There are many risk factors associated with stroke and it is important to be aware of these to know if you or someone you know could be at risk.
Factors such as age, family history, race, and sex are uncontrollable but still important to be aware of. Although, the chance of having a stroke doubles for each decade of life after age 55, it can happen at any age. People with family members who have had a stroke are at a greater risk of stroke themselves. African Americans have a higher risk than Caucasians, and women have a higher risk than men. People who have had a prior stroke, heart attack, or Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) - also known as "warning strokes" are all strong predictors of a stroke in the future as well.
The controllable factors include high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, diabetes, artery diseases, heart disease, high cholesterol, poor diet, and inactivity and obesity - to name a few. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the leading cause of stroke making it the most important controllable factor. More than half of all strokes are caused by uncontrolled hypertension. Cigarette smoking puts people at a higher risk of stroke, especially for women when combined with the use of oral contraceptives. Poor diet, inactivity and obesity are all factors that normally cause many other health issues making them top controllable factors as well.
Eighty percent of all strokes are preventable. It is so important to manage the controllable key risk factors listed above, especially high blood pressure, smoking, atrial fibrillation - a heart rhythm disorder that causes the heart's upper chambers to quiver instead of beating effectively, and physical inactivity. Some factors may require medical attention to control but it is important to seek out that attention to lower your risk for stroke.
Learning the stroke warning signs is just as important as being aware of the risk factors for a stroke. The American Stroke Association has developed an easy way to help you remember the warning signs by remembering the word FAST: Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 911. If one side of the face droops or is numb, if one arm is weak or numb, if speech is slurred call 9-1-1 right away, even if the symptoms go away and check the time so you'll know when the first symptoms occurred. Using this helpful tool can help save millions of lives.
This Thursday we ask that you would take a moment to re-inform yourself and others of the risk factors and warning signs of stroke. For more information visit the American Stroke Association at http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG


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Paranormal Palaces: The UK's Most Haunted Places to Stay
Whether or not you believe in the paranormal or haunted houses most of us acknowledge that Hamlet was right when he said: 'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio than are dreamt of in you philosophy.'
The world is ripe with mysterious haunted happenings and paranormal sensations, which make it all the more fun to number amongst the living, and courting a bit of ghostly danger by staying in one of these most haunted houses could put the tingle back in your spine and the wind right up you…
The chilly name of Chillingham appears, etched in paranormal blood, on the list of the most haunted houses you can spend the night in… Its dungeon is a haunted spider's web of graffiti, whispering paranormal tales of the torture chamber next door, while above ground the ghost of a poisoned lady lurks in the pantry, a suicidal spirit plays with a boy in blue and the courtyard rings out with the haunted drunken revelry of paranormal castle guards.
Any castle boasting a Whipping Pit and a Drowning Pit, as well as a full set of dungeons, is sure to have a bloody past. As well as those charming features, one philandering Lord of Ruthin Castle had his lover murdered by his wife who was then beheaded, so that's two potential identities for the ghostly Grey Lady stalking the battlements and chapel, but no one is sure who the haunted child who joins her could be... Aside from that bloody history this most haunted of accommodation sounds charming: medieval in style but with central heating.
Hotels host all kinds of paranormal happenings and stray spirits, both alive and dead, so it's no surprise to find so many on the lists of most haunted houses.
The Station Hotel has a notorious history, haunted by the paranormal remains of violent or murdered lovers who play out their last moments in the cellar. The York Pavilion Hotel and Gorse Hill are also thought to be haunted by paranormal lovers crossed who manifest their madness and loneliness from beyond the grave with bursts of cold air, unexplained movement of objects and mysterious wispy visions. The Red Lion Pub is the haunted home of ghostly children and the paranormal remains of a woman called Florrie who likes men with beards.
Charming by day, haunted by night, the Great White Horse Hotel's rabbit warren of back corridors is no place to stray, it's where paranormal investigators say the Lady in Grey hides from her murderer. The Walworth Castle, Darlington is haunted by a grey lady of its own, she became pregnant by the stable boy and was locked in the turret, now room 16, while The George Hotel is the paranormal palace of the haunted Lady in Green.
Any inn where the owner has to make a specific request, on their website, for paranormal investigators and psychics not to stir up any more trouble or summon any more ghostly guests, has got to be on a list of the most haunted houses to stay in. The Ancient Ram was built on a haunted pagan burial ground so it had paranormal pedigree even before a spectral and incontinent cat, a murdered man and a lustful lass joined the bone chilling paranormal fun.
If your nerves won't hold a whole night, many of the world's most haunted houses, like the Winchester Mansion, have special paranormal tours on Halloween, the night when the boundaries between the living and the dead are at their most flimsy…
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Introduction: Selfie Flashlight
Many a times while taking photos or clicking selfies, you must have felt that your picture lacks some quality or property. You would be having a perfect background, camera, make up but the thing that would restrict you from taking a perfect shot is proper lighting. I used to face such problem a lot either while taking selfie with a friend or while making an Instructables. Though my phone had a small LED flash light, it was not capable enough to make my picture from worse to best so I looked on the internet for some flashlights and also found few that could mingle up with my phone to give me a perfect shot. But the problem with those flashlight was that they did not provide all the features that I needed and were too costly to be used so I decided to make one by my self.
From the images above, you can clearly see that this selfie flashlight is small in size making it more handy and portable. It easily plugs in the headphone jack of your phone and you can capture photos by tapping on the push button present on the flashlight. When you will tap on it, the LEDs will glow for 1 sec and the flashlight will command you mobile phone via headphone jack to capture the moment. iPhone 7 users can also use this but the only condition is that you can not attach this flashlight to your phone so you need to hold it with hand while clicking photos. You can also use this flashlight for shooting videos by changing the mode of the flashlight to continuous mode in which the LEDs will glow continuously and you can shoot videos. A third mode also know as settings mode is also present in which you can control the brightness of the LEDs using the potensiometer. The most important feature of this flashlight is that it has warm white LEDs along with normal white LEDs. Those warm white LEDs are used to adjust the saturation of the image so as to give you a more beautiful shot with rich colors.
Let us go deep inside and see the specification of the flashlight. So this flashlight uses 4 warm white and 4 normal white LEDs whose brightness can be adjusted in the setting mode of the flashlight via potensiometer. The LEDs used here are 4V 1W SMD LEDs. These LEDs are capable of diffusing the light in its surrounding giving you a wider ranger of light. The battery used in the flashlight is Nokia BL-5C battery with a voltage of 3.7V 800mah. This battery is small in size and has a inbuilt circuit protection so you need not to buy some special chargers to charge it. We are using Arduino pro mini as the brain of the project. There are a total of three modes present in the flashlight. Mode one is used for clicking photos, mode two for shooting videos and mode three for adjusting the brightness of individual LED.
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NOTE: While making this project, I accidentally destroyed my Arduino pro-mini and my 5V step up module. The part that I had were not small enough to be fitted in that tiny box. So just to show you guys how this project works, I made it on a breadboard using Arduino nano. Everything is same- the LED matrix, 3.7V battery, power transistors etc. The only change that I made was that I am now power my Arduino board(nano) via USB cable. This particular problem was with my project only and your Arduino board and 5V step up module would not be damaged while making it so feel free to make this project. To see how this project work, forward the video to 3:02.
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Step 1: Gather Parts
You don't require a lot of parts for this project and the cost of each part is also very cheap. You can easily find them on amazon and eBay.
- Arduino pro-mini
- A 3.7 V cellphone battery
- 5V step up module
- Headphone jack
- 4 x 1 watt white LED
- 4 x 1 watt warm white LED
- 2 x TIP31C power transistor
- 10K potensiometer
- 10K resistor
- Push button
- Encloser
- Soldering iron
- Drill machine or a dremel
- Pliers
- Wires
Step 2: Prototyping the Circuit and Some Silly Mistakes
Before making the final product, it is good to make a temporary one because this help us in checking all the parts and stuff and you also get to know about the circuit and various problem which help you later-wards. There were multiple problem that I faced while prototyping the circuit which I wanna share with you. There are three modes in the project and one of them was not working. I looked through all the connections and stuff but was not able to find out the problem. Then I realized that pin 1 of my microcontroller was not working fine and this was creating the problem which I solved by changing it with some other pin in the code. So you should take care of the technical faults of your board. While prototyping the project, I noticed some delay when increasing or decreasing the brightness of the LED. This problem was sorted out by changing the faulty push button. The push button was always high and due to this the modes were changing continuously and thus creating the delay.
While prototyping, you need not to make the whole project. You just need to check the circuit with necessary amount of parts or divide the circuit into various parts and check them individually. You can also use a more handy microcontroller like Arduino nano(like me) or Arduino UNO. This will simplify your work.
Step 3: Uploading the Code
I thinks this is the best time to upload the code to your microcontroller because it would be easy for you to do it now and you definitely don't want to break any connecting of your project while uploading the code afterwards. You don't need to add any additional library to you IDE to make this code work so relax and take a chill pill. You can also download the code from the attachments given below.

int led1=9;
int led2=10; int mobile=12;

int slide1=11; int slide2=2; int slide3=3;

int push_button=5; int pot=A0;

int state=0;

int warm_white=255; int white=255;

void setup() { pinMode(led1,OUTPUT); pinMode(led2,OUTPUT); pinMode(mobile,OUTPUT); pinMode(slide1,INPUT); pinMode(slide2,INPUT); pinMode(slide3,INPUT); pinMode(push_button,INPUT);

}

void loop() {

 if(digitalRead(slide1)==HIGH) { analogWrite(led1,white); analogWrite(led2,warm_white); } else if(digitalRead(slide2)==HIGH) { if(digitalRead(push_button)==HIGH) { analogWrite(led1,white); analogWrite(led2,warm_white); delay(50); digitalWrite(mobile,HIGH); delay(200); digitalWrite(mobile,LOW); delay(1000); } } else if(digitalRead(slide3)==HIGH) { analogWrite(led1,white); analogWrite(led2,warm_white); if(digitalRead(push_button)==HIGH && state==0) { state=1; delay(500); } else if(digitalRead(push_button)==HIGH && state==1) { state=0; delay(500); }

 if(state==0) white=map(analogRead(pot),0,1023,0,255); else if(state==1) warm_white=map(analogRead(pot),0,1023,0,255); } delay(10); analogWrite(led1,0); analogWrite(led2,0); }

Step 4: Attaching LEDs to the Box
Before doing anything, please make sure that the enclosure that you are using is small and handy or you'll have difficulties in carrying it. So let us start by choosing the LED for our project. I decided to go with 1W SMD LEDs that work on a voltage of around 4V. These LEDs are round in shape and does not have a lens so they are gonna diffuse the emitted light and you would have a more broader range. In my flashlight, you can find that I have used LEDs of two different color(i.e four white LEDs and four warm wight). This mod helps you to find the perfect saturation for your photo by changing the brightness of individual LED array.
In the above para I mentioned that these LED work on 4V but the output voltage of our microcontroller is 5V so your LEDs could get damaged if you directly connect them with your microcontroller. For that I decided to switch the 5V of the Arduino output with 3.7V of battery using a NPN power transistor. This thing has another positive aspect that the output current of Arduino's digital pin is 40 mili amps but these LED require much more current so by switching Arduino's output with power transistor, we could also increase the current reaching the LEDs and they would work more efficiently.
Let us begin with the project. First start by drilling the hole in your box of the same size as that of your LED. Then arranged the each LED on its place temporarily and then use super glue to make the connection permanent. I tried using hot glue before but the result that I got was not worth praising. Attach four white LEDs at the extreme corners and the other four warm LEDs in the center to get the best results.
Step 5: Connecting Arduino to the Battery
Choosing a perfect battery backup for your board is one of the most important thing. There are a lot of batteries available in the market like lead acid battery, lithium polymer, lithium ion, Ni-cd, Ni-Mh etc but we can not use any battery like this. We would be needing a battery which is small in size, capable to provide power to all our hardware parts, doesn't get exhausted very easily, handy and easy to charge. I found that Li-ion battery of old Nokia phones was best for this project so I decided to go with a 3.7V 800mah Nokia BL-5C battery.Since it's a lithium ions battery, neither it is not costly(costs around $2) nor very heavy. You can use lithium polymer batteries but you need to spend a lot to buy them and would be needing a costly charger to charge them. Also you need a protection circuit so that you don't destroy you hardware part with these batteries having such a high discharge rate.
We are using a 3.7V li-ion battery for the flashlight but the input voltage of our arduino board is 5V so we are gonna need a 5V step up module to boost up the voltage of the battery from 3.7V to 5V. If you ever made a joule thief, you can easily understand the working of the module. This module will not harm your battery so don't be anxious.
We are gonna start by removing the female USB attached to the module so as to save space(I didn't do that in my case because the space acquired by the module before and after removing the USB was same). Connect the negative input of your module to ground and positive input to the +3.7V rail with a normal switch in between. You can use a voltmeter to check the output voltage of the module. Connect the positive output of the module to Arduino's 5V pin and negative output to the ground. After you are done, you can check the circuit by switching on the switch and uploading blink sketch to your board. Everything should work fine and normal.
Since I am using a Li-ion battery which has a inbuilt protection circuit, I can easily charge it by connecting the battery directly to a cellphone charger with a 1N4007 diode in between. You can find the circuit diagram of all the connections of this step in the images above.
Step 6: Connecting the LED to Arduino Via Power Transistor
Now its time to connect the LEDs to our arduino board but as told earlier by me in the step 4 that we can not connect the LEDs directly to our Arduino board due to its higher voltage and lower current rating as require by the LED so we are gonna need a module or thing which can switch the higher voltage of Arduino with the lower. This can be done very easily by transistor. For this project, NPN transistor would be nice choice. But there is a problem in choosing a normal transistor(like BC547) that those small transistor can not handle high current whereas our LEDs require more than 1 Amp current. This much current can ruin our transistor so we are gonna use a NPN power transistor for this project. Power transistor work same as transistor but are capable of handling higher current as well as voltage. I am using TIP31C in my flashlight. There are a bunch of NPN power transistor present in the market that you can use.
So start by connecting the pin 1 from the left of the first transistor to the digital pin 9, middle pin to negative of white LED array, and third pin to ground. For the second transistor, the first pin will be connected to digital pin 10, third pin to negative of warm white LED array whereas the middle pin will go to same i.e ground. Connect positive of both the LED arrays directly to the positive(+3.7V) of the battery. After this you are done with your connection.
Step 7: Connecting the Switches,potensiometer and Various Stuff
To switch between various modes, to click photos, adjust brightness of LED, send signals to the phone to click a photo, you'er gonna need various stuffs like switched, potensiometer etc and in this step we are going to connect those thing to our flashlight. You require two switches, a potensiometer and a headphone jack for this project. The first one is a 3 mode slider switch that you would be requiring to choose the mode of the flashlight(i.e video mode, photo mode or setting mode). Second is a push button that you would be needing to click photo in photo mode and in setting mode for switching between warm white LEDs and white LED. potensiometer is used to change the brightness of the LEDs in setting mode and the headphone jack is used to send signals to the phone to click photo in photo mode.
Connections of the 3 mode slider switch:
- pin 1-----digital pin 11
- pin 2-----digital pin 2
- pin 3-----digital pin 3
- common pin-----5V of Arduino board
- Short Arduino's pin 11,2,3 with ground using a 10K resistor
Connection of the push button:
- pin 1-----5V of Arduino board
- pin 2-----digital pin 5
- short digital pin 5 with ground using 10K resistor
Connections of headphone jack:
- sleeves-----Arduino gnd
- ring and tip-----Arduino digital pin 12
Connections of potensiometer:
- pin 1-----gnd
- pin 2-----analog input A0
- pin 3-----5V
After doing this hot glue everything to their suitable place and your flashlight ids ready.
Step 8: How to Use It ?
You made the project, you know all the circuitry behind it but the main part is still left which is how to use it and I am gonna tell you that in this step. As told earlier by me, this flash light has 3 modes which are photo mode, videos mode and setting mode which you can select by the slider switch. Firstly plug in the flashlight to your cellphone through headphone jack. In photo mode, you need to press the push button and the LED will flash for about 1 sec. The flashlight will automatically command you phone to click the photograph. In video mode, the LEDs on the flashlight will glow continuously so that you can shoot videos. In setting mode you can change the brightness of the LEDs by turning the knob of the potensiometer. When you will move to setting mode, you can rotate the potensiometer to change the brightness of white LED. To change the brightness of warm white LEDs, press the push button once and now you can change the brightness of warm white LED by turning the knob. If you again want to change the brightness of white LED, press the push button. That sit. This is all how this flashlight work.
As told earlier by me, I destroyed my Arduino board and my 5V step up module while making this project that why I am explaining the working of the project on breadboard. Sorry again for inconvenience.
Step 9: The End
Hope you like the project. Follow me on instructables. If you have query about this project please comment down below. If I made a mistake anywhere, please post it in the comment section below. Video of this project is coming out soon so please connected.
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the tip31c is not a mosfet
Hello ivan,
Actually I got confused between power transistor and mosfet. A user named diy_bloke comment this and corrected me and I have now replaced word 'mosfet' with 'power transistor'. Thanks for the concern.
You are welcome, but next time dont get confused :D!
Look at his age man... He is just 15!, call it a mosfet or a transistor,doesnt matter. What matters is he is attempting to learn electronics, building circuits....
BTW cool idea dushyanta:)
It is a cool idea, but im 15 as well, so age is not the issue here.
Thanks Sahas for your support!!
Uh? No circuit schematic? No go. Wasted 2 minutes reading this.
What constructive criticism you have there....
Carlos I think you didn't pay attention to what is written. I have clearly specified that few more photos need to be added to the instructable which would be added by me today.
OK, thanks. But it is better to add everything at once.
I am a bit confused. You say you need the
mosfets because the arduino is 5volt and the led' s are 4 volt.......
but then you feed the arduino with 3.7 volt.
Ofcourse you need the mosfets but not because the arduino is 5 volt, but just because of the current.
Also... the TIP31C is not a mosfet, it is a powetransistor. That will work as well, but considering you spend time explaining why you need a MOSFET and not a transistor it is a bit odd you then use a transistor.
the difference between mosfets and transistors is not that mosfets can handle more current and voltage. That depends on the individual mosfet and transistor. MOSFETS do not come in NPN, they are called N-MOSFETS. I get the impression you mixed up 'powertransistor' with 'mosfet'.
Still a nice project but the description is a bit shaky here and there :-)
Thanks for the complement buddy....
Regarding the voltage input of Arduino, I am giving it 5V only. In step 5 you can clearly see that I am stepping up the voltage of battery from 3.7V to 5V using a step up module.
Regarding the mosfet and power transistor conspiracy, I was told by my local vendor that TIP31C is a mosfet. And also I read it somewhere that TIP31C is a mosfet. But after your comment, I searched on the net about this and found out that TIP 31C is not a mosfet rather its a power transistor so thanks buddy for correcting my knowledge. I have replaced the word 'mosfet' with 'power transistor' in the instructable. Thanks for the info.
And we require power transistor here not only to switch current but also to switch voltage. When you run these LEDs with 5V, they get heat up very quickly. Due to this heat, the LEDs get destroyed very frequently and you need to change them up which is a tough job so it is better to use 3.7V rather than 5V.
And the description is shaky because when I published ti intructable, it was still not complete. Some amends need to be made which I am trying to do as fast as possible.