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End of Web Design
Websites must tone down their individual appearance and distinct design in all ways:
- visual design
- terminology and labeling
- interaction design and workflow
- information architecture
These changes are driven by four different trends that all lead to the same conclusion:
1. Jakob's Law of the Internet User Experience
Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know.
This Law is not even a future trend since it has been ruling the Web for several years. It has long been true that websites do more business the more standardized their design is. Think Yahoo and Amazon. Think "shopping cart" and the silly little icon. Think blue text links.
2. Mobile Internet
Mobility drives small screens (because they are the only ones that can be easily carried) that will often be grayscale (to save battery). Mobile bandwidth will be much more restricted than wired bandwidth. Even though I don't believe in the current generation of WAP phones, I am convinced that mobile Internet will be big once we get better devices - but even these next-generation mobiles will have much smaller screens than PCs. This drives a focus on content and solutions: don't spend screen space on navigation features except for the most necessary ones. With less space for navigation, it becomes more important to stick to standard conventions for where to go and how to explain the options.
3. Network Computing
The network is the user experience that will integrate use of computers and information appliances across locations and devices to form a seamless whole. How can it be seamless if the rules change every time you use a different device? If mobile Internet needs to become simplified, so does wired Internet.
When you deliver a service over multiple devices, users should be able to recognize that it is the same service. Many of the same features should be delivered on each platform, even though some features may be elided or pushed into the background on devices where they make less sense or are harder to deliver with decent usability. These considerations force emphasis on the semantics and not on the representation.
4. Syndicated Content and Services
The days of the unified website are long gone. From about 1993 to 1998, most websites were like Roman military camps: everything inside the barricades was carefully planned and constructed by the residents of the camp. The (fire)wall marked the end of control: everything outside was wilderness and not connected with the site.
This is in contrast to the early years of the Web in 1991 and 1992, where the content on any given server was not connected with anything else on that server to any greater extent than it was connected to the rest of the Web. The Web was a unity and there was no special treatment of pages that belonged to a single site.
Since approximately 1998, it has become more common for websites to rely on syndicated content that flows both in and out of the site. When writing content that can appear on multiple websites, it becomes necessary to restrict the content design to a few mechanisms that will work everywhere, such as headlines, bulleted lists, and highlighted keywords.
Similarly, when a website imports many of its features and content, it typically becomes necessary to conserve resources and expend as little effort as possible on massaging the imports to fit within the site. As long as everything is about the same, it works. Anything too special and you have a conflict.
Application service providers also make it harder for websites to retain overly distinctive design. It is getting to be common for some of the features of a website to reside on other sites that supply certain specialized functionality such as mailing lists, search, conference registration, shopping carts, promotions or coupons, and much more. As users engage outsourced functionality, they would ideally not notice that they have been temporarily moved to a different site for the duration of a certain feature. The feeling should be that of remaining within a single smooth interaction.
Currently, ASPs offer limited means of editing their pages to approximate the appearance of the client site, but it is usually difficult to make outsourced pages feel identical to locally hosted pages unless both have very simple designs.
Expert User Support Requires Sites to Relinquish Control
The last five years, the Web has forced a severe focus on novice users. Basically, all Web users are novices all the time, since you very rarely use any individual website long enough to become an expert user.
Even when some users return often enough to become skilled users, the site still needs to target novices in its design since people will not enter a website if it is not immediately obvious how to use it in a few seconds. Zero learning time or die.
The way to resolve the tension between experienced users' needs for advanced features and first-time visitors' need for extreme simplicity is to move the expert features into the browser or other client software. Two simple examples: the "Back" button and bookmarks. Both work well because they have been removed from the domain of the site and thus work the same everywhere (except for those sites that cluelessly break the standards).
If an expert feature is either standardized across all sites or supported by the client software then it will be available to experienced users without having to be visually apparent in the site design. Thus, it will not cause learning difficulties for novice users. On the contrary, a first-time visitor to a site will be able to use expert features without having to learn the site because he or she can transfer learning from other sites.
What Remains in Web Design
Even as websites become more similar and appearance design becomes more simplified, there will be a large number of design decisions that still need to be made in order to optimize the usability of each individual site.
Most important, each Internet service needs to be based on a task analysis of its specific users and their needs. You can combine standardized user interface elements in many ways, and the better sites will support the way users want to approach the problems.
For example, even if you always call search "Search" and you always have the same way of distinguishing between simple search and advanced search, the question will remain whether advanced search makes sense for any specific site.
Content design will also remain. Each product description is different. Each opinion piece is different. There will always be a need to determine the best approach to describing each unit of information.
Information architecture will partly become standardized. An example that has already happened is the "About the company" area of most corporate websites. All users expect this area to contain subsites about the management, the company history, financial information and investor information, PR and press releases, and employment opportunities. But the way these subsites are structured might differ depending on the characteristics of the specific company. Similarly, there would be many other areas that were related to individual products or services and that would be structured differently on different sites.
See also: Reader comments on this Alertbox (including whether these principles will make the Web dull ) and an essay on the history of print standards.
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7 Jul 2010 9:54 AM #1
Creating new icon cls
What are the steps to create new icons like the ones in the shipping css? I tried copying an existing one then made minor changes to one like this:
HTML Code:
.x-button-plain.x-button-mask img.play, .x-toolbar .x-button-plain.x-button-mask img.play, .x-button-plain.x-button-pressed.x-button-mask img.play, .x-toolbar .x-button-mask.x-button-mask img.play, .x-button-mask.x-button-mask img.play { -webkit-mask-box-image: url('next.png'); }
11 Feb 2011 6:42 AM #2
I'm guessing this thread is dead, but just in case anyone else stumbles upon it, here's an example of adding a custom icon to a tab panel...
Add this to your CSS:
.x-tab img.callReport, .x-button img.x-icon-mask.callReport { -webkit-mask-image:url('179-notepad.png'); }
Within your code, use:
{ title: 'Call Report', html: 'Hello World!', iconCls: 'callReport' },
11 Feb 2011 6:50 AM #3
Hi guys,
if you want to make a great Sencha Touch mobile application, you don't have to edit Sencha Touch CSS, but use SASS and Compass to create your own theme.
Take a look at this video to learn how.
Hope this helpsSencha Inc
Andrea Cammarata, Solutions Engineer
Owner at SIMACS
github: https://github.com/AndreaCammarata
TUX components bundle for Sencha Touch 2.x.x
23 Aug 2011 7:23 AM #4
using binary image file
1) Add this to your css:
.x-tab img.import, .x-button img.x-icon-mask.import {
-webkit-mask-image: url('data:image/png;base64,replace here .... binary');
2) transform the image to binary, online link
3) then you get the binary, and you replace it on the url.
4) create the button on your sencha
var importBtn = new Ext.Button({
iconCls: 'import',
iconMask: true,
ui: 'plain',
handler: function() {
alert('Funciona Mierda');
yes, import is your image button.
7 Sep 2011 3:28 AM #5
Tried the previous thread and it works with slight modifications
1) Add this to your css: (since I use an iPad the apple.css is the css to modify)
.x-tab img.import, .x-button img.x-icon-mask.import {
-webkit-mask-image: url('data:image/png;base64,replace here .... binary');
the semi-colon after the closed-parenthesis is not needed
2) transform the image to binary, online link
does what it says it does
3) then you get the binary, and you replace it on the url.
the code generated goes where the phrase replace here ....binary in step 1 is located
be sure to leave the leading comma and the trailing single quote in place
4) create the button on your sencha
did not use the var importBtn = new Ext.Button
var importBtn = new Ext.Button({
iconCls: 'import',
iconMask: true,
ui: 'plain', used double quotes not single quotes to enclosed "plain"
handler: function() {
alert('Funciona Mierda');
since I already had the function defined elsewhere, simply added the following
to the items section where the buttons were to be displayed
my image button was named zoom_in
items : [{
iconMask : true,
ui : "plain",
iconCls : 'zoom_in',
handler : zoomIn
. . . . . .
9 Sep 2011 11:35 AM #6
new reference
Since this tread keeps popping up high on google for custom icons in Sencha, decided to include a reference link i found:
14 Sep 2011 9:55 AM #7
adding semi-colon to end is optional (if it is the last statement in the CSS set). It is still preferred to show that the style attribute:value pair is done, and it is required if you have other CSS attribute:value pairs after it.
For single quote or double quote, both will work for the 'ui' value, it doesn't matter
12 Feb 2012 10:53 PM #8
I followed the instructions perfectly but my iconCls is showing up as a blank grey box.
I'm trying to use the sencha touch 'speedometer2' as the iconCls. The icon is already in pictos folder. But no matter what I do it doesnt work
Help !
13 Feb 2012 2:48 AM #9
You just add it in your .html file
.sample { -webkit-mask-box-image: url('/public/images/sample.png'); }
and refer it in your button by
iconCls: 'sample ',
27 Feb 2012 5:48 PM #10
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What We've Learned
In the summer of 1958, when I turned seventeen, I discovered and reported a case of an adult sexually abusing minors. For me the episode had some of the melodrama of a young adult novel, but it was nothing at all like the painful, often life-shattering experiences of survivors of sexual abuse. No surprise, then, that I did not think much about it for many years. That changed in the 1990s when as a religion correspondent and columnist for the New York Times I reported on the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests and later, in 2002, when I wrote about the flood of similar revelations that began with stories in the Boston Globe.
Then last November Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach at Penn State who also headed an organization for troubled youth, was charged with abusing numerous boys. The charges raised questions about what university officials, including famed football coach Joe Paterno, had done when they first learned of Sandusky's proclivities. Penn State's president was fired, as was Paterno, who died in January.
The months that followed have brought stories of ultra-Orthodox Jews raising religious impediments to reporting sexual abuse promptly to legal authorities in New York City; of repeat abusers escaping scrutiny in New York and Los Angeles public schools; and of long-festering complaints of abuse at Horace Mann, an elite private school in New York. In Oregon, the Supreme Court affirmed that the Boy Scouts had to release some twenty thousand pages of files kept since the mid-1960s to track, with far less than total success, reports of accused Scout leaders.
On June 22, after a trial full of graphic testimony about abuse by Philadelphia priests and inaction by church officials, Msgr. William Lynn, the head of priest personnel for the Philadelphia archdiocese, was convicted on one count of child endangerment. On the same day, after a trial with similarly graphic testimony, Sandusky was convicted of multiple sexual assaults. Three weeks later Louis J. Freeh, former director of the FBI, issued a report concluding that by hushing up reports of Sandusky's conduct Penn State officials, including Paterno, had showed a "total and consistent disregard" for the welfare of children.
A knotted thread runs through all these cases: Who knew what—and when and how firmly did they know it—and what responsibilities did they believe such information entailed? I say knotted because these episodes occurred in different circumstances and decades. My own experience has made me deeply aware that what seems so obvious now about dealing with victims as well as perpetrators was once not so. The way society responds to the sexual abuse of children has changed profoundly. That awareness of change over time, as well as difference in environment, has tempered my views about the more distant past but magnified my shock at the criminal negligence of recent decades while increasing my suspicions of one-size-fits-all explanations.
But first my story. In 1958 I was a staff member at a Boy Scout camp, a place I loved as both a camper and a staffer. In a millisecond I can conjure up the sight and sound of the poplar leaves quavering in the breeze near my tent or the feel of the stones under my homemade moccasins on the path to the lake. But this particular sequence of events began in a car. It was crowded with fellow staff members. We were headed toward a nearby Wisconsin town to enjoy our weekly day off. Those of us still under drinking age would poke into a few stores or walk up and down Main Street hoping that something exciting would happen. It never did. But once a week even boredom provided relief from teaching eleven-year-olds how to weave lanyards.
In the car, someone called the assistant camp director "a faggot," and I protested. I was no premature defender of gay rights, a term and concept that would not enter my head for years. Indeed, my entire understanding of homosexuality was vague. It was enough that calling someone homosexual, especially in crude slang, was to say something bad about him; and my good liberal Catholic parents had imprinted on me, particularly during the high tide of McCarthyism, that (1) name-calling was the argumentation of fools and (2) you didn't toss around derogatory labels without evidence.
My fellow staff members brusquely dismissed my protest. "Just talk to the trainees," they said. Trainees were fourteen-year-old junior staff members who were the equivalent of gofers working for room and board and a shot at staff positions in future years. I had been a trainee. I had also supervised the work of trainees, for example a rather indolent kid with a hangdog look named Harry Ford, who later made a considerable name for himself under his full-size moniker "Harrison." During this summer another trainee was part of the handicraft staff headed by my brother James, two years my elder, with myself and a co-worker. We all bunked together in a cabin that also stored tools and materials for leatherwork, woodcarving, basketweaving, and those damned lanyards.
"Just talk to the trainees." OK, I proceeded to do exactly that—and found out nothing. At first. Finally, one trainee, a kid whose rough and foul-mouthed attitude made him an exception to the suburban propriety of the others, told me the story. It was a story too familiar today. Favors, gifts, seductions, trips out of town, time in motels, the whole range of conduct, or at least (as far as I could detect) non-forcible conduct, that in recent years has been described in endless civil suits and media reports.
Among the young victims named by this informant was the trainee sharing our cabin. This information explained a lot of the striking change in his demeanor and behavior that had taken place over the summer, to say nothing of the many times that the assistant camp director had invited him to go along on errands away from the camp. What complicated the situation enormously was that the actual camp director, a professional employee of the Boy Scouts of America, was away. The assistant director, the accused molester, was effectively in charge of the camp. That led to the bizarre events that would make melodramatic chapters in a young adult novel.
The first of them happened at night, after Taps had been sounded over the camp PA system and campers were in their bunks. I began complaining to the trainee in our quarters about his shirking of tasks and all the favors he had been enjoying from the assistant camp director. The assistant camp director suddenly stormed into the cabin, shouting "I heard that! I heard that!" He demanded that I repeat my complaints in his presence, which I was happy to do. A long, heated, and crazy argument followed, first in our cabin and then out in the dark, sandy parking lot stretching between our cabin and the camp office, which was also where he had quarters. My brother's much later recollection was that it turned pretty clearly on accusations of serious impropriety, even if those were never explicitly spelled out, with our insisting that we had no intention of accusing anyone unjustly. My recollection is that the alleged impropriety was simply the undue favors and absences from work being showered on our trainee. I don't remember any reference to things sexual, or recall how much I actually knew at that point. In retrospect, I realize that, regardless of what I knew, behind the assistant camp director's fury was what he thought I knew or was in the process of finding out.
This argument took some very strange turns, as one might expect when all the monsters were swimming below the surface. At one point the assistant camp director accused us of filling people's minds with socialist ideas! What people he had in mind I don't know—campers or other staff members? This was heavy stuff in those Cold War days, as it still appears to be in Republican primaries. But maybe he was right. We were undoubtedly teenage radicals of a sort that came from growing up on the Catholic Worker and papal social teachings.
"I have often wondered what the outcome would have been if we hadn't both been there," James recalled decades later. "One person in a position of power has a lot more leverage to browbeat a junior into embarrassment and silence—if the junior has no one to compare notes with."
We had in fact gathered a pretty full inventory of accounts of abuse when a more bizarre thing happened. Late one evening the assistant camp director invited James and me to accompany him on some errand away from camp. We thought it best to accept in order to allay his suspicions. We piled into his car and soon were heading down a steep hill on a country road toward a T-shaped intersection ending in a 90-degree turn to left or right. Suddenly he turned off his headlights and accelerated toward the intersection. Only at the last minute did he turn them on again and brake. What was that about? Was he trying to frighten us, to prove his desperation or his dangerousness? We pretended not to have noticed.
At about that time another professional employee of the Scouts arrived at the camp. My brother and I knew him from a mountain camping trip that he had led to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. We took all my information to him—after dark. He immediately made his own inquiries among trainees. He pledged to take action upon the camp director's return.
The delay was brief but more than a little bit uncomfortable. On the last night, someone said that the assistant camp director had been seen walking the periphery of the camp with one of the rifles kept in his cabin for the shooting range. To make sure that he was not still stalking around armed, I volunteered to crawl through the small pines and underbrush to the space beneath his cabin, which was raised several feet off the ground on pilings. It was a bright idea mixing adolescent bravado with a sense of invincibility. I do remember wondering, however, as I snaked through the grass on my belly like some imagined commando, what a .22 bullet would feel like. Under his cabin, I heard his footsteps and music playing. That was somehow sufficient evidence of our safety. I crawled back, and we retired in confidence.
The next day, there was a flurry of activity. The camp director arrived. Cars from the suburban area that the camp served pulled in and out of the parking lot—evidently with the parents of trainees. Some kind of meeting, obviously preceded by a round of phone calls, took place off the premises. It involved the accused, the trainees, parents, the director, and the other Boy Scout professional. My guess is that there was a local law official.
Before the day was over, the assistant camp director was packed and gone. So were most of the trainees, including our cabin mate. I felt like I could exhale.
Yet all this was disorienting. Soon after this departure I entered the camp office and stepped into the assistant director's vacated quarters. Everything was gone except a large wood-handled, single-bladed pocket knife. I took it and kept it. I don't know why. Surely not as a remembrance of the man, for whom I felt no fondness. Indeed it might not even have been his. It was just a trace of something already passing into obscurity. I had been introduced to matters I previously knew nothing about. I thought I had done the right thing. I felt some satisfaction in the outcome. Yet no one in the camp administration spoke with me about that outcome. Even the few of us who had brought this matter to light did not discuss it among ourselves. It was all done and gone, like the assistant camp director, like his victims. Except for that sturdy, sinister pocket knife.
I have had to learn much more in the last decades about sexual abuse of minors, as have we all. I have learned from news reports, books, legal documents, interviews I had the opportunity to conduct with abuse survivors and their advocates, with molesting priests, with therapists, social scientists, bishops, and lawyers. I am still learning.
Although I changed my mind about the man whose reputation I initially defended, I have never shaken my resistance to branding individuals without solid evidence. It is a reflex that still flashes "slow down" whenever I sense a rush to judgment, something accusations of sexual abuse are now very apt to provoke. But in two other ways my teenage experience did affect my later views.
The minor one, applicable to the Catholic scandal, was the simple fact of first encountering this kind of abuse in another organizational setting. In principle, most people recognize that the church is hardly unique in being afflicted by such ugly crimes. They have plagued school systems, athletic programs (as recent headlines testify), and to a frightful degree (as we still shy from examining) our taxpayer-supported correctional institutions for youth. In practice, for complex reasons, public awareness has often seemed to assume that here was a singularly Catholic problem. This was of course especially true of Catholics, understandably appalled by our own church's failings, wary of anything that could be offered as an alibi, and rightly focused on removing the beam in our own eye before worrying about the speck in anyone else's. To a large extent, that reaction was my own. But my firsthand experience also planted resistance to explanations that attributed the abuse to exclusively Catholic practices or beliefs.
The comparison of my Boy Scout experience to the church's is not entirely flattering to the latter. In the mid-1990s I attended a reunion of camp staff members (Harrison Ford did not show up) and noticed various preventive measures in place—for instance, rules barring staff and campers from using showers at the same time. Here was evidence of a degree of awareness that I had yet to see in Catholic institutions. At the same time, when I belatedly read Scout's Honor, Patrick Boyle's remarkable account of the Boy Scouts' handling of sexual abuse, I discovered striking parallels even in the 1990s with the church's reflexes. But what about celibacy and clerical culture? I have no doubt that these were significant factors in the Catholic case, but how significant? Married Scout leaders and Scouts' parents also proved capable of being as naïve, blind, and self-protective in defending abusers as any celibate cleric. So were married officials in other organizations. What about permissiveness toward homosexual conduct, a favorite conservative Catholic explanation of the church's conduct? That was hardly a Boy Scout or a Penn State problem. What about blind obedience to superiors or doctrinal conformity or sexual repression? That might well apply to some of Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox community but was hardly the case at the culturally liberal Horace Mann. In short, my initial encounter left me allergic to explaining sexual abuse in sweeping or single-factor terms, usually ones that coincided with their proponents' preexisting convictions, whether about homosexuality or (in my case) the need for a more participatory and democratic church.
Much more important to me was the way that my experience highlighted the importance of cultural change—1958 was not 1985 or 1995 or 2005.
In 1958 my reports and those of the young staffers I had wheedled information from were thankfully believed by adults in charge. In 1958 the perpetrator—of course, assuming, without any trial, that he was the perpetrator and that I had not contributed to some terrible miscarriage of justice—was promptly removed. Not only in 1958 but a decade or even two decades later, that was not the way many church officials were receiving accusations involving priests. But was there any reason to believe that this individual was unable to work at another camp, possibly even some Boy Scout camp, in subsequent summers?
He was in fact a teacher who had bounced from one high school to another in the Chicago area. In 1958, were his prospects of finding yet other positions in school systems seriously affected by the events at our camp? And what of the victims? Was there any reason to believe that they were offered any therapy or their families any guidance? Was anything said publicly to encourage unknown victims—whether from that summer of 1958 or an earlier one when this man had worked at the camp—to come forward?
Of course the answer to all those questions was no. More revealing is that, as far as I can tell, in 1958 no one even seriously asked the questions. Certainly I did not until decades later.
And what about questions that continue to baffle me? What about those older staff members, all decent guys, who firmly suspected and vocally deplored the assistant camp director's conduct: Why didn't they feel compelled to pursue the matter further? My inquires had even revealed that one staff member, then attending a school where the assistant camp director taught, had one day happened on him in a sexually compromising situation with a student. The stories from Penn State and Horace Mann have revived my bafflement.
The main point is this: Culturally speaking all this was long ago and in another country. It is astonishing that people fail to recognize how much our society has changed in regard to sexual abuse of young people. People were as appalled by it in 1958 as today, although one reason was the shame that cloaked many aspects of sexuality from respectable view and professional attention. What has changed dramatically is not this revulsion but our growing fund of knowledge and sense of responsibility for prevention and healing. That is why, on the one hand, it makes no sense to treat the 1960s and 1970s in particular through the lenses of the 1980s and 1990s; and why, on the other hand, it makes more recent cases of negligence, whether by religious leaders, school officials, or athletic coaches, all the more shocking.
Consider therapy for victims and their families. If they or the Boy Scouts had sought it back in 1958, what would they have found? Long after, it remained common professional opinion that the best thing for victims was not to make a big deal about their experiences. In 2005, the New York Times ran a profile of Dr. Richard B. Gartner, a psychotherapist and author of a then recently published book on treatments for boyhood sexual abuse. It was only in the mid-1980s, Gartner said, that he came to doubt the prevailing psychoanalytic tendency to treat memories of such abuse as fantasy or wish fulfillment. "I began to look in the professional literature," he told the Times. "There wasn't much to be found, and most implied that this [sexual abuse of boys] was very rare.... So I had to make my own way." In New York City, no group therapy existed for victims, Gartner said, until he started a group in 1991.
If Gartner was correct, psychoanalysis was coming to a serious awareness of the extent and ramifications of childhood sexual abuse in about that same mid-1980s time frame as the Catholic bishops.
Consider the legal situation. In 1958, laws mandating that caregivers report child abuse of all kinds did not exist, nor would they generally until the 1970s. Even today many families hesitate to pursue criminal charges or civil suits, given the public exposure and trauma that would mean for victims. How much more so in 1958?
I know that even suggesting that such changes have taken place upsets many people, who feel that it may mitigate responsibility for abuse. This worry was voiced in the wake of stories about star teachers at Horace Mann who harassed and seduced male students, often with tragic consequences, in the 1980s and earlier. First, in the June 6 issue of the New York Times Magazine, a Horace Mann graduate described administrators in that era who seemed willfully myopic and trustees whose unresponsiveness, even now, appeared governed by legal concerns. Not an unfamiliar picture, but this time at an outpost of the New York Times's affluent, liberal demographic rather than a priest-ridden parish. The article elicited a flood of emails from former students, a good number relating incidents of abuse. Much more provocatively, that article was followed by a page-one interview with a long retired, greatly revered Horace Mann teacher who acknowledged sexual relationships with students. Now eighty-eight, the teacher, portrayed as a gentle Buddhist and masterful mentor, described his infatuations as all pursued "in warmth and affection and not a power play." "In those days…it did not seem really wrong," he said. "I may have crossed societal boundaries. If I did, I am sorry."
This rounded but nonetheless self-exonerating portrait may have contrasted with the standard black-and-white rendering of accused priests or bishops, but Horace Mann, to its credit, promptly dropped the teacher's name from an endowed chair. Still, at least one Times columnist worried that a "revisionist history" was emerging. "It skews reality to imagine that the sexual abuse of children is an issue that only recently has seen the rays of the sun," wrote Ginia Bellafante on July 1. She pointed to a 1974 television episode of Marcus Welby, M.D., and books published in 1980, magazine articles in the 1950s, and earlier government reports.
Bellafante's concern that a new "defensive narrative" might breed some kind of rationalization of abuse is legitimate. But the history is history and should not be bent to present purposes, whether to excuse or to arraign; and a lot depends on exactly how far back one is looking and whether one's focus is on the abusive behavior itself or on what was more widely known about perpetrators or what were established procedures for prevention, detection, reporting, exposure, and removal. Was abuse seen as rare, an aberration eliciting an ad hoc response? Or was it a foreseeable problem for which one should be prepared? Were molesters imagined as sinister strangers? Or were they more likely family members, bighearted coaches, charismatic teachers, community-oriented Scout leaders, kid-friendly priests, or a guy you had worked with for years?
Much credit for changing our understanding of such matters is owed to the women's movement in the 1960s and 1970s. It insisted on opening to scrutiny many of the darker aspects of family and sexual life, and it spoke uncomfortable truths about sex and power differentials. Child welfare advocates, crusading journalism, litigation, extended (perhaps sometimes even exaggerated) views of liability for harm in a wide variety of areas—all have played a part. Maybe Marcus Welby, M.D., did, too. Psychologists and law- enforcement experts added to our understanding of sexual abuse, sometimes by their research and sometimes by their failures. Victims of same-sex abuse have probably found it easier to speak out as taboos surrounding homosexuality have diminished. Relentless "pushing of the envelope" in regard to public displays of sexuality and even the scandals involving national leaders, however confusing to young people's sense of norms, may have facilitated exposure of sexual crimes without euphemism.
A major change in our culture was a growing conviction that to protect potential victims in the future and extend help to victims in the past, known molesters should be identified, prosecuted, monitored, treated, or otherwise limited in their opportunity to abuse again—and this applied no less to apparently respectable members of the community than to isolated deviants. If this had been a factor in anyone's mind in 1958, it was not acted upon. Perhaps my Scout camp leaders thought that the accused had been taught a lesson; more likely they thought that the camp and its reputation were now safe and, as for the rest, out of sight, out of mind. It was much easier then to think that way than in, say, 1990, but still they were not blameless. I did not, however, know the full story.
In 2005 I was invited to speak about the sexual-abuse scandal in a series of lectures at the University of Dayton. I decided to mention my camp episode. I phoned my brother to corroborate my own memories. James was always the family memory bank, able to recall playmates from our early grade-school days or teachers from high school. Perhaps it was a sign of the abhorrence surrounding sexual predation that we had not discussed what had happened at camp in decades. I wouldn't overstate that. He had started architectural studies in Chicago, then enlisted in the Navy, and afterward completed his studies downstate in Illinois. I had lived at college and then married and moved to New York for graduate school. We worked and raised children eight hundred miles apart. On family visits, we had much else to talk about. When I spoke with James in 2005 he told me something I had completely forgotten and something startling that I had never known.
What I had forgotten was that in the fall of 1958 the assistant camp director sent me a letter. The letter came from a small town in northern Michigan where we presumed he had taken a job as a teacher. In the letter he protested his innocence and pointed out that he, too, was a Catholic. How could I have reported on him, a coreligionist? Catholics, he suggested, should stick together. On the phone, James reminded me that for days I had stamped around the house in anger at this hypocrisy.
What was entirely news to me was an experience James had while serving in the Navy, a few years after our summer camp days. A sailor with whom he had once shared quarters was being discharged. He dropped in to say goodbye. My brother was aware that he hailed from the town in Michigan where the assistant camp director had gone. "I always meant to ask you," my brother said to him, "whether you had ever known of—" mentioning the assistant camp director's name. At that, according to James, the young man "exploded." He, too, had been a victim.
So could my "success" of 1958 and the prompt response of the Boy Scout camp be described as having merely, as the phrase goes, "shuffled" off a molester to abuse elsewhere? In a way, yes. That assistant camp director and schoolteacher died a few years ago. I found his obituary and learned that he was a decorated World War II veteran. The funeral service was at a Catholic church, and he was buried in that Michigan town. Was his only additional victim my brother's Navy friend? It seems unlikely.
Back in the 1990s, when I began to mull over this story, I went searching among old camping gear for that pocket knife. I never found it.
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Peter Steinfels, co-founder of the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture and a former editor of Commonweal, is the author of A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America.
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Thank you for this very detailed article re-entering the mind of the teen scout. It makes it easier to imagine how many priests, not really much more developed psycho-sexually than teen scouts, could ignore conduct of comrades although that story has yet to be truly told..and for the confessors who "forgave" when there existed "firm purpoise of amndment" to those perhaps few who confesssed any such attractions or actions.
In my Freshman year in seminary I went to the Rector to defend an acquaintance who was being thrown out without, he said, any explanation. I told the rector how good he was with kids when we worked at the boys club and how he got them into collecting stamps. The rector was cordial and very kind and told me that Dick would be leaving and that was that. Years later I learned that he was not dealing is stamps, but in pornography and possibly grooming kids for a personal or photographic contact. When I met the rector again and I recalled this, he smiled and said, "David we knew you were young and naive.. and youu were trying to do the right thing advocating for a fellow seminarian." A kind man to my naivete...
Ona very tangential note, Billy Collins', "The Lanyard" -- one of my favorite poems -- ran through my head. I recommend it to all.
Some friends and I have joked more than once about what was wrong with us? Why did no one attempt to abuse us? Joked, but not very heartily.
I can only say that I thank God that I never had whatever it was that attracted pedophiles and was left alone. I was scheduled to attend a Catholic high school in Orange county that evidently turned out to be a hotbed of pedophilia (http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2008/07/spot_the_pedophilia_in_youtube.php). Luckily my family and I returned home to Wisconsin and I had a very dull, boring 4 years in a public high school.
You have well described the 50s abuse stance till now, . I also think that the abuse you so well describe was not seen by the so called leaders as 'forced'. As it would have been if it was committed by a encountered stranger al a rape. . This kind of abusing youth by seduction was a step away from what we thought we knew and gave the complaints the excuse of ambiguity that made the abuse secret.. ..
Let's not call it "seduction" Ed, let's call it manipulation because that more clearly describes the way that predators take advantage of their young victims.
I think the Seduction word has a more negative meaning than manipulation. Seduction is the modus operandi of the sociopaths that cause an enormous amount of evil in society. Financial, political, violence, etc besides sexual.
The Boy Scouts of America has generated recent controversy over reaffirming their policy barring avowed homosexuals from participating as either scouts or leaders. The initial reaction of someone professing an absence of bigotry would be to condemn this, but I think that this knee jerk reaction to be in opposition to the Boy Scouts over this issue should be subject to thoughtful consideration.
Camping trips offer opportunities and temptations. Vulnerable 14 year olds mix (and sleep) together with even more vulnerable 12 year olds. The young adolescent mind is quite plastic and the evidence for a strong genetic basis of homosexuality is far from convincing.
With respect to pedophilia, I don't think that homosexuals are any more predisposed to this behavior than are heterosexuals, but the opportunities for seduction/predation are more numerous, particularly on the types of camping trips which have always been a major component of the Boy Scout experience.
I'm not sure where I, personally, come down on this issue, but I think that considerations involving adolescent boys are different from those involving adults. The Boy Scouts are not the US military, and policies which make sense for the military may not make sense for the Boy Scouts.
I think that some of the above considerations may apply with regard to the clergy abuse scandals. Substitute priest and altar boy for scout leader and scout. If it's true that there is a relatively high incidence of homosexuality among priests, then there may be unacceptable risk with putting adolescent boys under their supervision. It's sad to tar all priests with this brush, but the worldwide scope of the abuse scandal indicates that it's not a trivial problem. It could well be a problem which had/has existed literally for millennia.
- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
I think if we all knew the amount of sexual abuse that truly exists, it would rock the nation. Everyone covers it up, period, especially where the abuse is the highest, within families.
I'm one of who never believes in "coincidences." The fact that Sandusky and Father Lynn were both found guilty within the same 24 hour period, at least to me, spoke volumes; from those to whom the standards should be the highest, to the American football idols.
Sexual abuse is everwhere, even where one least expects it to be. For the sake of the children, it's time for everyone to come clean, and like the Catholic Church, take the consequences.
I began Mary Renault's The Last of the Wine, set in ancient Greece, wherein what we call ephebophilia is described as a societal norm. I have no well-informed conclusions to offer, but would appreciate reading some.
The article is deeply moving and thorough, except for the glaring omission of what may well be the largest arena of sexual abuse, the public schools. Although the media is finally starting to report on this apparently common place activity (from both male and female teachers) it still seems reticent to admit to this immense and yet apparently sacred elephant in the room. Sadly the research and information that is suppressed has shown this reality for years.


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It is never medically necessary to have breast reconstruction. This is considered an elective procedure, meaning you can choose to have it done or not. Some women choose to have a mastectomy (removal of all of the breast tissue) without reconstruction. Although it is considered elective, it is not considered solely cosmetic. This means that almost all insurance plans pay for breast reconstruction.
Many patients prefer to have reconstruction done (or at least the process started) at the same time as their mastectomy for a number of reasons. If you have breast reconstruction done at the same time as your mastectomy, this is called immediate reconstruction. Delayed reconstruction is the term used if you choose to have the mastectomy done and then wait for reconstruction to be done months, or even years, later. The majority of surgeries done at our institution are immediate reconstruction. With immediate reconstruction, you are decreasing your overall number of surgeries, you may have a better chance at an optimal cosmetic result and, for many women, there is a psychological benefit to immediately pursuing reconstruction.
The vast majority of women are candidates for breast reconstruction. There are a variety of reconstructive options, and you may not be a candidate for all types. You and your surgeon will discuss which type of breast reconstruction best fits your situation.
There are 3 major types of breast reconstruction. The first is a tissue expander/implant reconstruction. The second uses all your own tissues, typically from the abdomen but can come from your buttock or thighs. The third, less common option is a combination of the 2 methods using your own tissue from the back, the latisimus muscle, plus an implant underneath.
Implant reconstruction is almost always at least a two-step procedure. At the time of mastectomy, we will put in a tissue expander, which is a balloon device that is placed underneath the skin and muscles of the chest wall. At the time of surgery, the surgeon will put in a small amount of saline (salt water) into the expander through a valve in the device; however, you will be essentially flat. You are usually in the hospital for 2 days for this surgery, and recovery time is about 4 weeks.
After you heal from the mastectomy, approximately 3-4 weeks, you will begin the process of tissue expansion. This means that you will need to come into the office on a weekly or every other week basis. At your office visit, a small needle will be inserted through the skin in the chest wall and into the valve in the tissue expander. A small amount of saline is added at each visit. The chest muscle and skin are slowly stretched to accommodate the appropriate sized implant. Once your tissue expanders have the correct amount of saline in them you will need to wait another 4-6 weeks before the second stage of the surgery. If you need to undergo chemotherapy, the next stage is delayed until chemotherapy is completed.
In the second stage we will go in through the same incision on the breast, remove the tissue expander and place implants. This can be either silicone (gel) or saline filled implants. Both types of implants are made of a silicone shell, the difference is what the implants are filled with. Both are safe. Your surgeon will help you to make the choice of permanent implants that are best for you. This surgery does not require an overnight stay in the hospital and recovery takes about 2 week.
The whole process from time of mastectomy to when the final implants are placed takes anywhere between 3-6 months.
Implants are not lifetime devices, and both saline and silicone implants can rupture and leak. If you have saline implants, you will notice a slow deflation of the implant. The body is able to absorb the salt water leaking out of the implant, and over a few days to weeks, you will notice that your implant gets smaller. If you have silicone implants, there may be a change in the shape of the implant; however, often times, there is no change at all. Many times, the only way to detect a leak in a silicone implant is through MRI. If you choose silicone implants, MRI will be scheduled by your doctor when clinically indicated to ensure that your implants are still intact. Implant rupture, regardless of saline or silicone, occurs at a rate of approximately 1% per year; this means that your implant can rupture at anytime after being placed. Most implants will need to be replaced every 10-15 years.
Placing implants after mastectomy is very different than putting in implants for cosmetic augmentation. When women have an augmentation, their skin and breast tissue are left intact. These healthy tissues are better able to stretch to accommodate and cushion the breast implant. After a mastectomy, your breast skin is very thin. The breast surgeon needs to make sure that all breast tissue is removed and in order to do this you are left with only a very thin layer of breast skin. This breast skin is not able to stretch in the way it needs to in order to accommodate an implant. This is why we have to very slowly and gently stretch the tissues using a tissue expander.
Women who need post mastectomy chemotherapy are still candidates for implants. Sometimes we need to change surgery dates based on your chemotherapy. For example, we will postpone your second stage surgery (to remove the tissue expanders and place the implants) until you are a safe period of time from your last chemotherapy. This time period can vary from 3 weeks to several months and will be determined by your surgeon and medical oncologist. This gives your body the necessary time to recover. Women undergoing chemotherapy may also take longer to heal their incisions. This is normal and expected.
Radiation and the impact on implants is something that needs to be discussed carefully with your surgeon. It is true that women who have implants and radiation can be at higher risk for multiple complications, such as capsular contracture. However, the timing of the radiation and implant, as well as the type of implant, can be adjusted to help minimize this risk.
The TRAM flap stands for transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap. This type of reconstruction is when the skin, fat, and blood vessels are taken from your abdomen and transferred to the chest and made into a breast mound. There are two very different types of TRAM flap reconstruction and it is important to understand the difference.
One type of TRAM flap is a pedicled TRAM, this means that the flap is left attached to its original blood supply and is tunneled under the skin to the breast area. This type of surgery can significantly decrease the strength that you have in your abdomen.
The other type of TRAM flap is a free TRAM, In this type of flap, the surgeon cuts the flap of skin, fat, blood vessels, and only a portion of the muscle from its original location, and sutures the blood vessels to donor blood vessels in the chest. Although this type of flap requires more skill, it preserves the strength and function of your abdominal wall.
There are 2 other special flaps that can be taken from the abdomen called the DIEP or SIEA flap, that also require suturing the blood vessels together. These flaps take NO muscle from your abdomen.
The most common flaps performed are the free TRAM, DIEP, and SIEA flaps. The remainder of this Q&A will only address this type of surgery.
It is true that breast reconstruction using a free flap is more work up front; you are in the hospital for longer (usually 4 days) and has a longer recovery, 6 weeks. However there are many advantages to this type of breast reconstruction. Below is a brief summary of advantages and disadvantages. However, you will need to speak to your surgeon to decide the best type of reconstruction for you.
Although it is always a priority to take no abdominal wall muscle it is impossible to guarantee this prior to surgery. This type of surgery is based on blood vessels. We do not know the quality or exact location of your deep blood vessels until we get into surgery. If you choose to have this type of surgery you must understand that there is a chance we will need to take a small piece of muscle from your abdomen to ensure the success of the breast reconstruction.
Yes, there are several different types of free flap breast reconstruction.
Usually the tissue is taken from your lower abdomen. There are 3 possible types of free flap reconstruction from the lower abdomen. As discussed previously, the decision of which of these three is best for you is not finalized until the surgery is started and we can look at the anatomy of your abdominal wall.
If you have had a previous major abdominal surgery such as an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) or if you do not have enough tissue on your lower abdomen to reconstruct your breast we can also use tissue from your buttocks or inner thighs. Many abdominal operations, such as Cesarean sections, do not limit our ability to use the tissue of the lower abdomen.
After surgery, you will be admitted to an intermediate care floor (level of care between a regular bed and an intensive care unit bed). A nurse will be checking the blood flow to your flap every hour for the first 48 hours, then every two hours for the remaining 48 hours of your hospital stay. This is done in a noninvasive way and is not painful or uncomfortable.
You will have several drains called Jackson-Pratt or "JP" drains post-operatively. These drains will remove the excess fluid from the surgical sites that would otherwise collect there. You will be going home with some or all of these drains. You will receive education while in the hospital on how to care for these.
You will be out of bed to a chair on the first day after surgery and up and walking on the second day. You should also be eating regular food by the second post-operative day. Patients typically spend 4 to 5 days in the hospital after this surgery before going home.
For implant reconstruction most women take 3-4 weeks off of work following the mastectomy and placement of the tissue expanders and one week off of work after the second stage surgery (removal of tissue expanders and placement of the permanent implant). Many women are able to return to work during the tissue expansion process.
For tissue flap reconstruction women generally take 6 weeks off of work.
It is safe to resume driving when all the drains are out (more about these below), when you are off all pain medication and when you have regained safe range of motion of your arms. For most women this is about 3 weeks after the mastectomy.
Jackson Pratt (JP) drains are placed under the skin during surgery to remove a collection of blood and other fluids. The drain looks like a narrow plastic tubing that connects to a drainage bulb (which is about the size of a closed fist). The JP drains expedite the drainage process and help decrease the chance of infection. You usually will go home with the drains. On an average, drains may stay up to 1 to 3 weeks. You will have at least one drain underneath the arms on the side of your mastectomy. If you use your own tissue you will have two drains in the abdominal area. The drains are fairly easy to take care of. You and your family members will be taught to care for them while you are in the hospital. Generally three times per day you will need to strip the tubing (clean it from the outside to make sure the tube stays open) and empty the fluid in the collection bulb. You will need to keep track of the 24 hour total of fluid coming out of each drain. A plastic surgery nurse will use these totals to determine when the drains need to be removed. The drains are easily removed in the office.
While the drains are in you cannot take a bath or submerge yourself in water. Showering with the drains in is fine. You also want to limit reaching and excessive stretching of your arms immediately after your mastectomy. Once the drains for the breasts are removed you may be given exercises to start. Generally these range of motion exercises are not started until 48 hours after the drains are removed.
If you have had tissue taken from your abdomen you will not be able to lift anything more than 7-10 lbs or do any strenuous exercise for 6 weeks. Walking is fine and can actually speed your recovery.
Bring to the hospital a shirt that either buttons or zips up the front. Just after surgery it can be painful to raise your arms overhead.
Sometimes your surgeon will request that you buy a special supportive bra to wear after surgery. This should be a bra without underwires and one that closes in the front. Many department stores sell these in the sports bra section. There are specialty boutiques that specialize in post mastectomy products and bras, ask your nurse if they know of a local shop. Some women are also more comfortable in a camisole with a shelf bra.
Whether you have had implant reconstruction or autologous tissue reconstruction you can expect to return within 2 weeks of your date of surgery to see your surgeon. You may return sooner for a visit with the nurse to have JP drains removed.


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NEC Nijmegen sign Stefan Mauk from Adelaide United
Adelaide United attacking midfielder Stefan Mauk has signed for Dutch football club NEC Nijmegen.
AC Milan loan starlet Hachim Mastour to PEC Zwolle for one year
PEC Zwolle have signed AC Milan youngster Hachim Mastour on a season-long loan.
Heiko Westermann joins Ajax on free transfer from Real Betis
Ajax signed former Germany international Heiko Westermann from Real Betis to a two-year deal on Saturday.
Vincent Janssen confirms Tottenham transfer is close to completion
AZ Alkmaar striker Vincent Janssen says he is close to joining Tottenham, claiming negotiations between the clubs could be concluded soon.
Brad Jones agrees one-year Feyenoord deal after leaving NEC Nijmegen
Former Liverpool player Jones had previously played in the Eredivisie during a six-month spell with NEC Nijmegen.
Vincent Janssen not close to Tottenham transfer - AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar sporting director Max Huiberts says they have "heard nothing" from Tottenham since rejecting the club's opening bid for Vincent Janssen.


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Protecting Infant from Sun
Q: How do I protect my four-month-old baby from the sun? I love going to the beach during the summer, but don't know what to do to protect her.
A: This is a great question! I share your concern as summer is upon us. With barbecues, playing, swimming, and other outdoor activities, you and your family are sure to be having fun in the sun. However, sun exposure early in childhood contributes to skin cancer.
The sun's rays cause not only sunburn, but also they increase the risk of developing skin cancer later in life. In fact, a majority of our sun exposure (and skin damage) actually happens by the time our kids finish being teenagers. Why? Because children spend more time outdoors than most adults do, especially in the summer. Needless to say, sun protection beginning as early as infancy, as you suggest, is very important to prevent skin cancer later in life.
Our skin remembers each sunburn and suntan year after year. Before you take your infant outdoors, be sure she is protected. Babies less than six months of age should always be kept out of direct sunlight. Their skin is very delicate and will burn much more easily than older children and adults. Babies with naturally darker skin still need this same protection from the sun.
Families can still be outdoors, but move your baby to the shade under a tree or use a stroller canopy. Watch how the shade shifts over time, too. It is best to keep her body covered with lightweight cotton clothing that's tightly woven to help filter out the sun, reflect heat, and keep your baby cooler. A hat with a brim to cover the face and ears provides additional protection. Sunglasses look cute and protect eyes from the sun.
In general, it's recommended not to use sunscreen in infants under six months, except perhaps on smaller areas of the body like the back of the hands (if adequate shade and clothing are not available). It's also best to keep your baby out of the sun when the rays of the sun are strongest (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.).
Remember, too, that most of the rays of the sun come through clouds and can cause sunburn even on cloudy days.
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Henry Bernstein, M.D., is currently the associate chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and director of Primary Care at Children's Hospital, Boston. He also has an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School.


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PHILIPPI, W.Va. - Rep. David McKinley met with Barbour County officials Wednesday for a discussion about the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
"This is the first one we're doing on the Second Amendment on this gun issue, because of what happened at Sandy Hook," said McKinley, R-Wheeling, referring to the Connecticut school shootings in December.
Barbour County Sheriff John Hawkins, Philippi Police Chief Jeff Walters, Superintendent of Barbour County Schools Joe Super and other local officials attended.
"There's no preconceived notion of what we expect. There's no expected outcome, but I want to make sure that if nothing else, that I've heard from Joe (Super) with the school system," McKinley said.
Media representatives were permitted to observe the discussion for the first 10 minutes, but McKinley's field representative Pam Krushansky then asked the press to leave so the officials could freely express their opinions and concerns.
"Congressman McKinley was truly open to hearing concerns that Barbour County officials had related to pending federal gun legislation," Super said after the meeting.
McKinley estimated he had conducted as many as 40 other round-table discussions on a variety of topics, such as organized labor, business leaders and senior citizens. He said the purpose of the discussions is to understand what is going on in those areas.


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WACO (October 15, 2012)--Jury selection was underway Monday in U.S. District Court in Waco in the trial of a man accused of participating with others to steal more than a dozen firearms from a Central Texas gun dealer.
James Ray Martin, Jr., is charged with conspiracy to possess a stolen firearm.
A federal court document says in February 2011, Martin, along with two other men, conspired to steal firearms from a licensed federal firearms dealer in Heidenheimer.
The particular firearm in question is a Glock Model 27, .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol.
The court document says during the theft of the Glock, 12 other firearms were stolen from A&C Firearms on U.S. Highway 190 in Heidenheimer, as well.
Deputies of the Bell County Sheriff's Office were sent to the business in response to a burglar alarm.
As the investigation progressed, it became apparent that several individuals were involved, not only in the burglary, but also in the buying and selling of the stolen firearms.
On February 8, 2011, Temple Police Department received a call of shots fired at the Raintree Apartments in Temple.
Officers sent there interviewed a number of individuals about the shooting and were told that the suspects had all left the area.
A short time later a man who was identified as a witness to the shooting was stopped at the Canyon Creek Town homes.
He was carrying a backpack that contained marijuana and one of the firearms stolen from the gun shop.


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I use one tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce when I'm making this for chicken, but if you try it for pork of beef, I'd increase the amount (and be sure to use a brand of Worcestershire Sauce that's gluten-free if you need this to be gluten-free.) If you're a South Beach dieter, please don't worry about using full-fat mayo; the mayo helps keep the meat moist, and you're only eating the small amount of mayo from the marinade that clings to the chicken, pork, or beef when you put it on the grill.
(Savory Low-Carb Marinade for Chicken, Pork, or Beef was updated July 2010.)
Slow Roasted Asparagus or Roasted Broccoli with Garlic.
Savory Marinade for Chicken, Pork, or Beef
(This makes enough marinade for 6-8 pieces of meat; I've had this recipe so long I don't remember where I found it!)
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
3 T full fat mayo (do not use Miracle Whip, it has added sugar)
1-2 T Worcestershire sauce (I used 1 T Worcestershire sauce for chicken but when I used it on pork or beef I increased it to 2 T.)
1 T lemon juice, preferably fresh squeezed
1 tsp. Veg-Sal or salt
1 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
1 T Poultry Seasoning
1 T garlic puree or garlic powder
1 T sweet paprika, preferably Hungarian paprika (It comes in a tin instead of a jar)
1/2 T onion powder
1 tsp. thyme (optional)
No matter which types of meat I'm using, I like to make shallow score marks on the surface of the meat to help the flavor penetrate. Put the chicken, pork, or beef in a Ziploc bag or a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid. Pour over just enough marinade to cover the meat, then let it marinate in the fridge for 6-8 hours or longer.
To cook, preheat gas or charcoal grill to medium heat. (You can hold your hand there for only about 3 seconds at that heat.) Grill meat 10-20 minutes until chicken or pork feels firm and is lightly browned (or until desired doneness for beef), turning a few times to get grill marks.
Extra marinade will keep in the fridge for at least a week (or maybe longer, but I've never managed to keep it around for more than a week.)
South Beach Diet / Low-Carb Diet Suggestions:
More Tasty Low-Carb Dinners:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes Photo Index Page ~ Slow Cooker from Scratch
Marinated Flank Steak from Kalyn's Kitchen
Parsley Cilantro Marinade and Dipping Sauce from Andrea Meyers
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)


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The victim, identified as Morgan F. Williams, 58, of Seattle, was a 32-year employee of Eddie Bauer, and her ex-husband says she was on her way to work when the crash happened.
The eastbound lanes of State Route 520 were closed for hours following the horrific crash, but have since reopened.
Washington State Patrol officials said a 1996 Ford Explorer going the wrong direction in the eastbound lanes of the freeway slammed head-on at high speed into a 2003 Mazda Protege being driven by Williams near the Montlake exit at about 5:25 a.m.
Firefighters had to cut the roof off of the Mazda to rescue Williams, who was trapped in the mangled wreck. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition, and died of her injuries at about 10:45 a.m.
The driver of the Explorer, identified as Michael Anthony Robertson, 25, of Tacoma, was under arrest at Harborview, where he is being treated for a leg injury. Charges are pending against him.
Washington State Patrol Sgt. John Sager said investigators believe Robertson may have been drunk and apparently made a U-turn on the freeway.
Court records show that Robertson was previously charged with DUI stemming from earlier incident in December and was scheduled to stand trial later this month.
The victim, who grew up in Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island, was well-known to family and friends as someone who was always there to provide support when needed.
"Morgan Williams was the constant. She was always there," says Mark Funk, a friend who had known her since they were children together in elementary school.
"She loved her kids. I talked with her daughter this morning. She cried. She said, 'I was at mom's house last night, and I got her last kiss.'"


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Age-by-Age Guide to Classic Books Every Kid Should Read
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Ages 5-8: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Think of this heartwarming book as Philosophy 101 for kids. It's about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood, and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years.
More classic books for children ages 4 to 8


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By Sayantani DasGupta It's banned books week again, which is a time of year that always makes me appreciate the power of stories. Stories have such power, words such potential, that people actually fear them. Usually, this fear stems from a desire to limit the narratives that young people can access, and in so doing, attempt to … [Read more...]
Changing the Narrative: LGBT Young Adult Novels
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Man arrested after shots fired
STEUBENVILLE - Christopher J. Prentice, 23, of 1312 Park St. was arrested by City Police Saturday evening after he allegedly fired an assault weapon outside the house in which he was staying.
Police during the investigation interviewed a woman who said Prentice became upset, pointed the weapon at her and then hit her in the head with the gun. Police said Prentice then fired shots from the gun.
Officers went to the Park Street duplex and found Prentice there. The residence was searched and a full clip of bullets and the weapon were found, police reported.
Prentice was charged with domestic violence and discharging a weapon within city limits.
Fire damages home during Super Bowl
WINTERSVILLE - A grease fire in the kitchen of a home at 309 Orchard Place during the Super Bowl Sunday evening caused extensive damage to the kitchen, according to Wintersville Fire and Rescue officials.
Fire Chief Robert Herrington said residents were inside the house watching the game around 8:50 p.m. when the fire started.
Fire crews were at the house for about 90 minutes. Belvedere and Richmond fire departments assisted.
There were no reported injuries. A dog in a kennel in the basement was rescued unharmed.


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Stahl Tools SSVT Variable Temperature Soldering Station for $11.97
The Stahl Tools SSVT variable temperature soldering station is designed to exceed the expectations of veteran technicians—at a price that's appealing to the electronics hobbyist.
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I have this soldering iron. The mount that holds up the iron holder is cheap and mine broke almost immediately. That being said though, the iron itself works great and this price is MUCH less than what I paid for mine. This is a very good deal.
@theolaf: This is the one we have at work and it held up great, I am thinking of getting one for home. What part broke? How did it break?
Too bad shipping drives the price up over Amazon's.
Looks like a clone copy of a Weller station that I spent nearly $60 on.
Where can you even get replacement tips for this? Does anyone know if Weller tips fit?
parts express has a tip kit for it, this iron is great i had one for a couple years now and its still perfect. I cant imagine how the stand could break, it a one piece heavy gauge steel wire, maybe you didn't push it in the base tight enouth
@cavimike: From the Q&A section in the linked page:
Collin, I have been using these for my students in my vintage47amps workshops and you can get the replacement tips in a 4 pack of assorted tips right here at Parts Express, search under the product name, 4 tips for $5 and discard the ones you don't use. Since I build with period correct terminal tag connections I have to use a chisel tip for the large surface, so I just buy a tip set with each station and install the appropriate tip from day one.
@cavimike: Aren't you from OCN? Parts-express has a replacement set. I would recommend you order one when you buy this, or if you have a Fry's nearby, the Velleman BITS5 is the exact stock one.
I've had two of these (one stopped turning on after a week) and the Velleman VTSS5U. Exact same unit internally.
They take forever to heat up, temperature control is iffy and varies between units. But what do you expect for $15?
Odd. When you order it from Parts Express through Amazon, shipping is $2 less: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0029N70WM/ref=sr_1_3_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1354199776&sr=8-3&keywords=ssvt&condition=new
@stephenaedwards: Yes, but the tip set is twice the price at Amazon.
Deal Breaker: Shipping for me shows as $8.91 - nearly doubles the price!
Cheapest shipping option is $12.95.
There are plenty of bad reviews on parts express and on Amazon about this model. Ranging from the parts given not snapping together to form a workable iron, to the internal wiring melting on first use, Dead on Arrival, or just plain never getting more than warm.
There are also an equal number of good reviews.
Prepare to test on arrival and return as necessary. Considering the shipping.
If you live near Fry's (yes an electronic goods store), you can get it for $19.99 made by Vellman; model VTSST5


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Super Talent 32GB SDHC Card (Class 10) with promo code for $16.94 + free shipping
$16.94 w/Code: MLC917YN For First 200 Orders
The SuperDigital High-Capacity card offers larger removable storage size than the standard SD cards. With capacities up to 32GB, the SDHC card has become a leader among many removable storage devices, especially in the digital camera marketplace. The need for a large capacity SD is significantly attributed to a growing high-quality video demand.
Super Talent SDHC cards have high data protection rates, and are built to endure harsh environmental conditions. They work in standard SD slots and preserve the data even if inserted in an SDHC-incompatible device.
- High-speed class 10 ratings.
- Write protection switch to prevent accidental deleting of data.
- Operating shock rating of 2,000Gs - impact-resistance.
- Power requirements: 2.7V to 3.6V.
- Dimensions (approx.): 32mm x 24mm x 2.1mm .
- Weight: 2.0g (max.).
- Power consumption: Active < 35mA; Standby < 100uA .
- Operating temperature: -25° to to 85° C
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Coupon code used up. Price now 19.95.
I'm waiting for the Super DUPER Talent cards anyway. Class 100!
just worked for me
@speedoo: Just worked for me -- PEBKAC?
You have to first add the item to your cart and then enter the promo code in the Coupon Entered area and click Apply
I picked one up. Great deal for 32GB
In for two. I hope they are all they are cracked up to be.
@birniei: thanks, in for 2!
Coupon code still working at 7pm ET.
Awesomesauce! Need a class 10 in my camera. Wish it was micro for hubby's phone, but oh well, so we have an extra 32G around!
Bought this memory from Meritline very happy with product.Use it for photography.
Worked at 8:10 edt.......


text: Hey guys, here's another tutorial addition for the day. In this fun filled yet easy lesson, I'll show you 'how to draw Godzilla Easy', step by step. This was so much fun to work on, and I've even included the 1998 American Godzilla as well as the traditional Japanese one. This monster's design has changed over the decades, and it's a very interesting metamorphosis. If you're a fan of this creature, you're probably interested in the vile creatures he battles with in the battleground of Tokyo. Be sure to get yourself the proper drawing tools to begin, like a pencil, paper and eraser. Take a deep breath, skim through the tutorial before you start to see if it's challenging enough, and get to practice! I hope you'll have fun, thanks for joining me. Good luck!


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METROKANE Mighty OJ Citrus Juicer Orange for $30
The only orange/lemon juicer you would ever need to buy.
Includes a stainless steel cone and funnel. Lifetime warranty on moving parts.
Care Hand wash.
Brand Rabbit
Material Metal
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@thunderthighs Another stalker. I don't think I have ever interacted with this member.
@lll0228: There's nothing I can do about votes. They're free to vote how they want.
@thunderthighs: @inkycatz said to contact the mods if I see stalking behavior, that's why I asked.
@thunderthighs: Btw, this has happened before and was acted upon. This is indiscriminate downvoting and I don't even know who this person is (a former banned member?).
You already said, and I agreed, many times that the deals should be discussed and focused on the value, not the member (me). This is focused on the member (me) and it looks like it's even automated. @inkycatz @gatzby ?
They're votes. People are free to vote as they wish. If people come in a thread and make attacks over an item that isn't true, or personally attacks the poster, sure, we can do stuff about that.
Calling people out, however, is just potentially starting drama that doesn't need to be happening.
@inkycatz: Ok! Thanks for clarifying, ma'am. :)


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Austin, TX
The leadership of the Austin chapter of STC uses a strategic plan to plan and execute initiatives that improve the chapter's operations and the chapter's value to its members.
The Austin Chapter of STC celebrates the special identity of its members, its community, and its environment. STC Austin reflects a pioneering spirit that welcomes diversity, incorporates change, supports learning, and promotes the aesthetic and the humane in communications.
- Name: Christopher Ward
- Position: President


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Lives of 'Canners' Come Up for Oscar Moment
When the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short is announced on Sunday night in Los Angeles, New Yorkers may pass by one of its stars on their own stoop or street corner on Monday morning—and never know it. "Redemption," a new 35-minute film by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, explores the lives of the people who play an integral role in the city's ecology, yet remain largely invisible as human beings: can and bottle collectors.
The so-called "canners," often seen pushing shopping carts stuffed with overloaded plastic bags full of recyclable beverage containers—or, in some cases, balancing wooden rods on their shoulders with a bag of bottles on either end—constitute a marginal and misunderstood demographic. Many of them labor tirelessly, and are not homeless. Yet, as perpetually mobile characters who spend much of their lives on the street, they suffer from a social stigma.
"When people choose to speak to them, it's usually not to say, 'How are you doing?'," said Mr. O'Neill, who began the project with his filmmaking partner Mr. Alpert in late 2010, encouraged by Sheila Nevins, the president of documentary Films at HBO, which will give "Redemption" a premiere later this year. In making "Redemption," which takes its title from the next stage in the can-collection process, Messrs. O'Neill and Alpert met and befriended more than 100 canners over a two-years period, before focusing on the handful of vivid personalities who appear in the film.
"We spent a long time on the streets and in the redemption centers without filming, so that when we did start filming, we were part of the community ourselves."
Still, he said, it wasn't easy.
"Most of the people at the recycling center didn't want to be filmed, because they think it's a shameful job," said a Chinese woman named Lilly, one of the film's subjects, speaking Cantonese through a translator while collecting a fresh haul last week near Fulton Street. "I thought of Jon as a friend, so I agreed to be filmed. Everyone told me to ignore him. But after two months, he kept on coming to the center. He is a hard-working person and I wanted to help him out."
According to the filmmakers, Lilly cans for 20 hours a day, earning about $250 a week. She has done so since shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when the Chinatown restaurant in which she worked closed down. That scenario is echoed throughout the film, which introduces a demographic cross-section as the camera trails its subjects across the boroughs. There's Walter, a Vietnam War veteran and former Chelsea Hotel bouncer who soothes his post-traumatic stress disorder with alcohol, and Nuve, an Ecuadoran immigrant whose intense drive to house and school her five children is paving an upward path. Susan, a former IBM employee with a music degree, cans to supplement her Social Security benefits, unable to sustain herself on a fixed income.
"It's not only alcoholics, it's not only immigrants, it's not only people who used to have jobs in factories," said Mr. O'Neill, whose 2010 collaboration with Mr. Alpert, "China's Unnatural Disaster," also was nominated for an Academy Award. "There's a lot of people that unfortunately have been pushed into canning,"
Mr. Alpert, a co-founder of the Downtown Community Television Center, considered the project not only a character study but a window into America's shifting fortunes. He said his grandfather made a living gathering wool waste from Northeastern mills. "But we're not making anything in New York anymore," he said. "I don't know how we're going to deal with that in the United States, when we have thousands and thousands of people gleaning instead of making."
"Redemption" chronicles moments of conflict—as in a pitched verbal battle between canners over turf—and compassion, as when Lilly tends to a lonely Japanese man named Mr. John, helping him shave and clean up his appearance. No one has seen Mr. John in awhile now, the filmmakers said. And the sadness that hovers around Walter, the Vietnam vet, when he is last seen in the film has finality. One of the so-called "Mole People" living in the Amtrak tunnel underneath Riverside Park, he was killed a few months ago after being struck by a train, the filmmakers said.
But not every story is tragic. Since the film was shot, the filmmakers said, Nuve has moved her family into a nicer apartment, and Susan has relocated to Atlantic City, where the availability of retirement housing means she only has to can if she wants to.
As for Lilly, she seemed unimpressed by the Oscar bid. "Even if I tell people I'm in a film, they laugh at me, like the other canners," she said.
But Mr. Alpert made sure she knew it about it on a recent afternoon, handing over the baseball cap he was given at the recent nominees' lunch. "We were trying to figure out if she knew what the Oscar figure was," he said. "She seemed to be very happy with it."
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7 Smart ''Unschooling'' Tips to Practice Now — Even If Your Child Is in ''Regular'' Schoolby Erin Dower
You don't have to homeschool your child in order to enhance her learning with experiences outside the classroom, according to author and education thought leader Clark Aldrich. In his book "Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education," Aldrich asserts that some of the best learning experiences happen outside the walls of a classroom and the boundaries of school curriculum. Incorporate some or all of Aldrich's "7 Cs of education" to round out your child's schooling and foster a love of learning.
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1. Curricula: Explore What Your Child Loves
"When public schools first came along, the curriculum was probably the most important thing they had to offer," Aldrich said. Children attended school so that they could access information that was otherwise hard to find. Even 20 years ago, you had to go to a library to find learning materials. Now, with the explosion of the Internet, information is all around us, but a lot of school curricula were developed in a bygone era, he said.
Aldrich encourages parents to let their child explore topics they're passionate about that aren't taught in-depth or at all in school. For example, if your child loves animals, search for and watch YouTube videos about farming or veterinary science together. "Every kid is dying to figure out, Who am I? What am I passionate about?'" Aldrich said. School often only hits the tip of the iceberg for any given topic that a child might love.


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STEUBENVILLE - The Jefferson County grand jury returned 12 indictments Wednesday, including gun charges against two city men.
Ricky L. Smith, 40, of 1324 Pennsylvania Ave. was indicted on single counts of having a weapon as a convicted felon and carrying a concealed weapon.
Police were called to a disturbance at the Pennsylvania Avenue home on Sept. 13. Officers reported seeing Smith outside the home. Smith moved toward a gate but couldn't get it open. An officer reported seeing Smith take something out of his clothing and place it behind the gate.
Smith was taken into custody because of outstanding warrants. Police reported finding a loaded .45-caliber handgun behind the gate.
Smith has prior felony drug convictions in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court, which prevent him from being in possession of a firearm.
Robert L. Bank Jr., 28, of 827 Rosswell Ave. was indicted on single counts of having a weapon as a convicted felon and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Jefferson County Prosecutor Jane Hanlin said Banks, who already was under indictment in the county for marijuana trafficking, was involved in an incident in the 300 block of Lawson Avenue on Sept. 21 Hanlin said Banks walked into a home with a gun but left. Officers responded but Banks returned and was found in possession of a firearm, Hanlin said.
Matthew D. Lanham Jr., 20, of 125 Springfield Township Road 275, Bergholz, was indicted on charges of perjury and escape.
Lanham escaped Oct. 20 from the Eastern Ohio Correction Center outside Wintersville and was apprehended four days later. Hanlin said Lanham lied during testimony at a preliminary hearing.
The grand jury also returned the following indictments:
Brent E. King, 25, of 714 Euclid Ave., Toronto, single counts of breaking and entering and theft.
Thomas J. Smith, 34, of 1215 Pennsylvania Ave., felony aggravated burglary and felony domestic violence. Smith broke into his former wife's house on Sept. 17 in the city and assaulted her.
Todd A. Bennett, 35, of 17502 state Route 152, Toronto, receiving stolen property.
Robert T. Hess, 54, of 165 Main St., Wintersville, sexual battery.
Crystal L. Sortor, also known as Crystal Hale, 29, of Apartment D, 811 Market St., unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Brandon W. Pinnell, 26, 438 S. Fourth St., breaking and entering.
Leon L. Law, 44, of Apartment 806, 180 N. Fourth St., two counts each of drug trafficking and possession of drugs.
John M. Lewis II, 27, 5914 county Road 17, Rayland, two counts possession of drugs.
Danielle M. Antill, 24, 5914 county Road 17, Rayland, two counts possession of drugs.