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Technique of determining third ventricle width in a patient with multiple sclerosis. A line region of interest was drawn through the long axis of the third ventricle, parallel to the interhemispheric fissure in the fluid-attenuated inversion recovery axial section where the third ventricle was most visible. The width was measured by drawing a second line region of interest perpendicular to the first at its midpoint (arrow).
Benedict RHB, Weinstock-Guttman B, Fishman I, Sharma J, Tjoa CW, Bakshi R. Prediction of Neuropsychological Impairment in Multiple SclerosisComparison of Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures of Atrophy and Lesion Burden. Arch Neurol. 2004;61(2):226-230. doi:10.1001/archneur.61.2.226
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Cognition and magnetic resonance imaging correlations are well established in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but it is unclear whether lesion burden or atrophy accounts for most of the predictive variance. These indices have been directly compared in only a few studies. No such study included measurement of the third ventricle, which was strongly predictive of neuropsychological competence in the early literature. Furthermore, few studies accounted for the influence of age, premorbid intelligence, or depression.
To determine if conventional measures of lesion burden or atrophy predict cognitive dysfunction in MS while accounting for age, premorbid intelligence, and depression.
We studied 37 patients with MS and 27 controls matched according to demographic variables. Correlations between neuropsychological tests and the following magnetic resonance imaging indices were considered: T1 hypointense lesion volume, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery hyperintense lesion volume, third ventricle width, bicaudate ratio, and brain parenchymal fraction. Regression models predicting neuropsychological performance controlled for the effects of age, premorbid intelligence, and depression. We included only those tests discriminating patients with MS from controls.
In each regression model, third ventricle width was the sole magnetic resonance imaging measure retained. When this variable was removed from consideration, brain parenchymal fraction was retained in all analyses.
Brain atrophy accounts for more variance than lesion burden in predicting cognitive impairment in MS, and central atrophy in particular is strongly associated with neuropsychological morbidity. This finding may be explained in part by atrophy of the thalamus, a deep gray matter structure that mediates cognitive function via cortical and subcortical pathways. Enthusiasm for the clinical utility of third ventricle width is tempered by modest intraobserver and interobserver reliability.
Aprevious study by Rao et al1 showed that a linear measurement of the third ventricle derived from computed tomography was significantly correlated with cognition in multiple sclerosis (MS). More recent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies demonstrated an association between lesion burden and cognitive impairment. In one study, T2 lesion area was a more significant predictor of most cognitive variables than either ventricular-brain ratio or corpus callosum size.2 Recently, T1 hypointense3 and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR)– defined lesions4 as well as whole-brain5 and bicaudate ratio6 atrophy measurements were correlated with cognitive impairment. Although cognitive dysfunction is correlated with measures of lesion burden and atrophy, it is unclear which dimension is most predictive.
In this study, MRI and cognition correlations were investigated to determine whether measures of lesion burden or atrophy account for most variance in MS-associated cognitive disorder. We measured 5 MRI variables including third ventricle width and used cognitive tests recommended in a recent position paper.7 In contrast to recent research, regression models predicting cognitive dysfunction controlled for the influence of age, premorbid intelligence, and depression.
The participants included 37 patients with MS8 and 27 healthy volunteers. To facilitate generalization of results to the MS population, patients were recruited consecutively from an MS clinic. Informed consent was obtained per institutional review board requirements. Exclusion criteria were (1) a current or past medical or psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition [DSM-IV])9 other than MS that could affect cognitive function, (2) substance abuse, (3) neurologic impairment that might interfere with psychometric testing, and (4) MS relapse or corticosteroid use within the past 6 weeks.
Mean ± SD age was 41.8 ± 9.1 years with a range of 23 to 61 years. There were 28 (75%) women, and 35 (95%) were white. Mean ± SD level of education was 15.1 ± 2.2 years. Mean ± SD disease duration was 11.2 ± 8.0 years. The median Expanded Disability Status Scale10 score, determined by an experienced neurologist specializing in MS, was 2.5 (range, 0-7.5). Thirty patients had relapsing-remitting MS, and the remainder had a secondary progressive course.
Healthy volunteers were enrolled to identify abnormal test results because we decided a priori that MRI variables would be regressed only for tests that discriminate patients from controls. The controls were matched with patients for age (mean ± SD, 40.8 ± 8.7 years; range, 21-57 years), level of education (mean ± SD, 14.5 ± 1.9 years), race, and sex.
Axial T1-weighted (repetition time/echo time: 400/10 ms), T2-weighted (3000/120 ms), and fast FLAIR images (repetition time/echo time/inversion time: 8000/120/2200 ms) were obtained using a scanner (Gyroscan ACS-NT 1.5-T; Philips Medical Systems, Andover, Mass). Analysis was performed on a workstation (Unix; Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, Calif) using Java Image software (Sun Microsystems) by a trained technician who was blind to the clinical data. As previously described,6,11,12 T1 lesions, defined as having a reduced signal compared with white matter and being at least partially hyperintense on FLAIR images, were segmented using an edge-finding tool. Total brain T1 hypointense lesion volume was calculated as the sum of the area of all lesions multiplied by the section thickness; FLAIR lesion volume was determined using a thresholding procedure as recently described.11 Bicaudate ratio and third ventricle width were measured from FLAIR images.6,13,14 The former is the ratio of the intercaudate distance to the brain width along the same line. To obtain third ventricle width, a line region of interest was drawn through the long axis of the ventricle, parallel to the interhemispheric fissure in the section where the third ventricle was most visible. The width was measured by drawing a second line perpendicular to the first at its midpoint and recording its length (Figure 1). Brain parenchymal fraction was based on our semiautomated technique,11 defined as the ratio of brain parenchymal volume (tissue compartment) to the total brain volume within the surface contour. The reliability of these measures as assessed by intraobserver and interobserver coefficients of variation, as reported previously,6,11,12 are as follows: 1.7% and 4.5% for T1 hypointense lesion volume, 1.2% and 3.1% for FLAIR lesion volume, 5.2% and 7% for third ventricle width, 2.3% and 4.2% for bicaudate ratio, and 0.31% and 0.34% for brain parenchymal fraction. Test-retest coefficients of variation were 0.41% for brain parenchymal fraction,11 4.36% for bicaudate ratio,6 and 2.4% for third ventricle width (R. Bakshi, unpublished data, 2003). These methods are significantly correlated with each other and with clinical parameters.6,11,12
Neuropsychological tests, based on another recent position paper,7 were administered by a technician supervised by a board-certified neuropsychologist, both blind to the MRI findings. Premorbid intelligence was estimated using the North American Adult Reading Test (NAART).15 Attention (or working memory) was assessed using the adaptations by Rao et al16 of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test17 (PASAT) and the Symbol Digit Modalities Test18 (SDMT). The PASAT (3-second and 2-second presentation rates) required participants to monitor audiotaped digits while adding each consecutive digit to the preceding one. On the SDMT, participants were presented with symbol-number pairings at the top of an 8.5 × 11-inch page and asked to voice the digit for each unpaired symbol as quickly as possible. The number of correct responses was tabulated for each test (not available in 6 cases).
The second edition of the California Verbal Learning Test19 (CVLT-II) and the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test—Revised20 (BVMT-R) were administered to assess memory in the verbal and spatial domains. Material was presented successively during repeated learning trials. After a 25-minute delay interval, patients were asked to recall the information and then recognize it in a yes/no format. The stimuli for the CVLT-II were 16 words and for the BVMT-R a matrix of 6 designs presented for 10 seconds. The variables of interest were recall summed across all learning trials (learning) and recall after a 25-minute delay interval (delayed recall).
Tests emphasizing spatial perception, language, and executive function were also administered, including the Judgment of Line Orientation Test,21 Boston Naming Test,22 Controlled Oral Word Association Test,23 and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.24 The Judgment of Line Orientation Test required participants to match the angles of lines to a model depicting 10 of them. The dependent measure was the number correct of 30 stimuli. On the Boston Naming Test, participants orally retrieved the names for 60 drawings; the number correctly named spontaneously or following a semantic cue was recorded. On the Controlled Oral Word Association Test, participants generated as many words as possible beginning with the letters C, F, and L. Sixty seconds was allowed for each trial. The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test was administered in the standard manner. Participants attempted to match response cards to stimulus cards in accordance with a sorting principle that was deduced based on feedback. We considered the total number of perseverative responses. Finally, depression was quantified with the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10).25 Patients rated the frequency of mood-related symptoms during the past week (eg, "I felt lonely" or "I had crying spells").
The groups were compared using 1-way analysis of variance and the χ2 test. Regression analysis was limited to neuropsychological variables that discriminated between patients and controls; significance was set at P<.01. The approach was a forward stepwise procedure, with P = .05 to enter and P = .10 to exit. Covariates entered and retained in block 1 included age and NAART score in the first model and age, NAART score, and CES-D-10 score in the second. The MRI measures (T1 hypointense lesion volume, FLAIR lesion volume, bicaudate ratio, third ventricle width, and brain parenchymal fraction) were then entered in block 2.
There were no group differences for age, level of education, sex, race, or NAART score. As expected, patients with MS produced significantly higher CES-D-10 scores (P = .001).
The MRI measures were intercorrelated (Table 1). The strongest Pearson correlation (r = 0.89; P<.001) was between T1 hypointense lesion volume and FLAIR lesion volume. Correlations among atrophy measures were strong, ranging from −0.68 (bicaudate ratio/brain parenchymal fraction; P<.001) to 0.80 (bicaudate ratio/third ventricle width; P<.001). Correlations between atrophy and lesion burden were moderate or not significant (brain parenchymal fraction/FLAIR lesion volume).
Patients performed more poorly than controls on the Judgment of Line Orientation Test, CVLT-II Learning, CVLT-II Delayed Recall, BVMT-R Learning, BVMT-R Delayed Recall, PASAT, and SDMT (Table 2). After controlling for age and premorbid intelligence (NAART) in regression models (Table 3), third ventricle width accounted for significant variance in CVLT-II Learning, CVLT-II Delayed Recall, BVMT-R Delayed Recall, PASAT, and SDMT performance. Similar results were obtained when depression (CES-D-10) was added to the covariates.
When the significant models were repeated without third ventricle width (Table 3), the CVLT-II analyses were not significant. For BVMT-R, the model accounting for age and premorbid intelligence retained brain parenchymal fraction, as did the model also accounting for CES-D-10 score. In addition, brain parenchymal fraction was retained in the model predicting PASAT score that accounted for age and premorbid intelligence. Both brain parenchymal fraction and FLAIR lesion volume were retained in the models predicting SDMT score, with brain parenchymal fraction entering first.
This study was designed to determine whether conventional measures of lesion burden or atrophy account for more variance in cognitive performance. All cognitive variables were predicted by third ventricle width in regression models controlling for age, premorbid intelligence, and depression. When third ventricle width was excluded, brain parenchymal fraction accounted for most variance. We therefore conclude that central and whole brain atrophy account for more variance in MS cognition than lesion burden.
We obtained stronger correlations between third ventricle width and cognitive function than in an early computed tomographic study.1 This may be attributed to reduction in measurement error with the advent of MRI. In addition, as proposed by Rao et al,1 the anatomy of the third ventricle may be less variable across patients than other areas of the ventricular system, further strengthening correlations with clinical measures. The predictive power of third ventricle width may also result from its proximity to the thalamus. Evidence for injury to the thalamus in MS includes increased water diffusion,26 T2 hypointensity (a marker of iron deposition),12 decreased N-acetylaspartate level, neuronal degeneration, and macroscopic volume loss.27 A recent study also showed that third ventricular width is inversely correlated with thalamic volume. Retrograde (wallerian) degeneration, which has been demonstrated in MS,28,29 could contribute to atrophy of subcortical structures. Moreover, the thalamus has reciprocal connections with widespread areas of the neocortex and other deep gray-matter structures.30 Because these interconnections are mediated by long white-matter tracts, such axonopathy could contribute to dysfunction and atrophy of this structure.
One weakness of this study is a lack of recently developed MRI measures such as diffusion tensor imaging,31 magnetization transfer,32 and spectroscopy.33 A more important limitation is the low test-retest reliability of third ventricle width measurements as compared with 3-dimensional quantitative MRI measurements of brain atrophy, which are less prone to variability because of changes in head position between imaging procedures.11 Future studies should investigate the utility of highly reproducible 3-dimensional measurement of third ventricle size, such as that proposed recently.34 The methodological strengths of this study are the use of computer-assisted quantitative MRI analysis methods, controlling for premorbid intelligence and depression, and application of reliable and well-validated measures of cognitive function. The battery used, an adapted version of the Minimal Assessment of Cognitive Function in MS,7 represents a consensus opinion of neuropsychology experts based on psychometric and validity criteria. Use of such measures may optimize power to detect associations between imaging and cognition.
In conclusion, we compared measures of lesion burden and atrophy to determine which index explained more variance in the cognitive performance of patients with MS. Of the 5 measures investigated, an easily calculated linear measure of third ventricle width explained most of the variance in neuropsychological outcomes. The strength of the correlation may be attributed to the careful assessment of cognitive functions, presumed validity of the third ventricle width measure, and anatomical significance of the thalamus. This study highlights the close relationship between brain atrophy and cognitive impairment after accounting for the effect of plaque load.
Corresponding author: Ralph H. B. Benedict, PhD, Department of Neurology, Suite D-6, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo General Hospital, 100 High St, Buffalo, NY 14203 (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for publication September 19, 2003.
Author contributions: Study concept and design (Drs Benedict, Weinstock-Guttman, and Bakshi); acquisition of data (Drs Benedict, Sharma, and Bakshi, Ms Fishman, and Mr Tjoa); analysis and interpretation of data (Dr Benedict and Bakshi and Mr Tjoa); drafting of the manuscript (Drs Benedict, Weinstock-Guttman, and Bakshi and Ms Fishman); critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content (Drs Benedict and Sharma and Mr Tjoa); statistical expertise (Dr Benedict); administrative, technical, and material support (Drs Benedict, Weinstock-Guttman, Sharma, and Bakshi, Ms Fishman, and Mr Tjoa); study supervision (Drs Benedict and Bakshi).
This study was supported in part by grants NIH-NINDS 1 K23 NS42379-01 (Dr Bakshi) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md; RG 3258A2/1 (Drs Weinstock-Guttman and Bakshi) from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York, NY; and DBI-0234895 (Drs Weinstock-Guttman and Bakshi) from the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va.


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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett, told Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, that he is considering retirement after the 5-year $82 million dollar contract he signed with the New York Yankees runs out. Burnett, 36, made his Major League debut in 1999 with the Florida Marlins, followed by stops in Toronto and New York and has a win-loss record of 137-121 coming into this season. He's coming off a very prductive season for the Pirates where he posted a 3.51 ERA while winning 16 games. The 2-times World Series champion says that if he returns then it'll only be to the Pirates. "I enjoy it here and I enjoy these guys," Burnett said Thursday after pitching three innings in his final spring training tuneup. "If I was to keep playing, I wouldn't want it to be anywhere else but Pittsburgh. My wife and I talk about it now and then. But it's something I've got to put on the back burner. I'm just going to concentrate on this season, one start at a time." Burnett says that he hasn't talked to the Pirates about a new contract and that the reason for his hesitance to come back is because of his family. "I know it's going to come up," Burnett said. "These guys (teammates) keep getting on me about it. They keep saying, 'Two more (years)! Two more!' I don't know. We'll see." "It's a family thing," Burnett said. "My kids are 9 and 12 now. I'm sure if I mention retiring to them, they'd say, 'No, keep playing.' But … I don't know." Burnett has had an interesting career; he's had more seasons dominated by injuries and lengthy periods of sub par performances than he's had seasons where he's actually been a dominant pitcher. Yet he's been fortunate to receive two lucrative contracts in his career due to his unquestionable talent, from two organizations that probably feel like they didn't get a proper return on their investment.
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Director Peter Strickland Talks Domesticity and Sadomasochism in The Duke of Burgundy
It's not every day that one experiences a film that explores the perils of both domesticity and sadomasochism through a genuinely romantic narrative. Yet that's exactly what Peter Strickland does with his latest film, The Duke of Burgundy. The film depicts a sadomasochistic partnership between two women: lepidopterist Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen), who finds herself tired of the silly games that come with domination, and her submissive Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna), whose expectations only increase with each passing day.
Not exactly the kind of film that regularly gets made now, but in the '70s, these soft-core fantasies were pretty typical. However, Strickland, a filmmaker whose works — Katalin Varga, Berberian Sound Studio, Duke, and even his Björk concert documentary — constantly subvert expectations, offers something rather special with his beautifully modern twist on the very classic sexual drama.
Via email, Strickland discusses how the film came to exist. "There was a loose idea that Rook Films had of remaking Jess Franco's Lorna the Exorcist," he says. That idea fell by the wayside, but what remained was an interest in that period of Euro sleaze from directors such as Franco, [Walerian] Borowczyk, [Jean] Rollin, and [Alain] Robbe-Grillet.
"These were directors who employed an alchemical approach to the erotic, but it's a genre which is wrongly seen as disreputable. It's one of the few genres left in the garbage of cinema history, but there are so many wonderful ideas, stories, and visuals in those films. True, there are some pretty sordid or forgettable films. The sexual politics stank on occasion, but there's so mileage in those films to try something new. My interest was in setting up the classic submissive fantasy that some of these films would embody for their whole running time, but puncture that within the first 15 minutes and then peek behind the curtain to see the hidden mechanics of it all."
And puncture it he does, dismantling the women's S&M relationship with domesticity. Strickland never hands the audience the basics of Evelyn and Cynthia's relationship — that of dominant and submissive — even though some of them might be witnessing something like this for the first time.
"It's been explained in so many other films," he says. "It felt more exciting to take all that power play for granted and imply that it's normal in that community. I wanted to normalize the sexual role-play because that wasn't the main focus of the film, and normalizing something usually takes that focus away.
"The main focus is how to negotiate desire when two lovers have profoundly different ways of sexually expressing themselves. It really doesn't matter whether it's bondage, a basic sexual act, or even the usual arguments about one person getting offered a job that forces a couple to move or one person wanting to start a family earlier than the other. Compromise in a relationship was my main concern."
To that extent, he doesn't even offer background for why the two women have reached this point in their relationship, something he wanted to avoid but now regrets in one case.
"What I wanted to avoid at all costs was a backstory as to why Evelyn had what are assumed in real life as wayward desires. I just wanted the audience to accept her for what she is instead of wondering why. In hindsight, I should've done a backstory for why Cynthia had such vanilla desires since she seems to be the only one who has them in that village."
Cynthia's lack of willingness to consistently dominate her partner, within a community seemingly composed of solely women with these interests, is one of the main plot points of The Duke of Burgundy. Sure, everyone loves a little spice in the bedroom, but Evelyn's requests overwhelm her dominant partner, muddling the sub-dom relationship.
About that, Strickland says, "A little vicarious joy goes a long way, but ultimately it's not in Cynthia's nature to be cold and domineering, and there's only so many times you can put on a persona for someone. Evelyn is only truly punished (outside the boundaries of a game) once, and that's clearly something she finds distressing. Punishment for Evelyn can only be delivered on her terms, and when punishment is genuine, it's not going to come in the form of stockings and corsets but rather pajamas and dusty socks."
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Instead of being explicit in his presentation of sexuality, Strickland focuses on creating a warm environment in his film through sensual imagery rather than explicit dialogue. To that, he responds with refreshing honesty:
"Part of it is perhaps the inherent guilt of being a male director filming two women in intimate situations," he admits. "I have no problem with explicit scenes, and I've certainly seen more than my fair share, so my restraint in this film is not out of prudishness. One is always trying to find fresh ways of conveying intimacy or sexual excitement in cinema, and the norm, it seems, is to be increasingly explicit, but suggestion is just as powerful. Since this film has a character obsessed with restraint, it made sense to employ that attitude to the filming."
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I have a switch on my network which spiceworks reports that it goes offline about 10 times a day, how ever, when viewing the web again of the switch, it says its been up for over 300 days. Im tempted to believe there is a problem with it. We have trouble remotely building machines that are connected to it but once their built no one reports a problem.
Dec 1, 2010 at 7:55 UTC
Nope none of those helped, they sill come p about 10 times a day saying offline
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Nov 26, 2010 at 6:27 UTC
I think when the switch says it is up for over 300 days, it means on for this time, not necessarily connected. Spiceworks report a device as offline if cannot connect to it, maybe you have connections problems between the SW machine and the switch. Can be even a bad cable.
Nov 26, 2010 at 6:33 UTC
How ofter does Spicework poll to see if it is still connected to the switches, no users have ever reported a loss of connection as the Spiceworks machine is connected to the same switch as our main servers
Nov 26, 2010 at 6:46 UTC
Spiceworks check every time it does a "network health check" you can configure the time in the network scan settings page.
Nov 26, 2010 at 6:52 UTC
Im pretty sure it doesnt to a network health check 10 times a day. The device timeline suggests it goes offline for about 2 - 4 minutes, im sure if that switch lost connectivity from t he mani network, my users would let me know
Nov 26, 2010 at 9:07 UTC
Which version of Spiceworks are you running?
If SW doesn't get a response from a ping, it may report the device as offline. If you are on version 5, also try a manual rescan of the device. When I moved from 4.7 to 5, there were a couple of devices that seemed to periodically flip from online to offline (regardless of their actual status) and a manual rescan seemed to fix that. I had at least one printer do that, although that didn't occur with any of my switches.
Nov 26, 2010 at 9:24 UTC
Ok, I shall run a manual scann over it to see if it helps thanks
Nov 29, 2010 at 12:47 UTC
According to the SW doc page, the up/down check runs about every 15 minutes, depending on the size of the network.
Another something to check is DNS configuration, which could stop the ping from going through. Or if the device is very busy and doesn't respond to the ping fast enough.
Nov 30, 2010 at 2:11 UTC
The device isnt really busy, there's only 5 computers conneced to it and I can ping it fine any time of day
Nov 30, 2010 at 2:35 UTC
Did you already follow #1 - #3 of this how-to: Troubleshooting Spiceworks Inventory Inconsistencies - Spiceworks ... ? It`s mostly a problem of scan speed and incremental scan.
Dec 1, 2010 at 7:55 UTC
Nope none of those helped, they sill come p about 10 times a day saying offline
Dec 1, 2010 at 8:31 UTC
Maybe a network bottleneck. Could you create an own scan range forr this machine with an own scheduler?
Dec 3, 2010 at 3:13 UTC
Nope none of those helped, they sill come p about 10 times a day saying offline
You mark yourself as answering the question and yet the problem isn't even solved.
Dec 3, 2010 at 3:16 UTC
Yeah becauseSW wanted me to mark a best answer cos it had been open for so long but although people tried to help we couldnt solve it so I couldnt mark any of the answers as a best one
Aug 10, 2011 at 1:50 UTC
I have the same problem, only it is several of my branch routers. I just enabled email alerts but I am getting about 10 or 15 of these false alerts.
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Oakland Athletics clinch second straight AL West title
For the second straight season, the Oakland A's are your AL West champions.
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Despite a payroll that is dwarfed by most of baseball, the Oakland Athletics clinched their second consecutive AL West title on Sunday afternoon. They owe a thank you to Justin Maxwell and the Royals for their 4-0 walk-off win over the Rangers, which is what did the trick. Maxwell hit a walk-off grand slam against Joakim Soria.
This year's division title was much less dramatic than last year's, when the A's mounted a big late-season comeback to grab the AL West crown from Texas on the final day of the regular season. The lack of drama might be a bummer for fans, but you can be sure manager Bob Melvin & Co. are happy to know the final week of the year will be stress-free.
The Athletics have won 20 of their last 26 games to go from 2.5 games back in the division to eight games up. They've managed to gain eight games in the standings on the Rangers in their last 16 games. Just remarkable. Oakland stormed to the finish and left no doubt they are the best team in the AL West.
Melvin's team has done it with an underrated offense that has scored the fourth most runs (723) in baseball. Their pitching staff has a 3.57 ERA overall, the seventh best in the game. Their starters have been solid (3.69 ERA), their relievers electric (2.93 ERA). The A's have a legitimate MVP candidate in Josh Donaldson and fringe Cy Young candidate in Bartolo Colon.
Billy Beane's misfit toys roster has now won back-to-back AL West titles for the first time since 2002-03. They've also won 92+ games in back-to-back years. The Athletics came into Sunday two games back of the Red Sox for the best record in the AL, and, for that matter, all of baseball.


text: As the power outage dragged on, people became increasingly critical of Edison, complaining that utility officials didn't let them know when power might be restored and why it was taking so long."You really need direct contact with those neighbors," county Supervisor Michael Antonovich, who represents the area, told utility officials. He said their efforts to get the word out through television were "stupid" because most people couldn't watch TV with the power out. McGrady said Edison has since launched a Facebook page to keep people informed and is working on improving its own internal communications. The utility was already using Twitter. Meanwhile, the U.S. Small Business Administration said it is making loans available to residents and business owners who had storm damage. The cost of repairs in the city of Pasadena alone has been estimated at $20 million.


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Located in the heart of Fort Myers, this motel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Edison Mall, Alliance for the Arts, and Vietnam War Memorial. Imaginarium Hands - On Museum and Edison and Ford Winter Estates are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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An outdoor pool, a meeting room, and laundry facilities are available at this smoke-free motel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and a picnic area are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 101 rooms have flat-screen TVs with satellite channels and feature kitchenettes with refrigerators, stovetops, and microwaves. Free WiFi, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests. Limited housekeeping is available.
Guest Highlights
- Proximity to shopping
- Overall value of stay
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Beds could've been more comfortable
Suburban Extended Stay Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Suburban Extended Stay Hotel features an outdoor pool, multilingual staff, and a picnic area. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. This Fort Myers motel also offers laundry facilities, discounted use of a nearby fitness facility, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Suburban Extended Stay Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 101
- Elevator/lift
- Free wired Internet
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 3
- Picnic area
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Year Built 2002
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenette
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Kitchenette
- Limited housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Free local calls
- Iron/ironing board
- Stovetop
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Microwave
- Premium TV channels
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free WiFi
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the motel include an outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Only service animals are allowed
24-hour check-in
This hotel's policy is to accept bookings only from non-local guests. Guests whose residence is within 30 miles of the property will not be allowed to check in. Guests can contact the property for additional information using the number on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- Deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
- Resort fee
- Pool access
- Parking
Optional extras
- Late check-out fee: USD 50.00
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10 per night
Hotel Name
- Suburban Extended Stay Fort Myers
- Suburban Extended Stay Hotel Fort Myers
- Extended Stay Fort Myers
- Fort Myers Extended Stay
- Suburban Extended Stay Of Fort Myers Hotel Fort Myers
We should mention
A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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November 21, 2015
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Wofford 73 – Maryland-Eastern Shore 63 (Box Score; Game Recaps: Wofford; UMES)
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Founded in 1927, the NABC, since its inception, has acted as a guardian of the game of basketball by furthering the best interests of the game as well as the players and coaches who participate. The NABC engages in many efforts to enhance the college basketball experience for players, coaches and fans.
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Celebrating 150 years of proud history, academic achievement, growth, change, and communityOctober 7, 2016
The public is invited to a special Sesquicentennial Town & Gown Celebration on Oct. 13.
The production, staged by Theatre Forever, features guest artist Jon Ferguson.
Carleton honors and celebrates the tenure of Lawrence ArchboldOctober 5, 2016
The event also marks the final performance on the College's Holtkamp organ.
"Echoes of War" asks Veterans and members of the public to consider how we memorialize warOctober 5, 2016
The weekly discussion series is presented in collaboration with the Minnesota Humanities Center.
Convocation tells the story of how an undocumented immigrant from Mexico became a star at Goldman SachsSeptember 30, 2016
Julissa Arce is a leading voice in the fight for immigrant rights and education equality.
Carleton hosts award-winning German journalist Wolfgang BauerSeptember 22, 2016
Considered to be one of the world's most sought-after journalists, Bauer will shed light on his first-hand observations on the Syrian migration crisis.
Esteemed Carleton professor Roger Jackson presents annual Argument and Inquiry Seminar ConvocationSeptember 22, 2016
The day Ike came to NorthfieldSeptember 17, 2016
Presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 visit to Northfield was born of an idea by Carleton student Clifford Stiles.
Top political reporters to talk presidential race at CarletonSeptember 13, 2016
Carleton to host panel on upcoming presidential election, "Sense and Nonsense: Clinton, Trump, and the media in 2016," featuring four of the most prominent journalists covering the election, on Monday, September 19.
New Teaching Museum exhibition showcases works by 16 Japanese-American ceramic artistsSeptember 5, 2016
A new exhibition in Carleton's Perlman Teaching Museum will showcase works by 16 Japanese-American ceramic artists. Michi: Distinctive Paths, Shared Affinity opens Friday, September 16.
Teaching Museum kicks off Carleton's 150th anniversary with Independence of Thought exhibitionSeptember 5, 2016
The new student-curated exhibit highlights five key periods in the College's history.
Carleton College Welcomes Class of 2020September 1, 2016
The 573 Students hail from 47 states and 21 countries.


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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
I had a headache this morning and didn't want to go to school. I still have a lingering cold and just wanted to stay in my warm bed and sleep... but I didn't.
Sometimes I have it all planned out what I'm going to do with each class each day and then it gets scrapped because something else more interesting comes up or we didn't finish what we were doing the day before or whatever, so I've learned not to over-prepare. Also, our class periods are only 45 minutes long, so it's usually pretty frantic and limited what we can accomplish on any one day. Some days, though, we accomplish a surprising amount. Another factor is that our school does a lot of "extras" that take away regular class time. For example, the seniors are going away on a one-day trip this Thursday and then I only have them once next week because the whole high school goes into a "special" Performing Arts schedule with daily rehearsals leading up to the all-school production. Other times the students want to leave class to take photos for the yearbook or leave early for sports or have a Quidditch tournament. In the spring, the various grades will be going on one-week trips to various locales. Core subject teachers at our school are extremely generous with giving up their class time to all kinds of special projects! So I just go with the flow...
It's not like college, though, where I am presenting detailed lectures or slides or have a set amount of material to get through. The main goal in high school English class is to discuss the literature we are reading, to do some vocabulary work, and to do creative writing exercises. Beyond that, I go in each day and look around on the internet for interesting literary news or poems of the day (Writer's Almanac is a good resource). Like today was the birthday of Zora Neale Hurston, a fact commemorated on Google and especially relevant to my 11th graders who read "Their Eyes Were Watching God" last summer.
I think they were surprised to see their English curriculum validated by Google, ha. I love that - having them see connections outside the classroom.
So I read them a piece about Hurston's background and we talked about the Harlem Renaissance and some other writers they may or may not have heard of and I told them about Alice Walker "rediscovering" Hurston and then expanded that to talk about how women's studies and ethnic studies in the 1960s and 70s brought about a resurgence of interest in different traditions and canons, etc. etc.
None of that was planned. That was just the 11th graders. Technically, I have designated Tuesdays as Poetry Day, and I do try to be somewhat systematic about that since it is an AP Lit course and they need some technical info. So we moved from Hurston to a discussion of the villanelle as a form. I'm not a poetry expert, so I am truly learning with them. We talked about the form and structure that makes a villanelle and we looked at two awesome examples: Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," and Sylvia Plath's "Mad Girl's Love Song." Read it, if you haven't: http://structureandstyle.tumblr.com/post/30905701054/mad-girls-love-song
From there, I threw in another Plath poem just for fun, even though it's not a villanelle: "Metaphors."
I'm a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils. O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers! This loaf's big with its yeasty rising. Money's new-minted in this fat purse. I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I've eaten a bag of green apples, Boarded the train there's no getting off.
She's pregnant!
Here's the funny part, though... We had a surprise classroom visit by head of school right at exact moment students were *enthusiastically* discovering the meaning of the poem. I mean, not that that doesn't happen EVERY DAY, haha (not), but they were REALLY into this poem and it was really perfect timing. Whew.
So that was one class today.
At lunch time, Lillian and several of her friends came to visit me, asking for money for snacks and asking for sleepovers. The room is filled with high schoolers studying and talking during lunch time. One senior wants to sit at my desk to talk about the Hamlet homework questions because he's struggling with reading the text on his own. He's working hard at it and so I am THRILLED to discuss with him. He's using my copy of the text and a stack of my notes fall out. He hands them to me and apologizes - I tell him that these were my notes from over the break, when I decided to write down all of Ophelia's lines from the play because I wanted to understand her better as a character. He is more shocked at my nerdiness than anything else and kind of just stares at me, but I think it's important to let students know that teachers do things like that. I'm not a literary dictator just demanding that they "engage" with things - I am truly invested in getting something new out of my own reading or re-reading of each text and in being a continual and habitual student myself. :)
My 10th graders had a double English period, so we continued our reading of Hawthorne's short story, "The Birthmark." The language is really difficult for them, though the concept or theme of the story is pretty simple. But I want them to appreciate the *language.* So we read it slowly, and together. Then I decided that, even though they aren't having formal poetry study like the AP class, I would have them read the Thomas and Plath poems, too. The villanelles. Poetry is still new to them. Their favorite poets are Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss, though one student mentions Pablo Neruda and another shows me he is looking up Shakespearean sonnets on his phone. They want to know what "forked lightning" is. They want to know what makes two non-rhyming words "count" as a rhyme (Plath rhymes "again," "insane," and "men," for example, and this really bothers some students). They want to know what "counts" as a poem in the first place and we talk about epic poems and prose poems and song lyrics. You never know where the discussion will lead.
I had a big plan to start reading the Book of Job with the 9th graders today. It is next on their curriculum and it is something that I've had to do some pre-studying about because I was really not sure how to approach it with them. But yesterday for Creative Writing they started class-produced stories (one person starts a story and each person in the class adds to it) and today they wanted to finish reading them. They were having such a blast that I put Job aside for another day. The stories got a little bit out of control, though, so probably good that we didn't get any head-of-school visits during that period, haha.
I didn't have the 12th graders today. They have an elective or college advising period on Tuesdays. I have assigned them an essay to read for tomorrow: "How Should One Read a Book?" by Virginia Woolf. It came up in a review essay I read via facebook the other day and I'd never read the essay, so I found it and decided to discuss it with the seniors. The main point of the essay is how to be an active rather than passive reader, and that reading and writing must go hand-in-hand. I hope it speaks to them on some level. One of them already sent me their required short response to the piece.
The seniors are not yet college students (as I would like to treat them), but they think they already know everything they need to know from high school. I don't care *what* specific thing we are reading together - there are a million combinations you could put together for a class syllabus - my goal is just to make them THINK about literature and to encourage them to be SEEKERS. But still, some are reluctant to expend the effort. They want to do the minimum - they are put out by any expectations on my part. Not joking - when I handed out this essay yesterday, one of them said, "But we're already reading Hamlet, we're not supposed to read anything else." I try not to take it personally - I know they are the class that misses their regular teacher the most, but, unfortunately, they are the oldest students and should be the most adaptable. Life post-high school is going to be about adaptability. They are going to have a lot of different teachers and different expectations in college. They are not going to have their hands held the entire way. In a small school and a small class (18 students) the expectations are high - for the students and for myself - but everyone feels entitled to express their opinion, for better or worse. Because it's a small class, it is a struggle to NOT let such vocal students set the tone for the entire class or interfere with those individuals who have a more open attitude to learning. Because there ARE those seniors who recommend literary articles TO ME (love that) or email me with their assignments before they're actually due or volunteer to read parts in class or silently turn in brilliant writing or who come in at lunch to discuss the readings. Those things make my day. :)
Sometimes I start to doubt myself and I start to panic. Am I teaching them the right things at the right time? Are we doing enough? Am I working with them enough on their individual writing skills? Do they know enough vocabulary? Will they all succeed on the AP, the SAT, and in college? Of course, that's not all my responsibility right now, and it's not the definition of "education" that any of us subscribe to on the surface, but I still think about it. Other times, I trust I am just a guide and if I have good resources and follow the students' leads, the only definition of success is that they take responsibility for their own learning journey. And some days I just have a headache or can't think of what to make for dinner or have too many emails to respond to and if I don't record some of these little moments of fun and discovery, they'll be gone forever.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Career Reflections and Plans
I spent the first half of the year ramping up my freelance editing and writing business. I took on numerous dissertation clients (thanks to word of mouth, more than I could handle, actually!) and wrote a dizzying number of textbook chapters, study guides, lesson plans, course curricula, and don't even remember what else. I also indexed a friend's fabulous history book, finished up editing a 4-volume encyclopedia on the history of women's rights in the U.S., and signed on to write/edit a 2-volume work in the history of technology and inventions. I also had the incredible experience of being invited to post a short piece I had written about same-sex marriage that received an overwhelming and stunning number of views and reblogs and retweets. As the numbers piled up and the responses (good and bad) flowed in, I was sure this was the start of my new career as a blogger, but perhaps not, ha. Still, it was an awesome experience, the largest audience I've ever had, and I loved writing it. Lastly, I was (still am) determined to find an agent for my historical novel manuscript, and tried not to be discouraged by the rejections, focusing instead on the fact that *several* agents asked to see the full manuscript, at least. I sent the last big round of queries in July.
Even though my work plate was filling up, I needed something more regular (especially if we were going to be able to send Lillian on to middle school at Mount Madonna School), and so I also spent many months (in 2012 and 2013) looking for a full-time editing or teaching job. I finally broke into the pool to teach an online college course and completed that training over the summer, but I also sent my resume to local charter and private high schools, hoping to find a full-time position and really wanting to do something different than return to adjunct college teaching. I did not rule out the latter, though, as bread-and-butter work, and in late August I was offered two courses at two different local colleges. Surprisingly, I said No. Here I was trying to drum up work for all these months and now I had too much of it. Besides, something told me that the effort (the driving, the prep for new courses) would be more than the benefits. I always hate saying No to paying jobs, but also hate saying No to colleagues in need and to opportunities, as you never know what further doors will be opened. I said No, though, and planned to focus on my writing projects as the kids prepared to start a new school year (7th and 10th grades).
Another factor in my saying No to the local adjunct jobs was that David started a new job with a medical device company on September 1st. The offer came somewhat suddenly and he agonized over leaving his long association with the skateboard company, as they had been good to us, but besides being a positive career move for him as an engineer and allowing him to revamp his workshop and work at home full-time, the new job brought an increase in salary that relieved some of the worry about keeping both kids at MMS. Things seemed to be smoothing out.
Everything changed in September when I was asked to step in as long-term sub for the high school English teacher at MMS. I had subbed for this teacher a few times in the past, but now she needed to go on medical leave for at least 6 weeks. I was (still am) completely honored that she asked me and that she and the head of school entrusted me with the English and Creative Writing classes for the entire high school, grades 9 through 12. I felt that everything had come full circle in a weird way. Taking two years to write my novel and to continue my own literary education. Stepping away from the college classroom and writing high school textbooks and curricula and study guides. And being completely invested in the quality of instruction at MMS, for the sake of my own kids. I have brought all of this to the English classroom in what turned out to be not only a longer-term job than originally planned, but just a BIGGER job than I could have imagined.
When I got the call in early September, it was not that I was simply "available," or wasn't doing anything else. It was that I knew immediately that this was what I was meant to do for now – that it was what *I* wanted to do, more than any other job I had been looking for, but also that this teacher needed me and I would (hopefully) be setting her mind at ease about leaving her job and her students on such short notice. And once I showed up in class on the first day, I knew this would be more than a "sub" job and more than a full-time job. I did not hesitate to tell my women's rights editor that I couldn't work on any of the finishing details of the book (timeline, intro, bibliography) and that they would have to do it in-house (this was huge for me, too, as I am such a perfectionist about work that goes out with my name on it – but my priorities had shifted). I immediately emailed my technology and inventions editor that the book would have to be postponed until next year or that they could feel free to find another writer (this was a big deal, too, because if they cancel my contract, I will owe them advance money I've already received, but so far they haven't cancelled it or rescheduled it). I said No to a couple of other freelance offers that came up, but I have continued to teach the online college course because it's a very flexible schedule and it was difficult to break-in to online teaching in the first place, and I don't know how long I'll be at MMS.
Even though the teacher was telling everyone she would be gone for 6 weeks, the message I was getting from the school was to be flexible and, in my mind, I knew I would be there at least through final exams and winter break. Indeed, the original six weeks came and went without anyone really commenting on the date, as her medical condition was raising more questions than answers. I still don't know exactly how long they will need me, perhaps through the school year now, perhaps off-and-on if she plans to return at least part-time.
YES, I would like to stay at MMS through the year as I am very invested in the work I've done with these particular students and have loved every day of it! I wish I'd kept a blog of it all, but I HAVE, at least, kept a really messy handwritten notebook of what we've done every day. It's been very emotional at times, filling the shoes of a very beloved teacher who is out due to difficult circumstances, but the head of school, the other faculty, and the parents have all supported me 100%. And what an amazing opportunity I have had to put everything else aside and not only get to know all of these students and get new insight into my kids' school, but to be forced to read (or re-read) an amazing list of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. That is just what writers always wish for – more time to read – and I do not doubt that, working side-by-side with the students, my own literary education will continue to unfold and enrich my own writing in new and unexpected ways.
The one thing I do miss, then, is my own creative writing. So my goals for 2014 include revising my historical novel manuscript and reviving the agent search. I also have 25,000 words of a Young Adult novel that I am feeling deserves some new attention. I started this novel last year, in 2012, but is it too much to say that it has been a fortuitous happenstance that I have had the privilege of spending the past three months in the daily company of teens, talking about books and their lives?
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Thursday, March 10, 2011
a-MAZE-ing rats!
Lilli has a spelling test today, too. She also completed a fabulous science project on.... rats! You would have guessed it, right? She made a cardboard maze:
Initially, the rat was not too interested - in fact, she jumped out the top of the maze, but mostly she just sat at dead ends:
BUT THEN... we saw a show on TV called "Rat Genius" or something like that - just by coincidence - and the MIT rat researcher explained how rats need "landmarks" to help them create a map in their heads and memorize a route - just like we would use landmarks (turn right at the yellow house, etc.).
So, Lilli put some toys along the maze route as landmarks and... the rat did it! She went through, slowly, smelling & climbing on & even biting at some of the toys, until she finally, for the first time, found the treat. THEN, the truly amazing thing happened.... we put the rat back at the beginning of the maze and she ran through, briefly looking at or smelling each landmark that she had apparently memorized and she reached the end treat in record time!! The landmarks worked!
Oh yes, I remember now... the carrot is just past the bunny & around the corner by the penguin:
Now tell me you didn't learn something new about rat brains today.
(Don't laugh at her shirt - it's her mother's fault.)
The moral of the story is that, if I hadn't let my kids watch random TV instead of studying for their spelling & Spanish tests, the science experiment would have been a bust.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Civil War comes to California...
We don't have an official battle site or anything like those of you eastward and southward get to experience, but it's the largest Civil War encampment / re-enactment on the west coast...
Loud, too!
David, unaware of the Southern belles sneaking up on him...
David, friend Jeff, & Miles getting a very detailed lesson on the Gatling gun:
Have you ever seen a boy happier to hold a real (not replica) 1841 Civil War rifle? This one was called the Mississippian, if I recall correctly (the gun, not the rebel).
After gathering information on the weapons used by the rebels, he took it right over to the Yankee side, the little spy.
Ok, so maybe he didn't *quite* fit in, with his skateboarding attire and all...
I didn't get a whole lotta photos of Lilli - she and friend J were more interested in climbing trees & feeding ducks than aiding the war effort. They did wait patiently for President Lincoln's field report, but the sign said come back at 4:00pm...
Monday, April 12, 2010
Things have been going surprisingly smoothly... my usually tired, cranky, argumentative Miles has been delightful and calm and easy to have around. He sleeps later and we give each other our space, but we also spend a good part of the day working together. He has time to sit on his bedroom floor & play with Godzilla figures, hang out on the computer, read, and even started writing a short story. He very quickly let down his posturing and attitude after leaving the social pressure of school. I'm not saying he won't get bored, or miss his friends... but this past month already there have been plenty of opportunities to meet up with friends - they go skateboarding, they text & talk online, a friend is having a birthday party next weekend, he even takes my Friday class at Lilli's school (ancient Egypt and, starting this next week, a novel-writing course), and plays ping pong & board games, etc. with some of the 5th/6th graders there when we're there on Fridays. And he plays with his sister, of course ;) One of his best friends, who he sees regularly, goes to a different school anyway, so they weren't school friends. It's a real lesson for ME not to try to micromanage his social life - to help facilitate things he wants to do - but to let him take the lead. He is the kind of kid who was enjoying the social life of school, but is also happy with a lot of down time and stay-at-home time. Always has been.
One day we went downtown to the bookstores together and he collected a few more in the series he's reading, plus he bought his first Stephen King book, The Mist. He's always loved horror and the macabre and has graduated from Goosebumps to Cirque du Freak, to now he's currently reading a series called Demonata (by the same Cirque du Freak author), and now King. yikes. He's already written his own horror short story. Another day he spent an afternoon at his dad's office at the skateboard R&D shop & warehouse (where dad's office-mates were positive about homeschooling and gave him a reject skateboard deck to use for wall art).
As for formal curricululm, he asked if he could continue with his Science program (still have textbook & workbook from school, which I'll just keep until the end of the year unless they ask for it back) and I suggested we do a chapter or unit of science per week and alternate two days of science with two days of History (don't worry - I've got that covered ;).
He does Math and his Chinese language program on a daily basis. We search out a lot of online resources for Geography, Science, educational games, the NYTimes lesson plans & vocabulary word of the day, a billion library books... he also started a family tree project, contacting relatives by phone or email to fill in gaps. So much to do, so little time.
At one of the last meetings of my ancient Egypt class at Lilli's school, we talked about Egyptian toys and games (dolls, stone toss, variations on jacks, chess, and mancala), and then I sent the kids out to forage for natural objects to create their own games - it didn't have to be an Egyptian game, that was just our inspiration. It could be a physical activity, a game for two or for many, items to create dolls or instruments, or a board or strategy game.
I broke them up into groups of 2 or 3 so they could work together as a team, and so that everyone would have a part. Here's Lilli (orange shirt, looking at camera), with a couple of friends and the many items they collected - sandstone, large pieces of bark, foxtails, etc. They created an obstacle course of sorts ;)
At first Miles resisted going to my class - wanted to stay home alone - but I bribed him with the offer to take him to do some things afterwards (go to the skate shop, sushi for lunch, etc. ;)
Well, as is often the case with Miles, he had a great time *in spite of* himself. He decided to participate and he paired himself up with one of the older boys in the class (age 10 or so). They know each other already, since Lilli's school is a very family-oriented family-involved school and we have spent a lot of time there. And I think the other boy was glad to have Miles there! They created their own intricate Stratego-inspired board game using found objects:
The class is only an hour long, but they didn't want to leave their game -so Miles and I stayed for hot lunch (Mexican food day) and then the boys went back to their game through lunch recess. We've been doing that every Friday now. Over spring break, some of these friends also visited the Egyptian museum again with us.
I'm just so glad to have this community and for Miles to nurture these friendships. When you're in junior high, the difference between 5th or 6th grade & 7th grade seems like a generation. But when you're just enjoying yourself and making friends, the difference between age 10 and age 12 is not so great.
During the foraging for game pieces and objects, Lilli found this.....
An emu egg! Yes, they have an emu at school, so it's not a mystery to find an eggshell, but it's rare.
Can you see the pretty blue tint at all?
I'm glad he is taking ownership of the decision. His attitude continues to be great. He seems very happy and relaxed and positive about his schoolwork.


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kid606 and friends
Reviewed by Steven Rubio
Monday, May 15 2000, 12:42 PM
It is a time-honored aspect of rock and roll mythology that the camaraderie of the rock and roll band is an essential element of the larger rock community. Friends and fellow musicians band together to make a statement that simultaneously places them within that rock community, sets them off from the non-rock world, and elevates their status from watchers to doers. That this mythology is problematic should go without saying, but the utopian roots, based in communal production, are not merely charming. The rock and roll band can represent collective action to their listening public. Eventually, nearly every such band falls victim to ennui, or backstabbing, or simple drifting apart. But while the band exists, it can exert a romantic appeal over its listeners. Even its Boys' Night Out ethos can be translated, in girrl bands and queer bands and mixed bands and the rest, into a celebration of working and playing together that is more inclusive than exclusionary.
In contrast to this myth, we have contemporary artists like kid606, one of whose ultimate goals as a musician, his web bio tells us, is to "become president of Apple computers." The Powerbooks of today can conveniently be seen as just the 21st century version of the electric guitar, a relatively cheap way for anyone with the desire and the nerve to create their own music. Seen in this light, the tools of production are not revolutionary, no matter how different kid606's music might sound from Chuck Berry's. But even Chuck Berry needs a pickup band if he wants to perform; even the solo rock and roller collaborates with other rockers. The Ramones taught the world that all you needed was a cheap guitar, a cheap bass, a cheap drumset, a cheap mic, four cretins, and a few thousand bucks to create a great rock and roll album; artists like kid606 eliminate the need for three of the cretins, which makes it easier for the individual to pursue his or her muse, but also removes the need for communal production that, in the past, has at least pretended to make rock and roll utopian in a collective sense.
What does an artist like kid606 do when he, too, desires the communal experience? Based on kid606 and friends vol.1, he simulates collectivity, much as electro simulates "human" music. Various electronic musicians and friends of kid606 construct remixes of his earlier work, which are mixed in with the occasional "new" work of the kid himself. The result is reminiscent of the "Supergroup" syndrome of rock's past, where celebrated musicians formed a faux-band, not out of a spirit of collectivism, but because they could make a quick killing on the charts. Blind Faith, indeed. The work on kid606 and friends vol.1 is as strong as kid606's prior work; there's no reason for it not to be, as long as he chooses talented remixers. But as a concept, it's merely Blind Faith II. And if the Blind Faiths of the world are ultimately little more than public circle jerks, then kid606 and friends vol.1 is the same thing for the wired world: instead of a bunch of guys pulling their puds in tandem for a rabid audience, we're left with a group of solo artists masturbating alone in their rooms while playing their favorite songs on their computers. Group sex has been replaced with onanism.
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Castilllo in Philly Experiment: Over
Filed Under (Phi player news) by mrose on 30-03-2011
Tagged Under : Luis Castillo, Philadelphia Phillies, Todd Zolecki
That was quick
That was quick
According to Ken Rosenthal and others, the Phillies have traded Jason Knapp, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson to the Indians in exchange for Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco.
The medical records are being reviewed, but all signs point to a completed trade
More on this as it comes available but check out Phillies Phandom for more!
Weigh in on your opinion and thoughts on this trade in the comment section!
In a tweet from Erika Gilbert , Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi is quoted as saying "I think at this point its probably unlikely that we'll trade Doc. We've got to be motivated to move him, so we haven't been highly motivated yet"
Will this slow down the rumor mill? Probably not, and we will probably never know if the Mets "declined" offer was real or what may be going on, but I for one never thought he would be traded in season anyway.
Lets see what happens on this rollercoaster.
According to Todd Zolecki's twitter feed, the Phillies have activated Relief pitcher Clay Condrey from the DL and designated Tyler Walker for assignment.
Tyler Walker was 1-0 in 9 games this year pitching 11 innings to a 1.64 ERA, my guess is someone picks him up.
Condrey was 4-2 with a 3.71 ERA in 33 games this year (34 IP) before being injured.
Check Phillies Phandom for more Phillies news.
According to Todd Zolecki's twitter the Philadelphia Phillies have signed Pedro Martinez for 1M and a possible 1.5M Additional in incentives. Â An official announcement is on its way tomorrow. I will update with more information as it becomes available.
Pedro went 5-6Â with a 5.61 ERA in 20 games started for the Mets last year while battling injuries and is 214-99 with a 2.91 ERA in his hall of fame career.
The biggest news of the day appears to be that according to many reports, including Todd Zolecki's Twitter, that former Met Pedro Martinez is on his way to Philadelphia. His latest news says that the physical may not be completed until tomorrow, but a deal is expected by Wednesday.
Zolecki also speaks to different Philly players who send a message to management that they want Halladay.
1st time All-Star Jayson Werth said ""I understand all that, We won last year and we pretty much have the same team this year. If you were ever going to sell the farm I think now would be the time. But that's just me speaking who has a short window of a career. Ruben (Amaro Jr.) and those guys are going to be there for a long time. It's a lot to leverage, I know. But I think we're definitely in a situation where if we did go for it, it could pay off."
Zolecki includes quotes from Charlie Manuel and Ryan Howard as well in his article.
Finally, the starting lineup is announced and it includes five NL East position players, not bad for what most(including their own fans) label as a terrible division. It also includes Shane Victorino who Charlie Manuel chose to start for the injured Carlos Beltran in Center field. The lineup is as follows:
Hanley Ramirez SS
Chase Utley 2B
Albert Pujols 1B
Ryan Braun RF
Raul Ibanez LF
David Wright 3B
Shane Victorino CF
Yadier Molina C
Tim Lincecum P
Two NL East Players have been entered into the All-Star game final vote contest. This will decide who takes the last spot on the National League All-Star team in St. Louis.
The players are the Philadelphia Phillies' Shane Victorino and the Washington Nationals' Christian Guzman.
You can vote by going to MLB.com
The Phillies have activated Scott Eyre off the 15 day DL and sent Sergio Escalona back to AAA Lehigh.
The Rosters for the 2009 All-Star in St. Louis have been announced, and the National League East has 11 total representatives including 5 positional starters and the Mets leading the way with four representatives. The players that are listed are below:
Chase Utley 2B
Raul Ibanez OF
Ryan Howard 1B
Hanley Ramirez
Josh Johnson RHP
David Wright 3B
Carlos Beltran OF
Johan Santana LHP
Francisco Rodriguez RHP
Brian McCann C
Ryan Zimmerman 3B
According to Todd Zolecki's twitter feed, the Phillies have designated LHP Jack Taschner for assignment to add Rodrigo Lopez to the roster. Taschner was 1-1 with a 5.20 ERA in 21 relief appearances for the Phils this year. Stop by Phillies Phandom for even more Phillies news.