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Fractions and Words Representing Quantity... "The Part" Versus "The Whole"!!!
2 Key Tools In Breaking The Fanatic Need For Complete Order In The Autistic Child And Allowing Him To Better Cope With Everyday Situations!!!
Although I knew Zachary has made great strides, I also knew he still struggled with the need for "all or nothing" in almost everything! I had thought long and hard about the best way to "break" this need of his... and I finally came up with the BEST way to approach it... the PERFECT way to teach the "in between"... by teaching FRACTIONS and Words of Quantity, as I call them... words that help illustrate the "partial" or "in between" situation. I tried this and it worked exactly as I had expected. This was sssssssooooo exciting!!!
The idea here was to teach the CONCEPT of "parts" versus the "whole". This was key to teaching the "in between"...what lies between the "nothing" and the "all". Once Zachary saw how "parts" made up the whole, then I could apply that to many, many things in life. He would now have that critical "label" (the fraction) he needed to make sense of his world when it came to the "in between" situation and to figuring out how "parts" can come together to form a whole. I expect this will greatly increase his flexibility in how he looks at things and his ability to cope with the real world. For example, when he wants to open the door completely, I can say: "let's open it halfway"... when he wants me to roll down the car window all the way, I can say: "no, let's leave it up 3/5th of the way" and so on. I can show him how trucks or trains are only partially filled... I can show him that his sandbox buckets can only be filled 1/3 or the way, or 9/10th of the way - instead of him always filling them up completely all the time and not being able to allow for the "in between" situation. I could take a measuring cup and show him the various levels by filling it up 1/4 of the way and showing him "1/4" on the cup, etc. So, the key was just to teach the CONCEPT of "parts" verses the "whole".
Note that the tools I use (below) were for grades 2-6... but, that did not matter. Zachary did not need to learn how to add or subtract or multiply or divide fractions... he just had to learn the concept behind them - that parts make up a whole - and then apply that to the "in between" situation so that a task did not have to be done "completely". It could be done "partially"... and that... any child can learn from a very young age.
At first, I just took out the "new tools" I bought and let Zachary play with them. Below are pictures of the "tools" I decided to use: The Fraction Stax (by Ideal School Supply Company) and Fraction Pieces (by Didax Inc.).
I chose these for specific reasons. The Fraction Stax was a 3-D tool... and it had a lot of color to it. I felt "one color" per "fraction concept" or "piece" would help reinforce the lesson. I also felt that in the past, Zachary responded more to 3-D objects than to products that were simply kind of like a puzzle... a flat surface. He found the 3-D products much more interesting. This particular product was made by Ideal School Supply Company (they also make the plastic shapes I used. This company was located in Alsip, IL). The Fraction Stax was product no. 7749. Parents should be able to get this product from pretty well any school supply store in their area. It costs approximately 25.00 US (when you include shipping and handling).
A company that sells this product is Summit Learning at 755 Rockwell Avenue, P.O. Box 755, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0755, Phone: 800-777-8817, Fax: 800-317-2194, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, website:http://www.summitlearning.com/ent/search_results.cfm.
The Fraction Pieces by Didax cost me 15.00 US. They provide more of a 2-dimensional exercise but, you can use them to create your own 3-D masterpieces! The item no. for the Didax product is 2-497. Didax was located in Rowley, MA. Again, I obtained these at my local school supply store. Note: Both products say they are for children over 3 yrs of age (chocking hazard), therefore, parents should always be there monitoring young children while they work with these!
Tool 1 - The Fraction Stax - by Ideal School Supply Company
What I believe could be the best tool yet for the autistic child!!!
First, I took the fraction stacks and put one of each "fraction" on a stack in descending order and/or ascending order - good to try both. This way, I was showing Zachary, 1) the whole and then 2) the parts from "bigger" to "smaller" parts. This tool was nice because the fractions were marked on the pieces... 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10 and 1/12. I called off the "fraction" with each piece I placed... each and every time I put a piece on the stacks... that was key in getting across the concept of "parts" versus the "whole". When I did the "calling out" for exercises shown further below... where an "entire stack" was made, I called out the pieces one at a time in addition to showing the "relation" to the whole. For example, when making the stack of "quarters" (the pink blocks), I would say, as I picked up the first 1/4 piece: 1/4 (and put the first block on), then, I'd say: 1/4 + 1/4 as I put the second block on and I would provide the answer... "equals 2/4".
Note: I did NOT say "=1/2"... we were working with "quarters" and so I had to stay with the "quarters" in order not to confuse Zachary (you do not want to "simplify the fraction" by calling it 1/2...that would ruin the "concept" of the "part" of a "whole").
I then took the third piece and said: 2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4 and then I took the final piece and said: 3/4 + 1/4 = 4/4 and I ended with 4/4 = 1. I did this for every "stack" of fractions - taking each piece or part and working up to the whole for each stack. I did this "calling out" for the entire 2 hours we worked on this.
Note: Zachary was so fascinated by this concept, that he had absolutely no problem working with this tool for several hours nonstop!
In no time, Zachary was calling out "the additions" himself. :o)
Note: The first arrangement of the stacks provided a somewhat "ordered" visual for Zachary... the tool was still fairly new... so, he was still "enjoying" just watching for now. I then took some of the pieces and started to mix them up... putting them "out of proper descending or ascending order"... as shown in the second picture below.
Now, it was Zachary's turn to play with this item. He immediately sensed anxiety and/or frustration from seeing things "not complete"... so, he turned the stacks around to make all the fractions fall off. He then "started over" on his own... doing things the way he wanted them... in an ordered, "all or nothing" manner as shown in the first picture below. By this, I mean that ALL the pieces had to be on the stacks and in the right place. For Zachary, at first, there could be no pieces left on the floor and no mixing of colors... his "all or none" world mandated that! I worked with him a long time, calling out the "parts" and adding them to make the whole for each stack (as described in the example above the first picture in this section of my website).
I then took the stacks and started to "mix them up", calling them "mixed up stacks" as I did this (to provide that all too necessary "label"... labeling everything, I found, was key to helping Zachary cope with the "unusual", the "unknown", and/or "the new"). Notice I still used ALL the pieces. I then waited to see what Zachary would do with the mixed up stacks...
To my surprise... Zachary did not flip over the stacks to "undo" the mixing and matching of sizes and colors. Instead, he ran his fingers "up and down" each "mixed up stack"... he was "taking in" the variation. After doing this a little, he then flipped over the stacks to "undo" them. So, mixing of colors and sizes was no longer "as big an issue" as it had been slightly earlier. Zachary adapted rather well to that.
The variation that absolutely drove him crazy - as I knew it would - was the "incomplete" or "partial" stack! I stacked the pieces as shown below. I did not "complete" the task and put the missing pieces aside where he could not get to them. Right away, Zachary went ballistic, screaming and then taking the stacks and flipping them over and scattering the pieces everywhere so that they were no longer seen as part of a "whole" (exactly the same behavior I had seen in the past with the Easter Egg exercises - See Plastic Eggs section)! I had fully expected this to happen... and sure enough, it did!
Zachary played with the Fraction Stax for over 4 hours that day... at times with me there, and at times, on his own... just to "experiment" by himself.
When "partiality" became too much of an issue, the result was always the same (see Exercises for more on this) - Zachary either looked for that all important "order fix" and if one could not be found, then the "partial" had to be completely, and again, as in this case, actually physically separated from the whole... so that the pieces were no longer perceived as something associated with the "whole". Those pieces he has so much difficulty making sense of were forced into randomness... an unexpected coping mechanism for the autistic child... yet, when looked at in terms of inability to deal with the partial in "anything", even this coping mechanism now made perfect sense!
There was, however, one very interesting thing Zachary did start to do... he started stacking the pieces so that they went "beyond" the stack... something totally new! These were "labeled" as "smokestacks". For example, he would take the 1/2 piece, top it with a 1/3 or 1/4 piece and then top that with another 1/2 piece so that the stack now went "higher" than the normal level... beyond the others... and he was totally fine with that.
So, this was very interesting... the "beyond the whole" was ok... it was really just the "partial", the "less than whole" that seemed to be an issue and still is... and that was why understanding fractions, in my opinion, was so key to children like Zachary. To recognize that parts made up the whole would be critical... and would be applicable to everyday life to help autistic children cope with the "partial" or "in between" situation. For example, opening the door 1/2 way... the fraction provided the "label" that was so critical to Zachary for him to accept this as "normal"... to be able to say: "Oh, this is 1/2 way"... to understand that concept! And actually, when I used the 1/2 open door example with Zachary, I could see him "clicking"... understanding what I was saying and "thinking this was cool"... providing that label... I am convinced was KEY!
The importance of labels in the life of the autistic child simply can not be overestimated. It is the use of labels that allows the child to perceive the "part of the whole". For example, in the pictures below, Zachary decided to make a "FractionStax Truck". He decided to create "a whole" with the "parts" before him... yet, another coping mechanism... only this one has a double-edged sword!
The creation of the "FractionStax Truck" allowed Zachary to cope with "the in between", the "partial", because, now the object before him was no longer a "FractionStax" with missing pieces that caused so much frustration, the object BECAME a FractionStax TRUCK! It was no longer its previous "self" and had been replaced by a "NEW ENTITY". This object was now labeled by Zachary as his FractionStax Truck and Trailer.
Since trucks and trailers vary in real life, he seemed perfectly fine with having "partial" pieces on the truck... it did not have to be perfect... just to look like a truck was sufficient. A trailer could have "pieces" on it, because trailers hauled stuff... and so, even fraction pieces were ok. Zachary now saw the "FractionStax" not as the tool it was intended to be but as a whole new entity... a truck. He was happy and content with that new entity. Frustration had left him since he was even able to "walk away" and "leave his truck" all by itself. Gone was the need to scatter all pieces - my valuable tool, once viewed as too frustrating, had been replaced by something Zachary could better cope with... a new entity... in this case, a truck and trailer... and this now became his focus.
The point here was that this coping mechanism allowed Zachary to see this FractionStax as a NEW ENTITY... a TRUCK and TRAILER... and with that came the problem. Zachary no longer wanted to use the object as a learning tool to teach fractions. He simply wanted to "make his truck" - no matter how hard I tried to simply use the tool to teach fractions again. So, the "creation of a whole and new entity from partial entities" became a coping mechanism with a double-edged sword. The trick, perhaps was to make absolutely sure Zachary had learned the concept of fractions before allowing him to use the tool as "something else". As a person "blazing the trail", however, for me, this had been a HUGE problem!
Over and over again, I had seen Zachary "take" to a specific task and then not want to do it any longer -ever! He "just did seem interested in learning the concept any more" (although I think he did have a very good understanding of it simply because I worked with him for just over 2 hours to start with and I knew he understood what I was doing). He had turned my tool into something with which he could better cope and so, it became very difficult to teach using any repetition - something believed to be so necessary in many learning situations. Yet, his coping mechanisms prevented that repetition from occurring. This had been a very difficult issue to overcome with Zachary - and I suspect it would be, similarly, with all autistic children. This would certainly explain why behavior therapy can be so difficult with these children. The creation, or simple "perceiving" of a "new entity" made it very difficult to go back to the original task/lesson at hand.
Interestingly, the "FractionStax truck" then completely took over and it too became a source of frustration. Now, this new entity, if not perfectly aligned or "just right", resulted in the eruption of tremendous frustration once again. Now, there could be no truck without a trailer... the wheels had be able to sustain the whole, with no pieces falling off as that would send Zachary screaming.
I had spent $25.00 on a tool that had been turned into something I now had to find new ways of using. This demanded a great deal of creativity. I suppose I could call the stacks "brick stacks" to create yet another entity in Zachary's mind. To be unable to "constantly create new entities" would mean that my so precious tool would become completely useless!
Of course, there were ways of getting around this. A simple option of "putting it away for a while" and then, later, taking it out again to try once more to use the tool for its intended purpose was something I had done with many other tools and that often seemed to work. In spite of these difficulties in overcoming Zachary's coping mechanism tactics, however, I had accomplished what I wanted. Zachary did after all understand the concept of fractions... and to me, that was key. I could then apply that concept to so much more in his life... to help him cope with his world and issue with partiality!
The need to constantly be looking for "something new" in teaching these children - to keep one step ahead of them - I had found to be true in so many things I did with Zachary. I wondered how I would teach concepts like math, language and so much more that seemed to necessitate repetition. Often, working with Zachary felt like an overwhelmingly difficult and exhausting task - in spite of the progress we were making. Patience, understanding and creativity - if you did not possess these qualities, working with an autistic child was certainly a way of working on that! :o)
Tool 2 - Fraction Pieces - by Didax
Another great tool for the autistic child...
Parents can buy a lot of different fraction products. I also liked this one in particular. I would have preferred having the pieces labeled as were the Fraction Stax, however, there was also something to be said for having the child learn to count the pieces for each "whole"... thereby helping him learn the fractions even more... so, I went with this particular product... and found it worked well too!
Pieces that "snap together" and "stack on top of each other" would have been great... but I found none like that! Anyway, the idea here was pretty much like that described above in Fraction Stax... start with the ordered and move to the mixed up... then take pieces, count up to the whole ... each time. Having various fraction tools on hand, in my view, was also a good idea. When one tool assumed another identity, you could pull out another! When that one too took on a new identity, you could pull something else out (i.e., a pair of scissors and paper and make your own fraction pieces and put them together).
The first picture below was the one that turned Zachary "ballistic"- obviously - when my circles looked like "pacmans"... with a piece or two missing from the whole. I also "stacked" these circles on top of one another as I did them, adding the parts to make the whole each time...calling them out each time... same thing for the squares... then, I removed pieces and worked backwards to give Zachary enough exposure to the task at hand... this provided "some stress" when you remove some... but, if I called out "how many were left" (i.e., 12/12th minus 1/12th = 11/12th as I removed the first piece from the completed stack, I found it provided a coping mechanism in that there was the "anticipation" of the next "complete circle" followed by the stress of the "partial" as the "next" circle or square was "slowly pulled apart" while calling out the "subtraction" of fractions. For example, 12 twelfths minus 1 twelfth = 11 twelfths and all the way down.
Note: It was important to do "proper labeling" to "maintain" the concept of "part versus whole". For example, I would NOT simply say 12-1 = 11... that would be wrong... these were FRACTIONS and they needed to REMAIN as FRACTIONS... that meant TWELFTHS (in this example) and so on. The ONLY whole number that should EVER be used in this entire exercise was the number ONE...when you reach "the whole"... pronunciation was also KEY... I was not working with "twelve" but rather "twelfths"!!! Since Zachary could read, I could show him the actual spelling of words dealing with fractions and that was helpful too (i.e., half, third, quarter, fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, twelfth)!
There were several words that, if used in conjunction with the above "fraction" exercises, really helped Zachary gain a greater understanding of the entire concept of the "part" verses the "whole". Click here for this list of words. There are certainly many more, but these words were a good start to help teach the concept of "quantity". I used these words in asking Zachary to give me a certain amount of the fraction pieces I had for the exercises above. When Zachary was able to give me the "correct amount", I knew the lesson of "fractions" had been learned and I could apply the concept of parts to the whole and generalize to the "real world". I could now say: "Give me "some sand in the bucket".... or "fill the bucket 2/3 of the way up", etc., etc., etc.
In no time at all, I was already seeing this work in some aspects of life for Zachary and I was confident teaching the concepts of "fractions and words of quantity" would work for many, many other autistic children as well! The only thing was to work at avoiding those "coping mechanisms", like the creation of randomness and the creation of a whole new entity. Perhaps the trick to that was simply to do much shorter "sessions" in teaching these concepts. Enthusiasm can sometimes have a way of working against you. :o)
The key, in my opinion, was to constantly come up with "new labels" for the task... to show the child that you were using the same tools to do "something different". This was a very difficult task... but, in my opinion, this was the key to having "continued use" of these excellent tools that can so help the autistic child deal with his world and his issues with partiality!


text:
Never let anything like
honour cloud your vision.
Only the foolish and
the dead favour honour.
In his cell, a
cube barely able to
stretch out or up,
Haidley sat cross legged.
Morning still hadn't awoken.
And the Warren was
already alive with goings.
His night had been
filled with cold fury.
Banyon had betrayed him.
Again. The plan he'd
devised had been greatly
received and for a
brief moment, he had
believed he might have
gained an ally. But
the thief captain had
only been playing him.
"Me boy, a great
idea you's got there.
You think it'll work
tho' cos I seez
lotsa flaws in it
that cain't be hid
from any sensible thinkin'."
Haidley then explained every
little step, breaking it
down into great detail.
From time to time
Banyon glanced at his
lieutenants, who seemed convinced
the young thief's plan
would indeed bring success.
And once Haidley had
finished his briefing, the
boss man stood up
and ordered him seized.
In a moment's flash,
Haidley knew he'd been
played for a sucker.
Again. The beating was
almost a relief now
as the sinking realisation
his youth would forever
be this way unless
he quickly grew up
and cast aside his
silly notions of hope.
Days, weeks, months, and
years followed. Haidley seemed
to change as his
body grew quickly. The
beatings now were lesser
but then his defiance
had also abated. As
had his youthful cockiness.
Some thought it was
the daily beatings that
did it; others reckoned
his spirit had broke.
Especially after news had
been circulated that the
Ravens had been outlawed
and the clan broken
up. The fate of
Senna, and the survivors,
was not known however.
Haidley wept alone for
many a night and swore
vengeance on the Rabbits.
Life went on regardless.
One autumn day, when
the winds sailed in
off the coast and
swept an icy chill
through every nook and
hidey-hole in town,
Banyon, now a wealthy
thief chieftain, had him
bought before the assembly.
A gathering was common but
it would be a
first for the youngster.
"Do yah kno' why
yah here, me boy?"
Haidley waited patiently. But
a swift rap about
the shins brought him
low. He grimaced but
hid it while saying,
"No sir." Banyon seemed
pleased today for he
laughed in response. "Well,
I go' good nooz.
Seems ya' ol' hagz
been found. Blind as
batty witch tha' she
is. And crooked as
th' starf sh' held."
Haidley's eyes tightened but
he kept his head
bowed as he waited
for more. Banyon obliged.
"Boss Thormo has requested
your presence in the
capital. Seems h' has
a speschul 'vent happenin'
an' he wants awl
his guests present," he
said. "Even you." The
sound of laugh was
echoed by the assembly.
But Haidley didn't care.
Senna had been found.
The journey back to
the capital was uneventful.
Once there, Haidley discovered
much had changed. The clans
had by now a centralised
authority, called the Guild.
What fancy name it
was called didn't change
its charter though. And
Haidley saw now a
different mindset. No longer
a loose grouping but
tightly bound and wound
well structured and run.
What surprised Haidley most
though was learning that
Boss Thormo now headed
the Guild. As he
was led underneath the
Guild's headquarter Haidley's mood
grew chill and dank,
like his narrow cell.
"Who's there?" a voice
called out. Haidley heard
the shuffling feet before
he smelt the other.
Haidley waited as hard
hands suddenly grabbed him.
He fought briefly and
found himself struggling to
cope for the hands
gripped him with clawlike
tenacity. A low growling
emanated from the throat
of his attacker. Haidley
somehow got free and
cried out: "Stop that!
I'm not here to
harm you but if
I have to, I
will knock you down!"
Suddenly the assailant stopped.
The growling turned quizzical
then whimpering. "Apologies, friend.
I thought you were
one of them sent
to torment me further."
Haidley saw the silhouette
of a figure as
tall as he. It
stopped before him and
he somehow sensed the
stranger would not hurt
him. Which was an
odd thing to think
given his past few
years. The gripping stopped.
"I am Hason, formerly
of Owso. Carpenter, tinker,
even mercenaire. Now prisoner
of these thieving turds."
© 2017 L. Tafa

subset: commoncrawl


text: Does anybody know where I can find out the value of my Mits. RPTV model VS-5076? It's about a 6 yr old set and I'm thinking of selling it outright vs. trading it in for the new one, which, incidently is going to be the WS-65819. Any sites out there that blue book these things? Thanks, JJ ------------------ Jim Herrod


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Dom's Decision
Erotica, GLBT, Romance
lost him once, and as they're forced to pull together to unravel the mystery surrounding the parentage of a teenage girl, their love for each other blossoms.
One more report and he'd leave. As it was, Absinthe the cat would give him the cold shoulder. Edan chuckled to himself. How stereotypical was he? Gay, on his own, and with a cat for a companion. And anyone who said cats were self-contained and no trouble had never met Absinthe. That cat could make her thoughts and needs known with one meow and a glare.
The knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. He jumped and pressed keys, making an 'sssssssss' row across the report, and swore. Who on earth would be around at—he glanced at his watch—shit, nearly nine o'clock at night. Where had the time gone?
"Yeah?" He pushed up his glasses, and rubbed his face. God, he was tired. "Come in."
The door opened and Athol walked in. Edan's tiredness dropped away like an old washcloth.
"Fuck me."
The newcomer nodded. "Yes please, here or do you have somewhere else in mind?"
Edan laughed. "Well, that's the rub, isn't it? You ready for a little subbing yet?"
"In your dreams, mate. I'm the Dom."
Edan nodded. That was the sticking point and always had been.
"Yeah, and so am I. So there we have it. Or don't, as the case may be. Why are you here? I'm sure it's not just to tell me you're not prepared to negotiate."
His words made Edan grin. "Innocent never was comparable with you or me, mate. Ah, Athol. Bloody hell, I've missed you."
Athol didn't answer. He looked unhappy, and Edan wished he could retract his words
"Dammit, in other things as well. Someone to laugh with, to share the ups and downs, and someone to high-five when everything works out."
Athol grimaced. Edan realized more than ever this wasn't just a social call. Here was one of the two people in the world he truly loved, one whom he hadn't seen for over five years, and his feelings were as strong as ever. And, typical, it seemed nothing had changed. For years they'd met up, chatted, argued, and gone their separate ways. The last few years they hadn't even done that. He had never told Athol where he lived, what he was doing, or how miserable he'd been. Just sat and agonized through those few hours they'd spared for each other. Why the hell couldn't he give in, just a little bit? If Athol were prepared to switch, Edan would do so gladly. But he wasn't going to be the only one, not any more.
"Maybe one day," Athol said slowly. "Once we've sorted this crap out. Life as a lonely Dom ain't all it's cracked up to be. Not when everyone around you is loved up and pairing up. Well, nearly everyone," he said. "I can think of a few who need help. I had a blast from the past at the club last night."
"God almighty, have you forgotten all our late-night sessions, not the sex ones but the angst ones? Psychiatrist, Edan, watch my lips." He repeated the word.
Edan couldn't help it. He punched his friend's shoulder and grinned. "Works every time, sucker. Okay, chill. What club and why?"
"Dommissima, because I want to."
Edan whistled. He'd heard about that. One of the premier and exclusive BDSM clubs in the country. "Playing with the big boys, eh?"
Scotland, along with her husband and their two cats—their children having flown
the nest—surrounded by beautiful scenery, which inspires a lot of the settings
in her books.
sharing her life with the occasional deer, red squirrel, and lost tourist, to
say nothing of the scourge of Scotland—the midge.
understanding, and long-suffering DH, is used to his questions unanswered, the
dust bunnies greeting him as he walks through the door, and rescuing burned
offerings from the Aga. (And passing her a glass of wine as she types


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Terry Robbins, a service technician, replaces a speed feed head on a weedeater that a customer brought in. Robbins had the part in stock and made the repair as the customer waited.
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This couple decided to clone their dog after death
Couples found a way to keep their pet's memory alive.
Laura Jacques and Richard Remde were completely Distraught by the loss of their dog Dylan, who had died at the age of eight in June, having been diagnosed earlier this year with a brain tumour.
The couple explained that for them the loss of Dylan meant a lot, in fact Laura said she could not imagine her life without him -ook-. Of which generated that Richard traveled to South Korea with a DNA test of the late Dylan to clone.
The idea came after the couple had seen a documentary about cloning, where it was mentioned that today the advances and experiments in this technique have been increasing, making it more favorable and accessible to the general population.
What was impressive is that cloning from a dead animal had never been made from such a lonf time, almost two weeks after it died. The previous limit for dog cloning was five days after death.
"This is the first case we've had where cells have been taken from a dead dog after a long time," said David Kim, a scientist at Sooam, in an interview with The Guardian. "I hope this will allow us to extend the time after death that we can take cells for cloning."
The procedure cost approximately $100,000, and they had to make two attempts to succeed.
To carry out the procedure must be obtained a sample of tissue from the cheek or the abdomen of the animal to create a crop with their DNA, then is injected a "blank" dog egg that has had the nucleus removed, and from there to expect the 'natural' process.
Jacques, a dog walker, and Remde, who runs a building company, Heritage Masonry & Conservation, had to take two sets of samples from their dead dog after the first set of samples did not grow in the laboratory. Remde made two trips in quick succession to South Korea to deliver the cell samples.
They are now waiting for the birth of the second puppy and are hoping to adopt the puppies' two surrogate mothers and bring four dogs back to the UK next July after the quarantine period has ended.
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STONY BROOK, NY -- Everything was on Stony Brook's side to break through and get to the NCAA Tournament for the first time.
No. 1 seed Vermont had been bounced in the semifinals, meaning the Seawolves got to host the championship game against Albany. It was the program's last game at Pritchard Gymnasium before moving into new facilities. Moreover, Stony Brook had won the America East three of the previous four years, but lost in the title game twice and semifinal twice.
This should have been Stony Brook's year.
"They were the higher seed, we were playing in their gym," Albany guard DJ Evans said. "Everything was on them."
And Albany had other ideas.
The Great Danes went into the north shore of Long Island and came out with a 69-60 win in the America East championship game. Sam Rowley led the way with 18 points, but timely shooting down the stretch from Peter Hooley (15 points) helped the Great Danes pull away late.
"It's not our birth right," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said when asked about falling short again. "We have to win that game."
Albany continues to play its best at the right time. In three of the Great Danes' four NCAA Tournament appearances under head coach Will Brown, they finished second or worse during the regular season. Last season, Albany went 9-7 in the regular season before winning the automatic bid -- and they followed that same exact routine this season.
What's Brown's secret?
"I don't know," he said, jokingly. "Rope-a-dope?"
Player to know: Peter Hooley. The sophomore from Australia was fantastic in the America East tournament, averaging 28.0 points in the first two games -- including shooting 9 of 16 from behind the 3-point line. His shot wasn't falling in the title game against Stony Brook, but he still managed to finish with three 3-pointers and 15 points, while also hitting a dagger 3-pointer with one minute left to extend Albany's lead to five points.
Hooley was the team's leading scorer during the regular season, while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range.
The Vitals:
- Record: 18-14 overall, 9-7 in the America East
- Most recent tournament appearance: 2013 (lost to Duke in the Round of 64 as a No. 15 seed)
- Jerry Palm predicts: 16 seed
- KenPom ranking: 195
- Sagarin ranking: 199
- Best wins: vs. Vermont, vs. Yale
- Worst losses: at UMBC, at New Hampshire
- Notable stat: No. 5. That's where Albany ranks nationally in defensive free-throw rate. The Great Danes play some of the most disciplined defense in the country, and that helped them against Stony Brook. They committed just 14 fouls in the championship game, after committing 17 in the semifinal upset win over Vermont.
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Thanks Joyce, and everyone else too - I'm fine. The irony is that walking helps, but that's what I didn't do...hopeless old tart..
Obelixx - I got a towel radiator for the new shower room and I'm not that impressed, and I'm sure it's the right size for the space etc. Would rather have an ordinary radiator.
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I did mine on Saturday as I wasn't expecting to be around on Sunday. Fortunately it was snowing too, so the birds were hungry
The blackbirds arrived a bit late, but there was plenty left after the nuthatches chucked more out
I still think the count is misleading too, but that's how they do it. If it had been last week, I might not have seen the nutties which are new visitors here. I've lived in this area for a total of twenty years, in two different houses, and I've never seen them before. There's nowhere to add occasional sightings of other visitors (apart from foxes/badgers etc) which I think is a mistake.
Nuthatches aren't common up here so you'd think it would be useful if they were getting info about them for researching the reasons for new or more regular sightings. Same in lots of areas where birds are becoming more visible, or indeed, more rare.
Steady on Clari - at least in the HIghlands, you'd have the scenery along with the cold I'd agree with you too - there's no chance of Trump hearing about any petition, regardless of the numbers, and even if he does, he'd ignore it. Not sure if I'm a realist or a pessimist...
I can just picture Liz after five minutes with Trumpy pants - you have to use a generic impressionist's voice to say it though - " Philip! Set the corgis on him..."
Morning all/afties Pat - I won't swap with you even though it's minus 4 here
Been slightly awol as I've not been myself this weekend. Such is life. Today is a new day.
Did my bird watch on Saturday though. It probably helped that it was snowing at the time, but it meant the nuthatches were out in full force. I took a few photos so will put some on later. They aren't the sharpest because of the weather, but it was lovely to see so many of the regulars. Blackies left it a bit late though, with only five mins of the hour left!
Glad you had a lovely time Dove, apart from the hold up etc.
Slightly concerned about chicky's gargantuan loo rolls - or was it just the collection?
Hope it's not too cold for you T'bird - it's fairly chilly up Cairngorms/Braemar way
Haven't really read back but will try and catch up with you all later. Stay warm if you can, or cool if you're Pat
Glad you had a nice day Dove. Behave yourself in the Big Smoke
Bit of netting over the pond BM - that'll keep the fish safe.You can leave some openings for other creatures to get in and out.
You can also get interlocking plastic rings which you can put round the edges too. They're wading birds so they don't go in too far, and that stops them.
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Hi Sandra - you have a good plot to start with, but the important thing to do is decide what you want from the garden and also what you don't want. A list will help focus all your ideas. You've already made a couple of decisions so build on that. General likes and dislikes, styles of garden and plants, colours, storage etc etc.
Take some photos and draw out the basic layout, then make yourself some copies which you can doodle on. Ideally, you'd make a proper plan, but if you're unable to do that, do a few rough sketches. Once you have a better idea of the final requirements, you can then do a plan that's more to scale. That's important, because that lovely patio and dining area you think you'll have room for might have to fit into a space the size of a doormat. It's the most common mistake most people make
Dividing a space is always a good design trick, as you've already realsied, and can make small spaces seem bigger, and also help for disguising the 'work' areas of a garden. If you like that idea, then get it high on the list. Bit at a time is the way to go, and any hard landscaping first. If you're handy with a saw and a screwdriver, it saves a lot of money
Clari - do you have a few electric fires you can use - at least?
I'd be staying in a B&B or a hotel till there was some heating. It's not as if you get to sit in a warm office at work either.
Walking Sunday Joyce. It's all a bit iffy with fog, snow, cloud and whatnot, so I'll have to have a Plan B and a Plan C I think
Great photos again, Johnny - I can't make up my mind about the deer. He's either very determined or very stupid!
Are anglers bonkers do you think?
I like a minimalist, snowy landscape too Iamweedy - they make great photos. This was last February on a litle Corbett in Glen Fruin, near Loch Lomond. It was a great day
Were you holidaying in Iceland?
We've had very little snow this winter on the hills. It arrives and then turns weirdly mild and disappears again
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James and Alison have created a team for the Spring Sprint in support of the Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada as a way to honor Chad's recent passing. Check out their entries here and here. I urge you to support them with a donation, if only to see the team name "Meat Sauce Babies" get high up on the donations list. I know Chad would have loved it.
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Towel Day!
As Liz pointed out tomorrow, May 25, is Towel Day, and sadly I will miss it. Ronya and I will be driving out of town tomorrow so I won't be joining any other hoopy froods down at the pub for a pint and reminiscence. Damn, I wish I'd remembered sooner.
Have one for me, though, if you do go out. Okay?
In T.O.
Hey everyone, we're in Toronto. Ronya and I took a spur-of-the-moment flight, picking a destination at the ticket counter, and now we're touring sunny warm Toronto. We'll be flying back tomorrow evening. I'll try to write a full post about it on Monday.
Posting at Tammy's request:
A birthday party for Chad is being held at his parent's place on Sunday, April 15th. It's going to start at about 2pm. No need for gifts but if people want to bring food they're more than welcome.
I'll post more details as I get them, including the specific location of Chad's parents' house.
For more details on how Chad's doing, if you don't already have on your friends list then definitely add him.
Support the local guy
Wil Wheaton has written a great piece* about all those "local" stores that are slowly being bought and/or squeezed out of existence. It made me wistful about the old hobby shop we had in the same strip mall as my mother's studio. The guys in the shop would have to chase us kids out, more often than not, but they never forgot where their money came from. When AD&D first came out they not only opted to stock the books but also set up advanced orders for us and kept us up to date when new stuff was coming out. That was way back in 1978.
Nowadays I feel we in town are very fortunate to have stores like The Sentry Box in Calgary and Valley of the Mage in Okotoks. I think, as Wil says, it's important to keep these independent retailers going.
*Note: link goes to suicidegirls.com. While the specific page that hosts the article is Safe For Work, the rest of the site usually isn't and the site itself may be blocked if you're behind some kind of filter.
Damned Router
I'm having a hell of a time and could really use some advice from the network hardware minded people out there. With our new computer we bought a new linksys router and PCMCIA card to bring our wireless network up to the "g" level. With this new router we also hoped we'd have an end to the troubles we had with the old router. We didn't. In fact, this new router seems only worse. If I cant'get it fixed I'm going to have to resort to going back to the old router.
Why do I always have trouble with new tech?
Anyway, with the old router the wireless connection used to fail on occasion and I'd have to walk downstairs and reset the router. Sometimes the laptop would simply pick up the new connection, and sometimes I'd have to click on the "repair" button for it to work, but reseting the router allways fixed things for a while.
Not so with this router. It worked for a while, then started droppinc connection, prompting me to reset the router again (with much growling) but now my laptop can't connect at *all* no matter how often I reset the router. It always hangs at the "acquiring new IP address" stage and just sits there forever, churning away.
I can still connect to the internet through the ethernet connection, hence why I'm able to write this post at all, but the wireless is just fucking caput.
In my mind, in an ideal world, digital tech would either work or not work, not just "works some of the time" or "work for a while then gradually fail". Gradual or partial failure should only exist in the analog world.
Anyway, any advice on what I should be checking? I followed the basic instructions for setting up that came with the router, with the only exception being that I set up a simple WEP key to keep anyone in the neighborhood from surfing my connection. Other than that I pretty much just let things be.
Tim Huesken, Successful Game Designer
A few of you may have a dim memory of my journal entry here about Tim's art show at the Vicious Circle. Well, if you didn't get to see his artwork then you can still see it today. Apparently he and a friend of his have designed a successful board game called Xig using his artwork. I haven't seen the game myself but I definitely intend on checking it out. According to a local article (thanks to for the link) they have won the Origins Vanguard Innovative Game Design Award from the Academy of Gaming Arts and Design and have not only sold out of their first print run of 5,000 copies for the game, prompting them to print another 10,000, but have also release an expansion just in time for christmas. Woot!
Note: local article may be replaced soon and URL may link to something completely different.
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"If you've been waiting until the Christian fascist movement started filling stadiums with young people and hyping them up to do battle in "God's army" to get alarmed, wait no longer.
In recent weeks, Battle Cry, a Christian fundamentalist youth movement, has attracted more than 25,000 to mega-rally rock concerts in San Francisco and Detroit and this weekend they plan to fill Wachovia Stadium in Philadelphia."
Article here.
I wonder at what point they're going to drop all the pretext of civility and just start handing out the brown shirts and swastika arm bands?
Pub Night
Anybody up for joining me at the pub tonight? I figure I'll be at Limericks at around 7 / 7:30. That'll give me enough time to workout, shower, and change.
Coworker Jen is selling Girl Guide Cookies to us at work on behalf of her daughter. They're the 'traditional' oreo-esque vanilla and chocolate cookies. $4 a box. Anybody want me to pick some up for them?


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Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Director: Walter Hill
Screenplay: Deric Washburn, Harry Kleiner (from a story by John Milus, Fred Rexer)
Walter Hill's filmography in the early-to-mid 80's can be seen as a bit of a mish-mash of various genres; from the western "The Long Riders"(1980), cajun survival-actioner "Southern Comfort"(1981), massive box-office hit – the buddy-action comedy "48 Hrs."(1982), rock'n' roll-fable "Streets of Fire"(1984), a Richard Pryor-comedy(?) "Brewster's Millions"(1985) and a coming-of-age music drama "Crossroads"(1986). The last two on that list especially were some pretty remarkable attempts from Hill to try and work in a completely different genre. "Brewster's Millions" was a box-office hit(Pryor was still a massive star at that time), but "Crossroads" tanked at the box-office.
It was probably due time to go back to basics, back to what Hill was most familiar with; Western-styled action. "Extreme Prejudice" was a story that John Milius was originally developing in 1976 for himself to direct. He described it (at the time) as "very complicated…a modern-day story about subversion and espionage." The project never made it to the filming stage, though, and Milius ended up directing "Big Wednesday" instead. Decade later, Hill resurrected the project with screenwriter Harry Kleiner (who he had met while being an assistant director on "Bullitt"), molding it more closer to his own sensibilities. The project also got a major backer in Mario Kassar & Andy Vajna's Carolco Pictures, which was on a major rise because of the huge success of the Sylvester Stallone-starring "First Blood" and it's sequel "Rambo: First Blood Part II". (The rise and fall of Carolco might actually be a good subject for an article for someone to write one of these days, but that another story)
Sheriff Hank Pearson: Morning.
Jack Benteen: [snaps] What's good about it!?
Sheriff Hank Pearson: Well hell, I said "morning." I didn't say "good morning."
Texas Ranger Jack Benteen(Nick Nolte), working from the office of Sheriff Hank Pearson(Rip Torn), is trying to keep his little Texas border town clean from drugs. These drugs are supplied from south of the border by a notorious drug kingpin Cash Bailey(Powers Boothe). Complicating things, Jack and Cash are also old friends, known each other since childhood and finally ended up in the opposite sides of the law – and on opposite sides of the border river, too. Complicating things even more, Jack is also living with Sarita(Maria Conchita Alonso) – a club singer and a former girlfriend of Cash's. The tensions between the two men are slowly building up – as is the body count in the town – and as Jack keeps ignoring Cash's constant attempts of bribery, the two men have come to the conclusion that the next time they will come head-to-head "there will probably be a killing".
Sheriff Hank Pearson: You ain't just gonna walk in there, are ya'?
Jack Benteen: Oh, hell, I've known Chub since the third grade. You were just telling me what a nice kid he used to be.
I'm just gonna go in there and have a beer with him.
Sheriff Hank Pearson: Shit, sounds reasonable. Just sit down, talk to him about how you shot his brother night before last.
Meanwhile, a top-secret military unit – "Zombie Unit" – composed of highly-skilled soldiers who are all reported Killed in Action to maintain their cover-story, arrives to town. The unit is led by Major Paul Hackett(Michael Ironside) and consists of Master Sergeant Larry McRose(Clancy Brown), Sergeant Buckman Atwater(William Forsythe), Staff Sergeant Declan Coker(Matt Mulhern), Sergeant Luther Fry(Dan Tullis Jr.) and Sergeant Charles Biddle(Larry B. Scott). The unit is in town on a DEA-sanctioned covert mission to retrieve evidence of Bailey's operations and bring him in – or terminate him. As it turns out, Cash WAS on the right side of the law once upon a time; he was a highly-regarded DEA informant who finally decided to go dark and used his contacts to create his drug empire.
Cash Bailey: It's a damn nice country here, I like it.
A man can get away with anything, long as he just keeps paying his friends.
As the Zombie Unit orchestrates a big daytime heist in the local bank as they attempt to get whatever is inside Cash's safety deposit box, some of the team get caught by Benteen, who is hell-bent on revenge after his friend Sheriff Pearson has been killed by some of Cash's thugs and Sarita has ran across the border with Cash. Benteen and the Zombie Unit make an alliance and all the men travel to the Mexican town where Bailey's heavily fortified hacienda, guarded by a small army, is located. There will probably be a killing…or few.
Jack Benteen: Once I see that Sarita's okay, we'll settle up.
Cash Bailey: Why sure, that's only fair. What the hell.
You think I want you worried about her when you ought to be concentratin' on killing me?
"Extreme Prejudice" is a strange and quite often overlooked film in Hill's filmography. It's a genuine hybrid; on the other hand it's a full-on Peckinpahian western, set on the border of Texas and Mexico, with your usual yin/yang hero and villain. But then again, it also brings in the element of a "Men on a Mission"-picture, with the sort of a dirty half-dozen of trained soldiers who operate under the radar and above the law. I mean – their introductory scene in the beginning of the film could very well be from "A-Team" – which I don't think is accidental; it's very likely Hill just paying homage to that show and acknowledging his debt to it here. So if one would try to make a one-sentence pitch of this film, it would be "The A-Team enters a Peckinpah-Western with a slice of 'Walker: Texas Ranger' added on the side." I know it sounds pretty crazy when read like that, but it actually ends up working pretty damn well.
Cash Bailey: Oh, Jack boy, you've no idea how good it is to see you! These people here, I'm telling you, they can't follow old Cash in a verbal sphere at all. When I'm flying, son, it is solo. And you know that feeling when you're talking along and you pause for a minute, maybe freshen your bourbon, do up the fly or something, you look around real careful and you know in your heart it's all just wasted.
Ain't nobody understands where you're at, all your private jokes and subtle conversations just sailing right past them.
Jack Benteen: You know me, Cash. I keep the conversation simple.
Cash Bailey: [laughs] The hell you do, Jack.
I think it was kinda destined, that Walter Hill and John Milius crossed paths at some point. Hill's flair for portrayals of Manly Men doing tough-guy talk and doing manly man-stuff is kinda very close to Milius' way of portraying his heroes as Nietchzean Uber-men and focusing on their macho rituals. And make no mistake: even though Milius only gets a story-credit in this film, his fingerprints are all over the story. From the high-tech weaponry and reconnaisansce-gear of the Zombie Unit to Rip Torn's Sheriff Pearson spouting all kinds of right-wing dialogue. And even Cash's introductory scene of him holding a scorpion in his hand before squeezing it into his fist. It's all pure Milius. And of course Milius worked with Hill again when he wrote the script for Hill's "Geronimo: An american Legend", 6 years later.
Maj. Paul Hackett: [offering bottle] Scotch, single malt.
Jack Benteen: [waving it off] No thank you.
Maj. Paul Hackett: What, you don't drink whiskey?
Jack Benteen: I'm particular who I drink with.
Maj. Paul Hackett: I don't believe that, Benteen. I think you're just naturally hostile.
Now – I've mentioned Peckinpah a few times in this article already… Hill of course worked with him before, writing the script for "The Getaway", and as I said in an earlier article – the mid-act bank robbery and following mayhem-sequence in "The Long Riders" was pretty obviously homage-ing the opening sequence of "The Wild Bunch". But in this film, Hill – in his own words – "tipped his hat to Sam a little bit" on several occasions. Let's start with Nick Nolte's character: his tall, thin(Nolte has shed a LOT of weight compared to his earlier Hill-film, "48 Hrs.") frame with the pencil-thin mustache is almost like a spitting image of William Holden's Pike Bishop from "The Wild Bunch"(although Nolte said that the character is largely based in a real-life Texas Ranger named Joaquin Jackson). Secondly, the bank heist-scene and the "creating a diversion via a huge explosion" is pretty much lifted from the horse track-heist in "The Getaway". And finally, the last battle-scene at Bailey's Mexican hideout is pretty much a modernized version of the final action sequence in the end of "The Wild Bunch" – all the way down to quite a few similar angles and shots and of course a few team-members mowing down an ungodly amount of mexican banditos with large caliber machine-guns.
And the sequence is not just filmed and edited in a similar manner; the production design, the casting of extras, their clothing… It's almost as if when the guys traveled over the border, they also traveled back in time – into the times of when Peckinpah's film was set. It you took out the modern clothes and the modern weapons, the two sequences from the two films could almost be cut from the same mold. This is pretty much the last time that Hill pays this clear an homage to Bloody Sam, so I guess he wanted to go all-out on this one.
Sgt. Buck Atwater: You know what I think, man? I think we're heroes and heroes need a cause, man.
Only nowadays everything's so damn messed up. Ain't nobody can see anything clear anymore.
So I support my country, man, that's what I got. I got my country and I got my buddies and that's it.
I don't ask no questions.
Jerry Goldsmith scored the film – with Hill's regular contributor Ry Cooder writing the songs(of which Alonso really sings a few) – and at this point in his career Goldsmith was using a LOT of electronics in his scores(such as "Rambo: First Blood Part II", "Explorers" and "Runaway") and from what I've read, the film score enthusiasts do not hold these works in such high regard. I say: bullshit. I'm known to be a massive fan of the 80's synth sound – and I think the music in this film happens to kick some serious ass. Why should all the Westerns be scored with horns and guitars alone? And you DO get those in this film too – the musical approach is just a tad more quirkier.
The cast in the film is almost like a "who-is-who" of character actors who are best known from doing action films. Nolte is stern as hell as the hero, Boothe is brilliant as the unpredictable and impulsive villain – and with his white suit and constant coke-snorting, Cash is very clearly trying to model himself as a kind of south-of-the-border Tony Montana. Who knows: maybe watching "Scarface" made Cash finally take that final step and go bad? Michael Ironside is all steely-eyed and business-like as he always is. I think the standouts in the military unit are Clancy Brown(just coming off "Highlander") who is kind of the voice of reason in the team and William Forsythe who is kinda the "mad dog" of the team, but each and every team-member gets his chance to shine. If there is a minor quabble in the film, it's Alonso's Sarita – whose motivations and allegiances kind of jump all over the place. That might be due to just the screenwriters forgetting to flesh out her part, or the fact that she's kind of squeezed in the middle of this otherwise all male-cast that's out-acting each other and oozing testosterone through the screen almost. But it also may be due to cuts; I understand that Hill – once again – edited this film from an inch of it's life after a few previews and several sequences and subplots got cut out in the process; among them a funeral scene for Rip Torn's character of which there are still images online and also a completely filmed part from Andrew Robinson, who played a contact/handler of Major Hackett. Who knows.
"Extreme Prejudice" is as pure a product of the 80's as there ever was. Hill and his usual crew have crafted a high-octane piece of entertainment, that takes it's two very opposite style of genres and blends them together into a highly entertaining and – at times – gleefully bizarre mix, that's got a bit of everything for everyone.
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