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Q&A with Katherine
A Q&A With Katherine Boo and her editor, Kate Medina
KATE MEDINA: For two decades, and currently at The New Yorker, you've written about the distribution of opportunity, and the means by which people might get out of poverty, in America. What inspired you to start asking the same kinds of questions in India?
KATHERINE BOO: My husband is an Indian citizen, and since we met in 2001, I've been watching the landscape of his country transform as its economy grows. Some of the change is staggeringly obvious, like the skyscraping luxury condominiums with stirring views of other skyscraping luxury condominiums. But I couldn't quite make out what had and hadn't changed in historically poor communities. I generally find issues of poverty, opportunity, and global development to be over-theorized and under- reported. And it seemed to me that in India, as in the U.S., some of the experts most ready to describe how lower-income people are faring weren't spending much time with those people.
KM: What made you focus your reporting on Mumbai?
KB: It's the city in which I've spent most time, for one. But I also found the Mumbai of film and book to be a slightly lopsided cosmos. For all the lush and brilliant depictions of wild festivals, meglomaniacal gangsters, and soulful prostitutes, I felt stinted of some everyday truths. I wanted to know more about the domestic lives of women and girls, about improvisational labor in a temp-job city, about the educational options available to the poor—stuff like that. Economic growth had brought unprecedented opportunities for the unprivileged, officially. But I longed for a fuller sense of how those on-the-books opportunities were being experienced on the ground. Over the years I'd find myself sighing as I read descriptions of the spicy Mumbai air—the cardamom and saffron that's supposedly wafting everywhere. Sure, why not? But to me a signature smell of Mumbai is the same as that in many other developing cities. It's the smell of sweat—of people hustling and maneuvering to find a niche in the global economy. Of course a writer's senses will gravitate to the unusual, the aberrant. But a preoccupation with the exotic can also blind you to what is more universal.
KM: Speaking of aberrant: You stood out, working at Annawadi. How did you earn the trust of Annawadians, and get close enough to them to be able to portray them with such intimacy and precision?
KB: Never trust a person who tells you with certainty why other people came to trust her! I cringe to imagine how Annawadians sized me up behind my back. I was just relieved that we all managed to adjust to each other after a while. Many people were game to let me hang around if I didn't get in the way of their ability to make a living, but in the beginning I was too much of a freak attraction to practice the unobtrusive, watch- and-listen style of reporting I prefer. As I walked through the airport slums, crowds of people would follow, some of them looking concerned and shouting, "Hyatt! Intercontinental!" They imagined I'd lost my way while going from the international airport to one of the luxury hotels.
KM: Was there a particular moment when you felt that you could do the kind of reporting you prefer to do? That people had become comfortable with your presence?
KB: I knew the novelty of my presence had worn off one night when Annawadi boys started mocking kids from another slum who got excited when they spied me sitting in Abdul's storeroom. The Annawadi boys were so used to having a journalist taping and typing down what they said that they couldn't imagine why other kids would find it interesting.
KM: What was it about the stories you tell in this book that appealed to you more than other stories you saw or heard in Annawadi? How did you choose the people you would write about?
KB: When I start a project, I follow as many people as I can–go where they go, do what they do, whether they're teaching kindergarten or stealing metal scrap or running a household. The larger the pool of people I get to know, the better I can distinguish between anomalous experiences and shared ones. As a writer I'm not looking to tell the most flamboyant tales, nor to describe only the most virtuous and super-talented people. I'm looking for resonant stories—stories that might illuminate something about the structure of a society. And it's difficult to predict in the beginning which individuals' experiences, months or years later, will come to shed that light.
For instance, when I first began hanging out with Abdul, I had no idea that his story would have anything to do with questions of criminality or justice. I was simply intrigued that the excesses of the city and a surging global demand for recyclables had helped turn his stigmatized work profitable. It was something I didn't know, hadn't read about. I was also struck by his watchfulness, and his silence. I often find, in my reporting life and outside it, that the people most worth knowing are hard work to know.
KM: Did the Annawadians want to know about you, too?
KB: They were more curious about my Indian husband. In the months before they got to know him, they were whispering about how he must not love me, since he was permitting me to hang out alone in a slum in the middle of the night.
KM: Did your presence ever change the events you write about? Or the people you write about?
KB: A reporter's presence is bound to change things. For one, my efforts to understand Annawadians' views of the world probably made some of them more introspective. It's not always easy to pinpoint how one's presence alters events, though. There's no control group.
KM: You used thousands of official documents to supplement your taped and written notes. What did those documents bring to the narrative?
KB: The documents helped me describe particular incidents, of course, but they also helped more generally. For instance, after finding false causes of death tagged to several poor people at Annawadi, I started investigating more broadly, comparing deaths that I could document in several slums with official records I secured through the landmark Indian Right to Information Act (which is not unlike the U.S. Freedom of Information Act). The reader won't necessarily see that or my other research-obsessions in the book, but the document work allowed me to write certain passages of the book with a conviction I wouldn't otherwise have had.
KM: Are there audiotapes or videotapes you found yourself returning to again and again as you wrote?
One set of recordings I go back to are from a night, not long after the Mumbai terror attacks, when Abdul suddenly starts talking about what sort of lives count. The boy to whom he makes this passionate speech isn't the least bit interested, and all around him is the usual late-night music of Annawadi–fights between stoned thieves, the weeping of a woman who has just tried to hang herself, the organ music of a Tamil soap opera, and many agonized negotiations over garbage, the price of which had plummeted. The easy thing to say is that Abdul's insight was unexpected in context. But I think the context creates such insights, and gives them their force.
KM: In the book there is such a remarkable juxtaposition of moments of hope and insight, and moments of desperation. Were some moments particularly painful to witness?
KB: Many moments—some of the losses of life and promise that are in this book, and other losses, too. When I talk to friends about Annawadi experiences that haunt me, they'll sometimes ask, Why didn't you write about that? But I was intent that this book not be some dolorous registry of the most terrible things that had ever happened at Annawadi. A book like that wouldn't have done justice to what Annawadi felt like, day to day. Annawadi life was also about flagpole ring-toss and tell-all sessions among teenaged girls at the public toilet and parents comforting and delighting in their children. It was Sunil and Sonu the Blinky Boy applying their rich imaginations to gathering trash and figuring out their place in the world.
Sunil and Sonu have tough, tough lives but if a reader comes away from this book thinking of them only as pathetic socioeconomic specimens I'll have failed as a writer. They're cool, interesting kids, and I want the reader to sense that, too. Because we can talk all we want about how corruption or indifference robs people of opportunity–of the promise our societies squander–but if we don't really grasp the intelligences of those who are being denied, we're not going to grasp the potential that's being lost.
KM: Were there moments in your reporting when you felt a little too alone, or threatened?
KB: Sure. During a brutal eviction that I describe in Chapter 16, for one. But I was never as scared in Annawadi as I was in the Sahar Police Station. Though my experiences in the station were ferris-wheel rides relative to the experiences of some Annawadians, I did come to understand in a deeper way what it feels like to be silenced and at the mercy of officials whose private agendas are very different from their public ones. Educational experiences, but ones I would have gladly foregone.
KM: You've left such "educational experiences" out of the book. Why?
KB: As a reader, I sometimes find that the "I" character becomes the character—that the writer can't quite resist trying to make the reader like him just a little better than anyone else in the book. And I think that impedes the reader's ability to connect with people who might be more interesting than the writer, and whose stories are less familiar. Which is not to say that the narrative without an "I" is a paragon of omniscience and objectivity. Does it still need saying that journalism is not a perfect mirror of reality, that narrative nonfiction is a selective art, and that I didn't write this book while balanced on an Archimedean ethical point? My choices are reflected on every page, and I look forward to discussing with readers whether those choices were justifiable ones. But I long ago decided I didn't want to be one of those nonfiction writers who go on about themselves. When you get to the last pages of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, I don't want you to think about me sitting beside Abdul in that little garbage truck. I want you to be thinking about Abdul.
KM: Do you see him, Manju, Sunil, Asha, and the other people you're writing about as representative of other Indians, or other low-income people in the world?
KB: I've been waiting years to run into a representative person. Sadly, all I ever meet are individuals. But every day I find myself tripping over connections among those individuals–qualities that transcend specificities of geography, culture, religion, caste, or class. I mean, I see so much of myself in the people I write about, whether it's Fatima's fury at being defined by a physical difference or Asha's self-rationalizing or Abdul's fear of losing what he has, which is so much stronger as an impulse than his fear of not getting what he wants. My hope, at the keyboard, is to portray these individuals in their complexity—allow them not to be Representative Poor Persons—so that readers might find some other point of emotional purchase, a connection more blooded than pity. Maybe somewhere in the book they might even start asking, What would I do, under these circumstances, if I were Asha or Sunil or Meena? That's what I'm always asking myself.
KM: Is that sense of connection and compassion what you hope readers will take away from this book?
KB: I'm always thrilled when readers sense the connections and get drawn into the dilemmas faced by the people I write about, because in this age of high walls and security gates it's pretty easy not to see and think about those people at all. But I'm interested in structures as well as stories, and as I report, I'm sometimes asking myself a set of questions inspired by the philosopher John Rawls: How would I design a society if I didn't know where in its hierarchy I would be placed–if I didn't know whether I would be a person of wealth and power, or a poor and vulnerable person? What system would I create that would be fair? I would be elated if a few readers of Behind the Beautiful Forevers were inclined to ask themselves similar questions.
In the end, though, I suppose I'm not a utopian. Most of the people I write about don't have the leisure in which to think about how they might design an ideal society. They're trying to survive and get ahead in manifestly unfair societies. I take that context very seriously. If we don't have all the time in the world to make things perfect, we can still make incremental, and meaningful, improvements. And seeing what's wrong– seeing it clearly–seems to me a crucial part of beginning to set it right.


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20w1d- Sorry, first trimester. But your older, wiser big sister is way cooler.
Everyone always told me that the first trimester is the hardest: you're keeping a life changing secret, you're dramatically changing your lifestyle and you're getting a crash course in, well, everything. Boy were they all right.
Now that I'm comfortably into my second trimester, all of the cool stuff is starting to happen. And I couldn't be more excited.
A few weeks ago, I felt our little Nugget kick for the first time. My husband didn't believe me at first, attributing the stomach churning to the rather indulgent meal we had just ingested. But the next morning, as he put his hand on my stomach to say goodbye before work, he felt a strong, definitive, athletic kick. I swear the baby was telling Jason not to doubt me :) Since then, I feel a few kicks every day and can sometimes feel what can only be described as the baby doing somersaults in my stomach. It's the greatest feeling in the world.
I've also started to show. My baby bump was slow to come out and play, but I think people will finally know I'm pregnant just by looking at me. Hey look! I really am pregnant! It's very validating to look on the outside like you feel in the inside, if that makes any sense. For so long, it seems like everything in your life is changing, but nothing is really changing. Having a bump makes everything real. (Plus, let's face it… people are just nicer to pregnant ladies. Makes for a more pleasant shopping experience around the holidays when everyone holds the door for you.)
My next post, I hope to be able to announce if I'm having a girl or boy! Another perk of being in the second trimester, you find out the gender. Let the nursery shopping commence. I should alert my credit card company now.
Good riddance, first trimester. It was you. Not me.
Which trimester was your favorite?

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Umit Benan
Although Turkish menswear designer Umit Benan initially planned on a career in filmmaking, he translated his urge to tell stories into a clothing line founded in 2009, after working under Marc Jacobs and Sophie Theallet. With a focus on Ottoman-influenced tailoring and refined masculinity, his collections are always conceived with a fully realized character in mind. No matter what their theme, they project a quality of relaxed and confident sophistication embodied by the men who inspire them.
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text: NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter has been placed on indefinite leave, the first step in removing the embattled union chief from his position. The news comes from both Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports and the NBC Sports Network. Hunter has been temporarily replaced by union general counsel Ron Klempner. [Read more…]


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NAMM 2009: RJM Music Technology Announces The Effect Gizmo MIDI-Based Audio Loop Switcher
RJM Music Technology, Inc., makers of the RG-16, Amp Gizmo and Mastermind, has announced the Effect Gizmo, the newest switcher in the RJM Music lineup. With this switcher, guitar players can connect up to twelve pedals or effects processors and can control them from any MIDI controller.
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"This is the perfect solution for the player that prefers using a simple amp, but uses a lot of pedals to get a wide array of tones," says Ron Menelli, RJM Music President. "We've put as many loops as we could in a single rack space, added stereo capability on the last four loops, and added our Click Stopper technology to drastically reduce switching noise."
The Effect Gizmo also contains the features that made the RG-16 a favorite of musicians worldwide, including the acclaimed high-quality audio buffer circuit and the simplest user interface found in an audio loop switcher.
The Effect Gizmo will be available in March 2009 and will have an MSRP of $639.99 and a US street price of $549.99.
RJM Music will be demoing the Effect Gizmo at the Winter NAMM show in booth D-3482.
For more information, visit their web site at www.rjmmusic.com
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Sometimes Willie O'Ree's contributions to hockey fly under the radar.
Sure the former Bruins forward has been honored a couple times at TD Garden and he's received other awards and attention from the NHL, but the league's first-ever black player doesn't have his number retired nor is he in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Last night The Sports Museum at the Garden honored O'Ree with its Legacy Award at the 10th annual The Tradition.
Bob Snow of NHL.com was on the scene last night and he spoke with O'Ree about the honor. O'Ree said:
"I was overwhelmed when I was contacted about this award. I've been a Bruins fan since 1957 when I came to training camp here. And to get the award right after Boston won the Cup, I'd like to have my skates on right now."
O'Ree broke the sport's color barrier in 1958 with the Bruins against Montreal. His appearance in the lineup caused little fanfare at the time, but over the years his accomplishments have grown in appreciation to hockey fans and historians alike. As amazing as his breaking of the color barrier was his carving out of a lengthy pro career while legally blind in one eye.


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DealerNext needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 153 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
DealerNext is a newly created mobile software company. Our main services will be mobile applications for the automotive and power sports industry. We are bringing applications to the industry that currently don't exist. Your odds are good of being part of a big success, and getting huge exposure for your design!
Will be used strictly for businesses, thus must look professional. We will be marketing it to Business owners and Finance managers for automotive and power sports companies.
We need a "simple but pro" logo. Not too complicated, but not too simple. Something Fresh & Clean. Would like the possibility of adding a tag line.
-After many designs we have decided we want the logo colors to consist of "Green" and "Grey".
-We like the appearance of "Glass", either within the icon, the text, or, both
We don't have specific ideas concerning the logo, but we do like the idea of an icon made from the letter "D" and "N", but not required.
Dealer and Next can be either separate or assembled, we would prefer the colors to be different for each word however.
We are also looking for the icon of the logo to be used in an App icon.
The graphics should be clean, crisp. The style should suggest modernity, innovation, prestige.
- We don't want the logo to be automotive or power sport based
- We don't want cheesy - we want slick (more like Apple)
- Logo must work well online, business cards, stationery and on vehicles.
- We are looking for something with 2-3 colors. Nothing to bright.
- Nothing too elegant - we do not want to come across as being fancy.
Here are some designs that we like:
Thank you!
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Con Niko needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 38 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
8snaps.com (this is a new brand, has not been established yet)
We are a team from Melbourne, Australia. This will be our second start up business. Its brand new so looking for someone to help us with the logo and website template design.
The technology will be a software program that essentially snaps (takes a photo) of the screen every so often so that someone else could see what is going.
Did you know 8 out of 10 parents worry about predators in their kids' Internet use.
Initially our audience will be parents who have children between 8 and 18 years old. Parents who are not very internet savvy but want a way to easily watch over their kids when they are using the internet.
We are looking for :
1. A logo to represent our company - our domain name is 8snaps.com. Logo should be two colours, Simple but bold design. Logo should not be 3D or use any stock images or clip art.
2. A website template (.html file) so that we can build our website from
Examples of websites we like:
Feel free to experiment with colors. The files we will require are:
Logo - .ai (CMYK), .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Website - HTML template and associated files (e.g. css, images, etc)
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While I sit at home recovering from back surgery (fun fun fun!), I put together a web page describing the balancing robot I built for the 2003 Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest.
The web page is here: http://www.dragonflyhollow.org/matt/robots/firemarshalbill/.
I also added a project page on robots.net that links to the web page.


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Review | Author Bio | Read an Excerpt
Charles Swindoll's Bio:
Charles R. Swindoll is senior pastor of Stonebriar Community Church, chancellor of Dallas Theological Seminary, and host of the internationally syndicated radio program Insight for Living. He has written more than thirty best-selling books, such as Strengthening Your Grip, Laugh Again, and the Great Lives Series, including Paul: A Man of Grace and Grit. Chuck and his wife, Cynthia, live in Dallas, Texas.


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Meaningful Use Stage 3 Timeline – Meaningful Use Monday
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
The big meaningful use news this week was the release of the meaningful use stage 3 recommendations (PDF) that the meaningful use workgroup released to the public. Some on Twitter thought that this was the meaningful use stage 3 rule that could be commented on. This is not open for public comment yet, but should be soon.
In fact, Healthcare IT News listed the following timeline for meaningful use stage 3:
- Dec. 21, 2012 – RFC deadline
- January 2013 – ONC to synthesize the RFC comments for HIT Policy committee workgroups to review
- February 2013 – The workgroups will reconcile RFC comments
- March 2013 – The workgroups will present a revised draft of Stage 3 requirements to ONC
- April 2013 – ONC is expected to approve final Stage 3 recommendations
- May 2013 – ONC will transmit final Stage 3 recommendations to HHS
That's a pretty aggressive timeline to have meaningful use stage 3 published by May 2013. If my dates are right, meaningful use stage 3 won't be effective until 2016. I like that ONC wants to get the MU stage 3 out soon so that no one can use not having the meaningful use details as an excuse for not complying. However, I also don't think ONC should rush the process either. We have to live with meaningful use, good and bad, for a long time to come.
I'd love to hear what you notice in the meaningful use stage 3 proposal (PDF). We'll be sure to cover it a lot more in the future.


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Interstitial Lung Disease
Clinical Centers
Mission Statement:
Interstitial lung diseases are a group of inflammatory and scarring processes that affect the gas exchanging area of the lungs. Sometimes a causative factor is identified, such as disease induced by certain medications or asbestos, but other times no causative agent is identified. Our mission is to improve the lives of patients with interstitial lung disease, using the best available therapies, and to provide patients the opportunity to participate in clinical trials of novel therapies to improve care for the future.
The Boston University Pulmonary Section has a long history of clinical research in pulmonary fibrosis dating back to the description of UIP (usual interstitial pneumonia) and DIP (desquamative interstitial pneumonia) by Dr. Gaensler and colleagues in 1975 (Carrington CB, Gaensler EA, Coutu RE, et al. N Engl J Med 1978; 298:801). Subsequent work has included the description of bronchiolitis obliterans and organizing pneumonia (BOOP) (Epler GR, Colby TV, McLoud TC, Carrington CB, Gaensler EA. N Engl J. Med 1985;312:152–8) and a review of Dr. Gaensler's experience with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (Jederlinic PJ, Sicilian L, Gaensler EA. Chest 1985;68:665-71). The Pulmonary Center also developed an animal model of human pulmonary fibrosis that is used worldwide to test the efficacy of potential treatments and develop insights into the pathogenesis of this disorder (bleomycin induced fibrosis in rodents). In the two decades since the landmark description of UIP and DIP, interstitial lung diseases have been further sub classified: UIP, NSIP (nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis), DIP, LIP (lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis), respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease and BOOP.
More recently, The Pulmonary Center has pursued basic science advances in pulmonary fibrosis and participated in clinical trials to identify effective treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF/UIP). These studies have included trials of interferon-beta and interferon-gamma. It is our sincere hope and expectation that such studies will eventually identify effective therapy for IPF/UIP. In addition, we are active in the diagnosis and treatment of all other types of interstitial lung disease.
Clinical Activities:
Several of the Pulmonary Center physicians have long term interest and expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with interstitial lung disease, including:
- Evaluation of potential inciting factors, such as medications, collagen vascular disease, occupational or other inhalational exposures
- Pulmonary function testing
- High resolution lung CT scan
- Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy or video assisted lung biopsy
- Review of all of these studies to determine the type of interstitial lung disease
- Use of immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory therapy
- Innovative therapies for refractory disease
- Referral for lung transplant evaluation
Translational-Clinical Research:
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/Usual interstitial pneumonitis remains a disease of unknown etiology and without proven effective therapy. Our focus is to develop an understanding of the causes and pathogenesis at both the basic science and clinical levels in order to develop more disease- and patient-specific treatments. Until clearly effective therapies are identified, we feel it is vitally important to participate in clinical trials of promising therapies to determine whether they do indeed work and how best to utilize them. Patients or referring physicians interested in participating in our clinical trials (detailed below) are encouraged to contact us through our clinical trials office (617) 638-8694 or through the Pulmonary, Allergy and Asthma Clinic (617) 638-7480.
Clinical trials (completed, ongoing and future):
- Biogen: Interferon-beta in Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis. Completed
- Intermune: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Recombinant Interferon g-1b (rIFN-g 1b) in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis GIPF-001. Completed 12/02.
- Intermune: An Open-Label Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Recombinant Interferon gamma-1b (IFN-g 1b) in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) 004. Completed.
- Intermune: An Open-Label Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Recombinant Interferon gamma-1b (IFN-g 1b) in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) 006. Ongoing.
- Intermune: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Interferon gamma-1b in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis GIPF 007. 2004-
- Intermune: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Phase 3 Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Pirfenidone in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. To begin in 2006.
- Ronald Goldstein, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Helen Hollingsworth, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- John Berk, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Paula Goncalves, RN, Senior Clinical Research Nurse
- American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Thoracic Society (ATS):
- Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis
For Patients:
To schedule a clinic visit, refer a pations, or speak with one of our physicians, please contact us at:
Doctors Office Building
720 Harrison Avenue, 4th Floot, Suite 402
Boston, MA 02118


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Monday, 1 August 2011
The unsummery weather we've had until fairly recently, with heavy rain and strong winds, doesn't seem to have fazed the ocas at all. They're keen to give their all in the Reproduction Sweepstake. I'll just have to follow on behind as per usual, with little envelopes to collect the output of the random oca generator.
One concern I have is the relative scarcity of bumble bees so far this season. I'm pretty sure that Oca Acres was fairly ringing to their buzzing last year. This year is different: hardly any were to be seen until the last couple of weeks. I don't think I even glimpsed a single honeybee until a few days ago, which is highly unusual. Apart from my obvious worries about the decline of well-loved insects, I don't really want to go back to the dark (daft?) days of hand pollination if I can avoid it. The bees and hoverflies seemed to do a much better job than me without the general tetchiness and backache I experienced when transferring pollen.
I notice that one of my self-sown seedlings is now in flower. This isn't Prima, but the second plant to appear, henceforth to be known as Compay Segundo. If this and other similar seedlings flower and set seed, the whole oca lifecycle will have been achieved alfresco - another step in the long road to acclimatising the plant to our conditions.
Growing Oca blog, where Ian seems to have perfected the art of oca associations in the vegetable bed. In the meantime, I'll keep plugging away at finding a day- neutral, heavy yielding, tasty and ravishingly beautiful oca. Wish me luck and never mind that it's started raining again.
6 comments:
- Madeline McKeever said...
I am glad the oca is doing well. How do the rocoto chilis do outside? I have only done them in the polytunnel.
- 1 August 2011 at 11:20
- Ian Pearson said...
You have the climate for it. It's getting too hot here, and flowering is tapering off.
- 1 August 2011 at 13:59
- orflo said...
Two plants are flowering here, just two... One is also a new plant that comes from seed, the other one is a fixed variety. Some try to reach for the sky, and could be producing some flowers soon. Expectations are high, so disappointments are probably nearby...
- 1 August 2011 at 14:11
- Lee said...
So what would be the the possibility of creating a oca cross with say pes-caprae or oregana to make viable seed. Could that speed up the possibility for day length neutral tuberization?
- 13 August 2011 at 12:02
- Julien said...
Rocotos in open ground ? You must have a very favourable climate. If you have cool summers, light frosts with not too wet winters, I'm sure it's their ideal climate and they'll give you plenty of scorching hot large tasty peppers on a tree-like plant. Also excellent climate for andean roots and tubers breeding.
I also have summers for Rocotos, with that cool weather them seem to need. I should try it. The main issue is that I'm zone 7 so I couldn't do in open ground. In that case, they'll need large pots to move inside for winter. The second is that mild varieties are not common in C. pubescens. I do like tasty volcanic C. chinense but my relatives don't. I don't think they would be keen on extreme Rocoto stuffing neither lol. So, milder would be better.
I hope you manage to overcome the day-length problem. It would be a great leap forward for oca crop in Europe.
- 18 August 2011 at 10:43
- Rhizowen said...
Madeline - sometimes the rocotos manage to ripen outside, other years they don't. This year is likely to be one of the latter.
Frank - hope your plants manage to deliver. Let me know how they do.
Lee - My understanding is that oca is reproductively isolated from O. pes-caprae or O. oregana. You could always try and report back if you succeed.
Julien - It doesn't always feel very favourable. Usually they don't overwinter, particularly in the last couple of years which have had very cold winters. I'm trying to breed an early variety which will mature during the average April-October growing season.
If they daylength problem can be sorted, I'm sure oca has a real future as a root crop in temperate latitudes.
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When the revolution comes, media lackeys will not be lined up against the wall. I have a better idea, inspired by Robert Johnson of Business Insider, who actually wrote an article titled THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GITMO STRIKE: Detainees Are Treated Absurdly Well. He had the gall to write this:
While indefinite detainment without trial may be morally offensive…
Whoa, whoa, WHOA. Robert, I'm going to have to stop you right there. Indefinite detainment without trial IS morally offensive, so why are you writing a defense of it? Don't you think that clause just brings your whole argument to a screeching halt? The "While…" tells me already that you are about to completely ignore the morality of the issue.
But go ahead, continue.
…the overriding philosophy on base these days is to treat the detainees really well. Compliant detainees enjoy a selection of six balanced meals, 25 cable TV channels, classes, and an array of electronic gadgetry and entertainment. I'm talking about a Nintendo DS for every compliant detainee, plus Playstation 3 access with a library full of video games.
OK, you seem to think that is sufficient to offset the immorality of indefinite detainment. Which is where my idea comes from: after the revolution, you, Robert, will be confined in a small room with a television, some holy books, a healthy but bland diet, and some video games. You'll be happy, I presume? It'll be just like a long, very long, vacation at a secluded island resort!
Except, you know, you actually wrote that the detainees are treated absurdly well, and also wrote this about the guards' custom of taking apart copies of the Koran.
Zak demonstrated why Koran inspections are important, taking a hardcover Koran, flipping it upside down, and showing the wide opening under the spine.
Last time they stopped Koran searches, he explains, several detainees stashed medication in these tunnels of paper and then took the medication all at once in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Suicide is another effective way of getting media attention, and there remains a rumor among detainees that three simultaneous suicides would force the Pentagon to close Guantanamo — despite three suicides already happening in 2006.
It's a bit odd, don't you think, that while on this long vacation with good food and lots of video games, the residents are in such despair that they're trying to kill themselves.
I'll warn my wife. Next time I get a few days off and am lounging about eating and playing video games, it's really a sign that I'm miserable and should be on suicide watch.


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SSMS Tools Pack is an Add-In (Add-On) for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2005 and
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express 2005.
It contains a few upgrades to the IDE that I thought were missing from Management Studio.
These are:
- Query Execution History (Soft Source Control): saves every query text you execute in a file or in a database
- Text document Collapsable Regions and Debug sections: regions and debug section known from Visual Studio which are missing in SSMS
- New query template: set the template that will open when you open a new query
- CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) stored procedure generation: templated CRUD stored procedure generation
- Running custom scripts from Object Explorer's Context menu: Add custom scripts you can execute from the object explorer context menu
you can find it on www.SsmsToolsPack.com
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"Texas Rising" next from History Channel
History Channel, which scored with "The Hatfields & the McCoys" last year, has set its sights on "Texas Rising," an eight-hour miniseries with an all-star cast. Bill Paxton (pictured) is again in the lead.
Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Thomas Jane, Olivier Martinez, Chad Michael Murray, Michael Rapaport and Max Thieriot are onboard for the drama from Leslie Greif, producer of "Hatfields & McCoys." The miniseries about the Texas revolution against Mexico and the legendary Texas Rangers is slated for 2015.
Paxton ("Big Love"), who earned an Emmy nomination for his role in "Hatfields," heads the cast as Sam Houston. Fraser ("The Mummy") will play Billy Anderson, a Texas Ranger with Comanche Indian Ties. Thieriot ("Bates Motel") plays Jack Hays, a volunteer freedom fighter who becomes the youngest Texas Ranger.
Two-time Oscar-nominee Roland Joffé ("The Killing Fields," "The Mission") will direct.


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In this issue we conclude our special section on Social Informatics with an article on Community Informatics (CI). Ann Bishop and Chip Bruce from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign explain that it is an emerging interdisciplinary field devoted to enabling communities through information and communications technologies. The article reviews current research and projects.
We also have a two-article special section from the Data Harmony users conference. The first article by Marcia Zeng of Kent State University discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various software products for use in teaching thesaurus and ontology development and indexing. Anyone teaching in this area or working with thesauri or ontologies will find her experience valuable. The second article is a case study by Grant Slade, a senior technical information specialist for the American Water Works Association (AWWA). He deals with a very common problem modernizing an organizations content management infrastructure in the face of rapidly changing requirements for publication and information use. He discusses AWWAs solution.
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to point out that Data Harmony, one of the products discussed in the mini-special section and sponsor of the users conference, comes from Access Innovations. Marge Hlava, the president of Access Innovations, also chairs the Bulletin Advisory Board. As you can no doubt imagine, it is sometimes difficult to negotiate the line between case studies and vendor promotions. In the case of this issue of the Bulletin, I believe the papers presented which were written by product users, not the developers are well written, discuss several different products and are interesting in the information they provide to and for other information professionals. The Bulletin will continue to consider case studies that meet such criteria.
Another type of article we are very happy to receive is a write-up of an ASIS&T-sponsored event. In this case Rafal Kasprowski has provided a report on the 2004 Annual Research Symposium of the ASIS&T Special Interest Group/Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG/USE), Funding Opportunities for Research in Human Information Behavior. The symposium was held in conjunction with the 2004 Annual Meeting in Providence. The article provides practical and timely advice on seeking funding from the major agencies that support research in human information behavior.
Finally, we are privileged to have another article of a kind we rarely get a survey of software, in this case programming languages suitable for LIS applications. Howard Fosdick, an expert in this area, provides an extensive bibliography in addition to his thorough discussion of the requirements for such languages, their history and current status. Even those of us who dont routinely program can benefit by knowing more about these languages and their use in text-related applications, for example understanding what a scripting-language is and how it relates to well known programming languages such a C++.
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Fitted a D525MW mini-ITX motherboard to the robot, and installed Linux Mint 11 and ROS onto a 16GB USB flash drive.
This makes a good minimalist onboard computer, and was considerably cheaper than buying an equivalent netbook. To set everything up I connected a keyboard, mouse and monitor as usual, but once the motherboard was installed on the robot it only requires the wifi adaptor and USB drive to be connected. I deliberately didn't want to use a hard drive (although I have a couple of old ones available) based upon bad experiences with mobile robots and hard drives in the past. Also I reused some old PC speakers which havn't seen the light of day for probably more than a decade. You never know when such things may come in useful.
One trick with running the OS from a flash disk is to delete the existing casper-rw file, then create a partition labelled casper-rw. This enabled me to make use of the full USB drive, rather than being limited to 4GB of persistent storage.
The user interface of the robot currently consists of buttons and audio. When you press buttons the robot says something appropriate, so it's not so much a graphical user interface as an audio user interface. For the sorts of tasks I envisage the robot doing this is quite adequate, although if more elaborate instructions were needed I could add a small screen of some sort (finances permitting).
With the robot running I can then use either VNC or ssh to debug code or run different programs.
There's some tidying up remaining to be done on the head of the robot, Since the Kinect sensor's circuit boards are exposed and vulnerable to collisions. I'll devise some sort of covering to go over that.
An initial localising test run done earlier today indicates that everything seems to be working as expected, and the new computer can handle the processing demand. Even for a relatively simple differential drive robot like this there are a considerable number of electrical connections, and there's always some degree of trepidation over whether I've connected them back in the right order. Labelling everything helps a lot.


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I'm lucky. Elliot is a super easy baby. He sleeps, he eats, he smiles (a lot!) and generally has the sunniest disposition I have ever seen in a baby. He's been sleeping through the night since he was 7 weeks old, and wakes up in the morning with a big smile on his face, always happy to coo and play with his feet until I'm ready to get out of bed. I am very lucky.
But with that luck comes guilt. Whenever someone asks how he's sleeping I actually feel bad about answering honestly. Especially when the person I'm talking to is a sleep deprived new mum. So today I want to share a post that I originally wrote back when Lincoln was around 7 months old.
Lincoln is now 7 months old and still waking to feed 3 times a night. Nine times out of ten the reaction I get when I tell people this is shock and horror.
But is it really that uncommon for babies to still wake in the night at 7 months?
I've been given lots of advice, everyone from my real life and online friends (who's advice is always appreciated), to my hairdresser, beautician, shop assistants, the ladies at the post office, childless men (always my fave...) and complete strangers.
Most of the advice we've happily ignored - like starting solids early (this has been suggested to me by at least a dozen people starting when he was only 4 weeks old), supplementing his night feeds with formula (I have no problems with formula, Max drank it from 5 months but a lack of milk is not the problem), even adding a few drops of rum to a bottle for him, or ignoring him outright when he cries during the night.
Some of it we've tried - waking him up to feed at 10pm before I go to bed, giving him solids at 6 months, moving him into his own room (which we did a couple of days ago) and picking him up when he cries, hugging him and then putting him back down.
It doesn't matter what we do he still wakes up in the night and wants to be fed.
The thing is, I'm totally ok with it. Sure I complain sometimes, especially after a night where he's decided to feed five times, but generally I don't mind.
I love breastfeeding Lincoln and those night feeds are so special to me. It's just me and him. During those feeds I am the only thing in the entire world that matters to him. And there is something so amazingly wonderful about that.
So next time someone asks me if he's sleeping through yet, I'm not going to let them offer me any more advice. I'll let them know that he doesn't sleep through the night, but that I don't mind at all. I'm sure he'll do it when he's ready.
My reason for sharing this is that I want to point out to those mum's with newborns that it's ok. Whether your baby is sleeping through now, or still waking regularly (and even if he continues to do so until he's 14 months old like Lincoln did), you will be ok. We humans (and especially us Mums!!) have the amazing ability to cope with whatever comes our way. So relax, enjoy the little moments and know that you can handle anything your baby throws at you.
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This question pops up a lot everywhere and it's a common business requirement and until SQL Server 2008 doesn't come out with it's MERGE statement that will do that in one go we're stuck with 2 ways of achieving this. The biggest problem with every update/insert (upsert for those who haven't heard the term yet) is locking.
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Let me first say that I like Service Broker. I think it's a great addition to SQL Server.
I've explained a bit about it here.
But if you're not carefull you can get weird things happening to you without apparent reason.
So what happened?
Well first i've changed my receiver stored procedure a bit. This resulted in an error when i tried sending new messages.
And from then on all hell broke loose. My error table grew by the second with new rows all containing the same error message:
The service queue "TargetQueue" is currently disabled
CPU was peaking at 100% , I/O was going...
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Every now and then i see a question pop up that asks what is the max this or that in sql server?
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Yes, me too. :)
I was tagged with this by Denis who has liven (is that even a word?) up to his nick "The SQL Meance". Bad Dennins, bad!
As lame as this thing might be and it does reminds us of the dreaded chain letters (anyone remeber getting those by normal mail. you know the one where people acctually deliver it... by vans even...can you believe it???), it's quite a nice excercise when you think about it. It kind of clears your path career wise.
So I have to find a few things, huh? Here goes:
1. Spending more time looking at art works.
Why? Because paintings, besides...
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My article about Service Broker fundamentals and simple practical use has been posted on SQLTeam.com. Go check it out.
Service Broker is a new feature in SQL Server 2005. It is an integrated part of the database engine and it provides queuing and reliable direct asynchronous messaging between SQL Server 2005 instances only. In the future this is planned to be extended to non-SQL Server instances. This article shows how to use Service Broker and triggers to capture data changes.
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No it's not some ultra misterious indexing feature that will make your database fly like it's on steroids.
Hypothetical indexes and database objects in general are simply objects created by DTA (Database Tuning Advisor)
Their names look like this:
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These 2 lists are worth having nearby just in case:
Breaking Changes to Database Engine Features in SQL Server 2005
- Describes the changes made to the Database Engine in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
that could cause applications based on earlier versions of SQL Server to break.
Behavior Changes to Database Engine Features in SQL Server 2005
- Describes the changes in behavior of some Database Engine features in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
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Tests are a pretty much a must in today's world of programming. There's even a whole Test Driven Development methodology that deals with this.
There comes a time when we have to test how our app interacts with the database.
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Database mail is a completly rewritten mailing system in SQL Server 2005 built on top of the service broker.
This means that it runs asynchrounously. The mails are put in a queue and are sent from there.
However it's not present in SQL Server Express. I wonder why not because Express supports Service Broker just fine.
Well i've found a great blog post that explains how to "enable" Database Mail in SQL Server Express.
But it's in German so i'll explain in English how to get it to work :)
SQL Express holds all necessary stored procedures, service broker queues, etc... for proper mail handling.
However when...
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So...introducing our newest addition: Margaret Grace Baumann...we are calling her Maggie for short! Born March 18th, 2011 at 9:18pm weighing 8lbs 5oz and measuring 21"long. She's perfect in every way and looks just like her big brother with her big sisters crazy hair!!!These next two photos melt my heart...seeing my two oldest children with their baby sister has been such a blessing! They adore her and it shows!!!
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Television news reporter Jared Pelletier is the winner of an Associated Press award for a news feature he made before graduating from Suffolk University a year ago. Pelletier, who reports for WDTV-Channel 5 in Bridgeport, West Virginia, is the recipient of the 2014 Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press award for Best Collegiate Feature Reporting.
"It was definitely a pleasant surprise," he said. "Any time you get recognition from the Associated Press, it reinforces the fact that you did a good job, which makes me proud."
Pelletier's winning entry, "Historic Snow Storm in Boston," focused on the February 8-9, 2013, blizzard that blanketed the city with more than two feet of snow and kept most people home.
Not Pelletier. The senior broadcast journalism major sensed a good story in the making. As a member of the Suffolk U News team, he grabbed his television camera, notepad and pen and hit the streets.
"It was a significant storm in terms of snow accumulation, and I realized local news has a huge focus on severe weather," he said. "I took it on as a challenge to give myself some hands-on experience regarding what it would be like to cover weather. I knew it would be something I'd do regularly in the real world."
Pelletier's 90-second piece, which he shot and produced himself, looked at three major aspects of the storm: the beginning, the cleanup, and the return to the daily routine. It included a series of clear and powerful images and interviews from the general public and Suffolk students.
"The way he married pictures to words is what impressed me the most," said Professor Dana Rosengard of the Department of Communication & Journalism, who is executive producer of Suffolk U News. "He nailed it beautifully."
"Jared is a wonderful example of the "can-do" attitude of our students," said department Chair Robert Rosenthal. "We are justifiably proud of Jared's accomplishment and of our faculty who have trained and mentored him."
Suffolk U News has now won three Associated Press awards in as many years.
"My Suffolk U experience was incredible," said Pelletier. "We worked hard and learned how to be aggressive, respectful, passionate, and get the job done right. We had an amazing team and still keep in touch to this day."
Today, Pelletier's typically works fast-paced 10-hour days. He is a jack of all trades, responsible for everything from script writing, shooting video, and editing footage to delivering news.
He said that his Suffolk education "prepared me to step into the professional world of broadcast on day one."
Pelletier advises those hoping to enter the competitive broadcast TV job market to seize the moment.
"Don't sit and wait for your opportunity to come to you, because your shot will pass you by," he said. "You can't be afraid to get out there, reach out to a place you want to work, and do your job to the best of your ability."


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There is little that makes Super Bowl Sunday better than a nacho bar. Even I occasionally get full, however, which means excitement must be found in other areas. Since this XLVII version of the game does not feature a team that I care about, it is time to turn my attention to prop bets.
Even if the teams may not matter as much to us in New England, the Ravens vs. 49ers, Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh matchup comes with some wonderful prop bets. It isn't often that we can legitimately wonder whether the postgame handshake/hug between opposing coaches can last more or less than six seconds.
Seriously, count off six seconds right now. I love my brother, but that's an awkward amount of time. If you need further proof, imagine that long a hug between Bill Belichick and, well, anyone.
We don't need to wait hours to have this family affair pay off, though. The betting starts immediately as we guess who will be shown first during the game — the 49ers' Jim Harbaugh (+125), the Ravens' John Harbaugh (+125) or a split screen of both (+190). That final option sounds enticing, but the rules of this wager start at kickoff, and there's no way CBS doesn't unload its split-screen weapon before that.
Just how much will they continue with the Harbaugh-ing though? Well, the over/under for the number of times the name is said during the game is 21-1/2. There is also a 2-1/2 over-under on the game being referred to as the Harbaugh Bowl, Har Bowl, or Super Baugh.
These bros also bring us the inevitable viewing of parents Jack and Jackie (and I can't believe I just had to type that, it's sickeningly cute). But just how many times will we see them, and will that number be more or less than the number of receptions by Randy Moss?
Another warning with this bet — halftime doesn't count. This is unfortunate because my sources tell me "Crazy in Love" is Jack's jam.
There are other things we can concern ourselves with during this time, though, such as whether Jay-Z will join his wife on stage during the halftime performance. Jackie hopes this happens, for she has been known to get jiggy with "99 Problems."
More importantly, though, what will be the predominant color of Beyonce's top at the beginning of her performance? The leaders in this race are black, gold/yellow, silver/grey, and white, but don't worry if those aren't your favorites; everything is available on this day of days.
You don't even need to wait until kickoff to have fun today, either. For unless you had to make a familial deal to allow yourself to go out tonight, you can embrace the fact that the Super Bowl isn't the only sporting event happening.
The NHL's Penguins and Capitals take to the ice at 12:30 p.m. on NBC, and you can watch to see if your bet that Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin would get more points than 49ers running back Frank Gore has receptions was a good call, or if you instead should have handicapped the chances for the Pens' Sidney Crosby to have more shots than the Ravens' Torrey Smith has catches.
As if the day weren't already painful enough for sports fan in this area, these cross-sports bets don't involve any Celtics this year. Sure, the C's play on CSN at 1 p.m. today when they host the Clippers, but the props for that game involve whether LA's Chris Paul will score more points than San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick will have completions, or if the Clippers' Blake Griffin's combined points and rebounds will outdo Baltimore running back Ray Rice's receiving yards.
I blame this Celtics lack on Rajon Rondo. He was always good for some entertainment.
In a surprising twist, there is also a soccer bet available. Is ESPN really convincing us that we care about this sport?
Although I can't quite believe that the answer to that question is yes, there is still a present question of whether the combined goals in the Manchester City-Liverpool game (and I checked — this is actually happening today in something called the Premier League) will be more than the number of catches Moss has tonight.
Things might be starting to feel a little overwhelming by the time the game rolls around, so a little bit of adrenaline will need to be shot into your pursuits. But here it comes, the coin toss! (That was an exclamation point, the punctuation mark of adrenaline.)
So go ahead, throw together an idea of whether it will be heads or tails, and then double up by picking who wins the toss.
That leads us finally to the game, where there are roughly even odds on if Baltimore's Anquan Boldin or San Francisco's Michael Crabtree will catch a pass first. Whoever gets the ball first has the best chance to make that payoff, so why not triple up your initial hopes by tagging this one?
At some point, you just have to accept that you have a problem. If you already have gotten there, then also go the who-will-catch-a-pass-first route with backup tight ends Ed Dickson of Baltimore and SF's Delanie Walker.
One of the most interesting things I found this year is that the guys tossing those receivers the ball are pick-ems in many different props. So do you think Baltimore's Joe Flacco or Kaepernick will be the first to: Have 10 passing attempts? Record 10 completions? Reach 100 passing yards? Throw a touchdown pass?
Ouch, my brain hurts. I must return to that bar to replenish my energy.
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Neil Patrick Harris has been named host and producer of The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, to be broadcast from NOKIA Theater L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 22, on the CBS Television Network. This will be the multitalented television, film and stage actor's second time hosting the Emmy Awards, which he emceed to critical acclaim when the program last aired on CBS in 2009.
As previously announced, Ken Ehrlich will serve as executive producer of this year's Emmy broadcast.
"Neil is the quintessential host - engaging, entertaining and a true showman - with a passion for celebrating the medium we all love. We're thrilled for him to return for CBS's broadcast of the Emmy Awards," said Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment.
"Four years ago, Neil was an amazing Emmy host and we are excited to have him back," said Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum. "Neil is an extremely gifted and inventive performer, and we look forward to seeing what he has in store this year."
"I couldn't be more honored and excited to be hosting this year's Emmy Awards," Harris said. "And what perfect timing - I'll just do the exact same script I'm about to use for the Tonys. 'And the Emmy for Best Revival of a Musical goes to 'Breaking Bad!' See, told you it works."
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Tyna Collins: Former ÔPequan & World Traveler
Former Massapequa resident Tyna Collins, who loved to be active and dance, died December 12, 2006 at The Knolls of Oxford in Ohio. She was 80 years old and had lived inMassapequa until 2004. She was born October 12, 1926 in Astoria, Queens, to Constanty and Franceska Sliwka, and had five sisters. She was very athletic and enjoyed swimming, horseback riding, bowling and dancing with her husband.
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(WMC-TV) - If you are looking for a way to get out of town for a few days while getting the full holiday experience, how about a quick drive to Nashville's Opryland Resort?
For 29 years, people from all over the country have come to Nashville's iconic Gaylord Opryland Resort to celebrate a Country Christmas.
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Hope everyone made it through the heat wave that sat on so much of the U.S. last week (what rudeness!). Hereabouts, we discovered a renewed fondness for the Italian ice (supermarket version), although I could have done with the more authentic city versions too, which I remember as highlights from childhood trips to Brooklyn.
Successful conferencing: Congrats to Fort Wayne (and the merged talents of the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, the Allen County Genealogy Society and Ancestry.com) on the success of the first-time Ancestry Day conference. The linked article also touts the conference's role in generating publicity for the city's downtown restaurants and businesses.
Old New York: The New York Times had an interesting profile of Andrew Van Dusen, real estate broker, genealogy hound and descendant of some of Manhattan's first settlers. There's a nice little research twist at the end, too.
Sharing is caring: Tonia at Tonia's Roots reviews a webinar on Sharing Genealogy Electronically, finding it intriguing and informative.
Remote possibilities: I read a little too fast the other day and thought Dick Eastman had penned something called What's Happening with Family Search? A Lesson for All of Us. I cringed — was scandal ahead? I'd have saved myself the worry had I really read the first part of the headline — Carol Smith's Remote Presentation. Lots of good points on how easily available technology can bring expert appearances to local genealogy societies at a fraction of the cost of a traditional speaker engagement.
Tree talk: Apropos of my bullet-pointed glance at the New York Times' fretting about 21st-century family research, I notice a post from gay parent and genealogy enthusiast Veronica Rhodes on Creating a Modern Family Tree.
Mapping it: In case you missed this, as I did: The US Geological Survey is releasing a trove of historic topographical maps of the U.S. from 1884-2006. (h/t Leland Meitzler.)
Enjoy the week, which hopefully will be short on sweltering.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Dimitry Imbongo scored his first MLS goal early in the second half and goalkeeper Matt Reis notched his second consecutive shutout to help the New England Revolution snap a club-record 10-game winless run with a 2-0 victory over the Columbus Crew on Wednesday night at Gillette Stadium.
Imbongo's game winner arrived in the 53rd minute when he finished from close range after Diego Fagundez's initial effort struck the post, while the Revs (7-14-7, 28 pts.) got a bit of insurance in the 74th minute when Crew (12-9-6, 42 pts.) captain Chad Marshall headed into his own net.
It was the Revolution's first victory since a 2-0 win over the New York Red Bulls on July 8 and the result pushed the Revs into eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings. For playoff-chasing Columbus, the loss snapped both a four-game winning streak and a six-game unbeaten run.
Without the first-choice forward pairing of Jerry Bengtson (international duty) and Saer Sene (torn ACL), Revolution head coach Jay Heaps handed starts to Fagundez and Imbongo, while Ryan Guy and Kelyn Rowe also came into the lineup after appearing as substitutes last weekend against the Philadelphia Union.
Guy and Imbongo both got involved early as the duo forced Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum into a pair of saves in the 10th minute. Gruenebaum went low to his right to stop Guy's dipping effort from 25 yards before punching away Imbongo's swerving long-distance drive just moments later.
Gruenebaum continued to be the more active goalkeeper as the half progressed. The Crew netminder was alert to stop Lee Nguyen's free kick in the 19th minute, while he recovered after mishandling a long throw-in to make a fantastic save on Fagundez's acrobatic side volley in the 29th minute.
There was one more important save for Gruenebaum to make before the halftime break as he scrambled to tip Kevin Alston's heavily deflected shot around the post in the 45th minute, but the Revs finally made the breakthrough eight minutes after the interval.
Fagundez latched onto a long throw-in which bounced into the box and the teenager guided a low shot past Gruenebaum but off the right post. The rebound returned to Fagundez, however, who touched the ball into the middle of the box for Imbongo to drill into the empty net and hand the Revolution a 1-0 lead.
Stephen McCarthy appeared to double New England's advantage in the 60th minute when he got on the end of Nguyen's free kick and buried a header, but the center back was adjudged to have done so from an offside position.
Eventually the Revs did get their second with the aid of the Crew captain in the 74th minute. The sequence began with Reis delivering a long ball to Chris Tierney – making his 100th career appearance – who flicked the ball toward goal. With Imbongo pressing behind, Marshall attempted to head the ball back to Gruenebaum but put too much on the effort, looping the ball over his goalkeeper and into the vacant net.
Reis made two remarkable saves in the closing stages to preserve his sixth shutout of the season, pushing Nemanja Vukovic's close-range shot off the crossbar before diving to parry Jairo Arrieta's header just moments later.
The Revs will be off this weekend for the international break and won't return to action until Saturday, Sept. 15, when they'll visit D.C. United at RFK Stadium.
New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew
September 5, 2012 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 2, Columbus Crew 0
Scoring Summary:
NE -- Dimitry Imbongo (Diego Fagundez) 53
NE – Own goal (Chad Marshall) 74
New England Revolution: Matt Reis ©, Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, Stephen McCarthy, Flo Lechner, Lee Nguyen, Clyde Simms, Ryan Guy, Kelyn Rowe (Fernando Cardenas 90+), Diego Fagundez (Chris Tierney 73), Dimitry Imbongo (Blake Brettschneider 79)
Substitutes Not Used: Tim Murray, Benny Feilhaber, Michael Roach, A.J. Soares
STATS: Shots 20, Shots on Target 8, Corner Kicks 9, Saves 3, Fouls 10, Offsides 2, Passes Completed (percentage) 278 (69.8%), Possession 45.7%
Columbus Crew: Andy Gruenebaum, Sebastian Miranda, Chad Marshall ©, Danny O'Rourke, Nemanja Vukovic, Chris Birchall (Josh Williams 64), Milovan Mirosevic (Tony Tchani 69), Dilly Duka, Eddie Gaven, Jairo Arrieta, Federico Higuain
Substitutes Not Used: Matt Lampson, Eric Gehrig, Cole Grossman, Justin Meram, Emilio Renteria,
STATS: Shots 7, Shots on Target 3, Corner Kicks 3, Saves 7, Fouls 12, Offsides 8, Passes Completed (percentage) 333 (73.0%), Possession 54.3%
* Note that all statistics are unofficial
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Dimitry Imbongo (caution) 53
CLB – Danny O'Rourke (caution) 94+
Referee: Geoff Gamble
Assistant Referees: Bill Dittmar, Scott Kachmarik
Fourth Official: Niko Bratsis
Weather: Partly Cloudy and 78 degrees
Attendance: 10,345
Team Records
New England Revolution: 7-14-7 (28 pts.)
Columbus Crew (12-9-6, 42 pts.)
- Tonight's match was the 57th all-time regular season meeting, and the 63rd overall meeting, between the two clubs … the overall total also includes five MLS Cup playoff meetings and one U.S. Open Cup contest
- With the win, the Revs are 17-29-11 against Columbus in the all-time regular-season series between the two teams… the Revs are 11-13-5 at home against Columbus, including a 7-7-4 mark at Gillette Stadium since its opening in 2002
- New England and Columbus split the 2012 regular-season series between the two teams, 1-1-1 … the two teams played to a 0-0 draw in the first meeting on June 16 at Gillette Stadium and the Crew defeated the Revs, 4-3, on August 25, in Columbus
- With the win, the Revs picked up their third win in the last 15 meetings with Columbus dating back to the 2007 season … the Revs are 3-8-4 in that stretch
- The win snapped the Revs' 10-game winless streak (0-7-3) that dated back to July 14 against Toronto … the 10-game winless streak was a club record and the second longest in MLS this season behind a 13-game winless from FC Dallas
- Tonight's win also snapped the Revs' five-game winless streak at home (0-3-2) which dated back to July 14 against Toronto … the Revs are now 6-4-5 at Gillette Stadium this season
- The Revs are also unbeaten (1-0-2) in their last three matches – all at home – dating back to August 29 … the Revs played to a 3-3 draw against Chivas USA on August 29 and a 0-0 finish against Philadelphia on September 1
- Dimitry Imbongo recorded his first career goal in the 53rd minute to give the Revs a 1-0 lead … with his goal, Imbongo becomes the 14th Revolution player to score a goal this season
- Diego Fagundez recorded his first assist of the season and first since September 25, 2011 at Chicago … it was Fagundez's second career assist … Fagundez has one goal and one assist in 14 appearances this year
- Diego Fagundez made his second consecutive start – and third overall – of the season … tonight marks Fagundez's first back-to-back starts since starting three straight games last season from October 8 to October 22
- The Revs earned an own goal in the 74th minute from Columbus' Chad Marshall … it is the second own goal in three games for the Revs … Chivas USA's Rauwshan McKenzie suffered an own goal against the Revs on August 29
- The two-goal performance was the Revs 12th multiple-goal game this season … it is the team's third multiple-goal game in four matches dating back to 4-3 loss at Columbus on August 25
- The Revs recorded a season-high 20 shots tonight … the previous season-high was 19, set on April 14 against D.C. United
- In 15 home games this year (6-4-5), the Revs have shut out their opponents six times … the Revs have seven total shutouts this season behind six shutouts from Matt Reis and one from Bobby Shuttleworth
- Matt Reis recorded his sixth shutout of the season tonight … 2012 marks his first season with six shutouts since 2009, when he recorded eight
- Reis' shutout was his 70th career shutout and his 61st shutout as a member of the Revolution … with 70 shutouts in 280 appearances, Reis is ranked fifth on the all-time list for shutouts behind Kevin Hartman (111)
- Matt Reis now has back-to-back shutouts for the second time this season … Reis shut out Chicago (2-0) on June 2 and Columbus (0-0) on June 16
- Matt Reis shut out Columbus twice this season and now has seven career shutouts in 30 appearances against the Crew
- Chris Tierney made his 100th career appearance tonight becoming the 18th player in club history to record 100 appearances for the Revolution ... Tierney -- who has made 93 career starts -- is only player from the 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft currently playing in the league.


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Hi there, I think I really need help and advice from people who have good Bengal experience and general kitten development knowledge. This is going to be a bit of a sad post, as my heart is literally breaking at the decision I have to make, and it is a very, very hard one. I need to decide if I should keep the kitten I adopted about a month ago or give it back to the breeder.
The kitten is adorable very cute, sweet and kind. The problem is that he is not adjusting well in the household. When we brought him home he hid under the bed for about a week, then started to come out slowly. We (me and my husband) never ran after him, scared him or made him uncomfy. We play with him every day, each about 30 min and he loves it and purrs. He eats well and uses litterbox.
He is about 4.5 months now, and literally scared of everything. He would not let us pick him up, or approach him he runs under the bed immediately. The only time I can touch him is when he is in his cat house then he purrs and seems to love petting and attention. He never goes out of his safe room, even thought it has been a month we had him. If he does, then only for a few min and runs back under the bed and we live in a 3 room apartment, so the place is small and not intimidating at all, there are no other cats/animals around. He sleeps most of the day and will come out only if attracted with the toy he never comes to us unless to play or eat. He hissed at me for 3 wks when I was giving him food, but stopped this week. In general, he never jumps anywhere and prefers to be on the floor so that he can run away if he needs to. I am patient, but my husband is starting to get irritated, because it is stressful for him to feel that all he does scares the cat. He never jumps on bed or comes to sleep near us, even though we play with him in bed . I called the breeder and asked for her advice, she told me that she suggests we dont talk in front of him, address him only with the toy and walk without slippers. She told me that if this continues and we are not comfortable, she will take the kitten back and will provide me with the refund. She also told me that she is sure he will outgrow this and by 1.5 year he will be with us all the time that he is a kitten and this is a normal development. I had 3 cats before, even a feral one, and based on my experience with regular domestic cats, this is not a normal development at 4.5 months, and a month in a safe and loving environment.
I am not sure how to proceed. I am attached to this kitten, obviously and want to keep him, but I am also honest with myself as of why I purchased a Bengal. A friend of mine has one, and he is very active, engaged with people, not a lap cat but a family pet. And I was very opened to the breeder about the personality of the kitten that I want. Many of Bengal loves could be very upset at me, for not wanting to work with the cat and not accepting him for who he is. I am working with him all the time, but I see very, very little progress and I am afraid that I will end up with anti-social cat that does not like people which is totally opposite of what I wanted when I was getting a cat.
If possible, I would like to hear feedback or opinions on his development and is it possible for him to turn out more friendly as the time goes? May be someone had a similar situation? Anything that can be done to make him less scared?
Has the kitten been to vet for a checkup , maybe has the kiten is not able to jump up as it is hurting someplace. I would have a vet check out the kitten if he not trying jumping up . My dog Marty had to keep his lifting leg over and over to pee and wanted me to help get in the car. I took him to the vet and found out he has trick knees , he knees had to pop back into place.
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