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John Rempel
The last significant update to the ZoomText screen magnification program was the release of ZoomText 9.1 back in 2007. To remain competitive amidst an ever-expanding landscape of screen magnification and screen reading solutions, companies like Ai Squared have been rolling out a wider array of features and capabilities bundled into their software solutions. As Ai Squared states on its website, ZoomText 10 pushes the theme of "bringing it all together" with the expanded features available in this latest release. This product review will examine some of the more prominent aspects of ZoomText 10 that are not found in previous versions of the product.
Caption: ZoomText Magnifier and ZoomText Magnifier Reader
For several years now, Ai Squared has offered ZoomText with and without speech output. These two flavors of ZoomText 10 are referred to as ZoomText Magnifier/Reader and ZoomText Magnifier, respectively. The primary difference between them is that ZoomText Magnifier does not include any of the speech output or text-to-audio recording options that ZoomText Magnifier/Reader offers. If you are not in need of any of the speech options, the less expensive ZoomText Magnifier, which sells for $399, may be a more suitable option. ZoomText Magnifier/Reader retails for $599.
ZoomText ships with an installation CD, a comprehensive 340-page User's Guide, and a 95-page Quick Reference Guide. The majority of the text in both guides is displayed using 14-point font. Graphics, some of which are very small, are used throughout the guides. It's an age-old tradeoff with hardcopy materials to sacrifice portability to size when adjusting font and image sizes. This is especially true when dealing with a 340-page User's Guide, which could very quickly balloon into more than 500 pages if larger fonts and graphics were used.
Ai Squared provides downloadable versions (Microsoft Word and PDF formats) of the User's Guide and Quick Reference Guide on its website under Documentation. Including these files on the ZoomText installation CD would give users easy, electronic access and would save them the extra steps of finding and downloading. Including an 8.5 by 11 inch double-sided cheat sheet containing a handful of the most frequently used ZoomText shortcuts for quick reference and portability purposes would be a valuable asset to include with the guides. Using a 22- or 24-point font would also make it much more visually accessible for the user that ZoomText is designed for.
The installation process (discussed below) places an icon on the Desktop called ZoomText Videos. This series of videos provides clear, step-by-step instructions on how to use many of the newer features found in ZoomText 10.
Installing ZoomText can be done by either downloading the program from the Ai Squared website or by using the installation CD. ZoomText 10 supports computers running the Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems. The installation process is simple and straightforward. By default, speech output is enabled during setup; you have the option to disable speech early on in the setup if you choose to do so. The step-by-step installation wizard walks you through the process with relative ease. You can choose an automatic or customized installation. For most people, the automatic installation will be the most effective option. The additional options available in the customized installation can be changed at a later date.
The entire installation takes ten to twenty minutes, depending on the processing speed of your computer. For the purposes of this review, a Pentium 4, 3.0 GHz machine with 4 gigabytes of RAM and the Windows 7 operating system was used. The default setup configuration loads ZoomText at startup. Depending on the speed of your processor and the amount of RAM on your computer, it may take a couple minutes more for your computer to boot up with ZoomText loading at startup.
According to the User's Guide, the minimum system requirements for ZoomText 10 using the Vista or Windows 7 operating system is a 1.5 GHz processor with 1 GB RAM. If you are doing any type of multitasking (which ZoomText 10 is supposed handle well), at least 4 GB of RAM and a 2.0 GHz processor would be preferable.
If you have used previous versions of ZoomText, you'll recognize that many of the useful features are still found in ZoomText 10. This review focuses primarily on the latest features of ZoomText and will not be repeating many of the features already found in previous versions of ZoomText. If you have not had previous exposure to earlier versions of ZoomText, it may be useful to refer to Lee Huffman's article in the March 2008 publication of AccessWorld: Focus on Screen Magnification, Part 1: A Review of ZoomText 9.0 and LunarPlus 6.5.
Background Reader allows you to listen to text read from one document or program, such as webpages or documents, while you simultaneously view another document or program. Background Reader (abbreviated "BgRdr") is located within the Tools menu and in the Tools tab of the ZoomText Control Panel.
Caption: Background Reader Toolbar
For this review, Internet Explorer 9.0 and Firefox 15 were used along with Microsoft Word 2010. To begin using Background Reader, select the desired text you wish to have read. The YouTube training video demonstrating Background Reader makes this task look effortless when using the mouse. If you have selected text on a webpage using the mouse in the past, you will know how challenging this can sometimes be, especially when using a higher level of magnification. Using shortcut keys to select text can often make this task much easier. To successfully select text on webpages using the keyboard, Caret Browsing will need to be enabled. This is done by pressing F7 within the browser itself and selecting the necessary option within the dialog box. After Caret Browsing is enabled, many of the same cursor control keys used to select text in a word processor can also be used on a webpage. Including the steps needed to select text on webpages using the keyboard in the video and manual would increase the level of usability for people who have difficulties selecting text using the mouse and who use high levels of magnification. The only reference in the ZoomText video of using the keyboard to select text is the Control + A shortcut key, which selects all text.
After you have selected the text, Background Reader can be opened by either pressing the shortcut key Caps Lock + C or by carrying out the Paste command with Control + V and, then, selecting the Background Reader via the ZoomText control panel. By default the small, rectangular shaped Background Reader Toolbar remains in the foreground of the screen, regardless of which program you navigate to. The Toolbar gives you a number of options, including the ability to pause and play the selected text and navigate back and forth word by word or sentence by sentence. You can also hide the Background Reader Toolbar and rely on its shortcut key equivalents to carry out specific commands as well.
The value of Background Reader will depend a lot on how you typically use a computer. This feature appears to be geared more toward an intermediate to advanced computer user who is used to having more than one program open at once and is able to multitask quickly and efficiently.
The ZoomText Recorder is a powerful tool with the potential to be used in a variety of ways. Recorder allows you to turn text from a document, e-mail, or webpage into an audio recording that you can then transfer to a mobile device, such an MP3 player or smartphone, or play from your computer at a later date.
Caption: ZoomText Recorder Dialog Box
The straightforward and simple interface makes it easy to use. Select the text you wish to convert to an audio file, then select the Recorder control located under the Tools tab of the ZoomText control panel. A dialog box appears and gives you a number of options to choose from, including three file types: WMA, WAV, and MP3. You are given the option of modifying the recording rate and pitch. You can also choose whether to have the text recorded in a male voice (Paul) or a female voice (Kate) using the NeoSpeech synthesizer.
When saving a file in MP3 format, by default it will automatically be imported into iTunes, and a folder will be created called ZoomText Recorder. This makes it easy to locate and transfer files if you are using iTunes in conjunction with an Apple device. A handful of shortcut keys can also be used to expedite the text to audio file conversion process.
According to Ai Squared, recordings generally take about ten to fifteen seconds per page to record. This may be the case with faster processors and when a double-spaced page of text is being converted. Using a 3.0 GHz machine with 4 gigabytes of RAM, it took one minute and seven seconds to convert a 500 word document into an MP3 file.
The Read from Pointer feature does exactly what its name suggests. It reads the text beginning from the location at which you left-click your mouse, through the remainder of the text. This is accomplished by simultaneously holding the Shift and Alt key down at the same time. ZoomText also highlights the portion of text that is being read with a red perimeter. This feature works best when you're using it with straight text; it does not operate reliably on the ribbon, status bar, or taskbar of the Office 2010 Suite. The SpeakIt tool found in the Reader tab of the ZoomText control panel is more effective at reading components outside of the text window of programs. Read from Pointer also works well on webpages as long as the content of what you want to have read is primarily text.
ZoomText 10 gives you the ability to interface with a high-definition Web cam to view and magnify printed items and other objects on your computer screen. Ai Squared bundles the commercially available Logitech c615 USB Web cam with two types of stands: a clamp-on stand and a metal, 8 inch by 10 inch table top stand. A flexible 24-inch goose neck arm is included, which suspends the camera above the viewing area and allows for maneuverability. The camera and goose neck arm bundled with the clamp-on stand and table top stand sell for $179 and $199, respectively. Both stands with the aforementioned hardware sell for $239.
Caption: ZoomText Camera Toolbar
Assembling the camera with the goose neck arm and either of the stands is simple and straightforward. A fitting at the base of the arm simply slides into the joint of either stand to secure it in place. No screws or fasteners are needed. The camera is also plug-and-play. Once the camera is plugged into any available USB port on your computer and has been detected, Camera Features under the Tools tab of the ZoomText control panel is enabled. The original Logitech CD is included with the camera, but it's not needed when using the camera with ZoomText 10.
Setting up the position of the camera to achieve the correct height and angle is the most challenging part of the set-up. Ai Squared recommends that the height of the camera be no more than four inches from the viewable surface area. Positioning the camera at the recommended height, lining it up so that parallel or perpendicular alignment of the reading material is achieved, and pointing the direction of the camera so it faces straight down rather than at an angle are all required in order to achieve the best image. The flexible goose neck arm and the lightweight camera make this bundle a portable solution, but because the goose neck arm does not hold its shape after it's moved or transported, it also requires that the camera be repositioned every time the unit is set up.
The camera itself does not contain any physical controls. All of the options are available via the ZoomText Camera toolbar and shortcut keys. The two modes available are full view and docked mode. Full view simply means that the image of the camera is displayed on the entire screen. Docked mode allows you to split the screen so that half of the screen displays the camera image and the other half displays the regular computer image. Other options available with Camera View include increasing and decreasing the image size, six high-contrast color modes, and manual adjustment of brightness and contrast.
The image quality of the Logitech c615 web cam is a mixed bag. In a stationary position and with sufficient lighting, the camera renders a clear, high quality image. Panning printed material from side to side and top to bottom, however, causes a significant amount of image blurring and distortion. The recommended height of the camera at four inches or less from the viewable surface area also causes the head of the camera to cast a sizeable shadow when used in an environment with overhead lighting. The fact that the camera does not have its own light source significantly compromises the quality of the image. A task lamp can be used so that the casting of the shadow from the camera head becomes a non-issue and ensures that sufficient lighting is available, but this additional requirement detracts from the portability and versatility of the product.
The Logitech c615 Web cam provides a wide range of magnification. Using a 22-inch LCD monitor, 11-point font can be displayed anywhere from half-an-inch to nine inches in height. At the higher levels of magnification, significant pixelation of text also occurs.
Web Finder is located in the Magnifier tab of the control panel and is simply abbreviated as "Web." This is a powerful feature that works with both the Firefox and Internet Explorer Web browsers. As it stands now, Web Finder does not work with the Opera and Chrome Web browsers. Web Finder allows you to quickly locate specific text, which it will then highlight and read within the context of its paragraph.
Caption: Web Finder Toolbar
Web Finder can also list a number of different elements within a Web page, displaying them in a list box. These include headings, links, forms, images, tables, lists, and controls. Within the list box, you can use the arrow keys to move through the various items or press the first letter of the item you're searching for to jump through the list. The Web Finder Toolbar also allows you to move to the next or previous occurrence of a specific element. The seven elements of a webpage that ZoomText 10 identifies can also be accessed via shortcut keys. With the Web Finder feature, ZoomText 10 has taken a significant step closer toward becoming a full-blown screen reader.
Buried within the Settings drop-down menu and within the Alignment tab of the Alignment dialog box are a set of options that allow you to change the tracking of the mouse pointer, text cursor, control, and menu items from the default setting of margin edges to the center of the viewable area of the screen. These options are not new to ZoomText 10, but they are often overlooked or ignored. Changing these settings from "Within Edge Margins" to "Center" can make tracking of the mouse and active elements of the screen much easier for anyone who has difficulties with tracking in general and can be especially useful for people who have field loss. By making this change, the mouse pointer or active element remains close to the center of the screen and thereby minimizes the need to visually pan the screen. Because of the value of these sets of options to many people with visual impairments and field loss, having them displayed in a more prominent location, such as the ZoomText control panel, may help more users become aware of them.
ZoomText 10 has moved far beyond what its previous versions have offered. A concerted effort has been made to make this product and its features user friendly. The online help videos are easily accessed via the ZoomText Videos icon placed conveniently on the desktop. For the most part, they are clear and concise instructions with many of the new features found within ZoomText 10. The new ZoomText Recorder also proves to be a valuable, easy-to-use tool, especially in light of the fact that so many people now have mobile devices and MP3 players that allow them to benefit from text-to-audio recordings on the go. The Web Finder option is another feature that elevates ZoomText 10 beyond any previous versions. Isolating the various elements of webpages and, then, allowing them to be displayed within a list box are capabilities that are more typically found in full blown screen readers, such as JAWS and Window-Eyes. The expanded capabilities of the speech output options move ZoomText 10 towards functioning like a combined screen magnification and screen reading program, as opposed to a screen magnifying program with speech output as a secondary learning modality.
The highly touted ZoomText Camera was a little disappointing. At best, it's another tool at your disposal to use in specific situations when other video magnifier solutions are unavailable or unaffordable. Because the ZoomText Camera solution does not contain its own light source, produces significant blurring when panning material, and casts a significant shadow on the viewable surface area, it's a weak replacement for more traditional electronic magnifier (CCTV) solutions. It can be argued that the camera and stand solution is competitively priced at less than $200, but it can also be argued that, in this case, you may be getting what you pay for. Overall, the additional features that are packed into ZoomText 10 are impressive and expand its capabilities far beyond any previously released version of ZoomText.
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The Oscar winner will receive the 'CinemaCon Career Achievement Award' at the event later this month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
CinemaCon managing director Mitch Neuhauser called Mirren "a consummate actress" who "has entertained audiences around the globe for over four decades with her stunning performances on the big screen".
Neuhauser added: "CinemaCon could not be more honored to present such an amazing actress with the 'CinemaCon Career Achievement Award'."
The 65-year-old won the Academy Award for 'Best Actress' for 2006's The Queen.
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Skip to comments.Thalidomide teams-up with turmeric to kill myeloma cells
Posted on 07/02/2013 8:00:41 PM PDT by neverdem
One of the curcuminthalidomide hybridsCancer researchers in the US and China have combined the turmeric spice pigment curcumin and the drug thalidomide to create hybrid compounds that can kill multiple myeloma cells.
Multiple myeloma is the second most common type of blood cancer, killing 20% of affected patients each year. The drug thalidomide, banned after causing birth defects when given during pregnancy in the 1950s, was recently rediscovered and approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma. Thalidomide works by disturbing the microenvironment of tumour cells in bone marrow. However, it disintegrates in the body. Curcumin, a yellow pigment from the common spice turmeric, is also active against cancers, including myeloma, but is limited by its poor water solubility.
Shijun Zhang at Virginia Commonwealth University, US, and colleagues, have synthesised compounds combining structural features from both thalidomide and curcumin. The hybrids have enhanced solubility, and higher toxicity against myeloma cells than curcumin, thalidomide, or a mixture of both, explains Zhang, so our design rational is going in the right direction. Zhang says the hybrids kill myeloma cells through combined mechanisms of action that include the generation of reactive oxygen species and cell cycle inhibition.
The advantage of the hybrid compounds is that they are stabilised, and do not degrade in the body as thalidomide does, says William Douglas Figg from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, US, who has conducted numerous studies and clinical trials with thalidomide derivatives. However, from his experience, compounds considered for further trials should be more toxic to myeloma cells.
In the meantime, one of Zhangs hybrid compounds has shown activity against myeloma and prostate cancer in animal models.
K Liu et al, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, DOI: 10.1039/c3ob40595h
Let's hope they are onto something BIG!
Good post, u can't PATENT straight-up curcumin, so they ligate it to this fancy stuff, so they can make big bucks.
Be aware that absorption of curcumin is very low —good to eat something really fatty in order to boost (typically low) absorption —cocunut oil, curry, whatevah.
Also add piperine or bioperine.
Cheap as hell, and effective.
Wow. This sounds like they may be on to something here.
Ok, this is cool.
They could have done this years ago, but the Thalidomide angle made them too yellow.
Be aware that absorption of curcumin is very low good to eat something really fatty in order to boost (typically low) absorption cocunut oil, curry, whatevah.Hadn't heard of taking it with coconut oil (thanks!), but take it daily with black pepper. I use an extract from Natural News (a little more costly, but I think the stuff is great): http://store.naturalnews.com/Natural-Attitude-Turmeric-liquid-extract-2-fl-oz_p_125.html. (It helps with memory/thinking.)
Also add piperine or bioperine.
Be careful with those if you are taking medications at the same time. Can result in unintended hyper-absorption of prescription drugs as well.
Another one is Boswellia Serrata —Frankensence to Bible-reading folks.
I chew it with bubble-gum.
Cheap as heck, and its the medicine we'll have in 8 years, or so.
I usually use herbco.com —it's wholesale.
Well what do you know...Thalidomide causes defects in cancer cells and drives curcumin into them and they die...
I wonder if liposomal curcumin could be effective w/o the Thalidomide...
Liposomal vitamin C is easy to make at home and easily administered orally...it is as much as ten times more effective than IV-C against cancer.
Another one is Boswellia Serrata Frankensence to Bible-reading folks.Yep! The stuff is awesome. Thanks for the link. We have purchased the essential oil from Young Living or Rocky Mountain Oils (little cheaper from RM, but not sure if the same quality). The stuff from YL has stopped fits of rage in seconds flat. Never seen anything like it!
The vitamin docs all say tumeric is often an effective anti-cancer substance.
And also an alzheimer's preventative. I find it's a brain stimulant, take it daily in organic form...from Organic India, a pricey but very reputable brand.
Turmeric can kill cancer cells without needing thalidomide. It is a natural anti-cancer compound, among other things beneficial.
Of course, if you want to prescribe a DRUG and CHARGE LOTS OF MONEY FOR IT, pair it up with thalidomide.
I actually don't see why they banned thalidomide.
There are two forms of thalidomide, a left handed chiral and a right handed chiral. One is safe, the other is the one that causes birth defects. Why they simply didn't allow the one form that didn't cause birth defects to remain the one to prescribe is kind of an over-reaction.
"...tumeric is often an effective anti-cancer substance..."
Yes, agreed. But why do you live in Cook County?
That wuz my 1st thought.
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-Cheyenne- (KCWY) "If you're struggling to find something fun you could do with your kid there is probably no greater activity you could do with your kid than sitting down and reading a book together," said Wyoming First Lady Carol Mead.
At a luncheon to honor Carol Mead, spouses of legislators and government officials themselves came together to promote literacy across the state.
"What we want to encourage is parents to sit down with your young children and spend that time together reading," said Mead.
Proceeds from a silent auction and raffle will benefit Wyoming reads and read for Wyoming, two organizations pushing for reading proficiency.
"Libraries are always looking for new material and books, so that is what we are raising money for," said Lynn Kirkbride, wife of Rep. Dan Kirkbride.
To help get kids interested in reading the president of the Wyoming Education Association will be getting directly involved herself.
"We are teaming together to take the catavan around the state to elementary schools to read the cat in the hat and promote reading, and to donate books," said Kathy Vetter, the President of the Wyoming Education Association.
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Are you like me -- an avid Harry Potter fan? If so, you will be excited to learn that JK Rowling will launch a free online Harry Potter experience: Pottermore. This site will launch in October 2011, although the public is invited to register their email address for potential early access on 31 July, which will be granted to one million lucky muggles.
(Yes, I registered.)
Currently, Pottermore is intended to function as an outlet for Harry Potter ebooks and audiobooks, which have not yet been available to the public in either of those formats. All seven Harry Potter books will be available as both ebooks and audiobooks at the October launch.
The Harry Potter ebooks will not have any digital restrictions management (DRM) copyright protections, unlike most ebooks. This is important because the Harry Potter interactive ebooks will not be hopelessly chained to one device, such as Amazon's Kindle or Apple's iPad -- both of which lock their ebooks to their particular platforms. So now you won't have to purchase a specific device just to read these ebooks.
But if you're thinking of stealing a Harry Potter ebook, think again: these ebooks will include a digital watermark that identifies the book's purchaser. This ensures that the ministry's web police can track down the muggle shared his or her copy of an ebook with the rest of the world, and sue the pants off that person for copyright infringement.
Even those who own four or five copies of the complete Harry Potter series (ahem, I need one copy of the complete series for every language I speak!), these ebooks are going to be special because they will have added content: some elements of the stories will be in an interactive format, such as the Sorting Hat and a Wand Chooser. Yes, this is tantalising for us Harry potter fans who are video gamers.
To further tantalise us gamers, the Pottermore site will include interactive storylines. The first book's storyline will be available at the October launch, whilst the second book will be available in 2012. Here's a video interview where you can get a brief explanation of what will be on the Pottermore site:
If the previous video didn't give you enough to scream about, here's JK Rowling's official announcement, which includes some of the animations that will appear on the site:
If you are a video gamer, as I am, you are probably wondering where is the video game? I am disappointed that Pottermore won't have an online video game. However, the (likely) future success of the Pottermore site (plus the annoyance created by all the millions of whinging fans) just may motivate JK Rowling to give her IT and digital graphics team the go-ahead to create an online Harry Potter role-playing video game. If she does that, the average muggle will never again have to venture out-of-doors in his or her lifetime because, hey, let's face it, there's no electricity and no wireless out there.
"I wanted to give something back to the fans that have followed Harry so devotedly over the years, and to bring the stories to a new digital generation," said Ms Rowling in her video press release.
"I hope fans and those new to Harry will have as much fun helping to shape Pottermore as I have. Just as I have contributed to the website, everyone else will be able to join in by submitting their own comments, drawings and other content in a safe and friendly environment -- Pottermore has been designed as a place to share the stories with your friends as you journey through the site."
Your devoted fans want an online role-playing video game.
My reading of the trademark registered by Warner Bros. doesn't necessarily preclude the possibility of such a game in the future. The application (yes, I know the link is nonfunctional right now) states that Pottermore will be a service "providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network, [...] on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest [and] on-line facilities for real-time interaction with other computer users concerning topics of general interest."
Hrm. It sure sounds like the site could to expand to meet the users' additional demands, and probably the most persistent (and realistic) of those demands is for an online role-playing video game. So I ask you, my fellow Pottermaniacs, would you go absolutely batshit crazy if an interactive role-playing Harry Potter game popped up on the Pottermore site?


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ISIS Threatens Use of Nuclear Bomb in London; UN Ambassador Warns of 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'
According to media reports, ISIS militants have stolen 40 kilogrammes of uranium in July and used it to make a "dirty bomb." The Mirror noted that British bomb expert Hamayun Tariq was identified as among the militants who issued threats to the West online. In 2012, he left his home in Dudley and went to the Middle East.
On his Twitter account under the Muslim name, Muslim al-Britani, he announced that ISIS has a dirty bomb and revealed they militants found radioactive material at the Iraqi university in Mosul. He went on to say ISIS will study what dirty bombs can do and talk about what happens when it is detonated in a public area.
In what may be viewed as a veiled threat, the British ISIS supporter added that it would be "terribly destructive" if it exploded in London. His account on Twitter has since been suspended after posting his comments. As a show of support, other ISIS fighters also posted on Twitter to confirm that militants have in their possession a bomb from radioactive material in Mosul.
Reports of ISIS having a nuclear device have alarmed the UN Ambassador to Iraq Mohamed Ali Alhakin. He wrote a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and revealed that ISIS has been taking nuclear material from areas where the group has taken over. The ambassador informed the UN that such material can be used to manufacture "weapons of mass destruction." Alhakin warned that nuclear materials, even in limited quantities, can enable terrorist groups like ISIS to use it in the militants' terror campaign with the help a weapons expert.
The Mirror speculates that if ISIS has a nuclear bomb, the group would more likely use it in Iraq or Syria rather than risk being caught when smuggling it into a Western country. Previous reports indicate that if ISIS was confirmed to have weapons of mass destruction or a nuclear bomb, U.S. President Barack Obama would not hesitate to send ground troops to destroy ISIS.


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The expectant mom we met with selected another couple. We are a bit disappointed, but also kinda feel like it was not a situation meant for us anyway. So we are OK with what happened. Actually, the whole situation has made us think about what is right for our family and we decided that moving forward, we will only consider children who are at least part African American. This is best for Seven and feels like the right thing to do.
Follow the path or follow the signs?
We've been thinking and praying a lot about the potential expectant mother situation. I know she met with two other couples and has not yet made up her mind about which one to select (of course, I know she can also select none of us and choose to parent). In trying to decide what we want to do, there are many factors at play. I won't go into specifics, but this situation has some unique characteristics that are making us think hard about whether this would be the right addition to our family. Race is just one dimension. But part of us also believes that if these children need a home–and are meant for our home–who are we to say no?
One thing I've been pondering is what it means to follow God's path for your life. We both want to do what we think God is calling us to do. The question is how do we know what that path is? Do we follow the "passive" path and take whatever comes our way? That often seems to be what people mean when they talk about letting God do His work. But yet that feels almost as an excuse to not make any decision at all. Let the expectant mom choose us to place with us. Or not. Either way, we would not really be making a choice–someone else would be making the choice for us.
What it, instead, following the path God has for us means paying attention to signs that are out there and actively choosing to do what we think those signs are pointing us to? For example, we were in the car the other day and a story about transracial adoption came on the radio. The point of the story was how big a deal this is for adoptees. Of course we talked about the implications for what we would do for Seven. And we wondered if this was a sign that we should ensure that any future children in our family share Seven's racial background.
Usually I try to figure out what the "right" decision is by trying on both decisions and seeing where I feel more peace. Sometimes even the choices that appear more chaotic on their face actually bring more peace because there is something telling me that is the path God has meant for us. In this situation, though, there is not a strong pull for one path over the other. At least for me. My husband feels a little more pulled in one direction.
How do others think about this? Does following God's path for you mean taking whatever comes your way? Or trying to actively discern what that path is?
Well, my house is continuing to be more clean than it's ever been before. After finally talking with our case worker, we learned about a potential adoption situation. I don't want to provide details here, but there is a lot for us to think about. We were curious enough that we wanted to learn more and actually met with the expectant mother this weekend. Since we never had the opportunity to meet Seven's birthmother before he was placed in our care, this was a new experience. We were pretty nervous before the meeting, but it went well.
We are trying to decide if we want to move forward. Of course, she may decide not to move forward with us. The funny thing is that my husband seems to want to move forward more than I do. It's not that I don't want to, just that I have some concerns. The main issue that we are trying to work through is the importance of our second adoption also being transracial so that Seven is not the only non-White member of our household. We were originally thinking that is what we would do. And then this situation comes into our laps and I feel like it's not our place to refuse children who need a home.
Most of my evenings start out with good intentions. As I drive home I think of the laundry I will do and rooms I will organize. And then of course nothing gets done. Once we get through dinner, Seven's bedtime routine and tuck him in, my motivation to do anything around the house is completely gone.
But today I happened to check my voicemail as I was making dinner and noticed a call from our caseworker. All she said was to call her back because they have a potential adoption situation for us. She didn't answer when I called her back. It's been about an hour. And the laundry is folded, clothes are put away, and floor is swept.
Many years ago, there was a late night comedy sketch (I think it was on In Living Color–I loved that show!) about a mother who was overly attached to her grown son. When introducing him to someone, she described him as about 422 months old. That she still counted his age in months was part of the punch line about how much she babied him.
I find myself thinking of that sketch whenever I hit a boundary for how I count Seven's age. I started counting in days. Two days old! Now he's 8 days old! But slowly (or rather, quickly), days turned weeks. And weeks into months. Should I say 11 days or 1.5 weeks? 7 weeks or almost 2 months?
And now we find ourselves at yet another milestone. 22 months. It is hard to believe it has been that long. But it is also beginning to feel a little embarrassing to say 22 months. When each new person asks about his age, I find myself stumbling about how to answer. "22 months," I'll say, and quickly add, "He'll be 2 in March."
It's not that I'm eager for him to move into full-fledged toddler-hood and growing independence. It's that I see the changes in him everyday and marvel at how much he is learning. His speech has exploded. He is becoming so polite with his "thank you, you're welcome" and "please" and "bless you" that it is hard to think he will soon hit the terrible-twos. It is really amazing how he remembers things and can tell us stories about what happened–even if most words aren't quite intelligible yet. Last week the hubby was getting him dressed when the garbage truck rolled by. They stopped to watch it through the window. Seven was so excited when he came downstairs that he had to tell me all about it. His mouth was going a mile a minute, mostly things we couldn't decipher but there was a "truck" or "garbage" or "vroom" every once in a while. It was the cutest thing.
He is all boy. Despite our attempts to not pigeonhole him into gender stereotypes, if it's a truck or a train or anything transportation related, he loves it. Fire trucks are just the most exciting thing ever. He also loves to be outside, taking walks, swinging, playing in the park. He likes to have us read to him and has memorized his favorite stories. Singing and dancing are also big hits.
So that's my toddler. My 22 month old. My almost two year old. I love you.
Leaning in or out?
During my last visit to my mom's, we stopped by a local library to donate some of her books. They also sell used books and my picked me up a copy of Lean In–Sheryl Sandberg's contribution to the "having it all" debate. My feminist perspective is largely influenced by my mom and since this book has caused quite a stir, she thought we could both read it and discuss it together. Having read all the media accounts of the book, I was not interested.
You see, I'm not sure women need to lean in. I think both men and women would be well-served by a little leaning out. I mean, I truly enjoy my job and the intellectual fulfillment it brings. But why can't we just be happy with what we have rather than always striving for the top? Imagine if Sandberg didn't "lean in" and only ended up an executive at Google rather than COO of Facebook. Or consider that another prominent writer in this debate couldn't have it all as a high level aide to Hillary Clinton in the State Department; instead she had to, uh, settle as a tenured professor at Princeton. Her version of settling is success to most others. I don't see how something less than reaching the ultimate pinnacle of success means you are sacrificing your career for your family.
And that's not even getting into the argument that blaming women for not leaning in completely ignores all the factors that put up major barriers to women reaching those high posts.
So that was my frame of mind when my mom handed me the book. And then I read it. It is too simple to say I ate a bunch of crow, but her argument is more nuanced than the media accounts portrayed. I guess that's always true about the media. It wasn't the best book by any means. Still, I found three main things that really hit home.
One–what would you do if you weren't afraid? I think this advice can apply to everyone no matter where they fall in the work outside the home, work inside the home, stay at home, child free spectrum of choices. The thing about these choices is that it seems lots of women find themselves in one of them without actually feeling like it's a choice. This isn't exactly what Sandberg meant, but this advice could apply equally well to a lot of decisions. Maybe you feel you have to work outside the home because you are scared of trying to live on one income. Maybe you have a great business idea but are afraid to take that risk. Maybe you want to retire early but are worried about how your far your investments will stretch. Too often we hold ourselves back because we are afraid of what might come.
So lean in. Or lean out. Heck, lean sideways if you want. But leans towards what you would do if you could do anything.
Two–don't leave before you leave. The idea here is that even before women have kids, they start making decisions that reduce or limit their career options with the expectation that sometime in the future that decision would interfere with a family. So we might choose a career path that is supposed to be more family friendly. Or we don't put ourselves out there for a promotion because we want to start a family. But after several years of infertility, I can see how short sighted this perspective is. If I had put myself on the "mommy track" when we first started trying to have a baby, I would have sacrificed 5 years before I was even a mother. Growing our family through adoption further emphasizes the difficulty of leaving before you leave. Just last week, I was talking myself out of leading this potential new project because it would require a lot of work next May. And what if I was on parental leave then with a new baby? We've really just begun the wait for our second child and already I'm turning down opportunities because of some potential that may never actually materialize.
There are so many unknowns when it comes to family building. When it will happen, how you will feel when it does happen. Let's wait until the conflicts are already here before figuring out how to resolve it.
Three–act like you belong here. Sandberg describes how she sees lots of young women (and did this herself) choosing a seat on the outside of a table rather than sit down at the table. But if we're not at the table, we are sending a strong message that we don't belong and our voice doesn't need to be heard. That's the surest way to ensure that your ideas are not heard or that someone else takes credit for them. Recently I was at a conference and my morning session happened to have an extremely small crowd. As in 8 people. For a room that could fit 25. The room was organized in rows but with such a small crowd, some of us started rearranging it into a small circle. When we were done, two young, female graduate students took seats outside this circle. Since I'm now a Lean In guru, I encouraged them to join the main circle, but they refused. These women had some really interesting work to share, but insisted on sitting behind some of us. If we don't act like we belong at the table, no one else will either. This plays itself out in other ways where women always defer to others or put themselves last. My grandmother, for example, used to always insist that she preferred to eat her dinner standing at the counter while the rest of us sat around the table. Whether it's the kitchen table or the conference room table, take your seat and know that you deserve to be there.
I still don't agree with everything Sandberg has to say. And I certainly don't think we need to see an elite executive as the only vision of success in life. But I've come to appreciate some of what she has to say, even as I apply it in somewhat different ways. Whether it is embracing your career, embracing a minimalist lifestyle, or embracing your role in your family, do what you are afraid of doing and act like you deserve to be there.
Perfect Fall Weekend
We had yet another perfect fall weekend. It was a bit cold on Saturday morning, but that just meant the gardens we went to weren't that crowded. They had storytime in the garden and a pumpkin patch. It was a lot of fun despite the cold. And then we warmed up by Starbucks, so how could we really complain about that?
That afternoon we went to a Halloween party at a friend's house. There were five toddlers there and ours was actually the oldest! It is weird to think that he is old enough to be the oldest in the room at times. It was tons of fun with a costume parade and everything. He looked so cute as a little elephant.
Today was eventful as well. Church was packed and so we sat right up front. We've been sticking to the back so we could sneak out if the boy starts getting loud, but there we were right in the front pew. And for about 90% of the mass, he was engrossed in the mass. It was so cute to see him pay so much attention to what was going on. He is starting to learn the sign of the cross and he does it with us as we pray before dinner.
When we got home, the kid asked to swing (or, in his words "go weee!") on our porch. It is funny how this little moment ended up by my favorite part of the day. The kid was so adorable swinging and playing on the porch while my husband and I talked about all sorts of things. He's been so good at listening to us and (for now at least) is willing to stay where we tell him to stay and hold our hand when we cross the street. It really is the little things that make our life so happy right now. And crossing the street without a meltdown feels like a triumph for now. But we had a terrific day with a toddler who is quickly becoming the sweetest little boy!


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The following story from "Haven," excerpted here with permission of Three Rivers Press, a division of Random House, comes early in the book. Still exhilarated at escaping the Nazis, the refugees aboard the USS Henry Gibbons soon realize they are sitting ducks for enemy aircraft in the Mediterranean. Here is the scene the morning after a late-night air raid.
No one slept.
In the morning we gathered on the main deck, talking, laughing, rejoicing. Some stretched out on the iron floor, watching the upturned bowl of cloudless blue. We were alive. One more miracle of survival.
Around us, the ships in the flotilla churned up pathways of white foam while we relived our escape from death.
"I was in the toilet when the air-raid alarm was sounded," said David Levy, a dark-haired Yugoslav in his early twenties, half laughing, half still not believing his luck. "Somebody in the crew locked up all the watertight compartments, so I couldn't come out. I kept thinking, All these years everyone in my family was killed, and I saved myself; now I'm going to die in a toilet."
The air raid gave the Henry Gibbins a new aura, like a maritime fortress on alert. The gunners sat tense in the elevated tubs, manning machine guns, watching for planes and enemy subs. Around us sailors tested the winches and practiced swinging lifeboats from their davits into the sea.
"If only we were past Gibraltar," the MP medic on the refugee deck told me apprehensively. A soft-spoken soldier, he had endeared himself to us the first day when he ripped the back off a wooden crate, lined the box with bottles of iodine and Mercurochrome, gauze pads, and adhesive tape, and set up an outdoor clinic, bandaging children's cuts, dispensing aspirin, quinine, and good cheer.
"Once you're past Gibraltar," he said, "once you're out in the Atlantic, you're still not home free but somehow you feel safer; there's more room out there to maneuver away from the U-boats."
"Did you give birth on the ship?" I asked Olga Maurer.
She laughed. "No, he was born in an American jeep."
"A jeep!"
"Yes, on the way to the ship." Her laughter was infectious, her words spilling over each other. "I never thought I would have another baby. I'm over forty." She chuckled. "It happened like this. We escaped from Vienna to Italy, my husband, my boy Walter, and me. When the Nazis came, the Italians first hid us in a tunnel; then they ran with us to the mountains until some Canadian patrol soldiers came to tell us, No more Nazis. Such a celebration the Italians made for us in the moonshine! Such a honeymoon I had, at my age, with Leon! That's when I got pregnant."
|"A baby boy, a Jew to take the place of a murdered baby, a Jew born on our way to freedom."
Sitting up in her hospital bed, Olga told me how one of the men helping to select the refugees, charmed, I was sure, by her zest for life, accepted the Maurers' application to join the one thousand, although Olga was in her ninth month.
She was put into a command car and taken for the night to a women's hospital in Potenza. A doctor examined her and assured her that the baby was still high in her womb. The next morning she walked out of the hospital to see a convoy of trucks loaded with refugees from the Potenza area. The vehicles were the Palestinian Jewish trucks with the Star of David that Max Perlman had described to me in his office in Naples.
Palestinian and American GI medics made a bed for Olga in the back of a jeep, piling mattresses and khaki army blankets on top of an army cot. They joined the convoy for the hundred-mile drive across the mountains toward Naples. Sitting inside Olga's jeep were two GIs and a doctor in a British uniform with the Star of David insignia. Dr. Joseph Koehler, Olga discovered, had been born in her native Czechoslovakia.


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Garbutt is like 33 and only played like 8 minutes of first team football in his life. I get it, hes shit. But would it have been the end of the world to register him once we realised we only had 1 actual left back on the books?
This. Could he conceivably be any worse than playing a shit right back at left back. If we've got players like Besic in the squad who are fit but not good enough to get near the first team it seems bonkers to not register your U-23 left back.
Absolute madness isn't it.He'll probably go back to being decent after a run of games as well. Now we've just gotta put Martina there and hope we can manage.Even against West Ham, they targeted him and had a good period of pressure just putting the ball in his general direction.Would've also have hurt to keep Robinson or Connolly here instead of shipping them on loan?
Seems like a power play from Koeman. Best get me a LB because Im not registering this 25 yr old U23 player and Im sending these kids out on loan to make sure you get me one. Idgaf.
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Hodgson also would not rule out going back to club management after his time with England.
Asked if the England job would be his last in football, he said: "It would be nice to think it could be, it would be nice to think I could be in the job for a sufficient period of time when the time comes to an end to say, 'that's been a great career, I've enjoyed it, I m quite old, now it's time to pass over to younger people'.
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text: 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet This car could very well be one of the first Hot Rod Lincolns. It received a Cadillac V8 engine transplant in the sixties, replacing the finicky and underpowered Lincoln V12. It also got this snazzy two-tone paint job. The Lincoln arrived in my home town of Lake Placid NY, brand new, in 1941. My dad was a lifeguard at the local beach at the time. He saw this car driving around town every summer for his entire adult life. In his late fifties, he announced at the dinner table that he was going to buy that Lincoln from the current owner's estate — the minute the guy died. The current owner was 87 at the time, so my dad figured that he wouldn't have to wait too long to snag it. Well, that original owner lived to 104. By the time my dad got his chance, he was in his 70's and his eyesight was failing, but he bought the Lincoln anyway. He and I restored it together, and he got a lot of passenger seat time in it. He left the car to me twelve years ago. Arguably, two of the best looking American cars of all time. What's your "other" car?


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Paint256 v1.05 10/07/99 - translated 18/03/2000
The program has to be run in a 256 colors-screen modus state, since it concentrates on making bitmaps with a 256 colors pallet, containing gradient or fluent colors. Besides using fluent colors, the program also has a feature adding shade to all drawings. The fact, to apply fluent colors and shade is made so easy, makes this program special. It is at least a good addition to other painting programs.
Most functions work in such an obvious way, they need no explanation. So I provide you here with those things that are not so obvious.
Absolute maximum = 1024 x 1024 pixels.
Each scale- or zoom factor has its own maximum (XY):
x1 1024 - maybe higher with more RAM? (here 48M)
x2 1024
x4 546
x6 364
x8 273
This a mathematic maximum that would produce an Overflow if passed over (prevented by the program). If you have less available RAM memory on your PC, those maximum values will be lower. Then you'll have to judge it yourself. The moment Windows virtual memory (hard disc) is addressed, everything slows down, sometimes to a point it isn't workable anymore. What you learn from this: it is a program more for making smaller pictures than opposite.
- Get to know the program using a small size like 100*100
- Without using the grid, everything works faster
You change or set it, F I R S T , because it alters the existing pallet/content.
There are some different ways to set a new pallet:
- Make or load a Paint256 pallet (*.BKL). Using max. 16 base colors, 240 fluent colors are generated. The pallet is completed with 16 Quick Basic Colors.
- Load a JASC-PAL pallet (*.PAL) : originates from Paint Shop Pro (and others?).
- Extract a pallet from an existing bitmap (*.BMP), so you can edit a bitmap with its own pallet (only necessary when the picture uses more than 16 or 20 colors (see pictures).
One of the powers of Paint256 is working with fluent colors. When they are unavailable, a number of functions become useless.
Many functions react differently depending on whether selection-modus is on or not. If the selection-modus is on, most functions will act on the current delimited selection, otherwise it will be on the whole image. This is the case with: Save, Copy, Pallet-Rotation, Move, Mirror, Delete, Replace (click the mouse with the mouse - nice no?) ... Open en Paste have something similar.
Moving over a button with the mouse causes a tip to popup, with the button's name or description.
KEYS (in main-window)
C Copy
E Exit
O Open
P Paste
B Save
A Size+Zoomfactor
U Undo
W Clear
S Shades dialog
V Fill modes dialog
space Repeat previous action (<> filling)
shift+ M Pattern-Mask (to use with small sizes - testing)
K Show real size image
Cursor Keys:
- Selection box
- Normal Enlarge
- +shift Smaller
- +control Move
You can move, copy/paste a selection with the mouse combined with the shift- or control-keys. Without any key, you only move the rubber box.
Clicking in the image combined with the Alt-key, will change the current (left/right) mouse color into the color under the mouse pointer.
You select the background-color in the pallet, holding the Alt-key down.
This is a browser looking for bitmaps on disk. You can check the saved results. Delete doubles... You can copy bitmaps to the clipboard to paste them later...
If you want to mix different bmp's you will have to check their pallet for compatibility. In most cases the pallets have to be identical.
- Always load & select the pallet of a bmp-file, before you paste the bmp itself.
10 in a row, from top to bottom:
- Select
- Points
- Lines
- Rectangle-ellipse *
- Filled rectangle-ellipse *
- Filling (doesn't work on black surfaces !)
- Formula *
- Text *
- Shade Frames *
- Arrows *
* = click them with the right mouse button to set their parameters by means of a dialog.
In most cases you can repeat the last action with new left/right color settings. You can Undo before, or not. This way you can try things out until you find the best setting.
STYLE (three buttons bottom-right side of the pallet)
- Shade
- Pen Width
- Fill-modus
----> do experiment, you will see, it's easy
A multi-line text you can align (left/right/center). A single line of text you can tilt or turn over. To place it in your image you can think of it as a stamp. Click in the image, without releasing the mouse button. A 'rubber box' you can move around, will appear showing the size of the stamp. The stamp is made the moment you release the mouse button.
A condition to use this is of course there has to be a pallet with gradient fluent colors. Pallets extracted from a bitmap, will probably not have such a pallet...
Select in the pallet on the left, the Start color with the left mouse button and the End color with the right mouse button. Then you choose in the Fill-modus dialog, the preferred color pattern. Each following drawing action will use these selected settings and produce fluent colors.
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Does it happen to you too? I mean, when the weather starts to change the first thing that comes to my mind is the fairies... and how could we not think of them?—kiss of morning mist upon the garden, scent of wood smoke swirling in the air; wonderful chilly mornings under a crimson canopy...
Ah yes my dears... I saw them! The winter fairies. The other morning right after waking up. I thought I heard something in the garden—little whispers, strange small voices. Cerulean light glided through the half-opened window of my room filling it up with tiny stars of glittering light. I had a feeling I knew what it was. So I tiptoed over to the window and very quietly peaked outside...
And boy was I right! Yes yes, the winter fairies have arrived!
They're here to bring to the land the season of leaves, hibernation, chilly breezes and pumpkins. As usual, they've arrived in anticipation of All Hallows' Eve and the closing of the garden. It's the fairies' favorite season you know... and thus, they must make sure every pumpkin, peach and prickly pear are collected before the witches get here. It's their job.
It was fun watching them sealing blooms, tucking roses into bed,
You know, you can watch a fairy at work as much as you like, as long as you keep very quiet and don't interrupt what she's doing. But don't you dare look straight into her eyes. Those lunatic-looking eyes, if you don't want to be blown away under their spell ;)
Spreading yellow leaves all over the garden in jeweled sandals.
There's no stopping those winter fairies once they're here. Trees and shrubs will shed their leaves in a day on their command. Frigid northern winds will arrive at their lead and the landscape will change in a wink. Heartbreaking, but unstoppable.
Dancing to the spells of the Northern winds...
Did you know that fairies sing while they work? They do!
And what lovely song I heard them sing:
"If you believe in who you are,
who you were always meant to be
If you open up your heart,
then you'll set your spirit free.
In this time of the season,
every leaf on every tree, will start to shine...
come and see, take my hand,
come with me and fly"...
Have you ever heard that song before? I bet there are more than one little girl out there who has... including little me, of course... ;)
Sparkles, Dixie Hollow, a blue harvest moon rising up, precious moonstone... I just love it all! Oh sprinkle me with pixie dust!
Well friends, I better take off now lest the Halloween witches decide to show up today too... Oh they will, believe me, they will come by... I'm just hoping is not today. I truly think it's the magic of October. Do you feel the Halloween spirit creeping up everywhere? I'm sure you do. October's best for sure!
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When you report your concerns we will see if we have any local traffic flow data on HGV numbers and compare this with our policy position according to our freight map. We will then use this information to take to our Freight Quality Partnership (FQP) meeting with local hauliers and their representatives to try and address the issues highlighted.
We will acknowledge your request and respond within 10 working days.
Our work with the freight industry is recognised as being mutually beneficial. Our economy needs the service they provide but we want to ensure that HGVs (Heavy Goods Vehicles) are using the most appropriate routes for their journey.
In March 2008 our Freight Quality Partnership (FQP) was nominated by the Freight Transport Association as being one of the best in the country. Our work on trying to reduce the impact of sat-nav devices routing HGV drivers down inappropriate country lanes is receiving international media coverage. We work with the freight operators and the trade industry representatives through our FQP to identify and resolve local issues.
The introduction of a weight restriction on a public road will be considered either for environmental protection such as a narrow village road or where there is a need to protect a structure, a bridge or culvert from the effects of HGVs. Where a weight restriction is considered necessary, due regard must be given to a suitable alternative route and the likely effect on other communities. Laws and regulation A weight limit allows us as the Highway Authority to prohibit and restrict the movement of heavy goods vehicles. This requires the making of a Traffic Regulation Order which gives the police the power to enforce a weight restriction for which a fixed penalty notice can be issued to offending drivers.
Contact: Roads and Transport Team Email: email@example.com Phone: 0300 123 2224 Opening Hours: Monday 8am to 6pm, Tuesday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm, Saturday and Sunday closed.
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- Device is not turning on
- Games are not working
My phone got wet ¶
Your phone went through the washer and now you're stuck.
Check water damage indicators on the inside of the case ¶
DO NOT TURN THE PHONE ON! Open the case and take out the battery. Check to see if any of the three indicators have been activated. Blow air with a fan on to the opened phone as well as the battery.
Other signs of damage ¶
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Device is not turning on ¶
Pressing the power button won't turn the phone on
Check to see if the battery is dead ¶
Plug the phone in and see if it charges. Check to see if the charging light turns on.
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City Council member Jumaane Williams just tweeted that his colleague on the council, Ydanis Rodriguez, was arrested this morning during the NYPD raid on Zuccotti Park.
(Back in September, it was Williams who was arrested by the NYPD at the West Indian Day Parade near the Brooklyn Museum.)
Earlier tonight, at 7:42 on Monday, Voice staff writer Graham Rayman reported that he had obtained a leaked NYPD mobilization plan for a raid on Occupy Wall Street.
At about 1 am, the raid began.
Our Rosie Gray was one of the first reporters on the scene. Her report can be seen here.
Mayor Bloomberg has announced that he's going to hold an 8 am press conference to discuss the raid.
We'll post more updates here as we get them.


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Contrary to the fears of some reforms to states' marijuana laws are not adversely associated with changes in teen use rates – traffic safety – workplace performance or overall crime.
State-specific data from Colorado, Oregon and Washington finds that adolescents' use of marijuana has generally declined in the years following legalization.
These statewide trends mimic national trends.
According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health the percentage of teens currently using cannabis has fallen 21 percent since 2002.
Perceived marijuana access among teens as well as the percentage of adolescents seeking treatment for cannabis abuse has also fallen dramatically in recent years.
Recent studies also find no ill effects on traffic safety.
According to a 2016 study medical cannabis legalization is associated with a reduction in traffic fatalities – particularly among those between the ages of 25 and 44.
A 2017 study published in the American Journal of Public Health similarly reported 'no significant association between recreational marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado and subsequent changes in motor vehicle fatality rates in the first three years after recreational marijuana legalization.… '[W]e also found no association between recreational marijuana legalization and total crash rates when analyzing available state-reported nonfatal crash statistics'.
In the workplace studies report reduced absenteeism and greater workforce participation following changes in states' marijuana laws.
A review of FBI crime data also concluded that changes to cannabis' legal status 'precedes a reduction' in violent criminal activity.
A 2017 study reports that licensed cannabis retailers provide 'over $30,000 per year in social benefit in terms of larcenies prevented'.
Regulated cannabis access is also associated with lower rates of opioid-related hospitalizations and mortality.
Further – tax revenue from regulated production and sales is well beyond initial expectations.
In Colorado for instance revenues from legal adult use cannabis sales have surpassed half a billion dollars since 2014.
Tax revenue from legal cannabis sales in Oregon and Washington have also greatly exceeded regulators' expectations.
Economic data compiled by Leafly.com identifies some 150,000 fulltime jobs specific to the legal cannabis industry.
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OCCT: Occupational Therapy
6000. Foundations of Occupational Therapy (4)
P: OCCT 3000 or introductory OCCT course approved by chair. Foundations and models of practice of OT. Dimensions and characteristics of human occupation and their relationship to models of practice. Analysis of occupation, including real and symbolic aspects meaningful for individuals and populations.
6001, 6002. Occupation and Movement (3,1)
2 classroom and 3 lab hours per week. P: ANAT and PHLY courses approved by chair. P/C: OCCT 6000. Musculoskeletal system as related to human occupation. Mobility, stability, posture, biomechanics, development of movement, relationship between kinesiological components, and gradation of activities.
6003, 6004. Dyadic and Group Skills in Occupational Therapy (3,1)
3 classroom and 3 lab hours per week. P: OCCT 3000; P/C: OCCT 6000. Applies systems theory, communication, and techniques to dyadic and group processes relevant to OT. Relationships and roles of OT practice with individuals across life span.
6005, 6006. Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy I (3,1)
3 classroom and 3 lab hours per week. P: OCCT 3000. P/C: OCCT 6000, 6001, 6002. Etiology of impairments and models of ablement/disablement. Identification of consequences of diseases, injuries or disorders and impact of these on human occupation. Applies appropriate OT frames of reference and remedial techniques.
6007, 6008. Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy II (3,1)
3 classroom and 3 lab hours per week. P: OCCT 6001, 6002, 6005, 6006. Continuation of OCCT 6005, 6006.
6009. Neurological Foundations of Occupational Therapy (3)
P: OCCT 6000; ANAT and PHLY courses approved by chair. Occupational performance as affected by human nervous system. Structures and functions of human nervous system and relationship of occupation to brain function.
6020. Theoretical Models of Practice in Occupational Therapy (3)
P: Enrollment in OCCT or consent of chair. Advanced examination and conceptualization of OT theories within models of practice, including consultation. Analysis and comparison of theories applied to areas of specialty in service delivery systems.
6060. Directed Independent Study (3)
Requires approval by occupational therapy advisor and/or graduate committee. May be repeated more than once with change of topic. Individualized, advanced, or in-depth study of topic not offered in OT curriculum.
6070. Special Topics (3)
May be repeated more than once with change of topic. Topics of current importance not covered thoroughly in other courses.
6080. Environmental Contexts and Systems of Occupational Therapy (3)
P: OCCT 6000, 6003, 6004; or consent of chair. Systems analysis of societal, cultural, physical, and temporal environments. Evaluates use of environment and technology to enhance occupational function.
6100, 6150. Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation I (4,1)
4 classroom and 3 lab hours per week. P: OCCT 6000, 6001, 6002, 6003, 6004, 6009; P/C: OCCT 6005, 6006, 6007, 6080. First in three course sequence. Reflects a variety of system-practice contexts such as medical, educational, and natural environments. Occupational therapy roles, responsibilities, and interventions in the different settings will be examined.
6200, 6250. Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation II (4,1)
4 classroom and 4 lab hours per week. P: OCCT 6100, 6150; P/C 6008. Extension of OCCT 6100, 6150. Case studies reflect complex health care systems, reimbursement issues, and professional support environments.
6300, 6350. Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation III (4,1)
3 classroom and 3 lab hours per week. P: OCCT 6200, 6250; C: OCCT 6400. Extension of OCCT 6200, 6250. Case studies reflect community based practice, require coordination of systems, and development of innovative OT services.
6400. Fieldwork I (1)
Must be repeated once.
Role of occupational therapist in a variety of nontraditional or emerging practice settings and service delivery systems. Continued development of OT theory, evaluation, and treatment planning skills. Exploration and development of creative applications of therapeutic occupation.
6450. Fieldwork II (6)
Must be repeated once.
May count for a maximum of
18 s.h.
12-week, full-time clinical practice. P: OCCT 6080, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6500. Practice and master skills necessary to function as competent, entry-level occupational therapist.
6500, 6550. Managing Occupational Therapy Services (3,1)
P: OCCT 6080. Leadership theory and roles in OT. Focus on supervision issues, planning, and management of service delivery programs. Emphasis on theories of change and student developments as change agents. Systems theory used as basis for understanding organizational structures and development.
6600. Concepts and Practice of Research in Occupational Therapy (3)
P: Statistics course approved by chair. Principles and processes involved in scientific research. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Application of knowledge culminates in development of research proposal.
6650. Conducting Research in Occupational Therapy (3)
Design and implementation of research
that contributes to knowledge base of OT.
6660. Master's Project (3)
P: OCCT 6650. Completion of research project which contributes to knowledge base of OT and manuscript appropriate for submission to refereed journal.
6701. Assistive Technology Devices and Services (3) Same as SPED 6701
Admission to certification program or consent of instructor. Broad overview of assistive technology, including legal, educational, and discipline specific information. Provides basic information that prepares students for other certificate courses.
7000. Thesis (1-6)
May be repeated. May count maximum of 6 s.h.
7001. Thesis: Summer Research (1)
May be repeated. No credit may count toward degree. Students conducting thesis research may only register for this course during the summer.
7100. Qualitative Research: Analysis and Interpretation (3) Same as HLTH 7100, NURS 7100
P: Consent of instructor. Application and evaluation of qualitative research design and methods including data collection, management, and analysis approaches, and the art and science of interpretation.
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