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Mobile Reporting Field Guide, PDF and .ibooks file ready for download
The Mobile Reporting Field guide that I sneak-peaked, is finally, well, almost App Store ready, but it's ready if you'd like to manually install it on your iPad. As an alternative for those without iPads, I've included a PDF version.
The Essential Mobile Journalism Kit
Here's a peak at the Mobile Reporting Field Guide, a soon to be released iBook on everything journalists need to know about using an iPhone for reporting. It includes reviews on equipment, apps, as well as example videos. The guide is the culmination of work by several students enrolled in a mobile journalism course at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. After months of testing, this is the gear the guide recommends for the essential kit. Stay tuned for the iBook which include reviews of this gear and more, along with apps reviews.
Timeline and freeDive: Two New tools for your next Multimedia Project
Our timeline builder was created by Zach Wise, who last year joined the Medill faculty from the New York Times.  In teaching students to deploy timelines, Wise found there wasn't a satisfactory tool that met current needs. Working with the Knight Lab, he created one of his own and it's now available at knightlabtimeline.com.
"The tools that already exist on the web are almost all either hard on the eyes or hard to use,†says Wise. "Timeline is an open-source, JavaScript and HTML/HTML5 based tool that creates elegant timelines.â€
About this tool
freeDive transforms Google Spreadsheets into searchable databases that can be embedded in web sites. Find out more on ourFAQ page.
- Users can easily search your data.
- Users get results in an interactive, sortable table with filters to refine the search.
- The wizard walks you through creating a search widget.
- Customize the interface based on the content of your spreadsheet.
- The embed code allows users to share search results on social. networks.
25 Books Every Visual Journalist Should Have on Their Shelf
I have read and own all of these books. I have read many of them several times and some are so worn out and dog-eared I've purchased new copies. Just because they're on my self doesn't mean they should be on yours, but if you've appreciated the work I've curated on this blog, then what you will find in the list of books below is a peek down the well where I find many of my creative inspirations. If you happen to know my work, you'll find some of the technical and inspirational books I draw from. While this is not meant to be a comprehensive list, it's a list of what I'm calling must haves. PLEASE add your own favorites in the comments. I wanted this to be the opening salvo for a 'sharing' of inspirational books. Enjoy!
NOTE: You will find small additional comments from me in RED below each books Amazon listing.
Multimedia Rules to Live By and Seven Steps to Training Yourself
This teaching thing must really be getting into my blood. Now that I'm on winter break and I haven't been in a classroom for over a week, I have a strong urge to spew unsolicited and unnecessary multimedia advice. Please excuse the rant and take it for what it's worth–the ramblings of a wanna be intellectual. TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AND LEAVE THE REST…
Stop, Collaborate, Listen – "Vanilla Ice"
Mad props to keithwj for the above quote.
STOP! Too many of us don't stop and THINK before we embark on a multimedia project. But wait, let me STOP and explain my definition of *multimedia project* this includes any combination of audio, text, and visuals. OK.
Too many of us, create multimedia too quickly, without real thought or reason. Before I start any project, I ask myself a few questions like:
What medium is appropriate for *telling* my story? The default answer is NOT always video! Sometimes a 60 second audio slideshow is the best choice. Remember, less is more. You'll always be remembered by your worst image. So edit tight. Also, don't underestimate your audience they want a good story and they know when you've just slapped one together.
What is the appropriate way to *present* my project? The default answer is NOT always Flash. Flash is great for certain projects, or should I say *parts* of projects. I'm not a big fan of entire projects encased in the tomb of Flash. We know sites built entirely in Flash are challenging for SEO–unless done right. So, if you're gonna do it, learn about deep linking with SWFAddress. Knowing how your project is going to be presented on the interwebs will also inform your design and execution.
Collaborate. Good Multimedia is like good sex, it's much better with two or more.
Stop thinking you have to do it all! There are very few people, if any, who produce great multimedia all by themselves. Great journalism has always been a team sport and always will be. Surround yourself with other storytellers. Ask for help. Find a mentor! Enlist a friend, co-worker, anybody with complimentary skills and get crack'n.
Listen. AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO, did I say AUDIO!
Stop skimping on the audio! Twenty images and a piano interlude, does not make a compelling project. Ambient sound and the voices of the actual subjects moves people beyond words. Come on people it's 2010, let's *layer* those images with sound. Spend most of your time learning the art of sound recording and editing. Spend most of your money on good audio gear. Never buy anything from Azden, Audio Technica. Buy only Sennheiser. Not really, BUT know the difference. BUT, I kinda mean it. There is some junk out there, try to avoid it. Ask around, do your homework. Focus on the audio. My workflow includes producing the audio narrative FIRST, then letting the other layers support my audio narrative. Just a thought.
OKAY, one more time, with feeling this time, Stop, Collaborate, Listen – "Vanilla Ice"
Here comes the rambling……..
Don't bury your lede! Sound familiar. Too many mm projects bury the good shit. DON'T! Focus on your intro, your lede, your beginning. You have about 10 seconds before folks click away. Spend those first ten seconds, knocking their socks off! Also, read this book, Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition (Paperback) Don't get all *fancy* and *hip* with your design and presentation, just because you can. Have a reason to do so. If you're going to use a lot of *bling* crazy typefaces, or ripple transitions you BETTER have some DAMN good reasons why and be prepared to explain their usage in your project. And just because it's Halloween doesn't give you permission to use some crazy ass font in orange. Let me be more frank about this. LEARN about typography. Actually let me put it plain and simple, if you can't effectivley explain the difference between a serif and a sans-serif font then you ONLY get to use Helvetica. Make sense? Good. Let's move on.
If you build it, they WILL NOT COME! Despite all your great work, nobody is going to see your project unless you promote it! I'm still surprised how many people are too humble to shout from the mountain top. Listen, you're doing work that matters, right? Then promote the hell out of that shit. I don't need to explain the value of social networks. Do I? Listen, tweet that project every hour on the hour if you must. People won't care if you do this as long as it's good stuff, right? Am I wrong? BUT don't tweet everything you do, because frankly, not everything you do is that great. Do you feel me? If you need some advice on how to *hussle* then nobody is better than Gary Vaynerchuk.
Seek criticism, not praise. Listen to what people say about your project. Take their advice. Seek out a fresh pair of eyes to see if you are getting your point across. Before you show someone your project, don't explain anything to them. Remember your *real* audience comes to your project without you over their shoulder explaining everything to them. When a student asks me to look at their work, I NEVER let them say anything. I just hit the play button and let it roll. If you ask five people about your project and they all harp on the same thing, then think about losing that part, even if you love it. Chances are your audience is right. In the film biz they call this killing your children. You know those shots you just love. But only you love them, get rid of them. Question your choices. Finally, don't build anything you can't tear down. Sometimes we put so much time and effort into a project and someone offers some sound advice and we ignore it because we can't stand the thought of tearing down what took us hours or months to create. Get over it. The best and most creative people build and tear down, rinse, lather, repeat.
Acquire a NEW skill. Make sure your pushing your talents to their limits and learning something new along the way. If you're not scared, you're not doing it right. At the end of every project I finish I make a list of the things I learned. If I can't list anything new I learned, then I know I just rehashed the same stuff. Not good. Push the limits of your talent. And while I'm on the subject of list making. Buy a notebook, DAMN IT! If you know me, and even if you don't, KNOW THIS, my purpose on this earth is to get people to keep a creative journal. In fact I BUY them for all my students and require they keep one during the semester and hopefully beyond. All the creative people to walk this earth at anytime in history, kept a creative journal, scrapbook, whatever you feel comfortable calling it. Just Do It! Keep storyboards, thoughts, sketches, ticket stubs, pictures from magazines, inspiration, anything, just get in the habit of doing it. It's the best creative discipline you can practice. If you have no idea where to start then buy any of Keri Smith's books.
Screw professionalism. The *professional* only knows one way to do things. Always be the student. Always be learning. Practice, Practice, Practice. Do something everyday to make your skills better. Pay attention to what others are doing, dissect their videos and projects, LEARN. If you're not practicing your craft or paying attention to what your competition is doing then your losing the creative race.
"When all is said and done,
a lot more is said than doneâ€
-Lou Holtz
BE THE STORYTELLER you were put on this earth to be.
Rant over, move-on, nothing here to see………
Okay, I wouldn't leave you hanging, throwing all those rules at you without giving you a road map on how to achieve some of them, so here you go…
Step One: Treat Yourself Like a Dog.
When a dog does a good thing you give it a treat, something to eat, stroke it, make it feel good and really get that positive reinforcement going.So after you finishing watching that 30 minute tutorial on how to edit in Final Cut Pro via YouTube, or any number of tutorials from Lynda.com, treat yourself to that Krispy Kreme or go buy that new Moleskin notebook you've been eyeing.
Step Two: Start Yesterday.
Seriously, no one is going to train you. Nobody cares about you ( well, maybe yo mama, but that's about it). You have to invest the time and energy into yourself, by yourself, for yourself. Hurry up because the person next to you started yesterday.
Step Three: Be Ready
When you're searching for creative ways to learn something, keep that Moleskin you treated yourself to handy at all times. You never know when an opportunity to learn something new will strike. For example, I love to watch documentary films and I often learn new camera or editing techniques while viewing, so I'm known to grab my pen and paper and make notes for my next project.
Step Four: Overwhelm Yourself
There's no better way to learn anything than by total and utter immersion. First, start at the beginning, find the Dummies for Dummies version of whatever you want to learn. When I really wanted to teach myself AE, I went off the deep end. I found every AE tutorial website known to man. I also discovered the best training books and local classes. Now when I need help with some AE expressions or want to download a free file, I know where to find it quickly to meet my deadline.
Step Five: Roll Your Own
When you are going through any tutorial– book, online, dvd– never use their examples. Use your own assets. If you are learning how to build a dynamic slide show in Flash, use your own images or those from the photo staff, that way when you are done you have a project to send to your fiends or use for work. It's always more motivating and satisfying when your finished product has your assets, not just some random bouncing ball on the screen, but your newspaper's logo for example.
Step Six: Be Your Own Coach
You know that voice in your head, use it to motivate yourself. For example, the discussion in my head goes something like this, "You Suck!" "No I don't, I'm Awesome!" Harness that inner critic or ego-maniac and use it to your advantage.
Step Seven: Find a mentor, because being your own coach kinda sucks.
Remember there's always someone smarter than you and usually they're nice enough to teach you a thing or two.
Finally, the more you know, the more you can create.
7 Free Firefox Extensions For Journalists
Guest post by Mary Ward
This is a sort of date planner extension. Journalists have meetings and important deadlines all the time. This extension helps any journalist to keep track of all deadlines and obligations so that their minds remain free to handle the journalism and not the minutiae of day to day life.
This Firefox extension allows a user to collect snippets from various websites and to piece them together in such a way that each is appropriately catalogued and accessible. One of its noteworthy features is that it supports multiple languages so that no journalist need be restricted to information in a single language.
This extension is that always essential portable dictionary. The exact definitions of words are crucial for serious journalists and this Firefox extension allows any such journalist to have precise meanings at his or her fingertips, or tooltip in this case. This is an easy way to double check work and to improve vocabulary.
This Firefox extension was made for those with journalistic interests. It serves as a means of noting any news items that has been found on the internet. It allows for global communication and gives a way to tie these noted events into blog posts. It also allows for images to be added from an expansive collection of stock photos.
This Firefox extension is for journalists who do not wish to be restricted exclusively to text. This Image ToolBar allows anyone to save, copy, or edit images with ease. The inclusion of images is an integral part of journalism these days even before mention is made of photojournalism as a distinct form of journalistic expression. This extension allows for the manipulation and placement of images on websites or in articles.
For any journalist who has to keep an eye on word count, this is the perfect tool. Every writer must stay within an allotted amount of words whether they must adhere to an upper limit, a lower limit, or both. This counter just helps a writer to keep track.
This Firefox extension allows for the easy viewing of multiple web pages. Comparing different articles on the same topic or simultaneously researching multiple topics is made simpler with this tool. Or it can be used to alternate between reading the news and planning out a personal calendar of events.
These 7 free Firefox extensions for journalists help to make life as a journalist easier. The management of deadlines, information, and images are all part of journalistic life and these Firefox extensions can assist with these tasks. Take advantage of these extensions the next time you have an assignment.
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March 19, 2004 :: Chris Horrocks, Computer Connection
FileMaker Pro 7 is now available for purchase at the Penn Computer Connection
showroom. The new version is a major upgrade with more than 100 new features.
FileMaker Pro 7 lets users import, store and export any file or document
– PDFs, Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint files, digital images,
video, music and more – within new, flexible Container fields. Also
new is the ability to open multiple windows in the same database to give
users faster and simultaneous access to different views of their information.
FileMaker Pro 7, for Windows and Mac OS X, has been redesigned using
a modern, streamlined relational architecture, which enables users to
simplify information management by storing multiple tables within a single
file. The new Relationships Graph presents a visual "map"
of the database and lets users create and modify relationships with a
simple click and drag tool. To keep pace with rich-media management and
other sophisticated solutions, FileMaker Pro 7 dramatically expands its
data capacity to 8 terabytes per file or 4,000 times the old limit.
Single copies of the FileMaker Pro 7 product will be available for $149.
License pricing is also available.
For more sale details, visit the Computer Connection website at http://www.upenn.edu/computerstore
-- be sure to have your PennKey and password handy to log in and view
more information. Also, students can find a host of valuable computer
purchasing information on the Campus
Express website. Remember, you must be a full-time student, faculty,
or staff member of the University of Pennsylvania, or a full-time staff
member of UPHS, to be eligible to purchase items through the Computer
Connection. For policy details visit http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/computerstore/core/info/policy.html.

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Understanding Christianity
'Understanding Christianity' is based around a selection of core Christian concepts. Seeking to raise the levels of pupil's religious literacy, it is structured to deepen pupils' understanding of the story of Christianity alongside key beliefs and practices.
The resources have been created by Church of England Education Department advisers and members of the RE Today team.
Understanding Christianity will form a key part of the forthcoming Diocesan Syllabus for RE and is relevant for all schools. The reources are only available through acredited training.
Please note that delegates are required to attend both days – there is no single day option.
Training Day 1
20 October 2016 – Hollins Hall Hotel, Hollins Hill, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 7QW
21 October 2016 – The National Coal Mining Museum, Old Road, Overton WF4 4RH
Training Day 2
27 April 2017 – Hollins Hall Hotel, Hollins Hill, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 7QW
28 April 2017 – The National Coal Mining Museum, Old Road, Overton WF4 4RH
Cost for BOTH days £195 per delegate including FREE full resource pack as outlined below
o The full Understanding Christianity resource, only available through the training, comprises 29 full units of work, from Reception Year through to Year 9
o Over 150 photocopiable resource sheets
o The Big Frieze illustration, setting the concepts within a wider biblical context.
o Picturing Christianity – a visual teaching resource pack for learning from global Christianity
o Online access to additional materials and support
o Learning follows a spiral curriculum, a model which will be followed in the new diocesan syllabus to be published in the summer of 2017
o The new diocesan syllabus and Understanding Christianity will complement each other in the teaching and learning of RE
For more information about Understanding Christianity please click here.


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396/Pol. Sci. 396/Slavic 396/Hist. 333/Soc. 393. Survey of East Central Europe. (4). (SS).
A rekindling of ethnic sentiments, the restoration of democratic processes, the break-up of nations, the struggle to transform economies, and a tragic civil war have all made the countries of what used to be called "the Eastern European bloc" front page news. Yet, for many centuries the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe have played important parts in the history of our civilization as their region has experienced the collision of competing religions, political empires, and social systems. This course will provide a broad overview of the region, featuring lectures by specialists from different departments, and discussion sections which will integrate the lectures and the readings. Students will thus be exposed to a wide variety of perspectives. The course is suitable for those who know little about Eastern Europe, as well as for those who wish to broaden their knowledge beyond the confines of their major discipline. Course requirements include a mid-term, two papers, and a final. Cost:4 WL:1 (Eagle)
401. Senior Seminar in Russian and East European Studies.
Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl). May be elected
for credit twice.
Section 001 ñ Post-Socialism in Eastern Europe: The Hungarian Case. This course will examine changes in Eastern Europe since the late 1980's, with special focus on contemporary Hungary. As background to our study of post-socialism, we will first consider what it meant to live under state socialism, people's life strategies, and why these regimes put up little resistance. We will then look at current developments in Eastern Europe, in general, and Hungary, in particular. For example, how are villagers and urbanites coping with changing property relations and employment conditions? What is happening to political attitudes, gender relations, family life, ethnic relations, social consciousness, cultural strategies of everyday life, and the use of symbols in contemporary ritual? The course will be organized as a seminar, with supplemental A-V presentations and guest lectures. Grades will be based on attendance, participation, and a research project. The course fulfills REES B.A. requirements, and is also open to other students with relevant area or thematic interests. Cost:3 (Huseby-Darvas)
410. Polish Culture. (1). (Excl). May
be repeated for a total of two credits.
The Search for Self-Identity in Polish Literature. The course will trace the image Poles have of themselves by examining literary texts from the Renaissance to our own times; from Mikolaj Rej - whose proud assertion that "Poles are not geese and have their own language" earned him the title of "father of Polish literature" ñ to the denigrations of "Polishness" by Witold Gombrowicz. The way Poles see themselves differs from one period to another and from one writer to another. The course will take into account different writers' individuality and personal bias as well as historical and political factors that influence the Polish sense of identity in a given period. (Gostynska)
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Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez have shed their squeaky-clean Disney images for good - by parading through the streets in bikinis while smoking cigarettes and downing booze for their racy new movie.
The young actresses have signed up to star in upcoming comedy Spring Breakers, playing college girls enjoying a week of wild partying during the annual holiday.
And a series of images from the movie are set to shock the pair's younger fans, as they are depicted in a series of risque and controversial scenes.
Hudgens, 23, is shown wearing a bikini top and skimpy shorts as she glugs Jack Daniels from a bottle and puffs on cigarettes outside a liquor store.
Gomez, 19, who is currently dating pop sensation Justin Bieber, is seen flashing the flesh, sipping spirits from a bottle concealed in a brown paper bag and holding a female co-star's hand as they dance in the road.
In other scenes from the movie, filmed in St. Petersburg, Florida, actress Rachel Korine is sprawled drunkenly in a street as Hudgens and Gomez try to revive her.
The young stars then donned bikinis again to ride scooters in the blazing sunshine.
The movie, directed by Harmony Korine, is due for release next year (13).


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Tyler Perry to Host Live Musical Event About the Crucifixion of Jesus
It will air on Palm Sunday.
As anticipation for January's Grease: Live reaches a fever pitch, Fox today announced its next live musical event: The Passion, a modern-day retelling of the death of Jesus Christ that will air on Palm Sunday. Based on a Dutch production that's aired annually since 2011, The Passion will be shot on location in downtown New Orleans and will climax with a mile-long procession of "a 20-foot illuminated cross" from Champion Square to Woldenberg Park. Tyler Perry, who was born and raised in the city, will host; there's no word on other casting yet. If you're interested in The Passion, you'd better watch it live — we hear it disappears from your DVR after three days.


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These are photos from the Spring 2017 Drums Along The Maumee wargames convention at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio.
It's good eye candy. Unfortunately, it has been long enough that I can't rememebr the details of all the games. Experienced wargames, however, likely will recognize all the periods, and perhaps even some of the rules systems.


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Top 100 Agencies 2014: HealthEd Group
HealthEd is building momentum once more after what could be called a rocky 2013. Staff is down to 50 this year—half of what was reported in May 2013, and down from the 125 reported in 2011.
Among senior management shifts in 2013, president Jill Balderson, who had been with HealthEd since 2005, left the agency and is now VP of healthcare innovation at Planned Parenthood. And Carleen Kelly, who joined HealthEd in February 2013 from CAHG as EVP, client engagement officer, left last June for an EVP spot at FCB Health.
Anthony Marucci, formerly director of healthcare strategy and business development for Global Advertising Strategies/Prime Access, was hired in October 2013 as SVP, client development. This April, Joe Poggi joined as managing director of the agency, and Todd Greenwood, formerly of PMG, was hired as VP, strategy and innovation. Poggi was most recently SVP, managing director at Biolumnia, and held roles including EVP, senior client director at Regan Campbell Ward McCann and president of echo Torre Lazur before that.
The only account loss HealthEd reported for last year was project work on Daiichi Sankyo's cardiovascular franchise.
Marucci attributes the drastic drop in staff size to layoffs and people leaving of their own accord. "Last year was about level setting and focusing our energies to hit 2014 in an efficient and effective manner," he says.
"Then we re-focused our value proposition, re-energized the agency and prepared a foundation for growth," Poggi adds.
Marucci notes that a new self-promotion effort called the "Patient Geeks" campaign launched last year. Poggi says it highlights the agency's core value of patient centricity.
Wins reported include an AOR assignment from Greer for a new respiratory product and work on multiple products in Janssen's GI franchise. The agency also picked up work on a childhood obesity initiative from Boston Children's Hospital.
"More and more companies are recognizing patients are at the center of everything that happens in the healthcare space," Poggi says. "HealthEd has been there for years and is a leader and innovator in that space. The agency will continue to provide deep insights into patients and the dynamics of their engagements with those who surround them, including caregivers, providers and advocacy groups. We focus on understanding their attitudes, beliefs and what will motivate desired behavior."
Poggi adds that the agency is winning more business around chronic diseases, and he feels areas in public health, such as obesity, are "very robust and offer opportunity."
This year is HealthEd's 25th anniversary. Both Poggi and Marucci indicate that the agency has momentum, noting pitch and presentation activity and new work from Janssen, Amgen and Genentech. Plans are to hire between 20 and 25 people this year, though that's dependent on business expansion.


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The Morphine Dream, a new pedal from Loud Button Electronics is based on the classic Roland AP-7 that the company calls a "dreamy, eight-stage phaser with fuzzy vintage distortion up-front." The pedal has four footswitches to control Effect/Normal, Fuzz/Clean, Shallow/Deep, and Slow/Fast as well as four rotary knobs to control Fuzz Level, Tone, Resonance, and Slow Rate.
The Morphine Dream is hand built in the U.S. and features an 18-volt circuit that runs on a standard 9-volt power supply. It carries a street price of $429, but Loud Button explains that due its complexity and that it's hand-built by one person, production qualities are limited. For more info, check out the Loud Button website.
Loud Button Electronics' Morphine Dream Specs:
- 8-stage Analog Phaser/Distortion
- 4 Footswitches: Effect/Normal, Fuzz/Clean, Shallow/Deep, and Slow/Fast
- uzz Level, Tone, Resonance, and Slow Rate Controls
- Runs on a standard external 9VDC supply
- Hand-built and designed in the United States
- Wired with aerospace-grade Teflon-jacketed, silver plated wire.
- Metal Neutrik In/Out Jacks
- Lead-Free, RoHS Compliant


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Description: A piece of birch bark burning with lots of crackling from the oil filled bark. Edited for looping. A great fire effect for games or video. Once the bark start burning vigorously the intense crackles take on an almost radio static sound. If only there were a sfx for how sweet the burning bark smoke smells!
Description: A profesional flute being quickly fingered randomly by 9 fingers producing rapid bloop, click, and clunking. This is a very strange an unique sound design element! Edited for seamless looping.
Description: Magic medieval logo with steel guitar, harpsichord and little bells...
Genres: Sound Effects , Electricity
Description: A high tension electric arc crackling. Edited for seamless looping.
Description: Suspenseful Synthesizer Ambience
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Two of those 37 historic properties are Government House and the former Spanish Colonial Quarter property. In past years, the City earned the income from those properties — however, since October 2010 it has been the University of Florida, not the City of St Augustine, calling the shots and collecting the rent.
With great fanfare in 2010, after only a six-year run in Key West, Pat Croce relocated his "Pirate Soul Museum" to the former Christmas Shop and Tepee Town site on Avenida Menendez. With assistance from local attorney and mayor Joe Boles, Croce was quickly embraced in the community and promoted as "a millionaire businessman" capable of stimulating our tourism industry and willing to promote St Augustine as a vacation destination.
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At the very time that Croce is complaining about financial losses operating his Colonial Quarter Museum, he was negotiating for control of the additional state-owned property. He convinces UF, the Mayor, and four commissioners, that his success is dependent on their cooperation, and cooperation from the National Park Service, to sell an exclusive three-way "explorer's passport" that includes admission to the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, the Colonial Quarter Museum, as well as the First Colony exhibit at Government House. And further, Croce needs a location inside the newly refurbished and upgraded Visitor Information Center from which he can sell his tickets to all three attractions.
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The city has two operators of "hop-on-hop-off" shuttle transportation and tour services — Historic Tours of America who operate Old Town Trolley and Ripley Entertainment who operate the Red Trains. As official franchisees who pay a percentage fee to the city for each passenger ticket sold, each is afforded an option to rent an information booth inside the Visitor Center where maps and tickets are available for the attractions along their respective routes.
Never have attraction operators had permission to sell individual tickets for admission to their attractions within the Visitor Information Center — arguably where we make the most important "first impression" on our visitors; tourists who have chosen to explore St Augustine as part of their vacation plans.
Even when the St Johns County Chamber of Commerce operated the Visitor Center, private, locally owned attractions were allowed to place rack cards in unmanned "take one" displays — but not to set up a ticket booth. During those days, many St Augustine businesses maintained their membership in the Chamber of Commerce specifically for the privilege of placing rack cards or advertising brochures in the Visitor Center.
Presently, more modern multi-media displays adorn the walls and fixtures inside the Visitor Center. The rack cards still exist — advertising the locations of various attractions, their hours of operation, and ticket prices.
A financial staff member at the city opined that if the city was ever granted the ability to sell tickets for the Castillo at the Visitor Center, they would sell more tickets than the Castillo itself. Members of the Attractions Association agreed and noted that the city had some last minute and short lived success in selling a combination "passport" ticket from the Visitor Center that included admission to the Colonial Spanish Quarter — since that was an effort of the city, in a city owned building, for admission to a city operated attraction, the Attractions Association had no quarrel.
This new development is different.
Like the St Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum, which is owned by Croce's limited liability company; the new Colonial Quarter Museum, its restaurants and bar, and the new First Colony museum and gift shop at Government House, are also privately owned.
So, the question of fairness and competitive access to city-owned resources takes center stage. If we are now going to allow Pat Croce to sell admission to two of his three privately-owned museums inside the city-owned visitor center, why do we prohibit other attractions that have been part of the St Augustine landscape for decades, or centuries, the same right of access within the publically-owned building?
Advertising about the attractions operated by Croce imply that, together with the Castillo, the three-ticket Explorer's Passport gets the visitor to the "authentic" historic sites that tell the "true" story of our Historic City. Language in the first memorandum concerning the plan says in the recitals that the city and university are the best attraction operators to trust to deliver "an accurate story about the City's history".
Is that being honest and accurate?
Are other credentialed sites such as the Mission Nombre de Dios where we know that the first mass was celebrated by the Spanish explorers who settled our city in 1565, or the Fountain of Youth Archeological Park, where scholars have uncovered, documented and collected artifacts of the Timucaun Village of Seloy, that had survived for nearly 3,500 years prior until the brutal massacre at the hands of the European settlers that wiped out their entire civilization, any less part of the accurate story of the city's history?
Several well respected local attraction owners, whose family have been benefactors of this community for two hundred years, caution the City of St Augustine and the University of Florida about "overstating" the actual historic significance of their 20th century attractions. "Do they really want to start comparing pedigrees?" one quipped.


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I have the cpap model...not the elite
07-11-2015, 10:41 PM (This post was last modified: 07-11-2015, 10:42 PM by tedburnsIII.)
Good post #44, kaiasgram!
First of all, Dawn knows the type of data available on her machine, she wrote (post #15) "I can see compliance, mask seal, leak rate, and AHI"
The question is not about whether the machine provide adequate treatment or not, but rather who make most money by dispensing bricks
Insurance does not care about machines data, only about compliance, they pay by billing code 0E601 (brick or top end) same amount for any machine comes under this code. Maybe things have changed since Obama care but I'm not aware of
DME (lousy ones) does care about machines, they pocket extra $$$ if dispensing the lower end machines
So my question to my learned friends, given choice which machine you choose?
49er wrote (post #34) "Since Dawn still has time to exchange the machine, now is the time to do it before it is too late"
I agreed (post #39) "strike while the iron is hot"
Now, back watching "The Voice" and sipping nice glass of Aussie wine
Well, let's simplify this.
1) IMHO, you did get screwed. Nothing unusual about this.
2) If your pressure setting is what you need to fix your apnea, the machine will give you good therapy.
3) If your pressure doesn't "cure" your apnea, your machine may give you very limited information (nightly AHI) to indicate this.
4) An Elite or AutoSet machine would give you much better data about how your therapy is working. They will give you or your doctor a lot more info on what's wrong, how severe it is, and how to fix it.
5) The A10 CPAP isn't a total "brick," since it does give nightly AHI data. However, to me, it's inexcusable to dispense such a machine when the Elite model gives much better data.
6) The A10 CPAP will NOT distinguish central from obstructive apnea.
7) The A10 CPAP only gives you a nightly average, not info about whether you have, for instance, a lot of "false" apneas as you're lying awake, or as you fall asleep.
8) The A10 CPAP does not give you airflow waveforms or minute by minute leak graphs.
Insurance and many doctors are stuck in the dark ages on CPAP. There's no excuse to not have a fully data capable machine with airflow waveforms.
To me, the A10 CPAP vs. Elite is like driving your car on a frosty morning with just a patch of your windshield scraped clean vs. cleaning all the windows and mirrors.
Get the free SleepyHead software here.
Useful links.
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If it's midnight and a DME tells you it's dark outside, go and check it yourself.
Hi mzdawn74,
You asked what to say to the doctor when he points out your AHI is spectacular and clearly you don't need no stinkin' APAP.
The main thing is to be persistent and to emphasize that something is not right because you still feel terrible and cannot sleep.
Although you did not have many RERA events (see below for definition of RERA) during your diagnostic study and maybe not any during your titration (during just a few hours on one night), you could still be having them now, and having a machine which reports RERA events (which the A10 AutoSet For Her does) may be important in your case. Your present machine (and even the A10 Elite) does not report RERA events.
As the therapy pressure is increased, apneas tend to be replaced by hypopneas, and then at higher pressures hypopneas might be prevented but Flow Limitation and RERA could still be happening without you having any way to know. Your present machine does not respond to Flow Limitation (an APAP would) and does not report RERA events. The Clinician Guide for the A10 AutoSet For Her says it reports RERA events whether in Auto mode or CPAP mode, and it says the A10 Elite does not report RERA.
This might be the best reason to give the doctor for why you are asking for the AirSense 10 AutoSet for Her: to give you the best chance of success in finding what the problem is, why, although you are trying to use the machine, you still feel terrible and foggyheaded. You may be having many RERA events disturbing your sleep, and you are asking for a prescription which would allow you to have a machine which is capable of reporting RERA. Good luck!
Background Info:
RERA stands for Respiratory Effort Related Arousal, which is an arousal caused by needing to exert too much effort in breathing, usually caused by Flow Limitation.
Flow Limitation is caused by a partial restriction of the airway which limits the Flow rate of air entering our lungs while we are inhaling, which can make inhalation uncomfortably hard, which may lead to an arousal.
RERA events are arousals which disturb sleep, but because the reduction in respiration was less than 50% (or because some other requirement for being classified as hypopnea was missing) these will not be counted as hypopneas and therefore will not be counted in the AHI. (By definition, an event cannot be counted both as a RERA and as an hypopnea.)
So, conceivably, a person who has lots of RERA but few apneas and hypopneas may have a great AHI but may be unable to sleep well and may feel always fatigued and mentally foggy, etc.
Membership in the Advisory Member group should not be understood as in any way implying medical expertise or qualification for advising Sleep Apnea patients concerning their treatment. The Advisory Member group provides advice and suggestions to Apnea Board administrators and staff on matters concerning Apnea Board operation and administrative policies - not on matters concerning treatment for Sleep Apnea. I think it is now too late to change the name of the group but I think Voting Member group would perhaps have been a more descriptive name for the group.
(07-11-2015, 10:41 PM)tedburnsIII Wrote: Good post #44, kaiasgram!
Thank you.
To be clear, Ted, I don't share your general orientation to the issue of data and software -- here or on the other forum. I hope Dawn will advocate strongly for a full data machine this week, and I agree completely with Arch and others who argue that there is no excuse for the sale and distribution of brick and half-brick machines today.
Dawn was asking a couple of questions in her OP and in her previous thread -- one was about the availability of efficacy data and the other was about whether the delivery of positive airway pressure (PAP) was functionally inferior because of the lack of full efficacy data. I wanted to tease apart the two issues for her and clarify that her half-brick machine is still treating her apnea, in an effort to reduce some of her stress and anxiety. But in no way do I think that means she should accept the half-brick CPAP model.
I think Dawn understood my point. I hope everything works out this week with the DME and that there's a smooth exchange for her.
(07-13-2015, 03:37 AM)kaiasgram Wrote:(07-11-2015, 10:41 PM)tedburnsIII Wrote: Good post #44, kaiasgram!
I did! And thank you for helping me out yet again. I wish you were closer to San Diego, as I would love to work with you personally. I've yet to meet a therapist I actually enjoy talking to and felt comfortable with, until now with you. :grin:
(07-13-2015, 02:48 AM)vsheline Wrote: Hi mzdawn74,
Thank you for this detailed response. I am going to be using these suggestions as my main argument why a APAP is needed in my case.
Does the APAP treat the RERA's as well as the apnea and hypopneas?
One issue that has not been raised is that the AHI is low at least in part because she is not asleep. To get a true picture of the efficacy of the therapy, you first of all need to actually sleep. It would be very helpful to consider what is keeping you from sleep and address those issues.
beyond that - I am a huge advocate for having more data, and I firmly believe that the additional insight into the treatment is crucial to help many people accept the treatment.
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(07-13-2015, 09:30 AM)DariaVader Wrote: One issue that has not been raised is that the AHI is low at least in part because she is not asleep. To get a true picture of the efficacy of the therapy, you first of all need to actually sleep. It would be very helpful to consider what is keeping you from sleep and address those issues.
Dawn - If you are using the machine 4 hrs a night and are asleep during those four hours, the AHI the machine calculates would be considered valid. The reported AHI would not include any RERA events which might have occurred but the AHI reported would be considered a valid AHI calculation for the average number of apneas plus hypopneas occurring while you are asleep.
Only the data recorded during time you are asleep and at full therapy pressure can be validly used in calculating the AHI. The machine does not know whether you are asleep or awake but assumes you are asleep. If you are awake half the time or all the time you are receiving therapy then the AHI calculated by the machine would be half or totally invalid.
The machine does not count the time or the events during the Ramp time (if the Ramp is used) but assumes you we asleep and uses the events (or lack of events) for all other therapy time in calculating the AHI.
Membership in the Advisory Member group should not be understood as in any way implying medical expertise or qualification for advising Sleep Apnea patients concerning their treatment. The Advisory Member group provides advice and suggestions to Apnea Board administrators and staff on matters concerning Apnea Board operation and administrative policies - not on matters concerning treatment for Sleep Apnea. I think it is now too late to change the name of the group but I think Voting Member group would perhaps have been a more descriptive name for the group.
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Commission Opinion pursuant to Article 251(2), third subparagraph, point (c), of the EC Treaty, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the Draft Directive on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services.
Legal base:
Article 95 EC; co-decision; qualified majority voting
Trade and Industry
Basis of consideration:
Minister's letter of 29 April 2002
Previous Committee Report:
HC 152-xxiii (2001-02), paragraph15 (10 April 2002)
Discussed in Council:
6-7 December 2001 Transport and Telecommunications Council
Committee's assessment:
Politically important
Committee's decision:
Cleared (decision reported on 10 April 2002), but evidence session with Minister arranged
17.1 This Directive, known as "the Framework Directive", sets out the 'horizontal' provisions,[19] for the new telecoms regulatory package, of which this Directive and three others on which we report[20] form part. These provisions include the roles of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and the procedures to be followed to ensure the consistent application of the new framework throughout the Community. We cleared the draft on 28 March 2001, before the Council reached a Common Position on it[21].
17.2 On 13 February 2002 we considered a letter[22] from the Minister for E-Commerce and Competitiveness (Mr Douglas Alexander) in which he informed us of the outcome of negotiations between the Council and the European Parliament on key elements of the telecoms regulatory package. He said that a Second Reading Agreement had been reached shortly before Christmas 2001. No texts were available but, when they had been finalised, Explanatory Memoranda would be submitted on them "as normal".
17.3 In an Explanatory Memorandum dated 19 March, the Minister told us that the Directive was adopted on 14 February 2002. He summarised the amendments to the Common Position that were agreed as part of the final deal and said that the Government fully supported the Agreement, believing that the final version represented a very good outcome for the UK. He gave some detailed reasons why this was the case.
17.4 He made no reference to the fact that the "final deal" had not been submitted for scrutiny before adoption, but said that it was expected to come into force "imminently".
17.5 The proposed Access, Authorisation and Universal Service Directives[23] also, according to the Minister, formed part of the same Second Reading Agreement. The comments we made on the Framework Directive applied equally to those Directives. We said that amended texts, following the European Parliament's Second Reading, have always been subject to scrutiny and a scrutiny reserve should have been placed on the proposals. The fact that there was a Second Reading Agreement on them in no way removed that obligation. We assumed that the Minister recognised this when he undertook, in his letter of 7 February 2002, to submit Explanatory Memoranda on the new texts when they had been finalised.
17.6 We therefore asked the Minister to appear before us to explain the circumstances in which these important proposals were adopted without further parliamentary scrutiny after substantial changes had been made to the texts which we scrutinised earlier. An evidence session has been arranged for 15 May.
The Minister's letter
17.7 In a letter dated 29 April, the Minister says that he has reviewed the case in some detail and believes that there are two ways in which the Government should have done better. Firstly, it could have informed the Scrutiny Committees sooner about the developments at the Council and in the European Parliament, following the Telecoms Council of 6 December. Secondly, so as to give the Committee the full story, his Department had waited for the Commission's response and this took longer than expected. It is clear, he says, that greater priority should have been given to keeping the Committees more up to date with the general state of play, even amidst fairly fluid negotiations.
17.8 The Minister concludes by saying that he would be happy to discuss the wider issue of scrutiny in cases of co-decision, particularly at Second Reading, on 15 May.
17.9 We thank the Minister for his letter. We look forward to a discussion of the issue of scrutiny during co-decision and hope that it will serve to dispel any confusion about Parliament's need to scrutinise any substantial changes made to legislative proposals before final adoption.


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You can't have failed to have noticed that it's a bit nippy out there – and there are warnings coming over from the Met Office that we could be in for a blast of winter over the next few days. But will the Thames Valley be in for a white Christmas?
Advance weather forecasters are already making predictions and posting charts on Twitter using the #uksnow hashtag and crossing fingers – while also looking ahead to this weekend and two weather warnings in place.
The Met Office has posted a warning that severe gales will sweep across the country during Thursday nighttime and Friday daytime. It could lead to snow – but it is thought to be very unlikely in the South, which will receive the tailend of the icy blast.
The Met Office's chief forecaster noted on the weather warning: "Gales, or severe gales are likely to develop, with gusts to 50-60 mph quite widely in the warning area.
"A period of heavy rain may also make for tricky driving conditions at times, this perhaps turning to snow over northern hills later."
This weather forecast is generated by the Met Office Weather Widget
Piers Corbyn, managing director of advance forecasters Weather Action, thinks that the cold weather will continue where deep snow will fall across the country, giving a harsh winter not seen for five years.
In a blog post he noted: "It will be mostly cold and snowy until just before Christmas and there are signs of some more extreme conditions after December, although there are huge variables on these models."
Snow is already falling in Scotland and Northern England – but will it be a white Christmas?
The Met Office thinks that the UK will experience cloudy weather with a chance of rain. Some of these showers could turn wintry … but they don't think it'll be that cold.
MetCheckUK.com posted an early forecast on Twitter that shows there could be a white Christmas for much of the country – from Birmingham upwards.
First Christmas charts on snowmaps and showing widespread White Christmas! http://t.co/zLeGzXD8Fz #UkSnow pic.twitter.com/ahfC7yoloR
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So at the moment, it looks like it'll be a green, grey and cold Christmas for us in Berkshire.
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The Rediff Interview/Leander Paes
'I am blessed to have Martina in my life'
July 24, 2003
Indian tennis has not had it better in a long time: two Wimbledon titles this year�despite the 'Indian Express' team of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi exchanging volleys on either side of the net.
India's first homebred champion Sania Mirza won the girls' doubles title and proved that talent is�abundant in the country, and nurturing it is�the challenge.
Paes, who won�the mixed doubles crown at Wimbledon title with the legendary Martina Navratilova, believes that it's time to breed champions at home instead of sending them overseas.
After 10 years on the international�circuit, his hunger for success�hasn't diminished.
In an exclusive interview with�Faisal Shariff,�Paes reveals his vision for Indian tennis.
What keeps a champion with an individual Olympic medal, 27 doubles titles and�doubles Grand Slam crowns going?
Just trying to be the best that I can ever be. I was born with a God-given talent and I want to explore all opportunities, whether as a tennis player or as a human being, and to give back to society what I got out of it. At the same time, whatever other endeavour I undertake, I want to give it my all; be it in designing clothes, fashion, starting a tennis academy or business. Anything I would dig my hands into I want to be the best and that's what strives me when I wake up each morning.
Where does the intensity come from?
Motivation is my biggest strength. I am never short on enthusiasm or short of energy to wake up and go after a goal. I always had it as a kid. If I want to attain something I will do anything to covet that.
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Your father said you had a very traumatic style of playing which took its toll on your body. The break-up with Mahesh Bhupathi didn't help your cause too much. What inspired you to the game again?
I must say 2002 was tough; the timing was very inappropriate. It took me time to bounce back, six�months to find a new partner. My ranking dropped from number one in April 2002 to number 37 in�December 2002. I almost lost my profession because of that. But I would attribute this passion returning thanks to my friendship with Martina Navratilova. For someone who is such a legend of the game to come out at 46, to come out each morning and be the best that she can be, there is something very special there.
I am blessed to have Martina in my life. She inspires me in so many levels. At the last US Open, when we started playing together, I asked her if she had any special book written which I could read. She said it was 'Martina, being myself'. I am reading it for the third�time over now. Little things in her life that have made her what she is today is something that touched me.
Coming from India, where the obstacles are great, one really found the passion in playing again. Now I don't have to play so much for money, fame or any materialistic need. I play the game because I am passionate about it; because I am a student of the game and physical training. I'm enjoying it a lot now than I did 10 years ago.
What is your vision for Indian tennis?
For any sport in India we have the facilities and training academies. To take it to the next level we need professionalism; not just in technique and strokes, but also in the diet, training regimes and mental training. It's a lifestyle. The lifestyle of a professional athlete is very demanding. It takes someone who is very dedicated along with environment to hone a champion. My goal is to come back to give to India in terms of setting the environment to mould champions. I have a tennis academy in Kolkata for eight years now -- Paes and Sport. When we looked to nurture tennis players, we thought: 'what does the Paes family get to Indian sport?' And we figured we brought athleticism. Whether it was my mom, who represented India in basketball, or my dad, who�won a coveted field hockey Olympic medal, or me.
In tennis, the reason we did well was because of athletic ability. So we looked to nurture athletes. Looked at it in a specific manner to be a champion. It will take us two weeks to explain it. I would like to give that back to Indian sport.
Sania Mirza, who won the girls' doubles�title at Wimbledon this year, is India's first home-bred champion in a long time. Is it so difficult to prepare champions at home?
I sincerely believe that if we have to send athletes abroad, especially the young ones, 14 to 17-year-olds, the finance becomes a big issue. Majority of our children don't have finance backing to hone their talents. Even if we do it at home, the large part of our population either cannot afford the training costs. We should subsidize the training; make it more reasonable for anyone to get in.
It's a hard one to do because we need a lot of sponsorship from corporate houses. That's the only way we can nurture talent. By having centers where any child recognised for his talent can be made to be the best. It's got to be home bred. We are a long way away from setting up such academies. It is for people like us to take the responsibility and give back to India what we have got out of it.
With the experience and opportunities I have had to travel internationally and have coaches around the world, I should take up upon myself to set up such academies.
How difficult was it for you when you started off?
Naresh Kumar was my mentor;�I am what I am thanks to my parents and him. When I started there were no sponsorships. I required $240,000 every year to hone my talent. It included my airfare, the coach's fees per week; he used to travel with me for 35 weeks in a year, his airfare, laundry, hotel transportation and food.
Adidas, Reebok and Prince now take care of equipment, but at that time it wasn't the case. India didn't have that sponsorship. My father worked for hours on end to muster sponsorship for me. I wouldn't be half of what I am without him. Rather than sit back and look at negatives, I turned it around and asked how I could turn things around. Nothing is difficult to achieve if you want it bad.More Interviews


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