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pacman -S pm-utils
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Reboot, and then you should be able to suspend to ram with
Reboot, and then you should be able to suspend to ram with
as root.
as root.
Revision as of 02:55, 1 December 2008
I'm currently working on getting Arch set up on my new Toshiba Satellite P205D-S8804. This page isn't complete yet, but I'll work on it as I get things up!
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Toshiba P205D-S8804
The on-board ethernet adaptor worked out of the box for me.
This laptop has an Atheros chipset, which is now supported by the latest madwifi release. With that installed, no additional configuration should be necessary.
Looks like this is a winmodem, but I haven't tried it yet, and don't ever plan to.
Audio worked out of the box for me as well.
pacman -S alsa-utils
and unmute the volume.
Note: Remember to add your user to the audio group, log out and log back in!
gpasswd -a username audio
I have yet to test things like line-out/spdif/microphone-in on this card.
This laptop ships with ATI Radeon X1200 integrated video. This card combined with the 17" screen should yield a max resolution of up to 1440x900.
Free Drivers
Initially, I used the free drivers because the prior version of ATI's official driver had serious issues with resolution. I've used xf86-video-vesa, xf86-video-ati, and xf86-radeonhd without problems. All are available in pacman. Note that the vesa driver will not yield high resolutions, and that none of the three provide decent 3D acceleration, although the RadeonHD driver provides some limited accelerated functionality.
ATI Catalyst Driver
Visit the ATI wiki page for instructions on how to get the intial set up completed.
You'll want to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, because otherwise using accelerated 3D causes rather annoying hard (un-recoverable) kernel locks.
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sav
to backup the original file, then
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and make changes to the sections below Note: I intentionally left out some sections, like "Fonts" because that may vary from system to system.
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Touchpad[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "aiglx" "true" EndSection
Section "Module" #Load "GLcore" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "glx" Load "xtrap" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "synaptics" #Load "vbe" EndSection
Section "ServerFlags" Option "IgnoreABI" "on" EndSection
Section "Device" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "VideoOverlay" "on" Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" Identifier "Card0" Driver "fglrx" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "Radeon X1200 Series" BusID "PCI:1:5:0" EndSection
Section "Extensions" Option "DAMAGE" "true" Option "RENDER" "true" Option "Composite" "true" EndSection
Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection
I added AIGLX to this configuration file, but I do not know that it is necessary -- I added it personally for Compiz.
I haven't tested dual displays or the S-Video out yet.
Works fine with the synaptics driver.
pacman -S synaptics
then edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to include this section:
Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "Touchpad[1]" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.06" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option "SHMConfig" "on" EndSection
and make sure that the Section "Module" section has this line:
Load "synaptics"
and also change the "InputDevice" line under Section "ServerLayout" that references Mouse0 to look like:
InputDevice "Touchpad[1]" "CorePointer"
Log out of X, log back in and your toucpad should be working much nicer.
Not all "hotkeys" are funtional on this machine -- Some of them are not even generating events in the kernel, although I think we can eventually work around that. Here are the keys that I have gotten to work so far:
Mute Suspend to Ram Brightness up Brightness down Volume Wheel "Web" key Play/Pause Stop Previous Track Next Track
What I still have left to fix:
Lock Search Suspend to disk Display toggle Wifi switch (Not sure what this key does -- it is on F8, though) Touchpad switch
In order to get any kind of functionality out of these keys, we need to map them to keysyms under X11. Some window managers (eg GNOME) may do this automatically, but if it doesn't, then here's what we need to do:
- Find out the scan code of the keys we want to map to a specific function. Here's the list that I compiled:
Mute = 160 Suspend to Ram = 223 Brightness Down = 101 Brightness Up = 212 Internet = 178 Play = 162 Stop = 164 Previous Track 144 Next Track = 153 Volume Wheel Down = 174 Volume Wheel Up = 176
- Create an Xmodmap file in your home directory with the functions you want to give those keys.
nano /home/username/.Xmodmap
and create a file with the following format:
keycode ### = function name
where ### = the numerical keycode from the list above, and function name is one of the functions listed in /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB
For reference, here's what I used for my .Xmodmap:
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute keycode 223 = XF86Sleep keycode 101 = F28 keycode 212 = F29 keycode 178 = XF86WWW keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
I mapped Brightness up/down to F28 and F29 since I needed two seperate keys for the scripts that I am trying to write to control the LCD brightness -- this laptop is not really playing nicely with ACPI.
From here you'll have to configure your individual system to react to these X11 events -- this will vary depending on what window manager you use, or Desktop Environment.
The drive reads and writes both CD's and DVD's out of the box. This drive also has labelflash capabilities, but I 'm not sure if that is supported under linux or not.
Functional out of the box
Have not tested.
Have not tested.
5-in-1 card reader
Funtional out of the box, although we need to manually add a module to enable SD card support
modprobe tifm_sd modprobe tifm_7xx1 modprobe tifm_ms modprobe tifm_core
and add tifm_sd, tifm_7xx1, tifm_ms and tifm_core to the modules section of your /etc/rc.conf
I'm not actually sure if things like CompactFlash or MemoryStick are working, SD card is the only thing I have at the moment.
Power Management
Cpu frequency scaling is supported and works well. Visit the Cpufrequtils wiki page for instructions. The frequency range in question is 800MHz to a max of 2GHz.
Appears to work flawlessly, although not really speedily. Install pm-utils, if it is not already:
pacman -S pm-utils
For further necessary steps, see this section of the Pm-utils wiki page for more instructions.
Then, after finishing setup, a simple
as root will take care of it.
Suspend to Ram
To my utter shock and amazement, this also works out of the box. Ensure that pm-utils is installed.
pacman -S pm-utils
Ensure that resume=/dev/sdX is added as an option to your grub /boot/grub/menu.lst kernel line.
Reboot, and then you should be able to suspend to ram with
as root.
returns this webcam as a "Chicony USB 2.0" webcam, which is supported via the uvcvideo and snd_usb_audio modules.
modprobe uvcvideo modprobe snd_usb_audio
and add them to the modules section of your /etc/rc.conf
You can view the webcam with different applications -- try VNC, xawtv, ekiga, amsn etc.
Please,Please Please! Update this if you have the same model laptop, or if you just feel like correcting me, or fixing my grammar/spelling/confusing entries.


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TAUNTON — The city's chances of becoming a hub of medical marijuana production and sales are in jeopardy now that state officials have reviewed and rejected the applications of two groups hoping to set up shop in the Silver City.
The competing applicants were both among 20 nonprofit companies granted provisional licenses in January by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
DPH announced Friday that just 11 of 20 registered marijuana dispensary applicants would advance to an "inspectional phase."
The elimination of nine applicants resulted from a "verification phase" enacted in response to complaints and questions raised by previously rejected applicants, as well as media outlets, about allegations of conflicts of interest and lack of veracity.
Former Bay State congressman William Delahunt's Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts initially was given the green light to open medical pot dispensaries in Plymouth, Taunton and Mashpee.
The East Taunton facility was to have been located in a building on Revolutionary Drive in the Liberty and Union Industrial Park.
That industrial park, coincidentally, includes land under a real estate, option contract with Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc., which is now awaiting federal, land-into-trust approval to build a resort casino complex.
The other nonprofit company on the state's rejection list with ties to Taunton was Greeneway Wellness Foundation.
Greeneway's prior approval for a dispensary in Cambridge was rejected for what was described by the DPH as questionable financial resources.
Plymouth-based Greeneway's chief executive, John Greene, in a press release Saturday, said he would appeal the DPH decision rejecting his application for the Cambridge marijuana dispensary.
Greene initially wanted to open a single facility in Taunton to grow and dispense marijuana products to people suffering serious ailments and diseases, who would receive a doctor's recommendation for various products.
But the state stipulated Greene would have to keep the two separate, which led to his application and approval for a dispensary in Cambridge and a "cultivation" facility in Taunton.
The marijuana, Greene said, would be trucked from Taunton to Cambridge.
The Taunton City Council approved a request for a special permit in late March for Greeneway to open a cultivation facility in one half of a 90,000-square-foot, industrial-zoned building at 30 Mozzone Blvd.
The other half of the building is now being used as a material-recovery facility by WeCare Organics, the trash-recycling company hired by the city to dispose of all single-stream, curb-side trash.
After the City Council's vote, Daniel DaRosa, who owns the Mozzone Boulevard building and is president of Taunton-based B&D Construction, said he anticipated Greeneway's operations would be underway before August.
DaRosa, who paid over $2 million for the building in 2013, did not return calls seeking comment about the possibility of an alternative use.
Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. declined to comment specifically on either Greeneway or the Delahunt-related project in East Taunton.
But he said the DPH should have done a better job vetting each applicant instead of letting them "get as far as they did."
"I think the initial screenings were lax," Hoye said. "It's frustrating that at the end of the day it's their decision and not ours."
The mayor has previously refused to say if he favored the passage in 2012 by voters legalizing medical marijuana in the commonwealth.
Hoye, as well as most city councilors, instead have stressed that there's nothing objectionable in welcoming a medical marijuana business, as long as it meets all legal guidelines and operates in an industrial-zoned area as designated by city ordinance.
Greene did not return a call seeking comment.
But his media spokesman Frank Perullo reiterated Greene's press release that "many" banking institutions have patently refused doing business with Greeneway because of fears of violating banking statutes — by dint of their accepting money from activities still considered illegal under federal statute.
"Just less than two weeks ago, we were rejected by a small bank after John spent two months trying to set it up," Perullo said.
Perullo doesn't dispute a letter by Karen van Unen, director of the state's medical marijuana program, stating that $1.3 million in three savings accounts listed on Greeneway's application were emptied the day after it was submitted to DPH.
Of that amount, $500,000 in capital was for an initial application and $400,000 for two subsequent applications.
Perullo, however, said Greene had no alternative but to return the monies to his 30 investors, with whom he then secured "custodial" agreements.
"The money was always going to be removed, because three or four major banks asked that the money be removed. He's had a lot of trouble getting banks to keep the money," Perullo said.
He said Greene has always been "transparent" but also "outspoken," which, to some extent, might have worked against him.
"They just don't like the fact this is how we've handled it," Perullo said, adding that "it's kind of a Catch-22 situation."
Perullo said Greeneway will file a motion for appeal today or Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court; he said it could take 30 to 60 days for a decision to be rendered.
Perullo said if the court rules in Greeneway's favor, he's hopeful the Taunton growing facility will begin operating by next January.
Dick Shafer, who since retiring as Taunton's economic director has acted as a part-time project manager for Taunton Development Corporation, said the industrial park building Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts planned to move into is owned by a local roofing business owner, who he says would like to lease it as an investment.
Shafer said the Delahunt-related nonprofit, like Greeneway, would have been required to go before the City Council for a special permit. He said it also would have to abide by TDC deed restrictions and covenants.
But he said he's not surprised the group arranged to be a tenant before submitting an application to the state: "You need an address to apply for these types of things," Shafer said.


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Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to a six-week low, a sign the labor market is improving after a setback last month.
First-time jobless claims decreased a larger-than-forecast 16,000 in the week ended April 20 to 339,000, the lowest since March 9, Labor Department data showed in Washington. Also today, Bloomberg's Consumer Comfort Index held close to the highest level in five years.
Fewer dismissals show companies have enough confidence in demand and are in a position to add to headcount should sales strengthen after a pause in March. Americans last week grew more confident that their financial situations were improving, indicating rising home values and higher stock prices will help sustain spending and keep the economy expanding.
"We have a labor market recovery that's ongoing," said Guy Berger, an economist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, who projected 340,000 filings and is the third-best claims forecaster in the past two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "The labor market has its ups and downs, but the direction shows things are getting better. Companies are willing to increase their headcounts but at a very slow pace."
Stocks rose after the figures and as companies from Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. to United Parcel Service Inc. reported earnings that topped estimates. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index advanced 0.6 percent to 1,588.55 at 12:03 p.m. in New York.
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"Americans are feeling more secure about their own financial situation," said Joseph Brusuelas, a senior economist at Bloomberg LP in New York. "Household wealth is recovering. The decline in gasoline prices is providing some relief to households across the income spectrum."
Today's U.S. data followed signs from overseas that the world economy is stabilizing. The German government lifted its growth forecast for Europe's biggest economy this year, citing what it sees as employers' willingness to step up hiring.
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Stock Investors Are Left Wondering When on Fed's Taper
Stocks Welcomed the Fed Sticking to Its Policy, but Big Questions Remain
One of the oldest clichés on Wall Street is that financial markets hate uncertainty and confusion.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve gave the markets uncertainty and confusion about plans to wind down its bond-buying program, and markets loved it, sending U.S. stock indexes to records.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 147.21 points, or 0.9%, to 15676.94, a closing high. Bond prices notched their strongest gain since November 2011. Commodity prices jumped, and foreign stocks benefited even more than U.S. shares. Early Thursday, Asian stock markets also moved higher.
The celebration was for the short term, based on the Fed's decision to surprise investors with the news it wouldn't begin reducing its bond-buying program this month after all.
But, in the longer term, money managers could turn surly again. If Fed officials are right in their decision to reduce forecasts for U.S. economic growth, some investors fear that could presage disappointments in third-quarter corporate profit reports, which are due out next month. That would be less positive for stocks.
And, more generally, analysts still expect the Fed to begin reducing stimulus at some point this year. That means that, as the next Fed policy meeting scheduled for Oct. 29-30 draws nearer, stocks could sink amid the same uncertainty and confusion that sent markets into a funk in August.
"In the longer term, the Fed is going to be less supportive" of financial markets, said Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist at asset-management firm BlackRock Inc., which oversees about $3.9 trillion. "Strength will have to come from earnings growth."
He and several other money managers said they are either moving some money into emerging-market stocks or, in accounts where clients make the final decisions, advising them to do so.
Markets generally trade on very short-term expectations, and the continuation of the Fed policy without any change is good short-term news for two reasons. First, it means stronger support than had been expected for the economy, which can't hurt economic growth. Second, the stimulus itself is carried out in a way that funnels extra cash directly into markets, which, for simple mechanical reasons, tends to support stock and bond prices.
The Fed provides the stimulus by buying $85 billion a month worth of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities, mainly from major banks. It is nearly impossible for the banks to use all that money for loans to businesses and individuals. With safe investments offering low returns, much of the money finds its way into the riskier stocks and bonds that investors think will get the best short-term pop.
Since the Fed uses the money to buy bonds, it would seem logical to expect bonds to get the greatest benefit. But because investors typically channel the liquidity into riskier, faster-rising investments, and because they still think the Fed will cut back on its bond purchases later in the year, analysts don't expect bonds to benefit as much as stocks. Sooner or later, they think, investors will move away from Treasury bonds again, pushing bond prices lower and yields higher in anticipation of a cutback in Fed bond buying.
While short-term traders love the liquidity, some investors more focused on the longer term weren't pleased. They worry that U.S. stocks in particular are becoming overpriced and too dependent on government support. When the Fed begins withdrawing that support, they say, the market reaction could be more negative than if the Fed had begun the process this month.
"U.S. stocks are trading based on stimulus and not on fundamental value," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, which oversees $66 billion in Chicago. "I was hoping that we would slowly get a transition from the liquidity backstop and toward a more tangible source of support, like corporate earnings or revenues."
Mr. Ablin also said he fears the Fed is delaying action because it expects economic growth and corporate earnings could be disappointing in the months to come. He is thinking about moving some of his clients' money into European and developing-country stocks.
"It is sort of disturbing to me as to why they chose to wait. Is the economy so fragile that it can't sustain itself without life support?" he asked.
The Fed nudged down its 2013 and 2014 U.S. growth forecasts Wednesday.
Mr. Ablin noted that $45 billion of the monthly $85 billion in Fed bond purchases goes into Treasury bonds, meaning Fed purchases are financing most, if not all, of the federal budget deficit. He considers that unsustainable.
That kind of fretting was overshadowed Wednesday by optimism that the Fed's continuing support will help the economy get through any rough patch that lies ahead.
"All in all, I guess it is fairly good," said Janna Sampson, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments, which manages $3.5 billion in Lisle, Ill.
Some investors also are reassured at the prospect that Lawrence Summers, a former senior adviser to Presidents Obama and Clinton, has withdrawn from consideration as a successor to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Mr. Summers was viewed as less supportive of the stimulus program than Janet Yellen, vice chairwoman of the Fed's Board of Governors, who now is considered the strong favorite to succeed Mr. Bernanke when his term ends Jan. 31.
Many investors are hoping Ms. Yellen will go more slowly in ending stimulus than Mr. Summers might have, which means more short-term liquidity for the stock market.
The big question is what investors will do ahead of the Fed's two remaining meetings this year, at the end of October and on Dec. 17 and 18. As the meetings approach, investors will again start debating how soon the Fed will cut stimulus.
Optimists think the Fed's decision to delay any cutback this month will sow hope that it won't act until the economy really is ready to absorb the blow. That would promote market stability. But pessimists worry that the Fed's willingness to surprise investors will make investors even more nervous as future meetings approach. If so, markets could return to volatility like that seen earlier in the summer.
"They are going to have to do it at some point, and there is going to be pain when they do it," said Ms. Sampson. Interest rates are likely to rise whenever investors anticipate a stimulus cutback, and higher rates are bad both for stocks and for bonds, at least in the short term.
Some investors worry that the uncertainty itself eventually will weigh on stocks.
Doug Cote, chief investment strategist for ING U.S. Investment Management, said this month's surprise decision not to begin trimming stimulus has weakened the central bank's credibility. "The Federal Reserve cannot lead the market to a decision and completely not do what [Mr. Bernanke] said he was going to do," Mr. Cote said. "I am perplexed and baffled," he said. "I do this for a living. I shouldn't be so confused and confounded."
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When we talk about pharmaceutical vacancies in Pakistan, then we have product development job, they are majorly design, develop, formulate and execute new items, they also have to communicate with the product department to clearly communicate the product specifications. After that they have to monitor the new products, manufacturing and then has to analyze the costs of newly proposed products. Track new pre production samples and the approve them, these types of pharmaceutical positions required documentation for product related meetings, record keeping, and for future references like profit margins and sales plans; these jobs in Pakistan also required communication to purchase, quality control and business development departments like sales and marketing. Product manager requires a specialized degree in pharmaceutical with MBA and seven to ten years of experience in related field. Product specialists are middle level pharmaceutical vacancy which include certain duties such as managing and monitoring all the possible aspects of a product, including the life cycle of a product as well as developmental and marketing perspectives. Product specialist should have awareness about product's market standings, keeps contact with product manager and product clients in order to maintain the marketplace of the product. For mid level Product development professionals should work with marketing professional in order to do effective marketing and business development campaign and also have competitive marketplace insights. They should work on product catalogs, new products and decide how to launch new products effectively. But these responsibilities required, Masters Education in Business management or pharmacy and more than four years of experience with good communication and interpersonal skills, they should know about the pharmaceutical industry and future trends, business opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry. Science and engineering related positions are becoming more important because of professional degree and more attractive profile.
There are Medical representatives or medical rep vacancies in Pakistan, these are sales related pharmaceutical positions in Pakistan. Medical rep has to visit different physicians and give them details about the products and tries to get their attentions towards their product. Although medical rep positions are becoming less important because of more competition as the reps are more in number than physician but still medical reps with science degree are attaining more job opportunities in Pakistan. Normally companies prefer those individual who are presentable, well versed, sharp and can ride a bike or drive a car. So any individual with above mentioned specifications can easily get the job in the pharmaceutical industry.
Other pharmaceutical vacancies in Pakistan are related to supply chain function, majorly they are responsible for planning of within time deliveries, make sure warehouse have enough stock, also coordinate with suppliers to ensure they have enough stock to meet demand or otherwise shortlist other options, moreover these professionals are required to supervise the ordering and packaging process, monitor existing stock levels. They have to manage logistics like track products through depots to make sure they arrive at their destination and monitor the arrival of shipments.
Medical information professionals maintain and record knowledge of products, diseases, competitors and selling skill for prescription generation. They have make sure to meet sales target for the assigned products mix through full exposure of assigned territories spending 90% of available time in detailing activity and implementation of cycle plan, Proactively look opportunities to increase customer base through sharp targeting and selection while maintaining superior customer services to current customers like healthcare professionals including doctors and chemists, distribute better-quality sales presentations to customers by fully planning each call with well-defined objectives, ensure customer interest, handling queries, communicate smartly the product features as customers benefits and competently use marketing material like literature, brochures, clinical papers , ensure accurate and timely completion of all weekly reports, maintain territory records, handling queries and complaints promptly and professionally in line with company procedure, coordinate effectively with the marketing department in order to develop proper leaders as speakers to promote product through systematic activity lecture, seminar, symposia or road show. The Nowadays New field is getting more importance which is marketed on the internet, there is direct contact between representation and the patient, this type work requires special IT education and specific product knowledge.
The Manager quality assurance professionals is a person who is able to attain higher production values by his management skills, by his leadership quality he manages the product constant quality, coordinate with the production team in order to ensure the product quality and replace management if necessary and investigates the errors. He has to maintain proper documentation about his every action so it can be used in future. This position requires a master degree in pharmaceutical sciences and experience in related field and other qualities like communication skills, social links, and team managing qualities, reporting and informing others.


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Georgia Public Library Service
Administers the public library program and provides services to libraries and Georgia citizens.Expand
Subjects: Government Information, Library and Information Science
Georgia Reference Shelf
An online collection of ready reference materials pertaining to the state of Georgia, and particularly to its history and culture.Expand
Subjects: Georgia, Reference Sources
Georgia State Agencies, Councils and Commissions
Georgia State Agencies, Councils and Commissions provides links to web sites maintained by many state agencies.Expand
Subjects: Government Information, Multidisciplinary Databases
georgia.gov is the online connection to the State of Georgia. It provides to access information on the many services and programs available in Georgia. In additional to legislative and government agency information, there are links to resources for travel information about the state, local and regional government, and the governor's office.Expand
Subjects: Georgia, Government Information
German Literature Collections
Brings together five individual ProQuest German literature resources: Goethes Werke, Schillers Werke, Kafkas Werke, Brechts Werke and Die Deutsche Lyrik. Each author database is searchable and contains complete works in full-text format.Expand
The Deutsche Lyrik covers German poetry from the 15th-20th-centuries, including all volumes published within Reclam's Universal-Bibliothek since 1945.
Subjects: Comparative Literature, English and American Literature
Gerritsen Collection -- Women's History Online
The greatest single source for the study of women's history in the world, with materials spanning four centuries and fifteen languages. This online resource delivers two million page images exactly as they appeared in the original printed works.Expand
The greatest single source for the study of women's history in the world, with materials spanning four centuries and fifteen languages.
This online resource delivers two million page images exactly as they appeared in the original printed works. Users can trace the evolution of feminism within a single country, as well as the impact of one country's movement on those of the others. In many cases, it also provides easy access to primary sources otherwise available only in a few rare book rooms.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Modern 1800-, History US, History World, Womens and Gender Studies
GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network)
GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network) is a global infectious disease knowledge management tool. GIDEON consists of three modules, which are continually updated: Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Occupational Toxicology.Expand
GIDEON includes worldwide data sources and adheres to the standards of Evidence Based Medicine.
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Health, Public Health
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
The Global Commodities database provides primary source materials arranged around fifteen major trade goods from world history such as chocolate, coffee, cotton, and opium.Expand
Each commodity is documented through a wide range of manuscript materials, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, ephemera, objects and rare books so that the scholar can explore the origins of the commodity, their first uses, the trade that developed and the ways in which these items were marketed and consumed. The project touches on themes of exploration and discovery; imperialism and colonialism; trade wars; translocation and economic geography; slavery; taste; and the evolution of global branding. The resource complements and integrates with the Empire Online database.
Subjects: African American Studies, African Studies Sub-Saharan, Archives and Primary Sources, Area Studies, History Ancient -400, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Middle Ages 400-1450, History Modern 1800-, History US, History World, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Multidisciplinary Databases
Global Health (CABI)
International coverage of communicable diseases (including HIV/AIDS), tropical and parasitic diseases, human nutrition, community and public health, and medicinal and poisonous plants.Expand
Subjects: African American Studies, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Health, Public Health
Global Plants
Online archive of plant specimens, photographs, drawings, prints, paintings, articles, correspondence, reference works, and other materials.Expand
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Global Reference Center
Global Reference Center is an extensive collection of Encyclopaedia Britannica's foreign language content. It includesEncyclopaedia Universalis (French)Spanish Reference Center (Spanish.eb.com) divided into 2 parts.Expand
Global Reference Center is an extensive collection of Encyclopaedia Britannica's foreign language content. It includes
Encyclopaedia Universalis (French)
Spanish Reference Center (Spanish.eb.com) divided into 2 parts. Enciclopedia Moderna--(academic level) and Britannica Escolar --(Elementary/Middle)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Japan
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Korea
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (Chinese)
Subjects: Area Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Spanish, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies
Global Road Warrior
Use This Database To: Get acclimated to a country's business culture and etiquette (greetings & courtesies, ethics, meetings, attire), society and culture (gift giving, food, media, time & punctuality) and travel tips (money & banking, transportation, and more) for 200+ countries.Expand
Subjects: Business
Godey`s Lady`s Book
Published from 1830 to 1898, Godey's was the most popular 19th century women's magazine. Known for its illustrations, including hand-colored fashion plates, and literary works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allen Poe, and other celebrated authors of the day.Expand
Part of the Accessible Archives database.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, English and American Literature, History Modern 1800-, History US, Womens and Gender Studies
goENC (Eisenhower Clearinghouse)
The complete Math and Science teaching resource including lesson plans, curriculum resources, professional development resources and ENC Focus (the only topical magazine in the U.S.Expand
for Math and Science Teachers).
Subjects: Education, Mathematics
Goldsmiths'-Kress (SEE Making of the Modern World)
Goldsmiths'-Kress (SEE Making of the Modern World) For help using this resource, contact Chris Palazzolo, Political Science and International Documents Librarian.Expand
Subjects: African American Studies, Archives and Primary Sources, Economics, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Modern 1800-, History US, History World, Political Science
Google Scholar
**Expand full description for access instructions**Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.NOTE: Users will need to update their settings within scholar.google.com.Expand
**Expand full description for access instructions**
Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
NOTE: Users will need to update their settings within scholar.google.com. Go to Settings, click on Library Links (menu on left), and then search for Emory. Choose Find It @ Emory, and save the configuration. Users will then be able to search Google Scholar and have the "Find It @ Emory" links appear. This setting should be saved if you are currently logged into a google account.
Unlike a library database, many sources found in Google Scholar require payment before providing full text. Check ejournals@Emory, EUCLID, or WorldCat before paying for full text-- the Emory libraries may already have the source you need.
Subjects: Dance, Multidisciplinary Databases
GPO Access
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) provides access to legislative, executive, judicial, and regulatory documents produced by the Federal Government.Expand
Subjects: Government Information, Political Science, Sociology
GPO Monthly Catalog
The U.S. Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog of Publications is a database consisting of citations to documents published by the GPO since July 1976. The Catalog includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more.Expand
The print edition counterpart to this database has been published by the government under various titles since 1895.
Subjects: Government Information
Grand Secretariat Archives
An additional login is required to view this resource:
ExpandAn additional login is required to view this resource:Printing loginGroup name:LIBUser ID:EMO01Password: EMOLIBNon-printing loginGroup name:LIBUser ID:EMO02Password: E20170
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Subjects: Chinese Studies, Education, History Middle Ages 400-1450, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Modern 1800-, History World, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was a rite-of-passage for many aristocratic and wealthy young men of the eighteenth century (1701-1800). This database contains primary source letters; diaries and journals; account books; printed guidebooks; published travel writing; paintings and sketches; architectural drawings and maps that illustrate the everyday issues of transportation, money, communications, food and drink, health and sex, as well as European political and religious life.Expand
The architecture, street life and urban planning of cities such as Paris, Rome, Florence and Geneva are highlighted.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, Art and Architecture, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Modern 1800-, History World
A searchable, continuously updated, database of funding opportunities for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education. It contains programs that offer training and research funding for graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, as well as programs in science, math, engineering, and technology for undergraduate faculty and students.Expand
Subjects: Grants and Funding, Multidisciplinary Databases
Great Corpus of French Language Dictionaries (9th-20th Century)
The Great Corpus of dictionaries gathers the 24 most important dictionaries on French language, in total about 200 000 pages (2 500 signs per page), 900 000 entries and definitions.Expand
It is the greatest collection today available on the subject.Frédéric Godefroy, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du 9e au 15e siècle a La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage français depuis son origine jusqu'au siècle de Louis XIV Edmond Huguet, Dictionnaire de la langue française du 16e siècle Estienne (Robert), Dictionaire Francois-latin, 1549 Nicot (Jean), Thrésor de la langue françoyse, tant ancienne que moderne, 1606 Cotgrave (Randle), A Dictionarie of the french and english tongues, 1611 Ménage (Gilles), Les Origines de la langue françoise, 1650 Richelet (Pierre), Dictionnaire françois, 1680 Le Dictionaire de l'Académie françoise, 1687 [Avant-Première 1] de A à Aversion Le Dictionaire de l'Académie françoise, 1687 [Avant-Première 2] de A à Confiture Le Dictionaire de l'Académie françoise, 1687 [Avant-Première 3] de A à Neuf Furetière (Antoine), Essai d'un Dictionaire universel, 1687 Furetière (Antoine), Dictionaire Universel, 1690 Le Dictionnaire de l'Académie françoise dedié au Roy, 1694 [Première édition] Corneille (Thomas), Le Dictionnaire des Arts et des Sciences, 1694 Ménage (Gilles), Dictionnaire étymologique ou Origines de la langue françoise, 1694 Nouveau Dictionnaire de l'Académie françoise, 1718 [Deuxième édition] Dictionnaire de l'Acad
Subjects: Area Studies, French Literature and Language, Linguistics, Multidisciplinary Databases
Grove Music Online (through Oxford Music Online)
One of three titles accessible through Oxford Music Online, Grove Music Online is the primary English-language reference source for music. Over 47,000 articles provide comprehensive coverage of music of all styles, periods, and geographic regions.Expand
Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed. (2002), plus more recent updates to some articles. Allows 2-3 simultaneous users.
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You can't beat a system you can't understand
You can't beat a system you can't understand
Valentine's Day — Things ain't what they used to be
Have you ever noticed how we generally take the less significant holiday celebrations for granted?
We more or less go with the flow, and if a good time is to be had, we make the best of it, party hard, then go about our business until we have another excuse to celebrate.
Valentine's Day is one of those holidays. Ask almost anybody about why we celebrate V-Day, and you can safely bet that the person you ask won't know how or why it started. To illustrate my point, let's take a little peek at why we really celebrate the socalled lover's holiday.
First of all, the date is wrong. The celebration that was the cause for Valentine's Day was its precursor, and it was celebrated on the Ides of February, or Feb. 15 on the Roman calendar.
The original holiday was the "Festival of Lupercus," and it was indeed a lover's celebration of sorts. Lupercus was the Roman god of agriculture and shepherds, and the holiday was a pagan celebration commemorating the rite of passage for young men into manhood.
On this day, local teenage girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and dropped them into a box. Eligible young men drew their names from the box in a kind of lottery. The girl assigned to the young man who drew her name would be his mate for the rest of the year.
Often, couples would stay together after the year's end and marriage would ensue. If a relationship were less than successful, the couple would part company and try again in the next lottery — not a bad arrangement. It gave young people an opportunity to test the waters, so to speak, and the penalty was not too severe. Why the festival honored the god of agriculture and shepherds is a bit of a mystery, but the logic of the day prevailed and it probably made sense at the time.
The yearly celebration continued for 800 years, until A.D. 270 during the reign of Claudius II. This Roman emperor purported that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families.
Consequently, he strongly supported the pagan ritual. The church, in its infinite wisdom, decided that the Festival of Lupercus was much too pragmatic and far too much fun to be in keeping with their ideology that suggested the road to heaven was paved with suffering, guilt, and penance. As was probably expected, Pope Gelasius fervently objected to the coveted celebration.
His objection was not well received either by the men involved or by Claudius. One popular scenario says that Gelasius sent a bishop by the name of Valentine to marry men in secret, thereby defying Claudius' edict.
When Claudius found out about Valentine, he first tried to convert him to paganism. But Valentine reversed the strategy, and tried instead to convert Claudius to the ways of the church. When Valentine failed, Claudius II stoned and beheaded him, making the bishop a martyr.
However, Valentine was imprisoned before his beheading. During this time, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer. I am not certain if this was acceptable behavior for bishops at the time, but affairs of the heart were certainly not foreign to the clergy. Valentine's love for the young lady, and his great faith, allegedly healed her from blindness before his, shall we say, untimely death. The event was purported to be a minor miracle. His last decree was a signed farewell message to her, "From your Valentine."
The phrase has been used on his celebrated day ever since.
The legends surrounding the correct St. Valentine are murky at best. I say "correct" because there were apparently three priests named Valentine, two of which were martyrs. History is not clear about which Valentine is the true St. Valentine honored by the modern celebration. Despite the expense of the holiday for men, it is interesting to note that 85 percent of the one billion Valentine's Day greeting cards sent annually are purchased by women.
Now I'm not saying you should approach your significant other with the suggestion of celebrating the lover's holiday the old fashioned way by indulging in the rituals of the Festival of Lupercus.
I believe experiencing a more traditional Valentine's Day celebration, as we know it, would be the wiser choice, but it would be less expensive than Cupid shooting you through the wallet with a love-laden arrow.
Unfortunately, the proper way to celebrate holidays is often part of a system that is minimally difficult to understand.


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Pair with meat dishes, like braised beef, and cheese.
Critical AcclaimAll Vintages
Home to the world's most powerful wines made from the Nebbiolo grape, the Barolo village of Piedmont has long been known as "the wine of kings, the king of wines." There are two predominant soil types here, which distinguish Barolo from neighboring Barbaresco as well as from the lesser surrounding areas. Compact and fertile Tortonian sandy marls define the vineyards to the west, typically resulting in fresher, fruitier, and softer wines that are approachable relatively early on in their evolution. This is sometimes referred to as the "feminine" side of Barolo and is closer in style to Barbaresco with its elegant perfume. On the eastern side of the region, Helvetian sandstone clay soils are chalkier and less fertile, producing age-worthy wines with full body and structured tannins—the more "masculine" style. The best Barolo wines need 10-15 years before they are ready to drink, and can further age for several decades.
Barolo is one of the world's most distinctive red wines, and experienced tasters typically have no trouble picking it out of a lineup. In addition to Nebbiolo's signature "tar and roses" aroma, one can expect to find complex notes of strawberries, cherries, leather, white truffles, anise, fresh and dried herbs, tobacco, violets, plum, and much more. Despite its deceptively light garnet color, Barolo has a full presence on the palate and plenty of tannin and acidity. The traditional style of Barolo relies on the use of neutral large wooden vats for aging, which do not impart flavor to the wine and preserve the natural character of the Nebbiolo grape. Meanwhile, a more modern, "international" style of Barolo utilizes small French oak barrels to add spicy, woody flavors and a softer texture resulting in earlier drinkability.
Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo is the star variety of northern Italy's Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area as well as in neighboring Valle d'Aosta and Valtellina, it is at its best in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo and Barbaresco. Nebbiolo is a finicky grape, and needs a very particular soil type in order to thrive. Outside of Italy, it often fails to show the captivating aromas for which it is so beloved, but some success has been achieved in parts of California.
In the Glass
Nebbiolo is an elegant variety with mouthwatering acidity and a compelling perfume of rose petals, violets, fresh tar, licorice, clay, and dried cherries. Light in color and body, Nebbiolo is a more powerful wine than one might expect, and its firm tannins typically need time to mellow. With age, it develops a velvety texture and a stunningly complex bouquet.
Perfect Pairings
Nebbiolo's love affair with food starts in Piedmont, which is home to the Slow Food movement and some of Italy's best produce. The region is famous for its white truffles and wild boar ragu, both of which make for excellent pairings with Nebbiolo.
Sommelier Secret
If you can't afford to drink Barolo and Barbaresco every night, try the more wallet-friendly, earlier-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba. Also search out the fine offerings of the nearby Roero region. North of the Langhe and Roero, find earthy and rustic versions of the variety (known here as "Spanna") in Ghemme and Gattinara.


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This will serve as both a reference for current GMs, and a place for new GMs to get everything they need to start out.
First, check the GM list thread here to see which teams are open and indicate that you are interested in joining. Then send a PM to both of the league commissioners (myself and Randyrocks77) to notify us of your interest. We will speak with you and let you choose your team, then assist you with getting set up.
To look at the teams before choosing one, check the league website to see the rosters here:
Once you join, you can use the league site as a point of reference and post lineup changes in the subforum for lineup changes if you don't own the game, which is here. Check the rule book for the correct format for posting lineup changes. The rule book is here. Also notice the sections of the rule book that specify the limits for lineup changes, and other things for anyone that doesn't own the game.
We use OOTP X in this league. If you have a Mac, it will not work. Also, if you have a newer version of OOTP, it will not work. You do not have to own the game to be a part of the league, but you will have a much easier time managing your team. We offer to make changes on behalf of GMs that don't own the game but we put limitations on it so it doesn't take up too much time. When you own the game there is a much much more extensive pool of data available to you about your organization as well as a vast number of advanced options you can set up. If you need a copy of the installer for the game, I have one and I can post it somewhere online for you to download. A license can be purchased in the game once it is installed. The license is only $20.
To download our league file, go here.
Instructions for extracting the file are posted below.
If you have any questions, see Randy or myself. Also, you can post questions in the Season Chat thread and one of the GMs will likely be able to help you out.


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Sweet & Tart: Refreshing Uses For Lemons
When I think of summer one of the first things that come to mind are lemons. The staple citrus can be used in so many different ways and no matter what the outcome it's always refreshing. It's always a plus that you don't need to turn your oven on for most of these!
Lemons are refreshing year round but they're especially coveted when it's sweltering outside. The most refreshing of the bunch is the Lemon Ice Cream Sandwiches from Eat Live Travel Write. Sweet and tart lemon ice cream sandwiched between lemon cookies sound so delicious and the perfect afternoon treat.
If you don't mind firing up the oven for a little while, Meyer Lemon Macaroons from Delectable Deliciousness would be perfect for a summer wedding or baby shower. Not only do they look beautiful but taste delicious. Here are some sweet, tart and delicious uses for lemons:
• Meyer Lemon Macaroons, Delectable Deliciousness
• Lemon Burst Cookies, Tidy Mom
• French Lemon Cream Tart, Cooking After Five
• Lemon Bars, Food Nouveau
• Lemon Ice Cream Sandwiches, Eat Live Travel Write
Related: Meyer Lemon Whiskey Sour: A Sunny Drink for Winter
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It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
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It's on.
The Boston Bruins have been waiting nearly a year to pay back the Flyers for their humiliating collapse last season.
Now, they will get the chance, setting up The Rematch with a clutch vistory Wednesday.
Thanks to a 4-3 overtime win over visiting Montreal, Boston moves into the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Flyers. Game 1 is Saturday afternoon in Philly.
In last year's semis, of course, the Flyers overcame a three games to none deficit _ and a 3-0 deficit in Game 7 _ to shock the Bruins and reach the conference finals.
They became the third team in NHL history to win a series when down, three games to none _ and the first to do so by overcoming a 3-0 deficit in the final game.
Boston may be the only NHL team that can match the Flyers' physicality on the blue line, so this figures to be another long, grueling series.
The Bruins beat Montreal despite going 0 for 21 on the PP. They becamse the first team to ever win a seven-game series without a PP goal.
Here is the schedule:
GAME 1 – Saturday, April 30 at Philadelphia – 3:05 PM. NBC.
GAME 2 – Monday, May 2 at Philadelphia – 7:35 PM. Versus.
GAME 3 – Wednesday, May 4 at Boston – 7:05 PM. Versus.
GAME 4 – Friday, May 6 at Boston – 8:05 PM. CSN.
GAME 5 – Sunday, May 8 at Philadelphia – 3:05 PM. NBC.
GAME 6 – Tuesday, May 10 at Boston – TBD, CSN.
GAME 7 – Thursday, May 12 at Philadelphia – TBD, CSN.
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Forward Jeff Carter, who led the Flyers with 36 goals in the regular season but missed the last three playoff games with a knee injury, is getting closer to returning to the lineup, general manager Paul Holmgren said on Wednesday.
Holmgren said he was optimistic Carter would play in the Eastern Conference semifinals, though he wouldn't be specific as to when he would return.
Carter injured his right knee when he collided with Buffalo's 6-foot-8 Tyler Myers early in Game 4 of the conference quarterfinals, and reportedly suffered a severely sprained MCL. The Flyers will only call it a "lower-body injury" and say he is "day to day."
The injury will not require surgery, Holmgren said.
Carter missed 11 playoff games last season with a broken foot.
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Boston was 3-1 agaiunst the Flyers this season, with goalie Tim Thomas leading the way with a 1.96 GAA and .942 save percentage. The Flyers' PP was 0 for 7, Boston's was 4 for 12.
BTW, Boston needed OT to win three of its games in the series against Montreal.
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Labour unfriends Twitter rant candidate
David Cameron a 'tw*t', tweets wannabe MP
The Labour Party has unfriended a wannabe Scottish MP who used Twitter to broadside fellow politicos, potential voters and Johnnie Walker Red Label.
Stuart MacLennan was pitching for the seat in Moray until it was discovered he'd called David Cameron a "twat", Lib Dem supremo Nick Clegg "a bastard" and Labour MP Diane Abbott "a fucking idiot".
The 24-year-old policy researcher for Labour at Holyrood also laid into X Factor judge Louis Walsh, who he described as a "cunt", while show participants Jedward earned an "odious little shits" tweet.
The Sun has a comprehensive run-down of the rants here, including this international insight: "Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize. Discuss. You've got to be fucking kidding me."
Back in Scotland, MacLennan did his best to win the hearts of Moray constituents, bemoaning being "stranded up north again", stuck in a pub packed with "depressed teuchters". Elderly voters were, he stressed, "bloody coffin dodgers".
Perhaps most seriously, MacLennan declared: "Johnnie Walker Red Label is so awful they can't sell it in Scotland."
Unsurprisingly, none of this did his political career much good, although Labour intially stood by him, insisting the comments were made a year ago before he was a candidate. It issued a statement which read: "Stuart is a young candidate and has been very foolish indeed. He now understands that this is quite unacceptable and will not be doing this kind of thing again."
A repentant MacLennan said: "Some of the things I twittered before I became a candidate were very, very silly and I can see they are offensive. I have let myself and my friends down and am really sorry."
Opposition parties wouldn't let it lie, though. Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie summed up the general mood when she thundered: "I am disgusted by this disgraceful behaviour from a Labour candidate."
Shadow Scots Secretary David Mundell described MacLennan as "bang out of order", while Moray Lib Dem candidate Jamie Paterson offered: "I don't know how the Labour candidate expects to get elected using this language."
Well, the answer is that MacLennan no longer has any expectation of getting elected, since he's now been given his marching orders, the BBC has confirmed. ®


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On staff since March 1998
Children's Title: Division Chief; Program Director, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Academic Title: Professor, Pediatrics
Research Center: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
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"I take a "whole child" and a "whole family" view with every visit. Though I can't necessarily explain why a child has a disability, I can help solve practical concerns families have about caring for their child right now. I rarely "cure" or "fix" the disorder, but I can promise the family that I am in it with them for the long haul. I carry around a bag of bells and blocks and crayons, I draw on whiteboards and play tic-tac-toe and I give high (and low) fives multiple times every day and no one thinks that is odd at all. I laugh and cry with the patients and their families and am grateful that I can do both."
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Currently, there is a particular emphasis on defining effective methods to identify and measure outcomes of specific interventions implemented by a variety of medical providers and disciplines. As part of this effort, serial prospective data collected over the past forty years as part of routine care and maintained in an IRB approved database is being analyzed to establish baseline standards for future comparisons. In conjunction with the Division of Pediatric Urology, the timing and effectiveness of various methods of bowel and bladder management are the current focus. The development of common definitions of continence across several institutions and projects will, hopefully, better establish some common ground for comparison and implementation. There are ongoing discussions with the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery regarding potential overlap with their interest in hydrocephalus, a frequently associated condition in children with neural tube defects. Shunt management and treatment of shunt infections are areas of potential future collaboration. The hope is that these efforts will favorably impact the success of individuals with spina bifida in achieving functional independence and a successful transition to an adult model of care. The focus of my research efforts is the study and evaluation of neural tube defects and related conditions; it is almost exclusively clinical at this time and represents approximately 10percent of my work effort. In the past several years, I have had the opportunity to participate in both single and multisite projects sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of University Centers on Disability, which have addressed issues related to quality of life, its definition and measurement. This has allowed us to develop networks within the University of Washington (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Disability Policy and Research) as well as with other institutions (Oregon Health Sciences University, Children?s Hospital Los Angeles). Projects addressing the effect of lesion level on employment status, the economic impact of multidisciplinary clinics, and the accessibility of appropriate technology to this population have been presented and discussed at national and international meetings.
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Ella Mitchell (b. 1937) is a singer and actress who appeared in a 1973 episode of Sesame Street, where she sang "That's What My Song Is For" and "The Gospel Alphabet."
On Broadway, Mitchell took over from Mabel King as Evillene in The Wiz.
Mitchell's other credits include the 2000 film Big Momma's House (appearing briefly in the title role, otherwise impersonated by Martin Lawrence).


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"I'm not afraid of anything in this world. There's nothing you can throw at me, that I haven't already heard" –Bono, U2
We were young and naïve (make that ill-informed) when we decided to start "trying". I was 29 years young. Old by mother's standards, but right on target with my friends. All around me people were having babies. One by one my girlfriends announced their exciting news. It was time for us to give it a try. Who knew the word "try" would take on a whole new meaning?
My husband was sure that getting pregnant would be a breeze. To some degree, he was right. Three months into the process I saw those coveted double lines on the stick. We hugged and cried and danced around like maniacs. We were on the road to starting our family.
12 weeks later our dreams were crushed. We walked into the ultrasound happy and confident. We were ready to share our news with our friends. We walked out with our heads hung low, a steady stream of tears pouring from my eyes. No heartbeat. The baby was gone. We were sure he was a boy.
My doctor held my hand and told me what no one tells you until it happens to you: 25% of first pregnancies end in miscarriage. We could try again. The miscarriage did not indicate future miscarriages. It was likely a chromosomal issue.
I had a D&C a couple of days later. Nothing could have prepared me for it. The drugs took away the pain, but the sound of the machine sucking that little life out of my body would stay with me for weeks and months to come. Probably forever.
Still, we tried again
We (make that I) used ovulation predictor kits obsessively. We (make that I) made it a project. We (make that I) thought of little else.
Four months later we got our second chance. We had ultrasounds every two weeks. At 9 weeks, the baby was growing and that little heart was beating away. We were sure he was another boy. We named him James, for my father. We couldn't wait to meet him. At 11 weeks, the heartbeat was gone.
Complete. Utter. Heartbreak.
They started to run some tests. Because this miscarriage did increase our likelihood of future miscarriages.
Luteal phase defect.
What? These are things women don't discuss. Everyone talks about the ease of getting pregnant, the sleep deprivation that ensues when you have an infant, and the overall joy of motherhood.
No one talks about miscarriage. No one uses words like "luteal phase defect". No one tells you that if you manage to get pregnant again, you will become dependent on vaginal suppositories to increase your progesterone levels. Come to think of it, no one even tells you what progesterone is.
The stress set in. Baby-making became a full time job for me.
My husband watched quietly as his wife slipped away. He tried to talk, he tried to distract, he tried to fix it for me. It was an impossible task.
All around me, friends started to have second babies. It felt unfair. It felt like we were being left behind. It felt like we were stuck in a moment.
And so we stuck together. I took a leave of absence from work and toured with my husband's band for 6 weeks. We drank wine, we cooked nice dinners, we hoped, we (make that I) prayed. We talked to each other, but not really to anyone else.
We did what everyone else did: We suffered in silence.
We were broken. We didn't need the world to know about it.
Almost 10 months after that second miscarriage there was still no pregnancy.
The doctor put me on Clomid. He said there would be an increased chance of twins. He said there would be mood swings and possibly ovarian pain. We didn't care. We wanted results.
I got pregnant on the first cycle of Clomid.
I used those vaginal suppositories without complaint, drank milk, took the vitamins, and slept as much as possible.
At 7 months, the bleeding and cramping began. I was put on bed rest, followed by couch rest. I rested and rested and rested. We tiptoed through three anxious months.
Our miracle daughter arrived almost three years after we started trying. I cried my way through the C-Section. I couldn't believe it was finally happening. I held my breath and waited for those first screams. I pushed my husband away and said, "Go, go hold our baby". And then finally, she was in my arms. She was a dream come true.
Nine months later I was pregnant again. We couldn't believe our luck. We just knew it was a boy.
9 weeks later, the heartbeat was gone.
We worried that our daughter wouldn't have the gift of a sibling. We didn't want her to be alone.
But 21 months after the birth of our daughter, our son arrived. Again, I sobbed. He managed to make it through two weeks of heavy bleeding and cramping early in the pregnancy. He was a fighter. He was small, loud, and cute, and he snuggled into my arms immediately. He loved to be held close. He still does.
We counted our blessings. Our family was complete.
And then…a funny thing happened.
We weren't "trying". But we weren't "not trying". We were just living. Our daughter was just over 4, and our son was nearing 2 ½. And we got pregnant. Just like that.
And so we would get a third. An unexpected blessing.
7 weeks in, the bleeding started. But the heartbeat was just fine. Every two weeks, the heartbeat was fine. The baby was growing. I was feeling good. Things were going as planned.
He was a little boy. Another beautiful baby boy.
At 18 weeks, he was gone. Just as we prepared to share our news, he was gone.
They had to induce me. I had to birth my deceased baby boy.
Words can't describe the horror of that scenario.
The drugs used to induce me didn't work. They increased the doses and watched and waited, but it just didn't work.
I started to bleed. A lot. More medicine.
Finally, with my big sister by my side, the lost life was freed from my body. But the placenta…that just wouldn't budge. I continued to bleed.
I went into shock. Three times. I worried. My husband worried. We slept a little.
And then, at 4:30AM, they woke us. I needed emergency surgery.
I signed away my uterus. Twice.
I was told that I could suffer a fatal rupture. Several times. This time, we both prayed. We prayed to anyone who would listen.
In a drug induced state I said goodbye to my husband of nearly 8 years. I tried to find the best words…just in case they would be my last. In my heart, I knew that somehow I would get through this. Somehow, I would return home to my husband and my babies.
I did. In the end, they saved my life and my uterus.
For a moment we felt relief. Our family was whole again. The horror was over.
Except that we had to cope. How do you cope with something so traumatizing when two little lives depend on you every second of every day?
You suffer in silence for a little while.
You cry out loud…when they sleep.
You talk to your husband. You seek comfort from your mom.
You watch your children like a hawk and pray that no such horror ever comes their way.
You find the small moments of greatness in each day and soak them up.
You call your girlfriends.
You reach out to someone who you think might understand and, thankfully, that person is willing to become your lifeline.
You stick close to your little family of four and remind yourself that they are your happiness.
You allow yourself time outs…because right now you need them.
And then you start to talk.
You write it down. You reach out to others. And you just keep talking. Because you hope that, in doing so, you might save someone else from suffering in silence. Because if 25% of first pregnancies end in miscarriage, you can bet that someone you know is suffering.
We will suffer in silence no more. We will talk. Because everything's not lost.
How has infertility touched your life?
Katie is a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist/Parenting Consultant in Los Angeles, CA. She has a four year old daughter, two year old son, and a rock and roll husband who makes her life complete. Katie has a parenting advice blog at http://practicalkatie.com/and can also be found on Twitter.


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This lesson introduces students to Mars' history through research and discussion. Students read about the history of Mars, Mars observing, and exploration with telescopes and robotic spacecraft. After learning about Mars, students consider how some... (View More) aspects of our early understanding of Mars included fictitious ideas not based upon science and discuss the differences between science fiction and science fact. Students will illustrate a scene from Mars history with a paragraph description, and place their work along a clothesline in the classroom to create a timeline. This lesson is from "Red Planet: Read, Write, Explore!" which uses literacy, art, and creative expression as a vehicle for learning about Mars science and exploration. Includes alignment to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts. (View Less)
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This is a detailed lesson about space and how Earth fits in it. Learners will consider the essential question, "What is space?" Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing about space and the evidence for ice in space.... (View More) Included are detailed games and dialogue. Native stories are shared. This is lesson 9 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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This is a detailed historical lesson about comets, distant icy worlds often visible to observers on Earth. Learners will consider the essential question, "What are comets?" They will practice observation skills as they enact a story of comets... (View More) traveling through the solar system and examine images of comets and the current space missions exploring them. This is lesson 10 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the phenomenon of ice and about scientific inquiry. Learners will ask scientific questions about ice, will delve into the nature of science, embark upon scientific inquiry, and will practice scientific enterprise. Activities... (View More) include thinking and acting like scientists and keeping scientific journals. Also includes an activity called "Act Out the Science" - a whole group participatory activity in which students act out the parts of a story. An optional small group version is included in which students act out their own stories. This is the introductory lesson for Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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In this activity, students engage in an ongoing investigation to find patterns of sunlight and shadow in a classroom (or any room that gets sunlight) at different times of the day and different times of the year. Students look for repeating... (View More) patterns, keep a log to describe and sketch observations of when and where certain easily recognized patters appear and turn the room into a solar calendar that may survive into the future for other classes to use. Part 1 of this activity requires occasional note-taking and casual observation over the course of a day. Part 2 requires 30-60 minutes to create the calendar record, then casual observation and note-taking throughout the school year. The lesson plan includes a math extension activity and background information about the Sun Dagger at Chaco Canyon. This activity is the third lesson in the Ancient Eyes Look to the Skies curriculum guide. (View Less)
This activity explores how ancient Sun observers made use of natural and built structures to mark solar alignments observed at different times of the year, particularly around the solstices and equinoxes. In Part 1, the teacher prepares a horizon... (View More) table that represents the Earth's horizon. In Part 2, students create functioning models of an existing ancient solar observatory or design their own observatory. In Part 3, students test their model using the horizon table and a flashlight as the Sun. The lesson includes discussion questions, background information about Maya astronomy, a checklist for science notebook write-ups, and a math extension activity that measures shadows. This activity is the seventh lesson in the Ancient Eyes Look to the Skies curriculum. (View Less)
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In this activity, students engage in long-term systematic observation to learn about the apparent annual motion of the Sun caused by the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Students put a dot on a window where sunlight enters the classroom (or any room... (View More) into which sunlight enters each day) and mark the position of the shadow cast by the dot day by day and throughout the school year. To make a personal connection to the activity, spots marked on a student's birthday can be labeled with the student's name. This activity can be done as a whole class or individual project. Part 1 of this activity involves establishing location, and casual observation over the course of a day. Part 2, involves "daily" (Monday, Wednesday, Friday is fine) marking of Sun-track at a specific time of day over the course of at least a month. This activity should be run for at least a month, but is best as a school-year-long project. The lesson includes a math extension activity to calculate the average daily motion at which the sunbeam shadow moves, as well as background information about the analemma. This activity is the fourth lesson in the Ancient Eyes Look to the Skies curriculum guide. (View Less)
In this activity, students learn the basics of the horizon, direction and the rising and settings of the Sun and stars by making a schoolyard "medicine wheel" with sidewalk chalk on playground asphalt. Medicine wheels are stone rings constructed by... (View More) the Plains people of North America which may have been used as a calendar system based on observations of objects in the sky. This activity requires a flat area at least 6 meters across – preferably asphalt or concrete – that has a good view of the sky. It can be done as a whole class activity. Part 1 of this activity involves constructing the medicine wheel (about 10-15 minutes). Part 2 of this activity involves making ongoing observations throughout the year at noon (about 10-15 minutes for each observation). Part 3 involves making observations from the wheel during after-school hours to observe the rising or setting points of stars, the Sun and Moon. Discussion questions, background information and a math extension activity are included. This activity is the second lesson in the Ancient Eyes Look to the Skies curriculum guide. (View Less)


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Inside the Story: Barber still cutting hair at 90 years old
MIDVALE, Utah (KUTV) The Barber School in Midvale has become a premier barber teaching ground for dozens of students who are performing more than 150 services a day -- from cutting hair, to shaving, to scalp work, to interacting with customers.
And the man sharing his trade secrets to students is 90-year-old Tim Hite, a legend in the barbering profession who still shows up to work every day.
"I love to cut hair," Hite said.
Hite grew up with a fascination for barbering.
"I can make you look different ways by your hair cut," he said.
After spending six years in the Navy during World War II, Hite went into barbering school and traveled across the world to places like London, Brussels, Germany, Paris, Africa, Canada and Mexico.
A couple of his fellow students just happened to be the iconic Paul Mitchell and Vidal Sassoon, long before they became famous.
"Those are just two guys I worked with," Hite said of his classmates.
When 2News asked what Mitchell and Sassoon were like, Hite said, "Well, they wanted to be good and they worked hard at being good. And that's when you're good."
Hite has won numerous awards, including Barber of the Year and Utah State Men's Hair Styling Champion.
At one time he was running 14 salons, but his real love is teaching.
"You never quit learning if you are a learner. I'm a learner."
And that's why he's opened up The Barber School.
"Because I thought people should cut hair better and I wanted to share what I have with them," he said.
One of Hite's master hair cutting moves is called the "Drop Dead Technique," where you work from the back to the front so that way if the customer has to leave they can still walk away with a great haircut.
And his advice for those wanting to become a barber: "You have to be really, really, really, really interested. If you're not that interested, you are probably not going to make it."
For students like Stacy Waggoner, who wants to open up h is own barber shop, Hite's knowledge is priceless.
"It truly is an art to see Mr. Hite cut hair," Waggoner said.
So maybe the name Tim Hite is not a Paul Mitchell or Vidal Sassoon, but this man who has lived nearly a century is creating his own legacy. One he plans to keep sharing until his last breath.
"I don't know, today could be it," he said. "I want it to count so I'm going to make the most of every minute."
For more about Hite and The Barber School, you can visit the school's website.


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