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Earlier this week I went to a support class offered by the American Cancer Society. It´s called Look Good, Feel Better and its purpose is to help women dealing with hair loss improve self-esteem. I hadn't had any noticeable hair loss yet, but I wanted to be ahead of the game and know what to do once it did start falling out, especially the brows and eyelashes.
As I walk into the class room, I notice I'm the only one with a head full of hair. The age range was about 40 to 75, and the racial representation was very diverse. The instructor wasn't there yet, everyone was just chatting.
Once I settle into a chair, one of the ladies, very tactfully, addresses the elephant in the room: "You seem to be early in the process". I introduce myself and explain that indeed, I had my first round of chemo less than 2 weeks ago. They immediately ask how it went. "Well, since you asked, I did have a miserable couple of days with a fainting episode that landed me in the ER." What followed was such a genuine display of compassion and teaching, that it makes me tear up just thinking about it. They all had tips on how to make food and liquids more tolerable, how to avoid dehydration, how to try to stay active.
The instructor never showed up. Someone from the clinic staff came over, apologized profusely, and called the class canceled.
Nobody left.
We all stayed, sharing experiences, treatment plans, coping mechanisms. And I felt so at home, among such wonderful, resilient women. It may sound odd, but it was great to be in a group of people where having cancer was normal.
I get home a few hours later, strike my fingers through my hair as I've done hundreds of times a day, every day, for as long as I remember. And alas, there's a bunch of hair between my fingers. And then I notice hair on my clothes. Hair on the floor. Hair on the counter-top.
When I see hair in the sink after brushing my teeth, I immediately remember what is to me one of the most powerful scenes of recent television: Walter White seeing clumps of hair fall out, and subsequently shaving his head in Breaking Bad. That was the moment he physically transforms – from Walter White, the regular guy, into Heisenberg, the super villain.
I decide I need to find a better pop culture reference, I can't associate going bald with becoming a criminal mastermind. It takes me a while cause all the baldies that pop into my head are bad guys like Lex Luthor or Dr Evil.
Until I finally remember Charles Xavier, Professor X. And I think of my wonderful group of ladies, from whom I learned so much, in the class that never happened. The wise ones, guiding the inexperienced, helping prepare for the battle ahead.
Paranoias quimioterápicas
(This one has to be in Portuguese)
Das muitas coisas que me agoniam com relação a quimioterapia, ficar careca é a terceira da lista. O stress que a situação causa a minha família é a segunda. E no topo, está a imunidade baixa e o medo de uma besteirinha virar uma coisa muito grave.
A coisa é tao séria que uma das recomendações médicas é não usar lâmina para raspar nada, pra evitar que um cortezinho cause uma infecção. Se for realmente necessário remover pelos, recomendam usar somente barbeador elétrico, por segurança. Eu tava me sentindo tão mal nos últimos dias que não tinha energia nem pra pensar no meu sovaco.
Mas a medida que fui melhorando, a cabeleira foi me incomodando. E hoje, pelo visto, estou muito melhor, porque decidi que tinha que resolver esse problema de todo jeito. Responsável que sou, lavei o barbeador do marido e fui a luta.
Comecei pelo lado operado. A primeira fez tchan, a segunda fez tchun, mas não tive coragem de ir adiante. A maioria não sabe, mas um dos efeitos colaterais da mastectomia é perder a sensibilidade de grande parte do braço. Eu não sinto nada do meio do tórax até metade do braço esquerdo. Minha vista também já não é mais essas coisas, e como não ia sentir nada se cortasse a pele, decidi deixar o lado esquerdo meia boca mesmo.
Mas no lado direito eu fui confiante. Armada do que há de mais avançado para remoção de pelos faciais masculinos, combinada com essa maravilha da natureza chamada tato, fui fundo embaixo do braço direito.
Se arrependimento matasse.
Não sei se foi a quimio ou se foram os cabelos que irritaram a pele, mas ficou tudo uma grande vermelhidão ardida. Eu já era paranoica antes, imagina agora. Estou morrendo de medo que vire septicemia. Taquei Neosporin na área toda, botei os maiores band-aids que achei e agora vou ter que meditar muito pra poder dormir, porque a dose básica de calmante não vai dar.
Ainda bem que tenho consulta com a oncologista amanhã de manhã. Estou meio constrangida de ter que mostrar meu sovaco pra ela e pensar no carão que vou levar. Mas é melhor o carão do que a septicemia.
The dilemmas of blogging about cancer
I'm not sure when this "sharing" feeling came along.
Talking about my problems never came easy, except to a couple of close friends and a therapist. During the miscarriage years, I'd rather stay forever inside a cave – or move all the way to the other side of the country – than talk about it with anyone.
But something about this cancer feels different. I don't feel shame, at least not yet. A feeling of unfairness every once in a while, sure. But if David Bowie had cancer, why not me?
Part of the appeal of writing about it is defying expectations. Everybody knows cancer sucks. A much more interesting story is talking about the parts that are not expected, like having fun with colorful wigs.
But what about the parts that are really cancer-awful? Is it worth writing about those?
Do I write about fainting in my bathroom and being rescued by paramedics in a puddle of my own sweat? I'm struggling with this one.
But, yeah, that did happen, and they took me to the ER in an ambulance. After going through a bag of IV, my blood pressure stabilized, labs came back normal-ish, and I was discharged.
As I thought more whether I should write about this episode, I realized that it doesn't have to defy expectations, because this is not a story. This is real life, my life, and unfortunately this life is dealing with cancer. And probably this is going to suck more often than not for a while.
So I made the decision that should have been obvious to me from the beginning: I'll do what I feel like doing, whenever the mood strikes. I'll write about the good moments, or the sucky moments, when I feel like it. And I'll go back inside the cave when I feel like it.
I just won't move to the other side of the country again. No dilemma there.
Chemo round I
It was better than I thought.
The worst part was the very beginning, just getting the catheter in. I was always told that I have "beautiful veins" and I was oh so proud of them. Turns out that veins used for blood draw can't be used for chemo. Who knew?
I was poked by 2 nurses unsuccessfully and one other nurse didn't even want to try. I was feeling like a problem patient but it was really just in my head – all nurses were really nice about everything. A specialist was called from the hospital, and thank goodness she was able to get it in the first try.
I spent some time worried because the arm was sore. I wasn't sure if it was sore from the pokes, or if it was the drugs. But the nurses came to check things often and it all seemed to be going fine. I put a movie on the iPad and having some distraction helped.
I had driven to the clinic with my mom, but because of an anti-anxiety medication they gave me, I wasn't able to drive back. Support Team to the rescue! My wonderful friend Dalila* drove there with my husband to get us. Hubby also had to take a crash course from the nurse – he will need to give me a shot every day for the next 7 days. I'm happy to report that the first one went pretty well.
I have some nausea but so far it's been manageable with the anti-nausea meds they sent me home with. I was even able to take a 10 minute walk outside this afternoon. But I'm starting to feel some fatigue. I have an acupuncture appointment tomorrow that I really want to make, but Dr Oncologist said I might not feel well enough to go. Days 3 through 8 are supposed to be the worst. I hope they also end up being better than I thought.
*Not her real name, but it's an easy guess if you know her 😉
Valentine's day 2017
Or as I'll likely remember it, Chemo Eve.
It was a day of TODO lists. There were too many things I needed to take with me to the clinic, questions to ask, medications to take.
But I was able to squeeze in some time to improvise a Valentine's day snack for my daughter. Hopefully that is how SHE will think of 2/14/2017, just Valentine's day. I'd rather keep the Chemo eve just for myself.


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A Report to the Joint Convention of the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature
Presented by Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley
February 9, 2012
State of the Judiciary February 9, 2012 (PDF)
We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.
George Washington, letter to Philip Schuyler, July 15, 1777
Centralization and Consolidation: A Road Map to Improving Public Service
Good morning, and thank you, President Raye. Good morning, Governor LePage, Speaker Nutting, members of the 125th Maine Legislature, colleagues from the Maine bench, colleagues from the Tribal and Probate Courts, visitors in the gallery and, as always, my supportive family.
I am honored to have this opportunity to report to you on the State of Maine's Judiciary in 2012.
I begin with this: your individual commitment to improving justice in Maine has made a real difference in the lives of Maine people.
As difficult as the challenges have been for the 125th Maine Legislature and for a new Governor, you and the Governor have taken the time to understand the effects of these challenges on your constituents' needs for justice.
Governor: The Governor has supported a baseline Judicial Branch budget and is addressing the challenges of Domestic Violence in our courts.
Legislature: In the Legislature, many of you have worked very closely with us.
In Washington County, President Raye, and Representatives Maker, Tilton, and Burns visited the county courthouse. They will be working with us to improve that beautiful, but aging and dangerous facility.
In Aroostook County, Senator Sherman, Representative Martin, and Representative Fredette presented a session on the legislative process to lawyers in the region.
In Oxford County, Senator Hastings helped gather lawyers for a Legislative/Bench/Bar meeting.
In Hancock County, Senator Rosen, and Representatives Malaby, Flemings, and Luchini joined us to recognize Hancock County Judicial Branch employees followed by a Legislative/Bench/Bar lunch meeting.
In Newport, Representative Fredette assembled a large group of lawyers for a Legislative/Bench/Bar lunch meeting.
Representative Cushing met with the Law Court in Portland.
Senator Katz gathered stakeholders and is working passionately with the Courts, led by Justice Jabar, to build a consolidated, safe, energy-efficient courthouse in Augusta that will serve Kennebec County for centuries to come.
Representative Haskell has worked tirelessly to help improve the lives of juveniles, resulting in the State obtaining an Annie E. Casey Grant to help design detention alternatives for youth who might otherwise move from juvenile detention centers to the revolving doors of the county jails.
Representative Strang Burgess accepted our request to join the Children's Justice Task Force, bringing her knowledge from the Health and Human Services Committee to the table.
Many of you have taken time to visit the courts and talk with the judges, including: Senator Mason, and Representatives Stevens, Richardson, Monaghan-Derrig, Willette, Rochelo, Volk, and Pilon.
Speaker Nutting spent a day in the Augusta courts.
On the Judiciary Committee, Senators Hastings and Dill, Representatives Priest, Waterhouse, Sarty, and Maloney, assisted in reviewing the conflicting and unmanageable priorities of courts, and have made recommendations for change.
In the challenges of Domestic Violence, Representative Cain has worked closely with the courts to address an issue that I will talk about in greater detail in a minute.
And with your support, we brought real appellate court sessions to three Maine high schools: we sat at Lisbon High School at the invitation of Senator Mason, at Deering High at the invitation of Senator Alfond, and at Richmond High at the invitation of Senator Goodall and Representative Berry.
These are just examples of the collaborative work you have all undertaken, and I recognize that it is always dangerous to identify specific people, for fear of leaving others out. I hope that those I may have missed will forgive me.
But I have taken the time to identify so many of you today to make a very important point. Maine benefits greatly from your cooperative and bi-partisan support for access to justice. It doesn't happen in every State.
I am proud to tell the public that, despite the challenges of the economy, and the demands on all of you, In the Maine State House,
In the Maine State House,
Justice is not forgotten. Thank you
- Progress
Here is one small way to reward your efforts. Last year, I began my report with a discussion of events from the year 1820, with the establishment of the Maine Constitution. This year, rather than reaching back and beginning with the Magna Carta, in the year 1215, I will focus my comments on the last six months.
July 2011 marked the first occasion in many years in which the Judicial Branch began the fiscal year with a baseline budget that had not been significantly cut. The long-held clerk and marshal vacancies, dark courtrooms, and resulting delays and frustration for the public, caused by several years of deep cuts, led you to support the court budget proposed by the Governor that allowed us to restore critical positions.
In a time of extraordinary fiscal challenges, we are grateful for your recognition of the public's need for basic access to justice. You know that the Judicial Branch baseline budget does not provide sufficient funding for the full caseload to be addressed in a safe, timely, and efficient manner.
However, rather than dwell on what we cannot do, today I will tell you what is being accomplished with the baseline budget.
I begin with a snapshot of the Judicial Branch on July 1, 2011, as we entered this fiscal year.
- Every day, almost 600 new non-traffic cases are filed. These cases represent real people, your constituents. They include victims of crimes, and people with serious disputes regarding their families, their housing, and their businesses;
- To address these cases, the baseline budget for this Fiscal Year totals $55 million, representing 1.9% of the General Fund;
- That $55 million includes just over $6 million for debt service and $48 million for operations;
- The total $48 million operation budget includes $33 million for all staff, including judges; and
- $14 million for the operations of a statewide system of justice that serves all Maine people, rural and urban alike.
We started the fiscal year with 39 courthouses, and we will end the year with 38, having consolidated court facilities in Dover-Foxcroft, eliminating the need for duplicative entry screening staff, two separate technologies, and a clerk's office that had to move back and forth between two buildings. The renovated court facilities for Piscataquis County opened this Monday, on time and under budget.
And in this year, we will have completed our long-term goal of consolidating all Superior and District Court clerks' offices that were located in the same town or city. From 46 clerks' offices existing several years ago, we have eliminated 15 separate offices, creating a current total of 31 clerks' offices. Not only is this more efficient and cost-effective for the taxpayer, it is less confusing for the public.
In July of 2011, approximately 40 non-judge vacancies existed. We viewed the opportunity to fill the vacancies that had so plagued the system as both a responsibility and a challenge to engage in innovations that could improve our public justice services, and make the very best use of every available dollar.
Before filling vacancies, we reviewed the potential for reorganization, and, rather than return to business as usual, we looked at the vacancies to determine whether the positions could be streamlined, centralized, and consolidated to improve public service.
Some of that reorganization and innovation is still in the works today. Much of it is in place. So let me tell you what a baseline budget allows within the Judicial Branch.
- Security. First and foremost, we were able, finally, to fill all of the ten additional security positions that the Legislature created five years ago but that had remained mostly unfilled since then as a result of budget cuts.
That change alone has allowed us to provide entry screening, similar to the screening now in place in the State House, on nearly 30% of our court days. In December 2011, for example, we were able to provide entry screening on 35% of the court days. This represents a substantial improvement. Much more frequently, people coming to courthouses will see staffed metal detectors and x-ray machines.
The potential for stressed, angry, or out-of-control litigants to arrive in a courtroom with lethal weapons is slowly but surely diminishing.
For this, on behalf of all the people who find themselves in court, I thank you.
We will continue to provide you with updates on current entry screening, along with the amount that would be necessary for every courthouse to have entry screening 100% of the time. Today, that number is just over $3 million dollars. Incrementally, every approximately $120,000 dollars added to the Judicial Branch budget allows for the equivalent of annual screening for one additional courthouse.
- Centralized Services. Our second objective in filling vacancies has been to centralize and streamline the trial courts' administrative public services. With three formerly vacant clerk positions, we have initiated a pilot project, creating for the first time a Judicial Branch Service Center.
- Central Phone Services. Primarily, the pilot project will provide centralized telephone services. There will be a real human voice at the end of a phone line to answer questions that would have gone to busy courthouses.
We have borrowed this idea from our New Hampshire neighbors. Chief Justice Dalianis reports that the New Hampshire courts undertook a study of centralized telephone services and concluded that as many as 70% of the calls to the local clerks' offices could be answered centrally.
New Hampshire has significantly more staff than the Maine Judicial Branch, and they were able to commit 20 staff positions to a statewide telephone service. We will begin more modestly in Maine, but in our pilot project, if even half of the phone calls to the clerks' offices can be answered by the centralized staff, the public will receive more prompt and thorough service, and the clerks in the targeted courthouses will be freed up to work directly with the public and provide more efficient services.
- Centralized Bail Services. We also anticipate that the Service Center will provide centralized return-of-bail services, which will improve the Judicial Branch's capacity to assure that bail funds are not released to a person who has failed to pay court fines.
- Record Requests. Ultimately, we hope that the Service Center will take on the additional responsibility of responding to record requests. Those requests, in many instances, come from businesses that need information from the courts in order to hire employees and make other business decisions. The centralization of this effort has the potential to provide much swifter responses to businesses. Representative Rotundo—you have sought these services for your constituents for years, and I am pleased to say, the first steps to making it happen are finally in the works!
- Central Phone Services. Primarily, the pilot project will provide centralized telephone services. There will be a real human voice at the end of a phone line to answer questions that would have gone to busy courthouses.
The Service Center balances our efforts to maintain rural courthouses, and at the same time streamline and improve administrative services to the public, thus reducing the costs of duplicated staffing.
The baseline budget has also allowed us to re-energize several different areas of public service.
- BCD. We have been able to reinvigorate the Business and Consumer Docket Clerk's Office. That office struggled with staff vacancies, causing our response to businesses to fall short of our initial expectations. In the last six months, the Business and Consumer Docket has been restored to health, and Chief Justice Humphrey, who leads that docket, reports a return to expeditious services for businesses and consumers alike.
- Rolling Closings. Also, in these last six months, with the return of staff to many of our beleaguered clerks' offices, we no longer have rolling closings in the smaller courts. When I spoke to you last year, courthouses in several rural areas were routinely experiencing reduced clerk hours. That has stopped.
- Access to Justice Coordinator. Finally, we have taken a vacant staff position that supported the Supreme Judicial Court and changed the position to establish, for the first time in Maine, an Access to Justice Coordinator. This position will be responsible for assuring that people with disabilities do not find those disabilities to be a barrier in their efforts to obtain justice. Similarly, the coordinator will address language barriers, and compliance with state and federal law, and will help organize our assistance for the growing number of litigants who are unrepresented during some of the most important events in their lives. Some states have entire departments within their Judicial Branches focused on access to justice issues. Until now, Maine has not had a single staff person dedicated to addressing these critical issues.
All of these improvements occurred within current staffing levels, with no new dollars beyond baseline funding. In addition, we have continued with several other important innovations.
- Unified Criminal Dockets. Our efforts to streamline the antiquated and overlapping criminal dockets of the District and Superior Courts, which caused delays and duplication of staff, have been completed in the two largest consolidated courthouses: Portland and Bangor. Innovative trial judges, clerks, district attorneys, and defense attorneys worked creatively with Justices Gorman and Silver to accomplish these achievements.
With those Unified Criminal Dockets in place, we can confidently report that the improved process cuts the time for resolution of the serious criminal felony cases, in half. That change alone improves public safety. Particularly in matters of domestic violence prosecutions, swift responses and prompt trials are critically important.
- Katahdin Counsel. This year also saw the launch of a new effort, referred to as the Katahdin Counsel project, led by Justice Levy, to recognize the important work of Maine lawyers who provide free legal services to Maine people caught up in the legal system who cannot afford an attorney. As you know, Maine lawyers donate their time and their dollars in substantial amounts, putting them second in the entire country for generosity.
Recent research has revealed how critically important legal services are in one key area. The availability of legal assistance programs has been identified as one of the best predictors of decreased Domestic Violence.
In all of our work with Maine lawyers, we are fortunate to have Justice Alexander's commitment to supporting and training new and experienced lawyers. We must continue to support our lawyers in these crucial efforts.
- Co-Occurring Disorders Court and Veterans Court
And I am pleased to report that the successful Kennebec County Co Occurring Disorders Court has now added a Veterans component. Once again, Justice Nancy Mills, working with community providers, has found a way to address a serious community need. I want to thank the Veterans Administration at Togus for working with us to find resources for struggling veterans. In addition, I want to thank T.J. Wheeler, who is a Case Manager in the Co-Occurring Disorders Court, a veteran himself, for his persistence and commitment in moving this new Veterans docket forward. This year, with the assistance of a grant, an extension of the Co-Occurring Disorders Court into Cumberland County is being considered.
As I have indicated, all of these improvements and innovations have been accomplished within the authorized budget.
Imagine what we could do to improve justice services with just a little more funding:
- Security?again, every additional $120,000 allows us to provide the equivalent of full-time entry screening in one more courthouse.
- Technology?We must move the courts into the twenty-first century, not just for efficiency, but also for improved public service. With the assistance of Justice Mead's technological skills, we will be reporting to you in July on a plan for creating a fully electronic court system.
And I am pleased to report that this April, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will pilot live-streaming oral arguments. With some serious creativity, we believe that we can accomplish this without new resources. So mark your calendars: on April 10, 2012, you will be able to sit at your computers and listen to every oral argument. Case summaries are available on our website, so if you can't dedicate your whole day, you can listen to the cases that interest you most.
- Domestic Violence
My last topic will not surprise you. The Domestic Violence tragedies of this last year have made it clear that we must continue the search for solutions, and we must do so together. The statistics are chilling: the Attorney General reports that, in the past five years, 57 people were killed in Domestic Violence related assaults. Fifty-seven people—including children—died at the hands of people close to them. And that doesn't address the thousands who have been injured, isolated, or sexually assaulted, many of whom live in daily fear.
To be clear, in our efforts to eradicate domestic violence, we must not allow a rush to judgment to sweep in the innocent. We must preserve and enforce the rights guaranteed by the Maine and federal constitutions. And we must carefully balance the rights of the accused against public safety and protection for victims.
But, while the courts are neutral fact-finders, courts are not neutral on the fact of, or the solutions for, Domestic Violence. Chief Justices across the country are looking for ways to better identify the potentially lethal cases. Several years ago, the Conference of Chief Justices identified several principles that help guide us, and here are just a few of the most critical principles:
- Families in crisis must be able to easily access courts;
- Judges must have comprehensive information on prior court orders and any history of violence in the family;
- Convicted abusers must be held accountable; and
- Judges can be catalysts to enhance intergovernmental collaboration for improvement.
In Maine, all three branches of government are focused on taking concrete actions that will reduce and eliminate family and intimate partner violence and sexual assault.
Governor LePage has taken a critical step forward in emphasizing that the tragedy of Domestic Violence is not only a women's issue. It affects children, women, men, and increasingly, the elderly.
In the next months, you will have before you a number of bills aimed at improving governmental responses to this terrible problem.
Today, I suggest several actions you can take to improve Maine's response to Domestic Violence in all its forms.
- Community Involvement. Think long-term and globally. Violence in any form cannot be stopped through one single approach. We need to assure that children grow up in healthy and loving settings, that bullying and violence are swiftly addressed wherever they occur, and that everyone understands that violence is unacceptable.
Our response must involve community programs such as the Coordinated Community Response program working with local police; organizations that support healthy teen years—like Hardy Girls Healthy Women, and Boys to Men; and men speaking out against violence, as the Governor has done so candidly.
- Improved information. Next, in the context of judicial proceedings, we must improve the quality of information available to bail commissioners, judges, and legal advocates when Domestic Violence charges are filed. Criminal history information, prior Protection Orders, and Risk Assessment information should be available for bail decisions and sentencing decisions. Some of these efforts will require new legislation and fiscal resources. Thoughtful responses and improved attention to risks of continued violence may ultimately require more resources for the courts, prosecutors, indigent legal services, and pre-trial services.
- UCDs. Next, you can support the development of Unified Criminal Dockets when we are able to bring them to your districts. As I noted earlier, just this change alone can cut felony resolution time in half.
Justice delayed is not only justice denied, in some cases it is a recipe for tragedy.
- However, it is not a simple task to streamline criminal procedures. The unification of a region's criminal dockets is a complex process, involving counties, law enforcement, prosecutors, and defenders. Each new Unified Criminal Docket requires its own design, an initial infusion of scarce judicial resources, and the input of all stakeholders to do it right.
- We are beginning the design of a Unified Criminal Docket in York County, and we will be working with the various stakeholders to assure success in the second largest criminal docket in the entire State.
- Lack of Criminal History Record Information
Finally, we know that one of the most important tools in averting repeated violence is for judicial officers to have the criminal history records of the person charged with Domestic Violence. Without that history, informed decisions cannot be made.
We have recently learned that there are substantial impediments to Bail Commissioners receiving that important information. The problem stems from a variety of issues, including varying legal interpretations, technological limitations, law enforcement staffing limitations, and miscommunication.
But frankly, it doesn't matter why Bail Commissioners don't have the records.
By law, you have mandated policies by which criminal history records will be relayed to the Bail Commissioners.
To make well-informed decisions, they must have the information.
Too often, they are not receiving the reports.
That is simply not acceptable.
Today, on behalf of the Chief Judge of the District Court, I am announcing that, effective immediately, Bail Commissioners will be instructed not to set bail in Domestic Violence related charges unless they have received access, at a minimum, to the Maine Criminal History Record Information of the defendant.
We recognize that this step may strain resources, and that there are potential constitutional considerations that must be addressed. But we cannot ignore the problem any longer.
To address these problems quickly, I have charged the Trial Court Chiefs with bringing together a collaborative task force to solve the problem of obtaining criminal history records in Domestic Violence cases.
Attorney General Schneider and Commissioner Morris of the Department of Public Safety are already at work on the problems and, with us, are committed to finding a solution.
In the end, we must all work together to find a way for critical information to reach judges or bail commissioners quickly, and to ensure that domestic violence cases are resolved promptly.
- Conclusion
To conclude this morning, I want to thank all of you again for your efforts to support the courts to improve access to justice for Maine people. We continue to invite you to visit courts and to invite the Law Court to your local schools.
We must remember as we grapple with some of the most difficult social and economic issues we have faced, that Maine is a wonderful place to live and work. We can and we will work together to make it an even better place for our children and the people of this great State.
I leave you with this:
Mahatma Gandhi reminded us that
"The future depends on what we do in the present."
We cannot wait for a better time, for a better economy, for an easier path.
We must follow Teddy Roosevelt's advice—
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
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Pictured: a Kyoto pagoda
ESL Teaching: TEFL,TESL
Whether it is called EFL teaching, ESL or TESOL, it doesn`t really matter. Boy we love our acronyms in the English teaching profession or dare I say, (the ELT profession).
Indeed there are many kinds of teaching you can do in Japan.
Whether you call it TESL or TEFL, though the context and the countries in which you do it differ (the former
being an English speaking country) and the latter a country which is not, the activities we do in the classroom are the same
for the most part.
A-Z Worksheets.com has concise and complete English Grammar education resources including a free printable grammar definitions ebook with the definitions in "learning order". They have great charts for diagramming sentences, too! See the left nav for the English parts of speech.
Of course there are many methods for teaching English. Read
about some of them at the following link.
ESL Teaching: methods of teaching English.
Some people prefer to teach children,
others business people, others like the experience
of working at an
English school (large or small)
while others prefer teaching on the
JET program
still others prefer to teach at
There are so many kinds of teaching situations,
it is difficult to mention them all.
Teaching English in Japan at English Schools
I have experience teaching at various schools
in Japan.
I taught at a very large chain school in Japan
called ECC, a family owned school in Nagoya
and a large school/women`s two year college
also in Nagoya. I furthered my experience
by teaching at the YMCA in Machida, Kanagawa.
Teach English in Japan - Starting English School
Finally I opened Kevin`s English Schools in 1991.
I had learned enough after a year and a half to open
my own school. Within 6 months we had over 125
students and I had to hire two teachers to help
me teach all of the classes.
(Pictured a Japanese university student)
10 Reasons why Japanese cannot speak English after many years of study, and how using shadowing with the Speak Master product can help
Lack of Practice:
Michael Jackson was an amazing dancer! Nishikori is a fantastic tennis player! Tiger Woods was an amazing golfer! They all practiced. Michael Jackson didn`t read about dancing, he danced. Nishikori didn`t watch movies about tennis, he played, and he practiced. Tiger, didn`t translate articles about golf from French into English, he practiced too.
He played.
On Kevin`s English Schools
Things aren`t as rosy now, but we still have about
100 students at three schools in Odawara and Minamiashigara City, in Kanagawa. At Kevin`s English Schools we also
teach company classes.
There is myself and a full-time teacher from America. It is a good life. Not a rich life monetarily. But if you have read and understood anything about Taoism you may realize that money is not everything. Indeed owning an English school or teaching English for a good institution is a very good life in
many, many ways. I feel blessed with great colleagues and
great students. Both teach me so much about life and the world.
Negativity about TEFL & ESL Teaching in Japan & Mother Theresa
According to reports, Mother Theresa once said that she would never join an anti-war protest. But if there ever was a pro-peace protest, she would be all for that. That echoes my feelings on a lot of the negativity you see on the internet in general. I am all for making teaching English in Japan, schools and universities in Japan
There are many jobs available at universities in
You need a bachelors degree or higher to
teach there. They often prefer a masters degree
or higher however.
There is the famous
JET Program
and many teachers
have had great experiences teaching on that.
One thing I have promised to do is to one day
teach on the Peace Boat. You get a round the world
trip for free, in exchange for your skill as an
English teacher.
I know of two people who have done this, one was a student and the other taught English and Spanish on the Peace Boat.
Peace Boat.
They both found it to be a fantastic experience. You need
to have about three months of free time however, as many of the
trips take about that lone. They do from time to time have
shorter trips. Currently they have three global trips and
one shorter Asian trip. What a trip!
If you are a people person you should teach.
There is much debate about teaching on the internet and the advantages and otherwise of various kinds of teaching.
Everyone has their own bias and some have had a negative experience doing
one kind of teaching or another, and that has affected how they think about various aspects of the profession.
Some love teaching children at a kindergarten, others enjoy corporate English classes at an English school, while others swear by university teaching as the only thing to do.
University teaching as opposed to teaching at an English school in Japan.
How to be an effective EFL teacher
ESL Teaching: Using English outside the classroom, how to get your students to extend their English study.
Visit beautiful Spain and get your TEFL training at the same time!
ESL Teaching:
The Eismann has taught in Japan for many years
Read his interview about teaching English as a Second language in
Japan. His highs and lows and where he has taught. Eismann
has a lot of
advice for new teachers.
When you are doing ESL Teaching of Idioms, they are some of the strangest yet most interesting parts of English for students, while learning English as a secondary language.
The word "Idiom" means "Special property" in Latin and "Special feature" in Greek. Idioms are known as the expressions, words or phrases that are unusual in the English language. They are different because of their abnormal grammar or because of their oddness in use. These idioms are used so commonly by people that they become an integral part of the language.
Many native speakers of course, don`t even realize many of them
are idioms.
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1. Identify yourself recruit! State your name, rank and unit. What other missions have you been involved in?
My name is Paul Burkhardt and I am the Project Manager. This is my first undertaking in the game development industry but it is something that I have had my eye on for awhile.
2. Are you going to tweak the Torque engine to make it fit your idea of Shadow?
Definitely and we have done quite a bit in that regard. Most of the major changes have been in graphics rendering but there are other areas where changing the engine is required to meet our design goals, such as adding new movement abilities, etc.
3. Which aspect of the game are you going to concentrate on? Will the game story be tied together in a campaign, will the game be all skirmish missions or will both be available (and have different maps)?
We can't say much about the missions at this point, but we will say that there are mini-plots which hopefully provide intrigue and enough of a premise to account for the objectives.
4. Will this be a team based game or a one man show?
The emphasis is on teams in a multiplayer environment.
5. Are you going to limit the amount of weapons one player can carry?
Yes, in keeping with a realistic theme each player will be restricted to a finite number of weapons and items that can be carried at a time.
6. There has been a glut of Spec Ops tactical shooter games lately. How are you planning to have yours stand out?
We feel the addition of vehicles and variety of maps and game-play options will help to set our game apart. There are other features which we are excited about but these will be announced at a later date.
7. What platforms are you planning to make Shadow for?
Currently the PC is our target platform.
8. Are you making your own sound effects from scratch or are you going to use the ones already available?
Most of the raw audio material comes from libraries that our sound artist then modifies to suit our needs.
9. How many people are on your development team right now?
There are currently twelve on our staff that are working on the game content. We hope to add a few more in the programming and art departments.
10. Will you be able to interact with the world/environment? Such as hide behind bushes or snipe from trees?
Players will be able to climb, crouch, prone, jump, and drive their way into areas of tactical advantage. Vegetation, debris, and other objects can serve as cover.
11. Will there be an editor available with the game for the player to use and create there own extras, new maps etc..?
The Torque editor can be used for some modifications in our game. Those already familiar with editing in Tribes2 and Torque will be able to carry their skills over. The addition of per-pixel effects will require some familiarization with creating bumpmaps, specmaps, etc.
12. Since this game is in the early stages of development, do you have rough estimate of when you expect the game to be complete? How many missions/maps are you aiming for?
Our goal would be to finish sometime in 2003, but the best we can really say is that we'll get it done as soon as we can. We are planning on 10-12 maps but this may vary.
13. Are you planning to support a specific graphics hardware type? Or will it support everything that supports DirectX?
The focus is mainly on OpenGL and current high-end video cards. We are interested in what the new hardware from ATI, nVidia, and 3Dlabs can offer.
14. Do you have any sort of system requirements hammered out as of yet?
Not at this stage. We are still exploring a lot of new territory in terms of how far we can push hardware.
15. Can you elaborate on the game modes you are planning to implement?
We'll announce more details on our game modes at a later date.
16. Assuming there will be multiplayer, will vehicles be available for players to use/drive and what type of vehicles are you planning to incorporate?
Players will be able to drive and control most of the planned vehicles. The majority are military transport used in stealth and fast-attack roles. There will be water, air, and land vehicles that can carry individuals and small squads. Currently we are planning on having fifteen selectable vehicles and then a few prop vehicles that players can access.
17. What sort of terrain types are you planning for the stages? Will the game be mainly indoor, outdoor based or a mix of both?
That really depends on the mission but overall it is a mixture of both.
18. Will there be real time weather effects? Will they be adjustable (as in preset in the options menu) or totally random during game-play?
There are plans for weather effects which can be adjusted by the editor.
19. Will a demo be available before launch or after?
We would like to put out a demo/test before launch.
20. Since Vae Victis is relatively new and the game in early stages of development have you any idea yet on who will publish/distribute the game?
We are still open to publishing/distribution offers.
21. Will Project Shadow be the final/full name of the game or is this more of a "working title"?
Shadow is just the working title.
22. Thank you Paul for taking the time to face our firing squad and out up with our annoying questions
The pleasure was all mine


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Captain Cook's Pistol for Sale
Jan 24, 2013, 05:30 EST
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For a man who had such a profound effect on the European colonisation of Australia, there is remarkably very little physical evidence of Captain James Cook or his personal possessions.
While his legacy looms large in Australia's collective consciousness, only Cook's pistol remains as the one key link to his life and relationship with Australia. If not for the efforts of former Melbourne Lord Mayor, Ron Walker, even this would have stayed well away from our reach.
Mr Walker purchased the pistol in 2003 from the descendants of Cook at an auction in Edinburgh, Scotland. It had been willed to the family by Cook and remained in their possession for more than two centuries.
Now, almost 250 years after his death in Hawaii, the early 18th century Continental Flintlock holster pistol will be offered for sale by Leski Auctions of Melbourne under instructions from Mr Walker.
"There is a wealth of memorabilia available that is associated with the icons of Australia, be it Bradman, the Kelly Gang, Phar Lap, Kingsford Smith or Mawson," says Charles Leski.
"Yet James Cook, arguably the most significant of that group in terms of his impact on Australia as a nation, has left us virtually nothing. This pistol is therefore the one tangible link to him personally.
"We can confidently argue that he left his DNA on this, something that can't be said for the anchor or the cannon of the HMB Endeavour, which are located in Cooktown, North Queensland and Canberra respectively."
The lock of the pistol is signed "Corbau-A-Maastricht", a reference to its Dutch gunmaker, Godefroi Corbau Le Jeune. It features a plain 13 bore barrel, brass fore-sight, spurred brass pommel, brass trigger guard, replacement ramrod and pipe, and pale fruitwood full stock with carved shell behind tang. The barrel is 31cm long.
The 'Captain Cook pistol' is a rare and compelling offering that is without peer.
Lot 21 has a pre-sale estimate of $100,000 - $200,000. (NB: Image available at http://www.livebidonline.com/classes/image.resizer.class.php?path=../catalogues/a420/images/0021&ext=jpg&width=700&height=700 )
It will be offered for sale by Leski Auctions in Melbourne on Thursday, February 14th at 5.00pm.
The company is located at 13 Cato Street, Hawthorn East 3123 Australia.
Tel +61-3-9864 9999 and www.leski.com.au
Issued by:
Charles Leski,
Leski Auctions
Tel: +61-3-9864 9999
Michael Krape, Michael Krape Consulting
Tel: +61-403 135 880
SOURCE (Charles) Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd


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#75567 by CreatureFromTheDeep Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:33 pm
Nightsky wrote:I'm sorry but this is something I really need to vent about now. And it may not directly apply to me, but various other players and clans that are affected. And this could potentially mean the doom for Astroflux in the future. I am talking about War, Toxicity and Kos'ing in the game. So, why exactly do I feel like this is a bad thing?
Now War can happen in every game, and in many games it's a fixed part. And it's nothing bad, war is something that is just part of games. In Astroflux it can escalate though as I have witnessed quite a few times now. And this also counts for Kos'ing people. Things like these just tend to become too extreme in Astroflux to a point where people take a quit and just leave the game. And this is negatively impacting the game, especially the user count. We all are complaining about a low player count and how several systems are just empty most of the time. And I mean it's true, the amount of players that play this game daily is very low. But stuff like that is not really helping the game, it actually does the exact opposite and it makes it worse and bring the game faster to the point of where the servers are better left shut down.
Today I could experience a good example. Actually two at the same time. While playing this game and doing my dailies I decided to fight a player in a PvP instance. Even though he was higher level he decided to die and left. Soon a higher level came and hunted me down. Through so many systems he followed me and tried to make it impossible to complete my dailies, in PvP systems he killed me continuously. So I switched to my main and killed him instead which resulted that he called for backup. Well... This just proves the toxicity in this game. Even a kill can put you on a Kos list and literally mean that in the future you can't play this game properly anymore. The continuation of this story is that another player helped me. We both were more or less victorious. Another player joined the fight while we said that he shouldn't interrupt. The result of that single sentence was a lifetime KoS... Now, let me ask this question: Seriously? This just proves that Kos'ing is being abused in this game and well - right now it tends to make people quit which is contra productive to what we have to achieve now.
And this is what I really want to point out now. People, you should be more considerate of others. Keep in mind that on the other side sits another human who also just wants to have fun. So don't ruin their enjoyment for the game, unless you want this game to be empty in the not-so-distant future. Because due to all of this war, this toxicity and of course the Kos'ing as a result of toxicity. If you have a problem with someone, solve it with words. If it doesn't work out, geez, be enemies for a day or two. But don't make this person's life a hell by just constantly killing him whenever you see them. Because this is what makes players quit this game or makes them play it less.
We also have certain players who are flying around in the low level PvP systems and kill everyone who is unfortunate enough to be in that system in that very moment and potentially is getting camped for actually no reason. Yes, this is a PvP instance, but it is a game nonetheless, so it should be enjoyable for everyone, not frustrating. And the developers should start to support this thought if they want to keep their game alive for longer, otherwise this game is soon going to be a desert with only a very few end-game players playing. And I don't think anyone wants that to happen, right?
As I said, I currently don't have any experiences with being hunted really except for that one exception now. But I can imagine how frustrating it must be for some players to be constantly hunted for minor reasons. Even loot stealing is something minor as someone can easily kill another enemy. So there is no need to make a big deal out of it. A war can be good, heck, if you want to clash your heads together, do it... If you want to have revenge, go ahead. But don't exaggerate. I personally want this game to be a place everyone can enjoy, not just a few players.
Thanks for reading.
Regards ~ Nightsky aka Pericles_Corde
Ok, so after reading this, I couldn't help but reply.
Firstly, a PvP system is a PvP system, players can kill whoever they want with no restriction. Restricting PvP is a bad idea as it is literally one of the main things that keeps astroflux alive. If you don't want to be killed goto PvE. It's as simple as that. PvE can get boring after you become super strong (killing regius in .5 sec, killing exe in 20 sec, etc.) and you will want to eventually start fighting other players, you would quit if PvP did not exist once you are that strong. (The game ends in 2020, don't ride a sinking ship to the bottom.)
Toxicity is definitely a problem, many high levels are very toxic and don't even realize it. (I used to be.)
Every MMO ever, will and have had very toxic players, there isn't really a way around this.
KoSing is not even a problem anymore, you have clan instances (which should be removed because they ruined KoSing) which are clan exclusive, no one can disturb you there!
If you have any problems with what is said above, feel free to reply! (I will probably not see your message! )
Those who think only about life and death, they are dead, for they have no dreams. ~Auther unknown


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Sandra, what up?! You know what show I hardly see spoilers for? Warehouse 13!! So, with that in mind, what's coming up on Toddlers & Tiaras?! No, just kidding. Warehouse 13, por favor! — Tina
Well, if you thought the season finale was one giant "oh, my God!" moment, just wait until you see what executive producer Jack Kenny and Co. have in store for next season. "In the upcoming season, Pete, Myka, Artie, Claudia, Steve, and Mrs. Frederic all face mortality from every way it can be faced… and each in their own way," he said.
I know you probably can't say too much, but will we see either Wolowitz's wedding or a space launch on the Big Bang Theory? — Becca
You're right, I can't say too much. But what I can say is that one of these events will certainly lead to an interesting development with another couple: Sheldon and Amy! "I just feel what you see in the finale is in human terms not big, but it's a huge move as far as Sheldon is concerned," says Jim Parsons, who is currently in New York entering final preps to take the stage as Elwood Dowd in the upcoming play Harvey. "I feel like it's been things like that all year: Not very much [seems to be] happening, unless you're the one doing it and unless you know these characters, then you realize that there's real movement happening."
I've been feeling a major lack of Vampire Diaries dish, specifically on Caroline! Help a girl out! — Kirsten
I have endless love for Vampire Barbie, so I'm happy to help. Too bad Alaric doesn't share my adoration. As we saw last night, after his plan to have Elena stake Caroline failed, Alaric called a Council meeting to announce that Sheriff Forbes and Mayor Lockwood were the mothers of a vampire and a hybrid and to reveal his own supernatural status. And as we head into next week's season finale, this leaves Caroline and Tyler in a severely compromising position. "Caroline and Tyler learn that there's a target on their back and that if they stay in Mystic Falls, they could very well end up dead. So they have to decide what they're gonna do about that," says executive producer Julie Plec. "There's a lot of choices that each of the characters need to make about their future. Do they stay and fight to the death? Do they run and get the hell out of dodge?" (Side note, when last night's episode ended, Stefan and Damon were on their way to dump Klaus' desiccated body into the Atlantic Ocean. Why am I not convinced that plan won't be an epic fail?)
Hey Sandra, any early intel on the new season of Burn Notice? — Christine
Not at the moment. But you know who will be happy to share some with us all? Executive producer Matt Nix, who will be joining me for a live blog next Wednesday to take some of your questions on the new season. Stay tuned to my Twitter for the latest and more announcements on this soon!
Word around the cul-de-sac is that you might have some COUGAR TOWN scoopage for me! Do tell! — Jen
Well, having just watched the two-part season finale, I can tell you that the last half hour is probably one of my favorite episodes of CT ever. Definitely top 5 — maybe higher. And David Arquette earns high marks for his guest spot as a shady concierge who catches Ellie's eye. (Note: Andy's not okay with it — or the sexy pics she's sending him.) "I'll really do anything she wants, like a concierge that will go all out," previews Arquette, who we caught up with earlier this week. "It was great. I love working with Courteney; I love acting opposite her. It was a lot of fun." So much fun, in fact, that he wouldn't turn down an opportunity to return should the gang find themselves at his character's hotel again. Or, he jokes, he could "become a stalker like I was on Friends."
Hi Sandra. Can't end Castle season 4 without asking you one last time for Scoop! What do you have for us? Will the finale be as jaw-dropping as last year's? I know there is so much speculation about a Castle/Beckett hookup in the finale, but I am curious about the fate of my other favorite duo on the show, Ryan & Esposito. Does something shocking happen to them? Thanks! — Cheryl
Last year's finale — with the reveal that the chief was involved in Beckett's mom's murder — was several years in the making, as you'll recall. And I can most definitely say the same thing about this year. So yes, definitely as jaw-dropping — and probably more. As far as Ryan and Esposito, you'll find them at a point come season's end that will give them a very interesting launching point next season — and I wouldn't count out a little drama between those two. Also, DID YOU SEE THIS?!?
Anything good on Being Human's next season? I know they just aired their finale, but I can't wait! — Sara
Luckily for you Sara, planning for season 3 is well underway! So when I caught up with Sam Witwer recently, he shared that next season might find Aidan spending more time than ever among the living. "Aidan will be around people more this year — humans — which I think is what you have to do with the character. He's a better character around people. He's sadder because he wants to be them. He's more charming and funnier because he has to be in order to fit in. And he's more dangerous because he can hurt them," he shared. "So the character is firing on all cylinders when he's around them."
Sandra! I hate all this 90210 bashing that's gone on this week. I, for one, am excited it's coming back. That's all I wanted to say, but if you have scoop, that'd be great, too! — Aisha
Yes, TV bashing helps no one, people! Insult my face, just don't insult my TV, I always say. That said, there's nothing wrong with pitching ideas! In fact, Matt Lanter and I spit-balled a few for the now official season 4 when we hopped on the phone recently. And among them? We need a solid couple! (His suggestion, of course, is Liam and Silver.) "I think next season, let's let Liam be with someone on a solid basis. We kind of missed that this year, really. There's no solid couples that just stay together," he says. "It never hurts to have a solid couple. There's a lot of stuff to be learned even from a couple that's together and strong." But is that Liam and Silver? "I think it could be," he says.
Will us fans get to see Daniel Dae Kim grill Grace Park's character's love interest? #H50 — @lilsugirl22
Direct quote from DDK, which came right before a big grin: "You mean barbecue grilling? I'm not sure because we don't do much cooking on the show." (Okay, sorry, had to share that!) Thankfully, I clarified for Kim, and he pretty much guaranteed we'd see some sort of interrogation because, as he explains, "Chin is very protective of his cousin. So I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a little questioning back and forth." As for the mystery man's ID, it will be revealed next week, and, he teases, "It's probably not going to be as simple as it may seem, and I'm sure there's going to be some conflict and drama that ensues."
You were right about The Middle this week. Loved Whoopi Goldberg, but I'm also liking the look of next week's prom episode! — Tara Jane
If Eden Sher's preview lives up to the hype, then I think we're all in for a treat. For those who haven't heard, next week's episode finds Sue going to prom with Axl's friend Darrin (John Gammon) and, Sher says, we quickly find that they share an unexpected bond. "I'm surprised the writers hadn't thought of it before and matched them up because they're almost the same," she says. Also something to look forward to? Sue's dance moves. "We get some crazy Sue dance moves," she shares. "A little bit was from the producers — they wanted a few specific moves — but the rest were Eden Sher — right here! Dancer extraordinaire! I LOVE dancing. I'm awful at it. But I love it!"
I'll just DIE without some juicy HIMYM finale scoop. So you'll, essentially, be saving my life if you give me something good. Be a hero, Sandra. Be a hero! — Rachel
First a preface: When we caught up with Jason Segel recently, he promised that this year's "fantastic" finale "really sets the stage for next season." But if you ask me, the stage was set a long time before that. This may or may not be related to someone who pops up in the season finale.
Anything good on the last two episodes of Smash? — Tyler
Actually, having just watched the finale, here are three little scooplets. Each one is a different character. Happy guessing! [SPOILER] gets fired. [SPOILER] gets a chance to shine in a big way. (Duh.) And there's a truly dark and eerie development with [SPOILER] that will drop some jaws.
(Keith Staskiewicz, Mandi Bierly, Nuzhat Naoreen, and April Daley contributed to this column.)
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Weaving'Wonderful' on the Bay of Banderas
…As our sailboat neared the Marietas Islands, schools of jellyfish amended the captain's chosen snorkeling spots twice. Just as well. While I wouldn't trade memories of an accidental swim through tiny diaphanous sea jellies a few years ago, I remember with equal clarity the lingering stings along my upper lip.
My solitary week in Nuevo Vallarta had etched some bold new strokes into who I knew myself to be. I had flown through jungle canopy on zip lines, negotiated city buses and explored Puerto Vallarta on foot. I had kayaked in the Pacific Ocean and run miles along the golden crescent shore of Banderas Bay. Talking to strangers had yielded vibrant vignettes of lives far removed from my own, and lively music had set rhythms in my heart that made hope dance in directions my feet longed to follow. And now, I floated toward rocky protrusions called the Marietas Islands.
Other-worldly. Agave and other similarly scrubby brush covered craggy masses punctuated by arches and overlooks. The cliffs seemed a breathing being beneath the constant motion of landing and launching sea birds —most with specially coated feathers for ocean plunges. Frigates, not so biologically well-equipped, added drama by thieving fresh fish from the mouths of successful divers. As we slowly made our way around the largest island to a safer snorkeling spot, I spotted my first blue footed booby bird and then several more of the stumpy birds perched on the boulder tips of outer islands.
The Marietas Islands, popularized by Jacques Cousteau and now protected as a national park area, is volcanic in origin and surrounded by coral. We dropped anchor near a steep beach nestled amongst its cliffs, and a dinghy took us in range of the coral and marine life. Our guide kindly broke the rules and allowed me to remove my life vest to free dive down into fish range. The water was clearer than I had expected; I followed one fish after another until it was time to relax on the postage stamp of a beach. A few of us explored the unspoiled island in our bare feet, ducking under arches to find still more caves and overhangs, wandering a splendid twisting geological maze.
I didn't want to leave. I wondered how long it would take —climbing
the rocks, feeling sand and sea swirl between my toes and watching fluttering sea birds —before the passage of time would matter again. As the boat slowly backed from the islands, stark yet lovely with their swirled caves and arches, I cradled the moment. I breathed in every sensory bit of it and wondered how it could all be so perfect when there was no one to "nudge" or share it with. It was revelation to me that a tree could fall within its forest and that my ear alone could be enough to hear and mark its sound. And, it was pure freedom to know that bliss could wrap its arms around me, just me. It didn't have to be a group hug.
We soaked in the music and salt air on our sail back until that group from Appleton, Wisconsin grabbed onto the cables on the side of the boat and began dancing. Before long, someone grabbed my hand, placed it firmly on a cable, and I was dancing too…
MORE: "Weaving'Wonderful' on the Bay of Banderas"
"Beyond the Bay (The Marietas Islands)"
"A 'Photo Hike' through Puerto Vallarta (Part One)"
" A 'Favorite Day' in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco (Part Two)"


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Weight Loss Is Employees' Top New Year's Resolution, According to ComPsych Survey
More than one-quarter say stress is top health concern, up from 18 percent in 2012
Jan 14, 2013, 11:27 EST
CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty-nine percent of employees say losing weight is their top health concern while 26 percent say stress has them most worried, according to a ComPsych Tell It Now poll released today. ComPsych is the world's largest provider of employee assistance programs and is the pioneer and leading provider of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, wellness, work-life, HR and FMLA administration services under the GuidanceResources brand.
"Weight loss is, not surprisingly, the number one health concern this year," said Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz, Chairman and CEO of ComPsych. "What is significant is that many more employees are aware of stress as a major contributor to health problems. Corporate wellness programs that address both physical and emotional health are uniquely suited to help employees make lasting lifestyle changes, which will ultimately reduce health and disability costs while improving productivity."
Employees were asked: Which health issue are you most trying to stay ahead of this year?
39 percent said "weight loss"
26 percent said "stress"
17 percent said "exercise"
9 percent said "diet improvement"
6 percent said "quitting smoking"
3 percent said "other"
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Remember in elementary school when your teacher assigned you the task of writing a paper titled, "What I did on my summer break," or "When I grow up I want to be..."? I was thinking about that this morning as I mixed two cereals for breakfast.
What? Mixing cereals? From two different cereal boxes?
Maybe that's not so shocking to you, but as I'm in my mid-thirties now, I'm realizing that I have the say in the choices I make. The big stuff I understood a decade ago, but the little stuff is only now becoming clear to me. I find I'm struck at the most random moments by these realities, and they make me laugh.
Turns out, I'm an adult and all the choices I make are my responsibility.
So are the consequences.
Here is a short list of said realities:
1. I can mix cereals for breakfast.
2. I can eat cereal for every meal of the day.
3. I can eat in the living room without asking for permission (granted, I am over 16, which was the age of eating-in-the-living-room inclusion in my household growing up).
4. I can stay up really late (despite my dad's old caution, "nothing good ever happens after midnight.").
5. If I make a mistake, I will still be able to go to my friend's house to play.
6. Hard work does pay off.
7. I can say "no."
8. Love won't pay the bills, but it will tuck you in at night.
9. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to throw stuff out the window of a moving vehicle, even if it is biodegradable.
10. Friends are as good as family.


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Tesco's self-heralded 'Big Price Drop' resulted in typical price cuts of around 2.5% at the till, figures reveal. Yet a few Clubcard collectors have actually seen a net loss.
The supermarket giant, which cut prices on 26 September, said at the time it was investing more than �500m to provide "immediate help for families" by cutting the price of thousands of essential items such as�milk, pasta, fruit and vegetables.
Data from online grocery firm Mysupermarket.co.uk, which consumers can use to find the cheapest supermarket for their shopping, shows the cost of an average Tesco grocery basket fell by �2.11 over the five weeks after the Big Price Drop, compared to the five weeks before � a 2.5% reduction.
While the figures show a fall in prices, they do not take into account the cut in benefits for Clubcard users which would have amounted to between 1% and 3% depending on how customers spend their points from the supermarket's loyalty scheme.
Much of the reduction was in week one after the �promotion, as expected, yet costs had soared in the week before the Big Price Drop.
Supermarkets are often accused of raising prices before a fall to exaggerate price drop claims, though Tesco stresses it did nothing of the sort this time.
Four weeks after the reduction, typical costs had already returned to pre-drop levels.
To get the figures, Mysupermarket found the average cost of every Tesco shopping basket its users searched for on its price comparison site in the five weeks before and the five weeks after the Big Price Drop.
There were around 4,500 baskets sampled each week, so the website based its figures on around 45,000 baskets.
Mysupermarket's key findings were:
- The average cost of a Tesco basket in the five weeks before the price drop was �85.73, compared to �83.62 in the five weeks after the Big Price Drop. That's a 2.5% fall. �
- On 25 September, the day before the drop, the average basket cost �88.14, compared to �85.61 the week before � 2.9% more. �
- The price then fell the week after the price drop to �82.70 � a 6.17% week-on-week fall. �
- Within a few weeks, the typical basket had already exceeded the �85.61 cost the week before the drop. On 23 October, the typical cost was �85.96.
Clubcard benefits cut
Since 24 October, shoppers have earned one point per pound spent rather than the previous two.
One point is worth 1p to spend in-store, so is worth an initial 1%. However, points can be trebled or quadrupled to use on Clubcard Rewards to spend on restaurants, days out and more.
Martin Lewis, MoneySavingExpert.com creator, says: "This data indicates a price cut of 2.5%, but remember that comes at the cost of losing Clubcard points worth 1% back when redeemed in-store.
"However, those Clubcard chasers who lust after points deliberately to convert them into Clubcard Rewards are losing out by even more.
"This is because points are typically worth three times their value when redeemed this way, so that's 3% back.
"In other words, while most people felt a small price cut, some actually will have less money in their pockets as the reduction at the till doesn't make up for their loss of points."
James Foord, from Mysupermarket, says: "We always welcome price cut initiatives by the retailers but despite big claims and huge amounts of advertising things are not always what they seem. �
"With so many different promotions, deals and claims by all the retailers it's very confusing for the consumer to work out where the best deals truly are."
How representative are the figures?
Given Mysupermarket's sample is about 45,000 baskets it is about as robust as you can get when judging overall Tesco prices in isolation over the period in question.
However, the Big Price Drop does not cover all items, nor was it dressed up as doing so. It only covers what Tesco describes as essential items. On those products, Tesco says the typical price fall is over 10%.
Also, when you make your mind up about the sincerity of Tesco's Big Price Drop claims, remember that the price of groceries can fluctuate wildly per day.
Therefore, a rise one week or a fall the next can be down to either a supermarket's policy or the cost of the commodities it buys, the rise or fall of which it is likely to pass on.
What Tesco says
A Tesco spokesman says: "This survey looks at an average shopping trolley in excess of �80, a very high basket size reflecting that Mysupermarket shoppers have different shopping �behaviour to those who visit our stores. The average price cut on the thousands of products in the Big Price Drop is over 10%.
"Comparing baskets from different times of the year also fails to take into account that shoppers' spending habits will alter according to seasonality.
"The Big Price Drop was launched in a period of significant inflation caused by factors including, but not limited to, higher commodity �prices and fuel costs, which increase the costs of food production and distribution.
"It is therefore not surprising that the prices of some goods rose in the weeks before the Big Price Drop.
"The purpose of the Big Price Drop is to combat inflation for our customers, not to eliminate it."


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Head Start: Curriculum Use and Individual Child Assessment in Cognitive and Language Development. Report to Congressional Requesters.
Shaul, Marnie S.; Ward-Zukerman, Betty; Edmondson, Sara; Moy, Luann; Moriarity, Christopher; Picyk, Elsie
Responding to a Congressional request, the General Accounting Office examined Head Start programs' progress since January 1998 in meeting performance standards for cognitive and language development, their use of curricula since the performance standards for children's cognitive and language development were issued, and the use of teacher mentoring and individual child assessment to support curriculum planning. Information was gathered using data from Head Start compliance reviews and the Family and Child Experiences Survey from Spring 1998 and Fall 2000, as well as interviews with Health and Human Services regional officers. Findings, as presented in two congressional briefings, indicated that during 2000-2002 most programs met performance standards for overall curriculum and for cognitive and language development. In 1998 and 2000, Head Start teachers reported that programs used a specific curriculum or combinations or curricula; the largest percentage of children were in programs using either High Scope or Creative Curriculum. In 2000, children were more likely to listen to stories for which they saw print, to learn about prepositions, new words, the conventions or print and letters, and to retell stories on a daily or almost daily basis, than they were to work on phonics, write their name, or learn about rhyming words and word families. Teachers of about two-thirds of Head Start students had mentors. In 2000, teachers of 78 percent of Head Start children used individual assessments in instruction and overall curriculum planning. Almost 90 percent of children received individual assessments in cognitive and language development. (The bulk of the report is comprised of the slides used during the briefings.) (KB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Language Skills, Mentors, National Standards, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Student Evaluation
U.S. General Accounting Office, 441 G Street, NW, Room LM, Washington, DC 20548. Tel: 202-512-6000; Fax: 202-512-6061; Web site: http://www.gao.gov.
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The landscape of the already bustling Frenchmen Street entertainment district is in the midst of another evolution. Following the move of the Louisiana Music Factory retail store to a pre-existing building at the foot of Frenchmen, two major new constructions projects have filled in formerly empty plots of real estate in the two blocks at the heart of the district.
The third location of the local Dat Dog gourmet hotdog chain has sprouted at the northeast corner of Frenchmen and Chartres. Dat Dog erected a two-story building on a narrow lot that had been vacant, or used for parking, for years. The lot was purchased from developer Sean Cummings.
The restaurant, expected to open soon, will seat and serve customers on two floors, and on a wrap-around second-story balcony. Two bars will serve libations; the second floor also may be used for private parties. The new Dat Dog sits across Chartres from the sprawling former home of Café Brasil, which is largely unused except for a section leased to the Japanese restaurant/bar Yuki Izakaya.
A half-block away at 520 Frenchmen is an even more ambitious construction project: A three-story building that will include a restaurant/bar with table seating and a small stage on the ground floor; a rear courtyard; a second floor to accommodate overflow from the first floor restaurant, and to host private functions; and three apartments on the third floor.
The site was once the parking lot of Laborde Printing Company. Bamboula's, another relatively recent addition to Frenchmen Street, occupies the former Laborde building next to the new construction; the Blue Nile nightclub is on the other side. That block also boasts the Praline Connection restaurant, the Three Muses restaurant/bar, and Maison, a music club.
The three partners in the venture are C.J. Minor and Guy Paternostro, whose C&G Construction is building the venue, and former 2nd District assessor Claude Mauberret.
The brick building was designed to look like a historic New Orleans building, with balconies and Spanish cedar millwork on the doors. "It will be one of the most beautiful buildings down there," Minor said.
The main entrance of their venue will be along the building's side, in part to cut down on the amount of sound that spills onto the street. "We should be able to encapsulate the music the way we designed it. We want to do it right."
Minor and his partners will not run the restaurant/club themselves; at 60, Minor said he has no interest in starting a new career (though he and his wife may split their time between their home in Metairie and one of the new building's three apartments). They are in the process of determining an operator, one who understands the aesthetics of local food and music.
"We definitely want a local operator, somebody that knows New Orleans culture," Minor said. "We're not looking at a national operator. That's the last thing we want."
The previous owners of the empty Laborde lot raised the ire of other Frenchmen Street business owners by occasionally leasing the lot to "pop-up," temporarily music venues and carnival-style food vendors. Several venues have also grappled with permitting and/or noise ordinance issues.
But Minor says he and his partners very much intend to be good neighbors who understand the culture of Frenchmen Street and don't want to see it turn into "another Bourbon Street."
The exact nature of the food and music offered will be determined with the venue's operator. Minor imagines a standard Frenchmen Street mix of funk, jazz and rhythm & blues. "We're not starting a country & Western club down there."
Minor and his partners originally wanted to open the venue in 2013. Construction was delayed, he said, due in large part to permitting issues, especially with the city's Historic District Landmarks Commission.
"It's been a nightmare with the HDLC," he said, citing multi-month disputes over whether or not he had to paint the exterior bricks or apply stucco to the rear of the building.
The target opening date is this summer, with the intention to be fully operational in time for the busy fall convention season and back-to-school crowds.


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Where can I find the references to module guide resources for the FMI HAL module on r_fmi?
Information on the module guide itself and the associated resources and known issues are available here.
The FMI HAL module is a high-level API for applications that read records from the Factory MCU Information Flash Table. The FMI HAL module is implemented on r_fmi. The FMI HAL module uses the Flash Interface on the Synergy MCU.
The FMI HAL modules support the following features:
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- Product Features- such as Version major, Version minor, and Variant data
- Event Information- such as Interrupts and Events
Module Guide
The FMI HAL module guide is targeted for SSP 1.2.0 and above and the SK-S7G2 Kit.
The most recent versions of the FMI HAL module guide application note, application project and import guide are available here.
Module Guide Resources
- The FMI HAL module is used in the Developer Examples for the DK-S7G2. You can find a Knowledge Base article that describes the Developer Examples and how to create a project using the template here.
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