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Catholic Church Files Case against Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
Attorneys representing the Roman Catholic Church and priests who have been charged in two Missouri sex abuse cases have filed a case in an effort to legally compel the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) to disclose its records from the past twenty-three years. The documents requested include correspondences with victims, witnesses, police officers, and lawyers. SNAP, a network of survivors of religious sexual abuse and their supporters, is neither a plaintiff nor a defendant in the case.
Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal adamantly spoke out against the outrageous attempts to intimidate SNAP and compel the release of its records: "The bishops are playing hardball with survivors of priest abuse, but the bishops are not playing hardball with priest predators. The Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to focus on stopping cleric sexual abuse and the hierarchy's cover-ups."
"The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is at it again. In addition to playing a major role in the right-wing war on women, the all-male hierarchy of the Catholic Church is trying to silence an organization dedicated to helping women and men who have been victimized by clergy," said Terry O'Neill, President of the National Organization for Women.
In the past few months, David Clohessy, national director of SNAP, and SNAP have been subpoenaed five times and questioned extensively about SNAP's operations by defense attorneys, despite the fact that SNAP is not a party in the litigation. Since SNAP refused to respond to all of the questions in the deposition or submit all of the subpoenaed documents in Kansas City, the attorneys on behalf of Catholic officials and the accused priests have filed a motion, scheduled for April 20, in attempt to compel SNAP to comply. "The effort to gain SNAP's records threatens not only survivors of priest pedophilia but also could set a dangerous precedent for victim advocates in domestic violence or other rape cases," said Smeal. Ten victims' advocacy groups filed a supporting amicus brief for SNAP saying the subpoena in unconstitutional since it violates the rights of association and would harm victims.
SNAP criticized the court's efforts to "unseal" its private records in a statement: "Catholic officials are demanding thousands of pages of private records from child sex abuse victims and others. This has been called a 'fishing expedition.' But it's much worse than that. It's a cynical, shrewd legal maneuver to deter victims, witnesses, whistleblowers, police, prosecutors, journalists and others from exposing predators, protecting kids and seeking help from SNAP. And it threatens the long-standing privacy protections that almost all crime victims - not just child sex victims of predatory clerics' victims - have enjoyed for years."
Media Resources: New York Times 3/13/12; Feminist Majority Foundation 3/13/12


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NY Teacher Claims First-Grader Beat Him Up
(NEW YORK) -- Rodrigo Carpio is a 6-year-old second-grade student at a New York City elementary school who stands less than five feet tall.
John Webster, is a 27-year-old, 5-foot-10, 220-pound former college football player who claims that Carpio, his former student, caused him physical damage so severe that he has not been able to return to his teaching job at P.S. 330 in Queens. He's now threatening to sue the city, Department of Education and possibly even the child's family.
"This young boy was clearly a tiny terror," Webster's attorney, Andrew Siben, told ABC News. "He [Webster] was, in short, assaulted by a 40-pound first-grade student who has an extensive history of violent behavior at the public school he was attending."
Webster, a physical education and health teacher, claims that Carpio had a history of violent behavior at school that went unregulated by administrators. He told the New York Post that, last April, when Carpio was a first-grade student, the boy acted out while walking to the cafeteria for lunch with his classmates.
When Webster, who could not be reached for comment Tuesday by ABC News, tried to discipline him by taking him to the principal's office, Carpio allegedly kicked his teacher in the knee and ankle, causing serious damage, according to his lawyer.
"This young boy repeatedly attempted to hit Mr. Webster 20 times and landed two serious kicks, one to his right knee and one to his right ankle," Siben said. "With the kick to the knee, he sustained a meniscus tear that required surgery and, with the kick to the ankle, an avulsion fracture which might also necessitate surgery."
According to the Post, which first reported the story, an "occurrence report" filed by the school principal that same day, April 26, backs Webster's account that Carpio "was physically aggressive" towards him, as well as the acting school principal and the school safety officer.
Carpio's parents deny that their son is a "tiny terror" but acknowledge he is now taking medication to help him focus.
"To every mother, their child is an angel," Josefa Marcia da Silva, 33, told the Post. "I know that he has problems, but he doesn't deserve to be called such names....He is getting help, and he is much better now."
Carpio is reportedly still at P.S. 330 as a second-grade student, but Webster has not returned to the school because of his injuries. Webster, according to his attorney, is undergoing physical therapy and has been advised by his doctors to not return to the school.
The school has requested that he be evaluated by a doctor of their choosing and return to work, Siben says. He and his client are investigating a lawsuit against the city and Department of Education for their alleged failure to prevent the incident from happening by ignoring earlier warning signs.
"What's truly sad is that Mr. Webster and teachers within the school and the students were not afforded adequate security to prevent injury which ultimately happened to Mr. Webster," Siben said. "Teachers and students proceed each day at their own peril when you have a student that badly misbehaves."
"I think the school should have acted more aggressively and perhaps found a different school to place this young boy who was clearly presenting issues of oppositional defiance," he said.
A message left for the school's principal, Lashawnna Harris, was not returned. Attempts to contact Carpio's family were not successful.
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In January, faculty, staff and students at Our Mother of Consolation Church were told by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that they'd have to merge with Holy Cross in Mt. Airy. A blue-ribbon panel that had reviewed all of the Archdiocesan schools had recommended that the local schools merge under a new name at OMC's site.
Both Father Bob Bazzoli of OMC and Father James Cox of Holy Cross vowed appeals.
Late last week both received the good news. Their parish schools were granted the appeals. They would remain open and independent.
"The success of our appeal was a team effort, which reflected the reality of our growth as a school over the past five years," said Bazzoli in a letter to parishioners and student families. "From researching to praying, the members of our school and our parish community came together in support of our Parish School."
Bazzoli thanked an "appeals team" that included Peter and Coleen Amuso, Amy Giddings, Mia and John Grogan, Mike Jones, Mark Jakubik, Eileen and Chris Kallmeyer, Suzanne Laurito and principal Bruce Hagy.
"We wowed them!" Bazzoli wrote. "Our research was top-notch, our facts irrefutable, our plans realistic, our goals obtainable."
The Blue Ribbon Commission's restructuring plan originally called for the consolidation of OMC and Holy Cross into a single school. According to figures in the commission's report, Holy Cross' enrollment is currently 145 students and OMC's is 179. The report called for a new school with a target enrollment of 330 students.
The new school would have required teachers to reapply for their jobs, and the name of the new school would have been decided by a transition group composed of officials at both schools.


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Survived by son, Gregory Aragon; brother, David (Deanna) Graves; Aunt Irene Martin; grandchildren, Joseph (Crystal) Aragon, Joshua (Lindsay) Aragon, Precious Aragon, Stephanie Aragon, Savanah Hagans; daughters-in-Love, Sandy (Ted) Vierra and Kim Poe, along with many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by children, Stephen Aragon and JoEllen Bradford and parents.
A Celebration of her life will be held on November 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Church, 760 S. Ham Lane, Lodi, CA. Inurnment will be private.


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Britney Spears has ten Top 10 hits, 11 different fragrances and millions upon millions of dollars to her name—several of which she earned just by nodding and smiling on The X Factor for a few months. And now it appears she's headed to Las Vegas for a residency that's bound to make her even wealthier. But according to Dave Grohl, she's missing one important thing—life itself.
"She kinda seems dead inside," Grohl said while guest hosting for Chelsea Handler on an episode of Chelsea Lately that will air tonight. "There's nothing behind her eyes, there's nothing in her boobs anymore."
Now before you get all "Leave Britney alone!!!!", let's keep in mind Grohl made these comments while pinch-hitting for a late night talk show host. Meaning, his (temp) job here is to make people laugh. Still, people aren't taking the comments lightly. "As one of rock's truly solid guys, Grohl knows better than this," Spin tsk-tsked, and commenters on Spears' fansite BreathHeavy are dropping the d-word and the c-word in reference to Grohl.
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(Updated at 4:51 p.m.) The choral concert directed by Sydney Guillaume has been pushed back to 6 p.m. Saturday due to the snow storm.
SOUTH COVENTRY - Set to host a choral competition this weekend, Owen J. Roberts High School's choral director Sheila McIntyre saw her opportunity to reach out to a respected composer whose work the school has utilized for years.
'I took a chance,' McIntyre said.
Because of her shot in the dark, Sydney Guillaume was at a reception breakfast Thursday morning, preparing to direct the 165 students set to compete in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 12 Choral Festival for the next three days. Everything will culminate in a concert Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Owen J. Roberts High School auditorium.
Guillaume is a Haitian-born composer who now lives in Los Angeles. He's written music for Loyola Productions films and his original compositions have been performed by such groups as the Young New Yorkers Chorus and the Syracuse University Singers.
'He's very proud of his Haitian background and all of his works are in Haitian Creole. His pieces are really intimidating to look at,' McIntyre said laughing.
Owen J. Roberts choral students have used Guillaume's pieces for years because of their beauty, she said.
'Oh yes, (I've been excited),' Guillaume said of directing in the competition. 'I've been in contact with Ms. McIntyre since the summer.'
Students from schools across District 12, which contains Chester, Delaware and Philadelphia counties, will audition for the chance to move on to the regional competition against District 11, made up of Montgomery and Bucks counties.
After that, according to McIntyre, students can advance as far as the All-Eastern competition.
Eight Owen J. Roberts students, which includes a mix of all four high school classes, are slated to compete.
To test them, all competitors have to memorize three different pieces but will be asked to sing just certain sections.
Multiple pieces by Guillaume are slated to be sung and a composition by Ben Hjertmann called 'Alleluia' will be prominently featured.
Guillaume said the competition will be the debut of Hjertmann's piece and that a Skype session from Chicago will be set up with him Friday.
'We'll be able to go get his point of view,' on the piece, Guillaume said.
With rehearsals beginning Thursday afternoon, Guillaume said he is ready for three full days of music.
'Tonight, I will hear them for the first time,' Guillaume said at the breakfast Thursday morning.
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Yadav "Nick" Nathwani: Candidate Profile
Milton Township Board (4-year Terms) (R)
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Office sought: Milton Township Board (4-year Terms)
Age: 29
Family: Single
Occupation: Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Professional Paving & Concrete Company, Inc.
Education: Glenbard South High School, 2001 Bachelors, Social Science, Benedictine University, 2005 M.B.A. Finance, Benedictine University, 2007
Civic involvement: Milton Township CERT Team Glen Ellyn Parks Foundation Glen Ellyn Partnership for Educational Progress Milton Township Committeeman Shop with Law Enforcement DuPage Young Republicans
Elected offices held: Board Member, Glenbard Township District 87 2009-Current
Have you ever been arrested for or convicted of a crime? If yes, please explain: No.
Candidate's Key Issues
Key Issue 1
If Elected to the Township Board as a Trustee, my first goal would be to act as a custodian and steward of taxpayer dollars. I would like to continue Milton Township's budget tradition of maintaining a reserve. In these economic times, it is important that elected officials make every dollar count.
Key Issue 2
Continue to provide topnotch service to our constituents. As a lifelong resident of Milton Township, I am extremely impressed with the way the Township has handled highway cleanup, mosquito abatement, and addressing the social needs of the Township. As a township trustee, it would be my goal to mirror this great work with other agencies of government within Milton Township. For example, improve communication between the Township, and respective City and Village Governments.
Key Issue 3
The third issue I would address if elected to the Township Board would be to increase the awareness of the all-volunteer, non-tax payer funded programs that Milton Township provides to its residents. For example, the Township provides an all-volunteer, non-taxpayer funded Food Pantry, Senior Committee, and Youth Program. These programs were created to address some of the social needs within Milton Township. I would work diligently to increase fundraising efforts for the Milton Township Food Pantry. The food pantry has received a record number of demands for resources, and I believe that we should make every effort possible to assist those with the most serious needs.
Questions & Answers
Name the three most important goals or objectives this board should tackle in the coming term. Prioritize them, and briefly discuss why you believe each to be critical, and how the board should go about addressing them.
My first goal would be to audit the current positions and tasks of the Township. Many businesses with in the Township needed to become more efficient with their resources, and I believe that it is the Township's obligation to do likewise. It is our duty to be optimizing the reach of the tax payers? money. My second objective as Trustee would be to work with our Highway Commissioner to ensure that he has the adequate resources available to him to service our roads. Third, the board should continue to communicate with the assessor to ensure that he is available for questions of concerned tax payers in Milton Township. As concerned residents continue to inquire how their tax dollars are being used, it is crucial to allow the taxpayers of the township more accessibility to the assessor through improved customer service.
In the 21st Century, with municipalities gobbling up vacant land, why are townships needed? Should they be serving a new role? If so, what?
As a lifelong resident of Glen Ellyn, I am extremely impressed with the services that Milton Township provides. Milton Township continues to serve over 86 miles of road. In addition to its everyday duties, the township provides an all-volunteer Food Pantry, Senior Committee, and Youth Program. The township provides these services at a cost that is lower than other levels of government.
What should be the primary responsibility of township government?
The primary responsibilities of Milton Township is to assess taxes for commercial and residential property, maintain the roadways in the unincorporated areas, mosquito abatement, run the general assistance program, and work to make Milton Township a great place to open a business and raise a family.
In these hard economic times, can you identify some township expenses/programs that could be trimmed or eliminated to reduce the tax burden?
Milton Township has always operated with a balanced budget and continuously looks for ways to operate more efficiently. The conversion to Health Savings Accounts has brought the cost of healthcare down. The use of beet juice by the highway department is a cost effective and environmentally friendly way to combat the brutal Illinois winters. As a trustee, I will work with the various levels of government to coordinate the bulk purchase of products to save taxpayer dollars. This coordination will lower costs and allow each government to stretch each taxpayer dollar further.
What specific background or experience do you bring that makes you the best qualified candidate to serve as an elected official in the township?
Since 2009, I have served on the Glenbard Township District 87 School Board. While on this board, I have served on the Finance Committee, Policy Committee, and the Student Performance and Achievement Committee. Every year while on the board, we have approved a balanced budget and renegotiated our employee contracts. We accomplished these important issues by listening to all of the parties and most importantly the constituents of the district. My private sector experience as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Professional Paving and Concrete Company, Inc., has taught me to bring all parties into the discussion of the important issues. By having all parties brought into the discussion this ensures each perspective is explored before making the final decision. I hope to use my experience from both positions to improve the operations of township government. As a candidate, I offer experience, integrity, and honesty.


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Officials said an investigation this week into a large-scale commercial marijuana grow operation in Eureka and Dinsmore by the Eureka Police Department"s Problem Oriented Policing Unit uncovered more than 100 pounds of processed marijuana, an arsenal of firearms and led to the arrest of two men.
Eureka Police Department Sgt. Steve Watson said documents and other evidence inside the first Eureka home searched Tuesday led deputies to a home in Dinsmore and then back to a different Eureka home on the same block of R Street.
"We developed information there were several individuals working in concert," Watson said. He said he could not comment on specific details of what connected the three residences. The investigation was continuing, Watson said, and more arrests are likely.
The investigation began Tuesday with a search warrant served on the 1600 block of R Street in Eureka, where POP investigators uncovered 24 pounds of processed marijuana, five firearms and more than $38,000, according to a release.
While serving the warrant, investigators arrested Eureka resident Kevin James Hulcy. The 30-year-old was booked into the Humboldt County jail on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale and maintaining a space for the unlawful manufacturing, storing or distributing of a controlled substance.
During the investigation, officials said evidence linked a second property in the Dinsmore area to the illegal marijuana cultivation and sales operation on R Street. Deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff"s Office Community Response Unit, Humboldt County Drug Task Force agents, and a POP investigator served a search warrant at the property Tuesday afternoon, where they reported uncovering an additional 86 pounds of processed marijuana.
Watson said a deputy spotted a trail leading from where some of the marijuana was being stored, and followed it to several more pounds, "semi-hidden" off the side of a nearby ridge.
"We think the suspects got word of the raid earlier in the day," Watson said. "There"s some evidence they had removed or tried to hide it. They may have been spooked and tried to remove some (marijuana)."
On Thursday, at about 9:30 a.m., POP investigators returned to the 1600 block of R Street in Eureka to serve a search warrant on a second property believed to be related to the marijuana grow operation, but not belonging to Hulcy.
A search of the two-story residence revealed evidence of a large, recently harvested and trimmed indoor marijuana grow operation that appeared to be for-profit and out of compliance with Eureka"s medical cannabis ordinance, the release said.
Investigators searching the home reported seizing 15 firearms — including rifles, shotguns and pistols — and approximately one-half pound of processed marijuana bud packaged for sale in multiple bags.
Four rooms in the back of the house had been converted into a marijuana cultivation and processing space, and investigators also observed unpermitted wiring associated with the grow believed to be a potential electrical fire hazard.
Although the residents of the home were not present at the time the warrant was served, charges — including unlawful marijuana cultivation and maintaining a place for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, storing or distributing a controlled substance — are expected to be requested, the release said.
Watson said charges would likely be requested for three suspects — including Hulcy"s girlfriend and a couple associated with the second Eureka home, who were not at home when the search warrant was served.
The search of the second R Street home led POP investigators to conduct a related probation search at a residence on the 900 block of N Street in Eureka on Thursday morning.
Travis Matthew Collins, 28, on felony formal probation for DUI, was arrested after a search of his home revealed approximately three ounces of processed marijuana along with a semi-automatic shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle stored under his mattress.
Collins was booked into the Humboldt County jail on suspicion of probation violation and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
"I want to stress, we"re not trying to go after a mom and pop, 215-type grow," Watson said. "There"s no evidence that indicates this is a simple medical marijuana grow."
Anyone with information concerning suspected drug activity in Eureka is asked to call the Problem Oriented Policing Unit at 441-4373, or the Humboldt County Drug Task Force at 444-8095.
Luke Ramseth can be reached at 441-0509 or email@example.com.


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I purchased this sewing machine from the local recycle center a couple weekends ago for $5. I bought it for another project I am working on that is unrelated to sewing, but I needed the motor. Well, I was so impressed with how cool the machine looks I couldn't bear to scavenge the motor and discard the rest. Instead, I decided to get the sewing machine to a working state and modify the design of my other project so that I could leave the machine intact. I will still use this sewing machine for the intended project but now, after a couple of minor tune ups I also have a sweet looking sewing machine.
All I really had to do to get the machine working was reinstall the thread tensioner, oil it and replace the motor brushes. And with a little help from my Mom and a friend of mine I was able to understand better what all of the different parts of the machine do. Sewing machines are really incredible. They have all kinds of interesting cams, connecting rods and leavers. One source of amusement for me during this process has been learning the new terminology. For instance I still have a tendency to call the "stitch length" "feed rate" instead. If you are wondering what goes on beneath the bedplate of a sewing machine have a look at this lock stitch gif.
Now that I have a working sewing machine what will I make? Since I wanted to stitch something manly and easy and since I needed to get a bit fancy to go see my friend Linda in a play this weekend, I decided to make a bow tie. Which got me thinking; bow ties are better! Especially for hands on type people, comparing a bow tie to a neck tie the benefits are obvious. Bow ties don't dangle down and get caught in rotating machinery or get soiled as they flap about in the breeze. Bow ties don't have to be thrown over your shoulder to pee. Bow ties send the message that you are fancy, but ready for action at any time. Bow ties don't dangle into stove burners when you are cooking. I have never burned a bow tie with acid. And empirical evidence has proven I get more compliments wearing a bow tie than I do with neck ties.
Before we make the bow tie I will offer this disclaimer. I am not a seamster. I felt much more at home working on the machine than with it. In fact, this is my first time using a sewing machine really and as such there may be better ways to do things. Probably like how to sew the left and right halves together for instance. So, if you have any thoughts feel free to offer your suggestions in the comments below. I'd love to hear them. Also, I have made three bow ties now, some of the pictures I may use here are from different ties but were selected to best illustrate the steps. Don't worry if the fabric print changes on us half way through the blog.
A sewing pattern is a template used to cut out your fabric pieces prior to sewing. I looked online for a bow tie pattern, but I found none suitable. Instead I looked at an untied bow tie and a diagram of how to tie them. This led me to conclude that the knot size is a function of the neck band width and the minimum distance between the two concave radii on the outer ends determines the bow "pleats" or how much it crunches down when you cinch it up. With this in mind I fired up my favorite drafting program AutoCad and made some critical points. I used the spline tool to connect them which is similar to a French curve for the old school drafters.
In case you really want to get nerdy I made a new pattern. I call it a "cosine function bow tie pattern" because the shape of the bow tie I designed is 2 cosines. I wrote the functions on the pattern in case you want to know what they are. You can download the cosine function bow tie pattern here. Both patterns use the same instructions outlined below.
You can download a PDF of the original pattern I made here. You will notice that there is one "bow tie end" and two neck templates. I only needed one neck template, but there is another one included for larger necks. Once everything is cut out, tape the neck template to the bow tie end where the arrow points to a line. The arrow is coming from the text that reads "shirt collar in cm between here and other side". Do tape it so that the neck template remains in line with the bow tie template. Below is a picture of how I lined up the template. Using a sheet of paper that touches a tangent point on the bow center and the intersection of the neck template line and the sew line on the neck template, the paper projects off to the right and makes a line to line up the neck template. The extra sheet of paper is removed and I taped the two templates together.
From here you can mark your neck size. My neck is 42cm circumferentially and since the pattern makes half of the bow tie, I marked 21cm on the template. Er, pattern, I mean. If we call this the left or right side, the 21cm mark marks a line of symmetry. Each half of the bow tie should be sewn together at this line and it will fit your neck just right. I decided against an adjustable neck strap because I feel my neck is probably done growing, I can make another one is necessary and ease of assembly with my limited sewing skills. Here is a picture of the 21cm line marked and the neck template taped to the bow tie template.
A couple words on materials. Firstly there is this stuff called interfacing. It is a horrible scratchy stiff material. It feels like wax coated coffee filter papers or course tyvek. I comes in an optional iron on version whose glue I presume would affect the color of your fabric. The purpose of interfacing, to my knowledge, is to stiffen up your sewn piece so; it is supposed to be good for things like...bow ties. I didn't use interfacing for interfacing and chose a fabric called muslin instead. It is soft and pliable and with two layers of it in between my outer bow tie fabric, it stiffened it up just enough to hold its shape and still bend out of the way should your chin ever come in contact with your tie. Safety first.
The second thing to note about fabric is that it stretches more on the bias, 45 degrees from the fabric threads. When you lay out the pattern on the fabric for cutting, place it so that it runs 45 degrees to the grain of the fabric. Pin the
Cut out the entire pattern outline. You want to leave material beyond the neck circumference mark you made earlier so you can sew the halves together later.
Here are three versions of neck seams I made. The brown one in the center is probably the best design wise but the yellow and blue are easier and covered by your shirt collar anyway.
For the yellow and blue I started by sewing the left and right halves first around their perimeter and turned them right side out. For the blue one, I overlapped the halves at the neck seam mark I made on the neck template and ran it thru the machine then chopped off the "tag ends". For the yellow, I laid the left and right halves on top of each other and ran it thru the machine at the neck seam mark, then ironed the tag ends flat. For the brown one, I did not sew the left and right halves together first. Instead I sewed the top or front, left and right halves together first, ironed that flat then sewed the perimeter. Perhaps a photograph can best illustrate the brown neck seam.
Still talking about the brown one, I then sewed the perimeter leaving the vertical slit open for turning the thing right side out and hand stitched it closed. I guess it is a good time to mention you do all of the sewing possible inside out and turn it afterwards so it hides the stitches.
Back to the yellow and blue ties and sewing the perimeter. Prepare the left and right halves inside out so that the fabric sandwich has two pieces of muslin, one each on the outside and your two pieces of outer fabric, good side facing each other are on the inside. Pin the whole thing together and sew around the perimeter. I used the presser foot on the machine as a guide to know how far in to stitch. Below is a picture of this step. The photograph also shows the two concave radii that I was talking about earlier that will increase the pleats in the tied bow if you increase the distance between them.
Once the perimeter is sewn you will want to cut incisions around the perimeter wherever there is up or down concavity and at inflection points. That is, anywhere the sewn line is not intended to be straight, cut some incisions to help the flat fabric bend in the curves when you turn it right side out. I imagine this is less necessary when you sew as close to the edge as I did, but I guess it is still good practice. I also imagine I put more incisions than are necessary. This is also a good time to trim fabric from what will be internal corners of the bow tie. Just trim the fabric kind of close to the stitch line, but not too close that the fabric unravels, where the internal corners will be to reduce fabric bulk.
Now, whether you chose to do the brown bow tie neck seam or the easier blue or yellow style neck seam it is time to turn the tie right side out. To do this I used a chopstick. I also used said chopstick to poke the corners of the bow out to sharper points before ironing the thing flat.
Once the bow tie is turned right side out I ironed it flat and turned to youtube to learn how to tie a bow tie. Turns out its pretty easy. I'd say it was less difficult to learn to tie a bow tie than it was when I learned to tie a neck tie. In fairness I was probably 8 back then and my only bow ties were clip on.
So, if you feel like getting fancy and are tired of the limitations inherent to neck ties give bow ties a try! Let me know if you give it a shot, I would be interested to get some feedback on the pattern as well as technique. Here are a couple of action shots and one of my sewing 'rig' because I like the way it looks.


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Marriage has always been complicated. Now living together is about to get a little more complicated - or less, depending on how you look at it. On March 18, when B.C.'s new Family Law Act comes into effect, couples that have cohabited for two years will be subject to an entirely new set of laws governing division of property, assets and debts. Couples with two years of shared living quarters will be considered full spouses under the law, and the way things get divided if they decide to uncouple will be decidedly different.
"The critical point is that you went to bed on March 17, you had no presumptive right to your spouse's property; you woke up on the 18th and you do," said J.P. Boyd, a Vancouver family lawyer.
"The critical thing is extending property rights to unmarried couples, even if the property is not in both of your names. Under the old law you had to prove that you had enriched me and contributed something to myself or my property that came as a corresponding loss to you. It was an ugly, horrible task," said Boyd, difficult to undertake and prove.
Unmarried couples that have lived together for at least two years now have the same rights to property, family assets and even spousal support that married couples have. They don't have to prove anything, other than that they lived together.
Boyd credits the province for reflecting important social changes in the law.
"That's a real tip of the hat and a recognition to the changing demographics of our time."
The overhaul of the provincial law on family breakdown covers care of children, support issues and family property and makes significant changes that will affect all families, whether married or not.
Among couples that are shacking up, the change is remarkable, substantially benefiting long-term partners that previously had limited protection. But what about the casual majority, couples that live together for convenience, for financial reasons or because they're secretly holding out for someone better?
Research shows that the way we make decisions about cohabitation is very different than the way we make decisions about marriage. Moving in together is often a case of "sliding, not deciding," a classic trajectory of one sleepover that leads to another, then a key, a toothbrush and change of clothes.
The decision is often casual, made for the sake of convenience or for financial reasons. The latter is especially true in cities like Vancouver or New York with their staggering housing costs.
"This could very much change the way people get into living together. It will change the way they are thinking about it," said Meg Jay, assistant clinical professor at the University of Virginia.
Cohabitation often happens very early in a relationship, especially among 20-somethings. "There is less consciousness about it than about marriage. It's not a big choice, it's a thousand little choices."
Couples get together quickly, said Jay. "They are having fun together, having good sex ... we're often talking one or two months. It's a little early to be talking about intentions."
Jay, who is the author of The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter, said that casual decision can have long-term consequences because it's harder to get out of a relationship, even a bad one, than it is to get into one.
"It can lead to lock-in, a phenomenon of human behaviour where once you get entangled in something it can be hard to get out of it. You've got a lease, a couch, a dog, all the friends. From toothbrush to two years can really be the blink of an eye."
Jay compares the way we mate to the way we shop. Studies in behavioural economics show consumers will stay with an online shopping site they have already entered their credit card information on, even if they can get a better deal somewhere else, simply because it's too much of an effort to change. The longer you're with someone, or something, the less likely you are to change because of all the challenges associated with making a move.
Partners who choose to live together, rather than marry, also often come together with different, and sometimes hidden, agendas.
"Research and my work with 20-somethings shows men are more likely to say 'this relationship is an audition,' or 'a way for me to save money on rent and do what all my friends are doing,' whereas 20-something women often see this as a move toward real commitment," Jay said.
For Jennie Weeks, a financial planner and divorced mother of two, the two-year cutoff she knew was coming helped her make a decision to end a live-in relationship.
"When you move in with someone, your first thought is not that you are going to have to share what you accumulate together in the event that you split up; but now you've got to start having those conversations," says Weeks. "We split at the two-year mark, to the day."
Part of what makes having those conversations tricky is that it's not just about whether one person will or will not sign a "pre-nup" agreeing to forgo an interest in the family home, or to your future pension benefits. The conversation can lead to equally fraught discussions about what each person wants out of the relationship, and life.
Weeks, a financial planner who also specializes in working with women who are divorcing, was well aware of the upcoming changes in the law - and she had two young boys whose interests she had to put first. When she brought up the issue of property and assets, her boyfriend was as breezy about it as she was serious.
"He said he'd sign anything," said Weeks. But the conversations revealed deep gaps in how they envisioned their future.
Weeks had already gone through substantial life-changes when she and the father of her children, then 2 and 4, divorced. She faced the fact that divorce meant downsizing, sold the family home in Kerrisdale, moved to the east side, and launched a career that would lead to financial independence and allow her to be the best post-marital partner and parent she could.
"My ex-husband and I now had to manage two households. In Vancouver, on one income, that's hard. On the west side, it's nearly impossible."
She and her husband carved out a collaborative divorce that was "more than amicable," putting the children's needs first and accepting the lifestyle changes that came.
The process was empowering. "I wasn't going to be a victim," Weeks said.
The next relationship she got into was lighthearted. He earned less than she did, worked in the service industry and didn't think too much about the future. "It was a lot of fun," said Weeks.
"He was great with the kids, supportive of me. At first it didn't matter that he earned less than I did. Or I thought it didn't."
Weeks was delighted when he moved in.
Her boyfriend didn't share the same income; it wasn't until they started talking about the implications of the upcoming changes for cohabiting couples that she learned he didn't share the same dreams. "With us, it was fundamentally about values," says Weeks.
Her boyfriend moved out and, although they are still friends, it's been a difficult transition. "It was sad. But having the discussion about money made it clear that we were going in different directions."
Weeks advises couples to start talking about money early, and often in a relationship. Especially if they are cohabiting.
"Two years is very early in a relationship. And money is hard to talk about."
The cohabiters equivalent of a pre-nup - call it a "pre-hab" - can be even more difficult to figure out if you barely know the person you're moving in with. It's one thing to bond romantically, sexually or both, and quite another to start putting on paper who gets what when the beautiful dream ends.
Boyd said contracts that spell out who gets what may well become more common among couples that move in together. However, such contracts can be set aside by the courts if they are deemed unfair.
The thought behind the new law was not to scare people away from living together. Quite the opposite. "The idea was to capture the idea that more and more people are living together in unmarried relationships (and) are developing financial ties and dependencies. One of the objects of the reform of the legislation was to recognize the relationship of dependence that long-term relationships can have, whether they are married or unmarried," said Boyd.
Although there are significant exclusions under the new law that apply to couples married and unmarried - such as inheritance, gift, court awards and some pre-relationship property - divisible family property can include real estate, cash, personal property, pensions, RRSPs, increases in value of assets and, yes, you'll get to split the debts as well.
Boyd suggests doing the "poor-man's pre-nup" if you're moving in with someone and can't afford a legal agreement: "Photocopy your bank statements, property assessments, investments and statements, put them in an envelope and drop them in your safety deposit box."
The upside for casual live-ins, said Jay, may be that the two-year mark provides a kind of reckoning, a benchmark at which couples can have that conversation they've been avoiding: Where is this going?
"It could force a real conversation about our future, my plan, your plan. That's for the best."
Free family law seminars will be offered to the public featuring lawyers, financial advisers, parenting coaches in a series of workshops at the West Vancouver public library, 1950 Marine Drive West, Feb. 12 & Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.


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We recently featured the high-performance electric Optibike, which was mentioned in a New York Times article. Well, apparently you can build a equivalent electric bike for much less (for around $1,600). See the video for more details, and see notes on the bike's design after the fold.
The designer, Russ Finley, explains how he put the bike together:
- I chose a full-suspension mountain bike frame because the roads and even the bike trails here are so bad. I wanted to isolate the batteries, controller and my butt from the shocks. I also jump off curbs a lot.
- I wired pairs of 36-volt Dewalt power tool batteries in series to get 72 volts and then wired each of these pairs in parallel. I can carry two, four, or six battery packs, depending on how long the trip will be.
- I replaced my 36-volt, ten-amp controller with a 72-volt, 35-amp version. It also has immediate start, which means the controller does not wait until the wheel is rolling before it puts power to the motor. This lets me get through intersections faster and safer (although I have to be careful or my front wheel lifts off the ground).
- I used a rear wheel motor because front wheels here tend to get bent by potholes and fixing one can be expensive if you have a motor mounted in it.
By doubling the voltage I gave this bike twice the power of my first one. That is a 100 percent increase in torque and speed. It is an incredible machine — efficient, fast, carbon neutral, and flexible.
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By Wendell Barnhouse
Big 12 Sports.com Correspondent
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After spending a chilly night (32 degrees at kickoff) in the Midwest winning a conference championship, Oklahoma could use a bowl trip to a warm, sunny destination.
How does South Florida sound?
"Warm weather, yeah, that's what I like," said running back Chris Brown, who came off the bench to carry 27 times for 122 yards and three touchdowns.
The Sooners' 63-21 victory over Missouri Saturday night in the Dr Pepper Football Championship game not only gave Oklahoma its third consecutive Big 12 title and its six overall in the league's dozen seasons, it almost certainly sends OU to the Bowl Championship Series Championship game Jan. 8 in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The Sooners' final touchdown came with 3:33 remaining when Mossis Madu (15 carries, 114 yards) scored his third touchdown on a 37-yard run. Coach Bob Stoops put some of his first teamers on the field, including quarterback Sam Bradford, even though the Sooners had a 55-21 lead and the victory was in hand.
"Enough has been said about us in the last week or so," a terse Stoops said, referring to the three-way Big South deadlock and the tiebreaker that put the Sooners into the championship game. "The situation was, we were in a championship game and we were gonna play to the end."
Bradford said the Sooners had heard enough about the controversy.
"We heard a lot of talk about how we didn't deserve to be in this game, that we didn't credit for what we had accomplished this season," said Bradford, who was never bothered by the torn ligament in his left (non-throwing) hand. "We had a lot of motivation to come out and prove we belonged in this game."
Oklahoma set a record by scoring 60 or more points for the fifth consecutive game. The Sooners ripped off 92 offensive plays for 627 yards. The set a Division I-A record for points in a season and their 702 points is the third-most in college football history (Harvard set the record with 765 points in 1886).
Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said, "that's the best offense I've ever seen."
The Sooners overcame adversity. Running back DeMarco Murray injured his left leg and didn't play the rest of the night. So with their leading rusher sidelined, the Sooners simply turned to Brown and Madu, who were more than adequate.
When the game mattered - the second half was all about stat padding - Oklahoma's defense again befuddled Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel.
In the second half of last year's Big 12 championship game, Daniel came to the sidelines asking where the Sooners' blitz was coming from. He was told that OU's pass rush was coming only from its front four.
This year's game had the same result with a different method. The Sooners' defense often switched alignments in the first half. On one snap, OU lined up with just two defensive linemen. Often the Sooners had just three defensive linemen; other times, four defensive linemen with one of the ends dropping into pass coverage.
"I don't think Chas Daniel was comfortable all night because of the pressure we got," said linebacker Travis Lewis, who finished with a team-high 13 tackles.
Safety Nic Harris often lined up as an outside linebacker; his replacement at safety, Quinton Carter, had the hit of the night when he dislodged Jeremy Maclin from a third-quarter reception.
Oklahoma also turned loose the blitz. Daniel was forced to dance like a Tiger on a hot tin roof. In the first 30 minutes, he rarely was able to settle into a rhythm.
And his two turnovers were huge. With the Tigers trailing 17-7 with just under 11 minutes remaining in the first half, Daniel kept on a zone read and fumbled when tackled by Harris. The Sooners converted that into a TD and a 24-7 lead.
Daniel's interception late in the first half set up OU's final score of the first half and a 38-7 lead for the Sooners. The Missouri senior finished 27-of-43 for 255 yards and three touchdowns but was sacked twice and threw two interceptions.
"We don't get anything without the front seven handling their business," said cornerback Brian Jackson, who recovered a fumble and had an interception. "That first half, 38-7, that was total domination."
Bradford had the last at bat with Heisman Trophy voters. Florida's Tim Tebow, who is trying to become the second two-time Heisman winner, had 216 yards passing and 57 yards rushing with three touchdown passes in the Gators' 31-20 victory over Alabama in Saturday's Southeastern Conference championship game.
Playing in ABC's prime-time spotlight, Bradford delivered. He completed 34 of 49 passes for 384 yards and two touchdowns. His 34 completions set a Big 12 Championship Game record. With the running game producing 243 yards, Bradford had his pick of open receivers and time to find them.
Of the last 10 quarterbacks who won the Heisman, Bradford has more touchdown passes (48) and the best passing efficiency rating. The third-year sophomore also has controlled an offense that is the most prolific ever at a school that is accustomed to short-circuiting scoreboards.
Bradford has completed 74 passes on third down, 70 of those have been for a first down or touchdown. In the Sooners' take-control second quarter, Bradford completed four passes on third down - two for first downs and two for touchdowns. For good measure, he added a completion on fourth down that kept alive the drive that gave OU a 31-7 lead.
"No one throws it better than him," Stoops said of his quarterback. "Just incredible accuracy, incredible on third downs when you have to have it."
Asked if his performance was Heisman-worthy, Bradford stiff-armed the question.
"Not at all," he said. "We just came out here to win the Big 12 championship and position ourselves to play for the national championship. I felt like we did that."
By the way, the temperature in South Florida Saturday was in the high 70s.


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From Ann Coulter:
Democrats should run Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for president. He's more coherent than Dennis Kucinich, he dresses like their base, he's more macho than John Edwards, and he's willing to show up at a forum where he might get one hostile question -- unlike the current Democratic candidates for president who won't debate on Fox News Channel. He's not married to an impeached president, and the name "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" is surely no more frightening than "B. Hussein Obama."


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Sen. Feinstein During 'Shield' Law Debate: 'Real' Journalists Draw Salaries
from the protection-based-on-exclusivity...-what-a-wonderful-idea dept
Legislators are still trying to put together a national "shield" law for journalists (this is the third such effort at a national level) and, as usual, are bogged down in a semantic debate about who should qualify for these protections. Despite "freedom of the press" being hardwired into the system and the fact that a government effort to protect journalists from its own actions (seeking to identify whistleblowers and sources in order to punish them or shut them up) lies somewhere between "ironic" and "disingenuous," the pursuit of a credible "shield" law continues.
The bill's definition of "journalist" seems straightforward enough.
The bill defines a journalist as a person who has a "primary intent to investigate events and procure material" in order to inform the public by regularly gathering information through interviews and observations.It also adds this stipulation, which is a bit more troublesome.
The person also must intend to report on the news at the start of obtaining any protected information and must plan to publish that news.I can see this stipulation working against whoever the government feels is worthy of the title "journalist." News develops. It seldom has a distinct starting point. Of course, if someone is a journalist, it stands to reason that they're always "planning" to publish their findings. But that might be a lot harder to prove when the government starts slinging subpoenas.
If someone sends a tip to a journalist, it may not be immediately evident that it is newsworthy. It might be some time before it's determined to be important, newsworthy and its source in need of protection. It's a strange stipulation and one that seems to poke some compromising holes in the "shield."
But onto the "who's really a journalist" argument. Some elected officials feel the language in the bill isn't specific enough. One in particular, Dianne Feinstein, repeated the stupid but inevitable phrase that always accompanies discussions related to shield laws:
Feinstein suggested that the definition comprise only journalists who make salaries, saying it should be applied just to "real reporters."This is nothing new for Feinstein, who's (along with Sen. Dick Durbin) previously made the argument that acts of journalism can only be performed by major news agencies, cutting everyone else out of the protective loop. This is a protective move based partially on ignorance and partially on the reality that major news networks are easier to control, seeing as most aren't willing to give up access to the Beltway by pissing off its residents.
Sadly, this sort of reactionary ignorance isn't limited solely to government representatives. This same sort of statement has been made by published authors to demean the self-published and by old school journalists to demean bloggers, serial Tweeters and pretty much everyone not associated with a sinking masthead. Whenever someone assumes they're capable of determining who is or isn't a real whatever, they're usually speaking from a position of privilege, one that can only be maintained as long as the status remains quo.
The same goes for government officials arguing over the definition of "journalist." It's someone who performs the act of journalism. It's as simple as that. But if you accept this definition, then you put the government at a greater "risk" of not being able to pursue and punish those who expose its wrongdoing. Feinstein makes this governmental fear explicit in another comment.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., wondered whether it could be used to provide protections to employees of WikiLeaks, an organization that allows anonymous sources to leak information to the public.Two things to note: One, the government would hate to see people like Snowden or Manning go unpunished because someone at Wikileaks was able to deflect subpoenas and court orders with these protections. Second, this isn't just a government push -- the news industry itself has expressed a willingness to sacrifice Wikileaks in order to expedite passage of a shield law.
"I'm concerned this would provide special privilege to those who are not reporters at all," she said.
It seems rather unlikely the government would extend this protection to entities like Wikileaks (especially not with major news agencies on board with selling out Wikileaks, etc.), but at least Sen. Schumer pointed out that Feinstein's belief that "real" equals "drawing a salary" was a very ignorant take on the current reality.
"The world has changed. We're very careful in this bill to distinguish journalists from those who shouldn't be protected, WikiLeaks and all those, and we've ensured that," Schumer said. "But there are people who write and do real journalism, in different ways than we're used to. They should not be excluded from this bill."If this bill is ever going to provide real protection for journalists, it will first have to recognize that journalism isn't defined by the journalist's employer, paycheck or association with a large media company. It's an act and it can be performed by nearly anyone. More importantly, the bill should be equally as concerned with building in strong consequences for government actions that undermine this protection. Without these, entities like the DOJ will hardly be dissuaded from using "unofficial channels" to seize phone records or trace email conversations in order to hunt down protected sources.
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A man died after he was shot in the abdomen at a "30 & over" lounge at the corner of 69th and Morgan streets in the Englewood neighborhood, around the corner from his home, authorities said.
The 29-year-old man was shot outside the lounge about 2 a.m. and stumbled into the bar, situated on the first floor of a large brick 2-story building on the northeast corner of the intersection.
The slain man was identified as Christopher Roundtree, of the 7000 block of South Carpenter Street, around the corner from the lounge.
He was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County about 5:30 a.m., a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
Police blocked northbound traffic from the intersection for about an hour while an evidence technician gathered items from the scene.
Left on the stoop after the technician told police to cut the crime scene tape was a fitted ball cap with a horizontal brim slightly upturned.
Roundtree was on parole in a 2012 firearms case, in which he pleaded guilty to illegally selling guns, according to state and court records. He was released on parole in November, according to state records, and was scheduled to complete his parole in November 2013.
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Recent news reports that an electrical brain-stimulation technique improved human memory draws attention to the extraordinary progress that neuroscience has made in understanding the structure and organization of memory. We have learned that memory is not a single faculty of the mind and that different brain systems support different kinds of memory. The main distinction is between our capacity for conscious memory for facts and events (called declarative memory) and several kinds of unconscious memory, such as for habits and skills, (collectively called nondeclarative memory). Declarative memory is what we mean when we use the term memory in everyday language. In the case of nondeclarative memory, performance does change as the result of experience and in that sense deserves the term memory, but the change happens without requiring any conscious memory content and in some cases without awareness that memory is being used. For example, when we learn to ride a bicycle or hit a golf ball, we have a very limited ability to report what we have learned. Declarative memory is the kind of memory that is most vulnerable to being weakened by aging and disease and is the kind of memory that was improved by brain stimulation.
We also know that particular structures in the brain, including the hippocampus and entorhinal (pronounced en-toe-rine-ol) cortex, are essential for the formation of enduring declarative memory and that damage within these structures results in severe forgetfulness. The most common, and best known, cause of this condition is Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating and catastrophic condition that occurs in the aged. The disease affects only about 10 percent of people between the ages of 65 and 85 but as many as 40 percent of people over the age of 85. The first target of Alzheimer's disease is the entorhinal cortex, which explains why the disease typically begins with memory problems.
In contrast to Alzheimer's disease, which primarily affects the elderly, weakening of memory ability is a universal feature of normal aging, detectable as early as the fourth or fifth decades of life. This difficulty with memory is sometimes called benign senescent forgetfulness, though it is not completely benign and, as noted, it does not begin in senescence. In the case of age-related memory impairment, changes also occur in the brain regions important for memory formation, though the changes are in different locations and involve different processes than those that occur in Alzheimer's disease. It should be emphasized that the memory problems experienced during normal aging are much less severe than in disease, and they are not a prelude to Alzheimer's disease. It is sometimes said that if you forget who the guests were at your daughter's wedding—that's normal aging. If you forget the wedding itself, that's Alzheimer's disease.
With these points in mind, it is understandable why efforts to improve memory, and to prevent or arrest memory decline, have focused on the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus. In 1998, two groups independently showed that activity in a brain region that included entorhinal cortex was related to how well people would later remember the material they studied. The more active the region was during learning, the better memory was on a later test. Earlier this year, researchers found that stimulation of this same cortex during learning facilitated later retention. That is, low levels of stimulation helped retention. Participants learned a series of locations in a virtual environment, and stimulation was applied in 5-second on-off bursts while half of the locations were being learned. Later, the participants remembered the locations that had been accompanied by stimulation better than the locations that had not. It is thought that the stimulation worked by resetting the electrical rhythm of brain cells in the hippocampus, immediately downstream from entorhinal cortex, thereby creating a brain state optimal for learning.
It is important to note that this study was carried out in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, who had intracranial electrodes surgically placed within entorhinal cortex. This is a standard clinical procedure to determine the location of seizure activity and to assess the prospects for surgical removal of epileptic tissue. Thus, the procedure is invasive, involving neurosurgery to place the electrodes. One does not imagine that a person with age-related weakening of memory would choose to undergo such a procedure. The prospect of improving the ability to remember a new name, a new face, a new location, or a new fact seems appealing enough, but implanting electrodes deep in entorhinal cortex so that an individual can deliver pulses to his or her brain at opportune learning moments seems rather extreme.
On the other hand, in the case of a debilitating and deteriorating condition like Alzheimer's disease, the possibility of improving memory, even by extreme methods, has more to recommend it. Yet here any benefits of stimulation would likely be limited to the disease's early stage when the condition is usually limited to memory problems. At later stages, the disease inevitably progresses to involve language, problem solving, and judgment. At that point, the judgment as to when something should be remembered, and the decision to stimulate, might require a caretaker. Furthermore, as the condition worsens and the entorhinal cortex suffers neuronal loss, the beneficial effects of stimulation would diminish.
There is also an important cautionary note that should go with any discussion of memory-enhancing treatments. Forgetting is an important part of remembering. We need to forget and pass over the details in order to comprehend the main points, and we need to set aside the details in order to form general concepts. Indeed, our memories are built to generalize and assemble general knowledge, not to retain a literal record of particular events. Accordingly, the search for memory enhancers is not a simple matter of wanting to improve retention. An improved memory is not necessarily an optimal memory. Nevertheless, for individuals with severe memory impairment, as occurs in Alzheimer's disease, identifying treatments that could combat the forgetfulness would be an important and valuable achievement.
At the present time, drugs are not available that can improve memory selectively and reliably. It has been known for decades that drugs like amphetamine and caffeine can improve memory a little but these drugs have side effects and they improve memory by increasing arousal and counteracting fatigue rather than working directly on memory. There has been widespread popular interest in assorted herbs and vitamins for improving memory, but the effects are modest and unreliable. The main thrust of pharmaceutical companies currently is to develop compounds that work preferentially on the hippocampus or entorhinal cortex, for example, by targeting molecules that are particularly enriched in these structures. There are also attempts to influence directly mechanisms and processes that are unique to these structures. In this way, one hopes to influence memory without affecting other neural functions. In the meantime, great strides are being made in understanding memory and diseases of memory like Alzheimer's, and we can look forward to the possibility of drugs that will prevent the disease or halt its progression, not just drugs that slow down the process by treating memory impairment for a period of time.
Further Reading
Squire, L.R. & Kandel, E.R. Memory: From Mind to Molecules. Colorado: Roberts and Company Publishers, 2009.
Schacter, D.L. The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers. New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 2001.
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For anyone who is interested in localizing their Flex or AIR applications, I've written a very simple series that I've contributed to the Adobe Developer Connection. As I've mentioned before, localization may seem like an enormous task, for any application, but the Flex framework provides great utilities to make this process surprisingly easy! The articles are part of a two-part series which focuses solely on the task of localizing Flex and AIR applications using the Flex framework. I've previously talked about Part 1, but now Part 2 is published and the series is complete!
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The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce's leadership void is about to get much bigger.
Having searched for a new president without success since Shane Short resigned Aug. 15, 2012, the chamber is about to lose its director of economic development. Courtney Bernardi announced her resignation last week, effective April 12. She is reportedly taking a similar job in Newton County.
Meanwhile, the chamber's search committee for the position of president is "officially disbanded," chairman Mark Valentine revealed last Friday as his board of directors met, leaving the chamber's executive committee searching for an interim president and trying to create a new search committee.
Valentine said the chamber intends to combine the roles of the director of economic development and the president so as to be able to offer candidates more money.
"One of the challenges in the search has been being able to offer a competitive salary," Valentine said. "One opportunity of this (Bernardi's resignation) is we can take the two salaries, pull them together… to make us more competitive in the marketplace."
Throughout the chamber's 40-year history, the president has typically led the economic development effort. That situation changed only when Bernardi was hired in 2010 and the position of director of economic development was created.
For the full story, see the March 20 edition of The Commerce News.
Courtney Bernardi announced her resignation last week as the chamber's director of economic development.
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The Japanese Meteorological Agency said that the country's capital was officially in bloom – a closely watched announcement that marks the start of the yearly cherry blossom viewing season.
The annual rite of spring in Japan goes back hundreds of years and involves sitting under "sakura" trees and taking in the fluffy pink flowers, which drop off about a week after they appear.
In Tokyo, residents flock to parks to lay down tarps and claim the best spots, then host elaborate picnics and long drinking sessions.
In Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, a small group of flower viewers gathered underneath cherry trees laden with pink buds.
"It's time for a flower viewing party. This is a great time for me to meet my friends," said university student Ryosuke Fujiki, 20, as he drank with friends at the park.
Japan designates certain sakura trees for monitoring all across the country, and considers a region to be in bloom when at least five or six flowers can be counted on its trees.
On Monday, an official government counter visited the Yasukuni Shrine, home to Tokyo's trees, and proclaimed the city abloom.
When 80 per cent of the trees' flowers have opened, typically a few days later, an area is officially designated as in "full bloom," prime time for blossom gazing and revelry.
This season starts a day later than last year in Tokyo, but six days before the historical average.
The first flowers have bloomed earlier in recent years, triggering concerns of global warming.
In the southern, warmer Okinawa islands, cherry blossoms began blooming in late December.