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I was in a supermarket earlier today looking for some dinner fixin's. As I was heading for the check-out a guy in a business suit riding around in one of those motorized shopping cart that you sit on passed me by, and I had to jump out of the way to avoid being run over. From the corner of my eye I noticed he had a crutch stuffed into one of the nooks on the floor of the shoppping scooter. He looked like he'd just come from church. (It's Sunday.) I thought, here is a guy who almost runs over my feet, never noticed me, and he's been to church and has his crutch riding in his shopping cart.
A crutch: the perfect symbol for believers. Jesus is their crutch. They are so afraid of death, the only way they can cope with it is to believe in the promise of an afterlife -- in this guy's case, a paradise where there are no broken limbs or concerns. They can explain anything that happens to them with reference to "God," even the misfortune that put them on their handicapped cart in the first place -- because although God is omnipotent and good, "He works in mysterious ways."
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Yes I agree that Jesus and their beliefs are a crutch for them. They use their belief system to justify all sorts of crazy ideas.
Well, you see, Jesus and God (and that other thing, the Holey Sprite) told him: "That guy ahead of you is an aposate freethinker. Run over him with your mini-cart. Slay his entire family and his families' families, the whole tribe slaughtered unto the Wrath of the Lord, and, well...
Did you hear the one about the murderer on death row whose last wish was that a tattoo on his arm be removed. A good Christian cosmetic surgeon volunteered to obliterate the offending slogan, spelled out in Old English script: "ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME." Like Blaise Pascal, I am fixing to find out. Unlike Pascal, I am not hedging my bets.
Oh! how true.
Jesus didn't heal the man's injury? If he was just in church, he should have been walking without crutch or scooter!
No, because the man had sinned in some terrible way, so he wasn't miraculously healed, but if he had been "miraculously healed" it would not prove the existence of Jesus or God.
He was shopping on the christian sabbath. He no only sinned, he broke one of the "Big 10", according to some christians. As I recall, that one is punishable by death - stoning, isn't it? I know, the sabbath isn't sunday, it's saturday - Im so confused.
Yes, but if a sabbath is to be honored, which one is it? It is the one that starts Friday at sundown or the one all day Sunday? Or, as Carlin would say, why do women have to wear something on their heads in cathedrals but must go bareheaded in synagogues? Our conclusion: God is awfully capricious and arbitrary. Not much worthy of our respect. Certainly not worth thinking determines anything having to do with our lives after death.
Probably best to honor both sabbaths. that way he has his bases covered.
I would suggest that your "one reason" shows the transformation of consciousness from the herd mentality of Jesus &c. to the stark fist of reality: science and reason explain almost everything and the rest is best ignored. Whereas you previously believed (the antithesis of reason) in some flying spaghetti monster, a will-o-th'wisp, or as Dawkins puts it, a Delusion (big D since we're dealing with Yahweh-J.H.V.H.-Jesus, Mary, and Joseph), now you know. Reason and Belief cannot be reconciled, but only Reason allows us to know. They are two poles, as with the earth, positive and negative, and in symbolic terms at least, believers claim the former, despite abunant evidence to the contrary. You identify post hoc reasoning as one of the problems (pray + "answered prayer" = miracle, or at least proof that prayer "works" so there must be a God). Awakening to the argument from evil is another part of the process. Suggest you read the essay on that concept written by John Leslie Mackie, an Australian philosopher who hipped me to the obvious fallacy in the equation Good + Omnipotent God since, if evil exists (duh!) a good God would rectify it, so all innocent men walk out of prison and Joel Osteen spends most of his "salary" on the poor in Africa. Xians will counter that God gave man freedom of choice and it is man who choses, in some case, to be evil. That would wash if not for the concomitant: a good God would make sure all men choose good. You either realized or intuited all that. So did I.
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I've posted several Vietnamese salad recipes (called gơi) but amusingly, I've never posting my favorite of all: Món gơi đu đủ thịt khô bò. The salad is made of shredded green papaya, daikon radish and beef jerky. I used Vietnamese-style beef jerky, which is slightly sweet and spicy. I love this type of gơi salad so much; I ended up polishing off three bowls. In the end though, I didn't feel too bad as this dish is pretty healthy. Now, if it were three plates of Vietnamese fried shrimp and sweet potatoes (called khoai lan chiên tôm)…
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Genealogists sometimes forget that political subdivisions are largely arbitrary or follow only major geographic features like rivers and mountain ranges. But have you noticed how many straight lines there are on maps? Last time I checked, there were no straight lines in nature. (I know, this is particularly true, but generally speaking, the boundaries between U.S. states are straighter than any naturally occurring physical phenomena).
A common example, is that of two towns located closely to each other on a map, but in reality separated by a high range of mountain. Looking at a map without topographical features, will obscure physical realities which may limit travel between apparently proximate communities.
But there is a more subtle factor that influences genealogical research in a dramatic way but is seldom recognized by researchers. That is the effect of the lack of modern transportation modes on family relationships in the not-too-distant past. For example, I can get in my car and drive to Apache County, Arizona in about 3 1/2 hours. A hundred years ago, the trip would've taken the better part of a week on a fast horse. Only fifty years before that, such a trip would've taken a week in a fast buggy or two weeks depending on whether or not the group traveling had adequate transportation. So, the real distance between two points on a map is not measured in miles or kilometers but in the time it takes to travel the distance between the two points.
Ignoring these historical facts, brings about a misunderstanding of the relationships between the various parts of any family organization. Another example, if a family left Germany in the 1850s to move to the United States, it was entirely possible that they would never see any of their relatives left in Europe during their lifetimes. Even on a smaller scale, inside the United States, a movement across state or even further across the country, could isolate members of families from each other permanently. It is nearly impossible to imagine this kind of condition existing today when I have members of my own family commuting across the United States every week. My brother-in-law, just contacted us that he was driving a truck from California to Texas and would pass through Phoenix. This kind of mobility was entirely impossible just a few years ago.
An obvious result of this historical fact is that movements by families was not taken lightly or on a whim. There was always a reason, for any movement. In addition, most familial movements were undertaken following established settlement routes or in response to economic or social conditions. Unlike today, young people when leaving their family, usually did not have a job offer halfway across the country. The most common circumstances were when rural workers migrated to the cities looking for better working conditions.
In doing genealogical research, it is absolutely necessary to broaden your search for family members throughout any particular geographical area. For example, in U.S. census records always look for family members on adjacent census sheets. Census enumerations were done in a systematic way geographically and it was not uncommon for family members to be physically located close to each other. The same principle, can be extended to practically any research in any type of documents. Another example, collections of World War II and World War I draft registration cards should be searched to see if other family members registered at or near the same time. In smaller towns, it is always a good idea to search the entire census record for the locality for each year in which the census was taken. Many smaller enumeration districts had less than 20 total census sheets.
Failure to take into account the time it took for people to travel between two areas is often at fault for making unsupported claims to relationship. If you found a family name of an ancestor in Rhode Island, it would be illogical to assume that a family with the same name living in Georgia was related without some very specific evidence to support such a conclusion. But I have seen just such conclusions made on virtually no evidence. On the other hand, many genealogical researchers seem to feel that their families lived in a vacuum because they seldom search for related families in each of the geographical places where the family lived.
Both maps and timelines are valuable helps in resolving realistic distance issues. If someone lived in county in Virginia shortly before they got married, it is unlikely that the marriage took place in Maine or Vermont. Not impossible, just highly unlikely. In looking for your ancestors, the absolute first step is to try to put them on a map. That is, look for any and all know places on maps to see how they are related and whether or not the places fit logically into the physical reality of the areas in question. At every step in your research never leave the map for very long. Keep the geographical perspective.
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James I thought I saw you at Roots Tech but didn't have a chance to talk to you. Congratulations on your new book! I don't know how you do it all. This was a great article. I have discovered first hand what you are describing here. People marry people very close to them. Sometimes it was even too far because they didn't have a horse. Also found we depend too much on indexes and once we have the location down, we need to go through the town page by page. I had a family i couldn't find and the name on the census when i went through page by page was Stillman not Tillman as it should have been. Keep up the good work. I missed you when I was in Mesa.ReplyDelete
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Firefighters found two propane tanks and the bomb near the Southwest Plaza Mall's food court after a small fire broke out Wednesday that was quickly squelched. The mall was evacuated around noon. No one was injured and the bombs didn't explode.
Wednesday was the 12th anniversary of the shooting rampage at nearby Columbine High School and officials expressed concern that the mall incident could be somehow linked.
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Unexploded pipe bombs and a propane tank with explosives attached were found in the school after the shootings.
"If it's kids, they're crazy not to know what this means in this town," Margie Hecht, who lives near the mall, told The Denver Post. "I remember that day and they wouldn't think this is funny if they did."
Through the years, students across the country have been accused of threats and incidents modeled after Columbine.
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FBI spokesman Dave Joly said authorities have identified a person of interest seen on surveillance video entering a stairwell he said isn't typically used by the public.
The man could be a witness or a suspect, Kelley said.
He is described as a white male with graying hair and a silver mustache. Photos taken from surveillance show him in a dark cap, gray and white striped shirt, dark jacket, blue jeans and dark shoes. He is seen entering a stairwell and carrying a white plastic bag.
Joly said it was too early to speculate whether the incident was an act of terrorism.
Sheriff's officials said there are usually about 6,000 to 10,000 people in the mall around noon each day. Shoppers and about 300 mall employees left after the fire.
A daylong search didn't turn up any other explosive devices in the mall, which was expected to be open for business Thursday.
About 25 schools were on lockout as a precaution, meaning access is restricted to one point, according to the Post. Classes had been canceled at Columbine High School in remembrance of those killed in the shootings.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold wounded several students and killed 12 and one teacher before shooting themselves.


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This is Yerko DiFonis, a 17 year old piano prodigy who has perfect pitch and has followed his dreams despite the obstacles, in part thanks to his determined parents.
Yerko was born in Chile, blind and partially deaf. When his parents discovered his musical talent and grew frustrated with the lack of opportunities for their son in their native country, they sold everything and came to the United States. In New York, Yerko flourished. Fitted with special hearing aids and attending the prestigious La Guardia school of the performing arts, Yerko, an honor roll student, learned to be independent and spent his days pursuing his passion but in October of 2010, U.S. Immigration deported Yerko and his family.
Now living in Chile, Yerko continues with his music, but dreams of coming back to study in the United States some day.
To read more of Yerko's inspiring story, or to make a donation which will go towards continuing his education, visit the Hear The World foundation.


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Also known as 'The Championships', Wimbledon is arguably the most prestigious tennis event in the world and has been held in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877. Unlike most professional tennis competitions, it is held on grass courts.
This year the two-week event starts on the 22nd June and is one of the only sporting tournaments to enforce a strict dress code on players. In the past, convention had dictated that white was the order of the fortnight and it was strictly enforced, however there are some hints of colour (notably in stripes) creeping back into the kits. When current champion Rafael Nadal first played the competition in 2005 he was famous for tight fitting colourful tops, but Wimbledon regulators suggested that he switch to white equivalents instead. Players' clothing designs have to be submitted months in advance to get officials' approval.
Although there are no hard-and-fast rules for spectators (they need not wear all white) it is generally acknowledged that Wimbledon is an 'occasion' and should be treated like such and so smarter dress is worn. This said, it is the beginning of summer and so one can see a lot of loose-fitting materials, cottons and linen being sported in the stands.
For first-timers, it is important to know that you cannot leave or take your seats whilst a game is in play (a game consists of anything from five to seven). Wardens control the spectator entrances and exits and sometimes you can wait anything up to fifteen minutes before the game is completed.
This year, we find a Briton in the top 8 tennis player rankings (Andy Murray), to which we offer him our congratulations, however, despite this rare glimmer if British sporting success, we would suggest that spectators do not make a song and dance about this: flag waving and nice cheering (not during actual, play, mind you) is preferred – there's no need to go overboard.
An umbrella, although cumbersome, is always a smart move as it wouldn't be Wimbledon without rain.
If you are in a tennis apparel quandary and would like advice or help, please contact us through our website. (www.theenglishmanner.com)
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Just for fun: How many UK locations can you spot in the in the trailer for the final Harry Potter movie; "Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part II"? (film release, July 2011) Play the trailer below and see how many locations you can spot. Then scroll down to see the ones I spotted and see if you got any I missed. … okay, GO!
>>>>> Scroll down to find out which UK Harry Potter locations I spotted in the trailer… >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> keep going... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Scottish Highlands - appears in trailer at 0:12 Vast gleaming lochs with commanding mountains behind? It must surely be the Scottish Highlands; a favourite filming location for endless blockbusters including Braveheart, Local Hero and of course many of the Harry Potter films. Severn Crossing – appears in trailer at 0:55 Here we see Hagrid and Harry on the flying motorcycle, a vehicle which we haven't seen since the first movie! What are they flying over? Looks like the Severn Crossing over the River Severn estuary between England and Wales to me! Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales – appears in trailer at 0:57 Hermione and Ron hold onto each other on the vast, remote beach of Freshwater West on the Pembrokeshire coastline. Did you spot Shell Cottage behind them? And in nearby Pembroke, you can also see locations from the recent Robin Hood movie starring Russell Crowe. Scotland's West Coast steam railway – appears in trailer at 1:07 There's no mistaking The Jacobite steam engine which plays 'Hogwarts Express' chugging through the Scottish Highlands from Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis, to Britain's deepest freshwater loch, Loch Morar as well as the deepest seawater loch in Europe, Loch Nevis! One of the most famous Harry Potter sights on this route is the iconic 21-arched Glenfinnan viaduct. Ashridge, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire – appears in trailer at 1:26 OK, I can't be too sure here as a 2-second glance of Harry running through a forest could be, well, any forest really. But I do know that the "Forbidden Forest" and various woodland scenes in all the films were shot at Ashridge, so there's a fair chance it is. Piccadilly Circus, London – appears in trailer at 1:42 Just a snippet here, but I'd recognise those outfits anywhere! Harry and Ron in their suits and Hermione in that iconic red dress, it must be the scenes filmed at Piccadilly Circus in London's West End. If you're in any doubt, look at the behind the scenes footage feature on my Top 10 Harry Potter Locations in London. Did you spot any I missed? Let me know in the comments section below and I'll add them.


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This class is a gentle moving meditation; flowing postures build heat in the body and create mental focus.
A slower class than the Monday session, beginners are welcome to join this class.
Mats and equipment are supplied. Bring a towel and some water. Please arrive 10 minutes before class.
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text: Petite Latina beauty Jasmine Rain has huge dark doe eyes that are nearly as riveting as her slim caramel body and lickable soft natural breasts. Her long sweep of thick midnight hair surrounds her petite golden body, and promises to tease the skin of whomever she straddles like delicate feather fans. Her wide, perfect white smile charms, even as her slow, hot kisses seduce. Jasmine credits her Hispanic blood for giving her that extra spicy edge. Imagining this slender golden treasure bent in half in any of the poses from the famed Kama Sutra is certain to enrapture your mind and ensnare your senses.


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Though not a household name, L'Wren Scott dressed fashion's A-list.
First lady Michelle Obama wore a raspberry-colored design by Scott with peacock-blue kitten heels on the cover of Harper's Bazaar in November 2010. Amy Adams wore a cap-sleeve sparkling sapphire gown by Scott to the 2011 Academy Awards. Rumors circulated in fall 2012 that Angelina Jolie would wear a wedding gown designed by Scott.
But Scott was best known for her way with a black dress, the basis of her first women's collection in 2006. It included the head-turning "Headmistress" dress worn by Madonna and tweaked in Scott's successive collections.
Andre Leon Talley, Vogue editor at large, chose to include one of Scott's designs in his definitive monograph "The Little Black Dress" (Skira Rizzoli, $50), published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name, staged in fall 2012 at the Savannah College of Art and Design's Museum of Art in Savannah, Ga.
"As a woman, a little black dress means a clear point of view," Scott said in a contribution to the book. "As a designer, it means business and what every woman needs. It represents what every woman wants: confidence."
In 2010, Nicole Kidman drew Bond Girl comparisons when she shimmied into a black wool mini-dress by Scott for the Academy of Country Music awards. Christina Hendricks wore a jade green Scott dress to the Peace Over Violence Humanitarian Awards in 2012. Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Claire Danes, Oprah Winfrey, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Penelope Cruz and Sandra Bullock have worn Scott's work.
In 2009, Scott contributed designs for Madonna to wear in her photo shoot for W Magazine. In 2011, Scott styled actress Julia Roberts for another W shoot, alongside Tom Hanks.
Scott also contributed costumes for such films as "Diabolique" (1996), "Ocean's Thirteen," "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Shine a Light," a Martin Scorsese documentary about The Rolling Stones.
This past holiday season, Scott collaborated on a women's collection with Banana Republic. In 2010, she worked with Lancôme on a holiday makeup collection featuring a lipstick in her signature wine color.
She created her "Lula" handbag collection in May 2011, launched with a personal apperaance at Barneys New York and said to be named after her mother.
In February she announced she had canceled her London Fashion Week show.
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Throwback Thursday: See Photos Shared by Nick Jonas, Lucy Hale + More!by Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
It's that time of the week again… We're all hitting our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts to share the cutest and funniest Throwback Thursday photos we can find. Celebrities are just like us, aren't they? They, too, want to get in on the #TBT madness.
There were lots of oldies but goodies dug up out of closets, or at the very bottom of iPhone photo libraries, and posted on social media today. We've collected some of this week's best throwbacks from your favorite celebs. Check out what we found!


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The 8 to 14 year old boys kicked off the PKRA/IKA kiteboarding Freestyle Junior World Championships at the Camping Ballena Alegre, San Pere Pescador, Costa Brava with 7 heats of freestyle. Racca and Bridge were the dominant riders and they look like the favorites. The skippers meeting was held in the morning and names were drawn to set up the ladders. The first clinic of the week was presented by Sami Gali and Olaf van tol.
The skipper meeting was held at 10:30, where the young riders were oriented for the day. After the skippers meeting the drawing was done to set up the ladders to see who would meet the preceded riders that were chosen based on the European championships. Once all this was set up all that was needed to start the event was the wind and the thermal was already starting to build in the morning.
The clinic for the young riders was done by Sami Gali and Olaf Van Tol, the clinic was set up to teach them how competitions are run. Many things go into having a successful competition for a rider. It is crucial for all young riders to learn the format and the rules of the competitions they are entering into to increase their chances of being successful. The head judge and the race director talked about the flag sequence, how to set up your watch, right-of-way, preparing equipment, competition area and many more. A lot of time if a rider is well prepared, his equipment tuned and knows what to expect he is already ahead of his competitor even before the heat starts.
The thermal wind took longer to pick up due to the clouds but by 3:30 the wind had filled in and the competition was ready to start. A total of seven heats were run with many good tricks being landed. In the first round of boys age 8-14 the top two advance to the next round and the rider in third rider eliminated. The first heat was close between Jimenez Pena, Jewski and Mur Peris. Mur Peris got first and Jeminez second with some blind judge's and S-bends. The second heat Guy Bridge won his heat over Vicari (2nd) and Peiro, with a big S-1, BJ and 313. The third heat Racca from Mexico rode extremely powerful to advance over Ducos and Leboni (2nd). The Last heat of the 1st round Tom Bridge was ripping and advanced with Tio, Lund was eliminated.
The 1st heat of the quarterfinal was between Mur Peris and Vicari, the heat was close but Mur Peris landed an S-1 to get into the lead. The 2nd heat of the quarters Guy Bridge landed a big BJ, 313 and slim to beat the young Spaniard. The last heat of the day was between Racca and Tio. Both riders rode extremely well but in the end Racca had more power and better execution and advance to the semifinal.
The competition wrapped up around 5:30 after having done a clinic in the morning and 7 heats in the afternoon. The forecast looks very good for tomorrow with north wind's building throughout the night. The skippers meeting is set for 9 o'clock and the competition wlil start early and last throughout the day if the wind holds. Follow us on www.prokitetour.com and get the latest updates on Facebook and Twitter.
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LTTE's defences on several fronts as collapsing. On one front the 59 division is extended their defences north of Mullathivu till Vaduvakal, a small village.On another front, 55 division units moving south of Chundikulam have breached LTTE defence line at Challai. Delivering yet another blow for LTTE, troops of the 58 division took control of Vishwamadu junction several hours ago. Two senior LTTE leaders identified as 'Kobe Master' and 'Shanthan Kumar' are believed to be killed in Vishwamadu fighting. Sporadic clashes are still continuing in this area.
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MIAMI — Tropical Storm Fernand (fair-nahn) has formed off Mexico's Gulf coast and is expected to make landfall Monday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday the storm had winds of at least 45 mph. Fernand is about 25 miles east of the Mexican state of Veracruz.
The storm is expected to produce 4 to 8 inches of rain over parts of several states.
A tropical storm warning was in effect on Mexico's Gulf coast from Veracruz to Tampico.
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- UPMC Presbyterian, Suite B-400
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- 412-647-3685
Spasticity and Movement Disorders Clinic
The Spasticity and Movement Disorders Clinic at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is made up of a team of pediatric medical professionals who specialize in the comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment of children and young adults with spasticity and other movement disorders such as dystonia, chorea, athetosis, and tremor. The purpose of the clinic is to determine whether or not a patient would benefit from treatment with oral medications, intrathecal baclofen, selective posterior rhizotomy, intramuscular botox injections, deep brain stimulation or other therapies. Currently, we have over 1000 patients being followed by the team. Approximately 150 new patients are evaluated in the clinic each year.
The Spasticity and Movement Disorders Center was founded by A. Leland Albright, MD, in 1986. He was the first investigator in the United States to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to study the use of intrathecal baclofen. He was also the first to perform deep brain stimulation for tremor dystonia resulting from cerebral palsy.
Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD, performs these procedures as well as selective posterior rhizotomies, intramuscular botulinium injections and selective peripheral nerve fasiculotemies.
Diagnosis and Evaluation
The clinic is held every Wednesday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Children's Hospital. Patients are evaluated individually by the team members. Each specialist performs a separate evaluation which gives the team several different perspectives and helps them when deciding on a treatment recommendation. Since all of the areas are equally important to the success of treatment, it is necessary to be as comprehensive as possible. It is important that you bring any scans, x-rays, braces, walkers, or canes for the evaluation.
After the evaluation by the team, they meet in a conference to discuss their findings and to decide on the recommendations. Because of the time spent performing evaluations and discussing their recommendations, you can expect to be in the clinic until about 1:30 pm. Before you leave clinic, a staff member will discuss the recommended treatment with you.
How to Make an Appointment
You can make an appointment to be seen in the Spasticity and Movement Disorder Clinic by contacting our clinic at 412-692-5520.
If you are from outside our geographic area and you feel that you or your child may be a candidate for the Spasticity and Movement Disorders Clinic, we would appreciate it if you would send a summary from your physical or occupational therapist along with a 5-10 minute video of you or your child showing them lying, sitting, standing and walking viewed from the front, the side and the back. Video should be mailed to:
Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Avenue
Faculty Pavilion, Suite 4000
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
What are Spasticity, Dystonia, Chorea, and Athetosis?
Spasticity is an involuntary muscle tightness and stiffness that occurs in about two-thirds of people with cerebral palsy (CP) and in many who suffer severe head injuries. The medical definition of spasticity is a velocity-dependent, increased resistance to passive muscle stretch. In other words, when a muscle affected by spasticity is stretched by someone else, it is harder to move the muscle than normal, and the faster one pushes, the harder the muscle is to move.
Dystonia is the second most common movement disorder. It is characterized by sustained muscle contractions that result in twisting movements and abnormal postures and is present in 25-35% of people with CP. It may begin in childhood, adolescence or adulthood, and may affect only one region of the body, such as the neck, in which case it is called focal dystonia. It can occur in adjacent body regions (segmental dystonia), and one side of the body (hemidystonia) or all of the body (generalized dystonia). Dystonia may also occur after head injuries or as an isolated problem.
Athetosis is defined as slow, writhing motions of the fingers and hands and occurs in approximately 5% of people with CP. Athetosis was used commonly a few years ago, but now, many of the people who were previously diagnosed as having athetosis are considered to have dystonia. We believe the two disorders are different, in that athetosis affects muscles of the fingers, hands, and around the mouth, causing slow, twisting, writhing motions that are more continuous than dystonic movements.
Chorea(pronounced "korea") is an involuntary abrupt, rapid, brief, and unsustained irregular movement and is sometimes described as "dance-like". Chorea occurs in 5% of people with CP.
Ataxia is an abnormality of coordination and particularly affects walking; gait is typically very unsteady.
It is important to remember that people may have more than one movement disorder at one time; the combination of spasticity and dystonia is particularly common.
Why do These Problems Occur - Pathophysiology?
Muscle tone—the state of muscle contraction—is controlled by two factors: inhibitory (relaxing) signals combing down from the brain into the spinal cord, causing the release of a chemical, GABA, which make the muscles relax, and excitatory stimulating) signals coming from the muscles into the spinal cord, telling themselves to contract (tighten). If the balance between those two is normal, muscle tone is normal.
Spasticity is caused by damage to parts of the brain that send the messages for GABA to be released. The damage may occur anywhere along the pathway, from the brain to the brainstem to the spinal cord. The end result is the same: deficiency of GABA and a relative excess of excitatory impulses.
The cause of dystonia is not understood nearly as well as the cause of spasticity. It is thought to be due to damage to the basal ganglia, deep structures in the brain that adjust the amount of movement that occurs when people tell a muscle to move. The cause of athetosis is probably similar.
Chorea is due to damage to a different region of the basal ganglia, so that output from a structure called the internal globus pallidus is less than normal.
Treatment Options
One of the main things the team tries to determine is what the goals of the family and patient are. Those goals often affect which treatment is recommended. The team also tries hard to make sure the family understands the reason a particular treatment is recommended—what outcomes are hoped for.
The main indications for treating movement disorders include:
- to facilitate care,
- to improve function,
- to retard or prevent the development of contractures, and occasionally, to improve pain.
If function is to be improved, the team evaluates the child for muscle tone, trunk strength, underlying muscle strength, motivation and ability to comply with therapy. Functional improvements often include improved communication, swallowing, activities of daily living, and mobility.
If the goal of treatment is to facilitate care, the team looks at how difficult it is to dress, toilet, feed, position, and transfer the child. If these activities of daily living will be made easier for the caregiver, treatment would be considered.
It is important to realize that some treatment is recommended for almost all patients but that surgical treatment is not recommended for everyone. Some are too young or too small, some can be effectively treated by oral medications or intramuscular injections. Occasionally, it is not clear which treatment would be most appropriate; in that case, the team often asks to re-evaluate the child after a specific time period.
For more information on the Spasticity and Movement Disorder Clinic, please visit the clinic's webpages on the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh website.


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Pregnant Kim Kardashian goes sheer in Canada
She has a fondness for sheer. That's for sure.
Kim Kardashian bundled up her bump in a black penci skirt, but when for the sheer look on top on Friday night, as she hosted the 17th annual ICED at Cowboys Dance Hall in Calgary, Canada.
Kim, who was spotted on Wednesday making a trip to the gym, says she'll be working with Gwyneth Paltrow's fitness guru, Tracy Anderson, during her pregnancy.
"Tracy Anderson is keeping me in shape!" Kim wrote on her blog this week. "She is helping me make the adjustments necessary to keep me feeling happy, healthy and most importantly create a workout plan that is safe for the baby. It's really important for me to have a fitness routine that works for my body and my schedule and I'm really happy with the workout plan Tracy is working with me on. Xo"


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Today's featured quilt is Leesa of Square One Studio's String Quilt for Carol Lee.
Here's what Leesa had to say about her quilt:
"This quilt was years in the making—eleven, to be exact. In 2001 I received some amazing vintage fabric from my painter-friend Carol Lee whose quilt-making mother had recently passed.
As a junior professor working towards tenure, I had limited free time, I barely managed to keep up with crib quilts for the babies other friends were welcoming in to the world. With tenure behind me in 2010, I wrote to Carol Lee (also recently tenured, huzzah!) about her color preferences for a quilt incorporating her mother's scraps.
She preferred a palette that avoided primaries and incorporated "maybe something to complement a gray chair"? So I thought about the kind of design I wanted to tackle, about the vintage integrity of the scraps, about Carol Lee's own abstract paintings, and about the unfortunate fact that the important milestones in a single woman's life too often pass unrecognized even now, in the 21st century. After a few spectacularly failed attempts, I hit upon this patch-y vertical string quilt design in pink, olive green, grey and golden yellow—a palette I imagined might have been a "groovy" Pantone color chart from the late 60s/early 70s. The top came together slowly and was finished a full decade after I received the scraps.
It was my second machine-quilted project ever and the first on my new Janome Memory Craft 6600 "space age" model. It was also my first attempt at quilting a measured, tightly spaced grid over an irregular, "wonky" design.
This is not to suggest that I marked and measured a grid before quilting, I don't have the patience for that. I marked a giant "X" through the middle, positioned the adjustable quilting guide to 1" and sewed outward from the middle using the original X as a reference. Although it can be risky to work with unwashed fabrics and tedious to sew a closely-knit grid when you're anxious to see the finished result, I feel the resulting crinkled, vintage texture is well worth the effort. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of a finished top but equally important to execute the quilting in a way that will complement and enhance the design rather than detract from it.
It's not perfect— there are unintentional wobbles where I fought against the pull of the full quilt's weight in the center and more than a few hand-stitched repairs to the vintage seams weakened by its inaugural trip through the wash. At the same time, it is a "perfect" reflection of the constancy of quilting across generations, of the wobbles and adjustments in long-distance friendships over time, and of the need to occasionally give yourself, your professional, personal and quilting aspirations room to lie dormant and breathe until they're ready to emerge from nostalgic bits and bobs into a dynamic new form."


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The HTC Ozone with its slim form factor and green keys is a departure from some of the more bulkier form factor smartphones many think of when they think about a Windows Mobile phone. The smartphone sports a Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, 3G connectivity, stereo Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera, and an e-mail set up tool that's so easy to use anyone can get e-mail on this smartphone within minutes. If you've been thinking about getting a Windows Mobile smartphone and don't want a touchscreen, the HTC Ozone is worth a look.
Design & Features
Look and feel: At first glance, the HTC Ozone has a look of a smartphone, with the display occupying the top half of the cell phone, the keyboard occupying the bottom half of the cell phone and a line of keys for using the smartphone separating the two. The HTC Ozone's piano black and green colored keys scheme with a grey metal back and rounded edges make it a sharp looking cell phone. Another plus is that the Ozone is extremely light weight and we often forgot when we were transporting it in a shirt pocket.
To navigate through the Windows Mobile smartphone there are two soft keys that correspond with options on the display, a back button, a home button and a five-way navi-key. The display is bright, crisp and sharp. We're happy to report that the screen is extremely visible in bright sunlight. Another plus is the cell phone's spine isn't too littered with buttons. There are side volume keys and a covered proprietary port. However, you'll need to remove the grey metal casing from the back of the Ozone to access the MicroSD card slot. The good news is that you don't need to remove the battery.
Keypad: The keypad on the HTC Ozone sports some of the larger keys we've seen to date on a Windows Mobile smartphone. These keys are square opposed to the slightly curved keys found on a BlackBerry. The letters and numbers on the keys are large as well, so you won't be squinting to make out the letters or numbers on the QWERTY keyboard. Although, there's no space between the keys it hardly matters since the keys themselves are so spacious. There's also a key in the lower right hand corner of the keypad that you can customize to launch two of your favorite apps (a short press will launch one app, while holding the key down longer will launch a different app). We do have one qualm with the keyboard: the Alt key, which is needed to use the number keys, is located too close to the numeric-section of the keypad making it a bit difficult to use.
Usability & Performance
Call Quality: Calls and speakerphone: For the most part, we found calls loud and clear on the HTC Ozone. We rarely used the side volume keys to adjust the sound up or down. Callers said we sounded clear. Using the speakerphone didn't seem to degrade call quality on our end and we appreciate how easy it is to activate the speakerphone.
Audio quality: Playback of songs through the cell phone's speakers was decent. We found that songs sounded clear. Although the HTC Ozone uses the proprietary port for the included headphones, it also comes with an adapter for 3.5mm and 2.5mm headsets so you can use your own headset with the Ozone. We found audio quality was decent through the included headphones.
Ease of Use
Menu/phone book: The HTC Ozone runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Operating System (OS). However, in this version, the main screen has gotten a bit of a facelift. Now, using the five-way navi key allows you to simply scroll through applications on the home screen. For example, you can scroll to see the local weather, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and a snapshot of call logs, text messages (even a recent message without having to open the application) and e-mails. However, we liked the web experience much better when we downloaded a free version of SkyFire. Of course, you can still select Start to see a complete list of all the applications included on the HTC Ozone. It comes with mobile editions of Excel, One Note, PowerPoint, and Word. Speaking of maps, GPS is included along with Verizon Navigator.
Messaging: The HTC Ozone handles POP3 and IMAP 4 e-mail accounts as well as Web mail accounts (AOL, Yahoo, Windows Live, Gmail) with ease. You can set the Ozone to check for messages at specific intervals, or you can check them manually at any time. There's an e-mail set-up application with access to popular web-based e-mail accounts and Outlook. It's extremely easy to use, just enter your e-mail address and password for the corresponding account and the smartphone does the rest. Now, that's smart. There's also a dedicated folder with access to popular instant messaging programs including AIM, Google Talk, Messenger, MySpace IM and Yahoo! For corporate users, the Ozone also includes Microsoft's Direct Push Technology for real-time e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization with your Outlook calendar, tasks, and contacts via Exchange Server.
Camera/video: The HTC Ozone sports a 2-megapixel camera that can take photos and record short videos. It lacks a flash and a tiny mirror near the lens for snapping self-portraits. You can snap a picture by pressing the center button on the five-way navi-key and you can zoom by pressing the correlating buttons on the navi-key up and down. One plus is the camera has a fast shutter, so you likely won't miss a shot. The camera doesn't have a lot of settings, but there are a few: panorama, brightness, white balance, quality, metering, and effects (normal, negative, grayscale, and sepia). When taking pictures or videos the entire screen turns into a viewfinder (similar to digital cameras), which gives you plenty of room to frame a shot. As for image quality, when viewing pictures both on screen and downloaded to a computer was acceptable, though colors were a little washed out. You can also record videos. However, we much preferred watching videos on the smartphone that we downloaded to a microSD card.
Music: The HTC Ozone uses the Windows Media Player for playing back music. The smartphone doesn't have a ton of internal memory (about 196MB enough for storing some music, but not a lot), so if you plan on storing a lot of music you'll want to get an optional MicroSD media card, as this cell phone will support up to a 16GB MicroSD card. You can play MP3s, Microsofts WMA and Apple's AACs audio files on the MP3 player. As noted, the audio quality is acceptable through the cell phone speaker. The Ozone doesn't have many audio-centric controls such as the ability to manually adjust bass and treble, however you can Shuffle, and Repeat All or just one song and there's also a software equalizer that helps improve audio quality. The cell phone will also display album art when available.
Connectivity/Bluetooth/WiFi/World Phone: We were able to pair the HTC smartphone with a Bluetooth headset. We found call quality to be acceptable with the headset. And callers had no idea we were using a headset let alone a cell phone. Additionally, the HTC Ozone supports stereo Bluetooth, which is great since this smartphone uses the proprietary port for the included headphones. However, the phone does come with an adapter so you can plug in either a pair of 3.5mm headphones or 2.5mm headphones.
The HTC Ozone has built-in WiFi so you can log-on to available WiFi networks to surf the Web or send/receive e-mail. It's a nice feature and setting it up is a breeze. Additionally, since this cell phone will work on both CDMA and GSM networks it's a world phone. However, you won't be able to remove the included SIM card from the back of the device. If you're thinking of taking it abroad you'll need to contact Verizon about setting up roaming service.
Battery Life: In the battery life department, the HTC Ozone could be better. We found that the smartphone could last about two days before recharging when using the HTC Ozone 3G regularly to make calls, occasionally surf the wireless Web, listen to music, and send/receive text messages. Users who barely use the cell phone to make/receive calls and send/receive messages can probably last closer to three days before needing to recharge, while heavier cell phone users will likely need to charge the HTC Ozone nightly just to be on the safe side. However, if Bluetooth and WiFi are left active the Ozone will need to be charged before the end of the day. We should note that this smartphone comes with an interesting charger. You can swap out the actual plug and replace it with another one, for example, an international plug. Additionally, to use the charger, there's a removable USB cable that is also used to connect the Ozone to a computer for synching. Unfortunately, when the smartphone is attached to the computer via the cable it doesn't recharge.


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With those words, back in 1983, Hilarion made their presence known to me. My name is Jon C. Fox. Since then, I have been channeling Hilarion for many people of all walks of life.
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Chances of Hitting 'Bambi' High in South Dakota but Dropping
(NPN) – Chances of hitting "Bambi" while on South Dakota's roads have decreased but are still high compared to the rest of the United States, according auto insurer State Farm.
South Dakota dropped from the third highest to the fourth highest rate of deer-vehicle collisions nationally. State Farm calculated that a motorist has a 1 in 75 chance of striking a deer over the next 12 months on S.D. roads.
Nationally, the rate is 1 in 174, an improvement over last year's 1 in 167. Thus, the odds that an individual driver in the United States will crash into a deer during the next year have declined by 4.3 percent.
While still among the worst states for deer strikes, S.D.'s collision rate improved 12.6 percent over last year.
According to the insurer, S.D. is in one of the 41 states where a driver is most likely to hit a deer.
Using its claims data and state licensed driver counts from the Federal Highway Administration, STATE FARM, the nation's leading auto insurer, calculated the chances of any individual motorist striking a deer.
Among the 41 states where these confrontations are most likely, the decline in probability is particularly notable in North Dakota (24.8 percent) and Nebraska (22.0 percent). Michigan had the fourth largest descent (11.4 percent). Kansas (11.3 percent decline) rounds out the top five.
For the seventh year in a row, deer-vehicle confrontations are most probable in West Virginia. The chances of any particular licensed driver in that state hitting a deer between now and a year from now are 1 in 41. That's an 8.3 percent improvement from the West Virginia likelihood ratio of a year ago.
Montana, (1 in 65) remains second on the likelihood list. Iowa (1 in 73) moves up one spot to third. Pennsylvania (1 in 77) is still fifth. In each of the top five states, the probability of a deer-related collision for any given vehicle is less than it was a year ago.
The state in which deer-vehicle mishaps are least likely is still Hawaii (1 in 6,787). The odds of a driver in Hawaii colliding with a deer between now and 12 months from now are approximately equal to the odds of a middle-of-the-pack National Football League team running off 13 wins in a row.
State Farm estimates 1.22 million collisions caused by the presence of deer between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, a 3.5 percent decrease from a year ago.
And while the number of deer-related collisions in the U.S. over the last five years has increased by 2.0 percent, accounting for the increase in the number of drivers on the nation's roadways over that period, the likelihood of any one of those drivers being the victim of a deer-vehicle confrontation has dropped 2.5 percent.
"This data is encouraging," said Chris Mullen, Director-Strategic Resources. "We would like to think the attention we call to this issue each fall has had an impact. Obviously there are other factors at play as well."
State Farm's data show that November, the heart of the deer hunting and mating seasons, is the month during which deer-vehicle encounters are most likely. Approximately 18 percent of all such mishaps take place during the 30 days of November.
Deer-vehicle collisions are three times more likely to occur on a day in November than they are on any day between Feb. 1 and Aug. 31. October is the second most likely month for a crash involving a deer and a vehicle. December is third.
The average property damage cost of these incidents during the final half of 2012 and the first half of 2013 was $3,414, up 3.3 percent from the year before.


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A Message from our President
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A message from Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE-USA
As president and CEO of CARE, I want to thank you for your interest in joining our work to empower millions of people in poor communities around the world.
CARE is committed to reducing, and eventually ending, extreme poverty. We know the importance of fighting the underlying causes of poverty so that our work will have a lasting impact. Women in poor communities are at the heart of CARE's efforts to improve health, education, and economic opportunity because experience shows that a woman's achievements yield dramatic benefits for her entire family. CARE is also committed to providing lifesaving assistance during times of crisis, and helping rebuild safer, stronger communities afterward.
If you are like me, there could be nothing more rewarding than using your skills and experience to help people in poor communities expand opportunity for themselves and their children and work with them to fight issues such as social exclusion, gender inequity, and poor governance that keep them entrenched in poverty.
I welcome your interest in joining a diverse, talented, professional, and extremely committed team. Every position at CARE contributes to realizing our overall vision and mission. If you are interested in a career dedicated to building a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and everyone lives in dignity and security, I encourage you to take the first step and apply today!
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Dixie Selden
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Street in Bar Harbor c.1917
Oil on Canvas
20 x 16 inches
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Dixie Selden was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1868. Most of her career took place in Cincinnati, where she was a highly regarded member of the art community. She spent her childhood and later years in Covington, Kentucky. Selden painted along the New England coast during summers and traveled frequently, usually with fellow painter Emma Mendenhall, recording scenes of Mexico, Normandy, Brittany, Spain, and Italy.
1884-90 at Art Academy of Cincinnati with Duveneck; with William Chase in Venice, Italy; in Great Brittain with H.B. Snell
Cincinnati Women's AC (president); NAWPS; Cincinnati MacDonald Club; NAC; Chicago Gal. Assn; SSAL; Louisville AA
Cincinnati AM, annuals (frequently), three person show (with Annie Sykes and Emma Mendenhall), 1910; Cincinnati Woman's AC; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1914-23; PAFA Ann., 1915-16, 1919-23, 1927-30; AIC; NAWPS, 1929
Cincinnati Art Museum; Univ. Kentucky Art Museum; Cincinnati Public Schools Collection; Cincinnati Mus. Center
WW33; Jones and Weber, The Kentucky Painter from the Frontier Era to the Great War; American Art Review, vol. 10 (April 1998); Cincinnati Painters of the Golden Age, 98-100; Falk, Exh. Record Series


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Mayor's Office
The City Recycling Office reminds residents that they have until Monday, November 15 to make a pledge to improve their recycling habits over the next year. Everyone who turn in a pledge card will be eligible to win prizes as part of Lincoln Recycles Day.
Pledges may be submitted online at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: recycle). Pledge cards also may be picked up and dropped off at all Lincoln City Libraries; the Irving, "F" Street, Easterday and Belmont recreation centers; all Russ's Market stores; and the following locations:
Two other recycling events will occur on Saturday, November 13:
Through November 13, Interstate All Battery Center, 4310 N. 27th St., is giving a $5 coupon to every person who brings in a rechargeable battery for recycling.
The pledge drive and collection events are part of the 13th annual America Recycles Day, which is celebrated November 15. It is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products. Lincoln Recycles Day is sponsored by the City's Solid Waste Operations Division of Public Works and Utilities, WasteCap Nebraska, Lincoln Public Schools, the AmeriCorps volunteer program and local recyclers. More information is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: recycle) or by calling 441-8004 or the Recycling Hotline at 441-8215.


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Our show is guest hosted this week by Jordan Morris. Jesse Thorn will return next week. Check out more from Jordan on the podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! or on his blog.
AV Club editor Keith Phipps recommends Quadrophenia, a film based on the rock opera of the same name by The Who. Music Editor Marah Eakin recommends the single I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons.
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Kurt Andersen is the host of Studio 360, co-founder of the satirical Spy Magazine and a novelist. He brought his love of research and cultural criticism to bear when he penned the new novel True Believers, the story of a high profile lawyer who steps away from a nomination to the Supreme Court. True Believers follows her on a quest to piece together a mysterious episode in her childhood during the Cold War and the age of the spy novel.
Andersen fondly recalls his own childhood interests in espionage, and he discusses the leap of faith required for a trained journalist to stop doing research and begin trusting the imagination. The end result is a novel which weaves together generational politics, 1960s counter-culture, and a children's game that becomes all too real.
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Ever had a neighborly mugging experience? Comedian and artist Chris Fairbanks knows what it's like. He told us this story at the fourth annual Max Fun Con.
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Ari Graynor plays a lot of outrageous, messy roles -- she was a self-destructive college student on The Sopranos, and she played a drunken best friend in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist -- but her characters have heart and a kind of innocence.
The same is true of her most recent role of Katie Steele, the brash-yet-vulnerable young Manhattanite who runs a phone sex line in the new movie For a Good Time, Call. The film is in select theaters nationwide this week.
Ari talks to us about the 80s films that inspired her, the story's depiction of female friendship, and the strange intimacy and appeal of phone sex.
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Jordan shares his passion for the music of the late Tony Sly, of punk band No Use for a Name.
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The Forest and Woodland Ecosystems (FWE) Science Program acquires, develops, and delivers scientific knowledge and management tools for sustaining and restoring the health, biodiversity, productivity, and ecosystem processes of forest and woodland landscapes. This research is critical in light of the multiple and varied threats that these ecosystems face, including urbanization and human developments, extreme wildfire events, insect and disease outbreaks, exotic species invasions, and drought.
FWE scientists conduct short- and long-term research across a wide geographic area, with an emphasis on:
Spatial and temporal patterns of disturbance,
Managing complex landscapes in a changing environment,
Consequences of management activities,
Adaptive capacity of forests and woodlands, and
Mitigation of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide.


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After notorious bank robber Willie Sutton was released from prison, he filmed a commercial in 1970 for a Connecticut bank, touting the bank's new photo credit card, a security measure. Now three decades later, at a time when everybody else -- from airports to government agencies to office buildings - are emphasizing their metal detectors and scanners and beefed-up security personnel, banks seem to be taking the opposite tack: They apparently prefer to be seen as friendly rather than secure.
Is it a coincidence that, almost as soon as Commerce Bank opened 17 branches in New York City, 16 of them were robbed?
Commerce Bank has the distinction of being the most targeted bank for robberies in New York this year. But it is probably unfair to single it out for criticism. It is certainly not alone. Bank robberies have more than doubled in the city this year so far, compared to 1999. By the beginning of September, there were 312; in all of 1999 there were just 141.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has blamed the surge of robberies in New York banks on their lax security, and security experts agree. Tom Reppetto, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, says that many banks have cut down on the number of armed guards and do not have such standard security equipment as bullet-resistant barriers, closed circuit television, and "dye packs" - stacks of cash that explode with an ineradicable dye minutes after the robber leaves. Diana L. Taylor, the New York State Banking superintendent, has complained that many banks tell their employees to acquiesce to the robber's request. "This posture sends a clear message to the criminal that the institution is an easy and convenient mark for robbery," she wrote. And Robert McCrie, professor of security management at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, after analyzing the police department's latest bank robbery statistics, concluded: "Senior management in banking firms is blocking the imposition of needed controls They are resisting approving security measures that could make a difference."
Why Would New York Banks Be So Casual?
First, it is important to point out that few bank robberies in New York bear any resemblance to "Dog Day Afternoon" or "Bonnie and Clyde." The majority are committed without an actual weapon, just a note, and result in payoffs under $2,000. Most bank robbers nationwide, according to security consultant John Kennish, "do not case the bank prior to the attack, wear any kind of disguise to hide their identity, or have a post-attack plan in place prior to the attack." Violence is rare, though it does occur: In the course of 7,127 bank robberies committed nationwide in 2000-2001, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, eight people were killed.
This may help explain why, in an interview with Crain's New York Business, Vernon Hill, the chief executive officer of Commerce Bank, which is based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, could apply a cost-benefit analysis to such security measures as bullet-resistant partitions: "If we get 11 million customer visits and if we get robbed five to six times during the same period," he said, "am I going to design branches for the 11 million, or for the five to six robberies?"
Cost-consciousness is part of the equation. So is an apparent fatalism. The New York State Bankers Association says it encourages its members to implement what are called Best Practices strategies including dye packs and bullet-resistant barriers to reduce crime, but the association's general counsel Roberta Kotkin sounds less than confident about the efficacy of such a measure: "A study showed that 89 percent of banks that have bullet-resistant barriers were robbed," she says. Then why is it considered a best practice? "It's a deterrent," she replies, but no fail-safe antidote to robbery. "We have the best interests of our customer in mind. We do what we can. Bank robberies can't be eradicated."
This does not mean banks are completely indifferent. Some banks have strengthened individual branches where robberies have taken place, though, in order to keep costs down, have opted not to make wholesale improvements in their branch network. North Fork, which had 27 robberies in its 78 branches, upgraded its security by installing digital cameras that display the customer's photo on a flat screen as a deterrent. Still, Edward Hausdorf, the director of security at North Force Bank, said, "If someone is intent on robbing a bank, they're going to rob the bank."
But Commissioner Kelly and the others say there is plenty more that the banks could be doing. Kelly recently railed at a Chase Manhattan Bank manager who took 15 minutes to dial 911 after a robbery took place. "They don't get it," Kelly told the press. "They have a security guard, and he said he didn't see anything." Kelly wondered why Emigrant Savings Bank, which was robbed by the same perpetrator several times, did nothing to alter its security practices.
In Europe, banks have been installing "people traps" in which customers must enter the bank through an enclosure that includes a metal detector and takes considerably more time to exit. A security guard can press a button and trap the robber before he can escape.
In the absence of such obvious preventive measures by banks here, the police themselves are employing such strategies as stakeouts and special surveillance at branches that have been struck numerous times, according to Reppetto of the Citizens Crime Commission.
Meanwhile, Taylor, the New York State Banking superintendent, is trying to apply pressure on banks by informing them that bank examiners will be focusing on "safety and soundness" during their examinations. They will be looking to see that corrective action is taking place.
"If banks don't make the move toward better safety practices, they may find themselves on the road to a legislated solution," Taylor says, "whereby compliance with a set of standards is legally mandated by the New York City Council and/or the state legislature."
Gary M. Stern has written articles for the Daily News, NY Post, and NY Observer, and newsletters for JPMorgan Chase.


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