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Playful as a puppy even at 730 pounds, Nemo, a rescued black-and-white Hampshire pig, became a porcine pioneer when lymphoma struck.
Undergoing a novel care plan, he became a teaching case for veterinary oncologists at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA), paving the way to combat cancer in large animals.
Nemo is believed to be the first pig to be treated for lymphoma. The pig's medical treatment began when his owner, George Goldner, saw his friend fall ill.
"I want to do everything humanly possible for my animals," said Goldner, who has a farm sanctuary in New York's Catskill Mountains. "They're rescues, and we [with co-owner Nancy Krieg] keep them for life. Pigs are very smart. If you're nice to them they're very friendly. Nemo's a real performer; he's attractive, loves people and has a great personality."
When the 4-year-old had a coughing fit and laid down in the snow, Goldner drove Nemo nearly four hours to Cornell's hospital, where the pig was diagnosed with presumptive B-cell lymphoma, a blood cancer.
CUHA clinicians from across fields worked to prepare for intravenous medication delivery. In the first such procedure ever done to treat a sick pig, surgeon Jim Flanders, who had performed similar procedures in smaller animals, joined large-animal surgeon Susan Fubini to surgically implant a vascular access port.
They ran a catheter up a vein in Nemo's neck to a port behind his ear, creating a route for delivering drugs where they would be most effective while minimizing harm. Resident Emily Barrell selected and delivered the chemotherapeutic drugs.
"Although lymphoma has been documented in swine, there aren't any documented cases of pigs being treated for it," said CUHA oncologist Cheryl Balkman. "We adapted a treatment plan based on what we know is effective in dogs, cats and humans with lymphoma."
Nemo's clinical signs soon resolved, and he has continued to do well during long-term treatment. Though little is known about the prognosis for pigs with cancer, Nemo has the notable distinction of establishing a precedent for pigs battling cancer, giving veterinarians valuable information for helping large animals. Since arriving in March, Nemo has resided at CUHA.
"He has a better life there," said Goldner. "He's running around digging holes, eating pineapples, communicating vocally and getting lots of love. CUHA's people play with him and bring him treats, and he plays funny tricks like tossing water at the residents. The vets have cared for him with amazing dedication and thoughtfulness, especially Dr. Barrell. It's been a wonderful effort on the part of several people: a testament to the outstanding work done at Cornell."
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The pot-bellied seahorse, also known as the big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), is one of the largest of all seahorse species, growing up to 32 cm (12.6 inches). Both males and females appear bloated in the abdomen compared to other seahorses. The male (on right side of photo) has a very prominent, light-colored abdomen, typically looking as swollen as males of other species in the latter stages of pregnancy. Their skin texture appears very smooth in comparison to most other species. Other examples of sexual dimorphism include heavier markings on the male, a shorter, thicker snout, and a proportionally longer tail than the female.
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Storefronts for Obamacare's health exchanges
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If you're trying to grab the attention of a diverse, hard-to-reach population, why not imitate one of the most successful marketing strategies on the planet?
That's what Access Health did when it decided to open user-friendly storefronts -- like those of the tech giant Apple -- to sell uninsured consumers on the state's complicated health insurance exchange.
"We asked ourselves `How can we think differently about how insurance is sold?' " said Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health. "We thought about Apple and how Apple products moved from being sold on the Web and through certain retailers to opening its own stores. We thought `Why not apply that to health insurance?' "
The exchange, which will start enrolling the uninsured on Oct. 1, plans to open storefronts throughout the state. Unlike Apple's boutiques, these shops would be situated in some of the state's poorer urban areas, including Bridgeport. The idea is to reach into the communities with the highest numbers of uninsured and educate them about enrolling in the health exchange, a process that can be as daunting as learning how to work a new gadget.
Expect to see Access Health stores soon in New Britain, New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport. Counihan said the concept could eventually expand into other urban areas in the state, including Danbury and Stamford.
The exchanges are one of the cornerstones of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, slated to provide insurance to millions by 2014. In Connecticut, there are roughly 344,000 uninsured, and about 100,000 are expected to enroll for coverage through the exchange in its first year.
There are a lot of ins and outs to using the exchanges, such as figuring out whether you qualify for a subsidy or access to low or no-cost insurance through Medicaid.
The storefronts address one of the biggest obstacles of marketing the exchange, which is reaching the people who need insurance the most, Counihan said. A lot of low-income, uninsured people might not have computers and might not have access to radio or TV ads about the exchange.
The storefronts are a way to bring the exchange to the people, said Angela Mattie, chairwoman of health management and organizational leadership at Quinnipiac University. She likened the approach to doctors traveling to homes in poorer communities to provide them with medical care, instead of expecting them to seek out the care themselves.
"It's an example of `How do we bring health care into the community?' " Mattie said. "People in leadership positions need to start thinking about doing more outreach into the community. We need to think about who we are designing this program for. We have to understand the literacy level, education level and access to computers. We have to learn their language and assist them into the system."
Connecticut is one of only 14 states that is building its own exchange. Counihan said, to his knowledge, the state is the only one using the Apple model to sell plans.
The storefronts will include booths where residents can meet with brokers and sort through the many options available to them. They will even have a version of Apple's "Genius Bars," where experts will help people with particularly complex insurance needs -- for instance, a family where one partner qualifies for Medicaid and one qualifies for a subsidy.
The first two stores will open in the next six weeks, in New Britain and New Haven. Counihan said there isn't yet a timeline for the Bridgeport store, but it could be open by the first of the year. He said the ideal spot for a health insurance store is roughly 2,000 square feet and near a bus or train line. Counihan said they also prefer to open in existing properties that require minimal refurbishment.
"We want something that's fairly turn-key," he said.
Many people who work with the uninsured population think the stores are an intriguing idea, and hope they soon expand into more communities.
"People want to see flesh -- they want to talk to somebody," said Ludwig Spinelli, executive director or Optimus Healthcare, which has offices in Bridgeport, Stamford and Stratford.
The clinics provide medical care to the uninsured and under-insured in those communities. Though Access Health hasn't yet selected a site for its Bridgeport outpost, Spinelli has some ideas.
"I would put it next to an unemployment office," he said. "They go hand-in-hand."
He said he'd also like to see an office in Stamford, but added that Optimus's clients in that city are mostly undocumented and likely wouldn't be eligible for the exchange.
Others mulling the possibilities of the exchange storefronts include Karen Gottlieb, executive director of the AmeriCares Free Clinics. The clinics are in Danbury, Norwalk and Bridgeport, and the organization will soon have a mobile clinic in Stamford. Gottlieb said she'd like to see stores in Danbury and Stamford, as they have high rates of uninsured, and is looking forward to the clinic in Bridgeport.
"Anything that brings information to the uninsured population in Connecticut is good," she said. "The more you can saturate the state with opportunities to learn about the health exchange, the better."
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By Lisa Loftis, SAS Best Practices
It is indisputable. Mobile is rapidly becoming indispensable – to our customers, to our marketing departments and to our customer experience initiatives. According to recent research, two-thirds of the US population own smartphones and this year 30 percent of US retail sales will be influenced by the mobile channel.
Marketers simply can't afford to sit this one out. Unfortunately, despite mounting evidence that consumers use their mobile phones for everything from store location searches to in-store product research and app use, many marketers still treat mobile as an independent channel. This is a failure to understand the significant role mobile plays in the multichannel experience.
A recent study of digital trends by Econsultancy found that while optimizing the customer experience ranked at the top of 2016 marketing priorities, reaching and understanding mobile customers was second to last. What's more, the research also found that a whopping 80 percent of marketers lack the budget they need for mobile marketing.
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Target gets it right
Not all companies are falling into this trap. Retailer Target has adopted a true multichannel strategy with mobile as the cornerstone. Its mobile apps provide in-store navigation, notification of deals and door busters, couponing, personalized recommendations (based on history), wish-list generation and even entertainment-focused movie streaming.
This forward-thinking multichannel view is paying off. Their apps are very highly rated – landing in the top 100 overall apps. CEO Brian Cornell has reported a substantial increase in sales attributed to the strategy and their stock has soared 14 percent in the past year.
There is hope though for the majority of companies that fit into the "underbudgeted in mobile" category. Following a few key steps while setting your mobile marketing strategy can help make the most of existing budgets and ensure that mobile initiatives can "ring in the customers."
Mobile marketing best practice: Journey maps
Journey maps are visual representations of interactions as customers move through the buying cycle. They highlight touchpoints, customer objectives and possible outcomes while providing a great way to understand how customers move through the buying cycle.
The key to using these effectively for mobile interactions is to understand that customers can and will use a myriad of technologies and channels during their journey. This means the maps must span organization silos and contain both traditional channels (store or call center) as well as mobile and other digital interaction types.
Some mobile activities to consider include downloading and using a mobile app, sending or receiving SMS messages, visiting a website, scanning a QR code and even viewing a product review or other streaming media.
Mobile marketing best practice: Identify your destination to refine your mobile strategy
Larger organizational goals should play a crucial role in setting mobile marketing strategy. Tying mobile initiatives to strategic objectives will ensure that the focus stays on advancing the company toward its goals while avoiding bright- shiny-object syndrome where the latest marketing fads and trends drive kneejerk reactions.
First, identify the objectives that depend on customer experience – goals such as increase customer engagement, improve net promoter score or increase share of wallet.
Next, use the digitally inclusive journey maps to highlight areas where mobile initiatives can facilitate goal achievement. Adding real-time offers or in-store navigation functionality to an existing mobile app may by the next step to increasing share of wallet; while push notification reminders via SMS for appointments or bill due dates may raise satisfaction rates and improve net promoter scores.
Mobile marketing best practice: Measure twice, tweak as needed
The modern take on an old adage "measure twice – cut once" is critical when it comes to mobile initiatives because the medium is intensely personal and unappealing or negative experiences can send customers fleeing. Identifying and monitoring relevant success measures can have a significant impact on mobile's ability to move a company forward.
Measures of customer engagement, for example, should move beyond app downloads to incorporate frequency and time of use, participation in satisfaction surveys, and participation in programs and contests. Net promoter score measures should consider areas such as breadth of "social influence" networks, social media mentions and Facebook likes.
Lisa Loftis is a thought leader on the SAS Best Practices team. She focuses on customer intelligence and was co-author of the book, Building the Customer Centric Enterprise, with a focus on modernizing marketing. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Fifteen people have been arrested so far in the neglect and abuse of residents at Alzheimer's Care of Commerce, including the owner of the facility.
Donna Wright, 58, was booked into the Jackson County Jail Tuesday evening on charges of abuse and neglect of the elderly residents of the home.
Others arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail Tuesday afternoon were:
•Judy Nell Baird, 409 Heritage Hills, Commerce.
•Brittany Tyronda Rollins.
•Danny Sue Wingfield.
•Christa Lucinda Pittman.
•Myra Malinda Kitchens.
•Deborah Nation.
•Kenyonna Vendresha Pittman.
•Shirley Jean James, 248 Cherity Road, Homer.
•Lonnie Weldon Strickland, 44 Woodbine Street, Commerce.
•Stella Louise Strickland, 105 Bellview Homes, Commerce.
•Susan Joe Martin, 250 Railroad Street, Jefferson.
•Mary Crystal Elrod.
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The charges include: abuse of disabled adult, failure to report abuse, neglect or disabled person, neglect of disabled adult, cruelty to adult over age 65.
A search warrant was executed Tuesday morning at Alzheimer's Care of Commerce 200 Bolton Drive, Commerce, following a three-month investigation into the facility stemming from allegations of abuse and neglect of Alzheimer's patients staying at the facility. Warrants for the arrests of 21 former and present employees have been issued.
Former and present employees have been interviewed and provided detailed information concerning abuse and neglect of patients at the facility. Information obtained through the investigation indicated that patients were restrained with bed sheets and subjected to inhumane and undignified conditions to include "double diapering," which is a practice whereby multiple diapers were placed on the patients at once to keep the staff from changing soiled diapers as often. There were accounts of physical abuse, such as staff members striking patients and throwing water on them.
On April 2, the GBI was requested by the Commerce Police Department to conduct an investigation into the Alzheimer's Care of Commerce in reference to allegations of abuse and neglect.
There are over 70 charges including Cruelty to a Person 65 Years of Age or Older; and Abuse, Neglect, Financial Exploitation and Failure to Report which are charges under the Protection of Disabled Adults and Elderly Persons statute.
During the investigation, the GBI learned patients were also being cared for by people with prior felony convictions ranging from voluntary manslaughter to drug charges to identify theft. It is against state regulations to have convicted felons working in a personal care facility. There were also unauthorized personnel administering medications to the patients and medication prescribed to the patients were found to be missing or unaccounted for during an audit of the facility in May of 2013.
Numerous agencies have assisted with the investigation: the Commerce Police Department, The Jackson County District Attorney's Office, the Georgia Department of Human Services Forensic Special Investigations, the Georgia Department of Revenue, the Georgia Healthcare Facility Regulation Division, the Georgia Department of Aging, Adult Protective Services, the Athens Community Council on Aging, U.S. Social Security Administration, and the Jackson County Emergency Medical Services.


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A proposal to enshrine circumcision of male children as a protected procedure that Jews and Muslims could continue without fear of sanction faces an uncertain fate in Germany's Bundestag, say close observers of German politics.
The proposal heading to the parliament aims to calm a storm that erupted last May after a Cologne court ruled that a botched circumcision violated the child's rights because it constituted "illegal bodily harm" even with parental consent. Though strictly local in its jurisdiction, the ruling's novel application of child rights law set off a furor of concern about the future legal status of circumcision nationwide.
The proposal, issued on September 25 by the Ministry of Justice, seeks to reassure Jews and Muslims that they can continue to practice a ritual central to their respective faiths in Germany without interference — a concern that some Jewish leaders pointedly raised after the May ruling.
The proposal has been sent to state governments and other experts for further input and is expected to reach parliament for debate by the end of the year. But despite the positive initial reception that Jewish leaders have given the proposal, some question its prospects of becoming law due to the politics of secularism in Germany. They even express concern that these public expressions of concern for children's welfare hide an underlying anti-Semitism.
"The draft law presented in Germany is a major step forward," said Deidre Berger, executive director of the Berlin office of the American Jewish Committee, in an email to the Forward. But she added: "We are extremely concerned as to whether the German Parliament will adopt the proposed law. Public opinion seems to be against circumcision, and many parliamentary delegates from all parties are ambivalent. In addition, major medical associations in Germany are anti-circumcision and are likely to oppose the draft law."
Citing well-financed billboard posters and campaigns against the proposed law, Berger sees Germany's ability to give legal protection to circumcision as "a litmus test for Jewish life in Germany." Key elements of this draft bill, according to Berger, are that it affirms the right of religious freedom; treats circumcision as a matter of family law, not criminal law, and allows mohels to perform circumcisions.
The judicial ruling from May, according to which circumcision constitutes "bodily harm" and "assault," effectively criminalized and banned circumcision in the Cologne district. The ruling, triggered by the circumcision of a 4-year old Muslim boy who was hospitalized with medical complications following the procedure, soon led doctors elsewhere in Germany to decline to do circumcisions.
In the view of Berlin-based Rabbi Joshua Spinner, executive vice president and CEO of the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, "The Germans are not protecting the child from circumcision. Rather, they are protecting themselves from the circumcised."
Spinner emphasized the "otherness" of Jews and Muslims in German culture. Jews and Turks can be Germans, he said, as long as they don't retain their separate ethnicity. Germany currently is home to at least 100,000 Jews and some 4 million Muslims.
Despite concerns for its ultimate fate, initial reaction from Germany's official Jewish body to the proposal was appreciative. "From my perspective, this is a step in the right direction," said Dieter Graumann, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
According to Juliane Wetzel, senior researcher at the Center for Research on Anti-Semitism at Berlin's Technical University, the Cologne decision accentuated a lack of tolerance for minorities in a society that views Jews and Muslims as outsiders. "Islam is seen as an archaic religion, and now Judaism is seen the same way," she said during an interview at the university.
TNS Emnid, a German polling organization, found in a July survey that 56% of Germans agree with the Cologne ruling.
"The basic sentiment here is anti-religious," said Sylke Tempel, editor-in-chief of Internationale Politik, an authoritative foreign policy journal published by the German Council of Foreign Affairs. In her view, the Cologne ruling was not a deliberate attack on Islam or Judaism, but showed a total misunderstanding in Germany's highly secular society of how important circumcision is to both religions.
According to Berger, the Cologne ruling can be traced to a body of medical literature that has accumulated over the past decade.
This school of thought, based on little scientific evidence, holds that circumcision does irreversible physical damage and causes emotional trauma. The German Academy for Pediatric Medicine (BVKJ) subscribes to this view and has called for a two-year moratorium on circumcisions.
This is in sharp contrast to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization, both of which endorse circumcision for its medical benefits, particularly in fighting the spread of HIV in Africa.
But for the Jewish and Muslim communities, this is not about medical issues — it's about religious freedom.
At a September 9 rally held in Bebelplatz, the same square in Berlin where the Nazis burned more than 20,000 books they considered "un-German" — most by Jewish authors — Jewish and Muslim leaders denounced the Cologne ruling and asserted the right to freely practice their religion.
Many of the Jews wore T-shirts with various exclamations of Jewish pride.
"Do you still want us Jews?" asked 79-year old Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch, former head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. "For 60 years I have defended Germany as a survivor of the Shoah. Now I ask myself if that was right."
Despite the concerns of Berger and others for its fate, the new proposal did seem to have strong support from some Bundestag members. Dietmar Nietan, a Social Democratic member of the Bundestag, told the Forward that the law must provide a balance between the right to freedom of religion and the rights of children. But the 48-year-old legislator from an area near Cologne said he would like to see the legislation pass with a large majority. In his view, that would validate Jewish life in Germany.
Philipp Missfelder, a Bundestag member who belongs to the Christian Democratic Union, said in an email that the draft legislation "is a good approach to resolve the current juridical dilemma regarding circumcision," adding that "it ensures both practice of Jewish religious life in our country and the children's welfare." Missfelder said he expected the bill to pass the Bundestag "without substantial alterations."
A 33-year-old rising star in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, Missfelder said during an earlier interview that his Jewish constituents ask how they can live in a Germany that does not permit a 4,000-year-old religious ritual.
Merkel herself has denounced the Cologne decision and has called for speedy enactment of a law that would be acceptable to Jews and Muslims.
Bundestag member Stefan Ruppert, who belongs to the small, pro-business Free Democratic Party, was confident during an interview prior to the proposal's release that legislation satisfactory to the nation's Jews would be enacted.
Acknowledging that some members of his party support the ban on circumcision, Ruppert said that it was likely that the more acceptable the legislation was to the Jewish community, the less likely it would be to pass.
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Is a great way to reduce, reuse and recycle while looking stylish! Use shells from your collection to create an island feel.
- Cottage Shore Pair
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Stenciled seashells bring summertime fun to your planters and decorative containers.
- Round Beach Box
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Gather up your favorite beads and some store-bought seashells and create your own Beachy Jellyfish Wall Art.
- By the Sea Potpourri Jar
Decorate an unglazed clay pot with seashells and a soft glitter finish and fill it with a soft scented potpourri for a wonderful addition to your bathroom or bedroom.
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Seashell Lamp
by Judith Pearson
Last year for Christmas, my sister used her collection of shells to fill the inside of clear glass lamps. Of course, large lamps take more shells to fill than smaller lamps. Another person had taken an empty lamp of clear glass and was filling it with match packets from every place he visited.
What do Do with Seashells
by Debi Pearce
- Hot glue shells to a picture frame.
- Give your bathroom an ocean theme by putting up a net and filling it with the shells. You can also put shells on the walls with stickpins.
- Make a decorative box with seashells glued on top or around the sides.
- Put the shells into an aquarium, but make sure you add the shells several weeks before putting fish in the aquarium.
Seashell Scene/Scented Oil Plug In
by Jill Windsor
Fill a rose bowl with seashells and wind a miniature 20 light set of Christmas lights through the shells. Top with a piece of crochet, or lace and tie with a ribbon - red or green for Christmas. Add a couple of drops of scented oil - plug in and you have a beautiful homemade "scented oil plug in".
Seashell Frame
by Tami Lott
I had someone build some plain flat wooden frames for me. Then I painted them, and glued the seashells on them. You can also use pine bark nuggets to make a pretty frame. Let your imagination run wild.
Seashell Chimes
by Jan Bachelder
Seashells make great wind chimes! Drill holes and string them from large to small, hang from crossed dowels painted in a complimentary color.
Seashell Ideas
by Jean
- Use them to cover indoor plant pots. Hot glue should make it quick and easy.
- Cover boxes with them.
- Use them as the handles for other boxes.
- My daughter gave me a larger one to use as a soap dish in the bathroom. Smaller shells were used for the feet. I don't use bar soap, so I use it as a trinket holder
Shell Angels
by Kim Caswell
I have been making shell angels for years. They are quick and easy to assemble with hot glue. The hardest part is matching the right shells.
- The bigger or wider shells are for the "skirt/dress." Lay the "bowl" part of the shell downward and color match two smaller shells for the wings.
- Glue these together end to end to look like a bow tie.
- Use one even smaller shell for the head. Glue this at the center of the "bow tie" (bowl side down).
- Then, glue the "wings & head" to the top of the larger shell, so the rounder portion of the shell is at the bottom. No need for a face.
- Make a tiny bow from 1/8" ribbon and use it to hide the area connecting all the shells. This creates the look of having a body. A small rosebud is a nice touch.
- On some, you can even cascade tiny buds or flowers along one edge or side of the skirt.
- Make a loop about 3" long of 1/8" ribbon and glue to the back of the head to hang inside the "bowl."
- These make great ornaments, gift package toppers, and even to hang from a rear-view mirror.
Sailor's Valentine
by Anonymous
In the early sea going days, sailors would collect shells from all over the world and create what is called a "sailor's valentine." I took that idea and created many gifts! All it is a box (I use deep picture frames or sturdy decorative 1 to 2 in. deep boxes that prepackaged items come in like perfume gift boxes).
- Cut strips from a plastic or paper milk container making them as wide as the box is deep.
- Cover them with gold, silver, or any coordinating contact paper.
- Trace a design (I use PA Dutch Hex designs) in the bottom of box.
- Glue the covered strips onto lines to create well compartments.
- Glue 1/4 " thick poly quilt fiber in each compartment and place shells into each well. You can sort them by color, type, etc. to create a visual design.
- Next, take the lid, or make one. Cut out the top leaving 1/4 in. border around the top of the lid.
- Glue a plastic window inside to create the picture frame glass. Place on box, make holes on each side corner of box to put straight pin in to secure.
- Glue lid and put pins in.
- Now you have a beautiful gift or memory box from a shore trip etc. I also use this same technique to make picture frames by making the wells only around the centered picture. I then put a picture in and glue a small shell at each corner of photo (on the wall sides, not on photo). This will help hold the photo so it doesn't fall forward when hung on wall.
Decorating with Shells
by Roberta Blan
Use small shells for decorating picture frames. Large clam type shells can be used for holiday decorations; use miniature trees and people with a picture of snow scenery. Drill a hole in the top of each shell, glue picture to inside of shell, and then glue trees and people (carolers, animals, etc.) to the back of the shell. Use paints to finish, add names, greetings etc. Then string a ribbon or cord through hole and hang. Mine have been hanging outside for 9 years. Use the ones that look like conch shells and glue silk flowers inside in proportion to size. My children took the flat sand dollars and painted them with Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, and all the other greeting that they could think of, drilled a small hole in each, and put wire through for hanging.
Seashell Collage
by Bonnie Turner
I've made several using small pieces of driftwood, sea shells and small, pretty stones - all picked up at the beach. Get a piece of board (plywood, etc.) and cut it into a 1 ft. x 2ft. size. Glue the driftwood, stones and shells in a pattern with a good strong glue (not Elmer's - an epoxy type is better). Add a hook on the back or string wire from the top to hang it. My Mother has 2 of them: one on an inside wall and the other on the outside. She removes the outside one when it's too stormy but it does survive quite well outside.
Decorating a Bathroom with Seashells
by Kathy
The latest thing I have done is I just recently decorated my bathroom with a sea theme, lighthouses and beach things. Of course I used shells. I filled a bowl with sea sand and put the shells on top in arrangement that was pleasing to me. I bought some gel candles from the craft store. I then melted the candle gel, put in a wick; you have to anchor the wick down. It will float to top otherwise (I found out the hard way.) Then pour (slowly) the melted gel in bowl on top of everything. After it set up, it was cute. You could hot glue tiny shells around top or tie raffia around the top of the bowl and glue a shell on the bow. I also have glued the small shells around the frame on a mirror, framed sea shells in a shadow box frame, and glued the shells on the roof of bird houses to look like shingles. Hope this will get your creative crafting juices flowing!
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Jun 22, 2018
This is a marvelous idea. It's very easy and inexpensive to make. I live in Florida so I have plenty of sea shells. And I have seen the prices that local boutiques charge for things like these. You can make just as nice ones yourself. And you can get some Christmas gifts done early in the year.
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Jun 02, 2017
I didn't know there was so much you could do with seashells... I always wondered how to handle them once vacation was over and their appeal had gone down considerably. I'll keep this page in mind for my next trip to the beach! I think my grandma might really appreciate a new chime made of seashells.
Aug 04, 2016
Thank you for the great collection, especially since these have step by step instructions that are quick and easy to understand. I can't wait to try the one with candles.
Julie Chamberlin
Mar 06, 2014
I love the scented oil plug-in idea. I have always been an avid collector of sea shells whenever I get to spend time on the beach, but they always end up sitting in a drawer somewhere! This makes me wish I owned a beach house so that I would have reason to have tons of sea-themed decor. I was also trying to think of a use for all the old candle jars I have where the wick has burned out - the bit of colored wax at the bottom would make a nice base for a jar of seashells.
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Oct 17, 2013
I am passionate about the sea, the beach and everything around it. I used to collect seashells and have them in plastic bags or containers and really did not know what to do with them. About 3 years ago we had an old coffee table and I thought maybe I should decorate this table with seashells. When my project was finished I got so many comments it waked up an artist in me. I made many small projects for friends and family which they liked so much until I came to the point of selling my art pieces. After an initial overwhelming response to the 3 dimensional wall art I created, I decided to display my art on the internet for everybody to see. I am not into photography but I think my creations are still looking stunning. it is not difficult to do but it takes some time and skill. if you wish to have a look at my blog I leave you a link Seashore Art Gallery
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Summary Meeting Notes: August 23, 2012 Watershed Health and Environment PEG
Watershed Health and Environmental Policy Expert Group
August 23, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
PEG Attendees: Ann Beier, Corky Collier, Ben Duncan, Sallie Edmunds, Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, Marla Harrison, Mike Houck, Roberta Jortner, Maryhelen Kincaid, Thomas Puttman, Bob Sallinger, Jonathon Soll, Jennifer Thompson, Marie Walkiewicz, Jeri Williams
Invited Attendees: Radcliffe Dacanay - BPS, Tom Armstrong – BPS, Carmen Merlo –Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM), Rachel Whiteside – Bureau of Development Services (BDS)
Other Attendees: Andy Jansky, Jeremy O'Leary, Mary Vogel, Mary Ann Schwab, Jerry Grossnickle- Forest Park NA, other members of Forest Park NA, Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill NA member, Michele Crim – BPS, Nan Stark – BPS, Marty Stockton – BPS, Joan Frederiksen – BPS, Bob Glascock – BPS, Sandra Wood – BPS.
Facilitator: Dena Marshall, Solid Ground Consulting
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Key Points and Outcomes
- BPS Staff Radcliffe Dacanay gave a brief presentation on Portland demographics to enhance PEG members' understanding of equity considerations in land use planning. PBEM Director Carmen Merlo and BPS Staff Roberta Jortner gave a presentation on Natural Hazards policy issues and preliminary draft goals and policies. PEG members also received a presentation from BPS staff Tom Armstrong, lead of the Economic Development PEG, on policy regarding development of industrial lands.
- Overall, PEG members urged Staff to strengthen draft policies regarding reducing risks and impacts of natural hazards, and staff to strengthen policy language to ensure commitments to action.
Introduction and Review Agenda
Presenter: Dena Marshall, Solid Ground Consulting
Summary: Dena welcomes the group, requests any photos or bios that have not been submitted, and then asks the PEG to consider a 3:30 to 6:30 time frame for the September 27th meeting.
Background on Demographics
Presenter: Radcliffe Dacanay, BPS
Summary: When considering Comp Plan policy recommendations through an equity lens, PEG's and City planners are encouraged to study the regional distribution of racial demographics, income, education levels, and poverty distributions throughout the city.
- Education, income levels, and racial demographics are closely tied together, and sometimes correspond with natural hazard zones.
- A regional hub,Portlandcentral city will see increased plans to develop infrastructure and public transportation.
Natural Hazards
Presenters: Roberta Jortner, BPS; Carmen Merlo, PBEM
Summary: An important objective of The Comprehensive Plan is to incorporate goals and policies that will reduce the risks and impacts of natural hazards on people, property and ecological systems. The current Comprehensive Plan does not contain a cohesive set of policies addressing natural hazards. While existing City codes (flood, seismic, fire) do address natural hazards considerable risks continue to exist.
Staff drafted new policies to protect natural resource systems, reduce structural and non-structural hazards, address infrastructure constraints, and promote emergency preparedness. The intent is that these policies will help inform future plans, codes and investments to make the City more resilient in the event of a natural disaster. In addition, the City needs to consider balancing livability factors (e.g., trees in neighborhoods) with promoting effective access to emergency services.
PEG comments:
General consensus to use stronger language in policies: e.g. replace "encourage" with stronger words; use words such as reduce, avoid, commit.
- Regarding specific policies, see matrix and detailed discussion in Flip Chart notes at end of this summary.
Other questions and comments:
- Are there things that we would want to embody in this plan that would help us though something catastrophic? Take a more proactive response on some of these policies. Do we need a policy on how we incorporate new information on hazards?
- Need to provide for alternatives in emergency and hazard planning. Important that we recognize varying levels of risk and it's not a one size fits all approach to these hazards.
- Need to try to align investments that don't create new problems, but are designed to solve problems with compatible strategy; multiple problems overlap and our strategies should address as many problems as possible.
- Do we have an inventory of what has been mitigated due to development, and cost? This may inform a lot of what was said.
- Creating partnerships when we talk about flood control. How do we utilize that and fit it into the inventory of lands available? How do we handle multiple hazard zones?
Meeting Handouts and Presentations:
Background on Economic Opportunities Analysis and Industrial Land Shortfall
Presenter: Tom Armstrong, BPS
Summary: Portland is the regional job center with 39% of the regional jobs and 26% of the population. BPS is attempting to plan for 147,000 new jobs to the city over the next 25 years. The EcDev PEG has been discussing the issues of shortfalls of available land in industrial and institutional areas. The WHE PEG is encouraged to consider what can be done to encourage development on existing industrial parcels? What can we do to expand that industrial land capacity?
PEG comments:
- Concern that by the time the Watershed PEG has their next meeting the EcDev PEG will have already weighed in on their recommendations.
- "I think it's really important that we challenge what's been said, instead of just accepting the algorithm. Any percent growth compounded over time isn't sustainable. You cannot grow continually in a finite space. How do we generate wealth without consuming another part of our wealth (Hayden Island, etc)?"
- If you have incentives to develop green fields then how are we ever going to recover the brownfields?
- Another concern: "the economic analysis is based on how we did things in the past. I'd really like to see paradigm shifts…I'd like to see a little more explanation of the assumptions that were made for the current analysis."
Meeting Handouts and Presentations:
Parking Lot
- An e-mail will be sent out to schedule a 3:30 - 6:30pm meeting on September 27th.
Next Steps
- Please help us finish the PEG bios by submitting your statements and photos.
For more information, please contact Sallie Edmunds, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-6950 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Dena Marshall, Facilitator at 503-249-0000 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Natural Hazards
PEG Discussion Questions:
- Are the proposed goals and policies provided appropriate and sufficient enough to address natural hazards in the Comp Plan? Doe they contribute positively or negatively to environmental justice and social equity?
- What are the implications of directing future development away from hazard-prone areas?
- New development vs. redevelopment and alterations?
- Separate set of goals for reconstruction after a major disaster?
PEG Comments
New Orleans example – loss of equity. Further, enhance development to make safer à protect existing development in hazard prone areas
Highest priority - flood protection
Resiliency language – too soft. "Consider" needs to be stronger, Rename…to minimize; say "move it" so that development on slopes with high risks are minimized. "Encourage emergency preparedness" - a cross-over policy
- Concern about "innovative mitigation" - need to be mindful of concentrating natural resources on the landscape. Need a policy to address distribution, dispersal?
- See Attachment B "Stormwater Management Plan" - support natural habitat
- Policies too weak: Change "encourage" a assure or support.
- Goals and policies include lots of terms such as flood hazard zones - try to use standard terms, local, state, federal
- Deign with nature, promote native vegetation for connectivity, permeability, resiliency for all impacts
- Flood storage is a natural feature - protection needs to be addressed more explicitly. Identify need for natural buffers.
- Built environment - examine and be proactive with viable uses.
- Policies for a do-over in the event of a traumatic event or natural disaster? Do we need a policy for incorporating new information on hazards?
- Priorities for policies do-over, e.g. development in the floodplain.
- Strengthen language re: Mitigation:
- Clarify priority to avoid and minimize before mitigating
- Define and set high standards for mitigation
- If can't avoid, then minimize; if can't minimize, then mitigate; if can't mitigate, don't do the project
- More clearly define what's being mitigated and what for.
- Acknowledge that some development needs to occur in hazard areas (thoroughfares, airports in floodplains) à focus land use planning on preparedness.
- Different approaches / strategies for different hazards: Retrofitting, evacuation, etc.
Call for specific language to align concepts and strategies so that they are complementary (not contradictory), where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts".
- Tree canopy enhancement program to encourage connectivity for wildlife, watershed health
Ecosystem service values - untie the knot
- Watch out for avoiding costs at the outset of a planning process, look at all the different pieces
- Creating partnerships around flood control projects - how do private partnership mitigation efforts factor into it?
- How to handle multiple hazard zones?
- Priority recommendations for PBEM: (1) land use planning, zoning codes, building laws – to minimize impacts of natural hazards.
Public comment
- Non-native – invasive: focus on invasives
- Earthquake risk in apartment buildings
- Centennial neighborhood and others - curb density especially where public transportation does not meet the need.
- Avoid one problem, one solution model
- 1A1, 3A: hard to meet both policiesà watch out for conflicting, mutually exclusive policies
- Increase native vegetation throughout the systems
- Forest Park NA –creating policy amendment to Comp Plan for wildlife deferral (not forest deferral). The wildlife corridor connects the coast line to Forest Park; we've been very proactive in trying to prevent development around the park.
Economic Opportunity Analysis
- Planning process to consider alternatives to development areas, economic/industrial goals
- EcDev PEG policy choices: to allow WHE to weigh in on EcDev
- Sept. 27 WHE meeting to discuss EOA
- Primer on policy choices and rationale, background info
- Potential environmental justice issue around brownfield development
- Question re discounting brownfields
- Balance w/greenfields so that there is incentive for developing both
- Treating "p" zones and "c" zones the same? - No, 'p' zones dropped from buildable lands.
- What is the end game? How do we get those extra seven hundred acres we need to make the city function?
- Revisit planning process in 5-7 years, refresh UGB, trends
- Planning process should generate wealth – look out for unsustainable growth without using new space in new ways
- Balance capacity/need for land and nature
- Metro "Green Spaces Resolution"
- Utilize remaining buildable lands
- Protect in perpetuity
- Urban growth boundary – not an excuse not to protect
- Shorten timeframe for pushing the issue on UGB
- Willamette River Greenway setback: 25 or 50 feet? - greenway review is based on existing regs
- Opportunities to shift the paradigm
- technological innovations
- new ways to allow more compact industrial development and projected needs


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The mini-USB port on both the Neo 1973 and the Neo FreeRunner supports both USB host and USB device. This opens up a range of possibilities, such as adding USB cameras and USB input devices.
Перевод USB в режим host
По умолчанию, mini-USB порт находится в режиме device. Для переключения в режим хоста надо:
echo "host" > /sys/devices/platform/s3c2410-ohci/usb_mode
Независимость логического режима USB портац позволяет Neo FreeRunner-у обеспечить питанием 5 вольтами подсоединенное USB устройство. Для включения такого режима (недоступно на Neo 1973):
echo "1" > /sys/devices/platform/neo1973-pm-host.0/hostmode
Примечание: You may want to run
ifconfig usb0 down prior to switching to USB host mode, as the Neo's USB networking may not like having its USB port disappear. You'll probably want to ssh into your Neo over WiFi or Bluetooth before starting all of this, alternatively use an on screen keyboard.
¹)Debian пользователям: Вам необходим ohci-hcd модуль:
modprobe ohci-hcd
Providing power to connected USB devices while in host mode
Normally, USB host ports provide power to any connected USB device.
Available power in host mode is the full maximum of 500mA according to USB-specifications on the Neo FreeRunner, and no power is available in host mode on the Neo 1973. If your USB device respects USB-standards and consumes not more than 500mA, you may connect it directly to your Neo FreeRunner.
To provide power to USB devices attached to your Neo 1973, or to provide power to your Neo FreeRunner while USB-device connected, you can provide power by using a (modified [for powering FreeRunner]) powered USB hub (see below), or by manually injecting power into the attached USB device (and Neo FreeRunner) via one of the specialized_USB_cables.
Powered USB hubs known to work with the Neo
(please add any known to work)
Providing power to run and charge the Neo while in host mode
A slightly separate issue is power to run and charge the Neo (both types) itself. When the USB port is in device mode, the Neo FreeRunner/1973 can be powered and recharged via the USB port, but when in standard host mode, the Neo FreeRunner is set to provide power and does not charge. Fortunately, control of the direction of power (in or out) is independent of the personality of the USB port (host or device):
To recap, the direction of power can be controlled:
Set to 0 (default), no power is provided at the USB port, charging is enabled, and host 15K pulldowns are removed from D+ and D-:
echo "0" > /sys/devices/platform/neo1973-pm-host.0/hostmode
Set to 1, provides up to 500mA USB power at the USB port (FreeRunner only), disables charging from USB, and applies 15K pulldowns to USB D+ and D-:
echo "1" > /sys/devices/platform/neo1973-pm-host.0/hostmode
Next, power must somehow be injected. An unmodified powered USB hub only provides power to the connected devices, but not to the connected host, so the only solution here is to modify a USB-hub¹) or to create a custom cable which will inject power into the host. See specialized_USB_cables for some examples.
Finally, there is the question of charge rate. The charging logic in the Neo will only charge at 100mA by default. Charging at 500mA will take place only if the charging device responds appropriatly to USB negotiation to increase power consumption. Charging at 1000mA will only take place if the Neo detects the appropriate resistor on the ID pins.
You can manually set the charge rate. See Forcing_fast_charge_mode
¹) often it's sufficient to short a diode in USB-hub to feed power to the host-connector too.
Power Concerns
You'll need to force the Neo to go into fast charge mode, since it can't do its usual power negotiation over USB.
echo -n "fast_cccv" > /sys/devices/platform/s3c2410-i2c/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0008/chgmode
(Also this should be done by kernel when seeing 47K at ID-pin)


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Jul 12 2008, 06:20 AM
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Hi There. My name's Jim, I live in Japan. I'm new around, I was wondering if you all could help.
I'm looking for a PDA that allows for a good range of document-handling (editing, viewing of text, spreadsheets, etc.) and video. I need something with bilingual Japanese/English capability. Looking at the Zaurus specs, it seems perfect (and oh so pretty!). My question is, since the Z was discontinued, has there been an affordable replacement?
(I would love to get a nice tablet PC, but I don't have $1500 to spend on one.)
Failing that, is the Zaurus C1000 the thing I'm looking for? Like I said, I mostly need document handling (and a good Japanese dictionary is a plus), though audio/video capability are a plus. And, I think I saw someone mention emulators?
I know it doesn't have an onboard HD. Is that a problem?
I can get one here in Japan for about 34,000yen ($320 US); would you recommend it?
Jul 12 2008, 06:54 AM
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I have heard that Sharp/Cacko distros have great Japanese dictionaries, but haven't actually seen this for myself (I ditched them long ago).
Spreadsheets and documents are easy (under Debian you can even get OpenOffice, but it's insanely slow).
Audio is no problem (especially thanks to Quasar), video can be if you want to play them at 640x480 (you'll need to overclock for that). I have found that if you encode videos at 320x240 you get decent quality and it plays well (I just change the screen resolution to 320x240 while playing it to not have the actual scaling overhead, I believe Cacko can do that).
As for emulators, here's what I know of:
-PS1 (a little slow, maybe need to compile from source that won't build for me)
What I believe are available:
-Commodore 64
The onboard can be a big deal. If you stay with the Cacko/Shard distros, you're limited to 4 GB SD (NOT SDHC) cards. With other distros you can use larger. You can also use any size of CF card, but then you can't have wilreless at the same time.
In short, get one with an internal drive if you want lots of storage without worrying about getting a big SD[HC] card. Otherwise, the Cx000* and C1000 Zaurii are the same.
No, nothing has replaced the Z, especially not if you want the Japanese stuff.
And asking if you want a Zaurus here is not going to get you an unbiased answer...Everybody will likely say yes (myself included).
If you want more of a mini laptop (ie, X11), I believe Meanie had some details on how to make pdaXrom Japanese. You'll have to figure that out on your own, though, as I have no experience with it.
Hope that helps.
*C3000 doesn't have much flash memory, which makes some distributions not work on it, so that model is NOT the same, FWIW.
Jul 13 2008, 04:23 AM
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Thanks Cap'n.
I appreciate your comments. I knew I was asking a biased crowd here, but as the Zaurus has been down for over a year now, I was wondering if you all had any new machines. I guess not!
The more I look at this machine, the more excited I get.
I just have to convince my wife that I really neeeeed another shiny new gadget.
One last question--is there a kind of FAQ or guide to the different distros available, and their relative merits? I know there is all kinds of info here, but it's kind of scattered, and I was wondering if there was a centralized comparison/info resource.
Thanks again!
Jul 13 2008, 05:13 AM
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If you click on the OESF link at the top of the forums it will take you to our wiki. You should be able to get a rough idea of the various features of the roms/distros for the Z. Of course searching the forums should also help: but this is sometimes frustrating and always seems to take a lot of time.
Good luck!
This post has been edited by tux: Jul 13 2008, 05:13 AM
Jul 13 2008, 07:26 PM
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You can run zbedic and use my conversion of EDICT. So, if you want to try out this dictionary you can just go to WWWJDIC website and see for yourself without even buying a Zaurus.
Is Zaurus discontinued ? It may be difficult to find but I think if you look in the larger stores of BIC Camera or Yodobashi Camera you will be able to find it.
You can get a 3200 for Y40,000 so in terms of value I would say go for the 3200.
Jul 13 2008, 08:29 PM
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There was a relatively recent post on peoples' impressions of distros. Search for it (I just started using Dvorak, so this is taking forever to type).
Jul 14 2008, 12:40 AM
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Go for the C-3200, and while you are learning and choicing your main distro, the regular Sharp Rom is a great, and stable, starting point.
Jul 25 2008, 06:55 AM
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Hi, thanks again for all the replies. I'll look around at the info.
Koan--You ported WWWJDIC onto the zaurus? That's awesome! I use that all the time.
I'll look into C-3200 availability.
Thanks again!!!
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