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Last Dance: A Parent's Guide to Prom Night
High-pressure social situations, loaded expectations, and after-parties are just some of the issues teens and parents face on prom night.
Think back to your prom. It was probably held in the gym. You may have kissed a boy at the end of the night. Your parents stayed up until you got home and, most likely, you slept in your own bed. These days the night doesn't end with the final slow song. High-pressure social situations, loaded expectations, and raging after-parties are just some of the issues teens and parents face. Moms, this is not the prom you remember.
Oh, What a Night
Prom has always been the stuff of which teenage dreams are made. And while the excitement surrounding the occasion is nothing new, it's amped up like never before. Hundreds of phone calls and thousands of texts are exchanged in the months leading up to the event. Photos of gowns are posted on Facebook, and entire websites are devoted to finding the perfect dress or hairstyle.
To parents, the obsessive planning and grandiose expectations can seem over the top and out of control. But the emotional buildup is an inherent part of prom, one of our culture's few remaining rites of passage, says David Sabine, a clinical psychologist in Wichita Falls, Texas. "It's about teens moving from childhood to adulthood," he says. "They get to act like adults: dress up, ride in limos, and go to nice restaurants."
Kids may be counting down the hours to prom, but it's a bittersweet occasion for parents, seeing their children on the threshold of adulthood. "They share in the joy, but they also realize it won't be long before their kids will be leading their own lives," Sabine says. "Tensions rise because kids are trying to assert their independence while parents want to keep them safe by imposing rules." Suddenly everything becomes a conflict: budget, curfew, and post-prom plans.
Pushing the Limits
While there's been an overall decline in teen alcohol use in recent years, prom night can be a game changer, even for kids who wouldn't normally drink. Think of prom as a teen's version of a trip to Vegas—everyday rules don't apply—and some students consider alcohol a standard part of the end-of-year celebration.
In light of this, parents, schools, and police have been working together to keep kids sober and out of harm's way. Kids may be greeted at the event's entrance by Breathalyzers, security wands, and bag searches to deter alcohol or drug use or possession. Some schools institute lockdown policies that prohibit teens from leaving until the event is over to ensure constant supervision. Last year in upstate New York a school held its junior and senior proms on Wednesday night and Sunday night and required next-day attendance to keep kids from indulging.
But teens still find ways to party, whether it's "pre-gaming" by drinking alcohol beforehand or sneaking in bottles or flasks that go undetected during bag check. Even Breathalyzer tests aren't a guarantee that drinking won't occur as the night goes on. In 2009 a Boston-area senior crashed his car while driving home the morning after prom, killing a woman. The prom had Breathalyzers at the door, but the dance was followed by an overnight cruise. During the night the student managed to consume numerous beers, police said. And last year an intoxicated Ohio high school senior was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer at the dance.
Prom After-Parties
Surprisingly, many parents seem to think it's okay to let their teens run wild on prom night. They figure they'll soon be off to college anyhow—and may choose to look the other way when kids head to hotel rooms with booze-filled mini bars. It's also common for a group of teens to go to the beach or drive to the mountains and spend the weekend in a house rented by parents of one of the students.
And kids aren't the only ones to feel prom-time peer pressure. Parents may be coerced by other adults to allow their kids to have as much fun as possible, and no one wants to be the mom who's "ruining her kid's life."
Ultimately, it's up to you—even if your teen is 18. It's okay to forbid after-parties that make you feel uncomfortable, says Sabine—as long as you express the difficulty of the decision. Say, "I want you to have fun, but I'm concerned about a few risks. I need you to agree not to do X or Y in order to stay safe."
How to Prevent Prom-Night Drinking
Parents have the most impact when it comes to a teen's decision to use alcohol, so talk early and often about underage drinking prevention, says MADD National President Laura Dean-Mooney. Her tips can help ensure prom night stays memorable for the right reasons.
—Don't assume your kid is "too good" to drink. Even well-behaved teens can succumb to peer pressure.
—Do find a time when your teen is willing and able to talk and listen. He shouldn't be tired, hungry, or upset—or he won't be able to pay attention to what you are saying.
—Don't lecture. Avoid judgment statements like, "It's terrible for kids to get drunk" or "I would be so mad if you drank on prom night." This will make your teen defensive and put an end to the conversation.
—Do use open-ended questions like, "Do you know kids who drink?" Also ask about those who don't. Teens often have the wrong impression of how others behave; four out of five don't binge drink.
—Don't agree to host an after-party with alcohol in your home. It is against the law and most states will hold you liable for serving underage kids. Plus, it sets a bad precedent—your kid may think it's okay to drink another time because you permitted it on prom night.
—Do establish expectations, rules, and consequences regarding alcohol. Tell your kid you don't want him drinking and agree on what will happen if he does. Emphasize that you care about him and want him to have fun in a safe way.
—Don't assume you know where your teen is going to be. Ask him to text you a few times.
—Do make sure your teen understands you'll pick her up if need be. If she calls to say she has been drinking, get her and leave the consequences for the next morning.
—Don't think taking the car keys eliminates risk. Being in a limo or party bus doesn't remove all danger. Drinking on prom night has been linked to sexual assault, drowning, and falling from balconies.
April 21 marks the first day of MADD's new annual PowerTalk 21, an initiative for parents to start talking to their teens about the dangers of underage drinking. Get tips and download the free parent handbook "Power of Parents, It's Your Influence" at madd.org/powerofparents.
How to Prevent Prom-Night Hook-Ups
The mythologized romance of prom has tempted teens to lose their virginity as a way of making the night that much more special. Set the record straight with your kid: While it may seem like everyone is doing it, only 46 percent of high school students say they have had sex. Many kids choose to attend prom in groups, which may lead to less one-on-one time and the pressure that goes with it. Still, the risk exists that your teen may be sexually active that night. Here's how to deglamorize the situation, according to Paula Hillard, MD, chief of the division of gynecologic specialties at Stanford School of Medicine in California.
—Don't limit your discussion to one big talk about prom-night sex. Have countless ongoing discussions about your values and beliefs.
—Speak honestly, show respect, and listen to your kid's views.
—It's not always realistic just to tell your teen not to have sex. Instead, encourage her to think carefully about the repercussions of her actions and decisions. Talk with your teen about being physically and mentally prepared for sex and any potential consequences, like STDs and pregnancy. Discuss methods of protection and how she can get them.
—Ask questions like, "What do you think would happen if you were to get pregnant?" or "How would you feel if the person you had sex with didn't call you the next day?"
—Know who your kid spends time with to get a better sense of whether his friends are risk-takers.
—If you allow your teen to attend a post-prom party, call the host's parents to find out who will be supervising. Ask the parents if they will be there the entire night and how they plan to prevent teens' access to alcohol or drugs.
Originally published in the April 17, 2011, issue of Family Circle magazine.


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I am writing a program that asks you if you would like to save or load passwords to a file, then it runs the specific routine. Here is the code:
import java.util.Scanner; import java.io.*; public class Passwords { public static void main(String[] arg) throws IOException { String[] passwords = new String[10]; int place; String pass; String sl; //the variable that figures out whether you're going to save or load passwords Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Would you like to save or load passwords?"); sl = scan.nextLine(); switch (sl.toLowerCase()) { case "save": save(passwords); } case "load": load(passwords); } static void save (String[] passwords) throws IOException { passwords = new String[10]; int place = 0; String pass; Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); while (place<10) { System.out.print("?"); pass = scan.nextLine(); passwords[place] = pass; place++; if (pass == null) { break; } } FileWriter saveFile = new FileWriter("passwords.txt"); place = 0; while (place<10) { saveFile.write(passwords[place] + "\n"); place++; } saveFile.close(); } static void load(String[] passwords) throws IOException { int place = 0; BufferedReader saveFile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("passwords.txt")); System.out.print("Your passwords are: "); while (place<10) { passwords[place] = saveFile.readLine(); System.out.print(passwords[place]); place++; } } }
My problem is that in the main() routine of the program, in the switch, at the load routine, it has both "load" and load(passwords) are underlined. It tells me that I cannot convert fron string to boolean, and that the expression must return a value. It is obvious that all of the routines are void, so I am not sure what to do.


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- Maurice Hamilton's blog
F1 launches on the grand scaleMaurice Hamilton January 27, 2014
I watched the launch of the McLaren and Lotus F1 cars from my office. No, let me rephrase that; I had no option but to watch the launch of the McLaren and Lotus F1 cars from my office.
Welcome to 'Let's Go Racing on the Social Media', a means of communication that saves a team loads of money and does away with the need to have nosey journalists hanging about and asking awkward questions.
These are indeed difficult times when the absence of potential sponsors is as high on a team's agenda as the loss of exhaust-generated downforce, the only similarity being that, in some hard-pressed cases, both issues are driven by hot air.
Meanwhile, the launches taking place this week with visible human presence in the Jerez pit lane will be a bit like the laboured pre-match scenes on the pitch before a rugby international. You know, the boys dancing awkwardly from foot to foot before being forced to listen to a national anthem they can barely understand and then shake hands with blokes they can't wait to knock six bells out of.
'Okay you lot, here's the new car, now p*** off because we've got to go testing.' I exaggerate - but not by much. Whatever way you look at it, the grand launch of an F1 car is a thing of the past. And when I say 'grand', I can assure you that is not an exaggeration.
The man who set the standard was David Thieme. With his goatee beard, black fedora, air of mystery and significant apparent wealth, the owner of the Essex Overseas Petroleum Corporation made full use of his association with Team Lotus. Thieme generated his money along the lines of buying and selling tanker loads of fuel when at sea and not actually having to touch the stuff when on dry land. Whatever it was that Thieme did, it appealed to Colin Chapman's hustling nature as he happily sprayed his cars in Essex colours and handed over the title sponsorship for, one imagined, more than a year's free fuel for his personal Lotus Turbo Esprit.
To be honest, the expected journalistic urge to investigate Mr. Thieme was diverted with remarkable and shameful ease when he threw launch parties that had to be seen to be believed. The first occurred in Paris in December 1979. An overnight stay in a posh hotel became small beer when we reached Paradis Latin, an upmarket night club that seemed to be decked from floor to ceiling in rich red velvet and frequented by strange people.
I say 'strange people' because they were nothing like the catering staff serving coffee and biscuits at our previous car launch. I mean, the Heathrow Post House conference room did not specialise in curious creatures scantily clad in fancy dress and whispering what seemed like charming obscenities in French while dispensing more champagne than you could shake a pen and notebook at.
Writing things down became totally irrelevant as the night wore on and we stabbed cheerfully at Filet de Charolais we could barely see and dribbled Beycheville 1973 down our shirtfronts while trying to watch stunning mannequins perform on stage. At no point could we see the racing car that was supposed to be the reason behind this extravaganza.
The Lotus 81 was eventually revealed, bottom first (appropriate, given some of the antics in the preceding floor show), when it was lowered from the ceiling. And waving from the cockpit - a touch nervously, it has to be said - sat Mario Andretti as the car made its stuttering progress towards the floor, accompanied by loud music and then, would you believe, the French National Anthem. The subsequent interview was a waste of time because we couldn't hear it and, even if we could, no one was in a fit state to write anything down. The hangover scale the following morning indicated that this had been a very grand launch indeed.
The following year, Thieme pushed the boat out even further when he hired no less than the Royal Albert Hall and engaged Shirley Bassey as the headline act. Just about anyone you have ever heard of in F1 was present and Roger Vergé, probably the first-ever Team Chef, managed to feed the entire ensemble with a very respectable three-course meal. Word had it that Thieme had chartered a Boeing 747 freighter to fly in enough bougainvillea to decorate the entire establishment and give the 'Riviera theme' that his chef had required.
Since most of us were driving home, the event did not register significantly on the hangover scale. But, interestingly enough, the declining fortune of each Lotus F1 car was in direct proportion to the elaborate detail and scale of the preceding launch. Mr. Thieme found it difficult to continue when he was arrested at the request of a major Swiss bank and released on bail a fortnight later. The Essex symbols on the Lotus disappeared just as quietly.
Now there's none of that intrigue. A quick reveal, a link to a press kit, and there's your launch. Not a sniff of bougainvillea. And not a single headache. More's the pity.
Launching F1 cars the Irish way
Maurice Hamilton writes for ESPN F1.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University's offense had struggled for three straight weeks. On an idyllic fall afternoon in front of their home fans, the slumbering Tigers came alive in a 41-17 victory over the University of Chicago.
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In between, Dehnke added touchdown runs of two yards in the second quarter and 11 yards early in the fourth period. He finished with 128 yards on 21 carries, while Florence contributed 70 yards on 10 totes and junior JaVanh Sanders (Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial) contributed 36 yards on seven carries.
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Defensively, Wittenberg was paced by junior linebacker Spencer Leno (Massillon, Ohio/Massillon) with 13 tackles, while senior cornerback Jamaal Everett (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) and junior safety Mark Swope (Fairborn, Ohio/Fairborn) added 10 stops apiece. Everett also was credited with two pass break-ups.
Tiger Offense Awakens In 41-17 Victory Over Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University's offense had struggled for three straight weeks. On an idyllic fall afternoon in front of their home fans, the slumbering Tigers came alive in a 41-17 victory over the University of Chicago.


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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger expressed some displeasure with the offensive play calling after Sunday's 27-24 loss to the Cowboys, creating fears of dysfunction on the offense as the team moves into a game it must win to make the playoffs this season.
Coach Mike Tomlin was asked about Roethlisberger's postgame comments during his Tuesday press conference and did his best to bury worries about a disconnect between his quarterback and offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Tomlin chalked up Roethlisberger's comments to frustration after a loss and said that everyone is still pulling in the same direction in Pittsburgh.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) Patrik Berglund scored on a penalty shot and goalie Jaroslav Halak bounced back from a poor game to lead the St. Louis Blues over the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Thursday night.
The Blues have won three of four this season, including a 4-3 shootout win in Nashville on Monday.
Vladimir Tarasenko and T.J. Oshie also scored for St. Louis, which has at least one point in 11 of its last 13 meetings with Central Division rival Nashville.
The Predators lost for the first time in regulation this season. They began the campaign with shootout losses to Columbus and St. Louis.
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NOTES: Nashville is on a seven-game road trip, tying a franchise record, that ends Feb. 5 in St. Louis. The Predators also played seven successive road games from Oct. 30 to Nov. 12, 2002. ... St. Louis D Wade Redden played his first NHL game since April 11, 2010. He was signed by the Blues on Jan. 18. ... Predators RW Patric Hornqvist has five goals and eight assists in 19 games against the Blues. ... St. Louis is a league-best 32-6-5 at home since the beginning of last season.


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Tell us about Google's strategy for enterprise IT
Google's enterprise strategy is really built around three pillars. There's the Cloud, and we've been in that business for several years bringing forward consumer-based Cloud products, but with features, controls, et cetera that businesses care about along with service level agreements and support and a partner ecosystem. There is mobility, which is an area that really works to the advantage of people who have requirements of devices... and the last is around social and bringing social and collaborative concepts into the enterprise.
So, it's Cloud, social and local. We increasingly live in a world where applications are Web-enabled so you can start to build a new platform for IT using the building blocks of the internet. It starts with core and simple capabilities like Gmail — a Gmail Cloud service is now more reliable, has more functionality and is cheaper [than] any enterprise can run by itself.
It is an example of a Cloud service at massive scale. However, we have other parts of the Google Docs suite where we are seeing very high adoption. The idea is if you're living in the Cloud you can collaborate on documents. Think of it as a replacement for Microsoft Office.
The functionality being delivered on an online platform is very fast. The analogy is Salesforce compared to Siebel — there was a time when Siebel functionality was so far ahead and then, because it was on-premise, with different version releases and really long development cycles, innovation is just not as fast. [In contrast], we have a release a week for some of these products.
What innovations will you be rolling out to your enterprise customers?
More products are coming in the geo-location space where businesses and governments can move their geospatial data into the Cloud.
We're essentially bringing all of Google's Cloud services — Google Apps, Google Earth and geo products, Google Commerce Search — to business.
Google's Cloud platform is starting to emerge as an option for companies and businesses and education institutions. It started out with Google App Engine, which is now our fourth largest Web property. We have 200,000 developers on it and, you know, examples like the Royal Wedding, which had a peak query usage of something like 200 million queries per second.
Who do you compete with in that space? Is it Amazon Web Services?
[Yes], to some extent. It's actually mostly proprietary stuff to be honest. People still want to buy servers and buy the licenses upfront and really they're doing themselves a disservice by not looking at new online platforms. We are in a similar category as Force.com with Salesforce, although they sort of appeal to a different audience. We appeal to when you're looking for scale and reliability — really big systems. Just don't buy any more databases and servers. I mean we're well past that now.
The trouble in Australia is once you move out of cities and regional hubs you are very limited in terms of connectivity. How do you see that within the Australian context?
A lot of our products aren't very bandwidth intensive, so Gmail, Docs work fine over a broadband connection. It doesn't need to be a T1 connection or, you know, and we've found some customers have actually seen the bandwidth usage go down by using the products. A large percentage of email that we get every day is spam and we capture that at source, so it doesn't come down the pipe to you. Most traditional on premise solutions capture it on premise, so 90 per cent of the bandwidth used is mail that you don't actually want. We've actually seen it the other way, which has been quite interesting.
CIOs are really trying to make their organisations more mobile. How does it fit with your strategy?
We've built mobility into the fabric of all our products. The whole idea of the Web platform is all the information is available. In terms of mobility, we have been really focused on manageability to try and take the devices that are proliferating and providing layers of security and manageability.
Part of that is included in the Google Apps Suite so you have some simple controls and password protection. Two-factor authentication is a core part of the Google Apps Suite. The latest release of Ice Cream Sandwich in Android has enterprise encryption, so you have a great platform now that is an encrypted device.
Android also has the ability to build apps; it's an open source system and the whole idea is that we want people to build a new generation of applications, mobile applications.
Imagine you're in an enterprise. You have all your data locked up in the backend, and you are trying to get it out and deliver it in a simple manner. You can obviously buy the apps from those vendors and that's a good thing. However, you want to connect the dots for people and you want to do so in the visual interface. The Android development platform allows you to build a new generation of apps which really enhances the productivity of your employees.
We will continue to make investments in mobility and in manageability. Our Cloud products are inherently mobile and that's our big advantage. Fundamentally, other platforms are designed for desktops and they're trying to extend, but we live in a post-PC world.
How do consumer platforms such as Google Plus fit into an enterprise strategy?
The whole idea of Google Plus is it's really a new platform for fine grain sharing, so it has the concept of Circles and where you can share within a group. Imagine doing that with a team; you have search built in, so it becomes a knowledge base. You can search for all the organisational history as people are talking to each other and find the experts that are out there based on their profile as well as based on what they're saying about things.
It's basically Facebook for enterprise, but with better features and more controls. Along with that, we have built into this platform a multi-bay video conferencing facility. It is video conferencing from any device at any time integrated with Google Apps with a calendar. You can share documents and webcast them in real time. You can watch training videos together and 'hang out'. We feel it's the next thing in broad enterprise productivity because I think most people say the time of individual silo-based process oriented efficiency has run its course. That was the PC era of individual productivity. The next set of innovation is coming from teams and so our products are built for teams.
So, do you see the Google Plus product as being an enterprise product rather than for individuals?
I think it's both. That is the beauty about all our products. And what's interesting is a lot of CIOs actually know that. They see it in their enterprises, but their last gen infrastructure, the PC-based infrastructure doesn't lend itself to these things.
So, we are providing that next generation architecture.
Talking of mobile, where do Chromebooks fit into this strategy?
If you live in a post-PC world you either live on the Web or you've virtualised your apps, either professionally through Citrix or VMware, et cetera. Really, why do you need a PC? It's expensive to manage and maintain and we think that over time the PC will be replaced by different kinds of things, smart phones, tablets and yes, Chromebooks. We've built a device that costs $US1 a day available on a monthly fee basis supported, provided directly from Google, which can dramatically change and it comes with a 3G plan and all that stuff, so it's highly mobile. You can take it anywhere and it's a first class experience. It's very fast. Boot up time is less than seven seconds, so you're always online.
When are we going to see that in Australia?
Good question. We're going through approvals. It's just a process.
How do they fit into a desktop virtualisation strategy?
A Chromebook comes with a Citrix receiver so it's perfect if you virtualise your desktop. You can run Web apps or you have a virtualised desktop for legacy apps that you may need occasionally.
Enterprise IT is not just about the products, it's about the services. How do you see that for Google?
I have a team of deployment folks, but the goal for us is to build this ecosystem, so we have eight to 10 qualified, certified product experts in the partner channel that comes in and implements the products and gives advice around change and so on.
We've also built a lot of tools over time that just can obviously take your old data and convert it into the new data.
Our clear strategy here is to continue to grow that ecosystem at a pace that can sustain them. And we are doing the same thing on the Cloud platform side — we are training them on delivering really great outcomes with our platform because that is a build option.
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Belgian police tracked down this speeder after he posted a video online of a 182mph joyride in a $257,000 Aston Martin. Thanks to the car's rarity, police easily identified his license plate from other Facebook videos. Now he faces losing his license and the car.
Those gleaming, proud numbers on the speedometer could cost him not just his license and $4,774 in fines, but also his car, valued at around $257,000. The police were able to identify the driver's license plate number by checking through other videos of the special edition Aston Martin V12 Vantage Carbon Black the speeder had posted on Facebook. It's as if the damning evidence was just being streamed straight from the passenger seat to police computers.
These days, it's not just public roads that are too small for supercars; the whole internet is getting too small for their speed. He might have enjoyed 15 anonymous minutes of fame and then faded away like any other viral street racer, were it not for his idiocy in posting other videos of himself online.


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- A new iPhone app aims to reduce collisions between endangered whales and ships
- The right whale is one of the most endangered large animals anywhere in the world
- The project is the result of a collaboration between 13 different organizations
A new iPhone app is making waves in the commercial shipping world by providing an early warning system that aims to reduce maritime collisions with endangered whales.
The Whale Alert App was launched at the start of April and produces up to the minute data regarding sightings of right whales near busy shipping lanes off the north east coast of America.
The program is a collaborative effort between 13 different organizations including the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Although there are only a handful of incidents between ships and the giant mammals each year, any collision that leads to a right whale fatality can have a major impact on the species status due to its severely depleted numbers.
"The right whale is one of the most endangered large animals on the planet, there are only between 350 to 550 of them left" says David Wiley of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
"If a ship strikes a reproductive female then the mortality impact could be very large in terms of what it means for the overall population," adds Wiley.
The Whale Alert App works by collating up to the minute reports from all the organizations involved in tracking or researching right whales in the United States.
This information is then used to pinpoint right whales straying within a five kilometer radius of major shipping lanes.
Ship captains with access to the free app via their iPhone or iPad can then reduce their speed, change course or increase their vigilance so as to avoid a potential collision.
"By increasing mariners ability to comply with regulations and protective measures, you increase protection for the right whales (as well as) decreasing the chance that mariners will be fined for violating (those) regulations," says Wiley
"NOAA has fined some ships up to $92,000 dollars for going too fast repeatedly in seasonal management (conservation) areas," he adds.
So far there has been 9,600 downloads of the Whale Alert App from iTunes and Wiley believes the idea could also be extended to reduce shipping collisions with whales in other areas of the world.
He cites the Mediterranean Sea strait where sperm whales frequently cross busy shipping lanes as well as off the coast of New Zealand where collisions with Bryde's whales are common.
"We've invented this on our own," says Wylie. "But we expect it to be extremely influential in terms of creating a model for a lot of other conservation efforts."


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Science & Technology Studies offers an interdisciplinary program of study focused on the critical role of science and technology, both past and present. Research in the field applies the methods and theories of the humanities, social sciences and cultural studies to the examination of technology and scientific knowledge and practice.
Science & Technology Studies is particularly well positioned to provide analytical, critical and historically informed insight to complex questions regarding science, health and engineering policy, intellectual property, expertise, ethics, and the public understanding of science. This field contributes to timely debates that bridge the academy and the world beyond it with a dexterity that is more difficult to achieve from within the traditional disciplines.
Our Students win scholarships!
Since the program began in 2009, 70 % of our PhD students have received external funding to support their studies from varied sources such as: SSHRC, OGS, Vanier, Trillium, Elia, Colciencias (Colombia), Tubitak (Turkey), NASA and Enbridge.
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01 November 2019 Congratulations to Peggy Chiappetta
Congratulations to Peggy for passing her PhD defence this week!
20 September 2019 Congratulations to Our Recent MA Graduates
Congratulations! And all the best for the future!
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This fund is for students presenting at a conference. This fund is not for students who are only attending conferences and it is not meant to be a primary source of funding for conferences.
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This fund is designed to help defray the costs involved in producing theses or major papers. Expenses covered under this fund include the costs of supplies, materials, and services expended on the project. Purchases of reusable/resaleable items such as computers, books, and journals will not be covered.
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This fund supports projects that help students develop skills in relation to their programme of study. It is intended for practical, skills-based training programs not offered at York.
The Professional Development Fund provides funding to members in all Units to support them in attending and presenting at conferences, and with other professional development expenses.
A total of $125,000 is allocated to this fund for purposes such as assisting new employees (priority to those within first two years of employment) develop professional competence and ability, to assist employees in upgrading professional qualifications, and to help cover some of the expenses associated with presenting at conferences (airfare, hotels and such). The PDF does not cover capital costs such as equipment, software, stationary, and books, but does cover conference funding, professional development such as fees for courses/programmes/workshops.


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I recently purchased an All American Pressure Canner Cooker and all I can say is what a fantastic piece of kitchen equipment it is. It's not my first pressure canner but it is certainly the best I have ever owned.
So I thought that it might be a nice idea to give you some ideas so that you can see how easy it is to home can and how it will save you money.
Canning is both a treasured American tradition and an excellent way to share your best homemade goodies with family and loved ones. Home canned vegetables are at least as good as store bought ones, and even better when you have grown them yourself or bought them fresh from a local farmer. Canned foods have a substantial advantage over frozen in that they require no expensive equipment to keep them—just a shelf in a cool, dark, dry place.
If you are a first-time canner you might feel frustrated while you're getting the hang of it, but after a little experience you'll find yourself doing it with confidence and skill. You will find few sights more pleasing than the rows of sauces, jams, vegetables, and other foodstuffs that you've produced!
Firstly – A Little History
Early in the Napoleonic Wars at the beginning of the 19th century, the French government offered a large cash prize to anyone who could invent an affordable way to preserve large amounts of food. In 1809, Nicolas Appert rose to the challenge after noticing that food cooking inside a properly sealed jar didn't spoil. As a professional confectioner and brewer, he devised a way to seal food inside glass jars with near-perfect consistency.
Home canning emerged as an industry with the Mason jar, patented in 1858. Ever since then it's been an American folkway to home can pickles, preserves, and other delicious foodstuffs for stocking pantries and sharing gardens with friends and neighbors.
Getting Started
Good planning is the secret to satisfying canning. Be prepared with all the utensils, ingredients, and information you'll need before starting. Begin with more than enough time, so you don't run the risk of cutting corners on processing times should any step go long.
Use the following equipment, making sure that everything is clean:
- Jars (Most processing times specify using pint or quart jars. Both are available with either a wide or regular mouth. Wide mouths are easier to fill, but cost slightly more than regular jars. Test all jars by running your finger around the lip. If there are any cracks or flaws, the jars are not up to canning standards and will not seal.)
- Two part jar lids—a screwband and a one-use lid (Screwbands can be stored in a dry place and used again next year. Don't reuse the domed lids, however, as the rubber inside is only good for one sealing.)
- An inexpensive jar lifter for removing hot jars from a pressure canner
- Hot pads
- Canning funnel
- Knives
- Cutting boards
- Kettle
- Colander
- For boiling water bath canning, a deep kettle with a lid and rack
- A teapot for adding hot water as necessary
- If pressure canning, a pressure canner and rack
Preparing Food and Jars for Canning
- Clean the food. If needed, cut it into uniform pieces. For raw-pack processing, set prepared food aside. For hot-pack processing, place food in a large saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Simmer 2 to 5 minutes.
- Sterilize clean jars by filling them with hot (not boiling) water and lowering them onto a rack in a water-filled pot. Make sure there's at least one inch of water above the rims. Bring water to a boil and keep it there for ten minutes. Keep jars consistently hot throughout the process.
- Remove a jar, empty it, and fill it immediately with food. If using raw-pack method, pack it tightly. If using the hot pack method, fill the warm jar loosely.
- Add very hot water, syrup, or juice, according to the recipe, until it covers the food. Allow proper headroom.
- Remove air bubbles by inserting a non-metallic utensil and firmly pressing the food.
- Carefully wipe the jar rim with a clean towel to allow for a good seal.
- Apply the lid and secure it with the screw-ring.
- Repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 until all jars are filled. Reserve water used to sterilize the jars for the canning process.
Boiling Water Bath Canning
A boiling water bath is the cheapest and easiest method of canning for preserving high-acid foods. These include all fruits, all pickles, and those vegetables to which vinegar has been added, raising the acidity to a sufficient level. Warning: DO NOT use boiling water bath canning for other vegetables—they absolutely must be pressure canned. That said, here's how to water bath can your high-acid foods:
- Lower your packed and prepared jars into simmering water with a jar lifter. The jars should stand on a rack placed at the bottom of the pot. Note that cold jars should be put into water that is warm but not yet hot; they will crack if exposed to a sudden change in temperature.
- Add enough water to cover the jars by 2 or 3 inches. Put on the pot lid, bring the water to a roiling boil, and then begin counting the processing time.
- When the recommended time is up, remove the pot from the heat and take out the jars with a lifter. Old jars should be treated with extra care, so leave them in the water until the boil has stopped. Be careful not to knock your jars together—they break easily when hot! Don't cover the cooling jars.
- Leave the jars to sit until they have cooled thoroughly, then test the seal. Do this by pressing hard on the center of each lid. If the lid does not move downward or give, your seal is complete. (Any unsealed goods can be refrigerated and eaten within a day or two.)
- Store the jars in a cool, dry, dark place for no more than a year.
Canning Safety
Never taste even a bit of canned food that you suspect may be spoiled. Examine jars carefully to detect signs of spoilage, which may include:
- Mold on the outside of the jar
- Food leakage
- Mold inside the lid
- Darkly discolored food
- Food that appears shriveled, spongy, slimy, or cloudy
- Liquid that seems to bubble
- An off odor
- Contents that shoot out of the jar when opened
If you think that any of your unopened food has spoiled, detoxify the food and the jars before disposing of them. Do this by placing the unopened jar in a pot of boiling water for 30 minutes. If the jar has been opened, empty the contents into a saucepan, thin them with water, and boil for 30 minutes. Boil the empty jar in water separately, then recycle—do not reuse!
Finally, remember to wash your hands thoroughly with hot, soapy water immediately after handling any spoiled food or contaminated item.
Additional Tips for Successful Canning
- Add butter to jelly, jam, and preserves to prevent foam from forming during the cooking process. If you leave the butter out, skim off the foam before ladling the cooked food into jars.
- Measure all the sugar into a bowl before beginning the recipe. Many canning recipes call for a large volume of sugar to be added when a mixture is already boiling; measuring ahead simplifies this step and prevents mistakes.
- Use a ruler to measure volume. Some recipes call for a mixture to be reduced by a certain amount. To ascertain this easily, insert a clean, wood ruler into the pan before cooking and measure how far up the mixture comes. Then cook as directed until it has reduced by the percentage specified. For example, if uncooked mixture measures 4 inches in pan and recipe says to reduce by half, cook it down to 2 inches.
- Do not double the recipes. If you want to make more, cook successive batches.
We suggest starting your home canning adventure with some basic fruit preserves—they're some of the easiest, least technical, and most popular canned goods. Your early success will inspire you to keep learning!
Strawberry Jam
- 5 cups crushed ripe strawberries
- 4 cups sugar
Place strawberries and sugar in a heavy saucepan and slowly bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, until thickened, about 15 minutes. Ladle into hot, sterilized jars and seal. Makes 3 ½ cups.
Options: Add ¼ cup of lemon juice or your favorite liqueur, 2 teaspoons lemon or orange zest, or ¼ cup minced mint or tarragon.
Apple Jelly
- 2 lemons
- 3 cups water
- 3 pounds cooking apples (about 12 medium)
- 6 cups sugar
Cut lemons in two and slice thinly, removing pits.
Soak in water overnight.
Cook over moderate heat until peel is tender, about ten minutes. Peel and core apples, then cut into thin slices.
Combine apples, sugar, and lemons with their liquid. Bring to a boil while stirring. Reduce heat and cook until thick, about thirty minutes.
Ladle into hot, sterilized jars and seal. Makes 4 16-ounce jars.
Grape Jelly
- 4 pounds grapes
- 7 cups sugar
- 3 ounces of liquid pectin
Sort, wash, and stem ripe grapes. Crush them in a pot or kettle, add ½ cup of water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about ten minutes. Turn into a damp jelly bag and drain well; do not squeeze.
Hold the juice overnight in a cool place, then strain through 2 thicknesses of damp cheesecloth to remove the crystals that form.
Measure four cups of juice into a large kettle, add the sugar and mix well.
Bring quickly to a full boil that cannot be stirred down. Add the pouch of pectin, bring again to a full rolling boil and boil hard for one minute.
Remove from heat, quickly skim off the foam, and pour the jelly into hot ½ pint jars, leaving ¼ inch of headroom. Cap with a screwband lid.
Process 5 minutes in a boiling water bath, then cool upright and naturally.
Orange Spice Marmalade
- 8 oranges
- 2 lemons
- Water as needed
- 9 cups sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
Cut lemons and oranges in half lengthwise, then into thin slices, removing pits as you go. Measure and add 1 ½ cups water for each cup of fruit. Soak overnight.
In the morning, bring fruit, spices, sugar, and water to a boil and cook for 20 minutes. Ladle marmalade into hot, sterilized jars and seal. Makes about 6 cups.
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Everyone has brief pauses in their breathing pattern, which are usually normal. Sometimes though, there are longer pauses in breathing known as apnea. In children, such pauses may cause oxygen levels in the body to decrease temporarily and sleep will be disrupted. Nemours diagnoses and treats several types of apnea in children.
There are several different types of apnea in children:
Obstructive sleep apnea: The most common type of apnea in children is caused by a blockage of the airway (for example, by enlarged tonsils and adenoids). This is most likely to happen during sleep as the throat muscles relax.
Central apnea: When the part of the brain that controls breathing doesn't start or maintain the breathing process properly. This is most common in very premature infants in whom the brain's respiratory center is immature.
Mixed apnea: A combination of central and obstructive sleep apnea in children is usually a sign of an immature breathing pattern. Mixed apnea may occur when a child is awake or asleep.
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- names and dosage of all medications, including over-the-counter medication, your child is currently taking
- guardianship and custody papers, if a legal guardian rather than a parent accompanies your child
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Note: A parent or legal guardian must be with a child for a first visit.
Resources for Patients & Families
- Insurance We Accept: See accepted insurance, listed by location.
- Pay Your Bill: Use online bill pay or send by mail.
- Financial Assistance: Get help with your child's health care expenses.
- MyNemours: Access your child's medical record online.
At the Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville, we operate a Sleep Center in partnership with Baptist Medical Center. Here our team of experts in respiratory care and sleep medicine use state-of-the-art tools and tests to help diagnose sleep apnea in children as well as a range of children's sleep-related problems.
How Apnea in Children is Diagnosed
Many cases of sleep apnea can be diagnosed based on your child's symptoms and physical findings. However, some cases will require a sleep study. A sleep study (also called polysomnography) is an overnight study done in our sleep center during which the quantity, quality, and breathing patterns of your child's sleep are measured.
How Apnea in Children is Treated
Treatment for sleep apnea in children depends on its cause. Medical conditions like nasal congestion and allergies may require medications. Overweight children may need to change their eating habits and become more active. Some kids, however, will require continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during sleep. This treatment uses a nasal and/or mouth mask and forced air to send air into the air passages and lungs. In some cases surgery may be necessary to remove large tonsils and adenoid tissue that make your child's breathing difficult.


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Bid now! Local stuff on eBay enriches residents
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello sold recently for $26 plus $4.50 shipping and handling.
A startling piece of information, but caretakers of Jefferson's home need not worry. In this case, what sold was just the headline and the story from a four-page newspaper reporting the 1831 sale of Monticello, an item of ephemera listed among hundreds of objects of historical and, every so often, questionable value posted every day on eBay, the phenomenally popular internet auction site.
Type in "Charlottesville" in the eBay search engine, and you'll find everything from Civil War artifacts and UVA memorabilia to vintage postcards depicting local landmarks like the Blue Ridge Sanatorium. And yes a plethora of Dave Matthews items that make the band's own merchandising arm, The Warehouse, appear puny by comparison.
Charlottesville's historic relevance and its more modern notoriety as home of DMB make the city a veritable treasure trove of collectible merchandise routinely marketed on eBay, but, somewhat surprisingly, emanating from everywhere but here.
Got to have that newspaper detailing the 1831 sale of Monticello? You'll have to buy it from a seller in Brick, New Jersey. The sanatorium postcard is closer Manassas but not home. Matthews, of course, rates his own category dwarfing the Charlottesville category with almost 2,000 recent listings versus 121 posted under the city's name where among the numerous listings of concert tickets, autographed guitars, and CDs, you can find such fun stuff as a DM Tarot Card, if you dig.
But if few locals are mining their own attic, so to speak, that doesn't mean Charlottesvillians are not represented among the millions of registered sellers on eBay.
With the economy in a slump and unemployment at a nine-year high, it's not unusual for businesses and individuals to seek alternative opportunities to generate profits, supplement their income, or even create new careers.
Jeff Prillaman and Jenny Mitchell are two locals who capture the essence of both ends of this spectrum in a retooled "New Economy" forged by eBay, perhaps the Internet's most successful e-commerce dot-com.
For more than 14 years, Prillaman, 39, has owned and operated Cavalier Cards, a sports card and memorabilia store located on Premier Circle; he has been active on eBay since 1998. Mitchell is a 26-year-old mother who turned a negative side effect of pregnancy swollen feet into a burgeoning at-home business selling for a handsome profit a closet full of shoes that no longer fit.
Both have joined the ranks of the millions of subscribers to the site, founded in 1995 by former computer applications developer Pierre Omidyar, that has grown from a weekend online bulletin board operated out of his apartment into a multi-billion dollar corporation that has turned thousands of collectors into self-employed e-commerce entrepreneurs.
"I do the eBay thing full time," says Mitchell, a former barista at Higher Grounds whose eBay shoe sales represented the perfect union of career and motherhood. Now, two years later, Mitchell and son scour thrift stores and yard sales together and market their vintage clothing finds such as 1980s Member's Only jackets that sell for as much as $200 each under her eBay site and a new website, frecklewonder.com. "A huge part of the immediate interest in the site is due to eBay," Mitchell says.
Prillaman, who has a degree in civil engineering from UVA and also teaches math at Albemarle High School, began collecting sports cards as a kid in the 1970s. He continued his passion while attending UVA, and opened his store in Fashion Square Mall in 1991 before moving to its current location three years ago.
When Prillaman signed on, eBay was simply an effective way to sell off "dead" inventory. "At first it was an inventory control tool," he says. "We were able to sell off 'dead' inventory and purchase items that sold well locally. But obviously it has progressed to much more."
Ebay is protective of its proprietary information, but Prillaman's research shows that Cavalier is now one of the top eBay sellers in the nation. Still, Prillaman, who leaves day-to-day operations to his business partner his father says that while eBay has been an important part of his company's growth, it's still just part of the business.
"We enjoy the store," he says, adding, "We enjoy seeing and talking to our customers."Read more on: ebay


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Don't get us wrong, we love lipsticks and lip glosses — you won't pry them out of our cold, dead hands because we plan to take them to the afterlife — but in hot, sticky weather, sometimes a girl likes a lighter finish on her lips.
That's why we're geeking out over the return of Clarins' Instant Smooth Crystal Lip Balm. Back for another summer season, the limited-edition quartet of balms features a clever construct: a pigmented core surrounded by a translucent jelly-like balm. Wear them slightly sheer or layer them for more intensity — they'll add plenty of life to this season's summer beauty looks. Oh, and if you're interested? These are definitely in the run-don't-walk category, as they're already selling out.
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All the walking in the world won't do you any good if you're tweaking your knee, jostling your spine, or overtaxing tight muscles. Jonathan FitzGordon, a New York City yoga instructor for seven years, created the Core Walking program to help his students practice posture and alignment outside of yoga class. His approach aims to reduce wear and tear on the bones, joints, and ligaments and help the body rediscover its inherent alignment. "If you learn to walk optimally," he says, "you'll create ease in your body with every step you take." Here, FitzGordon identifies four alignment remedies for common problems.
1. Lift Your Crown
Problem: A jutting head or chin can throw your neck and spine out of alignment, which can cause strain.
Solution: Lengthen the spine and the back of your neck to bring your shoulders to the proper position; allow your spine to unfurl.
Benefit: Helps your body find its natural alignment.
2. Engage the Core
Problem: A weak core, which puts excess pressure on the disks between your vertebrae, causes compression in the spine that can result in disk degeneration over time.
Solution: Gently draw your navel in toward your spine to strengthen and stabilize your core muscles.
Benefit: Toned abdominals reduce pressure on your disks, safeguarding against back injury.
3. Stop Clenching
Problem: Overactive glutes work overtime -- even when they don't need to. "It's often an unconscious attempt to stabilize the body," FitzGordon says. Clenched buttocks push the thigh bones forward, constricting the hips and lower back.
Solution: Release the glutes as you walk. Let your hips drift back slightly, so they can sway.
Benefit: Reduced lower-back strain and reduced tension. Plus, you allow your abs to engage and stabilize the body (rather than rely on your glutes to do the work).
4. Shorten Your Stride
Problem: Overstriding, which causes your leg muscles to work too hard, forces the knee into hyperextension, which can degrade the joint over time.
Solution: Take smaller steps. "Walking should feel like gliding, not dragging," FitzGordon says.
Benefit: Better alignment in the pelvis, spine, and rib cage; protects your knees; lets your skeleton support your body more efficiently. Focus your energy forward and keep hips, knees, and ankles in line by taking narrow, straight steps.
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How Sweden's risky Twitter experiment paid dividends
Not every brand hands over its tweeting responsibilities to citizen bloggers. Most would panic when controversy boiled over. But @Sweden likes the results.
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The social media stewards at most organizations clutch the keys to their Twitter feeds so tightly, you could never pry them loose.
But in Sweden, an entire nation—or, at least, two organizations that promote the country abroad—offers a series of ordinary citizens the chance to staff its @Sweden Twitter account.
With citizen "curators" tweeting about masturbation and picking fights with WikiLeaks, the project has stirred up all the controversy you'd expect. (And, yes. Hitler did come up. We'll get to that.)
What emerged was a Twitter feed as complex as a nation and, with it, a public relations boon, says Patrick Kampmann, one of the co-founders of the agency Volontaire, which heads the project. The project generated a measured PR value of over $40 million, bringing Sweden to the attention of millions around the world.
Though it has spurred imitators all over the globe, @Sweden's publicity isn't the kind every organization covets. Still, when The New York Times covers you on page one and Stephen Colbert begs you to let him take over your Twitter feed for a week, you know you've gone big time.
@Sweden's project may seem like an experiment in brand anarchy, especially after Forbes accused it of turning its account over to a troll (see Hitler, below). But Volontaire's Kampmann says one thing that "we believe fundamentally is that brands should let go."
Volontaire's clients were VisitSweden, which promotes tourism, and the Swedish Institute, a public agency that pushes interest and confidence in Sweden around the world.
How do you control it?
If you ask how to control it, you probably don't get the concept. In a film clip played by Kampmann, Maria Ziv, marketing director for VisitSweden, brushes aside a reporter's question about control.
"We don't want to control it," she says. "I mean, I think the whole point with this project is that we want it to be open. We want the curators that we have to be free to speak their mind and to talk about Sweden from their perspective."
One of @Sweden's greatest controversies so far came from a guest tweeter named Sonja Abrahamsson ("27-year old womanlike human being from northern Sweden"), who tweeted, "Before WW2 Hitler was one of the most beautiful names in the whole wide world. I know. Its as chocking as dolphin rapists." (N.B.: Typos are in the original.)
She also found time to ruminate: "What's the fuzz with jews. You can't even see if a person is a jew, unless you see their penises, and even if you do, you can't be sure!?"
New York's Daily News reported "@Sweden Twitter account provokes outrage with 'Jew' rant." Some labeled @Sweden's project as one of the worst PR blunders of last year.
Others take a different view
The New Yorker, however, stated that "the angry commenters who took issue with Abrahamsson's tweets failed to closely examine their content; though ignorant and sometimes distasteful, they by and large reflected curiosity and open-mindedness rather than bigotry." A similar point was made by Abraham H. Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League.
The unusual approach was clear from the first tweet. The organizers wanted to make sure that everybody knew that the account was uncensored. The first guest left no question about that, Kampmann says.
The tweeter, channeling two wild and crazy guys from Czechoslovakia, wrote, "Listen up, folks! I'm @kwasbeb, a regular swedish dude, and I'm taking over this goddamned account for a week! Expect bad sex and slapstick."
You guessed it: He's the one who confessed what activities keep lonely Swedes busy on long winter nights. (Gizmodo screamed, " Sweden Gives Full Control of Official Twitter Account to Candid Masturbator. ") He also didn't hesitate to criticize establishments by name, tweeting, "if you ever come to Stockholm, do not- I repeat do not – visit that worthless Ice Bar."
"He gave tips on what to do and what not to do in Stockholm, so basically down-selling some of the attractions," Kampmann says.
Bashing the government and WikiLeaks
Other participants included an organic sheep farmer who tweeted photos of his fuzzy beasts. @Sweden drew fire when it recruited a popular hockey blogger who had gotten himself in trouble three years earlier with comments about gays. (He apologized, and @Sweden considered him forgiven.)
If anyone was hoping for a quieter week when a female priest took the helm, they were disappointed in largely secular Sweden.
"A lot of atheists in Sweden thought that was ridiculous," Kampmann says, "but she basically gave us a glimpse of her life as a priest."
One tweeter took a baseball bat (or maybe a Viking mace) to the government for, in his view, insufficiently supporting two Swedish journalists who were arrested in Ethiopia.
From the @Sweden account he wrote, "I'm shocked and appalled by the verdict against#ethiopiaswedes," adding in a follow-up, "But I'm even more appalled, and outright saddened by the actions – or non-actions – by our foreign minister @carlbildt through this ordeal."
Again, media took note.
Controversy is fine if it's your brand's cup of tea. But do you really want to pick a fight with an organization known for airing the world's darkest secrets?
Yet that's just what one @Sweden participant did, tweeting on his last night: "So, any final questions, insults or anything else you'd like to add? (Will block anyone mentioning [WikiLeaks activist Julian] Assange)."
The leaker organization quickly reacted, Kampmann says. @WikiLeaks retorted, "We have discovered some very interesting information about @Sweden," following up with the news that the guest tweeter had a background, some years back, in military PR.
No! Swedes gleefully took to using an #swedenfacts hashtag to ridicule WikiLeaks. They offered further examples of "very interesting information" about Sweden: "It's not the same as Switzerland," "The most popular dog name is 'Hundjävel,'" and "We killed Descartes."(The French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes died of an illness in Stockholm in 1650.)
Despite the serial ruckuses, the @Sweden experiment has been widely imitated. For those eager to dip a toe into shark-filled waters, it helps to plan. @Sweden picks guests who aren't celebrities and who will enrich the discussion, Kampmann says.
Guidelines? Are you kidding? Of course there are guidelines. Two of them:
- @sweden must be tolerant
- @sweden must be multifaceted
The rewards can be great. Among manifold media mentions, between June 18 and July 1 last year, "The Colbert Report" aired three segments on @Sweden, totaling 15 minutes. Colbert even started an online campaign, Operation Artificial Swedener, demanding to become a guest tweeter on @sweden.
Then again, don't use citizen participants if you can't take jokes that run down your brand—such as this one from Colbert: "Soon, Sweden will crumble under our onslaught like an Ikea bookshelf under a book."
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The best part of living in a college neighborhood is that our liquor store always has the latest in cutting-edge flavored booze technology.
My corner liquor store sells canisters of alcoholic whipped cream by the cash register. In any other year I would have mocked it for a minute and then forgotten it forever, but in this winter of my outdoor ambition, it seemed worth investigating.
I have always lived in the Northeast and probably always will, which makes no damn sense because since earliest childhood I have hated winter. My disinclination to feel my snot freeze while waiting for the school bus was compounded by my Oklahoman father's disdain for all winter games. I was the only sports-mad middle-class white kid in Massachusetts who never learned to ski, skate, or shoot things while skiing and skating. So I spent four months a year trying to tactically misbehave in such a manner as to land in one of those horrifying boot camp schools that 60 Minutes and my parents always held up as the world's least effective threat.
My research assistant, however, comes from a snow-loving people, and in one of the tiny compromises I take way too much pride in, I willed myself to buy her snowshoes for Christmas. I know what you're thinking: "What an unscientific thing to give your research assistant! And snowshoes come in the same size box as microscopes! The poor dear must have been so disappointed!" But we whiled away several pleasant hours in the snow last week and she swears she loved it, so there.
The best part of any winter sport, obviously, is drinking spiked hot things immediately afterward. And the best part of living in a college neighborhood is that our liquor store always has the latest in cutting-edge flavored booze technology. This means I have access to the Western Hemisphere's most comprehensive selection of alcoholic whipped cream with which to fortify my post-snowprandial hot chocolate. I bypassed cherry and chocolate offerings in favor of a $12 can of 30-proof Cream-brand vanilla.
It shot out of the can with the strident elegance of regular whipped cream and held its form for several minutes on a flat surface; I applaud the aerosol food industry for maintaining structural integrity despite the addition of "15 percent grain neutral spirits," but it was all downhill from there. It smelled a little funky and tasted awful. I'm not sure if the harsh tang was caused by poorly balanced, low-grade alcohol or if the fake vanilla flavoring was to blame. The defects were less noticeable when taken with rummed-up hot chocolate, but it's not worth the slight ABV bump. Your après-snow reward will be far better served by Reddi-wip and an extra glug of real liquor.
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And if you are a pro, these guidelines are essentials for your livelihood.
Whether you have been editing for years or are a newbie, the following tips can improve your skills.
1. Always double-space your documents. It makes reading and proofreading easier because you can write above and below the sentences.
2. Never rely on screen reading and software-assisted grammar checkers to proofread or copyedit your documents. Remember that grammar and spell checkers don't catch homophones (words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings: e.g., hear and here) or words with letters that typists frequently transpose, such as form and from.
For error-free results use electronic tools and print a hard copy of your document—no matter how many pages. To save money, recycle your printer paper by turning over the sheets and reusing them for subsequent revisions. Don't scrimp by skipping this step.
3. Get some rest. Unless you are a teacher or professional accustomed to grading or proofreading, chances are you'll work best after a good night's rest or when you've given your eyes and mind a break from the document. In a perfect world this respite can last a day to several weeks. The author's eyes and mind often fill in words that are not on the page because of familiarity with the work. You know what you're saying, but it's easy to miss obvious breaks in logic or continuity unless you take a rest. Sometimes logic breaks are illuminated during the proofreading phase as you encounter an awkward phrase or clumsy usage.
4. Use a red pen or one that isn't close in color to the text for marking up errors. Changes should be clearly written and easy to understand. Professional proofreader's marks can be found online, or you can simply circle the error and write the correction next to it or above it.
5. Read aloud as you follow along with a red pen. Or do a separate reading out loud after you read silently with the pen. Say each word slowly and carefully, and be sure to read the punctuation marks, too. Although reading aloud may seem tedious, it's a great way to catch mistakes and missing words that the eye glosses over. It also gives you the opportunity to reconsider poor or lumbering word choices. If you're an author, it's great practice for when you'll be reading in front of audiences.
6. Be sure to check and double-check proper nouns for capitalization and spelling. Keep a list of proper names, places and dates that you've already fact-checked so you don't have to repeat this process each time you proofread.
7. Take a break between steps.
8. Total any numbers, equations or calculations to make sure they work. Make sure graphics are correctly oriented and that captions match the images they tag.
9. Never take spelling for granted. Check with at least two dictionary sources in print or online for the correct spelling and correct part of speech. There are many websites with tips on the proper usage of verbs like lay and lie. When in doubt, an easy cheat is to check The New York Times and one other daily newspaper or magazine. Pay special attention to foreign words and the correct use of hyphenation.
10. Beware of mixing up possessives and contractions. Even if you know the difference between it's (the contraction) and its (possessive), your fingers may not. Using the "Find" function of your word processor and run a search just for apostrophe marks to help locate and catch errors.
11. Besides punctuation mistakes, take time to review for consistent use of verb tenses, variety in verb choices, and use of the active voice by removing verbs with the -ing ending. An easy trick for ferreting out -ing verbs is the "Find" feature with just the letters "ing" typed in the search field. Many writers advocate the "Find" feature to mitigate the use of -ly adverbs, as well as to tamp down pet words and phrases.
12. In addition to the document text, be sure to proofread all headers, footers, footnotes and other annotations for spelling and style format errors.
13. Once you've fixed an error, overwrite the area on the hard copy with a highlighter to indicate it's complete. Or come up with your own method for indicating that you've fixed the error.
14. Longer works such as novels have special considerations when proofreading or copyediting, as you'll need to perform multiple selective read-throughs and outlines. Very often authors and book editors will keep separate document files containing crucial and accurate information such as the characters' proper names, dates, timelines and supporting research to avoid making mistakes in continuity and logic.
15. Take a break between steps.
16. Have one last glance to make sure all your end punctuation is included, questions end with a question mark, and pieces of dialogue begin and end with quotation marks.
Tricks and cautions for computer screen reading and format conversions
The remaining functions and techniques will help improve your chances of producing an error-free document. Run your spelling checker and grammar checker, and then check the checkers.
17. When proofreading by screen reading you'll want to turn on the show/hide feature which is indicated in the toolbar by a paragraph mark. This tool will highlight extra spaces between words and paragraphs that need to be removed or made consistent. Most documents use only one space after periods.
18. Many publishers and educators require that the author follow specific stylebook guidelines that vary depending on whether the writing is commercial or academic. Be sure to follow those guidelines, or you risk rejection.
19. If your document will be converted from Microsoft Word to another publishing platform (such as e-books) you should proofread it again before it's published. Always ask to reread it after someone else modifies the work for reproduction to another platform if you can.
20. And finally… We know you love your mom, wife, husband or boyfriend, but don't trust any of them to correct your documents.
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This excerpt is from Distance Cycling by John Hughes and Dan Kehlenbach.
It's show time! All your hard work in training and preparation is done. Now relax, take it all in, and have fun. For a successful ride pay attention to these key things:
Pace yourself. When the gun goes off, some riders go out fast. Unless you're going for a personal best, avoid getting caught up with them. Choose your groups wisely and pace yourself. In the excitement of the start, you may go faster than you should, so take it easy for the first 30 minutes. Remember that the group riding your pace is often behind you! If you are using a heart rate monitor, keep in mind that your heart rate may be elevated compared with what you experience on training rides, so you may be better off using perceived exertion as a guide. With a power meter current wattage fluctuates a lot. Try to keep it in the same range as you do during your long training rides.
Check your cue sheet. Put one copy of the cue sheet in a map holder on your handlebar, carry it in your jersey pocket, or tuck it up one leg of your shorts for quick reference. Stow the other copy in another location. Some organizers paint arrows on the pavement to show the turns, but if other rides have been routed through the same area, determining which arrows to follow can be difficult. Don't assume that other riders are following the course correctly; double-check each turn yourself.
Ride with a group. Riding with a group increases the fun; however, pay attention to your ride even during a fun conversation. Even if you aren't the first rider, look down the road for potential problems and point them out to your group. Ride smoothly in a straight line and signal or call out before you move or change speed. Don't overlap front and rear wheels.
Ride in a pace line. If it's windy or the pace is above 15 miles per hour (24 km/h), you can save a lot of energy by riding in an organized pace line. Remember the protocol: Ride at a pace everyone can sustain, take short pulls, look carefully for traffic before you drop to the back, drop to the traffic side of the line if a crosswind isn't blowing, and drop to the windward side if it is. Be cautious when riding in a pace line with unfamiliar riders who may not know the protocol.
Eat and drink. The first hour goes by quickly. Start eating in the first hour. Depending on your body size we recommend consuming a mix of carbohydrate totaling 60 to 90 grams, or 240 to 360 calories, plus a little protein and fat, during each hour of riding and drinking to satisfy your thirst. Nibbling on a variety of carbohydrate during each hour will work better than eating one thing on the hour. Use your experience from the weekly long rides to guide you;what worked on them will work on the century. If you might forget to eat or drink, set your watch to remind you.
Take advantage of rest stops. Rolling into an aid station during your ride feels great. Take advantage of what they offer but use them wisely. View them not as places to rest but as resupply stations. If you have tight muscles, stretches using your bike will loosen you up (see figures 7.2 through 7.4).
When you arrive at a rest stop, park your bike carefully to avoid thorns and other potentially hazardous debris. Before leaving do a quick bike check: Are your tires hard? Are they clean? Are your brakes working?
Enjoy the company of others but avoid lingering so long that you get stiff. Use the restroom, fill your bottles and pockets, and get back on the road. Before you leave, thank the volunteers because without them rides like this could not exist. When reentering the road watch for cars and other bikes and ease back into your pace as you did at the start.
Mentally manage the ride. During your century, problems may occur. Don't panic—almost anything can be solved. Take a deep breath, relax, and diagnose the problem. Is the problem with the bike? Riding with a soft tire or a rubbing brake can be a drag—literally. Are you getting repeated flats? Make sure that nothing is embedded in the tire or protruding from the rim strip. If you are down mentally, have you forgotten to eat or drink? If your legs are tired, did you go out too hard? Mentally review your three basic scenarios. If you have forgotten to eat, don't try to make up the calories immediately because doing so may give you digestive problems. Instead, just get back on schedule. If you have gone out too fast and your legs are trashed, slow down for a while, regroup, and adjust your expectations. Your energy level and emotions will fluctuate during the ride. You may find that after slowing down for a while your energy will return. Above all, whatever happens, remember that this is your ride. You still can have fun and finish.
Enjoy the experience. Whether this is your first or hundredth century, enjoy it. Get your head away from your electronics and look around you. Discover the beautiful scenery right in front of you. Chat with other riders who come and go. You may find new riding partners who become lifelong friends. Carry a small camera in your seat pack or jersey pocket, take lots of photos, and offer to share them with others. By relaxing and putting the fun factor ahead of your performance, you'll have fond memories for years to come.
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