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FutureBy CIOinsight
The All-Mobile Workplace Will Change EverythingEventually
Wireless capabilities have improved, but we're still a long way from the truly mobile enterprise.
Someday, we'll all be connected to a high-speed, ubiquitous wireless mobile network 24 hours a day, and it will change they way we work, the way we play, and the way we interact with everyone. This seamless, wireless fabric will connect every short- and long-range technologyBluetooth, WiFi, WLAN, WiMax, 3G, satellite and just about any other wireless mobile technology that comes alongand will automatically switch you from one to another depending on where you are and what connections are available. As you leave the office at the end of the day, your handheld or laptop will automatically leap from your company's wireless LAN to your cell phone provider's 3G network; when you arrive home, it will seamlessly connect to your home WiFi network.
Think about what this could mean for your business. The significant reduction of downtime, for starters. You could collaborate with fellow engineers as you revise the latest CAD drawings of your company's forthcoming product linewhile you're waiting to see your dentist. Or edit your firm's newest television commercial while you're sitting on the subway. Or be able to instantly change the price of your top-selling product to meet demand as you wait for your plane to board. The goal of mobility: Work never has to stop, employees are never idle, and productivity can be maximized.
Now imagine how such a network could transform your everyday life. You could record a lengthy digital video of your daughter's birthday party from your handheld and send it instantly to her grandmother, who lives 3,000 miles away. On a weekend road trip, your kids could access feature-length movies over the Internet to keep them occupiedand quietin the backseat. You could download roadmaps, check real-time traffic and even make online purchasesall from your handheld or laptop, whether you're on a bus or a train, strolling down Main Street, or camping in the woods.
Unfortunately, we are still many years away from such a world. Despite the increasing demand for mobile technologywhich, in the past three months, has led just about every wireless telecom carrier to announce plans for upgraded cellular services by the end of this yearthe realization of a true, mobile broadband network that operates as reliably as traditional broadband still eludes us, and probably will for some time. We've gotten better at portable mobilitythe ability to take your laptop to the airport, to a conference, or to Starbucks and connect it to a WiFi network, for example. WiFi has given people a taste for wireless broadband, but it's a short-range technology meant for stationary workers confined to a physical area of only a few hundred feet. Once you leave that hotspot, you're no longer connectedand that doesn't qualify as truly mobile.
There's no doubt that companies want greater mobility. IDC predicts that the number of untethered workers connecting to internal systems through mobile laptops and handheld devices will increase from 650 million, in 2004, to more than 850 million, in 2009a quarter of the global workforce. Gartner estimates that by 2010 there will be three billion subscribers to mobile services worldwide. And according to an August CIO Insight research report, 60 percent of companies that currently support mobile technology plan to increase their spending on mobility within the next 12 months. But the questions remain: How will companies wring the most value out of ubiquitous wireless broadband, whatever form it ultimately takes? And how will a truly wireless mobile broadband network change the way they do business?
3G is farthest along in market share, but WiMax isn't far behind.
When it comes to long-range, high-speed wireless broadband, there are really only two technologies currently worth noting3G and WiMax. (Other technologies, including Bluetooth and WiFi, have their uses, but simply don't have the range to qualify as truly ubiquitous.)
3G has been around, at least in prospect, for what seems like forever. What's changed is that now telecom carriers are offering it as a means to connect to the Internet. Unfortunately, it's not an IP-based technology, and data rates are only between 200 Kbps and 2.4 Mbpssometimes even slower than DSL. And only three major telecom carriers currently offer the service: Sprint Nextel Corp., Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless (T-Mobile announced in September that it would launch 3G services by 2007). Still, it's the most widespread mobile technology available in the U.S.and it works, at least in densely populated urban areas that have coverage. "I've used it on the Acela train," says Gene Signorini, an analyst at Yankee Group. "It's not consistent, and the throughput you get depends on your proximity to a cell-phone tower, but it held up pretty well." Yankee predicts that only 4.9 percent of cell phone subscribers will have 3G capabilities by the end of this year. "We are just in the beginning of 3G mobility in the U.S., and even that isn't broadband as we know it. Not on a consistent basis comparable to DSL or Ethernet," Signorini says.
But the real key to ubiquitous wireless broadband may be WiMax, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, or 802.16. With speeds of up to 70 Mbps, it's considerably faster than cellular 3G services, and is specifically designed to deliver media-rich data such as video. But the current flavor of "fixed" WiMax is not truly mobile or ubiquitousyetand won't be until at least the end of the decade, according to experts. Although it now has a range of roughly six miles, transmitting from cellular-like towers, there is no standard to transfer connections between nodes, which means that once you go out of range, you get disconnected. "Think of it like shining a really big spotlight in one area," says Ellen Daley, a principal analyst at Forrester Research Inc. "You can be mobile in that area, but can't transfer to another area." Products for fixed WiMaxwhich completed its standard this yearwon't be available until early 2006.
Analysts agree that truly mobile WiMax will be more cost efficient in the long run than cellular technologies, but, because of its slow start, many doubt that it will ever rise to challenge 3G. Although WiMax has the support of Intel Corp., Alvarion Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., "realistically, if we see wide-scale adoption of the mobile stuff, I would be very impressed," says Roger Marks, a physicist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, who chairs the IEEE 802.16 working group on broadband wireless access. For now, WiMax's most practical application is to deliver broadband to large swaths of remote geographic areas where wires and 3G services are too expensive.
Rather than building out a separate network, Phil Marshall, Yankee Group's vice president of wireless technology, expects the telecom companies to eventually offer WiMax as a complement to 3G. "It would cost between $2 billion and $3 billion to build out a nationwide WiMax network, and there's just no demand to justify that," he says. Marshall says 3G will eventually have ubiquitous coverage, and WiMax will be available in metropolitan areas where the demand for rich mobile media such as video will be significant.
Don't count mobile WiMax out completely, though. In South Korea, which already enjoys a cellular network that analysts say is several years ahead of the U.S., plans are under way to launch an extensive, nationwide mobile broadband network based on 802.16e technology, called WiBro (wireless broadband), early next year. Meanwhile, Japan is considering WiBro as a national standard for its high-speed mobile data network. Some analysts say that as voice services increasingly move to IP, U.S. telecom companies will be forced to consider WiMaxin fact, Sprint Nextel has already announced plans to test WiMax. Chris Knudsen, CTO at Intel's broadband wireless division, says other telecoms will follow. "Because WiMax is an open standard, it will allow for a much more rapid propagation across the industry," he says. "It will only be natural for the carriers to run trials with it."
Meanwhile, a few companies are turning to satellite broadband services, offered by providers such as WildBlue Communications Inc., Telesat Canada and SkyPort International Inc. Data transfer rates range from 200 Kbps to 1 Mbps, but the problem is that satellite "has some line-of-sight issues, building penetration isn't great, and it's very expensive," says Forrester's Daley.
A single setup can cost $500 per connection, not including monthly fees, which can run upwards of $450. "For those reasons, many companies don't consider it unless it's absolutely necessary," she adds. Most companies that do use satellite only deploy it to fill in gaps where other wireless technologies aren't yet available, mainly in the central U.S. and northern Canada.
And even far-flung organizations such as the Nature Conservancy, the Arlington, Va.-based global nonprofit ecological conservation organization, which runs 450 offices in 28 countries, would opt for 3G and WiMax over satellite if they were available. "Satellite has limitations," says Jean-Louis Ecochard, vice president and CIO of the Nature Conservancy. "First, you need a license from the government, and that's not always easy. Next, the satellite connection only arrives in one place, and you can't distribute it. There is significant lag time, so it's hard to carry voice. And it's expensive."
Still, for companies operating in remote locations, satellite is the only game in town until WiMax and 3G services slowly become more widely available. As usual, the problem isn't the technologyit's the people, or in this case, the companies competing for market share. "There are still a lot of turf wars going on," says Yankee's Signorini, "and it's going to take some time to get there."
Despite its flaws, it's time to start thinking about how wireless broadband could change your business.
In the coming years, greater wireless bandwidth will help simplify the design and use of mobile applications, making it easier for remote employees to access complex enterprise systems and do more work from afar. "Right now a lot of the mobile apps are poorly designed, and people have to go out of their way to use them," says Yankee's Signorini. A more reliable mobile infrastructure would mean that applications could be easier to use.
CIOs and other technology executives are already imagining the effect greater mobility will have on their businesses. At J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., a $2.7 billion logistics and transportation company based in Lowell, Ark., 75 percent of remote offices have been upgraded from costly DSL and dial-up connections to fixed wireless broadband over the past two years, which the company expects will save more than $1.2 million annually, just by lowering connection costs. But CIO Kay Palmer is also looking at how greater mobility can help improve the company's driver-retention rates in its long-haul unit, which currently can hit 100 percent turnover each year among its total 12,000 driver force. The job is so hard, and demand for drivers so high, that it's easy for drivers simply to quit and pick up another job when they want. "Unfortunately, it's a common problem in our industry," Palmer says. "There just aren't enough drivers out there."
To entice drivers to stay, the company is looking to develop handhelds that use WiMax and cellular technologies to provide better mapping, communication tools, remote training and even entertainment services. "If our drivers can do better route planning and online training, check e-mail or have some entertainment on the device," Palmer says, "then they will be happier, more productive, have fewer accidents and be more likely to know their routes and procedures. That will improve productivity, and hopefully reduce driver turnover."
At Northrop Grumman Corp., the $30 billion defense company based in Los Angeles, wireless mobility is more important than ever, says Tom Shelman, the company's vice president and CIO. After hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the company's shipyards in New Orleans and Pascagoula, Miss., plans to rebuild the facilities incorporated long-range wireless broadband. "We're looking at a mix of cellular and other wireless technologies," says Keith Glennan, vice president and CTO. "Our original plans were to use more wireless LAN technology, but with the destruction of some of the core infrastructure, we are accelerating the rebuilding plans to help us better wirelessly connect our employees."
The goal is to increase mobility among workersparticularly engineers, who move around the enormous, 268-acre facility along with new ships as they go through various stages of construction. "The yard is huge," Shelman says. "If you think about a typical assembly line, the pieces you are moving in this case are thousands of tons. They could be 50 feet long and 50 feet high. In the old world, that meant physically moving phones and computers. It took a lot of manual IT effort." A wireless rollout would enable engineers to take their equipment with them on the fly. The end result: more productive employees, quicker construction of ships, and lowered IT overhead costs.
Northrop isn't the only company that envisions using wireless to change business practices. H&R Block Inc., the Kansas City, Mo.-based $4.4 billion accounting firm, signed on with Sprint Nextel's 3G service primarily to make setting up its seasonal tax kiosks in malls, Wal-Marts and Sears department stores a less painful process. "We install thousands of kiosks during tax time, and we'd have to hire a contractor to deal with extending a phone line or a network," says Kevin Oellien, the company's tech team leader and IT network engineer. Connecting those kiosks wirelessly, through the easily accessed cellular network, makes installation much easier, he says. What's more, it's opened up new ideas for how the company might operate in the future. For example, H&R Block typically pays annual leases for stores that see the bulk of their business from December through late April. Using wireless broadband, it can set up temporary offices in appropriate locations, as well. "It's part of a plan the marketing folks are starting to talk about, being able to set up shop in different areas of the country. We have to bring services to where people are," he says. Oellien expects the coming tax season to be "a good gauge of the value of this technology."
For groups like the Nature Conservancy, a ubiquitous mobile network would not only improve the organization's research efforts, but cut costs dramatically as well. On Kimbe Bay, in Papua New Guinea, for example, where the conservancy is protecting coral formations and other marine life, the local government hasn't yet worked out a satellite deal. So researchers stay connected via a single phone line that delivers all the office's communications. "To download e-mail, you have to plug the line into your computer," says Ecochard. "To get a fax, you have to plug the line into the fax." The dial-up speed is typically 14.4 Kbps, far too slow to receive digital images or send large files. So researchers take a plane to the company's larger, Internet-connected office in Port Moresby every few weeks, where they submit and receive data. A ubiquitous mobile network "would fundamentally change our scientific collaboration around the world," Ecochard says. "Our scientists work in ecosystems that are very similar but in distant parts of the world, and it's impossible for them to connect regularly. If they could share that data, we wouldn't reinvent the wheel as often as we do."
However companies envision a mobile future, the first step will be to create that always-connected, high-speed wireless fabric. And most companies are still waiting for the vendor community to make that happen. "Companies won't go wireless for wireless' sake," says Signorini. "Everyone is waiting for that really transformative environment, but we are still several years away from that."


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Guatemala, a country whose religion is chiefly Roman Catholic and Protestant, is deeply rooted in local traditions that make the celebration of Easter a colorful and massive one.
Each year, the event that starts Easter week in Guatemala is usually a university parade in which participants wear long hoods to hide their identity. In its origins back in 1898, this parade would go down the streets of Guatemala City making fun of national and political matters (even international ones that may or may not affect Guatemala), as well as injustices the Guatemalan people were enduring at the time.
On Palm Sunday, the smell of palm leaves fills the streets as many pedestrians walk with small branches from the African palm.
Countless processions take place across the country during the week before Easter. The main focus of these processions is a heavy and long dais made of fine wood with an image of Jesus Christ on top.
The dais is carried on the shoulders of dozens of men. Main streets are closed, causing enormous traffic jams for those who dare to drive.
The sound of trumpets and bass drums fill the air. Dressed-up musicians play funeral marches to create a feeling of sorrow and sadness over the suffering of Christ before His death.
Large tapestries of sawdust are dyed and formed into beautiful shapes on the ground for the procession to walk on. The scent of incense is spread by people walking at the head of the procession.
A young Guatemalan woman shared the background of Easter celebration in her country:
"I like the way Easter is celebrated. It can be perhaps an unusual way to proclaim the gospel but as a Christian I do not really mind about this kind of Easter celebration. I love a verse in the Bible that says, 'But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.' So I don't mind about this whole thing. I want Christ to be preached!"
The Easter holiday starts Wednesday and goes through Easter Sunday. People do not go to work, schools are closed and time for leisure abounds during this holiday. The actual festivities start on Palm Sunday and end the following Sunday, Resurrection Sunday.
Special food is prepared this time of year such as curtido (a vegetable mix in which all vegetables are diced and cooked in vinegar to get a sour taste), fish wrapped in eggs, chickpea sweets, fruit mix, pumpkin sweets, pacaya palm wrapped in eggs, and spondias fruits.
Children usually do not receive gifts at Easter as they do at Christmas.
Some evangelical churches in Guatemala take a different approach to Easter. A white-haired man with a secure tone of voice, full of knowledge of the Word of the Lord, lists some events that are celebrated in his church. This man is the pastor of the Church La Viña (the church that houses our Tomás Cranmer Student Center in the suburbs of Guatemala City), and his name is Manuel.
Manuel has been pastoring for about 16 years.
"The Feast of Passover is made to be celebrated during this time of the year as it happened in Jesus' life.
"We have celebrated here at church with a sort of special meal like the Jews used to celebrate. We roast ram's meat and eat bitter herbs and hard-boiled eggs brought by small groups or families. Each group or family also has a cup of wine that the leader of of the group drinks first. Then the leader passes the cup to the next person according the leadership degree he/she has.
"We don't go anywhere else (meaning beaches, water parks or places that are for a 'leisure time' during a week like this). We try to give the brothers in Christ who will want to celebrate these special days the opportunity to gather as a church and spend this time praying and remembering what our Savior went through.
"Perhaps there may be a time when we won't be able to observe this celebration by roasting beef and eating those herbs, but we will still gather to pray and think about this key moment in the story of Christianity of Jesus' death and resurrection."
The way Easter is celebrated in Guatemala varies from denomination to denomination. Pastor Manuel belongs to a Pentecostal church, but in a more conservative church Easter is observed with an early gathering at the temple for a special service celebrating Jesus' resurrection, followed by a delicious breakfast.
Rebeca, the general coordinator of the Tomás Cranmer Student Center, explains that they try to instill in the Compassion-sponsored children a desire to celebrate this time of year as something very special:
"One week before, we start talking with the children about Easter. We share lessons with the students about when Christ was born and when He was risen so that they can really understand this time of the year. This week turns out to be more special because we remember what our Lord Jesus Christ went through.
"We try to focus our classes and our devotions on His death. We give room for a theater play in which the students can recreate all that Jesus went through to enhance the devotion that day."
Something else happens at the student center the week Easter is officially celebrated: a spiritual retreat.
Wilmer is a 12-year-old boy who is shy with strangers but outgoing with his friends. With hair that sticks straight up from the amounts of gel he uses to comb it, Wilmer shares his point of view about the spiritual retreat:
"I like the spiritual retreat for all the different fun activities we get to do there. The activity I like the most is the bonfire because that is when we get to hear about God and we are ministered [to] by the message.
"I think God is real and when I grow up I want to imitate the way my family celebrates Easter. I will want to go to church and coexist with my own family in this time of the year because I see it as something important. I want to give Jesus the place He's meant to have in my heart."
Wilmer was baptized last year at the Tomás Cranmer spiritual retreat. What a blessing this retreat is for all these children and how good it is to know that this student center strives to create in them the need to celebrate this special holiday and not underestimate it.
Wilmer's grandfather shares,
"The time I spent before accepting Christ as my Savior was something worthless and that completely changed once I became a Christian.
"Now, as my heart has changed from being a very cold one to a very warm one because of Christ, I am more than thankful to celebrate Christ's resurrection! I love to go to church and take my family there. They love going there and we all are so thankful with our Lord Jesus for having changed all of us to believe in Him."
Then Rebeca, the center's general coordinator, adds something that is important to remember:
"We know we can make the best of the efforts to get the children to not forget to celebrate this festivity as it should be, but in the end, the family's values and the way they see this celebration will mark the way Easter will (or won't) be celebrated in the future."
Another year will fade away and a new one will come. The time to celebrate Easter will be here again but a question arises: For how long and by how many will Easter be celebrated by the time this generation becomes adults? Someday this generation will be the one to make the decisions in their own families and by then, will the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be significant enough for them to stop and celebrate?

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AUSTIN, Texas – The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kevin Cokley, an associate professor of counseling psychology and faculty affiliate of the Center for African and African American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, to its National Advisory Council.
The foundation's 10-member council offers critical guidance and expertise to staff on strategic direction, major grant initiatives and other projects. Council members have Texas-based or national expertise in mental health, consumer advocacy, philanthropy and other fields related to the foundation's mission of promoting the mental health of all Texans.
In addition to his new role with the Hogg Foundation, Cokley is dedicated to his research and work in the area of African American psychology. Cokley has published over 35 articles and book chapters in his field, serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Black Psychology and plays a defining role on the editorial boards of several journals, including Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and the Journal of Counseling Psychology. He received the 2008 "10 Rising Stars of the Academy" award by Diverse Issues in Higher Education, the 2007 Association of Black Psychologists' Scholarship Award and the 2004 co-recipient of the Emerging Professional Award by the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues of the American Psychological Association.
"We are pleased to have Dr. Cokley join our National Advisory Council," said Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation. "His expertise in African American psychology will be an asset to the foundation."
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This weekend's review of "Resident Evil: Retribution" drew some interesting reactions, a number of which touched on the patented FMR "Split Grade".
There's really no other way for me to convey the phenomenon. There are some movies that defy conventional logic. The acting is bad – often atrocious. The script is laughable, maybe the special effects are substandard… but instead of being angry, or disappointed, you're laughing. Having fun. And when it's done, you're like, "That was terrible. I loved it!"
So many movies wind up "failing hysterically" that it should almost be a sub genre of its own. There are classics, such as "The Room" or "Troll 2", and any number of additions annually. This year alone brought "Battleship" and "Resident Evil: Retribution", just off the top of my head.
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Can you help me tidy the sticky/melting dashboard?
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I had the same problem after 10 years and strong temperatures in the summer. The only solution is to repaint it. I did it, and I am happy now.
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I come from Ghana (West Africa). I owe a Lancia Lybra and had the same sticky problem. I used turpentine, and afterwards sprayed it with dashboard spray. Since then, I have never experienced it again.
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I was checking out Amazon.com when I stumbled upon Jenny's new book. It is entitled, "Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds," and is available for pre-order, with a release date of September 23, 2008. Mother Warriors? Really? That title is hefty, it's sure to raise more than a few eyebrows. I assume Ms. McCarthy got the "Mother Warriors" from Oprah. On her show, she said to Jenny and Holly Robinson Peete (and perhaps to all us "autism moms" or maybe just the ones who are fighting autism?), "You're mother warriors is what you are." I've heard Jenny use the "W" word before, but I'm not sure if it was before or after her appearance on Oprah.
I have no doubt this will be another bestseller. Good for Jenny and TACA. Bad for us. I've written on my concerns of such a book previously. I'm curious to see what the criteria for being "healed" from autism is? Is there a set of tests or surveys? Are the families profiled subjected to testing, if so with what and by who?
Bigger than my doubts on what "recovery" from autism is, is the issue I have with this mentality. The idea that "recovery" is within every autistic child's reach, and that we as parents (or more often, as mothers) are staring down some doom and gloom timeline to "fix" our kids. We have seen parents who feel they have done all they were "supposed" to do, they had tried everything, and still had not gotten "rid" of their child's autism. Children have been murdered by their parents (and other carers) or died during chelation and some of these other so-called treatments. This idea that your child needs to be cured, that it's like they've been "hit by a bus," and that we should try various treatments (keeping in mind that like chemotherapy, these treatments won't help every child) until they are "recovered," can be very dangerous. Nobody, especially the media, wants to tell this side of the the cure autism movement.
Celebrating only the autistic children who are able to supposedly be "healed" or "recovered" only devalues the life of autistic individuals. It distracts society from the dire need for adult services, and blurs the reality that autistic children do really grow up to be autistic adults (yes, Jenny, once again--there ARE autistic adults). It also further burdens parents who do not see the same progress in their child--especially if they bought into the propaganda and tried all those supposed treatments. This growing mindset, and a book such as this, can be very dangerous.
Jenny's New Book
I was checking out Amazon.com when I stumbled upon Jenny's new book. It is entitled, "Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds," and is available for pre-order, with a release date of September 23, 2008. Mother Warriors? Really? That title is hefty, it's sure to raise more than a few eyebrows. I assume Ms. McCarthy got the "Mother Warriors" from Oprah. On her show, she said to Jenny and Holly Robinson Peete (and perhaps to all us "autism moms" or maybe just the ones who are fighting autism?), "You're mother warriors is what you are." I've heard Jenny use the "W" word before, but I'm not sure if it was before or after her appearance on Oprah.
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- kristina said...
I can hardly wait to review it-----not.
- Ed said...
You describe Jenny and her cause very well.
"Celebrating only the autistic children who are able to supposedly be "healed" or "recovered" only devalues the life of autistic individuals." That's a good point.
Does this woman still not know that autistic adults exist?
It would seem to me that a warrior that is fighting their battle by spreading knowlege would first want to know that what they are saying is true. Some of what Jenny says makes me wonder if she cares if it's true.
This is a great post.
Jenny needs to be very careful that her claims of a cure don't come back to bite her. What will she do if they prove to be premature? Hide Evan in a closet for the next 25 years?
The heroic image of "mother warriors" makes it even more clear to mothers that if they don't pull their children out of the clutches of autism, they are lazy and uncaring.
Patricia Stacey wrote a very prominent book about how arduous, daily Floortime saved her son. It's full of laments about how she lost sleep, lost her mind and just about all of her friends. However, she recently described her son in O Magazine as "having special needs." Is he not cured anymore? How does she feel about herself? Is she still a martyr?
I also worry about when cures fail after tons of effort and expense. Especially when the party line dictates that you cannot say that a treatment did not work. You can only say it did not work for my child.
A mother in my old neighborhood had tried nearly everything under the sun with her autistic child--GFCF, ABA, VB, Floortime, extreme vitamin doses. I was afraid to ask about chelation, but I bet it was at least attempted.
She told me chirpily that they fully expected her child to be "indistinguishable by 5!" When he failed to improve drastically, she told everyone in the neighborhood that "he is just so special that nothing works for him." It was said so sarcastically that it was painful. His 5th birthday came and went this fall and by all accounts she has nearly washed her hands of him.
I wonder how often this happens. How many parents resent their child for not being the miracle story that may not even exist?
I don't understand the animosity.
I have cared for children with autism for some years and have come to realize that many will be helped by diet, supplements, behavior therapy, language intervention and much more. Of course, the diagnosis is huge and includes children--and adults--with varying degrees of special issues and special needs. And it certainly includes children, teens and adults who seem to show little change in symptoms and behavior no matter how hard their wonderful parents work.
Like you, I have watched improvement, regression into more symptoms and many other paths.
Jenny McCarthy is bringing a lot of attention to all areas of the autism epidemic. Maybe the biggest problem of all has been the lack of support families get from the insurance industry, the medical community and the pharmaceutical industry. As she and others continue to confront the government and others, the media will increase their attention not just to vaccines, recovery and cures, but also to the need to respect people with autism and their families.
I just don't understand the disdain and insulting tone of "Stop. Think. Autism." Please feel free to email me privately if you prefer.
Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP
- Estee Klar-Wolfond said...
Jenny is not a warrior. She is a pawn. I'm sure she has a ghost writer hired by TACA too.
- S.L. said...
Kristina: I'll meet ya at Barnes & Noble and we can discuss. ;)
Ed: I especially respect your perspective on this. Great points. Thank you.
Anon: Thanks for your comment. The story of your neighbor illustrates exactly my concerns. Interesting what you wrote about Patricia Stacey. I think every parent who claims their child to be recovered has to be very cautious. Our neurologist told us from very early on that around the ages of 5-7, we might have a better outlook on things, but that also at that time new things like learning disabilities could be discovered. We've also been told that the teen years can also bring on a new set of issues, especially in the area of behavior and psychological disorders as well as increased seizure activity.
While we celebrate the progress our daughter makes, we also are very aware that she may face bigger challenges down the road. We prepare for those as best we can, as we do her entire future and what needs she may have. Some of these parents may be devastated come the later years, when their "recovered" child isn't so recovered, and especially should this child need special services (and either they are not available from the state or the family has gone through all their money early on for "treatments").
Dr. Jay Gordon: I will send you an email, and I thank you for that invitation.
I will say, however, that if you were to read the blogs and websites of many on the "other side," you would see that the words "animosity, disdain, and insulting" describe those sites much more accurately than my blog. And, for the record, Jenny McCarthy is NOT "bringing a lot of attention to all areas of the autism epidemic." She is shining a big, blinding light on the DAN! protocol and the antivax movement. She admitted on national television that she knows of no adult autistics.
I've never heard her once speak about how lacking services are for adult and teen autistics, or how insurance companies often deny services for autism, or how our public school system is often failing the needs of our autistic children, or any other mention with regard to autism other than "recovery." While she is "confronting" the government and screaming on the t.v., attention and money is being diverted and time is being wasted--precious resources that are severely needed for our autistic children--who with each day, become autistic adults.
Estee: I'm speechless. :)
Dr. Gordan,
I believe you answered your own question when you wrote,
"And it certainly includes children, teens and adults who seem to show little change in symptoms and behavior no matter how hard their wonderful parents work."
As I am sure you have seen in your practice, some families are looking for ANYTHING to help their child. This includes savings draining treatments that require a hellacious amount of pills (even close friends of mine).
This does not mean that some supplements do not help some children.
When people are looking for answers, especially when it is a very emotional question, they will look for/try nearly anything. If there were more scientific studies done on such protocols, by others than those who espouse them, it would not be that much of an issue.
I honestly do not know you from Kirby, and you may have a heart of gold, but the numbers do not add up to a relationship between any type of vaccine and autism.
A. Most of the arguments are based on intuition, not science
B. All of the numbers (if we can honestly call them that from a statistical point of view) that have been used to show a positive relationship between vaccines and autism are taken piecemeal to fit a story. I would put my statistical knowledge up against a PR person any day. A big portion of marketing and PR is making the number match want you want them to tell. There are rules for sample size, constructing hypotheses, significance, correlation, etc, etc. Very few people reveal this in their non-scientific studies (it is easy to figure out why).
We don't mind that parents try different treatments or supplements to help their children, it is a sign that they care and that they want the best for them, what people of our ilk have disdain for is pushing an agenda that is based on half truths. Even a broken watch is right twice a day.
There are several people who will try Jenny's way, and will not be successful, to which you have already stated, but Jenny's message is different. Jenny's message is that there is a cure; and that there are those who are recovered.
All we want is honest discourse and real numbers. We are tired of conspiracy theorists leading the way. Which means that We need to do a better job at raising money, and focus on areas where both groups can agree and affect positive change for things like lobbying our states for more adult services.
Good luck to you sir,
- Sharon McDaid said...
Jay Gordon wrote, "I just don't understand the disdain and insulting tone of "Stop. Think. Autism." "
There is no insulting tone used in this excellent blog. There is plenty of disdain for those who go out of their way to earn it. Why should we respect JMcC when she shows so little respect to people like our autistic children and friends? Her intervention is only causing harm. She is spreading her ignorance and irrational fear of vaccination, and will probably further reduce the numbers of parents who allow their children to be vaccinated. She is continuing the trend to fund research in areas that do not serve autistic people.
You use the expression "autism epidemic" which surprises me since you are, according to your post nominal letters, a doctor. What epidemic is this?
Jay Gordon is a marginal doctor with truly unconventional views that have resulted in at least one tragedy:
At the very least, he is profoundly anti-vaccine.
Oh no! I can't believe it. Okay, I can. Ugh. Yeah, I tried to read the first one and got bored and angry. Then, I tried to listen to it on CD while I drove and could not tolerate that either. I imagine I will just skip the next one all together. I learned the hard way about searching for a "healing". Luckily, I came around and we are all doing better now that we accept our daughter for who she is.


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Holiday breaks and chilly winter days are great for movie lovers. While the rest of the year may be hectic, many of us find ourselves with some down time this time of year, and a movie provides the perfect diversion.
I decided to review just a few autism movies that span several decades with an eye toward how autism is presented in film. I could have reviewed more than four movies. A major weakness of my study is that I did not select autism movies randomly. Instead I picked four that have had a palpable impact on our culture's perception of autism. These movies are easy to rent or buy, so that you can catch them while you are still on vacation or on short notice when the weather turns nasty.
"Rain Man" stars Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt and Dustin Hoffman as Raymond, Charlie's autistic brother. Charlie only discovers his brother after their father's death, when Charlie learns that Raymond is to inherit all of their father's vast wealth.
Charlie tracks Raymond down at the Walbrook Institute. What ensues amounts to a road trip of sorts. Charlie kidnaps Raymond from Walbrook in a complex plot to bring Raymond to Charlie's hometown of Los Angeles, where Charlie thinks he can pull legal strings to take over Raymond's inheritance.
The movie won four Oscars, including Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman, and was widely acclaimed as inspirational and ground-breaking. The character Raymond is loosely based on the real Kim Peek, a savant discovered at a disability conference by Barry Morrow, a screenwriter looking for a good story. Movies with autistic characters existed before the debut of "Rain Man" in 1988, but this was the first time America was introduced to an autistic adult in a widespread way.
Dustin Hoffman does a superb job portraying Raymond and the autistic world in which he lives. Raymond, a savant capable of memorizing thick books he will never truly understand, is otherwise completely incapacitated. He lives out his life isolated from his community—even from his own family—and is cared for around the clock like a child. The movie suggests that this is necessary both for Raymond and for society; an incident involving Charlie's safety as an infant prompted Raymond's transfer to an institution.
This movie raises many thought-provoking questions that will give you plenty to talk about. Do we still view autistic adults as needing to be sheltered from society and vice-versa? "Rain Man" increased the public's understanding of autistic adults, but perhaps gave a stereotyped view—only a few of us are savants. The hope is always that movies like these increase the public's compassion and dedication to the most vulnerable amongst us. As you watch, ask yourself just how close are we to the goal of full community integration? How has our understanding of disability, and our understanding of autism, changed since the late 1980s?
Flash forward more than a decade and we are invited into the lives of a bunch of autistic adults living in Phoenix. Specifically, "Mozart and the Whale" explores the emerging relationship between Donald (Josh Hartnett) and Isabelle (Radha Mitchell), loosely based on the real-life couple Jerry and Mary Newport, and their friendships with other autistic adults who come to a local support group meeting.
In direct contrast to "Rain Man," this movie shows autistic adults living life in society. Jerry Newport explains in interviews and at autism conferences that "Rain Man" allowed for the discovery of his own autism and motivated him to develop the Phoenix-area support group. Though not without a range of difficulties and mishaps, the adults portrayed in "Mozart and the Whale"—supposedly character composites based on actual people—are holding down jobs, renting apartments, taking buses, sharing dinner with each other, attending a Halloween party, and falling in and out of love.
Interestingly, reaction to "Mozart and the Whale" is often incredulity: Truly autistic adults could never function so well, the logic goes. Some viewers walk away feeling that the cast of characters do indeed represent the full spectrum of autism, and that the movie accurately portrays the vocational challenges, sensory issues, and relationship complications so prevalent on the autism spectrum. But others feel the movie does not provide a just representation of life as an autistic adult. Whether you find the plot thin or romantic, whether you find the characters valid or lacking in authenticity, the movie begs us to analyze how much has changed since 1988. Raymond simply would not have had access to such a wide range of experiences. What the adults on the autism spectrum do in this movie—essentially, form a community of their own—would have been unfathomable 17 years earlier. A provocative shift in thinking, perhaps more than great art, is this movie's gift.
A full 22 years after we met Raymond, a television biopic of Temple Grandin's life pulls our thinking about autism a full 360 degrees. Claire Danes portrays the real Grandin as adeptly as Dustin Hoffman portrayed the fictional Raymond, for which she also received an award (an Emmy). The viewer is again invited into the world of autism. What is unique about this movie is that, for the first time, viewers are also invited to understand this world. Whether Grandin is figuring out social dynamics by testing sliding doors at the supermarket, or seeing a stockyard from a cow's perspective, at last how autistic people think and feel is given expression.
Some viewers wish the movie covered in greater detail her transformation from a disordered child who could not speak into a world-renowned animal scientist. Whatever the movie lacks chronologically is more than made up for by how well the movie captures Grandin's unique understanding of the world and her struggle to live in it. Again, like the adults in "Mozart and the Whale," she lives with her family or in the community, attends school, goes to college, and builds a decent life for herself with the support of her family, peers, and professors. An added bonus is that viewers can glimpse her valor as a woman in a male-dominated field, and her strength as an autistic woman in an autism community that is also still quite focused on the experiences of autistic men.
Critics say that this movie puts the burden and the blame for autism back onto parents: It is somehow the parents' fault if an autistic child does not turn out to be as functional and gifted as Grandin. Others feel that the movie serves to demonstrate what can happen when someone is given a chance. In either case, the movie made me wonder about Raymond. How much of his total and almost infantile dependence was a reflection of low expectations and lack of opportunity? Would the adults in "Mozart and the Whale" live isolated lives like Raymond if our attitudes had not begun to shift dramatically sometime in the 1990s? And what is society's comfort level with imperfection? Perhaps the critics of "Temple Grandin" have a grain of the truth—not all autistic adults can get a Ph.D. and single-handedly change the meat processing industry. But maybe that is not a problem. Maybe the brillance of "Temple Grandin" as a movie is the suggestion that, when given the chance, autistic adults can be as imperfect as everyone else.
Landing squarely in cinemas this year was the oddly titled "Wretches and Jabberers," a documentary about Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, two autistic adults from the United States who embark on a global tour to raise awareness about autism, communication, and dignity. Yet again the portrayal of autism shifts completely.
Unlike Grandin, Thresher and Bissonnette do not speak. They did not go to college. They lived in and out of institutions in their youths. Thresher is homeless and has meltdowns in hotel lobbies. Bissonnette has obvious cognitive issues but finds relief in his art. Everyone presumed that these men had no, or very little, inner life. That is, until they were given the controversial intervention termed Facilitated Communication. Now, both men communicate by typing—sometimes independently, sometimes with a little assistance from Harvey Lavoy and Pascal Cheng, their teachers, coaches, and fellow travelers.
One can watch "Rain Man" and wonder if perhaps Raymond's life at Walbrook isn't that bad, considering Raymond's challenges, and one can watch "Mozart and the Whale" and "Temple Grandin" and think that at least this cohort of autistic adults deserves a chance at life in the community because they do speak, take public transportation, live in apartments, study at college, produce works of art or music or science, and befriend and even marry one another. Maybe life in the community and independence are possible for some autistic adults but not others. Maybe some autistic adults need to be sheltered and protected. "Rain Man" on the one hand, and "Mozart" and "Temple" on the other, polarize the autism community. "Wretches and Jabberers" blows this polarization to the moon.
Bissonnette and Thresher's unique diction and insights are captured in a musical score that features their words as lyrics. This alone made me teary. Imagine being unable to express your intelligence for decades, and then to hear the poetics of your mind splashed into notes of moving music.
Critics of Facilitated Communication claim that the autistic person isn't really communicating because a facilitator is guiding the person's motor movements in order to operate an electronic or digital communication device. But as Judy C. Bailey, a consultant and behavior support specialist in Centreville, Virginia, succinctly notes in an email correspondence, "… Having no effective communication is a risky way to spend a life, too …"
Thresher and Bissonnette teach us that maybe we've had autism all wrong. Instead of looking at an autistic person and deciding if he or she either lacks skills, or has them, they teach us to see whole people instead. Not only may we be imperfect but successful on our own terms like Grandin, or different but happy like the adults in "Mozart and the Whale," now we can also be human. When Larry is asked at a conference what he does to calm down, he says he has a beer. The audience laughs, and the comment is funny. But what Larry means is what he underscores when he says, "More like you than not." This insight alone will move our understanding of autism another full circle closer to authentic community integration, a chance Raymond never had and something that still, unfortunately, eludes many of us. Twenty-three years after Raymond, Bissonnette and Thresher and their new allies on the World Intelligence Magnified Tour prove that autistic adults are not just imperfect like the rest of you, but completely like the rest of you.


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How to Measure for Bigger Tires
Time, tires and tape techiniques
Fred WilliamsPhotographer, Writer
Every month we get letters and emails from new 4x4 owners (or should we say owners new to 4x4s?) who want to know what size tire will fit on their truck. Plenty of charts are available to help determine what lift is needed to clear what tires, but what if you want bigger tires without a lift?
There are many reasons to make these measurements yourself. Suspension components can wear out, and maybe you already have a lift and just want new, slightly taller rubber. Taking the time with a tape can show you where to trim body or bumpers in case you'd rather not (or can't afford to) lift your 4x4.


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Booms and BustsFinancial Markets
As long as there is still room for pushing the market interest rate down even further, the chances are reasonably good that the boom continues, and that the bust will be postponed into the future.
Money and BanksMoney and Banking
Five names seem to be emerging as the consistent front runners in the race to become the next head of Britain's central bank.
The FedFinancial MarketsGlobal Economy
The monetary czars at the world's central banks are coming to terms with the fact that a no-deal Brexit now seems to be the most likely outcome.
One of the easiest ways of asserting control over the private sector is to manage the money supply with a central bank. Naturally, Marx was rather fond of the idea.
Austrian scholars should not shy away from engaging mainstream law and economics scholars.
Protectionism and Free TradeU.S. History
Since the Tariff Act of 1789, the tariff has been the playground of special interests, and used as a means of rewarding political friends, and harming political enemies.
Cronyism and CorporatismLegal SystemStrategy
EducationTaxes and Spending


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Difference, Exclusion and Subtract have a neutral color of black. This means that black as a blend color will have no effect on the result color. The Divide blend mode has a Neutral color of white.
• Difference – Looks at the color information in each channel and subtracts either the blend color from the base color or the base color from the blend color, depending on which has the greater brightness value. Blending with white inverts the base color values.
• Exclusion – Creates an effect similar to but lower in contrast than the Difference mode. Blending with white inverts the base color values. Blending with black produces no change. The effect is a bit like using one image to solarize the other.
• Divide and Subtract – Both are intended for us with calibrated imaging however interesting creative effects are also possible. For astronomy and microscopy: you want to subtract background values (dark frames, factoring out hot pixels, etc.), and divide by a flat field image (removing vignetting and other lens defects, bringing insensitive pixels back up to normal range, etc.). You can remove lens falloff even if you have something that Lens Correction can't handle (like mirror lenses, dust on the lens, etc.). Of course you can also use them for HDR toning tricks (or experimentation). Martin Evening has posted an excellent tutorial on these two new blend modes. Click here to read more…
Thank you so much for taking the time to share these blending modes tips and explanations. I have them saved for future reference. Once again, thanks again!!


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To some people in 1969, Mick Jagger was little short of being an uncouth hoodlum, what with his drug-taking, louche lifestyle and rebellious views.
But secret love letters, revealed now for the first time, show the rock star in a different light: as an articulate, dreamy, sensitive artist with a grounded self-awareness.
This side emerges in a series of letters he sent from Australia to Marsha Hunt, his lover, his first child's mother and the inspiration for Brown Sugar, Jagger's controversial song. Written during one of the most tumultuous periods of Jagger's life, the letters reveal a man spending his free time reading the diaries of Nijinsky and the poems of Emily Dickinson and larking with Christopher Isherwood.
The letters are being sold by Hunt, who lives in a beautiful money pit of a house in France. She is well aware that the first question will be: Why?
"I'm broke," she said. "Anyone who has the impression that I have money knows nothing about me. I had friends who came to visit from Pennsylvania and there was no electricity in the house because the bill had been too high. I was kind of grooving it with a wood-burning stove. One friend said: 'Surely you've got something you could sell?'"
That led to a light going on about the letters from the summer of 1969, which have sat in bank vaults for the best part of 30 years.
Hunt is 66 and said she did not want to become a liability. "Someone will protect them [the letters] and someone who protects them will protect me, because I will make enough money from the sale to repair my house in France and if I fall down tomorrow with a stroke, which is happening with several of my friends, my daughter doesn't have to say: 'What are we going to do about mom?'"
She hopes the buyer will "recognise that they have a piece of history", adding: "The letters speak for Mick at an incredible juncture of our lives. The summer of '69 was the end of a whole era of revolutionary spirit. We didn't know it was about to die. And who knew that this group of boys making music would, 50 years on, still be celebrated as a voice of the period?"
Although the letters have remained secret, the affair has become a well-documented chapter of British cultural history.
It Girl
Hunt was a high-profile fixture of swinging 1960s London and one of the few black faces. Born in Philadelphia, the Berkeley graduate arrived in London in 1966 and performed on the blues circuit with Alexis Korner and a young Elton John.
Her big breakthrough was appearing in the original West End production of the rock musical Hair, which led to Patrick Lichfield taking a famous nude picture of her for American Vogue and her appearance on the Christmas cover of Queen magazine with baubles in her distinctive Afro hair.
Hunt had success with her record Walk on Gilded Splinters and was approached about appearing in the photograph for the cover of the Stones's single Honky Tonk Woman. She was to be the "girl in bar". "I said no," recalled Hunt. "I didn't want to look like I'd been had by all the Rolling Stones."
Jagger later turned up in person at her Bloomsbury flat sometime in May 1969 and one thing led to another.
For the Stones, it was a time of turmoil. They had sacked Brian Jones and it was Hunt who pointed Jagger in the direction of Jones's replacement, Mick Taylor.
The relationship, a closely guarded secret until 1972, resulted in a daughter, Karis.
"We commenced on something in the '60s that was perceived to be what the future would be — that you don't get married and monogamy is not necessarily the way to go," said Hunt. "We've backed away from that, but at the time I think Mick and I felt we were doing something modern. We were having a child outside of marriage and that was acceptable."
Ten letters are being sold, all written in July and August 1969 when Jagger was filming Ned Kelly in New South Wales. They paint a picture far removed from the popular media image of Jagger at the time.
He talks about the books Hunt sent him for his birthday — "toying" through Nijinsky's diaries, reading about Navajo Indians, enjoying the poems of Emily "Dix" (Dickinson). In another he recounts being excited about meeting Isherwood, who was coming to discuss a screenplay of Robert Graves's I Claudius. "… I hope I get the part of Caligula," he writes.
Jagger uses one letter to talk about an unrealised future project of an intimate performance that would include "all our medias — films, music, drama and magic" in a "procession of images".
That is not to say the Jagger swagger is not in the letters too. He went to one party and the "chicks" were so plain that all he could do was eat chocolate eclairs. No boogaloo was happening, he laments.
There are also references to what was by any measure a fantastically eventful summer. For example, he titles his letter of July 20 "Sunday the Moon" to mark the first moon landing; he talks about his regret at missing the Isle of Wight festival — where Dylan made his spectacular comeback — as well as "John & Yoko boring everybody".
Also, he makes oblique reference to harrowing events such as the death of Jones and his failing relationship with Marianne Faithfull, who was taken to hospital in Australia after an overdose of pills. In one letter he wonders why some people's lives are so short and in another he explains that things are "a little difficult" — "my patience snaps my love peters out at vital moments".
Sense of irony
Jagger also makes reference to what was an unhappy shoot in New South Wales. Although he waxes lyrical about the Australian outback — how the early morning mist "turns red and violent then hard and warm" — Jagger misses Europe with its "renaissance houses and medieval gardens".
"They are much the best letters by Jagger to have come up at auction," said Sotheby's manuscripts specialist, Gabriel Heaton. "It is obviously a really important time in terms of cultural history."
Heaton said Jagger showed a "strength of character" that had en-abled him to survive and thrive in the unreal world he lived in. "He has a strong sense of irony about himself and what it is to be a superstar."
The filming of Ned Kelly, directed by Tony Richardson, was not particularly happy. His handwriting is noticeably different in one letter, the result of a gun backfiring badly and injuring his hand. "Boring crap," he writes.
It was while in Australia that Jagger wrote Brown Sugar and the letters have scattered references to songwriting. His first letter begins with the lyrics to Monkey Man, with three extra lines specially for Hunt. Heaton said there was a lyricism that was reminiscent of his songs, lines such as "… wind blows, rains cold, stars shine, millions of them, guitar riffs on & on …"
The letters will be sold as one lot at Sotheby's on December 12 and carry an estimate of £70 000 to £100 000.
Hunt said that if she had not been suffering hardship she would have happily offered them to a public institution, but she hoped the letters would correct some of the misinformation about Jagger and about that time.
She has told Jagger of her intention to sell. Does he support it? "I don't think so, but they're not his."
She went on: "This is Mick in his own words … This is part of English history, it is part of rock history, part of cultural history and it corrects all the misinformation. We live in a time when misinformation is swallowed as 'well, who cares?'
"Facts are relevant. The sale is important. Someone, I hope, will buy those letters as our generation is dying and with us will go the reality of who we were and what life was." — © Guardian News & Media 2012


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Posted by: sassylady54« on: August 21, 2011, 10:30:24 PM »
I like most of the Housewives, enjoying watching the shows!!!!! RHOA<RHOC<RHNY<RHLA
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Posted by: sassylady54« on: August 21, 2011, 10:30:24 PM »
I like most of the Housewives, enjoying watching the shows!!!!! RHOA<RHOC<RHNY<RHLA
Posted by: mommytreethoms« on: October 17, 2010, 12:24:53 AM »
Cat is absolutly my favorite. I liked her even in the beginning but what made me love her was at the end when Stacey had the Salahi's over and she and her husband were just dancing around the big elephant in the room. It was so fake and annoying. I thought the reason she had invited them over was to confront them about all of their lies and instead she and her husband were discussing everything but the lies. Then Cat walks on in and says what they all should have been saying. I loved it. I found the DC series to be quite boring but if it does have a 2nd season I will only watch it if Cat is on. I do like Mary and Linda too.
Posted by: viki099« on: October 16, 2010, 07:49:15 PM »
Cat is my favorite! She rocks! and also love Lynda!!! Michaele and Stacie gota go
Posted by: Debbie H.« on: October 15, 2010, 04:08:47 PM »
My favorite is Cat....
I like all the ladies except Michaele.
Posted by: BelliniMartini« on: September 23, 2010, 04:46:53 PM »
I voted for Cat, I like her style. Even if it sounds abrasive I appreciate what's behind it. Her honest dislike for the way Americans think and do things.
Mary would be my second. She just has a certain style and assurance that resonates.
Posted by: Rhonythyme« on: September 23, 2010, 04:19:06 PM »
I like Stacie and Mary.
Posted by: HeadDivaInCharge« on: September 14, 2010, 11:14:52 AM »
Ok, so before I said Lynda was my favorite - funnily enough - It's Cat now! I think she is brash, bold, rude, and so funny. And those creepy Salahi people are just the worst. This DC cast actually delivers.
Posted by: Curly« on: September 02, 2010, 02:08:25 PM »
I'm not crazy about this show. None of them have much personality compared to RHONY and NJ.
Posted by: SillySpice« on: August 22, 2010, 05:28:55 AM »
I really like Mary.... but I can't help but enjoy the manic whirlwind also known as Michaele... pinky swear.
Posted by: Jackie54736« on: August 19, 2010, 02:39:38 PM »
So far I like all of them but enjoy Michaela as she has a lot of energy and seems pretty carefree. From the story it sounds like she did the make up for one of the other girls and married a wealthy guy. Who wouldn't want to have that kind of lifestyle and she seems to really be happy and in love with her husband. I enjoy Mary as well.
Posted by: CubanKelley« on: August 18, 2010, 07:59:26 PM »
Lynda-snobby, boring, fake. Reminds me of Janice Dickinson without the b**chiness.
Stacie-I like her. Not my fave, but I don't really have anything bad to say about her after first 2 episodes, and that's impressive.
Cat-arrogant and rude. If you don't know much about a country's culture or social proceedings, don't go in there and offend people and continue to defend yourself while offending them when they tell you that's offensive. Admit you were wrong, apologize for being new and not understanding you were wrong, and move the f*** on. /rant
Michaele-fame whore, reminds me of Alex and Simon in season 1 of NY....trying to climb the social ladder by pretending to be cooler than she is. (btw-I love Si-Lex now, but they drove me nuts first season)
and Mary-my fave by FAR. She's great. I love the lock on her door to keep out her kid, and how "normal" she seems. Same reason I love HWs like Bethenny, Jeana, Jacqueline, and Lisa. They're not psycho, obnoxious, or rude just because of their status.
Posted by: Phil_E_GIRL« on: August 13, 2010, 11:27:48 AM »
I didn't vote yet because the jury is still out but as of the first episode I liked Cat because she doesn't care about DC society or American issues and Michaele because she was like a little Jack Russell terrier, bouncing around giving love to everyone.
Posted by: MsGG979« on: August 09, 2010, 07:27:01 PM »
After watching the first episode of the DC Housewives, I was less than thrilled. I was initially attracted most to Stacie's personality, though the scene in which she and her friends tried to insinuate that Cat was a racist is just infuriating. Cat's comments were horrifically inappropriate given the environment (politics and strong opinions at your first dinner with someone - never a good idea), but I didn't get even the slightest hint of prejudice. Maybe we didn't get to see the entire convo? That aside, Stacie's family life seems happy and healthy, which is nice to see.
Mary's closet with the fingerprint scanning device - puhlease. You are not Oprah Winfrey or the Queen of England. That said, she seems fairly normal and she looks fabulous for being a mother of five (?).
Michaele is clearly the fame monger of the crew, and I actually feel very sad for her. I think she'll prove to be the Kelly Bensimon of the DC Housewives franchise. The scene in which she was speaking to crazy eye makeup lady who deals with politicians (I can't remember what title that woman gave herself, but she claimed to travel all over the world lobbying.) was painful to watch. Michaele seems to have the attention span of a gnat.
Mary, Mary, Mary...she will be the pot-stirrer. She's already started the trash talking with her stylist (reminiscent of the Dwight/Nene relationship). I don't care if she WAS actually concerned about Michaele's weight, you don't have that conversation with anyone BUT the person you're genuinely concerned about.
Posted by: Helen« on: August 09, 2010, 02:59:10 PM »
I have one now lol Michaele
Posted by: lejames86« on: August 09, 2010, 02:34:27 PM »
I think Lynda is going to be a sh** stirrer...she won't be my favorite, but she'll be entertaining to watch. I think Michaele is spacey. Mary is probably my favorite! I hope the show as a whole gets better, though. I thought the first episode was kinda blah...but maybe that's just because I'm used to seeing bat-sh** crazy Danielle/Kelly!!


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Live Cinema is a series of programs in the Video Gallery of the Museum that explores the vast production of single-channel video and filmwork by a diverse group of local, national, and international artists. In the last decade an ever-increasing number of contemporary artists have appropriated these mediums as an artistic outlet, in a dialogue with the early video and Super 8 practices of the sixties and the tradition of experimental filmmaking. Each program of the Live Cinema series focuses on a specific aspect of this work, in order to both map and analyze this important facet of contemporary art production. Certain Live Cinema programs are accompanied by a series of public lectures by the participating artists as well as a publication in which guest writers discuss the works exhibited.


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Greensboro Ballet's mission is to inspire, invigorate and excite our audiences and our artists through the exciting, ever evolving art of Classical Ballet.
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The School of Greensboro Ballet is the only non-profit ballet school in the Greensboro area and one of a relative few in the country. Our goal is to offer the finest dance education to children of all ages and adults. At SGB, your child will learn the art of dance in an environment of both discipline and fun!
Greensboro Ballet is a company of professional dancers who share the love of expressing human thought and emotion through the international language of ballet performance.