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Using Our Words
My daughter wrote a monologue for an acting class about growing up with a sibling on the spectrum. It made me cry. It made me realize there's a lot that families like ours don't say to each other. We assume a lot, and often we're just too busy living our lives to check in with each other and share our perspectives and our feelings. We're in it together, yet isolated in the experience.
The germ for this monologue probably started when I wrote a column about Brigid, my middle child and only daughter, and how her career choices seem to be related to her status as a sibling with a special needs brother. The things I said in the column surprised her as much as some of her choices surprised me. I hadn't ever really talked to her about her motivations. I'm not sure I ever expressly said how proud I am of her and why. I mean, I 'm pretty sure she knows I'm proud of her, but I don't think we ever had a specific conversation about how so much of her life was influenced by her brother and how she's using the experience in her budding adult life.
So, the monologue. She talks about friends laughing about a funny video on YouTube in which an adult man is having a meltdown. She recognized the characteristics of autism in the man, and wasn't as amused as her friends. She reminisces about her little brother's meltdowns, and how it felt when outsiders witnessed them. All things we never really talked about as a family, though I see now we probably should have.
When you're living the life, it's hard to step back and reflect. You're doing the best you can, but sometimes it doesn't feel like it. You're sure that if you just looked a little harder you'd find the thing that could make it all better, or at least a little better. You're so caught up in your own experience that you don't do as much as you could to help the others going through it with you. You also don't tell others how they could help. You assume that they see things the way you do, that they understand what you do.
And by "you," I mean me. Maybe all the other families do a better job of communicating. But maybe not.
In the monologue, Brigid acknowledges her brother's growth and progress. She acknowledges the hard job of parenting a child with ASD. Things she hasn't expressly said to me, probably assuming that they are things that "go without saying," as we all know them to be true.
I spent this past weekend in New York with Brigid. She has a part-time job with a special needs theater group. The kids she works with, all teenagers with developmental disabilities, were putting on the show they have been working on all semester. I went to the show, sharing the experience with the families of the actors. I don't know these families, yet I know them. I saw a little bit of Reilly in each of the children. I watched the joy the parents felt watching their kids have a great time. I saw the joy the teachers and volunteers felt interacting with the kids. In that small, black-box theater, we were a family.
Words weren't necessary then. But sometimes, I think they are. We probably should use them more, even if only to validate the shared experience and the subsequent feelings. Maybe that is my resolution for the New Year: to use my words more often.


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Amen to that. The iPhone users seem a bit like the fish I catch with a spinner lure. The lure is bright and shiny, but has no nutritional value. All you get is reeled in.
Right now, I'm typing on my laptop, using my Palm Centro as a tethered 3G modem (with Radio Paradise streaming in the background) using a 3rd party app. Speed's about the same as DSL. Maybe a little faster. It can do the same trick via Bluetooth - "untethered" tethering - though the Bluetooth connection cuts the speed a bit. I pay $15 a month for unlimited data access. And since the Palm is an open platform, I pay ziltch, zero, nada, nothing extra a month to tether that data stream to my laptop. Sweeeeet!
I actually see the Centro (and most other smart phones) vs. the iPhone to be a bit like Firefox vs. Opera. Firefox lets you add whatever add-ons you want to enhance it, and make it work the way you want. Opera? Not so much. You get what they want you to have. For example, I wanted to add voice dialing to the Centro. Bought the app, installed it. I now have voice dialing. Voice dialing on the iPhone? Nope. Maybe I want to control all the IR devices in my home with my Centro. Again, not a problem. iPhone? Oh, never mind. No IR capabilities. No ability to shoot video either. And my computer can see the Centro's storage card as just another USB Mass Drive. I can rip MP3s and 3GP video directly into the phone, no "rip then copy" needed.
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#1 Sep 7, 2014
This is a site-wide discussion about the role humans play in global warming. What role do you think we play? Share your thoughts & leave a comment.
#2 Sep 7, 2014
Global warming is a myth!
#3 Sep 7, 2014
What role do humans play in global warming? None! It's actually getting colder - not warmer.
And only the liberal America-hating climatologists are hoping that the entire human race will forget about Climategate. Remember that one liberal climatologists? No? Well everybody else does!
The radical, America-hating left are hoping that if they can repeat the same lies over and over again (and pretend climategate never happened), then eventually the American people will start to agree that oil consumption - and therefore Capitalism and Freedom - are bad.
It's getting tiresome. Are we sick of the leftwing America-haters yet?
#4 Sep 7, 2014
industrialization contributes to pollution (both water and air) which can result to greenhouse effect (global warming).
planting more trees and other plants can absorb more CO2 and lower pollution.
here are some more steps we can do to reduce global warming::)
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In point of fact, the world is warming ... and has been for 50,000 years. Which is the reason that most of the US and Europe are buried under a mountain of ice. Despite the fact that paleolithic man drove very few SUVs.
There have been decades long periods of both accelerated cooling and heating which are recorded in human history, none of which can be attributed to human intervention and about which we don't fully understand.
However, certain groups have grasped on to the idea that human expiration of carbon is the one and only cause of what has been with us since the Ice Age and politicized their belief to the extent that any intelligent conversation on the topic is impossible. There is literally no difference in rhetoric between those who scream about Climate Deniers and those who scream about Bible Deniers -- two notes on the same instrument.
However, given that most of the world is sane enough to tune out the most shrill rhetoric on either side of the political divide and turn their attention to deal with immediate issues like economy and the threat of extremism and will leave the possible demise of the Snail Darter in the year 2230 to another, hopefully less chaotic, time.
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#6 Sep 8, 2014
There are always, and have always been, and always will be, people around the globe who get upset that we and the world aren't taking their environmental and other life concerns seriously enough.
It used to be atomic bomb (nuclear) tests drastically affecting world weather, and environment.
It's a natural part of the human condition and its search for relevance and importance.
The Chicken Littles, for whom the sky will be forever falling.
Their place in the pecking order.
And they're right, they are ignored. For good reason!
Hence the worldwide green phenomena.
Hence concerned environmentalists.
Hence inner city trendies, and other pains in the arse.
Hence those who need to feel more relevant and superior than their "nobody" status would indicate.
So hence where we are now with climate science/its denial/and whatever else seems important to fill up the time until you die.
And they're coming to eat your children!
So don't delay!!!!
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#7 Sep 8, 2014
Excellent post, I'll quote it on my website.
You've summed up quite a few of the climate crusader oddballs that post here.
I particularly liked "Hence those who need to feel more relevant and superior than their "nobody" status would indicate," because a handful of that variety have been posting here for a few years and they know who they are.
#8 Sep 8, 2014
The beginning posts of this thread show what people are attracted to toxic topix. The following from another thread is an excellent example:
[QUOTE who="lyin' brian"]don't put the carriage in front of the horse.[/QUOTE]
But some airplane designs have the propellor at the rear of the airplane, many trains have locomotives at the front, middle & back of the cars, & few V-8 powered cars are made (new 3-cylinder turbo designs are very efficient).
"lyin' brian" chose a life away from science & never gained an ability to understand science. "lyin' brian" is a sleepy sleazy slimy steenking filthy vile reprobate rooting(& rotting) racist pukey proud pig AND alleged & proud threatener, whose lack of science, chemistry, astronomy, physics, algebra & pre-calc in its poorly earned hi skule DEE-ploooma causes it to oppose scientific AGW & support its errors of 1 million TIMES, 1000 TIMES, 3000 TIMES, 73+ million TIMES, 2.5+ trillion TIMES, & 3.5+ trillion TIMES.
Many others have no hi skule DEE-plooomaas, at all & are proud to show their lack, adding errors of 500 million TIMES, & 1,000,000,000,000,000 TIMES to the above.
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#9 Sep 8, 2014
Pot meet kettle.
The only reason your ignorant babblings on a subject you obviously know nothing about get any attention is they suit the agenda of religious, economic and political dogmatists.
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#10 Sep 8, 2014
Global warming is a HOAX perpetuated by people who are trying to make Billions and Billions of dollars on the backs ofvthe poor and middle class. They have lied about the data falsified the data and actually been caught and admited whenbthe data sis not fit the plan they made it up. Remember these are the same people who can't forecast the weather tomorrow. The same people who said inbthe early 1970's that we were headed towards a new ice age. Wake up and follow the money!!
Wagga Wagga, Australia
#11 Sep 8, 2014
The essence of warming theory is worked out through modelling.
It isn't necessarily the data at fault, rather the intrinsic use of it in tweaked models.
And the subsequent theorising based on those tweaked results.
Right now they're doing an exercise in explaining how cooling really amounts to warming.
It's quite cute really, how many earnest and intelligent souls have been drawn in to this morass of mindlessly scrambled data confusion and refusal to contemplate valid disagreement of detail and theory. With reality of course, in the back seat.
Wagga Wagga, Australia
#12 Sep 8, 2014
A word from the seriously unglued.
Wagga Wagga, Australia
#13 Sep 8, 2014
Just a casual observation.
I went looking for confirmation of the claims being made some years back.
Instead of detailed clarity, I came up against obfuscation, dodgy modelling, and demented claims of other party lack of faith.
I know B/S when I see the signs.
And that over earnest drive to sell a dodgy product.
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#14 Sep 8, 2014
I think they play a huge role in it, but it is nice to know so many experts live in Carteret county. to sit here and think humans can do whatever we want with no price to pay in the future is ignorant. what does it hurt to err with cation, I think it's hate that drives most people and I don't have to say against who, y'all know
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#15 Sep 8, 2014
If that was the only reason, it would be enough.
"Happy, warm and comfortable"
Since: Oct 10
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#16 Sep 8, 2014
It's a shame that the more observant among the faithful don't appear to see what's right in front of them.
The best we can do is keep on showing them pieces of the jig-saw puzzle until they see the big picture.
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#17 Sep 8, 2014
Almost zero.
"Free to be me and you!"
Since: Aug 14
#18 Sep 8, 2014
I quit polluting in 1985. I am asgreen asI can possibly be these days. My carbon footprint is HUGE!!!!!!!!
"Happy, warm and comfortable"
Since: Oct 10
Mountain retreat, SE Spain
#19 Sep 8, 2014
That's about the size of it.
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Since: May 13
#20 Sep 8, 2014
Just don't claim that man can pump 300 times more CO2 into the atmosphere than occurs naturally, deforest millions of acres every year, and have no effect on climate.
Extent of effects and duration can be debated, but not that. You can't remove huge volumes of the Earth's crust and pump it into the air without effect. Any claim that there is no effect or one that doesn't accumulate isn't based in science, which is why the debate is over among scientists.
The debate is only among those who lack the intellect to interpret climate data, or those who possess the ignorance to claim climate science is a conspiracy and think, at the same time, that oil companies have society's best interest in mind.
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As Forest River Inc. marks its best sales year since being founded in 1995 by Peter J. Liegl, the multi-divisional company anticipates hosting 2,800 people at its third annual dealer meeting, Sept. 29-30, at its corporate headquarters in Elkhart, Ind.
"I guess we are going to have a 40% increase this year in attendance," Liegl told RVBUSINESS.com. "The response has been phenomenally good."
The show will feature Forest River, Coachmen, Palomino and Prime Time recreation vehicles along with buses, cargo trailers, manufactured homes, commercial vehicles, ice houses, pontoon boats and bathroom units manufactured by other divisions.
In an exclusive interview with RVBUSINESS.com, Liegl estimates that Forest River's sales for 2010 will be in the range of $2.5 billion, up 74.2% compared to last year.
"We've never had a better year in our whole history," Liegl said. "We're happy with that. But by the same token, we picked up a lot of pieces of the pie (market share) where other people went out of business."
Soon to join Forest River's lineup is the reincarnation of the Shasta brand in a new division under the direction of industry veteran Brad Whitehead that will build stick-and-tin travel trailers, minimotorhomes and laminated trailers and fifth-wheels. Shasta's new lineup will make their debut Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at the 48th National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky.
"We won't have anything from Shasta at our dealer showing, but there's a need for a Shasta-type product and we'll have it at Louisville," Liegl said.
Although the recent proliferation of northern Indiana dealer meetings has raised some concerns within the industry regarding the ultimate impact on the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association's (RVIA) Louisville Show, Liegl said that Forest River's dealer show is meant to compliment the Louisville Show, rather than replace it.
"I think we need both," Liegl said. "No 1, Louisville is limited to RVs. By the same token, space is extremely costly there. I've got my show here in a field next to corporate headquarters. I can display more at no cost."
Liegl, at the same time, said the Louisville Show by itself isn't long enough to spend the time necessary with Forest River's dealers. "Our show just gives us more time to spend with our dealers communicating," he said. "That's all Louisville is, communicating. But with our own show, we've got more time to do that."
The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary's foray into staging its initial dealer meeting in 2008 with the theme "Pick Your Partner" was spurred by the desire to "let dealers know that financially, unquestionably, we were the strongest (RV manufacturer)," Liegl said.
"We wanted to make it known that they should make sure that their 'partner' was going to be here through thick and thin," Liegl added. "And obviously, it worked very successfully for us.
"In effect we were saying to dealers that they needed to know who they were doing business with because if your manufacturer goes out of business, you've got a problem, not only a problem getting your warranty, but a problem selling them and getting them financed.
"Every dealer out there understands that very well today when they look at the manufacturers that went out of business and the problems they had with the product that they had on their lots."
Liegl said the theme for this year's gathering will involve a "thank you" to dealers for making Forest River the success it has become.
in the big picture, Liegl said a host of RV manufacturers holding dealer open houses and shows the same week in September is, in reality, boosting attendance at Forest River's gathering.
Those other companies hosting dealers include Gulf Stream Coach Inc.; Thor Industries Inc. subsidiaries Keystone RV Co., Thor Motor Coach (recently created from the consolidation of Four Winds International Corp. and Damon Motor Coach), Breckenridge and Dutchmen Manufacturing Inc.; Monaco RV LLC; Livin' Lite Recreational Vehicles; Dynamax Corp,; EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC; Sunnybrook RV; and Carriage Inc. Meanwhile, Jayco Inc.'s annual Master Sales Training Session for dealers' sales staffs is partly slotted in the same time frame.
"Having the competition have their (dealer shows) at the same time has boosted our numbers," Liegl said. "We're getting commitments (from competitors') dealers that they are coming to ours too."


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With the 2011 calendar year drawing to a close, let's take a look back at some highlights of On The Road. There certainly were plenty of noteworthy stories this year. And to think, we're not even a full year old yet. That will come in February, but in the meantime, here are some of the highlights of the last 10 months.
Fuel economy has been all over the news in the last year. Between saving money and going green, drivers are making every gallon of gas count.
In that respect, On The Road looked at several eco-friendly rides - from the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt to the "Affluent Environmentalist," otherwise known as the Mercedes S400.
Where to start with the Volt? How about 93 mpg?
The Volt has no equal for those who want to own a zero-emissions electric-powered car for shorter trips, yet also require a fuel-efficient gasoline-powered model that will suffice for longer outings, which is something that a pure electric car simply can't deliver.
Connecticut was one of the first states where the Volt was introduced, but for those looking for a more posh yet still fuel-friendly ride, then the Mercedes S400 might be for you. This "mild hybrid" not only gets the best gas mileage of any large luxury car, it serves as a model for how some cars will meet stricter federal fuel economy standards.
But while technology is helping make our rides more fuel efficient, it's also distracting the most important element of driving: the driver. Driving while using a cell phone has sparked a lot of debate over the past year, as research proves that texting or talking on the phone is virtually the same as driving drunk.
Still, an Allstate Foundation study found that although 49 percent of teens admit to be extremely distracted by driving while instant messaging, 82 percent said they still use their phones when they are behind the wheel.
It's getting to the point that earlier this month the National Transportation Safety Board recommended a ban on any cell phone use while behind the wheel.
"No call, no text, no update, is worth a human life," says NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman.
However, technology isn't all bad. We launched our website, ctnow.com/ontheroad, which features up-to-date information from Cars.com, along with clips from our TV show, a blog, and content uploaded from the print edition. If you haven't stopped by already, be sure to check it out.
The Internet is also great place to research that next car you're looking at buying. But what about getting it sent straight to your house without ever setting foot inside the dealer?
"Customers can order and apply for financing online, come into the dealership and do some paperwork, and then leave with their plates," says A.J. Maida, director of digital marketing at Papa's Dodge Chrysler Jeep in New Britain.
Maida says 80 percent of all car buyers nationwide start their search online, arming themselves with a prices, models and options before they step foot inside the dealership.
While some consumers have bought a car without ever stepping foot inside the dealer, this process is far from an everyday occurrence.
"It's not like buying a book from Amazon or a shirt from Paul Frederick," he says.
And finally, let's not forget about the big 7-0 for one of the most rugged vehicles in America.
Jeep turned 70 this year, It's gone from a rugged and reliable fighting vehicle for GI's to the off-roader of choice for many drivers.
It's the idea that a car can go anywhere a driver wants it to go that attracts buyers to Jeep, says Jim Morrison, head of Jeep Brand product marketing in Detroit.
"We know that 100 percent of Jeep customers take their vehicles off-road, but most do it only in their minds," Morrison says.
"Not all of our customers will take a $30,000 or $40,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee off-road, but it's important for them to know they won't get stuck in their driveway in the snow," Morrison adds.
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Delany: Big Ten 'inactive but alert' on expansion
The Big Ten's guideline for conference expansion is "inactive,
but alert."
The league unexpectedly transformed the landscape of major
college sports again last month when it announced Rutgers and
Maryland would be joining. As usual with conference realignment,
the move triggered others and speculation more could be coming.
"I would describe our position as being inactive, but alert,"
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday after he appeared on
a panel with Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive and
Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco. The discussion at the IMG
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"Monitoring the landscape is overused so we're trying to figure
out what's the most apt way to describe where we are," Delany
said. "One hundred percent moving toward integration of the 14
(members). With schedules, branding and divisional alignment.
"We assessed staying where we were, and thought there was some
risk to that long term," he added. "We also understand that
there's risk when you expand because you could get brand
The Big Ten's move tipped the dominoes that led to the Atlantic
Coast Conference turning to Louisville to replace Maryland.
Losing Rutgers and Louisville forced the Big East to add Tulane
as a member in all sports and East Carolina for just football, then
Conference USA had to make moves to replace those two schools.
Slive said the SEC doesn't feel compelled to react to the Big
Ten's latest expansion. He said he sensed that after Notre Dame
announced in September it was moving from the Big East to the ACC,
while keeping its football program independent, the shuffling would
"I think each of us have to understand what our own respective
needs are," he said. "I did think we were probably stable for a
while. My reaction was more that there's not as much stability as I
thought there was."
"We're comfortable at 14, but I would never say never. That
doesn't mean we're active. If your foundation and philosophy is,
when leave I want the SEC to be better than when I came, and ensure
its financial future, its competitive future. Any thought about
going beyond 14 would relate to whether or not it would enhance
those two things."
Aresco said the Big East is trying to stay prepared for
anything. The conference has undergone a massive overhaul in the
past two seasons and is trying to re-invent itself as a
coast-to-coast, 12-team football conference, with Boise State and
San Diego State entering next season. The Big East is also trying
to land a new television contract. The negotiations were stalled
when Rutgers and Louisville announced they were leaving. Aresco
said they have started up again.
"I'd like to see consolidation finally take hold so people can
begin to build on what they have," he said.
"It's not an enjoyable part of the job, dealing with
(realignment)," he added. "In the end we have to go about our
business. We don't know whether there will be a period, a long
period, of stability. No one knows.
"Uncertainty isn't good. We decided we're going to move
forward. If something happens down the road, you adjust. We think
the model is a viable model."
The SEC doesn't have a problem with stability. The conference
has been working on launching its own television network, similar
to what the Big Ten and Pac-12 have started.
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Maryland has one of the lowest rates of childhood poverty in the nation, but is in the middle of the pack in overall children's well-being, according to a report released Wednesday by the Baltimore-basedAnnie E. Casey Foundation.
The state is 23rd overall in the 2011 Kids Count Data Book, an annual assessment of child welfare organized with the help of local child advocacy groups. Maryland ranks two spots better than last year's report, but continues to have relatively high child and infant death rankings.
Since 2000, the average nationwide child poverty rate increased 18 percent, according to the report. The recent economic recession, it concludes, "effectively wiped out all of the gains we made in cutting child poverty in the late 1990s."
"The recession really disassembled a wonderful movement forward," said Becky Wagner, the executive director of Advocates for Children & Youth, the Kids Count organization for Maryland.
Poverty, for purposes of this report, was income in 2009 below about $22,000 for a family of two adults and two children. In Maryland, child poverty decreased 8 percent over the decade.
New Hampshire, Connecticut and Utah are the only states other than Maryland with child poverty rates of 12 percent or less. But all three of those states are ranked within the top seven spots overall while Maryland lags almost halfway down the list, which measures the most recent data available for 10 key categories.
The child death rate in Maryland, out of sync with the nation's decline in child deaths, did not improve between 2000 and 2007, staying at 21 deaths per 100,000 children between the ages of 1 and 14.
Maryland has some of the worst rates in the country for infant health. The state is 42nd in infant mortality, with 8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2007, and 41st for percent of low-birth weight babies, at 9.2 percent in 2008.
As part of the foundation's effort to determine the recession's influence on children, for the first time the number of children affected by foreclosure and the number of households with at least one unemployed parent were included in the analysis.
Since 2007, about 4 percent of Maryland's children, the same as the nation overall, were in households that experienced foreclosures. In 2010, about 8 percent of the state's children were living in households with at least one unemployed parent, slightly less than the 11 percent nationwide.
Foreclosure and its frequent precursor, a parent's job loss, can begin a negative domino-effect for a child's welfare, said Wagner.
"That lack of security is really a game-changer," she said.
The teen death rate, teen birth rate, percent of teens not in school and not high school graduates, and the percent of children in poverty have all improved in Maryland since 2000, according to the report.
The main child welfare indicators that have not improved in Maryland since 2000 include the percent of low-birth weight babies, the infant mortality rate and the percent of children in single-parent families.
Wagner hopes that legislation passed this year by the General Assembly to assist low-income women receive family planning health care will improve Maryland's infant health rates.


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Thirteen children became part of their forever families in a ceremony finalizing adoptions Friday at the Sunset Harbor Yacht Club in Daytona Beach.
DAYTONA BEACH — Two-year-old Michael squirmed and cried, letting everyone in the room know he wanted "mommy."
Minutes later, he had one.
Michael was one of 13 children Friday who became part of their forever families at the Sunset Harbor Yacht Club in Daytona Beach.
Steve and Kim Pipines, Port Orange residents and Volusia County schools employees, took Michael in as a foster child after his mother was no longer able to care for him. But Michael wasn't the only one to join their family Friday. They adopted 3-year-old Keanna as well.
"We fell in love with them the second we saw them," said Kim Pipines, who also held the hand of the couple's adopted 6-year-old son Bryan.
Heather, 15, and Dion, also known as Didi, 16, were overwhelmed with emotion after their adoptions were finalized. Bonnie Shaw, their new mother, embraced both of them and wiped tears off Heather's cheeks. She and her husband, David Shaw, were marking their ninth and tenth adoptions Friday.
"We knew we wanted a big family and we said no problem," Bonnie Shaw said. The Shaws, who live in Orlando and previously lived in DeLand, also have two biological children.
Didi Shaw was nearly at a loss for words. Soon, though, her tears turned to a big smile.
"It's good to know you're done with all the court and everything," she said.
Before the adoptions were finalized, several leaders spoke about the importance of adopting. Circuit Judge William Parsons, one of five judges who presided over the adoptions, commended the families in attendance.
"We are binding families together, parents and children, in a relationship that will last forever," he said. "As long as there is time, those families will exist together."
Friday's ceremony was in conjunction with National Adoption Month, during which thousands of foster care children will find a home. In Miami, 60 children were adopted; 20 foster children were adopted in Hillsborough County; 16 in West Palm Beach; and 11 kids in Tallahassee were adopted this month.
About 800 Florida foster children are still waiting for a permanent home and more than 100,000 nationwide. Last year, 3,250 children were adopted out of the state's foster care system.
Mark Jones, chief executive officer of the Community Partnership for Children, said he always looks forward to the National Adoption Month event.
"This is a social worker's Christmas," he said. "There is no better day than this."
David Abramowitz, director of the Department of Children and Families Northeast region, said adoption gives children a "fighting chance" to make it in life.
"It's special when you can actually end a day when you can say, 'thanks Mom, thanks Dad,' " he said. "Our nation is great because of people like you."
Michelle Campbell of Lake County knows all too well how much it means to adopt as she at one time found herself without a family before being taken in by Raoul and Claire Souliere.
On Friday, Michelle and her husband, Paul, adopted brothers Levi, 9, and Noah, 5.
"Who knows where they'd be without us," Michelle Campbell said.
As his family left the yacht club to start their new life, Steve Pipines couldn't help but beam over the new additions.
"It means the world to us," he said. "They needed a home and we wanted them. It's a bond that's very sacred and very strong."


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So we know that Sony will reveal the PlayStation 4 at PS Meeting 2013.
time third parties don't have the excuse of hard-to-program tech to hide behind if they try to sell us poor ports should they have the thick skin to try to...
I don't think there will be many poor ports with PS4/Xbox 720.
I don't claim to be an expert on such dealings, but it would seem that if hardware on both is the same (both rumored to have some AMD chipset) than it comes down to a similar API implementation.
This means, middleware and multiconsole development studios could cut off the fat and make games faster, better, and under budget.
(Again, this is hypothetically speaking.)
I hope not. And Bethesda, if you are listening: New Console means the slate is wiped clean. Use the PS4 as your primary and then port. Why not have a ton of happy gamers instead of a divided following.
Talking as a software developer -not in the gaming industry, but the idea behind programming is the same- the architecture 9based on the current rumours) will be the same x86 or x64 architecture. This means "porting" from one console to another and even from PC/Mac/Linux to a console will be debatable easy.
Question is however the graphics programming API behind it.
Microsoft in the 360 promoted their XNA API for arcade games and DirectX-like for everything else, while Sony uses their own API for PS4.
Moving to a PC-like architecture will allow them to adopt OpenGL or DirectX.
Sony most likely will go with OpenGL and this will help developers to program and port games from PC to PS4 and vice versa.
Now Microsoft is the one that troubles me. They are used to ditching industry standards to promote their own -just last week they said no to WebRTC in favour of their own similar solution. Thus I guess they will go with their DirectX route to promote Windows 8 gaming as well...
If MS goes with their own solution, we will see crappy port until some work-arounds are found... but even then I doubt it will much of a difference.
Personal note: I am doing parallel programming in CUDA with OpenGl and it is "easy" once you learn it.
@Athonline : Sony did in fact have an OpenGL implementation for PS3 (I believe they supported all of OpenGL ES). It just wasn't all that useful for most studios, AFAIK.
Sony used a semi stripped, tweaked & customized OpenGL 1.0 based API PSGL that uses libGCM. I wouldn't count OpenGL 1.0, a really old version, especially a customised version of it as OpenGL.
It uses features, not the entire library of OpenGL ES, which again is a customised version of OpenGL, tuned for embedded devices and not PC architecture... at least this is what I was told from some friends in the industry.
The differences in the syntax are minimum, OpenGL ES is actually more "lightweight" than OpenGL 1.0, but they are there.
We developers are lazy, we believe and workship the DRY manifest (Do-not Repeat Your Self -aka do not write the same code twice) at such extremes, we just "copy"/"paste&q uot; code snippets and hope it works. With this in mind it was "expected" for developers to mess things when porting from one standard to another.
This explains the announcement of a battlefield 4 reveal during this month
Battlefield 4 on ps4? Ah man I'm completely against the annualization of these games but I think i'd be all over that this xmas.
Maybe also the reason gta v has been put back till september.
all this is very exiting.... so many good stuff coming... I feel like a 9 year old again, waiting for a present.. lol
3rd party, ok , but how about slipping in some...
Dream mode on!
Show me that new Media molecule Ip for the PS4 and while I am still dreaming, "The last guardian and Naughty dog's new PS4 IP (uncharted 4?)...Oh yah and that new Kojima game (what's it called ,cough cough) and Killzone PS4 and there 'other new Ip and how about some Gt6, and......then I woke up.
Well I hope for something special anyways, I cannot wait to see the future...
Yes, it's going to be interesting to see the response. The usual excuse from devs is that it's difficult to program for and the usual response to why 1st party games are much better than 3rd party games, is that Sony devs can cater exclusively for the Ps3. So, these devs and these dissenters are going to have no room for manoeuvre. Devs better equal Sony studios or the cat will be out of the bag. I'm almost convinced that 3rd party efforts on BOTH consoles won't look any better initially than the 1st party games coming for the PS3 this year. We'll see ... I could be wrong--I hope I'm wrong, but if they're NOT, all hell will break loose amongst Sony fans.
It's time for devs to put up or shut up and show us what they can do with a more unified user-base. No more excuses, no more complaints, just get on with it.
Sony got plenty of first party games coming exclusively only for the PS4..Third party developers have no excuse to port any crappy games to any of the console..since its easy to program on the ps4 and the next xbox...The only games that will show great graphics will be the PS4 exclusive games..or the developers will take advantage of the ps4 hardware and port it to the next xbox
The most anticipated title for me is Gran Turismo 6 :'D
Why are people disagreeing with "his" most anticipated title?
Didn't you know? Your opinion isn't your opinion on the internet. Anytime you make mention of anything you like or don't like, you're trying to shove your opinion down other peoples throats.
This post is meant as a joke reply, but it's not really so much of a joke as often as people get attacked for stating their opinions.
I hit disagree because my most anticipated for ps4 is not GT6
I doubt they will show third party at the meeting. Most likely we'll get a few feature demos (Like the rubber duck was used to show liquid physics) and first party demos, like GT for example.
The games will be saved for E3 when they can just assault us with games and pricing and launch date.
The meeting will be mainly to show the hardware and a few capabilities.
Well thats what i think if i'm being realistic and not going overboard like some are.
You do know that this is mostly for investors. That is why Sony is calling out for em. So it will definitely show third party support to get people to invest in the company more.. that will be key. It most likely wont be too specific on things, that will most likely be e3 but it will most definitely touch on the support it will get as well as improvements and how to attract consumers. Thats how it was when I went to the ps3 meeting, so im expecting the same
It's strange to still be blaming developers when Sony has changed their direction and admitted the Cell architecture was a mistake. Strange, but not unexpected.
i trust in sony, no doubt theyre gonna impress us.
Kat :) ...uh ..right back to the subject at hand. Third party support is good. The Wii had a lot of that. So lets say if Sony were to take all of that support from them and they didnt have as many..would you all see that as a good or bad thing?
Maybe it's both? They get more support but as long as they keep up their quality they are good. Only bad thing I can think of is some people would focus on Sony having a TON of third party games even though they have a TON of quality exclusives. What do you think? Or am I just confusing myself.
i want a new socom.
Yeah but they stated that they can not let SOCOM series die, maybe sometime..... somehow... (it'd be a shame if they someone like Activision, EA, etc, make the new game from it thou )
I hope, The Witcher 3 coming ps4.
i would kill for the witcher 1,2 and 3 on ps4!
How about some new IP'S eh?
Man, The Witcher series only on PC. Ok, W2 360, but this game awesome and complex. Many only for AAA console game its a joke and simple.
W3 incoming!
"RED Engine 3 is a revolution in RPGs"
This is a GAME, not corridor shooter.
No more current gen buying for me.
From now till launch, all my time and money will be for the ps4's launch day.
I know there's a few good games left to come out but too excited for the new stuff.
PS4, 3 or 4 launch games and an extra controller.
Hurry up Sony, I honestly can't contain my excitement much longer for this thing.
You're not playing The Last of Us or Beyond when they come out? I don't think I have that kind of strength.
My fiancé will get the last of us for her ps3 while I plan our ps4 launch purchase :D
We're both just excited as hell and love Playstation. :)
Haha nice, that game is going to be amazing.
Here's how big of a nerd I am... I started pricing out tents for the PS4 launch.
Your going to camp out just to give Sony $600? I'm getting a ps4 too but only when it gets a decent price cut. You must work two jobs or somethin...
Well, I've already started saving for the PS4, and if I didn't have to dip into that fund to buy a new laptop last weekend, I'd be good to go.
Just one job for me, enough for bills, groceries and my video game addiction.
You will buy current gen and love current gen, forget about future gen.
they got the last of us, beyond 2 souls, and the new god of war game coming out this year..i suggest you keep gaming with the ps3 and save money at the same time
I'm still getting The Last of Us and Beyond
Metal Gear whatever is next gen, GTA5 will probably have a next gen better looking version
on the multiplats side Bioshock Infinite willend up on the top five for this gen if it fulfills what it promises
other than that maybe Crysis 3 and Tomb Raider and that's pretty much it for this gen
to recap:
-Bioshock Infinite
-Tomb Raider
-The Last of Us
-Beyond Two Souls
and then into the next gen we go
edit: on second thought Beyond might end up on the PS4 too
I'm kind of in the same boat, however I'm waiting more of a release date for the PS4 so I know how to budget my $ in time for the PS4 instead of getting broke then having to wait.
"No more current gen buying for me"
I wish I could say the same. I pre-ordered Dead Space 3, GTA5, Last of US, Metro Last Light and Bioshock:Infinite. But I'll probably just pick up Metro, LoU and Bioshock.
i'll rent last of us and god of war
the last console games i played were uncharted 3, halo 4 and gears 3
since then, i don't know, killzone 3 and halo reach
pc has been drawing me in deeper and deeper with steam deals, amazingly better grapihcs and performance and way cheaper games
i am really looking forward to ps4 and nextbox to draw me back to the consoles, i do love my consoles, i own ps3/ps2/ps1/wii/gamecube/n64/n ew/snes/xbox1/xbox360/ds/psp/ga mebooy advance sp/genisis
but honestly they are all boxed up except my ps3 for exclusives and bluray, i can play every otther gen of consoles on pc, including wii, it all looks so much better in 1080p with massive anti aliasing
cannot wait for great console exclusives to get close to pc llevel graphics
already got some cash set aside for both ps4 and nextbox, cannot wait, i hope one of them launches this summer!
I hope Sony still consider Dark Cloud 3, Wild Arms 6, or Legend of Dragoon 2 on PS4. Not to mention some old title that sony must revive it such as Omega Boost. Imagine Omega Boost 2 and Legend of Dragoon 2 with Uncharted / GT 5 graphic >.<
My most difficult decision when it comes to buying the PS4 will be which one of my tv's to hook it up to lol. My poor 50 inch Samsung is on the receiving end of all of my other consoles and pc....ahh decisions decisions
haha i have the same problem!! My brother and I are saving up for a wii u(and i guess the ps4 pretty soon as well, that is if it comes out this year :P) and we have no idea where to put it.
they should just release it on the 20th man cmon
My game list, not only third party.
Killzone 4
Gran Turismo 6
The Witcher 3
CoD MW4
DooM 4
Cyberpunk 2077
Jak and Daxter 4
Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes
New awesome IP Guerrilla Games and Naughty Dog (Not TPS).
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Square, Konami, PlatinumGames new exklusive IP.
It's going to awesome if battlefield 4 comes as Ps4 launch title!!
EA said that BF4 will be revealed in about 90 days.
With sony releasing the PS4 this chrismas along with BF4 and a COD for PS4 will be great for sony.
Native support for K&M for PS4 with BF4 at lauch would be super and Uncharted 4 as the cherry on top.
have to agree, for any FPS game controllers suck. Native keyboard and mouse support would be good for those who play console fps, i prefer PC for those.
YESSS! im utter trash at shooters on the ps3 because the sensitivity is either too much or too little. but with M&K its a lot easier for me to control and play, though im no pro even with M&K shooters are a lot more enjoyable because i actually get kills instead of just being free points for the other team
At least, Sony knows that 3rd parties will make games on PS4 :)
(on Xbox 3 too)
We know that there are many games on next-gen !
Show us the future! :)
I so want them to turn the company around, I have alot of trust in Kaz Hirai. Since being there, he has trimmed alot of the fat.
Goodluck Sony, kick the competition in the nuts!
The PS4 should have a news forum inbuilt in and displayed on its menu screen, with it - it would allow gamers to discuss topics relating to game news. Such topics would be news and information on multiplate games that are coming out and exclusives silmilar to N4G.com. Players could speak to one another over mics or party chat on things related to gaming or things in general. It would be a good way to gain tips for released games but also general information. Plus troll could be booted out of conversations on topics
So basically u want miiverse on ps4
Whats miiverse? PM me as i dont have enough bubbles to comment
I plan to get a PS4 If
The online is free (Most likely)
It has BC (Not a deal breaker if it doesn't I do have a PS3)
It plays used games(It most likely will)
So far I plan to get it to accompany my Wii U
Wii U is the 'Fisher Price' of video games consoles. It's already losing momentum, and will only make matters worse for Nintendo when the PS4/720 news heats up.
I'm afraid the Wii U is a dead duck in the water and will only cater to 'Nintendo Die hards'.
Sales aside (casuals don't support the games industry, the hardcore does), Nintendo has been irrelevant since N64.
I liken Nintendo to that TV show 'Friends' ....Re-runs, re-runs...but nothing new.
I disagree with you man, but hey if you don't like Nintendo that's just your opinion and I respect that. I know that no matter what Nintendo does you'll never like them again.
I'll continue to support Nintendo and Sony because they give me great gaming experiences. When I get my Wii U and PS4 they'll comfortably sit side by side, just like my Wii and PS3.
Maybe to you it is but there are going to be a lot of games coming out for Wii U that I want.
If third parties give lame excuses as to why a game isn't on Wii U I won't buy their game.
All I will need is 1st party exclusives from Sony and Nintendo.
lol what? I'm no fan of the wii but you do realize that the wii destroyed the xbox and ps3 in sales. if anything its the casuals that keep the game industry going(but they're also the ones killing it as well, ironically). if the causal were so irrelevant as you think why do so many developers simplify their games to appeal to the casuals?
Sony PS4 seems to be positioning itself as the 'PS2' of video games consoles next gen...
I think the hard slog PS3 initially had was a bitter pill for Sony to swallow and is a lesson learnt for Sony....I expect Sony to be the leader next gen.
However....Microsoft are yet to reveal anything regarding Xbox. Here's hoping the recent 360 1st party drought is down to MS getting its next gen act together.
But Sony have really surprised me over the last 2 years...Sony are back and badder than ever...
I currently play both 360/PS3 and have room for only 1 next console next gen, and am interested to see how it all plays out later this year.
The only thing that could deter me from PS4/720 is if Sony/MS Backwards Compatability is non existent on all levels e.g. I at least expect all my PSN/Live games that I paid for to be transferable to the PS4/720. Not so much disc based, but digital at the very least!!
Your move MS!


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Some immigrants who have the skills to work in high-tech jobs in western Wake County and Research Triangle Park are going elsewhere because of current restrictions on work visas, according to Morrisville Town Councilman Steve Rao.
Rao and Partnership for a New American Economy, a national group in favor of immigration reform, hosted a panel discussion in Morrisville on Monday. The goal was to highlight how an easier path to immigration could help the Triangle by potentially creating thousands of jobs.
The event focused on a report by the advocacy group that says the Triangle is among the U.S. metro areas most affected by current procedures for an immigrant to become a U.S. citizen or acquire a work visa.
The report says 1,112 visa applicants in the Raleigh-Durham area were denied H-1B visas between 2007 and 2008. An H-1B visa allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in highly specialized fields such as research and technology.
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Current laws restrict the government from granting more than 85,000 H-1B visas per year.
The cap is leading to a "brain drain" in places like New York, Washington, California and even Cary and Morrisville, Rao said.
"Many of (these workers) have been in technology, bio-tech and life sciences working on great innovations," he said. "But some of them have actually left for countries that have more open (immigration) policies."
The panel discussion attracted about two dozen people, most of them advocates for reform who sought to learn more about how the current system affects the Triangle.
John Faison is the director of Centro Internacional de Raleigh, a group that attempts to connect immigrants to faith-based organizations in North Carolina. Faison said he believes there's a moral argument for immigration reform, but he wanted to learn more about how it affects employers.
He said he was appalled by the report's claim that visa denials nullified as many as 2,557 tech jobs since 2008.
"It's ridiculous that we have employers who want workers here ... and we say, 'You can't come,' " he said, referring to the cap on certain visas.
The push for immigration reform is mostly led by Democrats but has gained support from a handful of Republicans such as Rep. Renee Ellmers, who represents much of western Wake County.
Kevin LeCount, a director for the State Employees Association of North Carolina, attended the event and called Ellmers "courageous" for supporting reform efforts despite receiving criticism from her own party.
Others such as Rep. George Holding, a Raleigh Republican, argue that America needs to secure its southern border before overhauling the immigration structure.
In a statement released by his office, Holding said he looks forward "to playing an active role in the coming discussions" about specific issues such as visas for high-skilled workers.
In the meantime, reform advocates point to the economic benefits of immigration reform in an attempt to woo critics.
Rao and the partnership invited policy analyst Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank, to Morrisville.
Nowrasteh said immigrants are more likely than Americans to pursue jobs in the science and math fields, are less likely to commit violent crimes and are less likely than poor Americans to take advantage of welfare programs.
He referred to the current system as a "bureaucratic nightmare" that prevents the economy from growing.
"If you support free markets, if you support the idea that a free-market economy is the best system that increases wealth ... then you have to support a more liberalized and open immigration policy," Nowrasteh said.


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Summer in Connecticut means lobster rolls, backyard barbecues, decent weather (for a change) and some of the best live music on the planet, as some of the biggest names in pop roll into the state for a night (or two).
Here are must-see shows to add to your entertainment calendar.
Tim McGraw
He's lookin' for that girl. Will he find her in Hartford? If the country superstar, who scored three top-selling smash hits in 2013, is as good with the smooth talk as he is with the songs, he'll do just fine. June 13, 8 p.m., $30.25-$70.25. Xfinity Theatre, Hartford. Information: 860-548-7370,


text: DE Andrew Williams of McDonough, GA has decided to wait until late spring before narrowing his list to five. He had previously planned to do so sometime this February. "I want to wait until I take all of my visits before I narrow it down," Brown said. "I don't have any visits scheduled. I'm just taking it week-by-week. When a coach calls and invites me, that's when I'll go to their school." Williams has taken two visits, one to USC and the other to Notre Dame. "I went to South Carolina's junior day a few weeks ago," he said. "It went well. I loved it. We went to the basketball game (versus Georgia) and saw the campus. The coaches were real cool and the school itself ha a lot to offer me. Their football team is excellent." He also enjoyed Notre Dame. "It was different and a new experience," said Williams. "The campus was beautiful." As for USC's chances on making his top five he said, "I don't know about by top five yet. They're definitely in my top ten."


text: Ken Griffey Jr. apologized for his throat-slash gesture (but not to the guy he actually aimed it at - Reds broadcaster Jeff Brantley): "I would like to sincerely apologize to those fans offended by my wrongful actions last Saturday night. It was an overreaction on my part to what I felt was a series of public, inaccurate and unfair remarks about me." [AP]