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Does your year-old desk rocket seem slow? Can you really afford to replace or upgrade this computer, after spending so much money on failures in the past? Knowing and practicing basic computer care could have saved you that money.
Computer care is not something you hear much about. Yet, it can save you big money and increase your efficiency. Assuming everything about your computer was fine on day one, let's make our way through the following computer maintenance tips, starting with hardware care.
Although many people are severely apprehensive to do anything with hardware, maintenance is quite simple.
The first line of defense is to clean inside your machine. If opening the case voids your warranty, you'll have to decide if you want the warranty in force or if you need to do the maintenance. Generally, it's best to hang onto the warranty; but contact the manufacturer if you can smell dust blowing out of the machine. It may have an approved service center that will clean the machine and not void the warranty.
If you do it yourself, turn the power off but leave the computer plugged in to keep the chassis grounded. Once inside, don't touch anything except the chassis, unless you have Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) equipment in place.
A vacuum cleaner is the best tool for removing dust inside your case. Don't touch the nozzle, even if it's plastic, to any internal parts. Don't try for pristine: Just remove the major dust buildup. Many computer, office, and electronics supply stores sell clean compressed gas in a can. Some computer experts frown on using this gas, because it can blow dirt into the wrong places. Never use any other type of compressed air or wet solvents.
While inside the computer, check the cables and cords to be sure they have decent routing and no stress. Check the connectors for corrosion and fit.
Your keyboard may also need cleaning. With it unplugged, turn it upside down and shake it. You can vacuum clean it, but don't blow into it. To clean the key surfaces, use a soft damp cloth. Remember: Cleaning compounds may take the lettering off your keys.
You should also clean removable media drives: floppy, tape, or the new removable disks. You can usually buy an alcohol-based cleaning kit for these.
Be sure to check your exterior cables and cords. Of course, you should check for any signs of damage, but remember to check cord and cable routing too. For example, if you run a scanner cable on top of and parallel to your monitor power cable, you're asking for trouble.
Both Symantec and Qualitas make inexpensive programs that examine your RAM. A RAM check takes several hours, and you do it from a boot disk. These programs will spot almost any RAM problem. To be conclusive, though, you need to insert your physical RAM into a RAM tester. This tester has two drawbacks: It's expensive, and you may damage your RAM by reinstalling it. Software-based tests make a good first line of defense and will reveal problems the RAM tester can't catch. You can also buy utilities for checking hard drive integrity.
Software survival secrets. Certain operating systems require more maintenance than others, so someone needs to know the quirks of the various versions; whatever operating system you use.
How often should you defragment? That depends on how often you move or delete files.
Suppose you had a room full of filing cabinets and toolboxes. Would it make sense to put files in the toolboxes and tools in the filing cabinets? Of course not. Nor does it make sense to mix your program files with data files. Change the defaults of all your programs so you store these items in separate places. This helps prevent file corruption. It also makes life easier when you delete, backup, or move files.
Let's continue with the toolbox/filing cabinet analogy. Think of your programs the same way you'd think of a toolbox. Keep the junk out of the drawers. Put tools away when you're done with them. Having a slew of programs open at the same time can cause file corruption problems as memory and other resources run short or programs conflict. An example of program conflict is someone who ran three antivirus programs simultaneously. These programs found and attacked each other as viruses.
Filing cabinets? Don't stuff your drawers full of useless files. With the exception of cookies (see sidebar, below, for explanation), you can safely delete any temporary Internet files older than a few days; or set your browser to do so automatically. You should keep your cookies if you do much online, because they speed up many online functions. If you're concerned about cookies, do an Internet search for this phrase: "All about Cookies" (with the capitalization as shown). This will give you information from government bulletins and several developers.
Depending on where your Temp files are and what your operating system is, your computer might read every one of them just to open a program. This means unnecessary disk read-writes and premature wear. If you can't set your computer to delete these upon shutdown, then make a point of deleting them manually on a regular basis.
Having too many fonts slows your system to a crawl when you open some programs. Some experts advise us to decide which fonts we need to produce good-looking documents, then delete the rest off the hard drive. The problem with this advice is you might delete system fonts. To be safe, delete only the TrueType fonts you don't need.
Prior to Windows 3.0, you could tell the computer whizzes from the newbies with a quick glance at the root directory (at the c:\ prompt). Guess who had more files sitting there? Not the whizzes.
Early versions of DOS (before DOS 5.0) had a low limit on the number of files you could store there, for at least two reasons. First, DOS had to read each of those files before executing certain files. Second, storing files outside of an organized folder structure was sloppy and resulted in file version confusion or lost files. While the first reason is no longer a major concern, the second reason still holds true; regardless of your operating system.
Infrastructure restrictions. These tips don't cover the computer itself, but paying regular attention to them means a more reliable computer. Perhaps the most important is power. A few of our readers have indicated they use a UPS to correct for power infrastructure problems. This is an incorrect approach from an engineering standpoint.
In response to an issue that arose last year, three UPS manufacturers adamantly told EC&M their products will not correct for infrastructure problems. Nor do they make such claims. So, what good is a power conditioner or UPS? They do not correct for grounding problems, improper phase balancing, undersized neutrals, or low voltage. A UPS does correct for sags in voltage. They do handle voltage surges. They are not substitutes for lightning protection systems or Cat. 4 surge suppression at the service entrance.
Even if your infrastructure is good, you will have power anomalies. These anomalies are what UPS and power conditioning systems resolve. Make sure you look at your power system as a whole, instead of applying a very good cure (UPS) to the wrong problem (e.g., poor grounding and bonding).
Let's also consider the computer's environment. Dust can wreck the tiny bearings inside drives and fans as well as cause overheating. Smoke from tobacco or other substances will leave a thermally insulating film on components. Here, mold and bacteria release corrosive compounds onto your components. Once the mold and bacteria take root, other microorganisms feed on them, leaving feces on your components. These are conductive and can cause static discharges.
Keep food away from computers. Spilling can damage components. Also keep your computer in an environment where temperature and humidity are within reasonable limits.
Sidebar: What's a Cookie Anyhow?
A cookie is a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) header that consists of a text-only string. Your browser stores this text string in its memory when called upon. This string contains the domain (for example, ecmweb.com), path, lifetime, and value of a variable. That variable is something a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script is looking for; your e-mail address, what site you came from to get to the remote server, what browser you are using, or what operating system you run.
A server can get all of this information without cookies, but doing so slows it down. This is the only information a cookie can contain, unless you fill out a form that explicitly adds other information or the remote server sends you a cookie with information it added; such as a shopping cart ID number. A cookie cannot and does not scan your hard drive. Sidebar text courtesy http:/www.mindconnection.com/library/cookies.htm, which has extensive information on cookies.


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Technology/Subproject Termination Review 2013
This page serves as the documentation for the Technology Subproject [Review] 2013.
- Review date: December 2013
- Communication channel: Talk:Technology/Subproject_Termination_Review_2013
The following projects are candidates for termination, subject to review by the PMC.
g-Eclipse has had no apparent activity for at least two years. The project lead concurs that termination is the right course of action.
The project will fork on GitHub ahead of archival.
- Archive website: /geclipse (also aliased as /g-eclipse)
- Archive Git: /gitroot/geclipse/eu.geclipse.core.git/
- Archive Downloads: downloads/technology/geclipse/
- Archive mailing list: geclipse-dev, geclipse-user
- Archive forum/NNTP: eclipse.technology.g-eclipse
- Archive Bugzilla: gEclipse
- Archive Hudson: None
The review is scheduled to conclude on December 18/2013.
IMP has had no apparent activity. Project claims to have moved to GitHub.
- Archive website: /imp
- Archive SVN: /svnroot/technology/org.eclipse.imp/
- Archive Downloads: downloads/technology/imp/
- Archive mailing list: imp-dev, imp-commit, imp-user
- Archive forum/NNTP: eclipse.technology.imp
- Archive Bugzilla: IMP
- Archive Hudson: None
The review is scheduled to conclude on Dec 18/2013.
Voice Tools
Voice Tools has almost no activity; though there has, apparently, been some relatively minor activity in 2013.
The project has only a single committer. That committer has been inactive for eleven months. I sent a note A VTP committer or project lead *must* to respond to this note to the project dev list asking questions about the state of the project that has remained unanswered. In that note, I spelled out my concerns regarding the state of the project and--in particular--my concern that the project may not be following the IP process.
I have sent a follow up personal note to the one remaining project committer stating our intention to start the project termination process.
IDE for Education
IDE4EDU is very dead. There has been no activity for two years.
Eclipse Examples Project
The Eclipse Examples Project hasn't had any significant activity in a very long time.
Prior to engaging in the archival process, I'd like to fork the examples on GitHub.
This page is moderated by the Technology PMC and EMO.

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derkp needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Brand new baby gift website seeks clean, simple logo.
Our website will provide Baby Certificates - a framed certificate commemorating the birth of a child. The site will be web2.0 style - clean, whitespace, bold fonts. We seek a simple, clean logo.
Thank-you in advance for your time.
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- We see the letters BabyCert as a single word
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Too Easy on Ourselves; Too Harsh on Others
C. S. Lewis
When it comes to a question of our forgiving other people, it is partly the same and partly different. It is the same because, here also, forgiving does not mean excusing. Many people seem to think it does. They think that if you ask them to forgive someone who has cheated or bullied them you are trying to make out that there was really no cheating or no bullying. But if that were so, there would be nothing to forgive. They keep on replying, "But I tell you the man broke a most solemn promise." Exactly: that is precisely what you have to forgive. (This doesn't mean that you must necessarily believe his next promise. It does mean that you must make every effort to kill every taste of resentment in your own heart—every wish to humiliate or hurt him or to pay him out.)
The difference between this situation and the one in which you are asking God's forgiveness is this. In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's we do not accept them easily enough.
From The Weight of Glory
Compiled in A Year with C.S. LewisThe Weight of Glory: And Other Addresses. Copyright © 1949, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright renewed © 1976, revised 1980 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. A Year With C.S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works. Copyright © 2003 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers
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Full Invasion 2 is a co-op module for Mount & Blade: Warband where players come together to survive countless waves of invading enemies and bosses. It has been voted one of the most popular multiplayer modules within the community, and is still under active development to this day.
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Ex-Firefighter On Trial For Fraud ChargesBOSTON - Federal prosecutors trying an ex-Boston firefighter on fraud charges this week plan to graphically chart what they say was the jake's robust, healthy lifestyle of playing baseball and competing in bodybuilding contests while he was being paid to sit home with a bad back. Albert Arroyo, 49, of Roslindale is accused of applying for tax-free accidental-disability retirement benefits for ...Published over 7 years ago |
Nine Responders Injured In Fast-Spreading FireREADING, PA - Nine firefighters and four residents were injured Sunday morning in a fire in an apartment house in Reading, fire officials said. The fire started about 10 a.m. on the second floor of the building at 245 S. 10th St. and quickly spread to the second floor of the adjoining apartment building at 243 S. 10th, Deputy Fire Chief ...Published over 7 years ago |
Firefighter Killed In Freak Station AccidentSALISBURY - A Massachusetts firefighter who was badly hurt when a fire department vehicle he was working on slipped from a jack and landed on him has died. Salisbury fire Lt. Timothy Oliveria suffered internal injuries and broken ribs in the accident on Friday and had been hospitalized in critical condition. Deputy Chief Steven LeSage says Oliveria died Sunday afternoon. He ...Published over 7 years ago |
Man Being Transported to Hospital Attacks EMT, ER Tech, and NurseSCRANTON, PA - Police said a Scranton man attacked an emergency medical technician, an emergency room technician and a nurse Sunday evening after being hospitalized for injuries suffered in a fall. After falling down at Keyser Avenue and Oak Street and being transported by ambulance to Community Medical Center, Robert Kitch, 50, 708 N. Main Ave., second floor, punched an EMT ...Published over 7 years ago |
After Speculation, Doctor Confirms RI Firefighter Is Permanently DisabledPROVIDENCE — Former firefighter John Sauro remains permanently and totally disabled from doing his job in the Fire Department, an orthopedic surgeon has concluded after a special examination. But the surgeon recommended additional tests to confirm his finding. The report by Dr. Anthony DeLuise Jr. was submitted Wednesday to the city Retirement Board, which voted to have the additional tests done. ...Published over 7 years ago |
Firefighter Marries the Woman He RescuedUK - When Julia Sbardella's chip pan caught fire, the last thing on her mind was marriage. Her only concern was for the safety of her young children as she tried to battle the flames until the fire brigade arrived. But it was an emergency which would lead to her walking down the aisle after she was quite literally swept off ...Published over 7 years ago |
Climber Killed In Oregon Fall Id'd As Fire-MedicPORTLAND - A 30-year-old Southeast Portland climber who fell off Beacon Rock and died Sunday evening was a firefighter-paramedic who worked in Oregon, Skamania County sheriff's officials said. Nathan "Nate" Turner fell about 5:30 p.m., according to a bulletin from the Skamania County Sheriff's Office. Rescuers first believed he'd only suffered a broken arm and leg. Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox ...Published over 7 years ago |
Fired FFs Brave the Heat to Honor a Good CauseBryan Schwesing donned his fireman's hat and braved the heat and humidity Sunday as he walked down the center lane of Eureka Road near Telegraph in Taylor carrying a boot in hopes of raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. As sweat rolled down his face, Schwesing thanked the motorists who rolled down their windows to put dollar bills and coins ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Volunteer Rescues Man Swept Down FallsMADERA, Calif.—A volunteer firefighter is being credited with saving a Georgia man who fell into a creek and plunged down a waterfall while hiking in the Sierra National Forest. Madera County sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart says 46-year-old Billy Williams was trying to cross a creek above Corlieu Falls Saturday when he slipped, fell into the creek and plunged down a 30-foot ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Rising Skyline Presents New Challenges to Firefighters[gate] ATLANTIC CITY — Next year, the city's skyline will grow taller with the completion of Revel's 710-foot casino — 200 feet higher than Harrah's, which is now the city's tallest building. Only the 781-foot Goldman Sachs Building in Jersey City will be taller in the state. The towering plans raise the question: Can the city's fire department handle a blaze ...Published almost 8 years ago |
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Firefighter Charged With Looting Following Joplin TornadoJOPLIN, Mo. — The Jasper County prosecutor has charged one Kansas firefighter with stealing after the May 22 tornado. Prosecutor Dean Dankelson on Wednesday filed a misdemeanor charge of stealing against 25-year-old Matthew W. Page. Page was one of three Baxter Springs, Kan., firefighters dismissed in June for alleged misconduct while responding to the tornado. Fire Chief Les Page, the father ...Published almost 8 years ago |
EMT Cheating Scandal: Another Black EyeBALTIMORE - When you cheat, they tell kids in school, you only cheat yourself, but in Baltimore, we've recently learned that's not always true. Sometimes you also cheat the students you're supposed to be teaching when you change the answers on their state standardized tests, and even worse, sometimes you cheat victims of heart attacks, strokes or traumas when you get ...Published almost 8 years ago |
UK Firefighter Gunned Down While On VacationVENEZUELA - A British tourist has been killed by gunmen in Venezuela in a botched robbery attempt. Thomas Ossel, 28, was shot in the armpit after four armed men burst into the guest house where he was staying with his brother Jack, 21, police confirmed. The keen travellers were staying on the popular holiday island of Isla Margarita when the gunmen ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Is the Chicago FF Test Keeping Women Out?CHICAGO — As Chicago prepares to pay $30 million to African-American men who were denied firefighting jobs because of a discriminatory entrance exam, the city was hit Tuesday with another lawsuit, this one on behalf of women who were disqualified because they failed the physical abilities test. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court claims that the test, which includes arm ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Video Captures Close Call for UK FirefightersCASTLEFORD, UK - A fire service has released footage of a house in West Yorkshire exploding moments after residents were evacuated, in an attempt to warn copper thieves about the dangers of tampering with electricity and gas equipment. No one was seriously hurt in the incident in Castleford because firefighters had just finished evacuating the whole terrace of properties when it ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Off-Duty FF Pulls Man From St. Louis RiverST. LOUIS — An off-duty firefighter is being hailed as a hero for rescuing a man whose pickup truck veered into St. Louis' River Des Peres. Authorities say firefighter Steve Nienhaus saw the vehicle enter the river Sunday morning, then quickly swam into the water to save the driver who was slumped over inside the truck. St. Louis Fire Department Capt. ...Published almost 8 years ago |
FF Saves Man's Life On Aniversary of Fallen ComradesQUEENS, NY - For ladder 163 in Woodside, Queens, the third weekend in June is always laden with emotion and remembrance as the fire company pays tribute to three firefighters killed in a blaze on Father's Day, 2001. This year, the memory of the dead was honored in the most fitting way: Ladder 163 Firefighter Thomas Adams rescued a man from ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Firefighter Creates System to Save Pets from Home FiresFor years, Firefighter Rick Rickerson has been plagued by a problem. According to the National Volunteer Fire Council, each year in the United States, approximately 500,000 pets are affected by home fires; and according to the Live Safe Foundation, around 40,000 of those pets die every year. Unfortunately, Rickerson has been witness to this fact more than most people. As a ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Seattle Firefighters Rescue Tangled Window WasherSEATTLE - A window washer was rescued by Seattle firefighters Thursday after he fell off his seat and dangled from his safety harness about 65 feet above the ground outside McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. The man was not injured, but "he's being checked out by a medic unit as we speak," Kyle Moore, spokesman for the Seattle Fire Department, said ...Published almost 8 years ago |


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im editing an m3u file for emby and cant get my head around the numbering that Schedules Direct uses. is there any way to get an output as a table. i know emby gets thsi into as when i manual map a channel i can see the correct numbering. but in the UK it differes a lot.
an example being BskyB uses 101 for bbc 1 and 104 for channel 4 but giving the channel-id tag of 104 for channel 4 matches up with bbc four.
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Clemmons, N.C. - The Barton men and the Pfeiffer women claimed the 2009 Conference Carolinas and women's golf championships, hosted by Belmont Abbey College at the Tanglewood Park Championship course. Barton won by two shots over Coker, while Pfeiffer won by nine shots over Belmont Abbey College. Belmont Abbey junior Carley Warrington and Limestone's Kyle Scruggs won the individual titles. Warring won by two strokes, while Scruggs posted a 216 to win by one shot.
The men's tournament was lengthened by two rain delays in the final two hours of competition. The final putt dropped at 7:25 p.m.
In the women's tournament, Pfeiffer won back-to-back titles after leading all 54 holes of competition, posting a final team score of 958 to defeat Belmont Abbey by nine strokes. Charlene Reid led the Falcon efforts with a second place finish with a score of 234. Warrington won her second tournament of the spring with the two shot victory, edging Reid by two shots with a three-day score of 232. She carded rounds of 82, 73 and 77. Queens finished third with a score of 973, while Anderson (1002), Mount Olive (1054), Erskine (1125) and Limestone (1255) rounded out the field.
The men's tournament came down to the final group as Jonathan Burke posted a par on the final hole to clinch the title for the Bulldogs, which edged Coker by two shots. Barton posted a three-day score of 885, including a 298 today. Belmont Abbey finished third with a score of 890. Limestone (899), led by Scrugg's medalist-winning score of 216 finished fourth. Scruggs edged out Coker's Chris Marsh and Burke by one shot. Queens (903), Anderson (905), Pfeiffer (907), Mount Olive (910), St. Andrews Presbyterian (924), Erskine (937) and Lees-McRae (1141) rounded out the field.
Women's All-Tournament Team:
Carley Warrington, Belmont Abbey - Medalist/Trny MVP
Lina Elmstater, Pfeiffer
Brittany Beltran, Pfeiffer
Camilla Mallberg, Queens
Julia Wennerlund, Queens
Michele Low, Belmont Abbey
Rita Kim, Belmont Abbey
Hilary Armel, Queens
Kristin Moberg, Mount Olive
Sophie Dembroski, Anderson
Men's All-Tournament Team:
Kyle Scruggs, Limestone - Medalist/Tourney MVP
Chris Marsh, Coker
Jonathan Burke, Barton
Adam Sheriff, Anderson
Joe Campbell, Belmont Abbey
Thomas Muto Jr., Barton
Andrew Hodge, Queens
Pete Skirptas, Mount Olive
Daniel Castleberry, Barton
Peter Tarver-Jones, Belmont Abbey
Andrew Shiflet, Pfeiffer
Diego Polo, Coker
Women's Final Results <http://abbeyathletics.athleticsite.net/golfresults/RD3COMBOWOMEN.pdf>
Men's Final Results <http://abbeyathletics.athleticsite.net/golfresults/RD3COMBOMEN.pdf>


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I could forgive them groping me if they would just acknowledge that nobody will ever succeed in hijacking an airplane, and allow anything which cannot harm the whole airplane itself. Enough with keeping bladed weapons off airplanes, including those hellish nail clippers. You couldn't even commit suicide with one, much less harm anyone else.
I could forgive them worrying about bombs on airplane if they would just acknowledge that the threat to sports stadiums, subway stations, or heck, busy security lines, are just as bad if not worse than airplanes.
I could forgive them worrying about terrorism if the terrorists could actually cause us more harm than we are harming ourselves. We kill 10X as many people EVERY MONTH on the highways as they killed airplane passengers on 9/11.
No, I can't forgive them.


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Windjammer for Beginners: What You Need to Know
As of press time, Windjammer's future was still pretty uncertain. Keep an eye on our blog, This Just In, for updates--and be sure you read our story on what to do if a travel operator goes belly up.
If you book the Grenadines trip, schedule early flights in and out of Grenada, and leave time to connect. (The boat returns to Grenada late Friday night.) Folks on our trip had to pay for charter flights to make the ship or to get home within a reasonable time frame.
Not every Windjammer reservation agent is familiar with the layout of each of the company's ships. Talk to someone who knows the various cabins' quirks.
Standard cabins on our six-night cruise started at $1,300 per person; we paid $1,700 each for a small, overheated Admiral Suite. That covered room and board, Bloody Marys in the morning, afternoon Swizzles, a glass of wine at dinner, and launches to and from various beaches. Snorkeling gear was $25 for the week. The extra tours and excursions ranged from $28 for the turtle tour to $85 for a half-day of scuba diving. Jammer regulars paid much less for cabins, having been offered half-price or two-for-one deals through Windjammer e-mail promotions. Be sure to sign up for CyberSailor at windjammer.com before you book: You may be sent a deal soon afterward. (A month after we returned from our cruise, I received a one-day-only sale notification: $499 per person for any cruise taken in the next two months.)
Windjammer claims that seasickness is "seldom a problem," but this is scant consolation when you're the one bending over the railing. Get a prescription and/or anti-seasickness wristbands before you go. There's a heaping bowl of over-the-counter seasickness pills on the bar, but they made me fall asleep at 7:30 p.m. Then again, when the karaoke started, I really didn't mind.
You'll have to find space for everything in your itty-bitty room, which is even more crowded with two bags of snorkeling gear and a wet beach towel in it. I packed three sundresses and a pair of hiking shoes I never wore. I wish I'd ditched them and packed a thin sheet or a large sarong to sit on at the beach.


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Mr Robert Devereux, 58, is part of a generation of bell-bottomed entrepreneurs who managed to combine we-are-stardust idealism and wanderlust with turning a tidy profit, adding open mindedness, perhaps, to the traditional brass neck. He sold "loon pants" to friends that he ordered from an ad at the back of the NME while still at school (Marlborough College in Wiltshire, should you ask) and started a door-to-door insulation business as a teenager.
Mr Devereux restrained his commercial instincts long enough to complete a history degree at Cambridge before joining Macmillan Publishers' graduate management scheme. "After about a year I thought I could run the business better than they could and decided to open my own," he says. "The arrogance of youth."
However, he wasn't so arrogant that he wouldn't seek out advice on his new venture. He asked a friend (and future brother-in-law) who had started his own record company and was enjoying some success. His name was Richard Branson, head of Virgin Records, already the alpha hippy tycoon intent on empire building. "He just said, 'Why start all over again when there is so much to do here? Why don't you come and join me?' And he is a very persuasive chap. So in 1979 I joined Virgin to run Richard's publishing company, and one thing led to another. From there I got involved with film, television, post-production studios, cinemas and radio stations."
It deepens your appreciation if you meet the artists - they are fun to hang out with, for the most part
You might imagine that leading (and investing in) the Virgin Entertainment flank of Sir Richard's charge would have provided stimulus enough. But Mr Devereux had outside interests. He had started collecting contemporary art in his early twenties and when his now wife, Ms Vanessa Branson, opened a gallery in Blenheim Crescent in Notting Hill in 1986, Mr Devereux had more reason to indulge his passion. "I would buy from her to support the gallery. I was part financing it in a way," he says.
Mr Devereux quickly became a serious collector, even if he prefers the term buyer. He likes to get in early, visiting graduate shows and spotting artists at the start of their careers and developing a relationship. "I like to start collecting without having met the artist. But then it deepens your appreciation if you do have a chance to meet them. And for the most part they are fun to hang out with. It's part of what makes it such an interesting way of spending your time. It isn't just about the specific object; it's about the whole package."
Unless he has good reason, Mr Devereux rarely sells, citing one particularly regretful experience: "Well, I bought a piece by the Scottish artist Stephen Conroy at his graduation show back in the 1980s. A very clever dealer knew that I had it and that it was a really good work. One day he called me up and asked me if I would sell it and I said absolutely not. I had bought it for £200 or something and he basically offered me the exact price of a new swimming pool, which I couldn't afford at the time, so I said yes. Which I regret. I'd rather have the picture than the swimming pool."
In 1996 Mr Devereux left Virgin, "According to the press release to 'read, write, garden and spend more time with my family'", he says. "Well, I spent more time with my family; I read a lot, failed completely to write, and didn't do a lot of gardening.
"I didn't really intend to work again but I couldn't really help myself. So I helped set up a couple of dotcom businesses and got involved with Soho House [he served as chairman of the members club empire for eight years]." Mr Devereux eventually did take some time out, and it was then that he experienced a life-changing trip. "My road-to-Damascus moment was when I went on a trip; a return to my hippy roots. I took a rucksack and a very modest sum of money and travelled up the east coast of Africa. And that was the moment at which I thought this is a place I want to spend more time and invest more of myself in."
He inevitably checked out the local art scene. "It is what I always do, whenever I go anywhere. If I have a spare moment I go to the art galleries, museums; that's how I spend my time. As soon as I knew I was going to spend some time in Africa, I knew I was going to spend time with the arts."
Mr Devereux suddenly had a new mission. He visited artists and arts organisations and started to collect African art. He saw the struggle of many African artists with the practicalities of making a living, finding materials and studio space, let alone gallery representation. "In East Africa there is very little in the way of art schools or galleries or studios - no art councils or government money. All the stuff we take for granted is not there."
In 2010 he sold two-thirds of his collection of post-war British art at Sotheby's - 329 paintings, sculptures and prints including works by Messrs Frank Auerbach, Antony Gormley, Patrick Heron, Lucien Freud and Julian Opie (including the latter artist's famed portrait of Blur front man Mr Damon Albarn). The sale raised £4.73m, and Mr Devereux used the money to set up The African Arts Trust, which gives grants to arts organisations across East Africa. He is careful to ensure that this is more than a personal indulgence; the trust doesn't buy art or support individual artists, but is about the development of sustainable arts infrastructure in countries where that is almost non-existent.
He is also aware that such philanthropy can let governments off the hook. "Yes, that is a concern here. You effectively provide funds for things that should be the government's responsibility. But I think that you just have to be realistic. African governments have so many other priorities, so many calls upon their scarce cash; realistically they are not going to put a lot of money into the arts. If the private sector doesn't do something about it, nothing is going to happen."
frieze frames
"Elastic Tango" 2010
Sturtevant. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise
"I Am My Tools - Wall Street No.2" 2012
Yang Shaobin. Courtesy of Long March Space
"Clouds" 2012
Anne Collier. Courtesy of Marc Foxx
The challenges are huge, of course, and Mr Devereux understands that his particular patch of East Africa, even as some of its economies enjoy massive growth spurts, isn't likely to experience the sort of art boom that China and India have. "I never thought that African art would be on the same trajectory. Collecting and connoisseurship haven't been part of African culture, but it has been part of Chinese and Indian culture. This first generation of wealth creators probably aren't going to go straight to the visual arts to spend their disposable income. They have other priorities. You have to be patient."
Mr Devereux also acknowledges that the Chinese, who are investing heavily in Africa in other areas, are not going to kick-start a boom. However, international interest in African art is growing, with auction prices beginning to rocket. "In the past five years, three or four galleries in London selling African art have opened," he says. "The Tate now has its African Acquisitions Committee [which Mr Devereux chairs].
"There is a lot happening," he says. "Far more importantly, there is a lot happening in Africa - a lot of saplings that could become big oak trees."
The day after our interview, Mr Devereux is leaving for Africa again, as he has interests there beyond the arts trust and is chairman of a sustainable forestry company with offices in Johannesburg. But he also has a position that keeps him at the heart of the British contemporary art scene: the chairman position at Frieze, which runs Frieze magazine and the Frieze Art Fair, which turns London into the art world's global HQ every October.
There is a lot happening in Africa - a lot of saplings that could become big oak trees
Frieze co-founders Ms Amanda Sharp and Mr Matthew Slotover brought Mr Devereux in as they looked at ways of expanding. Frieze is one of the world's most prominent art fairs alongside Art Basel and its Miami offshoot, but ensuring the world's super collectors keep coming - with some commentators complaining about the onset of "fairtigue" - leaves no room for complacency.
Last year it launched Frieze New York and added Frieze Masters, dedicated to pre-millenial art, to its London dates. Both were huge successes and while Mr Devereux isn't claiming all the credit for Frieze Masters, its reception was much better than even he had hoped for, with sales and visitor numbers way above expectations. This year further emphasis will be on making a visit to Frieze's Regent's Park tent a more civilised affair (it had become anything but that) with higher ceilings, wider aisles, more natural light and, crucially, better food - with pop-ups promised from some of London's brightest young chefs.
London's art scene has been transformed since Mr Devereux's wife opened her gallery almost 30 years ago, and he welcomes its new status as a global art hub. "The whole ecology has just changed out of all recognition. It is extraordinary. But it's great; it's great for the artists, great for the city, great for the economy." And crucially, beyond the idling Bentleys on Bond Street waiting for oligarch-ettes who buy art like they buy handbags, the VIP openings and the art bubble's stubborn refusal to burst, there is, Mr Devereux insists, good art. "Oh yeah, there is an incredible amount of wonderful work being made."


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'Design Thinking' is a mindset. It is an attitude towards design and the process of thinking about it. As per wikipedia, "Design Thinking refers to the methods and processes for investigating ill-defined problems, acquiring information, analyzing knowledge, and positing solutions in the design and planning fields. As a style of thinking, it is generally considered the ability to combine empathy for the context of a problem, creativity in the generation of insights and solutions, and rationality to analyze and fit solutions to the context."
To me, the key words for design thinking are empathy, creativity and rationality. It is the balance of these three aspects that helps solve design problems.
The design thinking process is based on a deep understanding of the audience needs and current challenges (empathy), ideation, thinking out-of-the-box and collaboration (creativity) and finally, experimentation & analytical thinking (rationality).
Design Thinking is different from other approaches of thinking because it focuses on the process instead of the product. Put another way, it focuses on solving problems but doesn't start with any particular solution in mind. It is also a balancing act between the logical and the creative aspects of solving a problem. While a logical thinking process works well when we have existing knowledge to build on, a creative thinking process is required to create new knowledge and to construct problems differently than we have done before. Design thinking helps us walk that tightrope and in the process enables us to balance logical and creative thinking. Tim Brown of IDEO has written that design thinking is "a discipline that uses the designer's sensibility and methods to match people's needs with what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity."
The design thinking process has some suggested steps or phases. From Wikipedia: Herbert Simon, in the "Sciences of the Artificial" (MIT Press, 1969) has defined "design" as the "transformation of existing conditions into preferred ones" (p. 55). Design thinking is, then, always linked to an improved future. Unlike critical thinking, which is a process of analysis and is associated with the 'breaking down' of ideas, design thinking is a creative process based around the 'building up' of ideas. There are no judgments in design thinking. This eliminates the fear of failure and encourages maximum input and participation. Wild ideas are welcome, since these often lead to the most creative solutions. Everyone is a designer, and design thinking is a way to apply design methodologies to any of life's situations. Simon goes on to describe a seven step process: Define, Research, Ideate, Prototype, Choose, Implement, Learn.
Whether the process has five, seven or eleven steps - the design thinking process can be discomforting especially if the individuals/teams are more comfortable with unambiguous and structured approaches. Creativity, imagination and ideation are the underlying themes and nothing is wrong until proven so by means of experimentation and validation. Experiencing the process is the best way to learn more about it.
The concept of design thinking is not limited to the learning design/training community. More and more businesses and institutions have adopted this mindset with a hope to solve business challenges and be more competitive.
To learn more about the process of design thinking, here are my top recommendations:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking - The process of problem-solving using design thinking
- http://www.unusualleading.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/HBR-on-Design-Thinking.pdf - Design Thinking by Tim Brown, CEO and president of IDEO - An excellent article published in HBR on how thinking like a designer can transform the way you develop products, services, processes—and even strategy.
- http://designthinkingforeducators.com/ - The Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators - This contains the process and methods of design, adapted specifically for the context of education.
- http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2009-11-03/how-business-is-adopting-design-thinkingbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice - Some fantastic stories about how companies are implementing the design thinking approach to become more successful


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A man who used to work as a nightclub promoter for high-end clubs in Hollywood answered questions about the business in a Q&A on jobstr.com. He says that the business is even worse than the stereotypes.
The 32-year-old talked about discrimination at the door:
"The club's General Manager will explicitly tell promoters that there were too many Mexicans or Persians or fat chicks. Most places in LA don't even bother with the illusion of a line anymore. It's just a mass of people at the front and the door girl/guy or bouncer hand picks who comes in. Hot girls have first priority obviously. There is a preference for white and especially blonde. I've seen them wave a group of girls in and then when they get to the fat one in the group, pull the rope in front of her. Being dressed well helps for both guys and girls. They're loathe to let guys in because they know the frustration of not getting in leads to guys springing for bottle service and that's how the club makes its money."
How guys can get in:
It varies greatly by how tough the venue is and what you look like. I've greased as little as $10 and as much as $50 (that's per person). But I dress well when I go out and don't bring any Middle-Eastern friends. If you dress poorly or of an *ahem* undesirable ethnicity then it'll be more or even impossible. The bouncer is usually calculating how much crap he's going to get if he lets you in. Alternatively you can grease the promoter to walk you in with his group of girls. He'll be doing the same mental calculation as the bouncer.
How girls can get in:
Girls are getting into the club anyway if they are cute and not if they aren't. They certainly don't need to do anything "compromising" but they do it anyway. Frequently. Short of being famous or paying for it, being a promoter is the easiest way to get laid ever. It's obscenely easy, like you'd have to actively try not to have sex like some sort of monk.
Why bottle-service is here to stay:
Bottle service is a relatively new phenomenon and unfortunately looks to be here to stay. The smaller, speakeasy type of place has grown in popularity but without significant bottle service money it's a tough business mode l. Douchebags and dumb girls aren't going anywhere as far as I can tell.


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Have you been affected by Superstorm Sandy? If so, share your images and footage with CNN iReport, but please stay safe.
(CNN) -- Beth Bartley clutched anything within reach to steady herself on the bathroom floor of her shuddering Manhattan apartment.
Sandy had knocked out power. East 96th Street below was a river. She was on the fifth floor, bracing herself as the building shuddered and creaked.
"The winds were so strong that the building heaved. It was eerie," said Bartley, an actress. "It was really scary."
Monday night, Superstorm Sandy descended on the Northeast with a fury that astonished even veteran weather watchers. Buildings crumbled, floods and fires have destroyed homes and millions are without power. Ice and rain whipped off Sandy's edge, blanketing West Virginia with several feet of snow.
Bartley was safe after riding out the storm but that was more than could be said for her neighbors miles west of upper Manhattan in Bergen County, New Jersey. Hundreds of people were rescued after they were stranded on the roofs of their homes floating in a tidal surge. A natural berm had broken.
In New Jersey alone, millions of households had no electricity, twice the number left in the dark during Hurricane Irene last year, Gov. Chris Christie said.
Sandy brings death, flooding, outages
Flooding was a huge problem everywhere. New York City's subway tunnels were soaked as water coursed into elevator shafts. The storm sparked fires that destroyed dozens of homes, left a giant crane wobbling dangerously near a luxury apartment building in Manhattan, ripped up part of Atlantic City's fabled boardwalk and turned the historic Jane's Carousel into an island.
It claimed life after life.
"This is a nor'easter on steroids," said Reed Timmer, a meteorologist who appears on the TV show "Storm Chasers."
Even though New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie bluntly asked residents not to be "stupid" and get out, Trevor Mann was one of the few in his area of Ocean City who did not heed the evacuation calls.
He watched as the eye of storm passed over his coastal city Monday evening, and floodwater rushed in like a relentless linebacker.
The wind threw patio furniture into homes. Rushing waters made beach houses disappear.
The destruction was breathtaking.
"I am not going outside," Mann said. "But when people do go outside, the cleanup is going to be tremendous and there is going to be a lot of damage."
In the dead quiet of the night, lights out in his home in Union City, New Jersey, Shane Didier heard a thunderous crash. A huge generator on the street had exploded, sending a fireball into the sky worthy of a Bruce Willis movie.
The 25-year-old Barclays analyst had the wherewithal to start filming.
"I ran outside and live wires were whipping like crazy," he told CNN. "Two cars caught fire. The police, they got there right away, but everybody was really scared. Thank goodness trees were down in the street so even if someone felt compelled to walk toward this thing, the trees were in everyone's way."
The smoke was overwhelming. Didier didn't know what else to do but go back inside.
Please let this end, he thought. By dawn Tuesday, he said the stench of burned rubber filled his neighborhood. "It's amazing we're all alright," he said. "My neighbor is thrilled that his kids are OK. We made it through."
Sandy's impact: State by state
Shahir Daud was watching the lights go out in his Upper East Side New York neighborhood Monday evening, hoping that his place would not be next.
He saw manhole covers blown out of the street and wondered if there was a fire nearby. He watched as dark waters from the East River submerged parts of Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive.
By late Monday evening, it seemed the worst of the storm had passed his neighborhood. The 33-year-old filmmaker wondered when he would be able to get back to his job at MTV.
"I work in lower Manhattan, I don't know when the (trains) are going to run again," Daud said. "We are just going to hunker down here. We are lucky."
Earl Bateman, a stockbroker who has lived in New York for 30 years, was stunned seeing so much water coursing through New York City.
Transit systems struggling to restart
"There's this river flowing through the middle of Manhattan," he said.
The power was still on in his building, but the elevators had stopped working. Not a good thing for a man who lives on the 18th floor.
Unlike Bateman, more than 7 million people in 13 states spent a chilly Monday night in the dark.
In southern Vermont, Caleb Clark said he felt the howling winds, and watched as rain battered his town.
It was his son Shaw's 6-month birthday, and the family spent it listening to weather reports about downed trees and closed roads.
"Shaw, what do you think about this storm?" the father asked.
"Ba ba baaa," the baby said and then burst into a wide, toothless smile.
Little Shaw may have been one of the few smiling as Sandy continued to affect millions.


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It is the intent of the Library District to promote a respectful, productive, work environment and not to tolerate verbal, physical, or visual conduct by any employee, administrator, board member, or customer, that harasses, disrupts, or interferes with another person's work performance or that creates an intimidating, offensive, or hostile environment. Conduct prohibited by this policy is unacceptable in the workplace and in any work-related setting outside the workplace, such as business meetings, trips, or business-related social events.
Harassment that is based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other characteristics protected by law will not be tolerated. Offensive conduct may include, but is not limited to: jokes, epithets or name calling, physical assaults or threats, intimidation, offensive objects or pictures, and interference with work performance.
Definitions of Harassment
1. For the purpose of this policy, sexual harassment is defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Guidelines, as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when, for example: (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. Sexual harassment includes many forms of offensive behavior and may involve individuals of the same or different gender. The list of behaviors and actions that may constitute sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to: unwanted sexual advances; directly or implied offering of employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors; visual conduct that includes sexual gestures, displaying sexually suggestive objects or pictures; verbal conduct that includes derogatory comments, epithets, jokes, or sexual propositions; physical conduct that includes touching, assaulting, or impeding or blocking movements.
2. Harassment on the basis of any other protected characteristic also is strictly prohibited. Under this policy, harassment is verbal, written or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of his/her on race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other characteristics protected by law and that has the (i) purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment; (ii) has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance; or (iii) otherwise adversely affects an individual's employment opportunities.
Harassing conduct includes but is not limited to epithets, slurs or negative stereotyping; threatening, intimidating or hostile acts; condescending jokes; and written or graphic material that shows hostility or aversion toward an individual or group that is posted or circulated in the workplace, during work time, using library equipment, email, phone or voice message, text messages, or social networking sites.
Reporting an Incident of Harassment, Discrimination or Retaliation
The Library District encourages reporting of all perceived incidents of harassment, discrimination or retaliation, regardless of the offender's identity or position. Individuals who believe that they have been a victim of such conduct or witnessed such conduct should discuss their concerns with their immediate supervisor, the Human Resources Manager, Assistant Director or Director. Any supervisory or administrative employee receiving a reported claim of harassment shall immediately and confidentially notify the Human Resources Manager, Assistant Director, or Director of such claim and forward any relevant information collected from the employee, including a copy of the Harassment Claim Form, unless the individual to be forwarded the information is alleged to be involved in the harassment. In addition, the Library District encourages individuals who believe they are being subjected to such conduct to promptly advise the offender that his or her behavior is unwelcomed and request that it be discontinued. Often this action alone will resolve the problem.
Allegations of sexual harassment will be quickly and discreetly investigated by the Human Resources Manager with involvement as necessary by the Assistant Director or Director. The investigation may include individual interviews with parties involved and, where necessary, with individuals who may have observed the alleged conduct or may have other relevant knowledge. Confidentiality will be maintained throughout the investigation to the extent consistent with adequate investigation and appropriate corrective action. Following the investigation, any decisions for corrective action will be made by the Human Resources Manager or Assistant Director with Director approval.
The Library District prohibits any form of retaliation for reporting in good faith the incidents of harassment, pursuing any such claim or cooperating in the investigation of such reports. Retaliation against an individual for reporting harassment or discrimination or for participating in an investigation of a claim of harassment or discrimination is a serious violation of this policy and will be subject to disciplinary action. Acts of retaliation should be reported immediately and will be promptly investigated and addressed.
Misconduct constituting harassment, discrimination or retaliation will be dealt with appropriately.
Corrective action may include, but is not limited to: training, counseling, warning, suspension, or immediate dismissal. Anyone, regardless of position or title, found through investigation to have engaged in harassment will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination of employment. If the investigation is inconclusive, the Library District may still provide counseling or take other appropriate steps.
Intentional false accusations are prohibited and can be cause for disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.
Distribution of this Policy
The Human Resources Manager will provide a copy of this policy to new employees no later than their first day of employment. The Director will provide a copy of this policy to a board member prior to the commencement of his or her term on the Library Board. A copy of the policy will be available on the Library website and Intranet. The Library District will provide periodic anti-harassment training to all staff.
(Revised 4/12/04, 5/13/14)


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The world isn't lacking for Facebook complaints, but chief among them is the deluge of emails its users are flooded by on an hourly basis. And no matter how many filters you set on your inbox, it seems a few always manage to slip through. The more active you are on Facebook, the more notification emails you get, until it's a sick, never-ending cycle, and you're seemingly being punished for your site loyalty. But mobile apps and seasoned users mean it's becoming more and more of a non-issue.
Still, Facebook has announced it is testing a new feature that will limit the amount of emails particularly active users get. "We'll provide a new summary email and turn off most individual email notifications. If you want to turn them back on, there's a control in your account settings," the site says.
You will receive notifications in the form of that well-known red icon when you log into Facebook, but your email inbox won't feel the pain of separate messages for every friend request, tagged photo, or Wall Post Like your profile's been through. For the litany of things Facebook users have to complain about, overly active emails is one of the easiest to control. Nonetheless, tooling and retooling your account settings is a pain, particularly on Facebook, and we're always happy when the site eliminates these types of steps.
Given the fact that the most minute of Facebook updates yields an outpour of backlash, we shouldn't be surprised that some are calling foul on this latest alteration. Some users aren't thrilled that Facebook has been slowly implementing and testing this feature without informing account holders or gaining their consent. Couple this with the fact that most users have found their own workarounds for inbox oversaturation, and you're bound to get concern that Facebook's adjusting its settings before informing us. Seeing as this isn't so much a privacy issue as a "it's the principle of it" sort of thing, we'd imagine it won't attract too many pitchforks.


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Babies are born wanting to suck. Some even suck their thumbs or fingers before they're born. Beyond nutrition, sucking is often an important method of self-soothing - a comforting, familiar and calming mechanism in a new world. That's why many parents rank pacifiers as a must have, right up there with diaper wipes and baby monitors. But what do you do when the baby is 18 months old and running around all her waking hours with a binky in her mouth? As a speech language pathologist I've had numerous parents bring a child to me with concerns their child's speech is difficult to understand. As I watch the parent enter the treatment room and pull the pacifier from their child's mouth (and hide it in a purse) I have a strong suspicion what the cause might be!
Studies have shown that prolonged use of a pacifier can result in increased ear infections, temporary to permanent malformations of the teeth and palate and delays in speech and sound development. Have you ever tried to talk with your thumb in your mouth? Not too easy - and you already know how to talk! There are no hard and fast rules for pacifier use, but most speech language pathologists recommend stopping pacifier use by 1 year of age, which is when speech and language development begins to really hit the high mark. It's around this time that the switch is also made from bottle drinking to cup drinking.
But how do you get a child to give up their best friend? Wouldn't it be nice to wake up one day and the binky was gone and nobody noticed! That's unlikely to happen because many children come to rely on the pacifier to soothe them to sleep. Here are some methods that have worked for some parents:
Many children will respond to these suggestions and can get rid of their pacifiers with minimal tears. But even if your child cries for a day or two after the binky is gone, the long-term benefits are worth the short-term misery!
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HIV Testing: Does It Contribute to Stigma?
By Sarah Sacco
June 27, 2011
Within the first year of my diagnosis, a close friend who worked in the medical field had an exposure to bodily fluids and had to go for testing. They knew my status, and in telling me the story very innocently said that they had to go to the "Whore House" for the tests. WOW! I initially was very upset about the implications of this statement -- in effect calling ME a whore. But the intentions of the person were not leaning this way at all; they were just using a term that was common in their place of employment without thinking about the implications. After some time passed, my wounds healed and I began to wonder just WHY this term was so common.
And then it struck me. In getting tested myself, I had to go through "pre-counseling" -- a process that is intended to educate people regarding their "risks" for HIV exposure and also to help the public health folks track the epidemic. After all, we use this data extensively in trying to tailor messages and reach people who may be likely to be exposed to the virus. So I know the value of the thing. But strictly speaking from a patients perspective, all those questions are really pretty exhausting. I can see how, if a person ended up testing negative, they would think that perhaps somebody testing positive had to have done ALL of the things on the list. And that leads to some assumptions about people who test positive for HIV.
I think it also leads to some fear for people to be tested themselves -- and gives people especially in the health care setting some unrealistic opinions regarding their own risks. I can hear them thinking "If I only check one of the 'risk' boxes then I must be okay. No need to be tested. And I can look down on people who do get tested or reveal their positive status.
This makes me wonder if it would be helpful to offer routine HIV testing along with annual physicals. As a woman, I get a Pap smear each year. Whether or not I think I might have been infected with any of several STIs, I am tested for them. Why not just add HIV to the list? I can also imagine a list of blood tests to watch -- blood sugar, cholesterol levels, and HIV. No big deal. If a result comes back positive, that would be a good time to trace back infections and make sure the person has access to health care.
I know there are some complicated emotions involved in all of this. But really, I think this measure would decrease barriers to testing, increase the number of people who know their status early on and thus have access to treatment and a healthier life. I also happen to think it would help to reduce the stigma associated with this virus. After all, if everybody is tested then people might actually start to realize the truth: This virus does not discriminate. ANYBODY can be infected.
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I am a passive dividend investor. I purchase quality dividend stocks, with the expectations that I will hold on for decades. I do monitor my investments however, and typically sell when one of these three factors occurs. I am not a big fan of active dividend investing, since it leads to paying taxes on capital gains, transaction costs as well as opens me for the opportunity to make mistakes. Buying a stock that will perform much worse than the stock it just replaced in my portfolio, is one of the items in my decision process that might prevent me from active portfolio management. Dividend investing is not a black and white process however, which is why investors should sometimes act to break their rules, if the right opportunity arises.
Over the past month I sold almost my entire position in Con Edison (ED) realizing a substantial profit. I used the proceeds to purchase units of ONEOK Partners (OKS). This move resulted in an immediate increase of 10% to the dividend income of the 1.20% or so of my portfolio that was invested in Con Edison (ED).
I had not added any funds to Con Edison since 2010. The low interest rate environment has pushed many investors to chase high yielding utilities stocks to valuation levels that no longer make sense. Currently, this New York based utility yields 4.10%, and trades at a P/E ratio of 17 times earnings. My average cost on the stock was $44.61, bringing my effective yield on cost to be 5.40%. Unfortunately, Consolidated Edison has been unable to grow earnings much over the past decade, as EPS increased from $3.13 in 2002 to $3.57 in 2011. The annual dividend has been increased at an annual rate of 2 cents/share since 1996, and is projected to reach $2.44/share in 2013. As a regulated utility, Con Edison's profits are limited by the amount it can charge its customers, which in turn is determined by regulators. Lately, regulators haven't been particularly generous about utility price hikes, which does not bode well for revenue and profit growth in the long run. To summarize, I do not see much upside in ConEdison in the current environment, and I do not think that total returns over the next decade are going to be much larger than the amount of current dividend yield. That being said, I believe the company is a decent hold, particularly for investors who have purchased the stock below $50/share, as I believe that the dividend will be paid and increased at a super slow rate in the foreseeable future. In a dividend portfolio, having some exposure to the utilities sector could provide refuge to investors if the economy declines again.
The question on my mind was what I should invest the proceeds from Con Edison in. I decided to add to my position in ONEOK Partners (OKS), which has a slightly higher yield, but offers a much faster distribution growth. The partnership is undergoing rapid expansion in the Mid Continent and Gulf Coast, bringing income generating assets online, and generating strong organic growth by satisfying demand for Natural Gas Liquids. The partnership is eyeing a 15% - 20% growth in distributions in 2013 and 2014. The partnership paid $609.45 million in distributions in 2011, while its distributable cash flow amounted to $946 million, which was more than sufficient distribution coverage.
ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) is one of the largest publicly traded master limited partnerships, and is a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the U.S. and owns one of the nation's premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting NGL supply in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions with key market centers. Its general partner is a wholly owned subsidiary of ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE), a diversified energy company, which owns 43.4 percent of the overall partnership interest. The General Partner has an incentive to keep growing ONEOK Partners (OKS), in order to generate higher distributions themselves.
Investors in Oneok Partners are called limited partners, and shares are called units. Master Limited Partnerships are pass through entities, and as a result are not taxed by the IRS. Their income and gains/losses flow through on the individual partners tax returns proportionately. Partners receive a K-1 form each year, which is slightly more complicated than a 1099 –Div form. However, Oneok Partners did a very good job of sending me a detailed tax package support, which spelled out exactly what tax forms I needed, as well as exactly where I should input the various amounts included in my K-1 form. Best of all, I had to pay no tax on the amount of distributions I received in 2011. Most partnership distributions decrease one's basis, and once this happens, partners would have to pay ordinary income taxes on most of the income that is distributed to them. However, certain types of income that the partnership distributes, such as capital gains on property sold, is taxable as capital gains. ONEOK also did a very good job in spelling out the amount of income/loss I had as a partner in each state it does business in.
Back in 2011, I sold my position in ONEOK Inc (OKE) at $72.35/share, and used it to acquire units in ONEOK Partners (OKS) at an average price of $41.71/unit. My average cost on ONEOK Inc (OKE) was $54.15/share. With this move, I was able to double the amount of distributions, attributable to this portion of my portfolio. One year later, I am more than satisfied with the total returns and distribution growth of ONEOK Partners (OKS). By replacing ConEdison with ONEOK Partners, I will further manage to increase amount of distributions, while further consolidating my position in the partnership.
Full Disclosure: Long ED and OKS
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Angel Tattoo, Belly Button Piercing, Body Piercing, Body tattoo, Butterfly Tattoo, Ear Piercing, Henna Tattoo, Loop Earrings, Navel Piercing, Nose Piercing, Permanent Tattoo
1. Ear piercing
I had my first ever body piercing at the age of thirty. I had my ears pierced as finally I decided to wear earrings. My old pediatrician-then mentor did the epiphany with the ear gun, the same kind she used for creatures thirty years younger than me. She let me choose from among the display of multi-colored studs. It was her gift and told me not to remove them for one week . I was to clean the piercings with alcohol every day.
Thus my adventure with earrings began.
I experimented with a variety of earrings. Mostly chunky ones. Once I had the compulsion to wear huge loop earrings because I thought they went well with my top with flutter sleeves. A friend-former classmate-now-surgeon-now critic-now former friend blurted
'Nice pair of bracelets you've got on your ear!'.
Being semi fluent in sarcasm I snapped back
'Ah ah, wrong about the bracelets. These are hula-hoops!'
Before I left for the capital for my training, I casually mentioned to a colleague that I found multiple ear piercings interesting and exotic. She couldn't be the more perfect person to tell this to because she herself had two piercings in one ear and four in the other. And again, armed with an ear gun, she pierced another one on my right and did not make me pay for it. It was her birthday gift to me.
I went to the capital feeling funkier and more chic, or so I thought. I'd wear two studs or one stud with a drop or chunky chandelier earrings on my right ear.
The love affair with two piercings in one ear was short lived. It ended when best-est friend, who would invite me to formal occasions frowned upon the idea. You see, he moved around the diplomatic circle counting His Excellencies, consuls, charges d' affaires among his friends. Once he invited me to a send off party of someone from the Indonesian embassy. Although it was an informal party, one among the many, this time hosted by someone from the consulate of Chile, I showed up with the chunkiest pair of earrings all on my right ear that made the usually unperturbed best-est friend to say 'That is too much!'. I removed the offending earrings, licked my wounds, threw orchid petals, floating candles into the bedecked, swimming pool like the other guests did. I also thew in my earrings. And so it became a bedazzled, bejeweled swimming pool.
2. Nose piercing
The idea first went into my head when I saw Thavamalar, a doctor from the health ministry of Malaysia. Although belatedly I learned from my Indian students that a nose piercing or ring can be faked using the clip, I wanted mine with carats. I wanted real piercings.
The problem with the nose piercing however was that, it would draw too much attention to my nose which I've always found unattractive. And even if I've had the same nose for forty three years, I was not comfortable with it. I was, (I still am) pug nosed. I resigned to the fact that nose piercings would look good on pointy, aquiline nose which I do not have.
3. Navel (Belly button) piercing
It was my youngest sister's idea. We were crossing the Bar Gate in Southampton on our way to the shopping mall. It was Indian summer in the UK and was a grand time to be tossing thick, frumpy clothing for tank tops, midriffs and shorts. It was also a good time to show off belly button rings and navel piercings. We were choosing the high end titanium kind as my sister wanted me to only have the best when I remembered I had to ask permission from hubby.
I called him up and could sense his discomfiture as I recited to him the long litany of chic-ness, vogue-ness hip-ness and fashionable-ness I was about to engage myself into. After blabbing for full five minutes, I waited for an answer. The other end of the line was silent. He hung up on me. He was a classic case of silence means 'No'. Better that than hearing a volley of vitriol and profanities.
4. Henna tattoo
When the island of Boracay became a hit over two decades ago, tribal art using henna was introduced by enterprising artists and continue to do so to this day. However, I did not have my first henna tattoo from Boracay. I first had mine after I got married. A few weeks into the marriage, my husband and I stayed in a suite in Subic Yacht Club. Outside of it was a country carnival fair with makeshift stalls offering henna tattoo services. I asked permission to have one. It was a lengthy, bloody compromise and he relented as long as it was 'small' and 'inconspicuous'. Small and inconspicuous did not make sense at the time but I thought it was better than nothing. I chose a Chinese character which I did not understand and had it painted a little above my left breast. When hubby learned where I hid the henna tattoo, he almost went ballistic. No, berserk was more like it. But at least I complied with his ridiculous 'compromise agreement'.
5. Body tattoo
Body art was nothing new to our culture. Our ancestors called Pintados (Painted Ones), by the time Ferdinand Magellan discovered the archipelago, already had them. I realized I wanted one when low rise jeans were the fashion du jour. When a girl with an angel or butterfly tattoo wearing thongs and low rise jeans leans over to pick up something, for example her daughter and son (at the same time) in a car park in Whiteley, the tattoo (and thong) would play peek-a-boo and it was to me a the sexiest thing to see. I wanted some of the sexiness rubbed off, I mean tattooed on me too!
Many things worked against me with the body tattoo. First, my age. I was nearing forty at the time. Second, my very conservative husband who thought the idea of his almost forty year old wife wearing low jeans with peek-a-boo thong strings and butterfly tattoo would be more than enough ground for him to be disinherited by his family. Thanks to me. Third, at the time, the ink was permanent, hence the tattoo was permanent. It was this sense of permanence that somehow made me think twice, thrice about my peek-a-boo butterfly tattoo. I could not imagine becoming a tottering grandma with a butterfly tattoo on her bum.
Which means the only tattoo I can have are cosmetic ones. Eyebrow tattoos. A few months ago a ninety four year old lady asked for a medical clearance because she was going to have a permanent eyebrow tattoo. I just might consider this one. However, I will wait until I become very old because when the facial skin comes sagging, and the forehead is no exception, the tattoo lines might sag too. I'll end up with wide greenish looking eyebrow tattoos (the ink in old times would leak) on top of my eyelids. Or if I should have Botox done on my face, the skin might become taut and tight I'll end up with eyebrows in the middle of my forehead.
So, which ones did you miss out growing up? Nerd or not.


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