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After giving 16 women a small dose of testosterone, British and Dutch researchers found they were less able to judge the mood of facial expressions they were shown, according to the BBC. Scientists say this supports the idea that exposure to the hormone during brain development in the womb leads to autism.
The researchers say the study "contributes to our knowledge of how small hormonal differences can have far-reaching effects on the mind," but others caution that the autism link is just a theory. Richard Mills, of Britain's National Autistic Society, responded:
This is an important piece of research from a reputable team, but it's not a defining moment, and what concerns us is that there are people who will seek to make capital out of this. We have heard of one group in the U.S. who are using the testosterone theory to justify 'treating' children with what is effectively chemical castration, which is plainly wrong.
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Things to do at the beginning of each project
Nice list by Leah Buley on things to do before starting a project.
It's been said that the two hardest parts of a project are the beginning and the end. In the middle, it's often perfectly clear what should have gone differently at the start. But when you're kicking off a project, you're often so preoccupied trying to establish cordial working relationships and understand the nature of the project that some of the trivial but essential details get neglected. That's too bad, because it's often the trivial essentials that build trust.
project management Add tag Permalink | Thursday, May 06, 2010
What makes a company creative - Ed Catmull
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Nature by numbers
interesting Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Design Patterns: Faceted Navigation
Very nice article by on faceted navigation by Peter Morville and Jeffrey Callenderi. I really like the part where they differentiate faceted browse from parametric search.
"On the other hand, the distinction between faceted navigation and parametric search is relevant. In parametric search applications, users specify their search parameters up front using a variety of controls such as checkboxes, pull-downs, and sliders to construct what effectively is an advanced Boolean query. Unfortunately, it's hard for users to set several parameters at once, especially since many combinations will produce zero results."
taxonomy, information architecture, search Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Classification schemes (and when to use them)
Donna Spencer on the different ways to classify information (alpha, location, task, etc.). A nice pick up from Wurman's 5 hatracks article.
"When you do information architecture work you'll realize that most sets of content can be organized in more than one way. One of the challenges for an IA project is figuring out what way works best for your audience, your content and your project's goals. In this article I'll talk about a few different classification schemes you can use to organize your content, and offer tips on when and how to use each."
information architecture Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Dan Mayer shows ho to teach math
Great piece on teaching math that is fun and memorable by Dan Mayer. His blog has more.
school, education Add tag Permalink | Thursday, April 22, 2010
Twitter becomes a real collection
A while ago I wrote an article on Designing Collections for the Web. In this article I stated that Twitter was a collection and there are 4 objectives of a collection:
- To help users easily contribute to a collection (contributing objective)
- To help users find an item in a collection (identifying objective)
- To help users easily co-locate similar items (co-locating objective)
- To surface relevant and interesting items (relevancy objective)
In the Chirp Developer Conference, Twitter finally added the two objectives that were missing: surfacing relevant and interesting stuff (promoted tweets, although marketing influenced) and co-locate similar items (Twitter annotations).
I am really interested how the Annotations feature will take off. It could really extend the service beyond what we know of it now.
Add tag Permalink | Saturday, April 17, 2010
Use Microblogging to Increase Productivity
From Jeanne C Meister and Karie Willyerd, guest blogging at HBR.
"Ubiquity First, Revenue Later. Build an audience first and then uncover how it can lead to increased employee productivity or faster time to competence. Since microblogging is a modest expense, (often as low as $1.00 per user per month) there need not be elaborate ROl studies prior to piloting the service. However, you do need to identify key business goals you want to measure as microblogging rolls out across the company, such as increased brainstorming or greater ease in seeking feedback from employees. Then follow the impact on revenue."
productivity, micro-blogging Add tag Permalink | Saturday, April 17, 2010
Starhub's genres, classification problems, and an idea!
My new post over at PebbleRoad is around the new categorisation of TV channels proposed by local cable TV provider Starhub. My peeve is that the new categorisation is designed to serve internal needs and not the needs of the viewers. We're required to just memorise the new numbers even though the assignment is ambiguous and confusing. To complete the article, however, I've also proposed a faceted classification of the channels and even given a mock of an iphone like interface to replace the last-century-looking remote. Enjoy!
taxonomy Add tag Permalink | Monday, April 12, 2010
IDSA design research
The design research section of the IDSA now has a website. Also, the current issue of IDSA's publication Innovation is jam packed with design research related articles. Cool!
research, innovation Add tag Permalink | Sunday, April 04, 2010
Wondeful story on the Greenpeace Nestle PR war
interesting Add tag Permalink | Friday, April 02, 2010
How Conceptual Metaphors are Stunting Web Innovation
Wonderful article by Venkatesh Rao, a researcher in the Xerox Innovation Group. He says that outdated conceptual metaphors such as 'document' is slowing down our thinking about new innovations such as the live web. New conceptual metaphors are needed such as 'stream' and 'trails'.
innovation Add tag Permalink | Friday, April 02, 2010
Maya Design explains Information Architecture
A good article with two really good videos explaining information architecture.
"Although it's tempting to skip ahead to the look and feel of a design, the importance of first defining an Information Architecture (IA) can't be overstated. Often we find that an existing system has been built as a monolithic solution that jumbles the raw plumbing of the system with the business process and the user interface. Unfortunately this leads to a brittle solution that can't evolve with new user interfaces, new underlying systems, or new business realities. In fact we often hear the words "Information Architecture" naively applied to only one aspect of an experience (like "Information Architecture for the Web") and then disregarded or ignored when an experience bridges interfaces (like when a user has to interact with a mobile application that integrates with related information in physical places)."
information architecture Add tag Permalink | Friday, March 26, 2010
Scrolling and attention
Big finding from Jakob Nielsen. Now clueless managers are going to sing this mantra and demand that everything be above the fold.
"Web users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the page fold. Although users do scroll, they allocate only 20% of their attention below the fold. "
usability Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Africa's Gift to Silicon Valley: How to Track a Crisis
A nice story from the NY times on a Kenyan product called Ushahidi. This is an informant mapping tool and works like this: anybody on the ground can call a cell number and and point out a location, it could be of a rape or a terrorist hideout, and all of this information is aggregated and represented on a map. If there are many pointers to a particular location, troops can be called in to look. Brilliant stuff.
"When the Haitian earthquake struck, Ushahidi went again into action. An emergency texting number was advertised via radio. Ushahidi received thousands of messages reporting trapped victims. They were translated by a diffuse army of Haitian-Americans in the United States and plotted on a 'crisis map.' From a situation room at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, outside Boston, Ushahidi volunteers instant-messaged with the United States Coast Guard in Haiti, telling them where to search. When the Chilean earthquake struck, Ushahidi deployed again."
interesting Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 15, 2010
Personal pronouns: It's okay to own your web copy
Wonderful post from Brain Traffic on using personal pronouns in your web copy. I do agree, at times, it can be difficult to sell this in some organisations, but I also agree, it may be just a matter of adopting or getting comfortable with a style.
Using personal pronouns may sound like a simple, common-sense web writing best practice. Speaking directly to users with the word "you" is something most companies get on board with easily enough. But those same clients often ask us to avoid self-referential pronouns like "we," "our," and "us" in their web copy.
web content Add tag Permalink | Friday, March 12, 2010
15 Desktop & Online Wireframing tools
"Like most things today, the world of interaction design moves quickly. Although a pen and notebook may suffice when it comes to simply jotting down ideas, planning a series of website screens can sometimes demand additional precision and cohesion. This is where today's wireframing tools come in."
prototyping Add tag Permalink | Friday, March 12, 2010
Filenaming Conventions and Knowledge Sharing
Patrick has posted an article on file naming conventions. Good. Now I don't have to hunt for them every time!
knowledge management, intranets Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Ethnography of Design: A Series
New series on Ethnography by Catapult Design:
This post is the first in a weekly series called "The Ethnography of Design" about the relationship between anthropology and design and how the ethnographer's toolkit can be applied to build more effective world-changing, problem-solving products and systems. Each post in the series will be paired with – and will explore – a video or article that highlights an innovative design solution or product that has taken into account (successfully or unsuccessfully – and why) ethnographic research methods and human-centered design thinking frameworks.
research, ethnography Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Making teaching stick
After reading Switch (highly recommended) by Dan and Chip Heath I headed to their website to get more resources. I was pleasantly surprised by the range of resources they have there. From a short summary of the book to how-to guides on using the principles in different settings. The one that caught my eye was Teaching that Sticks, a resource from their previous book, Made to Stick. It is a wonderful article-length read that gives a handful of strategies that you can try immediately, such as using the unexpected to create focus and interest.
school, instructional design Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 08, 2010
2010 Intranet Innovation Awards are open for entries
The 2010 Intranet Innovation Awards are open for entries. Entries close on Friday 23.
I like this award. It highlights how teams are thinking of making their intranets useful and productive. It starts a discussion on ideas and themes. I met some of the winners at the KM World conference in San Jose last November and I could clearly see their enthusiasm and determination in making their intranets work. I walked away with more than a few ideas to try out.
intranets Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 08, 2010
Designing collections for the web
Designing collections for the web - my new article over at PebbleRoad. The idea of the article came up when the team was discussing how best to leverage and surface homogeneous information. We were doing a redesign of a hospital website and found out that patients wanted to be connected with getting care in many different ways - by clinic, by doctor, by diseases and conditions etc. This idea let us to investigate collections, first as used by libraries, and then modified and as used by social media. This article compiles our experimentation and learning on the subject.
"A collection is a list of homogeneous items. A collection on the web can be as simple as a blog (a list of posts) to as complex as a library collection (multiple lists of different library materials). Collections are an integral part of many websites, but not all collections are designed with ease-of-use and ease-of-retrieval in mind. In this article, I'll cover some theory and give practical advice on designing online collections for the websites and intranets."
information architecture, interface, social media, intranets Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 01, 2010
Streams of Content, Limited Attention
An interesting take by Danah Boyd on how the information streams that we are living in (blogs, tweets, facebook, buzz, etc.) need some change in order to be relevant. The main argument here is that it is difficult to direct attention to something in a stream. And if we do manage to do that, it is difficult to hold on to it. I feel the same way when living in the stream of blogs and tweets. At times I long for the slow pace of a book. If only I could control the pace of my stream….
"To be relevant today requires understanding context, popularity, and reputation. In the broadcast era, we assumed the disseminator organized information because they were a destination. In a networked era, there will be no destination, but rather a network of content and people. We cannot assume that content will be organized around topics or that people will want to consume content organized as such. We're already seeing this in streams-based media consumption. When consuming information through social media tools, people consume social gossip alongside productive content, news alongside status updates. Right now, it's one big mess. But the key is not going to be to create distinct destinations organized around topics, but to find ways in which content can be surfaced in context, regardless of where it resides."
social media Add tag Permalink | Friday, February 26, 2010
Primary 1 math paper - cruel usabilty problems
I came back from work today to find my 6-year-old daughter in a bad mood. She was upset because Mommy told her that she got low marks in a math test! Surprised? Yes, in Singapore, reality hits early! I find it surreal that tests are given so early but I'm going along with it to see how all this works. So I'm biased over here. But that is not why I'm writing this post. I decided to write this post after what happened next.
I picked up the math paper and it took me a while to figure out how to do the sums. I'm pretty sure it will take you a while too. Here is part of the math paper.
Were you confused? I was. The instructions are too complex and there are just too many distractions on the page. The sums are numbered, the options are numbered and then the answers too are numbers! And did you find the "brackets"? They are on the right hand side, a trick I guess to test the range of the eyes!
See my daughter's first answer in the brackets. Now see her second answer. Do you blame her for putting in the right answer in the bracket? Read the instruction, which number do I put in the bracket? The option number or the correct answer?
The point of this test I gather is to help the student better 'see' math in abstract and concrete terms. That's fine, but where does trickery come in to play?
So, I took a shot at redesigning the paper and this is what I came up with in 5 minutes.
I gave the same paper to my grumpy daughter and asked her to try the sums out. She looked at the paper and knew exactly what to do. She had a smile across her face. That is when I decided that I should share my concerns with the world.
We live in a scary world where 6-year olds are asked to do such math sums. The least we can do is to motivate and encourage them to take on this challenge. Giving badly designed papers to these kids is such a cruel thing to do. So, if you come across papers like these then please do something about it.
school Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Smashing Silos
Evan Rosen, author of The Culture of Collaboration, writes about his 5 ways to bust silo mentality at work:
- Eliminate Needless Formality and Hierarchy (easy access)
- Provide One-Click Access to Entire Organization (easy access to everyone)
- Design Dedicated Physical Spaces for Collaboration
- Adopt Common Systems and Processes (standard platform)
- Establish Cross-Functional Mentoring
collaboration Add tag Permalink | Monday, February 08, 2010


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Exhibits have been in place for months at the Bayou Country Children's Museum in Thibodaux, and on Saturday, the interactive facility saw the final installment — children.
And lots of them.
Exhibits have been in place for months at the Bayou Country Children's Museum in Thibodaux, and on Saturday, the interactive facility saw the final installment — children.
And lots of them.
"I believe every child from Thibodaux may be here," said Lucas Huddleston, vice president of the museum's board of directors. "I'm pleasantly surprised and overwhelmed."
The $3.5 million, 12,700-square-foot museum at 211 Rue Betancourt held its grand opening Saturday, with hundreds of guests turning out to see an attraction that has been 15 years in the making.
"It finally came to life," said Executive Director Christy Naquin, looking around the space.
Visitors were lined up outside the museum at 11 a.m. for a ribbon-cutting before dancing their ways inside in second-line parade fashion.
Once inside, a bayou-painted floor served as a pathway to 34 exhibits steeped in Cajun culture.
At the entrance to the main space, an exhibit provides information from eight countries, including Spain and France, and how they've influenced the region.
But the real fun starts around the corner, visitors agreed.
Once inside the main room, guests meet the largest exhibit in the museum, a full-sized John Deere sugar cane harvester that children can climb onto and explore.
Seth Bergeron, 11, sat in the driver's seat of the towering green machine Saturday, tapping its buttons and moving its switches.
"It's cool to see how everything works," Bergeron said. "My Dad used to work for John Deere, so I can't wait to tell him about this."
Across the bayou from the harvester — affectionately named Henri — sits Miss Clotille, an interactive replica shrimp boat to educate kids on the importance of seafood in the area.
Next door is Safetyville, the only guided part of the museum. The approximately 25-minute tour provides simulations to teach kids fire and severe storm safety.
The replica house will be staffed by a full-time Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputy and includes video from WWL-TV Chief Meteorologist Carl Arredondo.
Across from Safetyville is a nearly 17-foot oil derrick, another piece children can climb, play on and slide down; an estuary; and a bubble station.
Robert Loupe and his 10-year-old son Robert Loupe Jr. agreed the bubble area was "very cool."
Moving toward the back of the room, there's a play station for younger children, a performance area where guests can dress up and get on stage and a music area with a giant floor keyboard.
There's also a Mardi Gras exhibit, where children can throw beads at a moving wall of hands, a miniature supermarket, a Cajun cafe called Cafe Manger and a pit to dig for buried treasure.
"I love every exhibit equally," said Kathleen Gros, museum board president. "I'm having so much fun watching everyone."
She said she got a kick out of watching how the children interacted with each exhibit.
At that moment, 5-year-old Dara Animashaun stepped onto the performance stage dressed as a princess. She twirled in her pink costume, laughing.
Asked what she liked about the museum, Dara said, "Everything."
Her mother, Trina Animashaun, of Napoleonville, praised the design of the museum, noting how kid-friendly it is.
"It's also good to have somewhere local to take your family," she said. "It's a treasure."
Monique Callagy agreed, saying it went "beyond expectations."
"I've been to children's museums in many major cities, but this is the best," she said. "Look at that oil derrick. It's amazing."
Naquin said the positive feedback from guests was overwhelming.
"I keep hearing, 'The pictures don't do it justice,'" she said. "It's true. Until you walk in, climb and play, you can't appreciate how fantastic it is."
She encouraged everyone to check it out.
The museum will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon until 4 p.m. It will be closed Mondays. Admission is $7.


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Senior forward and 2012 Hermann Trophy Candidate Reece Wilson was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week on Monday. Wilson and the Blue Devils split a pair of games on the road at Belmont University over the weekend.
CCSU, now 2-4 overall on the season, lost a heartbreaker in double-overtime on Friday night against Belmont, 3-2. They followed that up with a 3-1 victory over Lipscomb on Sunday, also played at Belmont in the Mafiaoza's Invitational.
Wilson now leads the Blue Devils in points with eight on the season.
In the double-overtime loss to Belmont Wilson scored his first goal of the season. He followed that up with goals two and three of the year in the 3-1 win over Lipscomb.
With the Blue Devils on top 1-0, Wilson scored his first goal of the day to push the lead to 2-0. After Lipscomb cut the lead in half, Wilson put the game away with his second goal of the afternoon, recording the first multi-goal game of his career at CCSU. He had six goals last season and was an All-Conference selection.
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THOMASVILLE | Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day fumbled through a mass of drawing boards, looking for the right preliminary plan.
He shuffled past plans for the proposed retail development, the five-screen movie theater, the regional airport and the new hospital. He finally came to the board that displayed the big patch of land seven miles north of Thomasville just inside neighboring Wilcox County.
THOMASVILLE | Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day fumbled through a mass of drawing boards, looking for the right preliminary plan.
He shuffled past plans for the proposed retail development, the five-screen movie theater, the regional airport and the new hospital. He finally came to the board that displayed the big patch of land seven miles north of Thomasville just inside neighboring Wilcox County.
Thomasville, population 4,421 according to the 2010 census (although Day disputes the figure), beat 62 other sites to secure the Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tubing facility, the first major manufacturer from China to locate in Alabama. When complete, the project is expected to employ 500.
Thomasville is in southwest Alabama on U.S. Highway 43. Its population swells in the daytime due to its location in the middle of several rural areas. Thomasville is rural, and Day says that is a good thing.
"People say it's 100 miles to anywhere, but I like to think it's 100 miles from anywhere," Day said. "This is the kind of place you can come and get away from everything, kick off your shoes and enjoy a relaxing place. I mean, what do people in big cities do when it's time to go on vacation? They get out of there and get away to some place quiet. I always like to say it's cool to be rural."
China-based Golden Dragon was being courted by several cities. Economic incentives were being thrown around, and Day said Thomasville worked hard to be competitive. But if you ask Day what he believes helped rural southwest Alabama land a facility and 500 jobs, financial incentives would not be his first answer.
"The little things," Day said.
The announcement of Golden Dragon coming to Wilcox County wasn't made until 2011, but the genesis of the relationship goes back to 2008. Day began a relationship with SoZo Group founder Ray Cheng, who was helping recruit Chinese investors for job creation and capital investment in the United States through a program created by the Department of Commerce.
He visited Thomasville in December 2008, even participating in the town's Christmas parade.
The relationship continued in 2009 when Golden Dragon was beginning expansion plans.
"We were competing against 62 different sites," Day said. "So I called up Ray and asked him what we could do culturally."
Day's office is located at the end of a wing in what used to be the town's high school. He turned to his mammoth bookcase and picked up a cookie wrapped in cellophane. On the front of the cookie was the word "Welcome" in Mandarin, along with the Golden Dragon logo.
When Golden Dragon executives visited Thomasville, the cookies were a huge hit. "They were grabbing cookies everywhere and stuffing them in their pockets," Day recalled.
It was the full-court Southern hospitality press. Volunteers made cookies, served irresistible banana pudding and tried to make the executives feel less like visitors and more like guests.
"It's about relationships," Day said. "We welcomed them to be our friends."
Day is part of a growing movement of local governments taking the lead in recruiting major industries. He accompanied Dothan Mayor Mike Schmitz, Monroe County Commission Chairman and Probate Judge Greg Norris and Huntersville, N.C., Mayor Jill Swain to China earlier this year, then made a return trip to recruit more companies.
"Of course the state of Alabama is vital in industry recruitment, but the city and county play a huge role. We have to leverage every asset we can get," Day said. "At the end of the day, a business is married to the city or community where it locates. That is where the executives are going to be living. That is where the workers are going to come from."
Day credited Alabama with the passage of the Made in Alabama law, an incentives bill he said was instrumental in landing Golden Dragon. The law allows for federal tariffs to be temporarily offset for qualifying international companies that commit to build facilities and create jobs here.
Golden Dragon is one of several major developments for this small town. Production is supposed to begin in early 2014 at the copper tubing plant. Major roadwork is underway to carry the equipment and employee traffic.
A major steel pipe manufacturer, Energex Tube, employs about 300. Plans are also in the works for a new hospital, new regional airport, new retail development and new movie theater complex.


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Rockies rout Giants behind Chatwood
Denver, CO – Wilin Rosario hit a two-run home run and drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 10-2 rout over the San Francisco Giants in the third game of a four-game series from Coors Field.
Troy Tulowitzki and Dexter Fowler knocked in two runs apiece and Carlos Gonzalez had an RBI for the Rockies, who have scored 10 runs in winning each of the last two contests.
Tyler Chatwood (2-0) allowed one run on seven hits and four walks over 5 2/3 innings. He also drove in a run in the victory.
"Tyler has thrown the ball really well for us. He's been very impressive," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
Gregor Blanco and Brandon Crawford each had an RBI for the Giants, who were 2- for-10 with runners in scoring position. Starter Tin Lincecum (3-3) surrendered six runs on seven hits and two walks in five frames.
The Giants were the first on the board in the second. Brandon Belt ripped a double to right and Blanco's blooper to center brought him home.
However, the Rockies responded by scoring three runs in the third. Charlie Blackmon drew a walk to start the inning and later scored on a double by Fowler. Josh Rutledge then hit an infield single, plating Fowler, and reached third on a throwing error by Lincecum. Gonzalez then grounded out to first, but brought Rutledge home.
"Timmy started off good, one inning the error hurt him," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. "Then it kind of got away from him."
The Rockies scored three more runs over the next two innings. Nolan Arenado singled with one out in the fourth, advanced to second on a balk and scored when Chatwood's line drive deflected off Lincecum's foot and into the outfield. In the fifth, Tulowitzki's two-out single set up Rosario's two-run blast to left.
Two innings later, Rosario's infield single brought Fowler home, who singled to lead off the frame and later stole second.
Hunter Pence smacked a double to center to begin the eighth and scored on an infield single by Crawford, but that would be it for the Giants' offense.
Colorado added three more runs in the bottom of the inning. Blackmon and Jonathan Herrera connected on back-to-back singles with one out. Fowler then singled to right, plating Blackmon, and advanced to second as Crawford was unable to catch Pence's throw.
After Wilton Lopez struck out, Carlos Gonzalez walked and Tulowitzki's single brought Herrera and Fowler home to create an eight-run cushion.
Lopez pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to end the game.
Game Notes
Scutaro went 2-for-4 and is on a 17-game hitting streak, the longest active hit streak in the majors ... Rosario has nine home runs, third among catchers in the majors ... The Rockies were 7-for-14 with runners in scoring position ... Colorado has won just four of the last 16 home meetings with San Francisco.


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Whisk yourself away for a weekend of fun in beautiful Bristol! Located right in the heart of the city, the stylish Radisson Blu Hotel is a great base for exploring all Bristol has to offer. On the hotel's doorstep, you'll find a myriad of cosy cafés and restaurants, while the charming streets of the Old Town are just a few minutes' walk away. Close by, explore legendary Glastonbury Abbey and marvel at the many historic castles.
Cardiff started life as a quiet settlement in south Wales but its position at the heart of three waterways, the River Taff, the River Ely and the River Rhymney, meant that it couldn't stay unnoticed for long. The rivers were a good place for shifting and transporting goods and the town soon became a centre for trade. When coal was discovered and the industrial revolution got into full swing Cardiff grew and gained city status in 1905. It became the world's busiest port transporting over 10 million tonnes of the 'black gold' at its peak in 1913. Cardiff became capital of Wales in 1955.
Today Cardiff hits the headlines with its lust for life, positioning itself as a centre for business, entertainment and sporting events. It is home to the stylish Millennium Stadium which hosted the Rugby World Cup in 1999 – the stadium in the heart of the city is just a few minutes' walk from the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff, to the north of Cardiff Bay. The city has embraced the positivity of sport and played a major part in the 2012 London Olympics creating an athletes' village, Cardiff International White Water, and host to the first football matches of The Games.
It's a University town injected with colour, a buzzy vibrant place filled with creative energy. Famous names inspired by its drive and ambition include Roald Dahl, Charlotte Church, Dame Shirley Bassey, and sporting heroes Ryan Giggs and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. If you like a bit of Sci-Fi it's also where the current Doctor Who is being filmed so watch out for that Tardis, or if it escapes you, head to Discovery Quay for the Doctor Who Experience. The docks are where a lot of the city's action takes place and Cardiff Bay is a beautiful example of dockland regeneration. Bars, restaurants and shops move with colour as people gather to eat, chat and shop. The city looks to the future but is also proud of its heritage - Cardiff Castle lies on the shores of the River Taff and has prime position overlooking the Bay. Originally a Roman fort, the Roman walls can still be seen within the Medieval structure, but more surprisingly you'll find bold Victorian décor inside some of the rooms – quite the opposite of what you'd expect from the outside. Cardiff is a city which still has secrets waiting to be discovered.
So you're in Cardiff for a visit but what should you do? This city is brimming with culture, events and action so we've picked a few activities for you to get a feel for the Welsh capital.
- No visit to Cardiff would be complete without a look at the Millennium Stadium. This palace of sport was centre stage for the football drama at the 2012 Olympic Games and it is also host to the Six Nations. You can take tours of the stadium and see the dressing rooms, the players' tunnel and the press conference rooms where reactions and debates take place before and after the matches. You can even lift the trophy – a perfect photo opportunity.
- For a trip back in time take a walk up to Cardiff Castle which overlooks the River Taff. The Medieval structure still has some examples of the original Roman walls and inside there is some great information on Cardiff's history and some stunning examples of Victorian décor too.
- Cardiff is known for its nightlife and there are many clubs and bars to experience when you're in town. For a great cocktail experience and lots of music head to Milgi or Buffalo and watch as mixologists shake up a dream until the early hours of the morning.
- If you wake up a little confused after your night out then you'll feel much the same as one particular time travelling doctor who never knows where he'll end up. The popular TV series Doctor Who is filmed in Cardiff and you can spend a fun day out at the Doctor Who Experience which has props, exhibitions and special effects from the series. You can also take Doctor Who themed walking tours of Cardiff.
- Explore Cardiff Bay from sailing to shopping, festivals and events, restaurants to craft stalls. For real 'Made in Wales' souvenirs, Craft in the Bay has some great contemporary Welsh crafts from jewellery to bags and furniture and textiles and you can even learn a craft at this listed Victorian warehouse.
Cardiff is a vibrant city and a popular shopping destination. You'll have good fun exploring its busy streets and delving into independent shops as well as hitting the big high street stores. Here are a few ideas of where to shop in the Welsh Capital.
Cardiff has much to offer the serious shopper as well as the relaxed browser. It has the huge modern shopping centres – there's the Capitol Shopping Centre for fashion and beauty at the end of Queen Street, and a really popular and more recent addition to Cardiff is St David's Dewi Sant, which has all the high street names and some well received designer stores such as Hugo Boss, Kurt Geiger and Reiss. It also has the largest John Lewis outside London and a Debenhams and Marks and Spencer's. There are plenty of lunch options at Eastside, the centre's food section, including Jamie's Italian and Welsh ice cream specialist Cadwaladers – a lovely break from the normal cup of tea and a cake. In a nod to Cardiff's past St David's has a glass roofed Grand Arcade running through the middle of the shopping centre with lots of fun high street names and accessory shops to explore.
Outside the shopping centres and on the streets of the capital, Cardiff actually has six historic Victorian and Edwardian shopping arcades – wonderful spaces with original features and brimming with lovely delis selling organic meat and cutting edge vegetarian fare, as well as cosy cafes for a well-earned cup of tea. There are sparkling jewellery shops and intriguing vintage shops selling everything from furniture to clothes. You'll find these treasured arcades throughout the city but head for the Castle Quarter for the Castle Arcade and the Morgan Quarter for the Royal Arcade and the Morgan Arcade – ask the concierge if you want anything specific. If you are looking for vintage and unique gifts then the Cardiff Fashion Quarter is the place to go. This area is housed in a converted cinema and you'll find artists and craftsmen selling handmade jewellery, hip vintage clothes and antiques.


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May 10, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
BRANDON — For the second time this spring, voters in Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union towns have rejected a proposed 2007-2008 spending plan for Otter Valley Union High School. The tally in Tuesday's balloting on a revised budget of $10,884,962 was 587 opposed and 455 in favor.
The original budget proposal, which was $106,565 larger than the one voted on this week, was defeated, 1,250-911, on Town Meeting Day, along with $10 million in renovation and construction bonds.
With informational meetings hosted by the OV school board poorly attended since officials first floated the bond proposals last fall, it was no surprise to some that Tuesday's revote attracted less than half the turnout of the original vote in March.
By JOHN FLOWERS
BRIDPORT — Receding flood waters and cold nights have helped keep biting bugs at bay thus far this spring, but officials in the county's two mosquito-control districts know that warming temperatures will soon lead to a sizable hatch of insects.
Last week saw representatives of the Brandon-Leicester-Salisbury-Goshen (BLSG) and Lemon Fair Insect Control Districts (LFICD) get their equipment and larvicide stocks ready for what has become an annual battle against swarms of bloodthirsty insects.
"We are surveying every day and keeping a close watch on things," said BLSG district Coordinator Kim Schroeder. "It has been a wet spring, and we're hoping things dry up a bit more before it warms up."
That's because mosquitoes thrive in warm, wet conditions. The insects lay their eggs in swamps and pools of standing water. With help from the sun, those eggs mature into larvae, then full-fledged mosquitoes.
MIDDLEBURY — Rick Heinrichs' first job more than 30 years ago was serving up food at Mister Up's Restaurant in Middlebury.
On May 25, Heinrichs — now an Academy Award winning production designer — will help serve up the latest installment of the wildly popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series on which he worked in such exotic locales as the Bahamas.
Heinrichs, a former Shoreham resident, was in Middlebury late last week to give some cinema-related pointers to dozens of aspiring actors and film production students at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center's Addison Repertory Theater (A.R.T.).
During a far-ranging presentation that included projection images of the soon-to-be-released "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," Heinrichs recounted the challenges of creating the sets and props that breathe life into today's multi-million-dollar blockbusters.
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In April at the OpenStack Summit, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth quipped "My OpenStack, how you've grown" as a reference to the thousands of people in the room. OpenStack is indeed growing up and it seems incredible that this Friday, we celebrate OpenStacks' 3rd Birthday.
Incredible – it seems like only yesterday OpenStack was a twinkle in the eyes of a few engineers getting together in Austin. Incredible that OpenStack has come so far in such a short time. Ubuntu has been with OpenStack every day of the 3 year journey so far which is why the majority of OpenStack clouds are built on Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu OpenStack continues to be one of the most popular OpenStack distributions available.
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A quick description of our best known Arthur's Pass local, Kea
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Arthur's Pass is a rather special little Alpine Village right on the Main Divide of the Southern Alps. It's the highest town in the South Island.
Our two most famous inhabitants are Kea and Great Spotted Kiwi, but it's the Kea that you are likely to see! Kea are the only alpine parrot, and are an unusually intelligent bird. They are assisted by a dextrous bill, very able claws and a love of play! They have no fear of humans and seem to find human activity and man made objects fascinating. They are also happy to steal or beg for human food (something that they shouldn't get - think feeding a bear only smaller!)
The best places to see Kea are often close to human activity. They are regular visitors to town and the roadside scenic lookouts close to Arthurs Pass. Kea are out and about during the day, and in summer can be found on the surrounding mountain peaks waiting for walkers to arrive!
Seeing them so easily suggests that there are lots of them. Not so however, the number of Kea remaining is estimated at less than 5000. They are at risk from introduced predators like stoats and cats, and also often run over on the road.
For a little more information have a look here - http://www.keaconservation.co.nz/
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The Mountain House is the alpine specialist in Arthur's Pass. We provide all ranges of accommodation and can assist with gear storage, tramping information, plus provide a trampers shuttle to get you out there. We are within 2 hours of Christchurch.


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The Project, Prime Base, The Game
In 1980 when dinosaurs roamed the Earth Morrow Project was one of the first, if not the original, RPG that let players run characters that they might meet or even be on the tabletop. You could directly base your character on yourself, your high school science teacher, the cop from down the street, or soldiers you read about or even served with. This was a huge difference from a fantasy setting or even something like Traveller.
The first few modules were shoot'em ups generally speaking. This reflected the roots of RPGs as "Kill monsters and take their treasure" dungeon crawls, as well as the preferences of some of the original design teams. It is also a fairly easy way to introduce new players into an sort of game. Give them a problem they don't have to think too much about and let them explore the combat rules.
Since those relatively simple beginnings in a time when Role Playing was in its infancy, a lot has changed in terms of gamers and gaming. This first led to the introduction of a skill system to MP and now to 4th edition. It has also led to a very deep schism in the very passionate followers of this game universe. On one side are the folks that feel MP is a combat based game setting, while others feel it is also a "thinking" game in which players must solve problems and their characters must be able to interact in peaceful, nay even cooperative, fashion with NPCs. I am an unapologetic member of the latter group.
I am not saying Morrow is not both. I've run plenty of combat heavy scenarios. I am saying that it has the possibility, for the right game master and set of players, to be a more varied setting. I've certainly run a number of scenarios, both in house campaigns and at conventions, where combat would not have solved the issues and players had to find other ways for their characters to resolve conflicts. Some of the published modules lend themselves to this style of play, but most do not.
Then came along Prime Base. This was absolutely a huge change in play style for TimeLine. For a crew of combat specialist characters and players it will be nearly impossible to succeed, or even to survive. As written it has a huge amount of issues. It's obtuse, it's complex, it has almost no combat at all.
I admire the ideas behind Prime Base as a gaming setting. I question how it was carried out, and I am pretty sure I'm not alone in that opinion. So how should the RPG handle Prime Base? I think the module should have a better balance between combat and non combat challenges.
I wish you luck. Prime Base is the worst of the modules; it's simply unplayable
But it's a brave effort. I would suggest that the "edit" starts with removing/altering the stuff that players will find implausible (dinosaurs, for example).
Remove/alter the stuff that players will hate (the super-competent Phoenix team, for example)
Remove/alter the stuff that players will laugh at (the Prime Base computer, for example)
SO what is left? Only puzzles? That's very hard to do in a way that entertains players. You'll probably find that only one player is interested. It also needs some sort of conflict to keep players "on their toes". I would suggest that someone else is also trying to get into the base... Perhaps they've already tripped over some of the automated defences
Frozen Chosen?
Snake Eaters?
The descendants of a Morrow Team on a sort of pilgrimage?
If you want to make it really complex then maybe TWO groups have found Prime Base and are likely to fight each other plus the PCs. The players may have to negotiate for a share of the loot
Then we must decide if the players are ever going to use this facility (probably not, IMHO). After all, it's over 150 years old, and hasn't had any maintenance. It's frankly unpleasant and superfluous. Once they've found the MacGuffin, it would be wise to relocate
And maybe it could be in Indiana?
I remember buying Prime Base years ago and thinking,
Is that it?
Then putting it down for ages picking it up again and thinking, no really that's it?
Which is annoying as a UK MP fan, for years I had thought it was unpublished and this was like some treasure trove.
It suffers from 2 maladies of supplements of the 1980s.
1 The Abandoned Hole.
GDW Traveller was notorious for devising abandoned bases, temples and even starships. Which players would stumble around trying to solve a usually fairly pedestrian mystery and avoiding some fairly minor threats.
2 The Get out of here Guardians.
Seemingly every early D&D scenario had a city with level 3 guards and a level 6 wizard working for the local lord. Who's sole job was to make sure heroes got themselves out of town and raided the local tomb and didn't make any trouble.
Hence the Phoenix Team e.g. "who'd have thought the Project had Chuck Norris, Dutch and their combined special forces just to boot us out of our nice new Prime base!"
So basically a scenario where the players turn up half naked and injured after fighting giant lizards in a swamp. Before exploring a big empty tomb by match light and then if they finally find the secret, getting kicked out by Delta Force is probably one of the least entertaining scenarios of all time.
Which is even more annoying when you bear in mind; The Starnaman Incident and Damocles were easily some of the best post apocalyptic dungeon scenarios and worked so well.
My view keep the maps and ditch everything else. Maybe Damoclese has been run by the degenerate descendants of the survivors, perhaps a care taker crew woken up a 100 years ago.
The idea of the base being laid siege by some serious big bads like Krell or Sciens would be great.
But you know trust your team will want to leave of their own free will to rebuild the world. And not hang around to help the Phoenix teams clean up ala a 1980s montage.
nb I've always felt that the Morrow Project staff who wanted to man Prime Base would be a little screwy anyway. Volunteering to watch the world burn alongside all their friends and family (well most of them). Not well adjusted people, if a few survived in freeze tubes and ran the place. I think they may end up like those crazy Human's in one of the old Planet of the Apes films who worshipped an atom bomb...
As a good natured dungeon crawler it's quite interesting and fun with lots of details.
A realistic bunker would be mostly generators, water tanks, and store rooms filled with MREs and empty body bags.
As it is I do think if it became a battleground possibly with the team both fighting invaders and occupants it could be quite nerve wracking.
If you haven't seen it already, check out "Operation Morpheus", for the old "Aftermath!" rpg by FGU, it brings a Morrow style project to "Aftermath!".
It features a prime base style complex beneath a major university, complete with frozen players etc. It is about US$4/£3 on drivethrurpg.
The fundamental problem with Prime Base, as has already been noted, was that it just didn't fit in with the rest of the released modules. Up until that point, the Team was isolated and alone, starved for resources and advice, doing the best they can and knowing it would never be enough. They were the Doctor, the A-Team, Mad Max. But once they find Prime Base, assuming it and the Project are at all intact, the game must change.
Prime Base was the 8th module released, which pretty much guaranteed that reviving the Project would mean that the Team would be given hearty congratulations and restored to a relatively low rung in the hierarchy. Phoenix Team or the senior Regional commander or some other individual would have to exist with the authority and ability to command the Project, and the Team is not going to have developed the skills and the knowledge necessary to plausibly hold onto command unless they have been doing a lot of GM-designed campaigning. That means they are no longer isolated and alone, they are part of a system. Outgunned? Call a MARS Team. Not sure what to do? Call your CO and ask them what to do. They no longer have autonomy, they are executing someone else's orders. That can still be a fun game, but it isn't the game that the players signed up for.
And if they are to plausibly take command, then they need to be at the point where they can do so and that either requires one of two things: that Prime Base is delayed for a long time such that when they find it they already have a decade or two of experience and a substantial mini-Project working for them, OR that they already some exceptional unit to begin with.
Think about Star Trek [2009] - it is fun to think that some Academy screw up could wind up with command of the Fleet's premiere exploration vessel, but how long can you sustain the illusion that it makes sense? When Kirk takes over, is every other officer on the ship, demonstrably more qualified for command, really going to accept his orders? And after the emergency, is everyone going to buy that some kid who had a few good days is really a better choice than other top performers who have been studying and working towards that goal for decades? For it to be plausible, Kirk needs more than just daring do and charisma, and if the Team is to take command of the Project, they need to be Project Commanders and not "random Recon Team XYZ".
If you want to start with a shoot-em-up game and transition into nation-building, then let them gradually ease into the role. Don't send them Prime Base after 8 modules, give it to them after 40. First, let them adopt a second team, waking or rescuing them, and taking them under their wing. Then give them a couple of more. Maybe with the support of other Team commanders the player leader can request Group command access and privileges from one of the automated bases which can be granted on an interim basis pending approval or rejection from higher command... which will never come. Now they have their own Group, because the failsafes acknowledged that a new Group Commander may need to be appointed in the field and may need to act before Prime Base can make a formal decision.
The scope of the game then expands, with the "modules" focusing on the special circumstances that require the Team to use their exceptional post-awakening experience out in the field once more. They take on larger challenges, coming to the rescue of other Teams or taking point on missions too tough for a Team just out of the ground to handle. They keep finding and rescuing or waking up other Teams, perhaps using their knowledge of technology and the Project to do what the KFS is doing - digging them out of the ground. After a while they have so many Teams working for them that they have a de facto Regional Command, perhaps with the Team members now serving as department heads with entire Teams or Groups under them.
And now when they get to Prime Base, they are in a position where they can reasonably take command. Phoenix and the Regional Commanders can be convinced to give up control to a group of people that have spent the last 20 years doing the job, and the players will be in a place where they have the skills to actually do it.
Alternately, you could skip the shoot-em-up as anything but prologue and just start the players off with skill and authority. Perhaps they aren't "Recon Team XYZ", perhaps they were a Group Command Team, or perhaps the war came earlier and a Regional Commander and some others were forced to weather the war in an emergency bunker, or perhaps Phoenix wasn't all in one place and the players are a six-man Phoenix Unit responsible for the South Central United States. Those character groups could find Prime Base a lot sooner and still have the chops to take command. But it also means that the shoot-em-up part is going to be briefer, because they should have the skills and resources to find Prime Base and the determination and drive to make it happen.
And if you just want to keep it a shoot-em-up? Kill the Project. You don't need it and don't want it, so kill it. Perhaps the Project was compromised and the best the leadership could do was wipe the records to save the low-level units and facilities, but the higher organization was wiped out. Perhaps there was an internal power struggle and the factions duked it out, sparing only some low-level resources either overlooked or simply not gotten to. When the Team finds Prime Base, it is a hole in the ground and simply confirms that the Project cannot be revived, only gradually replaced.
Those are the options as I see it:
It's a lone-wolf shoot-em-up game. Kill Prime Base dead, the Team is more or less on its own.
It's a military shoot-em-up game. Keep Prime Base and realize that after that point, the characters report to other, better people.
It's a nation-building game. Keep Prime Base but give the players the kinds of characters that can revive and run the Project.
It can become a nation-building game, eventually. Keep Prime Base but push it down the line so that if and when the players want to seriously revive the Project they have built themselves up to the point where they can do it.
Prime base should never have been a module. A source book about the Project populated with non players and new equipment would have been better. Something where is the Players have sent an ativation code to a bakup groups or Alternate Prime and get someone else to run it.
As it is... after you get in the door it becomes lethally dull wandering the hallways moving light bulbs about searching for clues like a dime novel detective.
It could have been done better, but I think it could still work as a module. Perhaps the Base was defended for a bit longer, albeit by a small number, so that every level is a new challenge made complicated by the century and a half that has passed. Perhaps climatological changes have led to more travel through the area, and damage to the structure has exposed some levels to the caves, where creatures or refugees or criminals live in what they think is a small safe place, not realizing that behind the fake wall or sealed doors lies a much more vast complex.
The team could also be more guided, either by deliberate hints left for Project members or by the gradual decay of the structure. Perhaps a decaying explosive detonated and created a vertical path through a couple of "boring" levels, or a jammed elevator shaft forces the Team to detour through the bio-lab and its 15 decades of unchecked experimental growths...
It includes a very large underground base
I enjoyed the tv show myself. Only discovered the rpg last year on ebay, got it and Thunder mountain.
If the MP had a small force of super elite commandos, would they just freeze them in case everything went wrong?
Would they even be the most useful people to have restarting Prime Base?
I suspect Phoenix Team would be more like the kind of people you'd want to get the planning, admin side of the Project working again.
So more like engineers and administrators.
And once they got Prime base warmed up it'll be years before it's even close to be operating again, never mind the project. They'll probably need to gather frozen project staff from across the nation.
The other problem being once the Projects started, it becomes not so much the start of the renaissance of the world. But rather a big hard to defend hole in the ground packed full of treasure.
However far away the KFS are they'll soon be setting up an expeditionary force to lay siege and plunder if they hear about PB.
As such fairly quickly the team will have to leave PB and never ever mention it, never mind expect much support from it.
Phoenix was never meant to restart the Project, they are just the best ones immediately available. My assumption was always that Phoenix would take control of the Project only until they could wake the regional commands and/or "Second Base" and turn control over to the administrators suited for the job.
And Prime Base does not exist in isolation. Yes, the location needs to remain secret (Why I have always advocated for limiting its scope to those activities requiring a minimum of traffic), but the only reason to abandon it is if the rest of the Project is so deteriorated that it cannot be revived. Otherwise, keep it secret, revive the rest of the Project, and get to work!
My point was more that if you're going to freeze a bunch of people in Prime Base to be woken up in an emergency. Would it not make more sense to freeze people who could potentially be more useful in taking over restarting the project?
That and if the project had a whole force of super capable warriors wouldn't they have more use for them?
Besides pointing out that this represented one of the more niggling cliches of 1980s RPG writing.
You are talking about two different needs, both of which are valid, neither of which are mutually exclusive. Yes, the Project should have a failsafe to keep/restart the Project if Prime Base gets taken out, but they should also have a team like Phoenix to handle high-intensity/small-scale military problems. Phoenix could be in Prime Base or somewhere else, the failsafe team should NOT be in Prime Base (at least not entirely). Having one does not preclude the other, any more than having firefighters precludes also having police.
As to other uses for Phoenix, I am sure they would have many uses for them, but having them frozen until actually needed makes sense. Remember that military skills and conditioning are perishable, especially at high levels. Freezing Phoenix until they are actually needed is far more efficient than the alternatives of either going with a degraded unit after 5 years in a bunker or else expanding said bunker into a full-fledged special operations training facility.
As for it being a cliché, I am not sure what to say. I don't care if it is a cliché, having special operations capability (and in tiers) makes sense, that's why governments do it. And if it became popularized in the 80's, well, that's when both Delta Force and SEAL Team Six started to creep into the public eye, so I suppose that makes sense.
I would have 6 teams of 20-30 people each spaced around the country, with a matching number of MARS teams for security. 3 such teams could replace a lost Regional Command, supplementing later with individuals drawn from elsewhere, or all 6 could do the same for Prime Base. Each team would know the locations of 3-4 Regional commands and at least half would know the location of Prime Base.
If a command is lost, the Teams are activated. The nearest Team goes to the site and evaluates the situation and communicates whether or not the site is still viable, and sets up basic functions there or somewhere else. The rest of the Teams follow as soon as possible.
And with the exception of the MARS Teams, these are administrators , not field personnel. The regular Frozen Watch has a different job and needs different people.
Give them versatile equipment - assault rifles and hummers, or the like. Or something general but appropriate to their skills, like GPMG's or SAWs for MARS. But don't leave them useless and defenseless when you only expect to use them when something had gone wrong.
That was for the FW, but is still applies to a lesser degree for backup administrators. Such a team might need to cross hundreds or even thousands of miles of unsecured territory to accomplish their mission, that is too far for emergency equipment.
There is already a reasonable expectation that the Project needs backup equipment as well as backup personnel, so why not put some of the former in with the latter?
I've always been a tracked vehicle man myself so I can look at these lovely beauties from the former USSR http://englishrussia.com/2010/08/06/...s-of-the-ussr/
So these teams have three vehicles. One is an ambulance, the second is a fire engine and the third is a heavy rescue vehicle. The team generally consists of a trauma surgeon and paramedics and fire fighters, trained in both rescue and suppression (urban and wildland). I figure a 12 person team.
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If the PCM receives inputs from the vehicle speed sensor, transmission shift solenoids, torque converter lock-up solenoid, or other sensors, indicating that the vehicle is being operated in an incorrect transmission shifter range or in an incorrect direction, a code will be stored and a malfunction indicator lamp may be illuminated. The transmission may also be placed in limp-in mode by the PCM.
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By far the most common cause of this code is from worn or defective transmission shifter components. Other causes may include a defective range sensor, open, shorted, corroded, or otherwise damaged wiring and/or electrical connectors. If recent transmission repairs have been performed, suspect that the range sensor was not readjusted properly (if so equipped). Sensor retaining bolts should always be installed using thread locking compound to ensure proper torque longevity. Technicians also report the presence of excessive corrosion in the sensor connector as the cause of this code being stored.
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Hello and welcome back!
Last Thursday, we were pleased to have a visit by Cardinal Edward Egan of New York.
Cardinal Egan was here to preach at our retreat for senior priests. He stopped by to see the new Pastoral Center and to have lunch on his way back to New York.
I know the priests were all very enthused and grateful for the retreat that he preached.
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That evening, I attended our 3rd annual Celebration of the Priesthood dinner.
We were all very gratified that 1,100 people came together to help us to honor our priests and to raise funds for the Clergy Funds.
I was very impressed with the video that was shown, which featured five of our priests in the archdiocese, each with a different story.
And I was also very impressed by the talk by Chris Boyle, who is a theology teacher and coach at Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury. He gave an extraordinary witness of a young Catholic talking about the importance of priests in the life of his family and his own life.
You can hear Chris's talk in this slideshow:
During my remarks, I shared that I have been asked some interesting questions by children over the years. I said my favorite encounter with a youngster was when I was asked "Are you the communion guy?" And I think this is a great description of the priesthood.
As I said at the dinner, not only is Communion in the sacrament of the Eucharist, the center of our existence as Catholics, but there is also the communion of the unity of Christ's family in the Church, that is our connectedness to God and to each other. And priests and the laity depend on one another, so it was a great evening altogether.
We are grateful to all of those who helped support the Clergy Funds. After a few worrisome years, the fund will be in the black next year, and that is very important. We want to be able to take care of our priests in their own old age and infirmity and this fund enables us to do that. So we are grateful that people have recognized this and were very generous in supporting this cause— the dinner brought in over a million dollars.
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On Friday, I met with the Italian Consul and Father Antonio Nardoianni, the Franciscan pastor of St. Leonard Parish in the North End.
The Italian community is planning celebrations locally, as Italians are throughout the world, for the 150th anniversary of the state of Italy. And they came to speak to me about it and invite me to be part of the celebration that's going to be held on October 9 in St. Leonard's.
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As each of the seminaries begins the year with a Mass invoking the aid of the Holy Spirit, that evening I went to celebrate the Mass of the Holy Spirit at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. It was also the feast of St. Padre Pio.
I was happy to greet one of the new seminarians, Nick Thompson, originally from Minnesota. Another three are on their way after they were invited to come to our seminary a couple of weeks ago, at an international gathering organized by the Neocatechumenal Way in Porto San Giorgio, Italy.
These young men responded to God's call to the priesthood as they were participating in the life of their local Neocatechumenal communities. Their call is both diocesan and missionary so they are willing to go to be formed, and eventually incardinate themselves in, any diocese with a Redemptoris Mater Seminary like ours here in Boston.
I have participated several times in those gatherings, but this year I was unable to attend so I asked our Vicar for the Clergy and Parish Life, Father Tom Foley, to represent me there.
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On Saturday, we had our first meeting of the year with the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, which included the four bishops of the Massachusetts along with representatives from the various dioceses. The new staff members of the MCC were there: executive director, James Driscoll, and associate director for policy and research Peter McNulty.
Of course, among the very important issues that we discussed was the initiative to legalize physician assisted suicide. Plans were made to initiate a response on the part of the Church, and a committee is being set up with representatives from the four dioceses.
Jim Driscoll also announced that the MCC is working on launching a newly redesigned web site, which will be a great aid in our efforts at outreach and education on this and other issues.
If you missed my post last Friday, I want to point you again to my remarks on the issue.
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On Sunday, I visited Most Holy Redeemer Parish in East Boston. The pastor Father Tom Domurat invited me to celebrate the Spanish Mass there.
This parish has one of the largest Mass attendances in the diocese, and, not surprisingly, the church was packed.
The image of El Señor de Los Milagros outside Most Holy Redeemer
We were accompanied by many members of the Hermandad del Señor de Los Milagros in their purple outfits. They represent the Peruvian community, which was beginning their week long celebrations in of honor the Lord of Miracles, which is a very famous image of the crucifixion in Lima.
I once visited the convent where the original image is kept. It was painted in the 17th century by an unknown slave on a wall of a building where they were housed. One day there was an earthquake, there was great devastation and the entire building collapsed, except for the wall with that painting. When the people saw the image still standing in the midst of the ruins, they developed a great devotion to the image.
Later, when a second earthquake devastated Lima, the image was reproduced onto a canvas and carried in procession through the city.
The tradition has carried on for centuries of carrying the image through the streets of Lima in October. About two million people participate, many dressed in purple, burning incense along the way. I have never been fortunate enough to be there for the celebration but I have seen pictures of it.
The procession in Lima
The Church of the image resides today. On the wall you can see the original painting, to the right is the image carried in procession
When I was in Washington for 20 years, I had the celebration there with the Peruvian community, so I was aware of the origins of the feast.
I told the people at Holy Redeemer the story about how after I had left, the Capuchin friar who took my place in our church, Sacred Heart, started preaching his sermon about Nuestra Señora de los Milagros (Our Lady of the Miracles). Because, of course, the image is of Calvary which includes Our Lady. He was so used to having all of the Marian feasts, that he thought this was one more!
Finally, one man couldn't stand it any longer. He walked into the sanctuary, up the steps (Sacred Heart has a very high pulpit with a flight of steps leading up to it), tapped him on the shoulder and said in a loud stage whisper, "Father, it's El Señor de Los Milagros!"
Then also at the Mass, I gave a special blessing to those involved in the St. Vincent de Paul Society who are very active in the parish. Father Al Keenan, who is a retired priest in residence there, also accompanied us.
There are some great things going on at Sacred Heart, which is a very active parish. This was Bishop Robert Hennessey's former parish and, in fact, he is coming back next week for the feast of El Señor de Los Milagros itself.
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On Wednesday, I attended a presentation with a large group at the Pastoral Center given by Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, the executive director of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, better known as ICEL. In the evening, he also spoke at St. John's Seminary.
He gave a talk on the new translation of the Roman Missal that will begin being used on the first Sunday of Advent. He has been very much involved in the translation. He is uniquely equipped with his background in theology and language to do this, and we're very grateful for his work.
He gave me the new Missal, the one that has been published by the Catholic Truth Society out of London that has explanatory notes. This edition is unique in that it is the first edition of the new Missal to be printed in a smaller format.
We are grateful to Msgr. Wadsworth for making time to share his insights and expertise with us here in Boston and we are pleased that so many came out to take advantage of his talks.
Until next week,
Cardinal Seán


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First, your vehicle must receive a Maryland salvaged vehicle inspection by the Maryland State Police (MSP). You must schedule a salvaged vehicle inspection online through the MSP Salvage Scheduling System.
After the inspection has been completed, you can apply for a title and registration in person at any of the MVA's full service branch offices. You can also mail the documents to the MVA's Mail in Title Unit in the Glen Burnie office, or go to an MVA licensed tag and title service where they will assist you in applying.
Typically, the title application documents needed (along with payment for taxes and fees) include:
- Proof of ownership – You must submit the vehicle's certificate of salvage (from Maryland or another state). Your name must either appear on the document or the vehicle's ownership must have been properly assigned to you on the back of the document. Please note that Maryland does not accept New York salvage certificates.
- Application form – If the vehicle's current salvage certificate was issued in Maryland, use it as your application form by completing the section entitled Application for Title and Registration. If not, use the Application for Certificate of Title. Be sure to include your insurance information if applying for registration. Your policy must conform to Maryland's minimum liability insurance requirements.
- Proof of Maryland salvage inspection - Your salvage certificate must include a certification on the front with the impressed seal of the Maryland State Police (MSP). A letter on MSP letterhead, with their impressed seal, is also acceptable.
- Maryland Safety Inspection Certificate – This is required if the vehicle is also being registered. This Maryland State Police form certifies that your vehicle meets Maryland safety standards. It is valid for up to 90 days from the date issued. You may also apply for a 30-day temporary registration in order to have the inspection completed. A temporary registration will not be issued without proof of the Maryland State Police Inspection. See Registration - Temporary Registration for more details.
- Proof of purchase price – This should be a bill of sale signed by both the buyer(s) and seller(s). The bill of sale must be notarized and on the MVA's Bill of Sale form if the following conditions apply:
- the vehicle is less than 7 years old; and
- your purchase price is at least $500 below its NADA book value; and
- you, the new owner, want to base the excise tax calculation (6% of the vehicle's value) on the sale price rather than the book value.
- Odometer disclosure statement – The Maryland Certificate of Salvage, auction receipt, or bill of sale may be used to declare the vehicle's odometer reading.
Under certain circumstances, additional information and/or forms may be required:
- Lien information – If you borrowed money to buy the vehicle, the lien information must be recorded on the application. The MVA form entitled Security Interest Filing must be used if a second lien is placed against the title.
- Power of attorney - If someone other than you, the new owner, is signing the titling forms, this document is required.
Note that if you also intend to register the vehicle, additional forms may be needed. Registration requirements vary greatly by the type and intended use of the vehicle. The requirements for most vehicles can be found in the Registration - Unusual Registration Processes section. If your vehicle is unusual, access the Registration - Unusual Registration Processes section to find the applicable registration description. Note that most vehicles are required to have received both a Maryland salvaged vehicle inspection for titling, and a Maryland safety inspection for registration.
Your title will be mailed to you regardless of how you apply for it. If you also register the vehicle, your registration card, license plates and expiration stickers can be provided immediately when you apply in person to the MVA; otherwise, these items also will be mailed to you.
I purchased a salvaged vehicle in Maryland but live out-of-state. Can I apply for a Maryland title?
Only Maryland residents can title and register vehicles in this state. A salvaged vehicle bought in Maryland by an out-of-state owner is not eligible to receive a Maryland Certificate of Title.
My vehicle was declared salvage by an insurance company after an accident, but I have decided to keep the vehicle. Does this affect my title?
Insurance companies must report ALL "owner retention" of those vehicles with greater than 75% damages that are repairable or vehicles that have sustained flood damage regardless of the age of the vehicle.
Note: You will receive a letter from the MVA advising you that your title needs to be submitted to the MVA for branding. In order to continue to operate the vehicle, you must submit a Maryland Safety Inspection Certificate within 90 days of the date of the notice or the registration will be suspended. This means that you must take the vehicle to an authorized Maryland Inspection Station for an inspection and obtain a Certificate of Inspection to submit to the MVA. Failure to comply will result in the suspension of the vehicle's registration.
Once the Maryland Safety Inspection Certificate is submitted, the MVA will issue a corrected title that reflects the new inspection date and the notation "Rebuilt Salvage." A corrected title fee is charged for titles corrected as a result of an "owner retention". The corrected title will be mailed to you.
Note: On July 1, 2015 all businesses wishing to title a vehicle will be required to show proof of the legal existence of the business. The business will be given a number with a "Z" to identify it.
- The fee for titling a vehicle typically includes a title fee, excise tax, and a security interest (lien) filing fee if required.
- The fee for registration varies by the type of vehicle, its weight, and/or its intended use. See Fees for Registration Plates for more information.
- There is also a fee for the Maryland State Police Salvage Inspection that is collected at the time of titling. For more information see Salvaged Vehicle Inspection.
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A friend gave me a raw rainbow trout that she used for a photoshoot (you know, typical day in an art major's life) but I haven't fed it due to Nanophyetus salminicola/salmon poisoning concerns. I've read some people say that it's fine to feed rainbow trout and others that don't feed raw fish.
"Dogs and other canids — such as wolves, fox and coyotes — that eat RAW anadromous fish (fish that are born in fresh water and spend most of their life in the ocean, then return to fresh water swimming upstream to breed) are susceptible. Examples of anadromous fish are salmon, some species of trout, smelt, shad, striped bass and sturgeon."
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Some upstate NY canals open, others still closed
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Sections of New York state's canal system shut down by high water from recent heavy rains have reopened, but some waterways remain closed.
The state Canal Corp. says the Champlain Canal between Lock 1 in Waterford and Lock 7 in Fort Edward opened to navigation Tuesday morning.
The Erie Canal between Lock 17 in Little Falls and Lock 22 in New London and between Lock 26 in Clyde and Lock 29 in Palmyra has re-opened, but the stretch between Lock 6 in Crescent and Lock 16 in St. Johnsville is still closed.
Other closed sections of the Erie Canal are between Lock 23 in Brewerton and Lock 25 in Mays Point. The Oswego Canal remains closed, as does the Cayuga-Seneca Canal from Lock 1 through the confluence of the Erie Canal.