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packing and transporting my rig
Posted 09 July 2004 - 12:47 AM
I have not yet travelled like this but will go to the red sea soon. In earlier trips I used another big Tamrac photobag in which I stuffed everything into as carry-on, but with a heavy weigtht of around 30 kg I almost broke my shoulders! So this way with the wheels on I should be better of assuming that the airline does not require me to check it.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
BTW, I got so many useful and interesting hints from this forum that without it I would have been lost in setting up the gear. Thank you all!
Posted 09 July 2004 - 01:00 AM
My solution has been to purchase a Lowepro dryzone 200 for the camera gear (to keep the non-waterproof stuff dry) and a separate Lowepro Nature Trekker for housing/ports/strobe. This is more aimed at local travel rather than airline travel in my case. It seems like a good setup to me, but I haven't field tested it yet.
BTW, I've travelled extensively with the Nature Trekker in the past as carry-on, and although it's slightly too big for this purpose technically, I haven't been stopped from taking it onboard a plane yet.
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Shooting with Phase One and Canon. EWA-Marine Factory Test Pilot.
Posted 09 July 2004 - 01:10 AM
I have been travelling for a number of years with my housings in the hold. So long as they are well protected in a rigid box, with a padded lining, I have never hgad a problem. Except of course last year when the UK baggage handlers forgot to load my camera case on the plane when going to Egypt. Quite a pain when you are joining a liveaboard!
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Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D850 (Subal housing). Olympus EM10-Mk3 (Nauticam housing).
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Posted 09 July 2004 - 01:43 AM
Nice rig, BTW.
Rob Whitehead
Shooting with Phase One and Canon. EWA-Marine Factory Test Pilot.
Posted 09 July 2004 - 02:19 AM
But maximum weight is not prescribed by IATA so the airlines limit this by their own as Alex mentioned.
But if you enter a small and fully booked aircraft (canadair jet for example) to get to the hub where your long range flight departs, you might have to hand over your hand luggage to the loaders within the "delivered at aircraft procedure" for cargo compartment loading :?
My hint: Avoid charter, fly first class
Posted 09 July 2004 - 06:41 AM
Posted 09 July 2004 - 06:58 AM
It's fairly routine to see gate agents stop people with roller bags for check in but don't stop those with soft bags.
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Posted 09 July 2004 - 07:09 AM
I don't expect having any problems carrying it on planes, but then again, the only place I really go is Cozumel.
Posted 09 July 2004 - 07:36 AM
I am traveling to Dominica to dive there two weeks starting Saturday. Now it is just a 90 minutes hop on a small plane from St. Croix where I live. Being a cheapie girl (this personality trait often develops after after you own and maintain a sailboat on an island for a while)and practical I refuse to purchase an expensive storm case when there are far more creative and less expensive solutions at hand.
This is what I did to make a custom molded bumpproof casing for my houring and strobes and I am mighty proud of my creation:
I got a cheap plastic box from K mart (about $7)m "Homez" brand.
I got a few cans of "great stuff" triple expanding insulating foam from the hardware store and one big trashbag.
I squirted a bunch of "great stuff" into the bottom of the plastic case, covered it with cutout part of plastic bag and then pushed in my housing to mold the foam. Then I covered the housing with another piece of plastic, squited some ore to make a "top layer", covered that, pushed on my strobe and ports, covered with plastic and made a "top" layer of foam.
Now I have a fanstastic custom moded case for my gear with the additional benefit of look not screaming "expensive gear here - please steal".
Of course this coud also be done in a plastic suitcase rather than a kmart box for a more expensive solution.
If anyone decides to try this, be aware of this:
- Make a test mold in a cardboard box first so you get the idea of how the foam acts. YOu donot want it stuck to your gear while wet.
- Do not squirt the foam inside of plastic bags. This was my original idea but it did not work.The foam will not cure and it will not expand enough unless it gets some air. It needs to be a bit open at the sides to work. Of course you can try covering the bottom of the box with plastic, just leave some ventilation room between sides and top.
Posted 09 July 2004 - 07:45 AM
How do you like your Sealux flash housing?
PS, Marjo, that's a great idea!
Another good one I just saw was Norbert Wu's cooler idea. He even has a special u-bar mounted so that you can secure/lock the lid:
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Posted 09 July 2004 - 07:54 AM
That's a great idea, and probably more effective than using the pick and pluck foam that you get with a pelican case. I may have to try that out!
Posted 09 July 2004 - 08:06 AM
Ikelite Housing
flat port
D70 in housing (shouldn't do this but I treat it gingerly)
pair of DS125s with 2 manual controllers
60mm 12-24mm 18-70mm and 50mm lenses
SB800 speedlite
Canon Digital elf backup setup with housing and S&S lenses
The seperate backpack has my reg books and magazines and sometimes the arm if I'm paranoid about not getting my luggage.
It weighs a ton. I haven't been stopped yet and as a climber/backpacker I'm used to heavy loads.
If I were single I would get a Lowepro soft roller instead and carry the camera and lenses in a Micro Trekker AW that fits under the seat. I like having everything on my back though because I travel with my wife and two small children. So I need all the free arms I can get and rolling something extra or carrying two backpacks is not an option.
UWPhotoNewbie: Not such a newbie to diving and UW photography.
Nikon D70: 60 mm, 11-16mm, 105mm, 15mm, 10.5mm
Ikelite iTTL Housing, dual Ikelite DS125
Nikon D600 topside 14-24, 28-300, 70-200, 35,50,85
Posted 09 July 2004 - 09:54 AM
On the other hand the Stormcase M2500 is the smallest roller bag with detachable handles and is supposed as carry-on with its exterior dimension of 55x36x22 cm (which goes almost in line with the IATA rules as Jolly mentioned 55x40x20 --> I hope they will not make any troubles for only 2 cm... and BTW $130 for it was not that expensive). So what should be the remaining concern is just the weight. Otherwise I just check it. The camera bag anyway will have to be carried through the gate by my wife (assuming and hoping she doesn't want to bring a bag with her in addition...! )
James, yes I like the Sealux housing for the SB80DX (which I also use much topside) except it is kind of heavy. That's why I use these yellow buoyancy to balance.
Posted 10 July 2004 - 04:10 AM
Also, here's another $ saver: Closed cell foam is a bit expensive, at least here on the islands. K-mart sells flat floating "noodles" in the toy department. About 1/2 thick and 8 inches wide, 6 feet long, very easy to cut. Great for turning regular backpack into laptop/photogear bag or for other padding jobs.
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Posted 10 July 2004 - 07:03 AM
It may be exactly what buddy needs (esp. the Kmart box version) as he can't have much money left over after buying that very slick Subal rig!
Rob Whitehead
Shooting with Phase One and Canon. EWA-Marine Factory Test Pilot.
Posted 10 July 2004 - 07:42 AM
The DryZone 200 that Rob mentions above does not fit the puddle-jumper overhead bins, I always valet-check it at the door. It (the DZ-200) is actually a bit thicker when fully loaded than the NatureTrekker line. It fits most overhead bins in larger jets in the US with no problem, but Rob, you're not going to get it into the cabin of a QANTAS international flight (I speak with bitter experience here, the people at LAX are brutal).
I was unable to get the DZ-200 to fit into the overhead bins on the TAME flight from Quito to the Galapagos, while another member of the group (hauling a Canon 500mm f4 :shock: ) was able to comfortably fit his NatureTrekker AW in the same overheads. The storm case you have up there would fit...
My housing(s) have never travelled in the cabin with me... and so far no major SNAFUS.
D300, D200, D70, 12-24 f4 AFS DX, 60mm f2.8, 70-200 f2.8 AF-S VR, 105 f2.8 AF-S VR, Tokina Wunderlens.
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Posted 11 July 2004 - 01:41 AM
My 12kg carry-on was lightened by placing heavy items into my coat and trousers.
My tip is to always travel in Combat trousers and a coat with generous pockets for this purpose. My combats can take a DS-125 in each lower leg pocket.
As soon as I had walked around the corner I put everything back in the bag. I have had similar problems at check-in in the UK where my carry-on has been weighed. No objection has ever been made to loading my pockets though !
PS Diving at the Poor Knights was fantastic and far exceeded my expectations.
Lighting: 2 x Ikelite DS-125, 2 x Manual controller
My Pictures
Posted 11 July 2004 - 07:28 AM
I'm looking at the Great Stuff web site and they have many different products. Which is the one you used? The Big Gap Filler is the one listed as "triple expanding", the others only say "minimal expanding".
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Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers; Carling Cup; Cardiff City Stadium; Tuesday 29th Nov 2011, KO: 1945
Team News
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay will see if Mark Hudson and Rudy Gestede reacted positively to training on Monday. Both players have missed the Bluebirds' last two fixtures with hamstring injuries.
Despite captain Hudson and striker Gestede, Mackay has no new injury or suspension worries ahead of the game and looks set to name a full-strength starting 11.
Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean can call on David Dunn once more, as the creative midfielder has served out a one-match suspension. It is also thought veteran full-back Michel Salgado will make a comeback from a hamstring injury.
Other defenders Christopher Samba, Martin Olsson [both hamstring], and Ryan Nelsen [knee] are all set to miss out, as the game looks to have come too soon for their recovery.
Paul Robinson is looking as though he will be replaced by reserve 'keeper Mark Bunn, while Radosav Petrovic, David Goodwillie and Simon Vukcevic are all in contention to make a start.
Kean set for meetings
Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean has stated his openness to meeting disgruntled fans.
Kean has also said he will be meeting with the club's owners Venky's to discuss possible transfer targets.
Rovers are now bottom of the Barclays Premier League after their loss at Stoke City was coupled with Wigan's dramatic win at Sunderland.
When quizzed on whether he would be willing to meet some of the fans who have been calling for his head for the past two months, Kean was guarded but indicated his willingness to go through with it.
"I will always take direction from other people at the club more qualified than me to organise something like that," he said. "But if it is going to happen, then I would be available to do that.
"Possibly they might want access and want to know a little bit more about what is going on at Ewood," he added.
"I think there has been a lot of suggestion that they would like to know a little bit more about the organisation and the running of the club.
"That is not my department, but I'm happy to talk on the football side."
Kean was more forthright in his willingness to meet Venky's, however, as he feels a meeting to discuss transfer targets is essential.
"We've got a list and I will get a meeting with the owners in the next three or four days," he said.
"Hopefully we will be bringing in fresh faces and some quality in the window to complement what we have already got."

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Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly didn't exactly paint a rosy picture of Nnamdi Asomugha's future with the team Thursday. Asked for his assessment of the veteran cornerback, Kelly struggled.
"I think Nnamdi has the skill set ... that can play football," Kelly told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine.
Don't bank on that happening in Philly.
Our friend Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday that Eagles general manager Howie Roseman will meet with Asomugha's agent, Ben Dogra, on Friday morning to discuss the player's future with the team. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the Eagles will ask Asomugha to restructure his contract -- he's set to earn $15 million this season, with $4 million guaranteed -- or be released.
Asomugha has been an expensive disappointment for the Eagles. After some decent play in 2011, Asomugha was a mess last season, often caught out of position and failing to mesh with free-agent-to-be Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The current coaching staff didn't lure Asomugha to Philly, and they aren't about to pay this kind of money for a player whose production has tipped off a cliff.
We'll have more from the combine as this story develops.
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So, yesterday morning I had to go into the office (which always makes for a crazy morning….) I also had a conference call that I was taking from home at 8. The girls leave to go to school at 8:15. It was just a recipe for a disastrous morning.
I was upstairs getting ready shortly before my call and one of the girls decided they wanted to look in the dryer for something to wear (they have a dresser and closet full of clothes but for some reason the piece of clothing they want is always in the dryer.) Bailey, our dog, is put back in our laundry room if Jim or I are not downstairs.
So, while the girls were moving the gate to get to the dryer, Bailey escaped. I heard the girls screaming that she got out at the top of their lungs and I just yelled down to Ella to put her back. Still more screaming. Now the screaming sounds a bit panicky so I decided to run downstairs. Apparently Bailey got up on the table and ate all of my vitamins that Jim set out for me as well as Ella's toast that had some Nutella spread on it.
At this point Ella is screaming to me and tears start flowing with sobs. Both girls are hysterical. I'm not sure if they were more worried about whether Bailey was going to be poisoned by the chocolate or the vitamins. I reassured them that Bailey was not poisoned and she would be just fine – which she was. If anything, the vitamins and fish oil might do her some good!
This is Bailey. She is a pretty good dog – just a little crazy at times. She is pretty well-behaved if Jim or I are around, but I guess with the girls screaming she got a bit excited. I have no idea why she would eat my vitamins. What dog does that???
Now let's talk about this dish……
This was surprisingly one of my favorite meals I have had in a long time. You know I love shrimp and seafood, but I usually pass by a recipe that mixes seafood with a red sauce. Not sure why, but the combo has never sounded that great to me. However, last week I saw something that got me craving grilled shrimp with marinara over angel hair pasta and oh my…
This isn't a complex recipe but its one of those dishes where the sum is greater than it's parts. Although shrimp, garlicky marinara, pasta, cheese and some spice are all pretty awesome parts. Nonetheless, Jim and I were surprised how much we loved this. Girls, too…..but of course they always love shrimp and pasta. We mentioned a couple of times this week how good this was. Will probably make something similar very soon! I will probably add fresh basil next time, but other than that I won't change a thing.
If you are Keto/Low Carb, pasta dishes like this are great if you have family members that eat a traditional diet. I actually think I enjoy this dish more without the pasta because you can really taste the grilled shrimp, cheese and Marinara! I drizzle a little extra EVOO and parm over top and it is great!
Grilled Shrimp Marinara
- 1 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon olive oil you can use less olive oil, but it becomes part of the sauce
- 1 teaspoon season salt
- 1 roasted red pepper thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup dice onion
- 4 cups of your favorite marinara (make your own or buy Rao's for Keto/Low Carb)
- salt and pepper to taste.
- Freshly Grated Parm
- Crushed Red Pepper optional
- 14.5 ounce box of Barilla Plus Angel Hair Pasta - cooked (omit for Keto/Low Carb)
- Heat 1/4 cup of olive oil on a sauté pan on medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent and add garlic for last two minutes. Add marinara sauce and roasted red peppers and simmer in the pan while everything else cooks. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Season Shrimp with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and seasoning salt. Skewer shrimp - about Light your grill to medium high.
- Grill shrimp for about 2-3 minutes per side. YOu will know they are done with they are a nice pink color and no longer translucent on the insides. Don't over cook!
- Plate your pasta and drizzle with a little olive oil and roasted red pepper if desired. Spoon Marinara over pasta and top with shrimp and freshly grated parm. Enjoy!


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Minutes before each Los Angeles Marathon, members of a select club gather for a group photo. They are the legacy runners — those who have reached the start and finish line of every race since the inaugural in 1986 — and their number is eroded each year by the effects of age, health and other issues.
Richard Ringwald, 72, had signed up as one of 157 charter contestants Sunday. Not even open-heart surgery could snap his streak last year. He thinks his recovery was accelerated by chasing the ambition of a 30th straight race, and he covered the course four months after the operation.
This one, he missed. Ringwald's wife recently was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She returned home Thursday from the hospital, and Ringwald stayed at her side as she gears up for surgery.
I'd rather have my tongue waxed than run another marathon. If I ever suggest it, just gaff me, OK? Hoist me on my own petard. Shoot me in my knee, because even that would be less painful than what I just went through.
Marathon, a Greek word meaning, "Oy, my aching ankles." No human being should run this far for free.
Heard over and over at the L.A. Marathon finish line Sunday: "This was the hardest thing I've ever done. Never doing this again."
Through more than half of the Los Angeles Marathon, Julia Budniak was resigned to running for fourth place. Three competitors had pulled so far ahead that they were no longer in view, so she assumed an optimum finish would keep her one spot off the awards podium.
At the same time, Budniak's expectations were modest. Her main event while growing up in Poland was the steeplechase, which is 1/14th the distance of the marathon, and this was just her third time stretching out.
Budniak, 34, did wield a home-course edge over most of the elite division. Twelve years ago, she enrolled at USC on a track scholarship. Since graduation, she has served as an assistant coach, now at Cal State Los Angeles, and once belonged to the Santa Monica Track Club in the city where finishers in Sunday's race made their final strides.
L.A. Marathon organizers reported this on Facebook: "Runners, we appreciate your patience at gear pickup. Eight UPS trucks did not show up at Dodger Stadium this morning. We are doing our best to find a quick solution. We appreciate your patience." They also tweeted it (below):


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President Morsi has issued a new presidential decree to appoint new 17 governors. I think that this is the third time he has changed the governors since becoming a president. The new governors' reshuffle is as follows : 7 Muslim brotherhood members, 5 army generals , 2 independent , 1 Gad El Thawra member and 1 Al Gama'a Al Islamiyaa member and I think one Salafist too.
I will not comment on how I find it strange from political perspective to find Morsi taking such decision 2 weeks prior the 30/6 protests provoking people in governorates by appointing more MB members as governors in anti-MB governorates like Monufia. For God sake The people signed rebellion petitions in the Nile Delta governorate more than in Cairo. I will not comment on how we do not know till this day on what basis those men are appointed as governors.
I will comment on one thing : How president Morsi and his advisors and aides like Pakinam El Sharkawy found it acceptable and logic to appoint Adel El Khayaat , the leading member of Al Gama'a Al Islamiyaa as the governor of Luxor.
El Khayaat is said already to be the prince "Amir" of the notorious group's branch in Assuit so he is not from Luxor in the first place. Second how on earth and heavens you appoint a member if the group is involved in the massacre of Luxor when more than 60 people mostly tourists were killed in 1997 by radicals in one of the Worst terrorist incidents in Egypt. I do not know what kind of message Morsi is sending through appointing a member in an extremist group as a governor of a tourist attraction governorate. Hell Luxor is the second attraction after the pyramids when it comes to ancient Egyptian civilization !!
Another thing what I know about Luxor is considered a Sufi center in Upper Egypt. Sufism and Al Gama'a do not mix.
By the way I see some sort of Al Gama'a Al Islamiyaa Muslim Brotherhood alliance taking place. This alliance is replacing the MB Al Nour/ Salafist Calling alliance
Another thing I see more army ranks with my all due respect to the generals in the governors reshuffles and that makes me wonder about the myth of Mohamed Morsi ended the military rule and military control in Egypt. By


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Feb. 20, 2011
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming team finished up well on the third and final day of action at the three-day New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association Championships at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center here Friday. The women finished 11th of 21 teams with 399 points, while the men were fifth of 13 teams with 328 points.
For the women, sophomore Maggie Conlon (Methuen, MA/Methuen HS) was ninth in 100 yard individual medley in 1:06.19, sophomore Lindsay Days (Mattapoisett, MA/Bishop Stang HS) was 22nd in the 200 breaststroke in 2:51.43, junior Kim Moore (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS) was fifth in the 1650 freestyle in 18:42.83, sophomore Meredith Maki (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional HS) was ninth in 19:28.93, and junior Michelle Favulli (Shrewsbury, MA/Shrewsbury HS) was 24th in 21:01.98, senior Amanda Beahn (Worcester, MA/Doherty Memorial HS) was 24th in the 50 backstroke in 31.93 seconds, and the 400 freestyle relay team if Beahn, Maki, Moore and Conlon was 15th in 3:58.59.
For the men, freshman Eric Frohman (Woodbridge, CT/Amity HS) was sixth in the 50 yard backstroke in 26.76 seconds, while junior Cameron Secrest (Wellesley, MA/Wellesley HS) was 16th in 30.17, sophomore Matt Dean (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry HS) was seventh in the 100 individual medley in 58.61 seconds and junior Nick Poliseno (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) was 14th in 1:01.66, sophomore Kevin Janofsky (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield HS) was 15th in the 200 breaststroke in 2:30.54, junior Tom Silva (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS) was 15th in the 100 freestyle in 51.46 seconds, sophomore Josh Potcner (Brockton, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) was 17th in the 1650 freestyle in 19:20.18, and the 400 freestyle relay team of Frohman, senior Andrew Haughey (West Springfield, MA/West Springfield HS), Dean and senior Craig Johnson (Acushnet, MA/New Bedford HS) was fifth in 3:22.49.
"It was an absolutely phenomenal meet, people swam faster than they have ever swam in their lives," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Cathy Motta. "It was a great weekend."
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Swimming Pool Blog
by Mark Garcia March 11, 2014
Replacing Swimming Pool Valves
On most inground swimming pools, there are two sets of valves, a suction manifold and a return manifold. The suction side is the valves that control skimmers, main drain, and possibly a pool cleaner line. The return manifold may have just one pipe that goes into the ground, or it may have a valve (or two) on the return side, to send water to a spa, fountain or water feature.
In our picture here, we have a pool plumbing diagram of a pool/spa combo, with two skimmers, a main drain and spa drain on the suction side (colored blue), and a pool return and spa return on the return side manifold (colored red).
The suction side utilizes three 3-way valves, and the return side is using two 3-way valves and two check valves. The grey boxes over two of the valves are valve actuators, or motorized valve turners, for use with controller systems.
5 Reasons for Re-Valving your suction and return side valves
- Valves are old ball valves and are hard to turn.
- Valves are even older gate valves that are leak air and water.
- Adding another suction line, or another return line to your system.
- Replacing all of the other pool equipment, and want to rearrange.
- Upgrading to Never Lube 3-way valves.
Replacing 2-way ball valves or gate valves with 3-way valves makes a much simpler design, and for simple pools, you may need only one 3-way valve, installed in front of the pump, to replace two old 2-way valves.
5 Tips on Pool Valve Replacement
- Use primer and heavy duty PVC glue or ABS glue to make new plumbing connections.
- Keep a rag handy to wipe up any glue drips or runs.
- In very tight spaces, picture hanging wire can be used to cut PVC.
- Measure twice - and then add 1/2" before cutting pipe lengths
- Be careful not to glue the valve diverter shut when gluing pipe on the inside!*
* Jandy type valves can be installed with either 1.5" pipe, glued inside of the port, or 2" pipe, glued into a 2" coupling which is glued outside the port, as shown here in this image.
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Songs like Styx's "Mr. Roboto" or Usher's "OMG" and music from the baroque and jazz genres may not be on every student's iPod, but they all serve a purpose in Rick Reed's classes at McPherson High School.
"Music is everything," Reed said. "I just can't believe that music is such a big part of everybody's lives, and then we run kids in the classroom and it's dead. Absolutely dead."
An advanced placement and special education teacher at McPherson, Reed spoke to other educators about incorporating music into the classroom Monday in one of many seminars at the Technology Excellence in Education Network inservice at Marion High School.
"So we have a conference on how to teach teachers how to teach their kids how to use technology, and it's all about the brain," Reed said. "How do we stick that technology in the brain?"
Reed explained to teachers how he uses differently themed music at specific times to prepare students for class, direct them back to their seats after an activity, celebrate accomplishments, and leave the classroom wanting to come back. He demonstrated different playlists, ranging from songs for small and large groups to songs that incite feelings of happiness, sadness, critical thinking, and timeliness.
Reed's classes even analyze the lyrics of different songs, to help with analyzing subject matter that is more difficult. He suggested teachers begin with four songs then build their playlists from that base.
"I think there were a lot of good things I could use," Herington Elementary School music teacher Allison Schrader said. "We do a lot of small-group things, so putting a lot of those songs in so there isn't a lot of dead time, I think is good."
Reed said the goal of his seminar was to help other educators understand they can alter students' emotional, physical, or mental state with one change in the classroom.
"There's always been a lot of trial-and-error, and probably more failing than success, but I always thought if I'm erring on the side of helping a kid then I'm in pretty good shape," he said.
TEEN Executive Director Lena Kleiner said 300 educators attended the inservice, including teachers from Centre, Herington, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody-Burns, Marion County Special Education Cooperative, and education students from Tabor College.
Seventeen local teachers and administrators held seminars, 12 coming from surrounding school districts and universities.


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This starts week one of Unit Two in our Reading Street basal. Our skill is comparing and contrasting. Monday is supposed to be the day we do our leveled readers, but they are just entirely too hard for my little readers. So we decided to do mini lessons into go along with our skills instead. For today's mini-lesson I read Stellaluna and the kids used a bat graphic organizer to compare and contrast bats and birds.
Click on the picture to download the graphic organizer. How would you use this in your classroom? Please let me know how you could take this to a deeper level of understanding!
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"The future success of Cambridge hinges on better public transportation– high quality transit, biking, and walking options make cities far better places to live and work," says City Manager Richard C. Rossi.
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Better public transportation is critical for our city to meet our economic development, livability, social equity, and environmental objectives. Yet with $9 billion of debt and $3 billion in unfunded but necessary maintenance, the MBTA is struggling to operate the current system, let alone expand. In January 2013, we launched a 2-year public transit strategic planning process focusing on the City of Cambridge. The purpose is to develop an action plan for how Cambridge will take a stronger leadership role to improve quality and expand capacity of our transit system. An external stakeholder advisory committee has been formed to advise the city throughout this process, and city staff have been working closely with the MBTA. Together, we have developed the following seven overarching goals:
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Goal 2: Funding. Ensure that the legislature adequately funds our transit system, keeps it affordable, and has the regional common good at its core.
Goal 3: Efficiency and Reliability. Improve efficiency of transit trips such that travel times are equal to or less than equivalent driving times. Our system needs to be more dependable and reliable.
Goal 4: Expansion. Expand the capacity of rapid transit and bus service by increasing frequency, extending existing routes, and adding new routes.
Goal 5: Usability, Accessibility, and Safety. Improve system access for all users by emphasizing interconnectivity between transit and other modes (e.g., walking and biking), accessibility for persons with disabilities or mobility impairments. Safety, convenience, human-centered design, good way-finding, and real-time service information are important elements of a world-class
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Ethel L. Winters, 71, died March 23 at Kidron Bethel Healthcare in North Newton. She was born Feb. 13, 1942, in Marion to Fred and Anna E. (Beisel) Brunner.
She was a homemaker and retired bookkeeper at Chisholm Middle School in Newton. She was a 1960 graduate of Marion High School and a former member of Circle Eight square dance club.
She married LeRoy "Bud" Winters on June 5, 1960, in Marion.
He survives of the home. She also is survived by two daughters, Denise Arrellano of Newton and Sheryl Stephens of Wichita; a sister, Evelyn Schmidt of Wichita; a niece, Jeanette Daugherty of Salina; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, LeRoy Brunner; and a sister, Elnora Vajnar.
Her funeral was Friday at Petersen Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. John Goering presiding. Visitation was Thursday at the funeral home. Burial was in Restlawn Gardens of Memory, rural Newton.
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Mo Willems' pictures books are notable for their off-beat charm. In one, a pigeon attempts to drive a bus. In another, an elephant discovers the one thing worse than having a bird on your head is having two birds on it. Next month the Massachusetts-based author keeps the laughs coming with "Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs," in which he substitutes chocolate pudding for porridge and imports a dinosaur from Norway. We caught up with the multiple Caldecott Honor winner to chat about his newest project.
All of the picture books you've written and illustrated have been unusually inventive and original. Why did you want to retell a fairy tale?
I really haven't written a classic picture book, so that's part of it. I enjoyed the idea of messing around with a form I hadn't played with. Plus, it's really fun to do inside jokes. Usually my books are so spare I can't do the kind of gags like the "We Are Natural Gas" poster [which shows a dinosaur wearing a hard hat].
And then there are the endpapers offering dozens of other Goldilocks spoof ideas, like "Goldilocks and Three Mile Island" — all of them crossed out.
I'm thrilled about the prospect of kids making their own Goldilocks books. That's part of my philosophy: Books shouldn't just be read, they should be played, so the endpapers are an opportunity to play. Books are not broccoli. They aren't written in stone. If you want to mess around with a book, it's not this temple. It's a working thing for your own creativity.
Is there any rhyme or reason to the animals that are the center of your stories?
Some of the animals I choose because they can be mine. Nobody else is going to write about a pigeon or a naked mole rat. There's no cultural or historical baggage, so that's fun. If an idea is bad enough, I have to do it. Knuffle Bunny is a bunny, but it isn't anthropomorphic. It's a stuffed animal. If I wrote a children's book about a bunny, you've got Beatrix Potter and all this history of what a bunny means, and that's hard to escape. So when you write about a naked mole rat, nobody's going to say, "That's just like that 19th century naked mole rat book."
What else can we expect from you before the year is out?
An activity book called "Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book." As opposed to mazes, there are events. You learn how to draw the pigeon, make your own pigeon book, have a signing. Every activity builds to a larger event.


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Monday, March 01, 2010
New Directions for Funding - A Case Example
In Appalachian Ohio, a small group of non-profits worked with a regional/community foundation to set up an Innovation Fund called the Yellowroot Fund. This fund had less than $15,000 a year. It provided small seed grants ($500-3000) to small collaborative projects in the region. All projects had to include a mix of both entrepreneurs and support organizations (non-profits, tourism bureaus, local gov't, etc). The first year 15 projects were funded. Most were successful in small ways, but several were very dynamic and successful, and we helped them access larger dollars.
Innovation funds encourage people to work collaboratively -- but in small self-managed groups that have a high likelihood of success. Many of the projects linked people across counties. For example, the Mural Corridor Project developed a map showing a trail people could follow to see all of the 17 murals that had been painted on the sides of buildings in small towns throughout 5 counties. Because local businesses were part of the project group, the final map included locations of local businesses such as restaurants and bed & breakfasts – which increased traffic for these small enterprises.
The fund only lasted a few years, but by the time it ended many more people in the region knew how to self-organize: come up with a project idea, find others who are interested in working on that project, and make something happen. This fund helped people develop all of the skills described in Jack's post, below. Local Network Weavers were involved in most of the projects and helped people become more aware of their networks and use them to access the resources they needed.
Now, even without those funds, hundreds of small projects are formed every year to develop new trails, festivals, brands, markets and other initiatives. Self-organizing has taken off, and it's cascading throughout the region.
Posted by June Holley at 8:02 AM
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- Lonnie E. Fuller Jr., MD said...
Where could we read about some of the projects. I would love to share the stories with people in my community.
- James Schmeling said...
Great post, nice examples, and easily picked up by entrepreneurs anywhere. Shows benefits to social and business ventures. Thanks.
- June Holley said...
You can learn more about these projects at www.networkweaver.com Just click on the Ideas tab for a bunch of stories you can share.
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Moon, Mars, SkyLab, what is the limit?
+Griz wrote:
LoneBagel wrote:
I think you failed to recognize the robocop humor. Even so you're reaction is rather uncalled for.
it's not really a joke - the mayor of Detroit proposed bulldozing a large portion of it because there's too many unsellable vacant houses, too much arson, and they just can't afford the maintenance on it anymore: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... vival.html
Exactly, Detroit is a hell hole and a blight to the State and Nation, even the "hardcore" Detroit lovers know that, they just hate that we all know it and rather it not be there anymore
bartfat wrote:
The thing is that rural doesn't have enough people to sustain digging up roads and laying down fiber, while having a cheap monthly price. But while Google may currently be testing deploying fiber in a suburban area; they could try to expand to an urban area, where presumably they'd see just how difficult/easy it would be to deploy fiber in those cities. Probably not as easy as people think, because permits would be an issue.
Their current test in KCK is an urban area. I know, I drive through it several times a week. They have yet to go suburban.
Personally I hope they expand out to the suburbs of Kansas City first. Give their pilot region more fiber lovin before expanding to the rest of the world. It would make sense. It would give them a diverse socio-economic demographic to learn from right down the street from their currently deployed fiber backbone. It would save them money and help the greater Kansas City area even more.
Assuming that a geographic footprint would be desirable as opposed to select cities then expanding East down I-70 from KC (KC/MO) would seem to make a lot of sense. Columbia MO is a big university town which has seen a lot of population grown and new start ups in the last few years. Just a few miles from Columbia is Jefferson city, MO state capital. Further down I-70 is St. Louis. That covers the largest cities in Missouri and now Google is the biggest ISP in the state.
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I think the Boston area would be perfect. Boston isn't really that big, and the Rt. 128 corridor is the Silicon Valley of the East along w/ having tons of Universities, so Google fiber here would have an outsized impact on new Internet innovation.
See I told ya where I live is the best next choice for Google Fiber!
Seconded. Let's get rid of the copper in Boston. There are no fiber services in the city thanks to Menino/Verizon's aggressive negotiations over rentals of city boxes.
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Off the top of my head, why not DC?
If they could get approval, it would seem like they could buy influence with quite a few lobbyists and congressional staffers.
Because D.C. is the mythical internet utopia where there actually is a free and competitive market for internet service providers.
There's nothing for Google to do or prove in D.C. In all fairness it should probably be the last city in the U.S. they consider coming to.
I am a resident of D.C.
Seriously... I'd say the next deployments should be any city that's considered "home turf" to one of the baby Bells. Smack down a 1Gb/s pipe in existing service footprints that claim/advertise 12-24 Mb/s as the "extreme" teir and show EVERYONE that it can be done much better for much cheaper, without the need to slap monthly metered caps & restrictive TOS to protect the poor widdle network infrastructure.
Tampa, FL...Bright house and Verizon just isn't doing it for me.
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Logistically speaking, the I-29 corridor north from Kansas City makes the most sense. Google already has a data center and terrestrial satellite receive site in Council Bluffs, IA, just across the river from Omaha, NE. (I believe the Council Bluffs site is already handling most of the data from KC.)
I'm from WI, but I would like to suggest Houston, TX. From information I could find with a "Fastest Growing Cities for Technology" search, Houston TX or Raleigh were near the top. If I'm Google and getting the most bang for my buck is my top priority, I go where expansion is happening. You get the crucial business market, and, naturally, the expanding population (who have knowledge of your product) in those areas.
The Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-CH) in NC. Between the big colleges, the research parks, facebook data facility, and population density, I think it'd do really well. Plus i think it was on the list of 10 possible locations for it originally.
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The Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-CH) in NC. Between the big colleges, the research parks, facebook data facility, and population density, I think it'd do really well. Plus i think it was on the list of 10 possible locations for it originally.
Agreed. NCSU, Duke, and UNC are all part of the Gig U program and I personally think it's a no-brainer. Of course, I live a few miles from NCSU, but I'd be giddy regardless of whether or not I could get it.
freezerburnt wrote:
I honestly expect that, if Google fiber comes up here to Canada, Kitchener/Waterloo will be one of those cities at the top of the list. We've got a rapidly re-structuring city here that is just ripe for such a thing to happen, not to mention the fact that it's still a relatively smaller city.
After that, well, I guess that I'd have to expect the usual cities to start seeing it... Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, etc
This matches my guess if they come to Canada. Plus Google has offices here already.
Now, pretty please?
A vote for Ann Arbor, MI. Home to a major research university, already has a Google presence, and is conducting some very cool automotive wireless research on the streets now. In fact, while you're at it, bring the next phase of Google's driverless cars outside of CA there too.
herozero wrote:
No brainier - inner cities. Hook up dilapidated urban schools at highly subsidized cost and turn them into places kids want to spend time in. Yeah they'll Facebook and whatnot, but it will be a huge attraction for smart and innovative educators and just the right step to get these schools up to code.
Thats a complete waste of time... As if super-fast internet will suddenly lead to an intellectual renaissance in the ghetto
EDIT: I didn't mean for that to sound so mean, but come on guys, lets be realistic and focus resources where they can do the most good. Spending billions hooking up inner city schools may sound nice, but it will lead to a huge financial loss and abandonment of the project. Google needs to MAKE MONEY on this, at least break even to continue. It is not a charity project.
Wikipedia wrote:
On April 1, 2009, the cities to have metered billing were announced. In addition to Beaumont, Texas, the cities would be Rochester, NY, Austin and San Antonio, TX and Greensboro, NC.
These metered based billing plans were canceled according to Time Warner "due to customer misunderstanding"
By "customer misunderstanding", they mean customer protest, and threats by senators and congressmen to ban these practices.
I doubt Time Warner chose these cities randomly. This list is probably a good indication of areas without sufficient competition (I know this is the case for at least one of them. Frontier does not count as competition). These are areas that Google should target for fiber deployment ASAP.
This article may as well be entitled: "Where Do You Live? Tell Us in the Comments!"
kineticarl wrote:
This article may as well be entitled: "Where Do You Live? Tell Us in the Comments!"
For the love of God, come to Denver! We have one of the more stable growing economies in the States and so many startups who would jump at the chance to use Fiber. I would love it.
Sobad wrote:
Detroit. They can buy it, bulldoze the whole bastard and build the city of the future.
Lol.. Detroit could definitely use this as a good excuse to "reset" their cities, and I'm sure that there are other metropolitan areas that could use this as well!
Magnez0ne wrote:
San Diego CA, the market here is a craptastic, you have ATT, Cox, and TW - none of which are budging on pricing nor even adding extra speed tiers. If they are concerned about customer base there are tons of businesses, schools, and regular users that really want faster internet.
As a resident of KC, i think this is the most logical place to go, San Diego would be a nice place for Google to take the next step before moving on to the megalopolis areas like LA/NY/Chicago.
Seriously though even living in KCMO my part of the city won't get access till likely late 2014 ( if even by then ) so if they were to announce that they were going to roll it out in LA, people would get really excited.. till they realized some wouldn't be able to sign up for 5 years.
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AussieGrunt wrote:
I like the idea of an urban area next. Boston, NYC (particularly Manhattan island), and San Antonio all offer very logical and very different reasons.
No affiliations here, I'm in Australia. But we have a nationwide rollout of fibre happening at the moment, and its something they seem to be doing here as well - mixing urban and rural reasonably well. Not perfectly, but reasonably so.
I'm not sure why you consider San Antonio to be "urban" but KC not. They have about the same # of people (~2M) and density.
If you read this, I'm sorry, I wasnt really too clear. You're right, they are similar. Was more thinking that KC was a testing ground to see if the concept worked (and it clearly does), so now the concept is proven it would be good business practice to alternate between built up areas and less densely populated regions.
The built up areas generate a profit, while the rural areas get much needed services. But getting a profit ticking over sooner rather than later garners momentum to justify the less profitable rural builds.
I like the idea posted earlier about buying and leveling most of detroit. However, if you consider AT&T + TMobile to be an anti trust issue, I guess you wouldn't approve of Google controlling internet, cell, data, and real estate.
Los Angeles County, CA. Not the city- the whole county.
Even if google never comes anywhere near where I live, I will be very happy to see them expand. One, it will force incumbents to offer better service for less, and two, it will show skeptics that the "monopoly" or "duopoly" isn't.
Canada? Hastings county please. Tons of universities and colleges (including Trent U, Loyalist and Queen's) in the area, and it's woefully underserviced by the big players. Google also stands a serious chance of making Bell run scared.


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Reading the popular fitness rags, I've noticed a trend of both "training on a budget" features as well as a push toward home exercise equipment. Interesting that with the so-called downturn in the economy, The Wall Street Journal reports the home exercise equipment business sales are increased, as well as fitness DVDs. People no longer wish to pay big money to join gyms not maintain memberships yet still they grasp the value in keeping up their fitness regimens. In an article I read in Scientific American, money isn't even the prime indicator of happiness; those who'd created a high level of physical health and fitness for themselves were 30% happier than the mean.
Well, the best gyms are plentiful and free, and what I propose is going sans equipment, using the all-access gym already conveniently located in your neighborhood. You've probably walked by this gym countless times without giving a second thought. It's always open--never closes--and no contracts required. What is this place? It's the friendly neighborhood playground of Anytown, USA. But not confined to the USA! I've seen beautiful outdoor playgrounds in Germany, Austria and I'll never forget the idyllic Akuyeryi, Iceland where, working out at 11 PM it was still daylight.
In a playground there's almost always some type of pipe or pole enabling various pulls and with a little imagination you can get yourself a whole-body workout. Here are a few examples of things I've done:
- Incline Push-Ups with my feet on top of a slide
- Neutral Grip Chin-Ups on a monkey bar
- Handstand Push-Ups with feet balanced on the swing set support
- Alternating Pistols using the swing set support
- Hand Walking a horizontal pipe on the swing set cross pole
- Glute-Ham Raise with feet beneath the slide
- Pike-Up with the feet on a swing seat
- Parallel Bar Dip atop a horizontal ladder
- Hanging Leg Raise using the top support of a baby swing
- Incline Sit-Up on a see-saw
The limit, as ever, is your imagination. Next year, I'll be presenting a seminar on outdoor, natural training with my friend Dominik Fleischl, who (like myself) specializes in these things.
To give an example of what can be done with very little, this past 4th of July weekend, the ol' Coach (and his teen protege) went on a vacation (from their quasi-vacation lifestyle) to beautiful Oceanside Harbor Beach, Oceanside CA.
On day one, we rose with the seagulls and took a morning constitutional about the grounds. The walk took us to a jetty made up of boulders of all shapes and angles. Taking great advantage of a barefoot-training opportunity, we hop-scotched from rock to rock out the the end. Later in the day was a barefoot run down the wide, sandy shoreline, all the while playing dodge-the-munchkins. The beach was extremely crowded, effectively a dynamic obstacle course between kids, dogs, old ladies, fast moving waves and intermittent stony footing. Interesting that despite the debris continually washing up, we never once experienced any insult to the feet. It's amazing how, when relied upon, the foot will find the correct placement. It was all dodging, darting and jumping--both forward and laterally--and occasionally sprinting with the waves, not to mention the resistance offered the ankles, calves and thigh muscles by the soft sand. The run was followed with a pleasant recovery walk, ocean bathing and a post-workout shake, followed an hour later by a sumptuous sit-down meal in the van dining hall. (All right, it was a day-old a rotisserie chicken of which I consumed meat, skin and bones!)
Later, as the sun descended in the sky, the moon taking his place, we took off again, this time on the Brompton folding bikes, for a light, post-prandial ride. Light movement like this is extremely settling to the digestion without overworking the system. It's also simply a fun way to tour the harbor area without a motor vehicle.
So, here we got more than enough cardio without ever stepping on a treadmill, elliptical nor stationary bike. We got ample fresh air and sunshine while developing our athleticism, coordination and grace, all the while getting a great workout--something you can't do on gym machines.
Day two has the coach arising once more at the dawn's early light in order to beat the hot dog-eating hordes. Since my thighs were trashed from running in the surf-n-sand yesterday, I'm due for an upper-body pulling workout and there's a nifty outdoor beach playground just nearby. As the sun approaches its zenith (so the munchkins will be driven off the equipment), so I approach the overhead bar. Since I've been working on ladders and the A-B-C program, I haven't done straight sets of Pull-Ups in some time, thus I decided to test my pulling prowess...
The bar I selected, being ~2-1/2" thick, was altogether less-than-ideal. It also had some strangely shaped handles welded to it. The painted surface was old and rusted--not slick--which afforded me some good grip purchase. I'm proud to say I performed 20 dead-hang/no kipping/throat-over-the-bar Pull-Up reps.
I am proud of this effort. At 56, this puts me in the 99.9 percentile for upper body pulling power.
Even though my arms were trashed, for the next 20 minutes I performed alternating sets of a variety of Push-Ups and Pulls.
I finished the workout with Elephant Walks, Hanging Leg Raise, and Horizontal Hand-Walking on the overhead pole.
(I'm compelled to mention that I'm unsatisfied with my technique in the hand walk--I can see a hesitation in the movement--but I injured my shoulders some months ago playing jiu-jitsu and they are still in the last stages of recovery.)
These were further finished with three static-contraction exercises:
Side Elbow Plank (2 min each side)
Isometric Crocodile (2 min)
By the end, my whole body was shaking and my muscles were pumped up to the max, thrilling the gallery of MILF onlookers...
Here's the workout breakdown:
- Strict, Military-Style Dead-Hang Pull-Up on a thick bar (all-out max set)
- Dive-Bomber Push-Up
- Parallel-Grip Chin-Up on the horizontal ladder
- Iranian Twisting Push-Up
- Chin-Up
- Scorpion Push-Up
- Feet-Elevated Body Weight Row
- Elephant Walk-Out w/ push-up
- Hand Walk on horizontal pole
- Close Grip Hanging Leg Raise
- Side Elbow Plank (L/R)
- Crocodile Pose (low push-up position)
This is an excellent upper-body workout which served to balance yesterday's sand run. The rest of the day will be spent with a low-intensity walk on the beach and a swim in the sheltered harbor. None of these things cost me a dime, other than the parking fees, and I enjoyed a workout superior to anything I could get in a gym.
If I were to add a lower-body component to the above, I'd have done alternating sets of Single-Leg Calf-Raise and Pistols (with or without support), finishing with Back Extension and/or Glute-Ham Raise.
Here's to independence!
In Strength & Health,


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A local authority has defended its decision to prosecute a couple who took their two children on a term-time holiday to Australia.
Coventry City Council said it had followed Government guidelines in taking action against the parents, who claim the three-week break offered their children respite from the suffering of a terminally-ill relative.
The couple and their children, who cannot be named because of a court order, spent three weeks in Australia last October, including 13 days of unauthorised absence from school.
Both parents were conditionally discharged at Nuneaton Magistrates' Court yesterday after being convicted of breaching Section 44 of the 1996 Education Act.
The mother was convicted after a trial and given a 12-month conditional discharge, while the father pleaded guilty and was given a 10-month conditional discharge.
Magistrates also ordered the couple, who were prosecuted after opting not to pay a £240 enforcement notice, to contribute £800 towards the cost of the proceedings.
Speaking after the hearing, the children's mother told the Coventry Telegraph she supported campaigners calling for a relaxation of laws governing term-time holidays.
"The magistrates gave the fairest verdict they could under the current laws, which are flawed," she told the newspaper.
"I still feel I did the right thing for my children at the right time."
Coventry City Council said the decision of the court had demonstrated that its course of action had been correct.
The local authority said in a statement: "Our schools follow the guidance set down by the Department for Education in trying to maintain good levels of attendance.
"Schools decide whether to authorise leave based on whether they think there are exceptional circumstances.
"Penalty notices are issued by the council at the request of schools for various reasons including where the school has felt there were no exceptional circumstances to justify absence."
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Misconduct found in Japanese stem cell research
Researcher tampered with images in report describing STAP cells, institute investigation finds
A Japanese researcher who recently created a sensation for reporting that dipping adult cells in acid can easily make them into stem cells is guilty of scientific misconduct, investigators at Japan's RIKEN Institute announced April 1.
The acid method of making a type of stem cells known as STAP cells (SN: 2/22/14, p. 6) came under fire as soon as it appeared in two papers in Nature at the end of January (SN Online: 2/19/14). Many researchers have tried and failed to repeat the feat (SN Online: 3/10/14). Other scientists have pointed out that some pictures in the reports appear to have been tampered with or repeated, and some passages of text are identical to parts of other publications.
Now the RIKEN Institute, where much of the research was conducted, has completed an initial examination and found that lead researcher Haruko Obokata committed fraud by deliberately altering some of the images. Obokata said in a written statement that she received the ruling with feelings of "indignation and surprise," and that she would appeal.
RIKEN is attempting to replicate the creation of STAP cells, but Masatoshi Takeichi, director of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, cautioned in a statement that confirmation could take a year.
Nature has not said whether Obokata and colleagues' reports will be retracted, as some coauthors have requested. The journal is conducting its own investigation.
- H. Obokata et al. Stimulus-triggered fate conversion of somatic cells into pluripotency. Nature Vol. 505, January 30, 2014, p. 641. doi:10.1038/nature12968.
- H. Obokata et al. Bidirectional developmental potential in reprogrammed cells with acquired pluripotency. Nature Vol. 505, January 30, 2014, p. 676. doi:10.1038/nature12969.
- RIKEN investigative committee's report about STAP cells (in Japanese)
- Statement from Masatoshi Takeichi, director of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (English)
- T. H. Saey. A little acid or a tight squeeze can turn a cell stemlike. Science News Vol. 185, February 22, 2014, p. 6. Published online January 29, 2014.
- L. Guterman. Questions raised about new method for making stem cells. Science News online, February 19, 2014.
- T. H. Saey. Acid-bath method for making stem cells under fire. Science News online, March 10, 2014.


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What's Considered "Acceptable Use" For Your Small Business?
Creating an acceptable use policy establishes rules for everyone using the company network
All small companies need an acceptable use policy (AUP). An integral part of any company's network security program, an AUP is a set of rules that describes how everyone may use the company's network and network resources, including the Internet. An AUP also spells out the consequences for not following these rules. With an AUP in place, you can protect your company from dangerous behavior online and hold those responsible for their actions. It's relatively easy to create an acceptable use policy. To be truly useful, though, it must be tailored to your company's specific needs and business operations.
The simplest way to get started is with a template. You can find free AUP templates online from a variety of sources, including security forums and state technology agencies. Most AUP templates include details about computer and network security as well as use of network resources. You can cover everything from how often employees need to change their passwords to the applications allowed on company computers.
Once you've chosen a template, you need to decide what rules to keep, what rules to customize, and what rules to add. For instance, the template may be vague when it comes to network usage, and the language may be overly legal for your small business. You should customize the template and language to reflect your company's needs and culture, such as: "No employee may consume more than 25 percent of available bandwidth for an extended period of time."
When customizing the AUP template, you may also want to consider specifying the types of websites employees are not allowed to access from the company network. Some of these are obvious, such as pornography sites or real-time online gaming sites, but other sites might seem fine to allow at first glance. For example, think carefully about social media sites, especially potentially bandwidth-intensive ones like YouTube.com.
The important thing is to make sure you're not writing the AUP to be so specific that rule-breakers can wiggle through a loophole or so vague than the policy isn't meaningful. When determining what to include in your AUP, for example, consider rules for preventing employees from using network resources for personal use, such as setting up their own websites.
Your AUP should also include information about how you plan to enforce the policy. Employees should know that you're monitoring the network to ensure the rules are being followed. You can set up network monitoring fairly easily with tools you may already have at your disposal. For example, you can monitor usage with the admin console included with some small business networking devices, such as managed switches, some routers, and security appliances. If you don't have any network devices with built-in monitoring capabilities, you can install security software such as Cisco ProtectLink Security Solutions to help enforce your network for any violations of your AUP.
Once you've written a draft of your AUP, share it with different employees in your company and get their input. This is a great way to get employee buy-in. Also, your employees are more likely to abide by the rules if they've had a chance to influence them. Finally, make sure the AUP is reviewed by your company's legal counsel and human resources to ensure it aligns with company policies and labor laws.
The last step in developing an AUP is educating employees. Make sure everyone, including contractors, in your company has read the document, had their questions answered, and fully understands it. Then, and this is critical, require each person to sign their copy of the AUP. A signature proves that the person understands the rules, which will help protect your company in case you need to take disciplinary action.
Your AUP should change as your business grows. Review your policy at least once a year and follow these same steps for making revisions, reviewing the rules, and educating staff.
What details have you included in an acceptable use policy?
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As I mentioned on the show, I'll be doing a talk in Abilene next month. Here are the details I have so far. The event is being hosted by the Abilene Atheist Alliance. It will happen on Saturday, July 26, at 1:30 PM. It will take place at the Abilene Public Library Auditorium located at 202 Cedar St., Abilene TX, 79601. The room can seat up to 140 people, Christians are expected to show up, so your presence is welcome and appreciated.
Last night I followed in Martin's footsteps and appeared on the new video chat show, Atheist Analysis. We had fun despite some early problems centered around me having an extra window open like a fool. 🙂
Before doing Atheist Analysis, I also did some Twitch streaming. What I really wanted to do was make myself finish watching the debate between Matt and Sye, so I picked Diablo 3: Reaper Of Souls as a game that doesn't require much thinking, and streamed myself playing while watching and commenting on this video. I had a lot of fun, got a pretty good audience chatting about the experience, and encouraged people to tweet with hashtag #ReaperOfSyes. A couple actually did, but it was mainly a joke.
It's split up into three videos because of the way that it's recorded, but I may jam them together into one big YouTube movie later. Unfortunately if you want to actually watch the game and play with play casinodames games, you will have to skip to the third video. A glitch caused the video screen to stay locked on a menu for some reason, so it looks incorrectly as if I'm just clicking on static buttons for 40 minutes. But the Sye video and my talking head are fine, so feel free to go throw the whole thing if you just want an alternate take on the debate.
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Acer Aspire S3-951 full review
The Acer Aspire S3-951 is the first of a new wave of Apple MacBook Air clones that have been announced by Windows PC manufacturers.
The new product category has been dubbed ultrabook by Intel, keen to keep its processor order-books filled as consumers abandon the netbook which previously propped up sales of its underpowered Intel Atom processor.
Intel is not only creating a slush fund to help incentivise this push into Apple's ultraportable territory, it's even handed out a blueprint notebook design for the likes of Acer, Asus and Toshiba to follow.
Acer was quick to market with its Acer Aspire S3-951, a copy of the 13in version of the Apple MacBook Air. But in order to compete with the original, Acer needs to innovate with useful technology not found in Apple's lightweight notebook; or match the quality and sell for a much lower price. Let's see where it's succeeded.
First impression of the Acer Aspire S3-951 with its lid closed is positive. But what appears to be an all-metal construction is soon revealed on handling to be a plastic laptop with a thin skin of brushed metal just covering the lid. The rest of the S3-951 is assembled from plastic that's been painted a silver-grey colour to mimic the Air's high-grade all-metal construction.
Like the Air, the closed Acer Aspire S3-951 tapers from the rear to the front, only is fatter at both edges. At its maximum at the rear, the S3-951 is 18mm against the Air's 17mm.
In weight, Acer has patently been paring down the grams in order to beat Apple's example, settling for 3g lighter at 1338g on the sample we reviewed.
The keyboard is like Apple's now-familiar Scrabble tile type, but without the same precision feel. There's a little more sponginess on these grey keys. Also troubling was the way the double-height Return was actually a single-height key. We often found ourselves hitting the '\' key above, which has been shaped to look like part of the Return key.
The trackpad follows Apple's idea of buttonless operation. Unlike the MacBook Air, multi-touch support is rather hit or miss here. Mostly the latter – you can try two-finger vertical scrolling, and pinch-to-zoom sometimes works in some apps. There's even a four-finger swipe ro hide an open Windows program. But sideways scrolling, three-finger gestures and four-finger-and-a-thumb gestures are all absent.
All ports are behind the back, under the screen hinge: power inlet, HDMI, two USB 2.0, plus a cooling vent. There's an SD card slot on the right, and headphone jack on the left.
The Acer Aspire S3-951 screen has the same headline size of 13.3in, but is smaller in area due to its wider 16:9 aspect ratio, where the MacBook Air has a 16:10 screen that's arguably better suited to a PC.
More important is the screen quality, which is sadly lacking on the Acer Aspire S3-951. It's too shiny for comfortable viewing, has a relatively low resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, and has serious visibility issues when viewed off-axis.
One area where Windows PCs have traditionally stumbled may have been resolved – standby mode. Instant-on worked well in our tests. In fact, this is the first Windows laptop we've encountered that could be consistently put to sleep by closing the lid, and which would wake again and be ready for business when opened.
The Acer Aspire S3-951 includes a pair of very small speakers that vent through the bottom and the keyboard. Don't be misled by the Professionally Tuned script on the bodywork – these speakers sound dreadfully tinny despite the efforts of Dolby and its ineffectual Home Theater v4 software.
The sample of Acer Aspire S3-951-2634G24iss we tested with Intel Core i7 running at 1.7GHz, along with its 240GB SSD from ADATA and 4GB of memeory, let the Acer Aspire S3-951 run very fast.
It recorded 134 points in WorldBench 6, where the 13in MacBook Air scored 122 points. The Acer Aspire S3-951 generally did run noisier as well, it's fan quite audibly 'on' much of the time.
As is typical for an ultraportable, the Acer Aspire S3-951 relies on integrated graphics. These aren't really cut out for heavy gameplay, but we saw the Acer Aspire S3-951 play FEAR at Maximum detail at an average of 12fps. After dropping detail to High, it averaged 38fps, proving that Intel's last generation of Core chips can get you by, if you keep the quality down.
We wonder if Acer has underclocked the Intel graphics processor here, however, as Apple's ultraportable managed a smoother 17 and 52fps in the same two tests.
Battery life from the non-replaceable built-in battery was very good, at a little over 6 hours (370 mins) in the MobileMark 2007 Productivity challenge.
Acer UK doesn't have the resources to provide relevant review samples of its products. Instead the company loaned us an Acer S3-951-2634G24iss model that is not sold in the UK.
The nearest UK version we could find to match this 1.7GHz Intel Core i7-powered laptop was one with a 1.6GHz Core i5 processor. With the same 240GB SSD storage capacity and 4GB memory, this slower model sells for £1099.
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ICD-10 Code S63.654D
Sprain of metacarpophalangeal joint of right ring finger, subsequent encounter
|Short Description:
|Sprain of MCP joint of right ring finger, subs
|Long Description:
|Sprain of metacarpophalangeal joint of right ring finger, subsequent encounter
Valid for Submission
ICD-10 S63.654D is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of sprain of metacarpophalangeal joint of right ring finger, subsequent encounter. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
Information for Medical Professionals
Convert S63.654D to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- V58.89 - Other specfied aftercare (Approximate Flag)
Present on Admission (POA)
S63.654D is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
|POA Indicator Code
|POA Reason for Code
|CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
|Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.
|Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.
|Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting.
Information for Patients
Finger Injuries and Disorders
You use your fingers and thumbs to do everything from grasping objects to playing musical instruments to typing. When there is something wrong with them, it can make life difficult. Common problems include
- Injuries that result in fractures, ruptured ligaments and dislocations
- Osteoarthritis - wear-and-tear arthritis. It can also cause deformity.
- Tendinitis - irritation of the tendons
- Dupuytren's contracture - a hereditary thickening of the tough tissue that lies just below the skin of your palm. It causes the fingers to stiffen and bend.
- Trigger finger - an irritation of the sheath that surrounds the flexor tendons. It can cause the tendon to catch and release like a trigger.
- Claw hand (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Clubbing of the fingers or toes (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Finger pain (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Mallet finger - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Polydactyly (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Smashed fingers (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Trigger finger (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Sprains and Strains
A sprain is a stretched or torn ligament. Ligaments are tissues that connect bones at a joint. Falling, twisting, or getting hit can all cause a sprain. Ankle and wrist sprains are common. Symptoms include pain, swelling, bruising, and being unable to move your joint. You might feel a pop or tear when the injury happens.
A strain is a stretched or torn muscle or tendon. Tendons are tissues that connect muscle to bone. Twisting or pulling these tissues can cause a strain. Strains can happen suddenly or develop over time. Back and hamstring muscle strains are common. Many people get strains playing sports. Symptoms include pain, muscle spasms, swelling, and trouble moving the muscle.
At first, treatment of both sprains and strains usually involves resting the injured area, icing it, wearing a bandage or device that compresses the area, and medicines. Later treatment might include exercise and physical therapy.
NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Ankle sprain - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Elbow sprain -- aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Foot sprain - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hamstring strain - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hip flexor strain -- aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Sprains (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Strains (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Tendon repair (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Wrist sprain - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.


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Hurricane Sandy has us all thinking about natural disasters and how to prepare for them. Since we live in a very rural area, we always have emergency supplies on hand, as a snowstorm or even a...
When you do a lot of baking, you learn to balance sweetness. Sugar is a tremendous blessing--we crave it, we love it, it heightens flavors, and it makes baked goods tender and moist. There are all kinds of sugar substitutes out there, some better than others, but we all know they're not fooling anyone. You can tell when it's not sugar.
But for all of sugar's importance, it can be the weak link in your baked goods if you let it take over. We've all tasted those saccharine desserts that make your teeth hurt. They're okay, but the truth is, they're just too sweet. Really, sugar needs nothing so much as a strong dose of salt, acid, or dairy to tame it.
This can be achieved by serving pie with ice cream, for instance. The rich and creamy dairy mutes some of the sweetness of the pie in addition to adding contrast and interest to the dish.
But you can't serve everything with ice cream (well, I suppose you can, but it seems a bit excessive). This is where you get a little more creative, adding citrus zests and juices, adding salt, etc. But sometimes your main ingredients do the hard work for you.
Enter: rhubarb. We think of it most often as a fruit, although it's technically a vegetable. It has a bright disposition--magenta or light pink and sometimes lime green--and a shockingly tart bite. It's not the sort of thing to eat out of hand, and many people dislike it for its aggressive mouth-puckering flavor.
But if you harness it, pie nirvana will be yours.
There's a reason strawberry rhubarb pie is a springtime classic. Darling red strawberries, sweet and fragrant, meet belligerent rhubarb, and together they make a ruby-red, sweet-tart pie that isn't too much of anything: not too sweet, not too tart, not too rich.
For this particular strawberry rhubarb pie, I used JOY's tried and true recipe but made some small changes. First, I used a spelt crust (half spelt and half whole wheat flour), but you can use any type of crust you like, really. I just like the nuttiness and body that spelt flour gives a pie crust. Second, I reduced the sugar just a bit and added orange zest and grated fresh ginger, since both flavors play nicely with rhubarb.
As you can see, I made a lattice crust for the top to show off the color of the filling to great effect, but a plain top crust will work. You could even go for a crumble or streusel topping if that appeals to you. Whatever you do, just remember to vent your crust well so the molten juices can bubble freely and the steam can escape.
Other articles you might enjoy: Limoncello Lemon Meringue Pie, Peach Pie, Chocolate Ganache Tart with Press-In Shortbread Crust
1 recipe of My Basic All-Butter Dough
For a spelt crust, replace half the all-purpose flour with whole or white spelt flour. Position a rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
Combine in a large bowl:
2 1/2 cups roughly chopped rhubarb
2 1/2 cups hulled, halved strawberries (quartered for larger berries)
3/4 to 1 cup sugar, depending on tartness of fruit
1/4 cup quick-cooking tapioca or cornstarch
1 to 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
Let stand for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Line a 9-inch pie pan with half the dough (see my tutorial on rolling dough).
Pour the filling into the bottom crust and dot with:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Cover with a pricked or vented top crust or a lattice.
For a lattice, roll the second half of the dough into a 13-inch circle. Cut the dough into 3/4-inch strips (you should have about 17 to 18 strips). Place half (8 or 9) of the dough strips ½ inch apart on a lightly floured cookie sheet, then weave the remaining dough strips through these, either on a diagonal or in a perpendicular crisscross pattern. It's a basic weaving technique--over, under, over, under. Gently slide the lattice off the cookie sheet directly onto the top of the pie. Don't freak out--it'll be okay. Trim the lattice strips, leaving at least a ¼-inch overhang at each end. Press the strips against the bottom crust. Fold the edge of the bottom crust up, covering the ends of the lattice strips, then crimp or flute the edge.
Lightly brush the top of the pie with:
Milk or cream
Sprinkle with:
2 teaspoons sugar
Bake for 30 minutes, then lower the heat to 350°F and bake for 25 to 30 minutes more, until the juices are thick and bubbling. Cool completely on a rack.


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Myrna R. Eskeldson
Myrna R. Eskeldson, 75, of Ramona, died Monday at Herington Municipal Hospital. She was born Aug. 10, 1937, to Martin F. and Martha E. (Krause) Brockmeier at their home west of Herington.
She was a homemaker. She graduated from Hope High School in 1955. She was a dental hygienist until 1960 and later worked part-time in the Ramona Post Office. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ramona.
She married Steven C. Eskeldson on March 27, 1960, at St. John's Lutheran Church. He preceded her in death on Aug. 4, 2012. A sister, Alice Brockmeier, and her parents also preceded her in death.
She is survived by two sons, Tom Eskeldson of Herington and Bart Eskeldson of Topeka; one brother, Eldred Brockmeier of Hope; four sisters, Loretta Lietz of Herington, Marilyn Will of Herington, Shirley Lehman of Salina, and Donna Ascher of O'Fallon, Ill.; and three grandchildren.
The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Ramona, with the Rev. Clark Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Lewis Cemetery. A prayer service will be at 6:30 p.m. today at Penwell-Gable Funeral Home, Herington Chapel.
Memorial funds have been established for the ALS Foundation and Trinity Lutheran Church.
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