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Donna R.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
By: Donna Richardson
It started 4/11/09 (Saturday morning) I woke up with a terrible headache. I told my husband (Tom Richardson) to get me some water and an aspirin, and then I said no, just some ice, then I said never mind, just call 911. Then I returned to bed (big mistake). They told my husband not to let me go to sleep, but I was already gone. At one point in this whole experience, I died and went to heaven, where I was told by my uncles that GOD was not ready for me and I was to go back. He must have something special for me to do.
Brian Micheliche (EMT) came to my house and said I was gray. He revived me, established an airway and put me on oxygen, then got me to the Memorial Hospital in Easton, MD. I was in there for about 3 hours and then they transported me by ambulance (due to weather conditions) to John Hopkins Hospital that could do the surgery needed. They had a crew waiting for me to arrive.
You need a very dedicated caregiver during the whole time, that being my husband Tom). During all of this, he did not know what my condition was, until the doctor came out and told him, I was alive and that he took out part of my cerebellum.
Then they transported me to Sinai Hospital, the brain injury rehab, where I did therapy two times a day. I was there about seven weeks. The Sinai Hospital finally was able to take out my tract, but left in the feeding tube and catheter.
They then transported me closer to home to a rehabilitation facility, The House of Pines. There I continued my therapy. They did take out my catheter. They finally got me to eat, so they removed my feeding tube a day later. I was there about 4 weeks.
After that I was sent home, where about 35 people (all of my neighbors) met me in my front yard (I was so glad to be home). I did in home therapy for two weeks. Then I did out-patient therapy in Easton for about a year.
Then I went to The Balance Center in Cambridge for about 6 months and did more therapy. They taught me how to walk again and how to do my every day chores.
Now I am home again with therapy instructions and I continue those today. I can go back to The Balance Center if needed.
I am still doing well after 4 years and 5 months. I am currently going to Aquacare for therapy to help my balance. Then they have an out-patient speech therapy I am going to do next, so I don't bite my tongue when I talk.
When I went to my retirement party, because I could no longer do my job, as payroll clerk, my EMT- Brian wrote a letter because he could not attend. (Brian means the world to me and I will never forget him for giving me back my life, to have a second chance at living). I will do my best to prove to him what he did was worthwhile. I hope he continues on as an EMT's, because they all are good at what they do and they found there niche in life).
Here is the letter he wrote to me, which I have framed on my wall.
Dear Donna:
First I must send my apologies for not being able to attend your party. As this letter is being read I am sure to be in Biology class watching my professor darting back and forth around the room, spewing out the knowledge she collected over the years and I am probably scratching the top of my head wondering what on earth compelled me to go back to college! But the reason being is that we are allowed only one missed class and we have been advised to save it for a true emergency, believe me when I tell you that I would much rather be at your party than sitting in class!
With that said, I have requested this letter be read so I could take the opportunityto thank you for making my work complete. If I may explain, as you know I have been working in the emergency field for quite some time now. In that time I have been witness to both the spectacular glory and the horrible tragedies of life. Humbly I can say that I have saved my share of lives, but in the same breath have lost or been unable to save countless others. Over the latter years, the horrors of my job have been weighing heavily on my mind. To the point that I would sit up some nights and feel as though people in general have taken life for granted and really don't appreciate it as much as they should.
Sadly, in the past 29 years of my service, not once have I ever been shown the thanks or gratitude for saving someone's life…until that day you showed up at my work in Tilghman Island and personally thanked me, to see and hear you say that brought tears of joy to my eyes and it is for that Donna, that I thank YOU, from the bottom of my heart because it was YOU that completed the part that was missing from my life.
Keep up the therapy and keep reaching for the stars. I wish the best to you and your family. Godspeed.
You're friendly neighborhood Paramedic
Brian Micheliche
I want to thank all paramedics and ambulance crew for doing the work they do. If they did not put their own money and effort into their education, I would not be here today. They are dedicated workers and I THANK YOU!
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'Sunday, January 13, 2008, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Pennsylvania Convention Center Ballroom A'
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar', the NBA's all-time leading scorer and a prolific author, will be the keynote speaker for the President's Program at Midwinter Meeting.
Abdul-Jabbar was chosen by American Library Association (ALA) President Loriene Roy to deliver the address on Sunday, Jan. 13. He is expected to talk about the Harlem Renaissance's impact on his life. Abdul-Jabbar, who was born in Harlem in 1947, wrote the book, On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance.
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The master of the sky hook, the 7-foot-2-inch Abdul-Jabbar led UCLA to three consecutive NCAA titles and the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers to six NBA championships.
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The Advocacy Institute
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Friday, January 11, 2008, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Looking to improve your advocacy skills? Want to meet fellow library supporters from across the country? Get the tools to become an effective library advocate at the Advocacy Institute. Break-out sessions will focus on budget presentations, crisis communications, and passing bond issues/ referenda. Core advocacy skills, such as message development and coalition building, will be covered in the morning. Registration will include a collaborative luncheon with the Young Adult Library Service Association featuring a panel discussion on fostering advocacy at the young adult level. Attendees will leave with an action plan that they can implement in their communities or campuses.
Tickets: Advance: $50. Onsite: $75. (Both prices include lunch)
Reading and the Elementary School Library Media Specialist
Friday, January 11, 2008, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
This workshop addresses critical topics in reading for library media specialists who teach PreK-6th grade students. During this full-day session, presenters will be given a brief overview of current research on reading instruction, discuss how it informs school library programs, explore reading strategies, and explain what the library media specialist can do to strengthen their role as a literacy leader in their school. Using print and electronic resources, the facilitator will work with attendees to cultivate the confidence to adopt and understand the tools which strengthen student reading strategies. Speaker: Christina Dorr, MS
Tickets: AASL member: $169; ALA member: $209; Nonmember: $259.
Assessing Learning Outcomes in Programs Large and Small: A Hands-On Approach
Friday, January 11, 2008, 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Master one method to assess student learning that can be applied from grade school through graduate school, in a oneshot library session, or in a campus-wide program. Gain hands-on experience for each step of an assessment process that is based on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards and the American Association for Higher Education's "9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning." Learn how to create individualized rubrics, hear about the collection of student work for assessment, find out how to use the rubric to assess learning, and how to change instruction to improve student-learning outcomes. Speakers: Sue Phelps, Reference Librarian, Washington State University Vancouver; Karen Diller, Associate Library Director, Washington State University
Tickets: ACRL member: $195; ALA member: $245; Student or Retired member: $95; Nonmember: $275.
Injecting Fun into Library Orientation: How to Engage and Capture your Students through Interactive Presentations
Friday, January 11, 2008, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Explore how both students and librarians can have some fun with library orientation sessions. Experience two innovative and interactive methods which have been utilized at British universities. These techniques - "The Cephalonian Method" and "Library Bingo"- will be presented in the same way as you could use them with students. Evaluate these methods and assess whether they would fit into your library environment, as well as understanding the learning theories which underpin them.
Speakers: Jacqui Weetman DaCosta, Information Literacy Librarian, The College of New Jersey; Nigel Morgan, Subject Librarian, Cardiff University
Tickets: ACRL member: $195; ALA member: $245; Student or Retired member: $95; Nonmember: $275.
Using Organization Development to Create a "Work Place of Choice"
Friday, January 11, 2008, 1:00 – 4:30 pm
The practice of Organization Development (OD) is based on models, theories and various techniques. OD practitioners blend all f these to foster change for the better in organizations. OD, however, is sometimes couched in obscure terminology and is dismissed as not being relevant. This workshop will demystify OD for you! Find out what an OD professional actually does on a daily basis. Learn to distinguish between human resources, OD and staff development. Using real examples of enhancing communication and improving the climate in your organization, you will do the work of an OD specialist by taking a climate survey and by creating some guidelines for communication responsibilities in your organization. Speakers: M. Sue Baughman, Assistant Dean for Organizational Development, University of Maryland; Elaine Z. Jennerich, Director, Organization Development and Training; University of Washington Libraries
Tickets: ACRL member: $195; ALA member: $245; Student or Retired member: $95; Nonmember: $275.
Metadata and Digital Library Development
Wednesday and Thursday, January 9-10, 2008, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
This workshop is part of the "Cataloging for the 21st Century" series. In an applied, exercise-based context, this two-day workshop introduces practicing catalogers to metadata implementation considerations and processes in a digital library development context. The workshop prepares attendees to serve as metadata specialists in digital library projects. Topics covered will include: Data and functionality; Metadata conversion and mapping; Creating data workflows; Digital library development teams. Speakers: Jennifer Lang, Princeton University; Barrie Howard, Digital Library Federation
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS member: $339; ALA Member: $379; Student or Retired Member: $160; Nonmember: $429. Onsite: ALCTS member: $359; ALA Member: $399; Student or Retired Member: $160; Nonmember: $479.
Risk and Entrepreneurship in Libraries: Seizing Oportunities for Change
Friday, January 11, 2008, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Libraries everywhere are facing challenges in adapting to the rapidly evolving information environment. The process of change involves a willingness to take risks and may offer opportunities for entrepreneurship. This ALCTS Midwinter symposium will examine risk taking and entrepreneurship in libraries in general, with an emphasis on collections and technical services. Examples of how libraries manage risks and how they engage in appropriate entrepreneurial activities will be provided.
Speakers: Marshall Keys, MDA Consulting; Rivkah Sass, Omaha Public Library; Mike Carroll, Villanova University School of Law; Regina Reynolds, Library of Congress; Scottie Cochrane, Denison College Library
Tickets: Advance: ALCTS member: $199; ALA member: $249; Student or Retired Member: $99; Nonmember: $299. Onsite: ALCTS member: $229; ALA member: $279; Student or Retired Member: $99; Nonmember: $329.
Teen Parents Raising Readers: Youth Services Staff Making It Happen
Friday, January 11, 2008, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
This training provides information, handson-activities, and techniques that will enable youth services/teen staff who do not have a strong knowledge of books for young children, knowledge of early literacy, or storytime programming experience to share early literacy information from the Every Child Ready to Read @your library® project in pregnant/parenting teen programs. Your programs will empower teens themselves with a better understanding of reading and will leave them with new ways to interact with their children that will also support later reading development. Registration includes materials and continental breakfast. Lunch will be on your own.
Speakers: Saroj Ghoting, early literacy consultant, Riner, VA; Maryann Mori, teen specialist librarian, Evansville, IN
Tickets: Advance: ALSC or YALSA member: $180; ALA Member: $225; Student or Retired Member: $120; Nonmember: $255. Onsite: $275.
The Complex Edifice: Analyzing Your Dream Library
Thursday and Friday, January 10-11, 2008, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Noted instructor William Sannwald will lead participants in learning to determine the functionality of a library facility, establish the capital investment needs, and develop operating and capital budgets. This course, which fulfills a core requirement for the Certified Public Library Administrator Program, is open to all interested librarians and facilities planners. CPLA candidates will receive resources for preparation for the onsite session, and are expected to complete assignments including a final project for evaluation.
Speaker: William Sannwald, library consultant
Tickets: LAMA member: $595; ALA member: $650; Student or Retired member: $350; Nonmember: $750.
Mission Possible: Practical Project Management
Friday, January 11, 2008, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Projects can finish on time, under budget, at the level of quality you desire, and with everyone still speaking. An effective planning process can ensure improvement in the management of special projects, ongoing multiple projects, and even personal time. Participants will learn how to identify and address the basic causes of project successes and failures involving management of personnel and resources, and correct underlying problems in existing projects.
Speaker: Pat Wagner
Tickets: LAMA member: $225; ALA member: $280; Student or Retired member: $135; Nonmember: $380.
User Centered Design: Design Process (Day 1) and Usability (Day 2)
Thursday and Friday, January 10-11, 2008, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Learn about design process for managing digital projects in libraries and usability theory and methodology. This workshop covers two days, and can be attended for either day, or both days. Day One focuses on design process. Staff skills and responsibilities, artifacts of the design process, and communication channels are addressed. Web technologies and standards are included as a framework. Day Two focuses on usability theory and methodology. Practice with usability technique and methods, information on additional types of test methods, and administrative issues are addressed.
Speakers: Brenda Reeb, University of Rochester Libraries; David Lindahl, University of Rochester Libraries
Tickets: Both Days: LITA member: $310; ALA member: $520; Nonmember: $720. One Day: LITA member: $180; ALA member: $285; Nonmember: $385.
Behind the Genealogy Reference Desk: From birth of a nation to the digital age
Friday, January 11, 2008, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Do you work with genealogy patrons? If so, you know that it can be challenging work assisting them. This institute will give you the skills you need to offer patrons great service by providing them with the best and most up-to-date genealogy information and resources. Historic Philadelphia will be the backdrop as you join other librarians in a quest for knowledge from the Colonial Age to the present and on to the future. Learn about early American documents, current web resources, and what we might expect in future resources.
Tickets: RUSA member: $95; ALA Member: $140; Nonmember: $215; Student or Retired member: $60.
Taking Teen Services to the Next Level
Friday, January 11, 2008, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
To kick off YALSA's 3-year advocacy campaign, YALSA is offering this institute at a special price! Did you know that the current generation of teens is the largest generation ever? This institute will give you the tools you need to advocate for the teens in your community. Get ideas on how to collaborate with community organizations to maximize outreach to teens, learn how to gain more support from administrators and library trustees, find out how to take advantage of funding opportunities, and sharpen your skills to show others in your library and community how to turn a challenge into an opportunity. Lunch is included.
Tickets: YALSA member: $100; ALA member: $125; Student or Retired member: $100; Nonmember: $150.
Orientation for Chapter Leaders
ALA Chapter Relations Committee
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 8:00 am–1:00 pm
This workshop includes information on: financial management of associations; how to further your commitment to diversity in your association; how chapter councilors work for the chapters; navigating your way through ALA. Join the "hot topic" discussions on board meetings, budgets, conference planning, diversity, legislative issues in Chapters, membership and working with staff. This event requires advance registration (not available onsite) and includes a full breakfast.
Tickets: ALA Member: $45; Nonmember: $65.
EMIERT Fundraiser Reception
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 7:30 pm–11:30 pm
Join us for our first ever EMIERT fundraiser. Our mission is to serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs. Your donation will help fund projects, institutes and workshops aimed on achieving our mission. We welcome current, returning and new members. Your participation will be the key to our success! For information about our fundraiser please contact Roberto C. Delgadillo at email@example.com.
Tickets: ALA member: $35; Student or Retired Member: $25; Nonmember: $40
ALTA President's Reception
Friday, January 11, 2008, 7:30–10:00 pm
Don't miss you chance to register for the 2008 ALTA President's Reception in Philadelphia. Tickets are $55, and advance registration is recommended, as seating is limited. Specific location information will be available in October and posed on the ALTA Website at www.ala.org/alta or please call ALTA at 800-545-2433, ext. 2161. Tickets: $55 (this is the correct price - the price that appears in the October issue of American Libraries is incorrect).
YALSA's Gaming Extravaganza
Friday, January 11, 2008, 8:00 pm –10:00 pm
YALSA's 3rd Annual Gaming Night is bigger and better than ever! Experienced gamers, beginners, as well as everyone in between will find something new in the world of online, video, and tabletop games. Participants will: Network with other young adult librarians over refreshments; See demonstrations and play video and tabletop games currently popular with teens; Hear from teens about what's hot and what's not in gaming; Learn about machinima and how to get it started in your library; Vote on submissions in YALSA's first build your own avatar contest; Take part in a video game contest.
Tickets: $40.
Gala Author Tea with Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (requires registration through the sponsoring group)
Monday, January 14, 2008, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Join Friends of Libraries U.S.A. as they host their traditional author panel. Best-selling writers will discuss their works and sign their books – some of which will be given away free and others generously discounted. Enjoy a light repast including finger sandwiches, sweets, and tea.
Tickets are available for $35 in advance ($30 for FOLUSA members) and available from Folusa.com, and $45 at the door.


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- BBC presenter Beccy Barr to leave job to become firefighter
- Ilhan Omar: Birmingham mural is an act of 'solidarity'
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Interesting situation. Is there a danger if you're only kiting in sideshore or side-onshore winds without any big obstacles?bnthere wrote:there gets to be a point where you need to decide if it is still a good idea to use a kite to get yourself into a situation that could be really hard to get out of without it.
I've noticed that 1-2 year old used kites seem to sell for about 70% of the retail price, whereas you can often find 1-2 year old new kites on closeout for nearly half off (sometimes more)... Not sure why that disparity exists? Do you guys worry about the history of used kites and whether there's a kiteastrophe waiting in the wings with used gear?I would keep my eyes opened for good deals on 1-2 yr old kites.There's alot of kiters who are addicted to the latest/greatest and turn their gear over every year or so.Always great deals available.
having flown the new rebels, I would say you would know the difference.wardr77 wrote:Been riding the same kites for a few years now, a 7, 13m Rev2 and a 10m 2010 Envy. They perform really well and I have no problems with them at all. My riding style is pretty basic, forward, back rolls, loops, transitions, boosts, freeride hooked in stuff mainly. The problem is that I'm finding myself constantly looking at new gear, love new kit as we all do, but can it be justified? If I sold my current kites I would probably get around £500. If I purchased new North Evos / Rebels for instance it would set me back £3000+. So the question is, is it really worth it? Would I feel that much of a difference in performance when compared with a freeride kite of 2009? I know the answer is probably to demo, but wondered whether anyone has any views before I go that route. Thanks
You're only getting 100 hours per kite before your kite's toast?OzBungy wrote:Buy three kites and ride them to death over 3 years. $6000/300 hours = $20 an hour.
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The Florida Everblades hockey team announced today that individual game tickets for the first two Everblades playoff games are on sale now to the general public.
The Everblades clinched a spot in the 2009 Kelly Cup playoffs by vitrue of their 4-1 win over Mississippi on Saturday night. The Everblades are the first team to secure a spot in the post season in the ECHL this year and currently hold the league's best record at 40-16-3.
Fans can purchase individual tickets for games "A" & "B" only, which will be Florida's first two home playoff games, once the Everblades' final finishing place in the standings is secured..
Fans will be able to purchase tickets for Games "A" & "B" by visiting the Germain Arena box office from Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., through TicketMaster by calling (800) 745-3000 or via the internet at www.ticketmaster.com.
Everblades season ticket holders who have purchased the Kelly Cup Playoff package will be notified in the next couple of weeks as to when their tickets will be available for pick up.
There are still individual tickets to all Everblades regular season home games available. Visit the Germain Arena box office or order online.
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The Everblades return to action on Friday, March 13 when they travel to Mississippi to take on the Sea Wolves at 8:05 p.m. from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The Everblades return home on Tuesday, March 17 when they host the Charlotte Checkers at 7:30 p.m. from Germain Arena.


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Taylor Swift Still Disapproves of Selena Gomez + Justin Bieber Dating, Dissed Him in Interview
Maybe Taylor Swift is bitter that Justin Bieber mericlessly punk'd her last year. Or maybe she's simply a really good friend to Selena Gomez and steadfastly disapproves of Jelena dating and/or reuniting and isn't hiding it. Or maybe she's mad that he beat her out for the Milestone Award. In any case, Swift further dissed the Biebs in an interview at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.
Swift was caught sticking her tongue out in disgust when Sel stopped to greet her ex with a kiss backstage at the awards ceremony in a video that was widely circulated. Now, interview footage from that night further indicates Swift's deeply developed disdain for the Biebs.
"Ohhh, you do not want to know!" Swift said when asked what she and her BFF Gomez were talking about that night. "You do not want to open that can of worms. Especially tonight."
Ouch. That sounds a bit harsh, right?
Biebs, grab a catcher's mitt so you can catch that shade that T. Swizzle is throwing. Or maybe you better duck, since she's aiming at the pretty haired head o' yours.
The reporter joked that the confessional Swift should write a song about things, and she said, "No, it's not [me] … I'm fine!"
We're dying to know the reason why Swift has turned on the Biebs so markedly. A Belieber, she is not.


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(WASHINGTON) — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office will release its analysis of the House-passed GOP health care bill next Wednesday afternoon, the agency announced on Twitter Friday.
The CBO's estimate will analyze the proposed impact of the legislation on the federal deficit and the number of people with health insurance.
Previous CBO reports on earlier versions of the bill projected that 24 million fewer people would have insurance over 10 years with the GOP bill compared to Obamacare.
The estimate also projected the legislation would lower the deficit by nearly $340 billion over 10 years through limiting federal subsidies and Medicaid spending.
The House passed the bill with one vote to spare earlier this month, but has yet to send the bill to the Senate.
"We just want to, out of an abundance of caution, wait to send the bill over to the Senate when we get the final score," House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said Friday in an interview with Hugh Hewitt.
If the CBO finds that the bill doesn't save at least $2 billion over 10 years, the Senate would need 60 votes to pass the bill, not the 51 GOP leaders and the White House are banking on through the reconciliation process.
If Republicans need to make any changes — which GOP leadership aides say is unlikely — it's easier to do that when the bill is still on the House side.
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By Bill Burleson
One of my guilty pleasures is reading various mens magazines. Not the centerfold kind, but the kind packed with useful articles about manly things, like how to get Six-Pack Abs!, Build Wealth Fast!, and Your Ultimate Cardio Plan!, not to mention plenty of pictures of handsome men and pretty women. Little bite-sized stories are typical in these magazines, and Ive noticed that many begin with the phrase, Researchers have found or Scientists say often without ever telling us who these researchers and scientists are, their methodology, or even where the study was published. Before I try downing olive oil to reduce my risk of colon cancer (if not my waist line), Id like to know if the study results have been reproduced, if it was a double-blind study, and if the researcher was reputable. Its not that I dont believe in scientific inquiry, I do. I think thats how we can most reliably find out about our world. But I do know that, at times, science also has let us down.
Take for example the relationship between cranial capacity and intelligence. In the mid-to-late 1800s, several scientists measured the cranial capacity of various races of humans. What they reported was that Caucasoids had the largest brains, Mongoloidswere next, and Negroids had the smallest, thus proving that white Europeans were the most intelligent. This was a very popular idea at the time for two reasons: it fit in with the new theories of Darwin, and it gave license to racists. Never mind there is no proof that brain size has much if anything to do with intelligence. In fact, it seems unlikely since this would mean whales are the most intelligent creatures on earth (or, if one prefers to look at percent of body weight, then its birds). Never mind that men, who are on average larger than women, would then be more intelligent (wait, a sec, they probably liked that aspect, too). Despite all that, physical anthropologists happily stuffed skull cavities with seeds to measure the space the brain took up and proved and what did they prove? Exactly what they wanted to prove.
Even accepting the premise that brain size and intelligence are related, the studies were deeply flawed. How? In this case, it appears a scientist consciously or unconsciously packed the seeds a little tighter in some skulls than in others. Another way would be to have a non-representative sample, as in this case where American Indian skulls were more likely to be those of women, and thus smaller.
This is what comes to mind for me when I read the study by Michael Bailey with Gerulf Rieger and Meredith L. Chivers of Northwestern University, Sexual Arousal Patterns of Bisexual Men, (2005 American Psychological Society). Here, it is popularly believed, Bailey proved there are no bisexual men.
As a bisexual man (having identified as bisexual for thirty-one years and a man for all of my forty eight years), lets just say the study caught my attention.
But it all started with a July 5, 2005 New York Times headline: Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited. The story by Benedict Carey said, a new study casts doubt on whether true bisexuality exists, at least in men. The Times article touched off a firestorm of controversy, from those whose long held beliefs were supported, to those arguing the importance of academic freedom, to those who were angered, appalled, offended, saddened, you name it.
Whats the real story? Could the study be right? Is Bailey trying to prove something with skulls and seeds? And, for that matter, did the New York Times get the headline right?
Here is the study in a nut shell: Bailey set 33 bisexual, 30 heterosexual, and 38 homosexual men in a room and showed them sexual films. Their arousal was measured through self-assessment and through measurement of circumference changes of their penis. The result? While the self-assessment found the predicted bisexual pattern, the penis measurements did not. We found no indication of a distinctly bisexual pattern of genital sexual arousal among bisexual men.
Simple enough. Whats wrong with that?
First, of the 101 men recruited for the study, about a third had no actual genital arousal, defined as measurable increases in penile circumference. Bailey elected to simply ignore that and focus on those with measurable responses. That brings up two questions in my mind: if increases in penile girth are the measure of sexuality, shouldnt the Times headline have read, New Study Reveals 1/3 Of Men Are Asexual? And less cheeky but more important, are 22 bisexual men a large enough study sample?
Next, the study subjects sexual orientation was determined by their ranking themselves on a Kinsey Sexual Attraction Scale, with zero being heterosexual and six homosexual. Bailey decided that everyone ranked greater than one and less than five was bisexual. One must ask: does that really make these men bisexual? What did these men call themselves?
Lets look at the results of the study according to their self-assessed Kinsey ranking. Bailey doesnt break it down for us, being more interested in putting the men in the three categories, but he does provide a graph with the data. The first thing one may notice is that there appear to be two men who were equally aroused by the male and female films. Interestingly, neither were in Baileys bisexual range: one was a Kinsey one and thus ranked as heterosexual, and the other a six, and put in the homosexual group. Also interesting, two of the twenty-five homosexual men were more stimulated by the films featuring women. Neither of these two outcomes was discussed in the article. In fact, considering three of the homosexual men were also attracted to women, perhaps the Times headline should have read: 12% of Gay Men are Bisexual.
Looking at the group that Bailey calls bisexual, it appears there were men spread across the scale, from a Kinsey 1.5 to 4.5. What were the results? In fact, the lower the number, the more they leaned toward being measurably aroused by the sexual films featuring two women, and the higher the number the more they leaned toward films featuring two men. One would think that to be the expected outcome. So why the headlines then? If the researcher was looking for a linear relationship between Kinsey ranking and arousal, threes equally attracted to men and women, fours a bit more to men, etc., thats not what they found. Instead, they are scattered around, with the middle ranges, 2.5 on up, leaning more toward the male films than the female. In total, three quarters of these bisexual men were more aroused by men, while the rest were more aroused by women.
Interestingly, the self-assessment of arousal showed the expected bisexual pattern, meaning what the men felt differed from what the penis meter detected. Perhaps instead of deciding that bisexual men werent self-aware enough to know how they feel, the researchers need to re-examine assumptions about expected sexual response to stimuli.
New Times headline: Sexual Attraction More Complex than Expected, Research Shows.
Another question that begs asking is the nature of the movies. The study used an 11 minute, non-sexual film, followed by four two-minute sexual films. Two of the sexual films showed two men in sexual situations, and the other two showed two women. On what evidence do they base the assumption that men who are attracted to women must enjoy woman-on-woman porn? For example, what if men generally enjoy porn more if it includes a man to identify with? Plus, is four minutes each really enough material to draw a conclusion? What if the women in the films werent especially attractive to those 22 men? Baileys assessment of attractive may well be different than mine, and with such a small sample, that may be important.
Something interesting that is discussed in the study but not included as part of the results, is that to some degree most of the men in the study were aroused by all of the sexual content. According to Bailey, This suggests that most men may possess a certain capacity for bisexual arousal, although the magnitude of this arousal is quite modest. Maybe the headline should read, All Men Are, to Some Degree, Bisexual, Study Finds.
For me the bottom line is that sexual attraction cannot be reliably measured in penile blood flow. Consider how complex attraction is. Its well known from the work of Fritz Klein that sexual orientation is informed by things like romantic attraction, sexual behavior, fantasy, community affiliation, and visual attraction, not all of which may be measured by a device on a subjects willy.
But what did Bailey really claim to have proved? At first, Bailey is cautious about his conclusions: "Male bisexuality appears primarily to represent a style of interpreting or reporting sexual arousal rather than a distinct pattern of genital sexual arousal." And "our results suggest that male bisexuality is not simply the sum of, or the intermediate between, heterosexual and homosexual orientation." But then he goes a step too far: "Indeed, with respect to sexual arousal and attraction, it remains to be shown that male bisexuality exists." While perhaps literally true in the world of these 22 men in lab rooms with penile girth-measuring devices, its certainly not true in the lives of millions of men who are bisexual. Finally, Bailey told the New York Times, "I am saying that in men there's no hint that true bisexual arousal exists, and that for men arousal is orientation." " for men arousal is orientation"? According to whom? What proof is offered of this?
In Sexual Arousal Patterns of Bisexual Men, the only conclusion I can draw is that Bailey and company ignored data that didnt fit their desired result, drew the wrong conclusions from the results they got, and then exaggerated those conclusions. In other words, Bailey stuffed a few more seeds into the skull, consciously or unconsciously, to make sure the results are as expected.
With science, part of the equation is for all of us to be a skeptical consumer. We cant look to the New York Times to always get it right, any more than we can be satisfied with researchers say
Left unasked is why does this study get so much mileage. Why did it warrant Gay, Straight, or Lying? We know why. Just like in the 1800s where there were plenty of people looking for support for their prejudices and happy to find some, there are plenty of people around now looking for proof people like me dont exist. The study not only reinforced the researchers pre-existing beliefs, but also gave people who hate bisexuals plenty of ammunition.
Well explore this more in part two, when we look at the media and the effects the study and stories about it have had, and find out that controversy isnt new for Michael Bailey.
Part 2 - http://main.bisexual.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4349
William Burleson is the author of Bi America: Myths, Truths and Struggles of an Invisible Community, from Haworth Press. In addition to being a columnist for Lavender Magazine in Minneapolis and a regular contributor to the Lambda Literary Report, Burleson essays about bisexuality have appeared in many publications. Burleson is currently the producer of a weekly Minneapolis cable access television show, BiCities!, has helped coordinate BECAUSE: the Midwest Conference on Bisexuality and the Eight International Conference on Bisexuality. He is a frequent speaker at college campuses, bookstores, and conferences. You can contact him at http://www.bi101.org.
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Ingredients : 1/2 cup Water, 1/2 cup Milk, 1 spoon Sugar, 1 1/4 spoon Tea Powder, 2 Lemon Grass leaves, Ginger, 5 Basil leaves
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Ask people in educational publishing about Apple's foray into e-textbooks, and you'll hear a consistent message: It's good for all of us--and good luck to Apple.
It's good for e-textbooks in general because "Every time Apple enters a market, that market gets attention," as Dan Rosensweig, CEO of textbook-rental firm Chegg, puts it. Widespread availability of e-textbooks on the iPad could help alert a lot of students, teachers, and parents who didn't know otherwise that such things exist.
And authoring tools like the just-released iBooks Author could help raise expectations about what's possible in such texts--things like interactivity, multimedia, and personalized content. "This could be where innovation in publishing comes from," says Sarah Rotman Epps, a senior analyst at Forrester Research.
Epps points out that there's no lack of digital content for schools; there are thousands of apps and e-texts available now. But much of that content wasn't optimized for digital; it's often the replica of a print original with a few digital enhancements. iBooks Author could help change that. In the process, it could also enable a new generation of developers who are currently locked out of the education publishing market.
"This democratizes production while it centralizes distribution," Epps said.
But if Apple's announcement worries existing e-textbook companies such as Chegg, Kno, or Inkling, they're not letting on. Those companies largely target the higher education market, while Apple seems to be focusing on elementary and high schools (at least at first). And the textbook market for K-12 schools is very different from its college counterpart.
For one thing, at the college level professors can pick and choose the texts they want to use. But in K-12, teachers don't have that freedom of choice. They have to use the texts their state and local school boards approve. And that approval process--combined with the sometimes cumbersome process of publishing in the iBooks ecosystem--could make it a hassle for publishers to adopt Apple's new platform. (One publisher we spoke to said that Apple's 30/70 revenue split with publishers--customary for magazines and apps--remains in force for textbooks.)
More important, for Apple's e-textbooks to succeed, there needs to be a critical mass of iPads in K-12 classrooms--and that isn't there yet. Apple might boast that 1.1 million iPads are in use in K-12 nationwide. But those tablets are divided unevenly among the country's more than 130,000 schools. And while Apple might boast about the low price of its textbooks, schools will still need to buy all of those iPads--not an easy thing in a time of constricted school funding.
Education publishers point out that they need to be able to make their content usable on a variety of platforms--not just the iPad. But the iBooks Author app won't enable them to do that.
"I have to be device-agnostic," says Bethlam Forsa, executive vice president of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, one of the companies highlighted during Thursday's press event as one of Apple's iBooks textbook partners.
Chegg CEO Rosensweig says his company uses HTML5 for its e-textbooks, which allows it to use a variety of authoring tools. HTML5 also supports a range of multimedia features, which are then viewable on a variety of devices. You can't say the same thing about the iBooks format introduced Thursday, which is limited to the iPad.
"The majority of devices out there certainly aren't iPads," he says, "and we need ubiquity across platforms."
And according to Inkling CEO Matt McInnis, iBooks Author isn't ideal for large-scale publishing companies. "It might be fine if the goal is to enable individuals to create ebooks," said MacInnis, "But it's not an industrial-strength product."


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The Avengers: Tech Used by Earth's Mightiest Heroes
And lo, there came a day when Earth's mightiest heroes came together to save the day. Today, May 4th, marks the U.S. release of what is sure to be one of the year's biggest movies (it's already grossed more than $250 million overseas), The Avengers. But this is not the first time these Marvel Super Heroes have come together. Avengers have been assembling in one form or another since September 1963, when the first line-up (including the Incredible Hulk) dealt with the machinations of Loki. In almost 50 years, the team has used or created so much amazing technology and if just one of these things were tangible, the world would be a very different place. They've also had their fair share of tech mishaps, but more on the scale of potential Armageddon than just a water-logged smartphone.
From weapons to vehicles to artificial intelligence, the Avengers have been at the forefront of super-heroic tech advances (along with their pals over in the Fantastic Four, who have a lot of tech to deal with too, including H.E.R.B.I.E. and the Fantasti-Car). Of course, it helps that two of the founding members of the Avengers are Tony Stark, head of Stark Industries, who also doubles as his own body-guard named Iron Man; and Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, a genius in sub-atomic particles and entomological communication, but not so great with robotic A.I. and an utter disaster at interpersonal relationships. (It's a shame only one of them is in the movie, because there's no way having a hero named Ant-Man who beats his wife would hurt the film, right? Maybe in the sequel.)
Between those two brains and an unlimited budget, plus help from S.H.I.E.L.D., the African country of Wakanda, and the occasionally happy accident, the Avengers have saved Earth on multiple occasions using some very cool technology. Here's our run down of the greatest inventions created by or for Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Iron Man, Thor, and the rest of the hundreds of heroes who've carried an Avengers ID card.
(All characters and images are copyright of Marvel.)
1 Quinjet
2 Captain America's Shield
3 Captain America's Energy Shield
4 Hawkeye's Sky-Cycle
5 Pym Particles
6 Insect Communication
7 Ultron
8 Vision
9 Falcon's Wings
10 Black Panther's Vibranium Suit
11 Black Window's Weapons
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Ongoing Value of Genealogy Conference Papers
In my 'spare' time, I have been compiling a list of all the conference papers presented at VAFHO (Victorian Association of Family History Organisations) conferences between 1995 and 2010. Conferences are usually held every two years but there are exceptions especially if the AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations) Congress is being held the same year.
I'm happy to say that I have finally completed the listing. Over the last few years I have managed to pick up copies of all of the proceedings except for two conferences. I had to borrow copies of those so that I could look at the papers as it is not always easy to work out what a paper is about simply from the title.
I finally settled on the following headings: name of paper, presenter, subject, place of conference, year of conference and the conference theme. I then put it all in subject order but I must say the subjects are very broad and I tried not to have too many. Where necessary I did list some papers under two subjects.
Why did I do this? Well I find that conference papers often have information and resources listed in them that are not readily found elsewhere. Of course, some papers do date very quickly but others are still as relevant today as there were when first written. After a conference everyone goes away totally motivated and excited but after a while, the proceedings end up on a bookshelf and may never be looked at again.
I would like to see more use made of these resources hence my listing and placing it online here for everyone to look at. Of course once you see a paper you want to read, you need to then find a copy of the proceedings or arrange for a copy via inter library loan. Ideally it would be good to see the proceedings all digitised and available in a single volume for sale. Or perhaps even online so that the papers can be directly linked to the digital copy.
At the next VAFHO committee meeting I will be reporting on the completion of my listing and raising the issue of how others can also access the articles easily. Either way I'm glad to tick a major item off my to do list! As always, I am happy to receive any feedback.
Thank you Shauna for doing this. It is an excellent resource. There are many gems in conference papers.
I totally agree about the value of conference papers. I've listed titles of papers from some other conferences, including AFFHO's Australasian Congresses, on my Web site.
Wow! A fantastic effort. I'm sure many of us will benefit from this work. Thanks
I was able to finally read the paper you presented at 'The Border and Beyond' conference at Yarrawonga in 2010 on 'Family History on the Cheap'. Unfortunately I missed your talk whilst on the trade stand for the genealogy program GenP. Fortunately the papers were all available on CD ROM.
Great effort. As far as publishing the various papers, I would expect that permission would be needed from the authors/presenters. Perhaps this could be looked at for the upcoming AFFHO conference. Sites/companies such as Lulu.com could be considered to publish the papers in in various formats as well as print on demand. How do other professional organisations organise and make available their archives of conference papers?


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By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
This subject may not be as bad as it seems at first, yet it may be much, much worse. I thought that we all knew the facts about the HIV virus which gives rise to AIDS when I asked Dr. Devananda Tandavan to write in his monthly health column on page seven a simple presentation without all the big words for young readers. As most of our readers already know, Dr. Tandavan is a retired eminent member of the American Medical Association and specialist in nuclear medicine and radiation. His expertise extends into other fields--Reiki and astrology to name just two.
Why did a spiritual paper ask Dr. T. (as we lovingly call him) to write about AIDS? I postulated that everyone else is writing about it, so why shouldn't we. It was as simple as that. AIDS-related deaths have become more and more a deep concern to Hindus. Just a few months back UNICEF called Hinduism Today to ask us to participate in on-going AIDS research and education for India, of which pitifully little is presently known. We are now working with them.
Dr. T. had already done his homework on the subject, and in only a few weeks a series of four articles arrived. We read them with great surprise and alarm. He has brought forward issues seldom discussed in the media, facts which remain tightly guarded by the government and its medical departments. Facts that will no doubt shock you, as they should. Facts very few people know much about. Some say that much of the news about HIV and AIDS has been suppressed by special interest groups who are making megabucks from this human tragedy. We shall begin with the first of Dr. T.'s four-part series in this issue.
Like you, I had been told again and again that the AIDS epidemic, I call it the plague, started in Africa. Now we find that may be a convenient deception for a terrible mistake. Dr. T.'s columns these next four months will raise some difficult questions. Was AIDS man-made? Is there a cover-up at the highest levels of the medical community? Is it only transmitted through "unsafe sex"? Is any sex safe? Can simple kissing transmit the plague to a loved one? Husband to wife, mothers to their children? Will 75% of the world's population be dead from this no-cure virus in 25 years? Is it the unthinkable solution to many of the world's problems, such as over population, global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer, pollution of all kinds, terrorism and food shortages?
Hindus do not have to justify a doomsday, as we know life is eternal and that all that happens is the great divine plan. Even AIDS! What we do have to concern ourselves with, however, is our responsibility to pass on what we know to the next generation--so there will be a next generation. We do need to know more facts so that we can respond intelligently to the questioning modern youth who will not listen to advice unless they know the reasons why. If Dr. T.'s words are right, even in part, our kids need to hear a new message about AIDS, one that no one is telling them. They need to know it is potentially more dangerous, more easily acquired, more terribly prevalent than they imagine. Knowing the facts, and confirming them for themselves, they will be able to protect themselves from potential tragedy. In fact, entire Hindu communities will do well to take heed, hear the new message that just a simple kiss on the first date may be all it takes to get AIDS. If this is true, and much else that Dr. T. discusses, then our kids need to know it.
Of course, this is not humanity's first plague, and though it has the potential to be our worst, so far it's not the biggest. Unlike AIDS, most plagues and epidemics, I was told, involve rats. The real disease is raging through large populations of rats, and people catch it from fleas that live on the rats. Such plagues can be awesome in their power to kill. Around 542-558 bce a plague in the Mediterranean area killed uncounted millions. It is recorded that one-half the city of Constantinople died, at the rate of 7,500 persons a day in that city alone.
In the 1300s there occurred the infamous "Black Plague." It began in Central Asia, was carried by rats on boats to Europe, killing one-fourth of the entire population of the Continent--about 25 million--and uncounted millions in other areas. In the mid-1800s in China 20 million people died of this same disease. In 1917-1919 an influenza epidemic killed 13 million in India, 500,000 in the USA and millions in Africa and Europe. Total deaths were estimated at 25 million.
Those are frightening numbers, but they could be exceeded by AIDS. Some have no doubt this will happen. Please read Dr. T.'s next four health columns carefully, and discuss them with the youth. If they want more information, have them read William Campbell Douglas' book AIDS: Why it's much worse than they're telling us and how to protect yourself and your loved ones, 1993, by Second Opinion Publishing (USA) and similar books available at your local bookstores. To know more of UNICEF's AIDS prevention programs for women and teenagers, write to Health Promotion Unit, UNICEF, 3 UN Plaza, New York, New York, 10017.
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