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The annual workshop at Camp Waskowitz in North Bend, Wash., is coordinated by Washington Outdoor Women (WOW), a non-profit program dedicated to teaching women outdoor skills and natural resource stewardship. WOW, now in its 16th year, is an educational outreach program of the Washington Wildlife Federation.
Instructors will offer 20 different classes on outdoor skills such as archery, freshwater fishing, fly fishing, kayaking, big-game hunting, wild edibles, map and compass reading, wilderness First Aid, survival skills, outdoor photography and more.
Several WDFW staff members serve as volunteer instructors for the event, including biologists Laura Till and Susan Cierebiej, who teach map and compass skills, and Stacie Kelsey, who teaches basic freshwater fishing.
In all, 32 instructors volunteer their time and expertise at this WOW workshop to help women re-connect with the outdoors.
Workshop participants must be at least 18 years old and must have a current Washington recreational fishing license to participate in the fishing and fly-fishing sessions.
The workshop fee of $250 includes the weekend's instruction, lodging, meals and use of all necessary equipment. Partial scholarships, provided by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, are available for first-time participants.
To learn more about WOW and the workshop and to download the registration form, visit the WOW website at www.washingtonoutdoorwomen.org or contact Director Ronni McGlenn at (425) 455-1986.


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So it goes without saying that Califf and the rest of his Union teammates have their work cut out for them on Thursday when the Eastern Conference's best team, the Columbus Crew, visits PPL Park for the first time.
Sporting an impressive record of 10-4-4, the Crew have been dominating teams every time they play and haven't gone more than three matches without a win all season. They are also third in the league in scoring and fourth in goals allowed.
Califf is looking forward to the challenge.
"It's a good opportunity for us at the midpoint in the season," Califf said after training on Wednesday. "We'll use Columbus as a measuring stick. They're one of the best teams in the league right now. We believe we could have got more points against New England, but Columbus will be a completely different animal.
"They're going to look to play much more than New England did. They aren't just going to sit back and knock it forward. It's really going to be a good match and a good test."
Scoring and good defense are just the beginning, though. The Crew are a very deep team who posses the ball well and control the flow of their matches. For Califf though, stopping their dead ball opportunities and shutting down a certain Argentine maestro will be the keys.
"They're very good on set pieces with both [Chad] Marshall and [Andy] Iro," Califf said. "[Guillermo Barros] Schelotto floats in the middle and finds really good spots. When he gets the ball and is able to face our goal with a little bit of time, he can put some really passes through defenses into seams.
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The Union have been playing well of late, and Califf emphasized that the team needs to keep up the good work and the results will start to come—especially if they can put the shackles on Schelotto.
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"Reba is the most successful female country performer of her generation, and a major influence on many of the female recording artists who have followed her," said Museum Director Kyle Young. "Her achievements and accolades are almost too numerous to mention: She has sold more than 40 million records, charted nearly 60 Top Ten singles and 24 #1 hits, and been honored with nearly 50 major awards, including two Grammy awards, the Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year award and the Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year award; she is also one of only four entertainers in history to receive the National Artistic Achievement Award from the U.S. Congress. And, of course, she was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011.
"It's impossible to overstate Reba's impact on country music, and her contributions go well beyond recording," Young continued. "She heightened production values for country concerts, adding elaborate stages, video screens and multiple costume changes. Such innovations are now de rigueur on the tours of top country artists. Furthermore, through her work on Broadway, in film, and as the star of two television comedies, Reba has helped to heighten and expand the profile of country music, lifting all boats in her magnificent wake. We are looking forward to telling the rich, inspiring and always entertaining story of one of country music's brightest lights."
Reba Nell McEntire was born in McAlester, Oklahoma. on March 28, 1955, and grew up in Chockie, Oklahoma, on a cattle ranch, traveling regularly to rodeos with her father, champion calf roper Clark McEntire. Influenced by their mother, Jackie, who was a talented singer, Reba and her siblings Pake and Susie began performing as the Singing McEntires while in high school.
In 1974, Reba sang the national anthem at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City; cowboy singer Red Steagall heard her and financed a recording session, which led to her signing with Mercury Records in 1975. Reba began releasing singles in 1976, and two years later she scored her first Top 20 hit with "Three Sheets in the Wind," a duet with Jacky Ward. In 1980, she notched her first Top 10 single, "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven," and garnered her first #1s in 1982–83 with "Can't Even Get the Blues" and "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving."
After a move to MCA Records in 1983, Reba took more control of her career and material and, over the next decade, produced a slew of now-classic country hits including "How Blue," "Somebody Should Leave," "Whoever's in New England," "The Last One to Know" and many more. A series of groundbreaking headliner tours to support her hits consolidated Reba's status as a music superstar. During this time, music videos became an important vehicle for reaching fans; Reba's clip for "Whoever's in New England" sparked an interest in acting, and in 1990 she appeared in her first film, Tremors. She went on to appear in 10 more films, to date.
In March 1991, Reba suffered a personal tragedy when seven members of her band, her road manager, and the pilot and co-pilot of a chartered private jet were killed in a plane crash. Reba took an extended break from touring and recorded the album For My Broken Heart. The record, which contained a handful of hits, including the title song, "Is There Life Out There" and "The Greatest Man I Never Knew," became one of her best sellers.
Throughout the 1990s, Reba continued her chart success: Her many hits during the decade include "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill), "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) and "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."
In January 2001, Reba stepped into the title role of the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun. Her bravura portrayal garnered universal critical acclaim, with the New York Times hailing the performance as "without qualification the best performance by an actress in a musical comedy this season." Fans of musical theater agreed, as the show was sold out through most of Reba's five-month run.
From 2001 to 2007, Reba starred in her own hit comedy series, Reba. When the show ended, she refocused her efforts on touring and recording; in 2008, she left MCA Records and signed with Valory Music Group, a subsidiary of Big Machine Records. Her first album for the label, Keep on Loving You, was released in August 2009; it debuted at #1 on both the Billboard country chart and the all-genre Billboard 200 album chart and featured the #1 single "Consider Me Gone."
A savvy businesswoman, in 1988 Reba founded Starstruck Entertainment, a multi-dimensional corporation encompassing booking, management, music publishing, a recording studio and transportation services. In 1989, she married her manager, Narvel Blackstock; he continues to oversee Starstruck's many enterprises.
Although Reba was awarded country music's highest honor in 2011 with her election to the Country Music Hall of Fame, her career shows no signs of slowing down: She is currently starring in the ABC comedy Malibu Country; her most recent album, All the Women I Am, spawned the #1 hit "Turn on the Radio."
Reba: All the Women I Am will be accompanied by an ongoing series of programs throughout the exhibit's duration.
Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum's mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the foundation also operates CMF Records, the museum's Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, Historic RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print®.
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ARRA Outreach
On April 13, Secretary Duncan announced $108.8 million in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The funding includes $39.6 million in 180 Impact Aid Construction Grants for communities with military bases, Indian reservations, and federal property that do not generate local tax revenues, and $69.2 million in 52 Homeless Children and Youth Grants to help states and school districts meet the educational and related needs of homeless students. "Given our difficult economic circumstances, it's very important that targeted communities and at-risk populations benefit immediately from the ARRA," he said. "These [types of] investments will create jobs and boost local economies, while also helping raise student achievement."
Then, this week, the Secretary announced the approval of the first round of state stabilization funding for three states: California, South Dakota, and Illinois. The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund will help save hundreds of thousands of teacher jobs at risk of state and local budget cuts and lay the foundation for a generation of education reform. To receive funding, governors must submit an application providing assurances that they will collect, publish, analyze, and act on basic information regarding, among other items, annual student improvements, college readiness, the quality of classroom teachers, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, and interventions in turning around under-performing schools. States are also required to report on the number of jobs saved, the amount of state and local tax increases averted, and how funds are being used. The Department has pledged to release funding within two weeks after receiving acceptable state applications. (Note: Approved state applications are posted online).
Detailing the three states, nearly $4 billion in state stabilization funding is now available for California. To date, California had received $1.3 billion in total ARRA fundingrepresenting a combination of funds under Title I ($562 million), special education ($660 million), vocational rehabilitation ($28 million), independent living ($5 million), Impact Aid ($1.5 million), and homeless education ($14 million). Similarly, $85.4 million in state stabilization funding is now available for South Dakota, with $38 million in ARRA funding awarded to date, and $1.4 billion in state stabilization funding is now available for Illinois, with $500 million in ARRA funding awarded to date.
Achievement Gap Report
Also this week, Secretary Duncan addressed education leaders from across the country on the release of "The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools," a new report from McKinsey & Company. This report examines the dimensions of four gaps in education: (1) between the U.S. and other nations, (2) between African-American and Hispanic students and white students, (3) between students of different income levels, and (4) between similar students schooled in different regions or systems. It finds, notably, "The persistence of these educational achievement gaps imposes on the U.S. the economic equivalent of a permanent national recession." The Secretary encouraged attendees to "turn this great crisis into an opportunity." Specifically, he cited the importance of longitudinal data systems (funded by the ARRA) in creating transparency, connecting data to outcomes, and creating systemic change.
Note: "Cities in Crisis: Closing the Graduation Gap," prepared by the America's Promise Alliance, shows the average high school graduation rate of the 50 largest cities (52.8%) is well below the national average of 70.6%.
Financial Aid Study
The Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) recently released initial results from the 2008 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. This study supplies the most comprehensive and up-to-date look at postsecondary student characteristics and student financial aid for the 2007-08 school year. Some findings:
- Almost two-thirds (66%) of all undergraduates received some type of financial aid. For those receiving such aid, the total average amount was $9,100.
- 52% of all undergraduates received grant aid, and more than one-third (38%) obtained student loans. The average grant amount was $4,900, and the average loan amount was $7,100.
- 47% of all undergraduates received some type of federal student aid. About one-fourth (28%) received an average of $2,800 in federal Pell Grants, and more than one-third (35%) obtained an average of $5,100 in federal student loans.
- Among undergraduates financially dependent on their parents, 28% came from families with incomes under $40,000, and another 28% came from families with incomes of $100,000 or more.
- Nearly three-fourths (74%) of all graduate students received some type of financial aid, with an average amount of $17,600.
Also: QuickStats, a new NCES data tool, makes several postsecondary education datasets easily accessible to the public.
Practice Guide
A new practice guide from the What Works Clearinghouse, "Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools," offers eight recommendations to help educators use RtI for the early detection, prevention, and support of students struggling with this core subject. The guide also describes how to carry out the recommendations, as well as how to overcome potential roadblocks in implementing them. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel concluded that all students should receive preparation in math from an early age to ensure their later success in algebra.
New Appointments
Secretary Duncan has announced the appointment of Peter Groff as Director for the Department's Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center, Robert Shireman as Deputy Under Secretary of Education, and Massie Ritsch as Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Outreach. Groff will help empower faith-based and community groups, enlisting them in support of the agency's mission "to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence for all Americans." He is currently President of the Colorado Senate, where he has served since 2003. He also co-hosts and produces a policy talk show on Sirius/XM satellite radio, entitled "The New School," and both lectures and works at the University of Denver. Prior to his time in elected office, he was a senior advisor to Denver Mayor Wellington Webb. Shireman will advise the agency on college financial issues and higher education initiatives. An expert on college access and student financial aid, he previously served as a congressional appointee to the federal Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, an aide to U.S. Senator Paul Simon, and as part of President Bill Clinton's White House National Economic Council. He is also founder of the Institute for College Access and Success and the affiliated Project on Student Debt. Ritsch will oversee agency outreach to education associations, foundations, and think tanks. Prior to joining the Department, he was communications director at the Center for Responsive Politics, where, among other duties, he oversaw the organization's award-winning web siteOpenSecrets.org. He has also served as vice president of Sugerman Communications Group in Los Angeles and as a reporter covering local education issues for the Los Angeles Times.
Civic Renewal
On April 21, President Obama signed into law the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. Appropriately, at the signing event at the SEED School in Washington, D.C., the President issued a call to service. "I ask every American to make an enduring commitment to serving your community and your country in whatever way you can. Visit whitehouse.gov to share your stories of service and success. And together, we will measure our progress, not just in the number of hours served or volunteers mobilized, but in the impact our efforts have on the life of this nation." More Information.
Also: In recognition of their work with the community, 25 public school teachers were recently named as 2009 MetLife Foundation Ambassadors in Education by the National Civic League.
Quote to Note
"Yesterday, many Americans paused to remember the senseless death of 32 students at Virginia Tech in 2007. Today, many Americans will honor the Day of Silence called for on behalf of victims of harassment and bullying around issues of sexual orientation, including a recent suicide who would have turned 12 today. On Monday, we will memorialize the Columbine High School victims of a decade ago. Through these painful remembrances, we must all acknowledge our collective role and responsibility in preventing student deaths and ensuring that our schools and universities remain safe havens of learning."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (4/17/09), on the agency's blog
Upcoming Events
Remember: April 27-May 1 is School Building Week 2009, a week-long celebration of school facilities, including a School of the Future Design competition, Healthy Schools Day, a historic look at schools through children's eyes, a focus on excellent schools that serve as centers of community, and a variety of national, state, and local events. (Note: A fact sheet on school modernization under the ARRA is posted online.)
Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress' (NAEP) long-term assessment are scheduled to be released on April 28, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The Department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) will be hosting its national conference August 3-5 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in Prince George's County, Maryland (approximately 10 minutes from downtown Washington, D.C.). The conference will address issues related to crisis planning; health, mental health, and physical education; alcohol, drug, and violence prevention; character and civic education; scientifically-based programs; and more. This event is free, but register early as space is limited.
Over the next two weeks, the Department will exhibit at the National Council on Educating Black Children National Convention in Rockville, MD (April 29-May 2), the Asian American Youth Leadership Conference in Portland, OR (May 1), and Public Service Recognition Week in Washington, D.C. (May 7-10). If you are attending any of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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TUSCALOOSA | Softball is a game of sacrifice.
For the 10th-seeded University of Alabama on Saturday at Rhoads Stadium, those sacrifices came in the form of fly balls and bunts.
The Crimson Tide scored three runs on sacrifice flies and executed two perfect sacrifice bunts in a 7-6 victory over Western Kentucky in the semifinal round of the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional.
TUSCALOOSA | Softball is a game of sacrifice.
For the 10th-seeded University of Alabama on Saturday at Rhoads Stadium, those sacrifices came in the form of fly balls and bunts.
The Crimson Tide scored three runs on sacrifice flies and executed two perfect sacrifice bunts in a 7-6 victory over Western Kentucky in the semifinal round of the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional.
A matchup of aces Jackie Traina for Alabama and Emily Rousseau for Western Kentucky turned into a slugfest, and the difference was Alabama's ability to turn outs into runs.
Before the sacrifices in games came hours of sacrifice in practice. Alabama (44-13) came into the weekend with just 18 sac flies and 31 sac bunts but worked to improve on that part of its game going into the postseason.
"We've been talking about sacrifice flies this week and practicing it," said senior outfielder Kayla Braud, who had one of the run-scoring sac flies. "My thought process is, 'I'm not taking the biggest cut possible, it's just getting it out of the infield is the main thing.' "
Alabama utilized its speed to take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Braud got a leadoff slap single and stole second. Haylie McCleney drew a walk and Braud stole third. McCleney then stole second, and an errant throw by the Western Kentucky catcher scored Braud. First baseman Jadyn Spencer's single drove in the second run.
The Hilltoppers tied the game on outfielder Katrina Metoyer's two-run home run in the second and took a 5-2 lead when Metoyer hit a bases-loaded triple in the third.
Alabama answered in the bottom of the third, and that's when the sacrifices started to come into play.
Alabama loaded the bases on two singles and an error. Courtney Conley drew a walk to bring in a run and shortstop Danae Hays hit a sacrifice fly to deep left field to make it 5-4. A walk loaded the bases again and freshman outfielder Andrea Hawkins drove an RBI single to right field to tie the game. Braud put Alabama ahead 6-5 with a sac fly to center.
"I preach it all the time," Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said of the sacrifices. "It's a good thing."
Western Kentucky (42-17) tied the game on Preslie Cruce's RBI single in the top of the sixth, but Alabama made more sacrifices to retake the lead.
Hawkins, who had put down a sac bunt in the second that didn't lead to a run, slapped a single to shortstop to lead off the inning. Braud followed with her own infield single and McCleney moved the runners into scoring position with her sac bunt. Molly Fichtner lifted a ball to center field for a sac fly, allowing Hawkins to tag up and score from third to put Alabama in the lead for good.
"We worked on (the little things) all week," said Hawkins, who went 2-for-2. "If you sacrifice bunt, you advance the runner and keep the inning going and put the runner in scoring position.
"That's how things get done."
Traina gave up six runs on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts in five innings. Leslie Jury (18-7) was the winner in relief, allowing one hit with three strikeouts in two innings. Western Kentucky's Rousseau (25-7) took the loss, giving up seven runs (four earned) on eight hits with just one strikeout.
Alabama will play in today's final starting at 1 p.m. UA will have to lose twice to be eliminated and can advance to the super regional round with one victory.
Reach Tommy Deas at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 205-722-0224.


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Dudes. Dudettes. You know how reading is totally sweet and all? Well. It's about to get even sweeter, because it's with extreme excitement that I make this obnoxiously huge-type announcement:
CakeSpy got a book deal!
It's true. In what can only be described as a very good decision, Seattle's totally rad Sasquatch Books (the publisher of such gems as Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home by Lara Ferroni and The Newlywed Kitchen by Ali Basye and Lorna Yee) has taken this sweet spy under their wing to create what I'm sure my mom will tell you is "the best book ever".
And to sweeten the deal, I actually get to work with the people at the publishing house, in person: the Sasquatch offices are within walking distance from my house, and there happens to be a good bakery along the way.
But enough about me, let's talk more about my book. It's gonna be called Seeking Sweetness: CakeSpy Presents Recipes for a Sugar-Filled Life. And well, in case you hadn't figured it out from the title, it's going to be full of recipes--featuring some of my more deliciously decadent, butter-and-sugar packed ones, as well as plenty witty repartee and tons of illustrations of cupcakes, cookies, pies (they're so hot right now) as well as magical creatures such as unicorns, bunnies, and maybe a robot or two for good measure.
And there will be pictures! OMG, there will be pictures of these over-the-top desserts, taken by the lovely and amazing Clare Barboza, and styled by the multi-talented (I suspect she's a genius) Autumn Martin. Additional photos will be taken by the incredibly talented and awesome Rachelle Longe of Sasquatch Books. I can only imagine that it will be a departure from the usual food photo shoot to take pictures of things like Cadbury Creme Eggs Benedict.
And it's going to be out later on this year, in time for the holidays. So start saving your pennies, because you'll want to buy one for every single person you know.
Basically, it's going to be the best thing to happen to butter and sugar since flour (but don't worry, I'm not getting a big head about it or anything).
Stay tuned for more information about this exciting project! Thank you to everyone who already has supported this great adventure (I'm looking at you, Mr. Spy, SpyMom, Gail Fortune, Jennifer Pooley, to name a few!) and to everyone who undoubtedly will help with the rest of the process!


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New Jersey Couple Aids Hunt for Gas with Twitter
(CHERRY HILL, N.J.) -- Anna Sandler and and husband Michael started the Twitter handle @njgas earlier this year to alert fellow New Jersey residents to cheap gas they spotted in their travels. But after finding they were broadcasting to less than 50 people, the couple gave up.
Fast forward to this past Thursday when it was clear that the lack of power caused by Hurricane Sandy was contributing to a gas shortage in New York and New Jersey. That's when the Sandlers noticed people started following their handle.
"We picked up, like, 500 followers," Anna said. "People wanted to know about gas, but this time it was about where it was and the lines, not how cheap it was."
It was their calling.
Since then, the two, who live in Maplewood but have been headquartered out of Michael's parents house near Cherry Hill with their three kids since they lost power, have been taking turns manning the Twitter handle. They have helped clarify the New Jersey gas rationing rules, they have retweeted intelligence about lines at certain gas stations and they've warned those looking to fill up cans that gas stations might turn them away if they don't bring a red canister.
As some in the state have panicked, scrambling around for gas stations with lights on before their tanks hit empty, the Sandlers have been an unexpected comfort to those inconvenienced by the effect of the storm.
"I think we've proven that you don't have to go to Staten Island and other hard hit areas to help out," Anna Sandler said. "We're hoping to make a difference from the warmth of the home we're in."
In just a couple days, the @njgas handle has accumulated more than 6,000 followers, partly because Anna Sandler is good at what she does. She co-owns a social media firm called Sandler Wald that helps out small businesses in New Jersey.
The Sandlers quickly became experts at the science of finding gas and spreading the information. Stop at gas stations in-town instead of at highly trafficked rest stops. Be wary of information, especially supposed news of gas truck deliveries, many of which don't pan out. And don't be afraid to do what most never do, tip the attendants.
The Twitter handle quickly filled a niche.
Besides Hess, which tweeted out gas inventory volume at its locations every two hours, the big brands weren't doing anything to help and clarification about the gas rationing rules in New Jersey wasn't easy to find.
Anyone following @njgas realized that if they had an odd number license plate and gas was allowed that day for odd numbers, they had to make sure they got to the front of the line before the clock struck midnight.
"We tried to make sure that people knew the rules before they waited for hours in line," Anna Sandler said. "A lot of people got on line and didn't realize that they could only pay cash."
The handle also served individual requests by retweeting people looking for help.
"I would follow the thread and sometimes you'd see 10 or 12 people help give that person some information," she said.
After a tense weekend filled with hour-long or longer lines at gas stations across the state, more areas are having their power restored and the gas is becoming more plentiful.
It's possible that there will be no need for @njgas by this Wednesday or Thursday.
Said Anna Sandler: "I'd be thrilled. I don't have time to do this all day."
Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio


text: |Recently I had the experience of co-facilitating a group along with a very experienced and skillful facilitator. I found that my response time was lagging, and that she would often jump in to the group discussion before I had formulated my question or comment to the group. I talked to her about the 30-second-delay I was experiencing, and she said that she used to have a 5-minute delay! She had attained her swiftness in response to the group by what Donald Schoen calls "Reflection-in-Action". In his book, The Reflective Pracitioner (1983) Schoen describes how through a feedback loop of experience, learning and practice, we can continually improve our work and become a 'reflective practitioner'. The skilled facilitator was improvising, much like Schoen wrote about conversation, "In a good conversation–in some respects predictable and in others not–participants pick up and develop themes of talk, each spinning out variations on her repertoire of things to say. Conversation is collective verbal improvisation. At times it falls into conventional routines…which develop according to a pace and rhythm of interaction that the participants seem, without conscious deliberation, to work out in common within the framework of an evolving division of labor. At other times there may be surprises, unexpected turns of phrase or directions of development to which participants invent on-the-spot responses."


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Relying solely on a diet of newspaper or television reports is not, in general, an ideal way to learn about what goes on in science.
Almost by definition, science news dwells on the exceptional: the rare advances that promise (even if they do not succeed) to make a difference to our lives, or our view of the universe. But while it is always fair to confront any research with the question "so what?" and while you can hardly expect everyone to be interested in the mundane or the obscure, the fact is that behind much of what scientists do lies a good, and often extraordinary, story.
Yet unless they happen to stumble upon some big advance (or at least, an advance that can be packaged and sold as such), most of those stories are never told.
These studies languish beneath the forbidding surface of papers published by specialised journals, and you would often never guess from their baffling titles that they have any connection to anything useful, or that they harbour anything to spark the interest of more than half a dozen specialists in the world. This column aims to redress some of the balance by unearthing some of those buried treasures and explaining why they are worth polishing.
One reason why much of the interesting stuff gets overlooked is that good ideas rarely answer all of the important questions at once. Many projects are ignored or passed over because they have not reached the point where they cross a reporter's 'significance threshold', and then when the work finally gets to a useful point, it is deemed unworthy of coverage because much of it has been published already. As a result, science is presented as a succession of breakthroughs, with little indication of the difficulties that lie between fundamental research and viable applications, or between a smart idea and a proof that it is correct.
Bug-killing film
Take a recent report by Shaoyi Jiang – a chemical engineer at the University of Washington in Seattle – and his colleagues in the journal Angewandte Chemie. They have created an antimicrobial polymer coating which can be switched between a state in which it kills bacteria - eliminating 99.9% of sprayed-on E. coli - and one where it shrugs off the dead cells and resists the attachment of new ones. That second trick is a valuable asset for a bug-killing film, since even dead bacteria can trigger inflammation.
They had already achieved this three years ago, but there is a key difference within their latest paper. Before, the switching was a one-shot affair: once the bacteria were killed and removed, you could not get the bactericidal film back. If the bacteria then returned, you would be in trouble.
This is why the researchers continued their labours to make their films fully reversible, which they have achieved with some clever chemistry. They created a polymer layer sporting molecular "hairs" like a carpet, with each hair ending in a ring-shaped molecule that is deadly to bacteria. If the surface is moistened with water, the ring springs open, transformed into a molecular group to which bacteria cannot easily stick. Just add a weak acid – acetic acid, basically vinegar – and the ring snaps closed again, regenerating a bactericidal surface as potent as before.
This work fits with a growing trend to make materials 'smart' – able to respond to changes in their environment. There was a time when a single function was all you got: a non-adhesive "anti-fouling" film, say, or one that resists corrosion or reduces light reflection, which is handy for solar cells. But increasingly, we want materials that do different things at different times or under different conditions: for instance, materials that can be switched between transparent and mirrored, or between water-wettable and water-repelling. There is now a host of such protean substances that might be equipped for these tasks.
Another attraction of Jiang's coating is that these switchable molecular carpets can in principle be coated on to a wide variety of different surfaces, including metal, glass and plastics. The researchers say that it could be used on hospital walls, or on the fabric of military uniforms to combat biological weapons. That sort of promise is generally where journalism stops, and the hard work of turning this neat idea into reliable, safe and affordable mass-produced materials really begins.
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Issue: Hardware mute button
I am running Lubuntu 12.10 and overall working great. The volume up/down work correctly but when you press the hardware mute button it stays muted on the OS (you have to manually unclick mute). Ideas?
This is a guide to running Linux with the HP EliteBook 8530P laptop.
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|HP EliteBook 8530P
|Intel Core 2 Duo
|15.4" WXGA & WSXGA+ Widescreen
|1GB to 4GB
|120GB to 320GB
|Optical Drive
|DVD+-RW or Blu-ray
|ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
|Ethernet, 802.11abgn. Bluetooth
|Works partly
|ACPI needs ACPI=ht Boot-Parameter You need to switch off "Fan Always on while on AC Power"
|Optical Drive
|With ATI proprietary driver
|Need options snd-hda-intel model=laptop
|Must be activated in Windows
|56K Modem
|Not Tested
|Not Tested
|Card Reader
|ExpressCard Slot
|Fingerprint Reader
|Not Tested
You can enter any specific notes with running Linux on the HP EliteBook 8530P here.
Notes on Model FU617AW and set BIOS AHCI to SATA
Wireless instructions: Detailed info: http://wiki.debian.org/iwlagn
Ethernet trouble (e1000e): Kernel Bug 12303 (in 2.6.27 and potentially others).
Workarounds (doing one of both is enough)
1) Kernel parameter: ACPI=OFF
2) Kernel config CONFIG_DMAR ⇒ unset
HDD trouble: Consider setting the BIOS option AHCI to IDE or compile your kernel with SATA_AHCI
Graphics: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Debian_Installation_Guide
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Issue: Hardware mute button
I am running Lubuntu 12.10 and overall working great. The volume up/down work correctly but when you press the hardware mute button it stays muted on the OS (you have to manually unclick mute). Ideas?
Just as a curiosity from last two posts, have you switch off "Fan always on while on AC power" in the BIOS ?
I can confirm this laptop to work flawlessly with linux as of april 2011.
I have installed openSUSE 11.4 on it. All the known issues work, like wireless, suspend/resume, Fn keys, good graphics through 'radeon' driver, fan works ok, sound, HDMI out, etc etc.
I just updated ubuntu 10.04 and everything works just fine. Except that as soon as I open the browser the computer overheats, very quickly to over 90 and the CPU goes high wired. The result I can't do anything else. Does anybody have similar issues and if so, how were they resolved?
I'm seriously thinking of replacing the HP for something completely different. Suggestions?
Same problem heating and power problems here…, but had no such problem, with the ati driver (no video playback, when the desktop effects are on). I try now customized and recompiled kernel. Anyway ubu is very usable, but I have from time to time, distribution to distribution with it on hp 8530p (ATI HD 3650). I have another hp (Compaq ??610??) and that is absolutely error-free with ubu.
I get back if I success with the customized kernel.
yes, nc8430 has always been loud(very) and hot too, with f10 trough to f13, but that, at least from what I read on numerous forums, by its design. Here with 8530, because processors (cpu and gpu) lithography is next gen, I expected the laptop to be quieter and cooler… disappointment?
Anything but quiet and cool. Sometimes it slows down to a standby when "some" proccess takes over with the fun at full speed and the proccessor at 100%. Yes very dissapointed with hp.
I recently installed Linux Mint 8 based on Ubuntu 9.10. Every thing works out of the box. But when I installed ATI (HD 3650) proprietary drivers I got a black screen and error message. Here is what I did to get it working again:
1. Reboot the system and from the grub menu select safe mode.
2. Login into the terminal mode using your username and password.
3. Run aticonfig –initial(If this throws an error simply create a xorg.conf file using sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf)
4. Run aticonfig –acpi-services off
5.Logout and restart.
Now every thing works, animated windows, desktop cube etc. etc.
32-bit Ubuntu 9.10:
Install the proprietary driver using system→Administration→Hardware Drivers
Reboot in recovery mode, select "root shell"
cd /etc/X11
mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.my_backup
aticonfig –initial -f
aticonfig –acpi-services off
(Might need to switch off "Fan always on while on AC power" in the BIOS)
now it rocks
Fedora Core 11, ATI Catalyst 9.8
I have updated from FC10, perhaps this is the reason why I have still a xorg.conf?
as always … You need to switch off "Fan Always on while on AC Power"
To install look at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=228689
Some hints:
- if any error occurs, eg. some cryptic messages in the console at the end, the kernel module is NOT installed, look in /usr/share/ati/*.log for more information
- I had to reboot after configuration
- Option "SWCursor" "true" is REALLY important or X will crash after some seconds.
Now the temperature sunk from 50°C to 35°C, i think the battery lifetime should be now comparable to Windows.
I didnt need "aticonfig –acpi-services off", but I'm not sure if this was switched off in an earlier installation.
installed Mint 7, it prompted me after install that proprietary drivers available for ATI, I installed and rebooted, got black screen.
reboot into single user mode, run;
aticonfig –initial
aticonfig –acpi-services off
reboot, all good
sound and wlan work out of the box
I switched fan to "off" always while on AC power, although I dont know what difference it makes (I did this after successfull install)
havent noticed any other problems yet
Same issue with FC11 64. I can see a blue rectangle with Fedora on it for about 20 seconds before the screen goes black with colourful cursor blocks near the top. Atleast this time the server does not crash when I type randomly on the key board.
The default Radeon driver seems to work but does not give me the extreme resolution.
Question: where is the Xconfig stored. my xorg.conf file is empty and still Xserver comes up. looks like that is not the place the X config is stored anymore. the ati installer is happily changing this file. RADEON module gets loaded even with empty xorg.conf or flgrx in xorg.conf.
Another question: did any one get multiple Terminals tty1 - tty6 (ctl + alt +Fx) working?
I am moving on to getting Sun Virtualbox up and running. I will install XP in it.
elitebook 8530p
Fedora 11
ACPI needs ACPI=ht Boot-Parameter You need to switch off "Fan Always on while on AC Power"
→ comes up fine and ok Display. But I want dual head and use full HD capability. So installed the ATI Catalyst™ 9.8 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver (latest). I also did ran "aticonfig –initial" as the docs say. I reboot. Not only there is not Xdisplay, but the terminals dont work either. ctl+alt+f1 give me randomly spread blocks of color in 10% of the screen. And when I type anyting, Linux Cores and the server restarts. I have removed the 9.8 version and installed the 9.7 version. with no difference.
with aticonfig –acpi-services=off i can see the broken "Fedora" duplicated horizontially indicating the login screen and the Terminals are still unchanged. the server (OS) crashes if I try to restart x by "ctl+alt+backspace"
Any help would be wonderful.
Have you tried running
aticonfig –acpi-services off
aticonfig –initial
as discussed in the post below yours (replace the first "-" by two "-", the forum software seems to eat one of them)?
Hi, I tried (after Linux Mint 6 which works perfectly with ATI graphics driver) Linux Mint 7 on HP 8530p, every thing works out of the box but do not download and try the proprietary ATI display drivers as I get no display at all and the boot-up gets stuck with a blank screen. Tried the OS install a few times with various options for last 3 days but no luck, so reverted back to Mint 6. IF any one has a workaround please post, as in Linux Mint 7 I can not get the graphics to work, no desktop cube etc.
Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
For the ATI proprietary drivers ( even if taken from their site or the one that are in the official repos) if you get blank screen : after installation/upgrading you need to go in recovery mode and run:
aticonfig –acpi-services off
Not sure what this disables , because the battery lasts normally ( as in Ubuntu 8.10).
Ubuntu 8.04
Thanx a lot for the tipp with turning off the fan!
For sound i had to install AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.16.tar.
But now i have sound!
I compared the batterie durability in WinXP with the one from Ubuntu.
WinXP: approximately 5h (depending on brightness and WLAN, but not lower than 3h)
Ubuntu: approximately 2,5h
Did anyone make the same experience?
Thanks for replays,
Greetings, UOHP
I added 'options snd-hda-intel model=laptop' to alsa-base, but I'm still only getting sound from the headphone output, not the built-in speakers. Can anyone suggest some troubleshooting steps?
Hi there,
Has anyone configured the double microphones with success on 8530p?
The sound works fine for me but I have no microphone in the mixer.
I have been trying to figure out the whole of sound devices and controllers, and
still don't have a good picture. The documentation is very poor in certain aspects.
For example, I would like to know about the capture devices that appear in System,
Preferences, Sound. What do they correspond to? And volume control's devices? And
the stuff in alsamixer? With Pulse, does the whole thing changes?
If anybody knows of a place which includes some of these, I would appreciate it.
I would even be wiling to write a wiki page if I could find different appropiate
Installed Linux Mint as Dual boot with Windows XP.
1. Had to change BIOS setup to 'Off' for "Fan Always Off On AC Power".
2. Added the line in alsa base file by running:
"sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base"
"# To Get Sound working in 8530P
option snd-hda-intel model=laptop"
Every thing else works just fine, including dual monitors with extended desktop in propitiatory ATI/AMD FGLRX graphic driver. Haven't tested fingerprint reader yet.
this is Solomon, I'm having a problem with my laptop that is hp elitebook 8530p 250HDD 15inch screen when ever i try watching movies or vedios it freezes please give me a solution to that
hi am solomon when ever i use my laptop to watch movies then it freezes can u give me a solution to that please??
Fedora 10 64Bit, kernel 18.104.22.168-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64:
- Works with ACPI ("CPU fan always on" in BIOS)
- Ethernet/WLAN works
- Graphics:
- fglrx 9.3 doesn't work (X crashes during boot)
- fglrx 9.2 worked with acpi=ht
- radeon: works
- radeonhd: doesn't work
- newest ATI-Catalyst (from Website): in 3D-Mode you get a distorted/flickering screen (e.g. kde), but 2d-mode (like lxde) works (i have to test aticonfig –acpi-services=off )
- Sound: works
- Card-Reader: doesn't work (didn't find any entry in usb-list and if I put a card inside, nothing happens in the kernel log)
- Card Reader is a Ricoh PCI device, with kernel 22.214.171.124-170.2.56 SD-Cards are not recognized
- but with kernel 220.127.116.11 (self-compiled) it works.
After month of being stuck with the default Catalyst from Intrepid I found a solution which prevents the horrendous black screen when starting X. I already knew that it has something to do with ACPI because when using acpi=off on the kernel line it worked ok. But, if you are like me, you need things like power management active on your laptop.
So, looks like newer versions of linux catalyst have a way of disabling certain acpi services. Simply run this command as root:
aticonfig –acpi-services=off
This fixed for me the black screen and the crashes. I can finally enjoy movies without flickering when compiz is active.
I just installed Ubuntu 8.10 in 2 HP elite 8530p. As said before, the tricks for running the live CD (to disable the fan and setting ACPI=ht in the boot options) did work for me.
Afterwards everything went smoothly, including sound and dvd player. For the latter, I had to follow instruction in the medibuntu pages:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Playing Encrypted DVDs. Funnily enough,
one specific DVD plays in one computer and not the other. I tested 4 or 5 commercial DVDs
and the one in mentioned refused to cooperate. It is an enigma. Would anybody have an explanation?
'WMI woks if'
Enable the CONFIG_ACPI_WMI option in the kernel.
Presentation via external projector or TV is going to work.
'WMI woks if'
Enable the CONFIG_ACPI_WMI option in the kernel.
Presentation via external projector or TV is going to work.
The new Debian 5 amd64 works also very well. I have just installed it through the netinstall image and the ethernet card was correctly configured by default.
The sound card worked after configuring alsa-base as described here.
For the ati card, the only catalyst version that worked was 8.10 (the rest of them crashed the X). Even with the 8.10 catalalyst, the results are worse that with the debian 5 default video configuration so I have uninstalled the ATI catalyst and went on with Debian default.
It is nice, that the integrated webcam is also working by default in Debian 5.
The wireless need to be configured, since it is not discovered/configured by the Debian 5.
I have installed both the Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 (32b) and the 64b version.
Using the ethernet and wireless drivers provided by novell they both worked very easy (no need to compile something by myself - just YaST).
For the audio I have used the model=laptop recomandation I took from here.
The only problem I had with the Ati driver. The only version of catalyst working is 8.10 (with no 3d features).
The newer catalyst versions caused crashing of X; even 8.10 is generating exaclty the same error in /var/log/messages, but the X servers continue to work. The error received is:
[fglrx:fireglAsyncioIntEnableMsgHandler] *ERROR* interrupt source ff000066 is not supported on this hardware (return code = 1)
Some strange problem I have also seen when upgrading from 2GB to 4GB of RAM but only in the 32b version.
For the SLED 10 Novell drivers search in google: "8530p novell"
I finally had the time to install Linux on my laptop yesterday. I used Debian 5.0 netinstall, and it worked like a charm after I switched "Fan Always on while on AC Power" off from BIOS and gave the boot parameter ACPI=ht to the installer's linux kernel.
I had the laptop connected to a 24" lcd screen, and upon first boot the image transferred to that bigger screen. There were no problems w/network (ethernet) during install nor after first boot. Sounds worked out of the box.
It seems that after all, it's easy to install Debian 5.0 on this laptop, and the performance seemed very good. Mouse was ok too, OOTB. A positive experience for me !
Does somebody use a recent catalyst version (8.12,9.1) on ubuntu or openSUSE with this laptop? For me only the one which comes with ubuntu and 8.11 on openSUSE works (with non-superb performance). Newer versions lead to X crashing on startup.
For details on this issue see:
I have CentOS 5.2 on my 8530p.
Ethernet works fine with e1000e driver.
It can be downloaded from: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=3003&OS FullName=Linux*&lang=eng&strOSs=39&submit=Go!
Hi all.
I'm on Ubuntu 8.10, I've take "fan always on when power" and it has worked. My wireless work also, and it was not necessary to enable on windows. Just run ubuntu updates. ;)
Now I'd like to have sound, but I'm unable to have it:
I've done:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
i've put this at the end of the line:
snd-hda-intel model=laptop
then save it.
Still no sound.
What am I doing wrong?
I've heard that the hw problem can be solved at least in winXP via making sure that all drivers are up to date.
Apparently you should pass something like this to the kernel to get the installers to work:
Also, you need to turn off "CPU fan always on" from BIOS. W/these two there should be more success w/installing ubuntu, etc.
Mouse problems have been reported w/these laptops that aren't Linux related. It seems to be a hardware problem.
This laptop seems to be "Certified SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10".
Tried CentOS 5.2 - no go. Then some CentOS 4.x and finally got that installed. However, out of the box there was no sound nor network.
What distribution you others are using ? SUSE ??? Maybe I should try that next.
I have tried the following:
- debian installer from windows → doesn't work
- debian netinstall cd → doesn't work
- ubuntu 8.10 desktop cd → doesn't work (segmentation fault)
- centos 4.x cd → at least starts installer
It seems that I have to fall back on CentOS, as debian/ubuntu just fails to boot on this laptop.
ACPI works if
If you disable BIOS entry "fan always on when power".
Sound works, Wireless works.
But HSDPA is not tested.


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Boston Pride kicked off this past weekend and the festivities continue through June 15. Whether you're hitting one event or the entire week, one thing is sure, the city has plenty to offer locals and tourists alike.
It's a city famous for sports, education, history (including a storied LGBT past) and tea - but restaurants? One must assume the nickname "Beantown" suggests a conspicuously bland culinary culture. But Boston has proven in recent years that its gastronomic delights can heartily compete with fellow fine-dining capitals like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Boston has been a prime destination for gay men and women to get hitched since Massachusetts broke the legal same-sex-marriage barrier in 2004. This friendly, photogenic city is home to dedicated gay-wedding-planning services like 14 Stories and romantic gay-owned venues like Jamaica Plain's charming Taylor House Bed & Breakfast. For those seeking a more spiritual venue, the "open-hearted" and rainbow-proud First Church Boston welcomes gay nuptials. .
Boston Essentials
With new and inventive restaurants cropping up across Boston, head across the Charles River to Cambridge for a bite of something terrific at Puritan & Company. Its menu is heavy on locally sourced ingredients, with creative variations like swordfish pastrami and chicken-fried quail.
Also on the Cambridge side of town is Harvest, home to an outstanding seafood menu as well as Executive Pastry Chef Brian Mercury, who will help make your honeymoon even sweeter. Inside downtown Boston's Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel, settle into the beautifully outfitted OAK Long Bar + Kitchen, which serves top-notch New England classics like clam chowder and Yankee pot roast alongside uncommon treats like wild-boar sausage and roasted octopus.
The term "Boston marriage" - a historic term for two financially independent women living together -- is one indicator of the city's longtime progressive ways.
Thanks to Boston's History Project and its remarkably comprehensive book Improper Bostonians, gays can learn about well-to-do ladies who embodied Boston marriages, and about "Gay Times Square," the origins of GLAAD and the Gay Community News, as well as other fascinating tales of the city's LGBT history. Visit the History Project's office in the Back Bay to learn more, and look out for a new LGBT walking tour to potentially launch in 2014 by the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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May 17, 2014, will mark the 10th anniversary of the first marriage license issued to a same-sex couple in the United States. So for romance sprinkled with a little sentimental politics, a mid-May wedding in Boston can make a grand statement.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Actor Jim Nabors says this year's Indianapolis 500 will be the last time he performs "Back Home Again in Indiana" live to a global audience of race fans.
The 83-year-old Nabors says his health limits his travels from his home in Hawaii, so he'll be "retiring" from singing the ode at the Indianapolis 500 after the May 25 race.
Nabors' rendition of the song has become a traditional part of the pre-race events since he first performed it in 1972.
The actor best known as television's Gomer Pyle has performed the song live at the race every year since 1987 with the exception of 2007 and 2012. This year will be his 35th performance.
Nabors says he's "loved every minute" of singing the song before the race over the decades.


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Found: Primordial Magma From the Hot Dawn of the Earth
Way up in the Great White North, beneath Canada's Baffin Island, lies material from the very beginning of the planet.
The search for primordial stuff—rocks that have survived 4.5 billion years since the formation of the Earth without being changed by forces that shook and scrambled our planet—is one of geology's long-running quests. In Nature this week, Matthew Jackson says he may have done it. Jackson's team found lava rocks in Canada with a signature that matches that of the newly formed Earth, suggesting there is material below the snowy surface that has endured unchanged throughout the planet's history.
They have the highest proportion of the isotope helium-3 relative to helium-4 of any rocks known. This suggests that the rocks came from a "primitive" region of Earth, as, unlike helium-4, helium-3 can't be replenished and thus must have come from the original building blocks of the planet. What's more, the ratio of two isotopes of the element neodymium match what geochemists would expect for a residue from Earth's early ocean of molten magma [ScienceNOW].
It's the magma pocket deep in the Earth's interior that's thought to be an unchanged remnant of the early, molten Earth, not the lava rocks it produced: Curiously, the surface rocks are only about 60 million years old. So if Jackson's team is correct, this pocket of primordial mantle still fueled eruptions recently (in geologic terms). That's a surprise:
"Even if a vestige of such material remained, it seems unlikely that it would be found in any samples from Earth's surface or the shallow subsurface that are available to geologists," observed David Graham of Oregon State University in Corvallis, who wrote a commentary in the same issue of Nature. "Yet that is what (this) new evidence suggests" [Discovery News].
What goes on deep down in the Earth is, as you'd imagine, difficult to prove. So after the question of whether Jackson is correct, there's the question of how this primitive material survived and ended up where it did.
But regardless of how it happened, this ancient sample of the planet's internal makeup will provide important information to geologists trying to piece together the early history of the Earth and its inner workings, Graham said [Los Angeles Times].
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This is the time of year when bats are most active and the DuPage County Health Department is warning county residents to never touch or try to catch a bat or wild animal, especially in your home.
Bats are the primary carriers of rabies in Illinois. You cannot tell by looking at a bat if it is rabid. The animal does not have to be aggressive or exhibit other symptoms to have rabies. Any wild mammal, such as a raccoon, skunk, fox, coyote or bat, can have rabies and transmit it to humans.
Changes in any animal's normal behavior, such as difficulty walking or an overall appearance of illness, can be early signs of rabies. A bat that is active during the day, found on the ground and unable to fly, is more likely to be rabid. Such bats should never be handled.
Rabies is a virus that affects the nervous system of humans and other mammals. Humans can get rabies after being bitten by an infected animal. Rabies can also be contracted when saliva from a rabid animal gets directly into the eyes, nose, mouth or a wound. Without preventive treatment, rabies is a fatal disease. If you have been bitten or exposed to a bat, seek immediate medical attention. Bat bites may not be felt while sleeping, and special consideration also needs to be taken when a bat is found in a child's room or in a disabled person's living area. Preventive treatment with rabies immune globulin and a vaccine series must begin immediately.
One bat has tested positive in DuPage County so far this year. Preventive treatment has been recommended for eight potentially exposed persons.
The following tips can help prevent the spread of rabies:
All animal bites to humans that occur in DuPage County must be reported to DuPage County Animal Care and Control at (630) 407-2800; fax reports to (630) 407-2801. All potential human rabies exposures must be reported to the DuPage County Health Department at (630) 221-7553, or after hours at (630) 682-7400.
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Midlevel Health Jobs Shrink
Cost Cuts, Technology Hurt Semiskilled Hospital Fields; 'B.A. Is Now Entry-Level'
The health-care sector, one of the last redoubts of stable and well-paying jobs for less-educated workers, is beginning to look less secure.
A variety of factors, from technological advances to increased attention on both costs and patient outcomes, are driving hospitals and other health-care providers to demand more from both the most- and least-skilled workers, while gradually eroding opportunities for those in the middle.


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HIV/AIDS News
Regulatory Officials Informed of HVTN 503 HIV Vaccine Trial Findings
Increased number of HIV infections among vaccinated participants 30 months post-vaccination
Officials from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, the NIAID-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), and study investigators have recently informed the appropriate regulatory authorities in South Africa and the United States of findings from their follow-up analysis of the HVTN 503 "Phambili" HIV vaccine clinical trial in South Africa. This trial was terminated in September 2007 as a precaution after a different trial (the "Step" Study) involving the same candidate vaccine was stopped because of a higher risk of HIV acquisition among participants who received the study vaccine.
The HVTN 503 trial began in February 2007. The study was designed to assess an investigational vaccine developed by Merck & Co., Inc. for its ability to prevent HIV infection in heterosexual men and women at high risk for infection or to reduce virus levels in the blood (viral load) in those who later became infected. The investigational vaccine was a mixture of three weakened adenoviruses acting as vectors, or carriers, for transporting into the body and presenting to the immune system genetic material for three HIV proteins: gag, pol and nef. The weakened adenovirus type 5 (Ad 5) used in the vaccine is a common cold virus that was modified so as not cause a cold or other upper respiratory illness.
At the time vaccinations in the HVTN 503 study were stopped, the study had enrolled 801 participants out of a planned 3,000 participants at five sites in South Africa. Of the 801 study participants, 400 participants received the investigational vaccine. Of those, 112 participants completed one vaccination, 259 participants received two vaccinations; and only 29 participants received all three of the planned vaccinations.
When the vaccinations in the HVTN 503 study were terminated, the participants were immediately told whether or not they had received the investigational vaccine. The participants were also instructed to come to their respective clinic site every three months for HIV testing and continued counseling on how to reduce their risk of HIV infection. This follow up was to occur for 3.5 years.
An initial analysis of follow up data from the HVTN 503 study participants found no significant differences in HIV infection rates between participants who received the investigational vaccine and those who received the placebo. However, in the current analysis of the full 3.5 year follow-up period, the researchers found that 100 study participants became HIV-infected: 63 participants who received the investigational vaccine and 37 participants who received a placebo injection. The increased number of HIV infections among the vaccinated recipients was greatest among men and more pronounced roughly 30 months after initial vaccination. Based on these findings, the study investigators will attempt to recall the former trial participants to the clinical sites for further testing.
In this regard, the HVTN 503 investigators, led by protocol chair Glenda Gray, MBBCH, FCPaeds (SA) of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, based at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, are implementing a follow-up study to invite HVTN 503 participants to be seen by clinic staff to undergo HIV testing and counseling on how to reduce their risk of becoming infected with HIV. The investigators will note HIV infection status and behaviors that may have led to infection and assess perceptions about clinical trial participation and follow-up.
The investigators are unable to draw any firm conclusions about the findings, largely because the HIV infection status of 189 participants (88 participants in the vaccine group; 101 participants in the placebo group) is not known. These volunteers discontinued study participation before completing their final visit. Nonetheless, the differences observed in infection rates between the vaccinated and unvaccinated participants caused sufficient concern to warrant continued follow-up and counseling.


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Earlier today, President Obama's deputy campaign director, Stephanie Cutter, revealed what the Obama administration really thinks about the disaster in Libya: its only importance is political. This was Cutter's exchange with CNN's Brooke Baldwin:
STEPHANIE CUTTER: In terms of the politicization of this — you know, we are here at a debate, and I hope we get to talk about the debate — but the entire reason this has become the political topic it is, is because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. It's a big part of their stump speech. And it's reckless and irresponsible what they're doing.
BROOKE BALDWIN: But, Stephanie, this is national security. As we witnessed this revolution last year, we covered it–
CUTTER: It is absolutely national security–
BALDWIN: –it is absolutely pertinent. People in the American public absolutely have a right to get answers.
So no one would be concerned about the murder of an American ambassador, the first since the Carter administration, and three others, along with the destruction of an American consulate and attacks on multiple embassies, if Romney and Ryan weren't talking about it? And cavalier lying about important issues of national security would be of no significance if Mitt Romney didn't point it out. That evidently is what the Obama campaign thinks. But for those pesky Republicans, the whole thing could be swept under the rug, no one would be the wiser, and Obama's foreign policy could stumble along as ineffectively as ever for another four years. Well, that would be fine with the New York Times. But most Americans want to know why it is open season on our diplomatic personnel.
UPDATE: Romney responded forcefully to the administration's effort to pretend that Libya is all about politics:
I think today we got another indication of how President Obama and his campaign fail to grasp the seriousness of the challenges that we face here in America. His campaign said this today about the Benghazi terrorist attack. They said this, and I quote, 'The entire reason this has become the political topic it is, is because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.' No, President Obama, it's an issue because this is the first time in thirty-three years that a United States Ambassador has been assassinated. Mr. President, this is an issue because we were attacked successfully by terrorists on the anniversary of 9/11. President Obama, this is an issue because Americans wonder why it was it took so long for you and your administration to admit that this was a terrorist attack. This is a very serious issue. These are very serious questions and the American people deserve serious answers. And I hope they come soon.
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...with not very great photographs, but here they are all the same. I was just glad to see some actual sun today, but it might have been the wrong time of day to snap the shots. At my house I have to get while the gettin' is good. The table was clean, the sun was shining. The getting, as they say, was good.
The fabrics I used are this cheerful AMH LouLouThi and a band of grey chambray at the bottoms. These curtains came together really quickly because:
- I didn't line them this time. They are on the back of my house, so I didn't have to adhere to the white lining rule in my neighborhood.
- For each curtain I just used the entire width from selvedge to selvedge and then measured the length I wanted plus 3.5 inches at the top and 5.5 at the bottom for hems. The sides were hemmed 1/2 inch over, then 1 inch over again. The tops and bottoms were hemmed 1/2 over then another 3 inches over at the top, and another 5 inches over at the bottoms.
- I ripped the fabric to length instead of cutting with scissors. First I snipped near the end of the yardage and ripped off the cut edge to square it up, then just measured the lengths by holding the fabric selvedge against my cutting mat (for example, measured twice to 35 inches for a total of 70 inches for the LouLouThi) and then while pinching it at the spot, snipped it with scissors through the selvedge and ripped it across instead of cutting. So much quicker and easier.
The curtain rings are those clip-on kind that I picked up a long time ago at IKEA. I love those things. I used this method to attach them, so it created the look of pleats without actually have to sew the pleats.
Easiest curtains I've made by far. My next kitchen sewing project needs to be some cushions for the chairs. I bought yellow piping a few months ago but that's as far as it got.


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WORTHVILLE, Ky. – Catherine Turner, 83, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at her home.
Funeral services were Sunday, Aug. 24, at the Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, 213 Fifth St., Carrollton, with the Rev. Dennis W. Norton officiating.
Mrs. Turner was born Aug. 11, 1925, in Owenton, Ky., to the late Bert and Martha Webster Wilson. She worked for 25 years with Joyce Shoe Factory of Madison, Ind. She loved sewing and quilting for other people.
She was a member of the Worthville Baptist Church.
NEW CASTLE, Ky. – Barbara Sue Frazier Long, 62, of New Castle died Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at her residence.
Visitation begins at 5 p.m. today, Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home, 425 N. Main St., New Castle.
Funeral services are 1 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 21, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Michael Duncan, Hosparus chaplain, officiating. Burial will be in the New Castle Cemetery.
Mrs. Long was born Sept. 22, 1945, in Louisville, Ky. to the late Walter and Betty (Dezarn) Frazier.
WORTHVILLE, Ky. – Harold Scott, 59, of Worthville died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services were Sunday, Aug. 17, at Seventh Day Adventists Church, Gratz, Ky., with Pastor Lin Powell officiating.
Mr. Scott was born Aug. 22, 1948, in Switzerland County, Ind., to the late Colon Vernon and Peggy Faust Scott. He worked as a cement plasterer and mason for Local No. 132, OPCM in Cincinnati, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a member of the Gratz Seventh Day Adventists Church.
MADISON, Ind. – Luther J. Gray, 76, of Madison died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, at the Veterans's Administration Medical Center, Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services were Thursday, Aug. 21, at Haskell and Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry St., Vevay, Ind. Military rites were conducted by the honor guard of the Carrollton American Legion Post No. 41. Burial was in the Vevay Cemetery.
James D. Black, 84, of Bedford, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at Baptist Hospital Northeast in La Grange.
Born July 5, 1924, he was the son of the late Thomas Black and Frieda Chandler Black Tingle
He served in the Navy during WW II. He was employed at the Proving Grounds. He was mayor of the city of Bedford for more than 18 years, served as Bedford Fire Chief and was the first EMT for Trimble County. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #158 where he recently received his 60-year pin. He was a member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
Shirie J. Downs Cottongim, 63, of Bedford, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008 in Louisville.
Born in Jefferson County Feb. 13, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Ira Thomas Downs and Edith Mildred Childs Downs Jones.
She graduated from Cumberland College and Georgetown College, receiving a degree in Secretarial Science.
CARROLLTON, Ky. – Nathanial "Nate" Wayne Hammonds, 16, of Carrollton died, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, in Worthville, Ky.
Nate was born April 7, 1992, in Madison, Ind., to Kenneth Johnson and Kimberly Sue (Wilson) Kopp of Carrollton.
He was a sophomore at Carroll County High School. He played defensive end and linebacker for the Panther football team.
Joseph S. "JC" Bray Jr., 91, Bedford, died Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at his residence in Bedford.
Mr. Bray was farmer and loved tending the land and raising Polled Herefords. He was a member of Bedford United Methodist Church. He loved cattle, the fruit market and collecting knives.
Survivors include two sons Niles (Betty) Bray, Bedford, Terry (Earlene) Bray, Bedford; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three great great-grandchildren and one sister, Frances Morgan, Middletown.
Maxine Mae Ford, 68, Salem, Ind. died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008 at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind.
Born Sept. 25, 1939 in Louisville, she was the daughter of Homer and Vesta Thomas Wingfield. She was a retired employee of the old Bata Shoe Company. She was a member of Canton Church and Homemaker's Club.
Survivors include her husband, Leon Ford, whom she married Aug. 24, 1957; a daughter Teresa (David) Pittman, Pekin, Ind.; a sister Jewel Floyd, Salem, Ind.; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Carrollton, Ky. – Bernice E. Smith, 89, of Carrollton, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at Green Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carrollton.
Funeral services were held at graveside at Floral Hills Memorial Garden, Covington, Ky., on Monday, Aug. 18, with Sister Mary Patricia Kenney officiating.
Mrs. Smith was born Dec. 10, 1918, in Covington, Ky., to the late Lewis and Virginia Hurd Marsh. She was a retired sales associate.
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This document is for HP Notebook PCs.
The maximum capacity of a battery changes over time. Because of this change in battery capacity, the charge level indicator in Windows might not show 100% charged. To know the condition of your battery, use the steps in this document to test your battery and calibrate it if necessary. Calibrating the battery resets the battery gauge to accurately display the charge level in Windows. In this document, two methods of testing and calibrating the battery are explained. Also, a manual method for calibrating the battery is presented.
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What do Michael Phelps and solar power have in common? (And no – the answer isn't that solar was the secret behind that high-tech suit he raced to 8 gold medals.) Check out the latest post on the Oil & Gas Investor's fascinating Oil Rules blog for the answer from our very own Claire.
If you're not already reading Oil Rules, check it out – bloggess Lindsay Goodier brings you the latest oil industry news (and let's face it – who doesn't need to be up to speed on energy?) in a witty and engaging way – tackling John McCain copying the French, Paris Hilton's energy policy – and everything in between.
And in case you missed it – here's a link to Oil Rules' tour through the Wiess Energy Hall with Claire. Wondering why gas is $4 a gallon? We can't promise your wallet will be wincing any less, but a visit to this hall is sure to clear things up – and hopefully inspire some ideas about alternatives for the future.


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Sony Xperia go is a stylish smartphone made for extra durability. It is water and dust resistant. Coming with a 3.5" Scratch resistant mineral glass display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine and 5MP camera which is said to go from sleep to snap in just over a second. It is powered by 1Ghz dual core processor and is launching with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).