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I spent some time this weekend thinking about the costs and benefits of switching to LaTeX. It seemed to me that it would make a better post if I got some empirical data concerning LaTeX, and so I downloaded MacTex and attempted to convert a paper. I followed Charles Tanksley's instructions, which were helpful.
It's nerdy.
The finished product looks super awesome. And you don't have to think much about how it's going to look; you just write the content and LaTeX automatically makes it look awesome. This is supposed to save you time and stress.
It is alleged to render equations and other symbols nicely. Perhaps I chose my conversion project poorly, but the paper I chose to convert to LaTeX did not contain many weirdo symbols or any equations at all.
Apparently it is easier to manage bibliographies and references. There's a heavy up-front investment, though. Also, question: suppose you have to reformat your bibliography to conform to some journal's idiosyncratic style. Does LaTeX make this easier or harder?
You can make 1 simple formatting change that instantly applies to the whole document.
You are not subject to the whims of the MicroSoft Corporation. Their decisions about the viability of the .doc format are not going to fuck up your shit. Nor is their decision to totally stupidify the user interface for Word.
Edit: In comments, Kevin Klement mentions several other pros:
But there are a lot of other reasons to prefer LaTeX you don't discuss. The maximum portability of plain text formats. The non-proprietaryness. Heck, even the fact that plain text formats are much less likely to be corrupted than encrypted binaries ought to be mentioned.
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You have to have Word (or something like it) anyways, because your students have word. You have to have something that will read their documents. Plain text editors won't do the job.
Frankly, I just don't see the point about how much time you'll save if you don't have to think about formatting. For one thing, I don't spend that much time thinking about formatting. Titles; paragraph breaks; blockquotes; offset definitions and principles; section headings; I spend almost no time thinking about these things. For another thing, you have to think about them in LaTeX, too, because you have to give a '\section{x}' command in order to get LaTeX to know to put a section heading in. You still have to write the code correctly.
Now, if you have to reformat something for a journal, say, you might save time by applying 1 simple formatting change that instantly applies to the whole document. But you can do that in Word, too, if you've been using your headings right (which is no harder than doing it in LaTex--anyone who could figure out LaTeX could figure out Word). And I bet I could just reformat the section headings by hand one at a time in less time than it would take me to identify the 1 simple change I have to make by doing a google search, finding the relevant information, applying the relevant procedure, testing it to make sure it worked, and then fixing any bugs that might have come up. (For example, I attempted to create subscripted text. I had to find instructions on google, and then implement the code I learned, and then identify and repair several coding errors--I have trouble remembering to hit curly brackets rather than parentheses, though I'm sure this will go away with familiarity. Then, when it still wasn't working, I had to do more googling in order to learn that the original set of instructions left out that I had to be in Math Mode in order for the subscript command to work properly, and that in particular I had to be out of math mode in order for the text after the subscript to look right. In Word, this would have taken at most 1 second, since I have a subscript button on my toolbar and I know the shortcut keystroke that results in subscripted text.)
It seems to me to be easier in Word to make 1 simple formatting change that instantly applies to exactly as much or as little of the document as you want it to.
Although I admit that equations are a problem with Word, regular logical symbols and notations are not. Although it could be easier to navigate, there's an insert symbols menu, and you can program shortcut keys for the ones you use the most.
It is easier to annotate a word document. This makes it easier for someone to comment on a draft, and also for you to connect the comment to the appropriate location in the paper.
And if your friend doesn't annotate your document, the page numbers will still be meaningful if she's looking at your Word document. But there seems to be no inherent connection between the pages in the typeset PDF file that LaTeX creates and the text in the .tex file. In fact, the document you print out does not look at all similar to the document you edit. All of its formatting and pagination characteristics are completely different. This makes it difficult to find and edit individual paragraphs and sentences. Much more difficult than simply going to page 12, paragraph 2, sentence 3, or whatever.
Word's GUI is (somewhat) intuitive and doesn't require you to memorize a bunch of codes. However, the new version of word is substantially crappier. I don't want to be the guy who defends MicroSoft Word or anything, because I have spent a huge amount of time so angry with MicroSoft Word that I wanted to kill the balls off of it. But a lot of the problems with Word that I see people saying contributed to their abandoning it in favor of LaTeX are easily solved and seemed to me to stem from not knowing how to use it.
Although, you can make 1 simple formatting change that instantly applies to the whole document, it is often not particularly easy to know how to make that change. Suppose I don't want my paragraphs to indent, and I want to demarcate paragraph breaks by adding an extra space between them. How?
Footnotes in LaTex are kind of a pain. And although I'm no Kripke, I use a lot of footnotes.
Quotation marks are kind of a pain. And because I'm no Kripke, I use a lot of quotation marks. (Zing!) (Just kidding.)
Word count. As I was writing this, I realized that Word has a pretty sophisticated word count utility. My LaTeX editor has a "statistics" utility that counts words. I hope it counts only the words in what you intend to be the text, and not all the extra formatting junk. I know that Word's does this, and Word's utility allows you to exclude footnotes easily. Does LaTeX's? Also, Word's word count allows you to select blocks of text and get stats on the selection. My LaTex editor doesn't seem to. The word count utility on MS Word seems to be pretty superior.
In conclusion, although there are some cool features here, I don't think there is enough to compel me to switch.
--Mr. Zero


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Contreras signs Minors deal with spring camp invite
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are going to give right-hander Jose Contreras a chance to be the second-oldest pitcher in franchise history.
The Rangers announced on Thursday they have signed Contreras to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. Contreras turns 42 on Friday.
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are going to give right-hander Jose Contreras a chance to be the second-oldest pitcher in franchise history.
The Rangers announced on Thursday they have signed Contreras to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. Contreras turns 42 on Friday.
The club also signed right-handed pitcher Nate Adcock and outfielder Bryan Petersen to Minor League contracts with invitations to Spring Training. Texas has seven players coming to camp on Minor League contracts, including pitchers Colby Lewis, Ross Wolf and Aaron Poreda, and outfielder Brad Snyder.
Contreras spent last season with the Pirates and the Red Sox organizations. He made seven relief appearances for the Pirates in May, allowing five runs in five innings. Contreras, who had Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery on June 20, 2012, was 2-3 with a 3.00 ERA in 27 relief appearances in the Minor Leagues.
Contreras is 0-3 with a 5.88 ERA in six starts for Licey in the Dominican Republic Winter League.
"We're excited to bring Jose into the organization," Rangers farm director Mike Daly said. "He's a player we have history with going back to when he defected from Cuba and Don Welke scouted him. We had a number of scouts see him in the DR Winter league. We liked his stuff down there, experience and veteran presence. We feel he has a chance to come to camp and compete to make the club."
Contreras left his native Cuba in 2002. He had been one of the best pitchers in Cuba and when he was cleared to pitch in the Major Leagues, it set off a serious bidding war between the Yankees and the Red Sox. When the Yankees won the bidding, Red Sox president Larry Lucchino made his famous remark in calling them the "Evil Empire."
Contreras' best year came in 2005 after being traded to the White Sox. He was 15-7 with a 3.61 ERA, selected to the American League All-Star team and won three more games in the playoffs as the White Sox ended up winning the World Series. He was 36-45 with a 4.84 ERA in 103 starts and seven relief appearances over the next four years before becoming a full-time reliever for the Phillies in 2010. He was 6-4 with a 3.34 ERA in 67 relief appearances that season. But he has been on the disabled list five times in the last three seasons.
Adcock was with the Royals for parts of 2011 and '12. He was 1-1 with a 4.62 ERA in three starts and 21 relief appearances in '11 and 0-3 with a 2.34 ERA in two starts and 10 relief appearances in '12.
He was in Royals camp this past season, but did not make the team out of Spring Training. Instead he was sent to Triple-A Omaha, designated for assignment on June 6 and claimed by the D-backs off waivers. He was 8-6 with a 6.67 ERA in 19 starts and seven relief appearances in Triple-A, but did not pitch in the big leagues for either team.
Petersen was a fourth-round pick by the Marlins in 2007 out of UC-Irvine and was in the big leagues for parts of the past three seasons. He has a career .220 average with 22 doubles, two home runs and 29 RBIs over 181 games. He hit .195 with a .272 on-base percentage and a .257 slugging percentage in 84 games last season.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.

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My NY Mets sketchbook. I create an entry after each Mets game or commentary on the crazy stuff going on around the team.
That would be awesome if he tosses a no-hitter!
What would be awesome is seeing this draped somewhere across Citi Field after the game! Does anyone agree?


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Special meal/Services requests
We are unable to show non-standard special requests. Please contact The Marco Polo Club Service Centre, your local reservations office or your travel agent for further assistance.
You can select or change your special meal request no less than 24 hours before your scheduled flights.
Simply log in and select "Service Requests" > "Special Meal".


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Buenos Aires is a city full of culture, history, and countless outdoor sports and activities. If you are planning a trip to Buenos Aires, why not make it an even more unique experience by choosing a vacation rental instead of a hotel? There are a wide variety of rentals available, from cozy apartments to spacious condos, so you can find the perfect rental for any budget or style. Vacation rentals offer the space and privacy of having your own home away from home, and will be the perfect touch to make your Buenos Aires vacation even more amazing.
Buenos Aires is full of enjoyable activities for anyone who loves the outdoors, loves to be pampered, or just loves to study history and culture. Parque Tres de Febrero (February 3rd Park) is located right in the heart of Buenos Aires and is a perfect public park for anything from soccer games to just sitting under a tree or looking at the exquisite rose gardens. Cooking With Teresita allows you into the home kitchen of a Buenos Aires chef and teaches you in a hands on manner how to cook and eat like the locals do. Try a wine tasting at Anuva wines, or play a game of polo at Polo Elite. No matter how you decide to spend your days in Buenos Aires, staying in a vacation rental is the perfect touch to take your Buenos Aires vacation from great to extraordinary.
Are you traveling to Buenos Aires with a large group, or staying for a while? If so, then renting a vacation home could even save you more money than staying in a hotel. Rentals are available to sleep even a large group of people without the worry or expense of booking additional hotel rooms. Also, with discounts available for extended stays, even a long-term stay in Buenos Aires can end up saving you money over what you would spend at a hotel. Buenos Aires vacation rentals are not only the more comfortable and luxurious choice, but the most economical as well.


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As metadata spreadsheets exchange hands and are often even created from diverse sources, issues arise regarding diacritics. These characters often do no translate from encoding to encoding, creating poor results in the resultant MODS metadata files.
Encoding problems will appear as black rectangular three letter "blocks" in Notepad++ or diamond shaped question marks in Archivist Utility.
Based on our experience with French language diacritics, the following process allowed MODS to be created without the numerous encoding problems that we initially encountered with the French Revolutionary Pamphlets (u0002_0000006).
To do these steps, you will need a Windows computer with: Microsoft Excel and NotePad ++. You will also need the TextFX plusing for NotePad ++. To get plugins for NotePad++ refer to the application documentation with regard to the Plugin Manager.
Finding Diacritics
This method uses a tab delimited text export of the metadata spreadsheet. Note: If the Excel file is in the legacy .xls format, first convert it to .xlsx prior to export.
- Open the file in NotePad ++ and choose "Encode in UTF-8".
- Use the TextFX plugin and choose: TextFX Characters > zap all non-printable characters to #
- Do a search for all instances of "#"
- If this character shows up, it represents a diacritic -- keep this text export open as a guide for the next step, Repairing Diacritics
- If this character does not show up, continue on to Making MODS
Repairing Diacritics
- Open the Excel spreadsheet for the collection (or collection batch)
- Use Excel's built in character map to replace all found problems in the Excel file
- To access the character map, follow this path: Insert tab - Symbols group - Symbol
- Select the character you need to replace and make sure "Unicode Hex" is selected
- Insert the character
- Close the text export and delete it (DO NOT CLOSE/DELETE THE SPREADSHEET)
- Export the metadata as a new Unicode text file
- Continue on to Making MODS
This Excel file may be useful in getting one started in searching/replacing diacritics for French language metadata.


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...a World Class Education in the Fine Arts.
The Germantown High School Fine Arts Department is synonymous with excellence in arts training, instruction and performance. The department has long been recognized at the state, national and international levels for its many achievements. An award winning faculty offers students four years of sequential academic courses in all fields of arts study and provides access to a number of innovative programs: an ongoing visiting artist series, an international school partnership program and a $30,000 publicly funded fine arts scholarship program.


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Bob Lutz Dumps The Batteries And Bolts-In A Blown Small-Block
Carroll Shelby did it. Callaway, Lingenfelter, Saleen, and a host of others still do it today. Heck, Gale Banks does it with diesel tow rigs. What is it? They all build hot rods out of showroom-fresh production vehicles, making them perform, handle, and look better than their developers could've ever imagined.
Boutique builders typically use mass-produced vehicles as the canvas for their creations. This car is different. When designer Henrik Fisker (he's credited with penning the Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, and BMW Z8) conceived an environmental gift to the road gods–the Fisker Karma–he designed a swoopy four-door from scratch that looked like it's going 150 mph while standing still. Then he matched its looks with a supercharged, blistering V8. No, wait–he didn't do that.
What he did was take a 5,000-pound swoopy sedan and put in a wheezing hybrid system that taxed the 2.0L motor, and one's imagination to figure out why. That was a bit ambitious for a first-time carmaker, considering the track record new-car start-ups have in the U.S. for the last hundred years or so. When combined with iffy battery life and weight issues, the Karma had a gray cloud hovering over it from the beginning.
Sure, the Karma makes sense in a perfect world of sexy, luxurious sedans plying Rodeo Drive farting rainbows and spinning cotton candy. But the reality ended up being a government-subsidized tangle that started with good intentions and ended with angry creditors, lawsuits, and broken Karmas.
But not all is lost. The Karma has great bones, if only someone would have sprinkled them with a little hot rod ingenuity and a V8 dream, the Karma could be a blast dashing down the carbon trail for someone wanting a Corvette with a back seat.
Enter Bob Lutz and Gilbert Villarreal. "Maximum" Bob's qualifications would take an entire HOT ROD to list, but his time with Chrysler, Ford, and GM (twice) was epic. He is credited with cars as divergent as the BMW 3-Series, Viper, Pontiac Solstice, and Chevy Volt. As for Mr. Villarreal, he is putting his bucks and association with Fisker behind the perfect marriage of performance and panache with the reimagined VL-Destino—"V" for Villarreal, "L" for Lutz, and "Destino" being Spanish for "destination."
Bob Lutz was always destined for great things. Thankfully, he picked the car biz to spread his special form of leadership, marketing, and eye for design. After graduating from U.C. Berkeley with a masters in management and marketing while flying in the Marine Corps 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, he worked for GM in Europe for eight years in several senior leadership positions. From there he skipped over to BMW as executive vice president of global sales, where he helped in development of the 3-Series. As executive vice president and then chairman at Ford of Europe, he was involved in product development as well as serving on Ford's board of directors from 1982–'86. After bucking heads with Ford CEO Red Poling, he became head of global development then president and COO at Chrysler during its ascension in the '80s, helping to develop and launch the Viper and LH-platform front-drive sedans. With the house cleaning at Chrysler after Daimler-Benz took over in the late '90s, he made his way back to GM as vice chairman of global product development, where he helped push the Volt and rise of Cadillac. Lutz retired from GM in May 2010. Since then he has landed on the board of trustees of multiple companies and is currently head of the consulting firm Lutz Communications. He's written numerous books including a great one titled, "Car Guys vs. Bean Counters." For more on Lutz visit BobLutzSez.com.
Their plan is a simple one: yank the heavy batteries and hybrid-good intentions and replace them with supercharged LS9 ZR1 Corvette running gear–something every HOT ROD reader can understand and relate to. VL-Automotive (VL-Automotive.com) does the heavy lifting at its plant in Auburn Hills, Michigan, where 638hp Destinos emerge transformed and together. A freshened, faster Fisker you can fling farther without the worries of coming to the end of your extension cord.
Introduced to the world at the '13 Detroit International Auto Show last January to rave reviews, the Destino's forward momentum has been hampered by an Asian investor being stingy with crucial access codes for the car's electronics. Fisker liquidated its assets in January, and it remains to be seen what the end product of the sale will have on any future VL Destino dreams. Should they be successful at continuing to produce reimagined Fiskers, this will be yet another instance of horsepower and handling trumping blandtastic transportation. For now, Lutz says VL's limited inventory of Destinos should be rolling out into the light of day as you read this.


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LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday it had filed for U.S. approval of its new once-weekly diabetes drug albiglutide and would make a similar submission shortly in Europe as it vies for a share of a crowded market.
Albiglutide belongs to the same class of injectable GLP-1 medicines as Victoza, from Novo Nordisk, and Byetta and Bydureon, from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca's Amylin unit.
The submission by GSK, Britain's biggest drugmaker, was in line with its plan to seek regulatory approval for the new product in 2013. As a latecomer to the GLP-1 market, however, analysts believe albiglutide may struggle to generate major sales.
Consensus forecasts for albiglutide currently point to modest annual sales of around $367 million by 2017, according to Thomson Reuters Pharma.
Albiglutide is one of a number of new drugs GSK hopes will revive its product portfolio. It is also hoping for approval of the two lung drugs, Relvar and Anoro; an HIV medicine called dolutegravir; and two melanoma drugs dabrafenib and trametinib.
Further ahead, GSK expects to have pivotal clinical trial results on up to 14 medicines in the next two years, including two potentially ground-breaking experimental drugs for heart disease and cancer - darapladib and MAGE-A3.
Reporting by Ben Hirschler


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A couple of days ago, Bryan tweeted (via the @modthemes twitter account) that I was considered the 6th most influential WordPress Twitter-er according to WeFollow.com. Very cool!
So I figured I'd share the spotlight with 9 other people that make up the top 10, and help introduce you to them. Here they are!
1. Joost de Valk (@yoast)
Joost (pronounced "Yoast") is a prolific WordPress blogger, author of some sweet WordPress plugins, SEO Expert, and host of the very popular new podcast called Press This.
I highly recommend you follow him. He definitely deserves the top spot.
2. WPlimits (@wplimits)
This account is managed by Nathan Barry. I'm not very familiar with this account, it seems to be a good source of WordPress related articles, themes, and plugins from around the net.
3. Brian Gardner (@bgardner)
Of course, my good friend Brian is someone you should definitely be following. Brian is the founder of the Premium Theme movement in the WordPress community via his Revolution Theme (now StudioPress), and he's definitely an influential twitter-er among WordPress users.
4. Adii (@adii)
Adii, who's first claim to fame was the popular "Premium News Theme", has gone on to become the co-founder of WooThemes where he and the guys produce some of the most visually stunning themes in the market. He is also a sharp entrepreneur who is kind enough to share his insights on his blog throughout the week.
5. Ian Stewart (@iandstewart)
The man who started the craze around theme framworks with his Thematic theme, Ian is also a savvy WordPress blogger and Twitter-er. He usually shares links and resources via his twitter account, as well as his newest project, WPazo.com (@WPazo).
6. Nathan Rice (@nathanrice)
That's me!
7. Theme Forest (@themeforest)
As many of you know, Theme Forest has made a splash in the WordPress community by taking a new direction in the world of Premium Themes. They allow users to submit themes to their site and sell them, splitting the profits. This unique model has created one of the largest Premium Theme outlets on the net.
Like other Twitter-ers on this list, they routinely share helpful WordPress resources via their twitter account.
8. Mark Jaquith (@markjaquith)
Mark is lead developer on the WordPress project, so if anyone knows what he is talking about, it's him. Follow him for the raw WordPress nerdery, as well as the awesome libertarian eloquence!
9. Jean-Baptiste Jung (@catswhocode)
The guy behind the very popular WPRecipes.com and CatsWhoCode.com. If you're looking for some seriously helpful WordPress and Web Development resources around the net, look no further. The stuff he publishes and links to is killer.
10. Roger Byrne (@imrogb)
Another name I'm not familiar with. Roger is a social media expert who works at Envato (the guys behind ThemeForest), so he's probably worth following. 20,000 people already are!
Honorable Mentions
A couple of notable characters are missing from the list, most likely because they haven't added themselves at the WeFollow.com directory. It's only right that I mention them here:
1. Jeff Chandler (@wptavern & @jeffr0)
Jeff is the host of the popular WordPress Weekly podcast. He also runs WPTavern.com (blog and forum) where discussions of all things WordPress happen on a daily basis. If you want to pow-wow with the WordPress big-wigs, go get yourself an account and start posting.
2. Chris Pearson (@pearsonified)
Chris is the author of one of the best premium themes in the market, Thesis. He's also a HUGE personality and is worth following, if for no other reason than his sharp wit and "linguistic porn" (as he calls it).
3. Justin Tadlock (@justintadlock)
Justin is one of the most knowledgeable WordPress developers in the community. His claim to fame is is deep commitment to his Theme Hybrid community where he does some killer work on the free WordPress theme, Hybrid. He also writes some killer articles at his blog that will teach you how to make WordPress bend to your will! You will learn something by following Justin.
4. Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt)
Of course, no list of WordPress Twitter-ers would be complete with out the founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg. It's mostly an aggregation account, but it's still worth following if you are a fan of WordPress.


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Who said that water is colorless? Photographer Mark Mawson proves the opposite by their drawings. Well, let's say, he uses some tricks, such as paint to achieve such effect of colors and shades, but none the less. The result is simply excellent.
1. Photographer Mark Mawson added to the water paint of different colors and densities to create a complex of beautiful colors, which he describes as "strange." (Mark Mawson / Rex Features)
2. "Series« Aqueous Electreau »- my fourth series of photographs of water, an idea which came, when I saw the milk poured into coffee. I was intrigued by how the milk swirls and mixes with the coffee and gives a different form, "- Mark Says.
3. "I have seen many pictures of ink in water, but I wanted to create images that would be a" body ", so I decided to experiment with paint." (Mark Mawson / Rex Features)
4. My images evoke the feeling of some kind of alien, or an underwater environment, or as if you fell down the rabbit hole and ended up in a magical world."
5. "I am often asked how I create my paintings. I'm working on my technique for five years, so it's a trade secret. This is a very long and laborious process, but pictures are worth it. "
6. Mark was nominated this year at the London Prize for performance and art in the field of photography. (Mark Mawson / Rex Features)


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Obstacle Courses, Charades Are 'Secrets of Happy Families'
(NEW YORK) -- Could the secret to a happy family be sweating it out with your three kids while a former special ops Marine barks orders? Or is it playing a goofy game of charades? Or is it Kyle Richards, a star of Bravo's reality TV series Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, playing barefoot backyard basketball with her four daughters?
According to best-selling author Bruce Feiler, your family bliss can be found in all three.
Feiler spent years searching for the secret elixir of happy families, often using his own wife and twin girls as guinea pigs.
"I was frustrated," he said. "I felt like, as a parent, we were just stuck. We were lost. The shrinks, the self-help gurus, the family experts, those ideas were really stale."
Instead, Feiler turned to hundreds of examples of non-parenting wisdom from a variety of sources -- from bankers to Green Berets -- for his new book, The Secrets of Happy Families, out in stores Tuesday, to bring families closer together. Some advice was quite surprising: try moving the furniture, ditch date night and let the kids pick their own punishments.
"Frankly, it turns out that our girls are little Stalins," Feiler said. "We actually constantly have to dial them back. They are usually much harsher than we are."
For advice on allowances, Feiler spoke with Warren Buffett's banker, who said not to tie allowances to chores. For games, he went to the folks at the online gaming giant Zynga, the makers of Farmville and other similar spinoffs, who told him that failure can be motivation to do better. For conflict resolution, he went to the Harvard Negotiation Project and the set of ABC's TV series Modern Family.
"All families have conflict," Feiler said. "It's the families that cope with the conflict best that are the best able to function successfully. Laughter, silliness, games can be a great antidote to the conflict."
Speaking of conflict, how is it possible that the star of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, a show that thrives on screaming matches and backstabbing, could be the head of a tranquil family? Richards said her family life is "very real."
"The moms at school who know me as showing up in my pajamas and slippers know how real it is," she said. "I'm a mom and a wife, that's what I do, number one, that's my number one job."
It's a job she takes seriously, raising daughters Farrah, Alexia, Sophia and Portia with her husband, Mauricio Umansky. Turns out the Umanskys instinctively live by several of the happiness secrets that Feiler uncovered for his book.
"Having four kids is not -- especially as they get older -- is not easy to get them, all four, at the same time to sit down to dinner," Richards said. "We have to fight for that all the time, but it's worth it."
But those hard-fought moments create memories -- a stitch in the tapestry of the larger family history, which is something Feiler also talks about in his book: The more your kids know about their family's legacy, the more resilient they are because it gives them a sense of pride in who they are and where they come from. In the Umansky family, for example, Mauricio told his daughters he was born in Mexico and his father was Russian.
"I lost both my parents, so it's really important for me to talk about them a lot with our daughters," Richards added.
In another chapter, Feiler writes that successful institutions have mission statements and wacky family traditions can also breed happiness. And when researchers asked 1,000 kids "if they could have one wish about their parents," many of the kids said they wanted their parents to be less tired and less stressed.
"The week we introduced the morning checklist into our family, we pre-cut parental screaming in half," Feiler said. "So if the standard here is parental stress, our stress went in half."
And to maximize team spirit among family members, Feiler said the Green Berets believe in pushing everyone's physical limits in pursuit of a common goal.
That's where the kids of ABC's Juju Chang come in. Tune into Nightline at 12:35 a.m. ET TUESDAY NIGHT to watch ABC's Juju and her family put some of Feiler's The Secrets of Happy Families to the test.
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Guarantees acceptance, with junior standing, of JCC students who graduate with an associate's degree, or who do not earn an associate's degree but do complete 60 or more credit hours with a minimum JCC cumulative grade point average of 2.5. Students who complete courses specified in the agreement as part of their associate's degree or 60 credit hours can generally complete a bachelor's degree in four semesters with Franklin. Students earn a bachelor's degree by taking approximately 24 additional credit hours from JCC and 40 credit hours online from Franklin University. (latest update 2016)


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Batch declared bankruptcy in December, and his creditors now have the option of seizing the property he used as collateral to secure his debt. That includes "a 2006 Kawasaki personal watercraft, and sports memorabilia and jewelry." Among that, his two Super Bowl rings, as well as his collection of autographed jerseys.
It's purely a procedural move, and the creditor has no intentions of taking the rings, as long as he continues to make payments on this $820,000 claim (a small part of his total $8.29 million in liability). Which wouldn't be a problem, as Batch made $855,000 last year and would make the same next season. If there is a season.
Judge: Batch property can be seized [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]


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Exercise Promotes Brain Plasticity (BSP 111)/
According to psychiatrist Dr. John Ratey the best way to improve brain plasticity is by exercise. I spoke to him shortly after he published his best-seller Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (2008). He commented that even compared to drugs "Exercise is the champ."
Since then Dr. Ratey has been traveling the world promoting the value of exercise for people of all ages, but his main focus has been on young people and on trying to restore and invigorate physical education programs in the schools. In Spark he provided some of the preliminary evidence that vigorous exercise promotes better academic performance, but that evidence had continued to mount.
Besides improving academic performance regular exercise also helps over all mental health. Exercise is especially effective for problems like depression and ADHD. Our brains rely on a complex mixture of neuroactive chemicals (neurotransmitters, etc.), but since our understanding of these is still very primitive, treatment with drugs can be unpredictable. Dr. Ratey feels that medications can be an important part of treating problems like ADHD, but that exercise should be included as an essential element.
Of course, even those of us who don't struggle with mental illnes are concerned with keeping our brains healthy as we age. Here again Dr. Ratey argues that exercise is essential. He speculates that exercise tricks your brain "into thinking that you're younger and that you still need to grow, as opposed to being stationary and having atrophy occur." Also, when you keep on learning (new things) your brain continues to respond and build new pathways. This is very similar to what Dr. Michael Merzenich (one of the pioneers of brain plasticity) told us in BSP 105.
Dr. Ratey is working on a new book that will be an update on the science that has been done since Spark was published, but his 2008 interview remains one of my favorites. That's why I just released an updated version of this interview as BSP 111.
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References and Links
Visit http:johnratey.com.
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (2008) by John J. Ratey
A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
by John J. Ratey
Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life by Dr. Michael Merzenich PhD (References for Soft-Wired)
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BSP 45: Dr. Ratey talks about ADHD
BSP 87: Dr. Patricia Greenwood talks about her book Nurturing the Older Brain and Mind.
BSP 105: Dr. Michael Merzenich talks about his book Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life.
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A vast appellation covering Sonoma County's Pacific coastline, the Sonoma Coast AVA runs all the way from the Mendocino County border, south to the San Pablo Bay. The region can actually be divided into two sections—the actual coastal vineyards, marked by marine soils, cool temperatures and saline ocean breezes—and the warmer, drier vineyards further inland, which are still heavily influenced by the Pacific but not quite with same intensity.
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One of the most finicky yet rewarding grapes to grow, Pinot Noir is a labor of love for many. However, the greatest red wines of Burgundy prove that it is unquestionably worth the effort. In fact, it is the only red variety permitted in Burgundy. Highly reflective of its terroir, Pinot Noir prefers calcareous soils and a cool climate, requires low yields to achieve high quality and demands a lot of attention in the vineyard and winery. It retains even more glory as an important component of Champagne as well as on its own in France's Loire Valley and Alsace regions. This sensational grape enjoys immense international success, most notably growing in Oregon, California and New Zealand with smaller amounts in Chile, Germany (as Spätburgunder) and Italy (as Pinot Nero).
Tasting Notes for Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is a dry red wine, typically diominated by red fruit—strawberry, raspberry and cherry with some heftier styles showing black plum and more delicate styles of Pinot giving citrus qualities. It is relatively pale in color with soft tannins and a lively acidity. With age Pinot Noir can develop hauntingly alluring characteristics of fresh earth, savory spice and dried fruit.
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Pinot's healthy acidity cuts through the oiliness of salmon or texture of tuna but its mild mannered tannins give it enough structure to pair with all sorts of poultry: chicken, quail and especially duck. As the namesake wine of Boeuf Bourguignon, Pinot noir has proven it isn't afraid of beef. California examples work splendidly well with barbecue and Pinot Noir is also vegetarian-friendly—most notably with any dish that features mushrooms.
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For administrative purposes, the region of Beaujolais is often included in Burgundy. But it is extremely different in terms of topography, soil and climate, and the important red grape here is ultimately Gamay, not Pinot noir. Truth be told, there is a tiny amount of Gamay sprinkled around the outlying parts of Burgundy (mainly in Maconnais) but it isn't allowed with any great significance and certainly not in any Village or Cru level wines. So "red Burgundy" still necessarily refers to Pinot noir.


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Microbial Life in Acidic EnvironmentsCreated by Mindy Richlen, Marine Biological Laboratory
Microorganisms that are able to develop under extreme conditions have recently attracted considerable attention because of their peculiar physiology and ecology. These extremophiles also have important biotechnological applications. Acidic environments are especially interesting because, in general, the low pH of the habitat is the consequence of microbial metabolism and not a condition imposed by the system as is the case in many other extreme environments (temperature, ionic strength, high pH, radiation, pressure, etc.).
- Gonzalez-Toril, E., Llobet-Brossa, E., Casamayor, E.O., Amann, R., and R. Amils. 2003. Microbial Ecology of an Extreme Acidic Environment, the Tinto River. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 4853-4865.
What are acidophiles?
Acidophiles are organisms that can withstand and even thrive in acidic environments where the pH values range from 1 to 5. Acidophiles include certain types of eukaryotes, bacteria and archaea that are found in a variety of acidic environments, including sulfuric pools and geysers, areas polluted by acid mine drainage, and even our own stomachs.
Types of acidophiles include the red alga Cyanidium caldarium and the green alga Dunaliella acidophila, which can live below pH 1, as well as the fungi, Acontium cylatium, Cephalosporium sp., and Trichosporon cerebriae, which grow near pH 0. The archean Picrophilaceae are the most acidophilic organisms known and are able to grow at negative pH values.
Lemonade Spring, located in Yellowstone National Park, is bright green in many areas because of the abundance of Cyanidium, the most heat and acid tolerant alga known. Cyanidium is an acidophile and grows at pH as low as 2-3 and temperatures as high as 42 degrees C. Image taken by Kathy Sheehan and provided by Marine Biological Laboratory of the University of Chicago web site
How do acidophiles regulate their pH?
Normally, high acid levels destroy cells. However, acidophiles have evolved a variety of specialized mechanisms to maintain their internal cellular pH at a constant level (usually 7.2). These mechanisms include "passive" regulation (not requiring the cell to expend energy) and "active" regulation (requiring energy).
Passive pH regulation defenses primarily rely on enforcing the cell membrane against an unfavorable environment. Some microorganisms secrete a biofilm to slow down the diffusion of molecules into the cell, while others are able to change their cell membrane to incorporate substances such as fatty acids that protect the cell. Another important way that microbes passively regulate their pH is by secreting buffer molecules that help to raise pH. Some have also evolved active pH regulation, which gives them the ability to pump hydrogen ions out of their cells at a constantly high rate. By doing this they are able to keep their internal pH at around 6.5—7.0.
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Sulfur cycling and acid mine drainage
Acidophiles have been the focus of substantial research in recent years, particularly regarding their role in acid mine drainage. One of the most well-known acidophiles with respect to this important environmental problem is Ferroplasma, which was found growing at pH 0 in acid mine drainage in Iron Mountain in California.
This microbe is believed to be a key mediator of the process of acid mine drainage, a major environmental problem associated with mining. Some acidophiles, such as Ferroplasma, use sulfur cycling to transform the sulfide found in metal ores to sulfuric acid, the chemical pollutant that contaminates mining sites and drains into nearby rivers, streams and groundwater. These acidophiles are chemolithotrophs, which means that they are capable of using CO2 or carbonates as the sole source of carbon for cell biosynthesis, and derive energy from the oxidation of reduced inorganic or organic compounds. The process of sulfur cycling by chemolithotrophic oxidation of sulfur in oxic habitats produces sulfuric acid (SO42- + 2 H+ = H2SO4). Acidophiles are tolerant of the resulting acidic conditions, although the production of sulfuric acid is detrimental to other microorganisms, plants, and animals.
Gastrointestinal pathogens and human health
Other microbes, while not acidophiles, are studied because their acid-resistance systems allow them to survive the low pH in our own stomachs and cause disease. Two such microbes are Escherichia coli, a well-known gastrointestinal pathogen, and Helicobacter pylori, which causes stomach ulcers.
In contrast, Salmonella spp. are only moderately acid resistant because they lack these extreme acid survival mechanisms and instead have moderately effective acid-tolerance systems. The best characterized acid-resistance system is that of E. coli. The basic strategy involves increasing internal pH, flipping transmembrane electrical potential (thereby imitating an acidophile) and achieving a physiological state where overall metabolic activity is kept at a minimum (Foster 2004). Notably, outbreaks of E. coli disease have also been linked to the ingestion of acidic foods including contaminated apple cider, the pH of which is generally about 3.5. Hence, the acid-resistance system of E. coli is not only equipped to survive low gastrointestinal pH, but also allows it to exploit new vectors of transmission typically inhospitable to other pathogens.
Foster, JW (2004) Escherichia coli acid resistance: tales of an amateur acidophile. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2: 898-907
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Is elderberry syrup safe to drink during pregnancy?
Yes, absolutely. All the ingredients we use in our Elderberry Syrups are perfectly safe for pregnancy, nursing, and children. There are local nurse midwives and physicians who recommend my products for their patients. You can always check with your health care provider before starting a new routine.
What is the recommended serving size for children?
There are two rules we generally go by when determining how much of an herbal preparation to serve to our children:
Young's Rule – Add 12 to the child's age. Divide the child's age by this total. Example serving for a 4 year old: Add 12+4 = 16. Divide 16/4 = .25, or 1/4 of the adult serving.
Cowling's Rule - Divide the number of the child's next birthday by 24. Example: serving for a child who is 3, turning 4 would be: 4 divided by 24 = .16, or 1/6 of the adult serving.
Can I give your products to infants?
The APP does not recommend that children have honey based foods until they reach 2 years of age. The glycerin based drops are fine for children to use.
What about Cough and Calm for Pregnancy and for kids?
The AAP does not recommend acting against a cough in children ages 2-6. That said, they recommend Honey in warm water with some lemon and said a spoonful of honey has the same result as OTC Cough Medicine to soothe and suppress a cough. You can always talk to your Dr before starting any new herb based product.
As an herbalist, I recommend a few tricks for little ones with a cough. A steam shower with a drop or two of Pine EO on a sponge on the shower floor will thin mucus and allow for productive coughing. A Nose Freida is an excellent little tool to extract mucus from little babies noses! You can find it here.
A Garlic Plaster or an onion plaster is a traditional herbal remedy for chest congestion. You can learn more about these from John Gallagher of Learning Herbs, and Debi Pearl from No Greater Joy Ministries.
How long is the syrup good for after I have opened it?
Look for the date stamp on the outside label of the bottle or a white sticker with a date. This is the best by date. Because there are no chemical preservatives added, we cannot recommend consumption after the best by date. You can freeze the syrup to extend shelf life for personal use. That's your call!
I forgot to put my syrup in the refrigerator for a couple days. Is it still good?
Because there are no chemical preservatives added to extend shelf life, we cannot guarantee the syrup will last till the best by date unless it has been refrigerated. Room temp will greatly reduce shelf life. Learn more about safe food handling and storage here
How often can I take the elderberry syrup?
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How often can I drink the Fire Cider?
Fire cider recommended serving is 1-3 times/day.
What variety of elderberry do you use in your syrups?
Andi Lynn's formula is made with an Organic pharmaceutical grade Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) juice with 454 mg of Elder active per serving.
Are your products gluten free? Organic? Non-GMO?
Our Syrups, Tonics, and Teas are processed in a facility that also processes nuts, wheat, and dairy. We do not use any gluten or GMO's in ANY of our products. All the herbs in the Syrups, Teas, and Drops are Certified Organic by the USDA. We use locally sourced honey from a family farm in Denham Springs, LA, and locally sourced Raw, Apple Cider Vinegar from a Family Farm in the Midwest. We source our vegetables for the Fire Cider here in Louisiana.
Can I warm up the elderberry syrup?
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The Fire Cider seems very hot. Can I mix it in something to counteract the spiciness?
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Mix into water.
Put it in hot tea with some sweetener.
Add to soups, chilies, or marinades.
Use in place of vinegar in salad dressing or condiments.
Drizzle on veggies or greens.
Splash some in tomato juice, pineapple juice, or salt the rim of your glass.
Where can I buy Andi Lynn's products locally?
Please see our retail locations here. Check back often as new stores are regularly joining the Andi Lynn's family!
When are the seasonal blends available?
Typically, Fall blend is available September through November, Winter blend is available December through February, and Spring blend is available March through May. However, we don't have hard and fast dates for the release and discontinuation of each blend. Keep watch and be sure to subscribe to our mailing list for updates and new releases.
Our Story
Andi Lynn's Elderberries began in the fall of 2010. Our family came down with a terrible upper respiratory infection that was threatening to settle into the lower lungs. After some research, we decided to give elderberry syrup a try. The entire family was better in less than 3 days! Over the winter, I studied and developed my own recipe for Syrup, using Local raw honey and Certified Organic herbs, and began selling Andi Lynn's Elderberries at the Livingston Parish Farmer's Market in Spring 2011. Since that time, Andi Lynn's has expanded to offer own unique blends of traditional herbal remedies all over the Gulf South. Distributors and retail locations can be contacted here.
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If you're looking for a reliable shell at an affordable price that you can pack along with you or wear on your hike in case of rain, the Columbia Women's Arcadia Rain Jacket will do just the trick. The jacket packs down into one of its hand pockets, so you'll be able to easily take it with you wherever you go. The jacket's Omni-Tech fabric and sealed seams provide waterproof protection, and the fabric lets your body moisture escape for breathable comfort when you're working up a sweat. The jacket's mesh lining enhances ventilation so you don't get overly clammy in warmer temperatures, or sweat-soaked and cold when it's chilly. Cinch down the adjustable hood and hem if you need extra protection, and protect small essentials from the elements in the secure, zippered hand pockets.
- Breathable, waterproof Omni-Tech membrane with nylon face fabric
- Mesh lining
- Modern classic (regular) fit
- Adjustable hood and hem
- Zippered hand pockets
- Packable into hand pocket
- Item #COL006C
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It survived a rainy, cold Colorado visit
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Small
- Height: 5'5"
- Weight: 139lbs
The price of this jacket made it feel like a steal. Then I figured for the price you get what you pay for ... wrong again. I wore this in May in Colorado when the temperatures ranged from a daytime high in the 60s/70s to 30s and pouring rain/snow. It's a great outer layer to repel moisture and keep you dry. I love the way the cuffs and the neckline are adjustable.
I waited to write this review when I could break out this jacket again in the Northeast. It has now been through the wringer and still looks new. Really glad I made the purchase.
Best Rain Coat EVER!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Small
- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 118lbs
I had been searching for the perfect rain coat for quite some time, so I always read reviews before making a purchase. I believe the experiences people have with certain things (if honestly stated) really help others find what they are looking for. I wanted a waterproof jacket that was also breathable, and found this and about 99% of the reviews were amazing. I purchased, and I must say that this coat is absolutely perfect. It is waterproof, breathable, priced perfectly for the quality and looks amazing on. It fits true to size. I know that anyone who purchases this coat will be pleased. Thank you Columbia!
Good rain jacket
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: True to size
Nice, overall rain jacket and like the color. Fits true to size and nice velcro closings along zipper and wrists. Wish it was lined as it didn't keep me warm on a cold day (40F). I could see this being good for trips where are stray rain could happen as it packs up well. Hood is good and stays in place when wearing.
Great for light raining
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: large
- Weight: 65lbs
Great present
So great, I got two!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I love this jacket. It's lightweight and isn't too bulky, makes a decent windbreaker, and does a great job protecting from the rain. My favorite color is purple so the "inkling" is great. My mom saw it and loved it so I got her one too. The only thing I would caution is that it is lightweight, so you'll need to wear layers in the colder regions/months.
Worth Every Penny
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
This jacket is great! Used it on a 10 day fishing trip in northern Ontario and this jacket was a star! There were multiple days we where caught in a torrential downpour; this jacket kept me dry and I didn't sweat in it. The only thing I would have to say is it leaked a bit on the ends of the sleeves and it is not lined so unless it is warm make sure you layer up. I've also used it hiking multiple times and it still looks like new. Very durable. Great buy!
Great but went down hill
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
This jacket was amazing for a couple of months. After a few runs through the washer I noticed white flakes getting in my hair when I used the hood as well as on my phone when I took it out of the jacket. When I looked closely to the jacket the lining was coming apart. It does not protect from getting wet at all anymore.
Just out of curiosity, WHY ON EARTH would you machine wash a rain coat?
Great quality
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: True to size
Great quality for the price, make note that it is just a shell and will not fair very well in cold weather without a sweatshirt or something additional under it. I got the razzle/plum and it was more pink-y then I thought but still a very nice color.
A little pale.
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: True to size
I bought the Geyser/Siberia and it honestly looks like the picture of Oceanic. I was really hoping for it to be a bit darker, but ah well. I just think it'd be safe to assume the picture is darker than the reality, because a fleece I bought from here and that was Columbia was also lighter than I expected.
Other than that, it's great. I moved to NC and realized my insulated rain coat was absolutely horrible for those hot rainy days, so I decided to find a rain coat with as little lining as possible. This is that coat. I will say that the hood is very shallow, so your face won't be protected at all, probably even if you bend your head forward - there's just not enough of the hood to really do much besides keep the sides and back of your head dry. I don't really mind a wet face, so that's fine. For a rain coat, however, seems a bit ill-planned.
"True to size" means fitted for me, so if you want to layer and use this rain jacket as a shield with fleece underneath or similar, go UP A SIZE.
So, overall: colors are lighter than they appear in the pictures, hood is shallow for a rain jacket, and at your usual size it is likely to be fitted. It's very light, the lining is mesh (maybe a little rough, haven't worn it long enough), and even the lighter color is still eye-popping and pretty.
good buy
- Fit: True to size
I bought a medium - red hibiscus. Haven't worn it yet, so can't review performance. But, the fit, feel and sizing of the jacket are great. I'm 5'7.5" and 130 lbs, and the medium was perfect. Fits comfortably, alone, but with ample room for another layer. Has a mesh lining, which feels nice. The red has a pink undertone (rant alert: I don't understand why manufacturers of outdoor wear never make women's items in warm, earth tone colors). Will try to follow up with review of performance.
Thanks for the sizing info!
Can't wait to hear how this jacket performs for you.
Up North in Michigan
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
- Fit: True to size
Great selection for our daughter for a summer iutdoir college lesson session. It has a side benefit, it keeps out the moving horde of insects following her around. Darn near bug proof outdoors.
I have a question. Does it have fleeze inside? Is it warm? Or is just cover? Thank you.
Exactly what we needed it for!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: Runs small
This was for my daughter and the very next day we got caught in a rain storm. She loved the feel and it worked like a charm in the diverse weather. We highly recommend this jacket.
How much does it weigh?
Hey Tina,
This jacket weighs 14.4 oz.
Does this jacket have the double zipper -- where you can zip up from the bottom as well as from the top? If not, can you pls. tell me which does. I need a lightweight hiking rain jacket with that feature. thx
How much does this jacket weigh?
Cynthia E.,
14.4 oz
Does this jacket have inner pockets?
Hey gortiz829,
No, this jacket does not have any interior pockets.
is this jacket lined? I'm wondering how...
is this jacket lined?
I'm wondering how it is in the inside, im lookinf for something warm but also light, something in a rainy day i could use without feeling like a polar bear, but also feeling warm in the inside.. (maybe it is so much to ask for?)


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(This post originally appeared on Mommy Speech Therapy)
I can't believe the school season is almost here already, and has probably already started for some of you! To celebrate new classes, students, and goals I thought I'd share my "Articulation Goal Tracker" form with all of you. This form can be a beneficial way for both parents and Speech-Language Pathologists to set and track goals for articulation therapy.
Setting Goals:
The first step in any articulation program is always deciding where to begin. Speech-Language Pathologists usually use standardized tests such as the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation or other articulation tests/screeners to determine what sounds our students/clients struggle with. Then we consider what sounds are most stimulable (what sounds we can elicit from the student/client without much difficulty), and any patterns we may see among the speech errors that were produced when setting our goals. After I have tested a student and determined what sounds the student needs to work on I simply write the sounds at the top my Articulation Goal Tracker sheet and I am ready to begin therapy.
Parents can usually tell right off what sounds their child struggles with. However, sometimes it may be more difficult for a parent to know which sound to begin with. When counseling parents on what sounds to start practicing first I like to have them circle the sounds on the bottom left corner of the Articulation Goal Tracker that their child does not produce correctly. Then we use their answers as a guide to determine speech goals for their child. The sounds appear on my goal sheet as "sounds" not phonemes to make it easier for a parent to identify the sounds their child is not saying correctly. See below:
I explain that the sounds in the first line are the earliest developing sounds and if they have circled any sounds in this line that is usually the best place to start. Then we proceed to write any sounds circled from the first line at the top of the Articulation Goal Tracker as sounds to target first.
Likewise, sounds on the second line are sounds that come in later and are sounds we usually target after all the sounds on the first line have been mastered. Then we write on our Articulation Goal Tracker any sounds that have been circled on this line to be practiced after we have mastered sounds on the first line.
Finally, sounds on the last line are sounds that are generally developed and mastered at an older age than the sounds on the first two lines. Therefore, we usually target these sounds after sounds on the first two lines have been mastered. Any sounds circled on this line we write on our Articulation Goal Tracker to be targeted after we have mastered the sounds from the first two lines.
Please note that this is intended to be used as a guide for selecting speech goals and that it is by no means the rule. Speech Pathologists look at other factors besides just age of acquisition to determine what sounds to target first. If you have any questions or concerns about selecting goals for your child please refer to a certified Speech-Language Pathologist to guide you through setting your articulation goals.
Tracking Goals:
Once I have outlined my speech goals for a student I use my articulation goal tracking sheet to track my student's progress and to keep track of what goals I want to work on next.
Below is an example of my Articulation Goal Tracker. I have created a fictitious student named Ella Johnson to provide you an example of how I use this sheet to both set and track goals for articulation therapy.
If you have questions about how to practice the goals I have written in the left column (isolation, initial syllables, initial words, initial sentences, initial stories etc.) please refer to my post "The Process of Articulation Therapy" to help guide you.
I have also included my Articulation Therapy Log (see below) that I use alongside the Articulation Goal Tracker. I use the Articulation Therapy Log to keep track of what I work on in every articulation therapy session. As reflected in the example below I write the date of the therapy session, the articulation goal that is being targeted and how the child performed on that goal during that session. I also include anything else that might be significant like what I sent for homework or what therapy techniques were helpful during that session. When a student passes an articulation goal I write it in the Articulation Therapy Log and then I record the date on the Articulation Goal Tracker.
You can download the Articulation Goal Tracker and Articulation Therapy Log on the worksheets page, by clicking on the top bar labeled "Articulation Data Collection Forms". These two sheets together have made setting articulation goals and tracking their progress a lot easier for me. I hope they make setting and tracking goals easier for you too so we can all focus on the important stuff, helping our children speak clearly. Thanks for reading! I hope you all have a happy and productive school year!
Heidi Hanks, MS, CCC-SLP, lives in Utah with her husband and (soon to be) 4 children. She graduated from Utah State University in 2000 with her Master's degree in Communicative Disorders. She worked in early intervention for 3 years and has been doing private therapy from her home for the last 7 years. She also writes the blog Mommy Speech Therapy, which is aimed at helping parents take a more active role in helping their children with speech and communication development. Heidi can also be found on Twitter @mommy_slp.


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The internet and eCommerce have literally transformed the way we buy everything today. Who would have considered buy appliances, clothing, even food through a website just ten short years ago. Today we have such amazing resources at our finger-tips. Sites like Houzz and Pinterest give us the ability to drool over images of things we want, need and most of the time can't afford.
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Chapter I: My Sister Bought her Drapes from Restoration Hardware. Yes. It is true, and now the whole world will know. My Wife and I own a Custom Drapery Company and my little sister bought her drapes from Restoration Hardware. Now, a little background. We are from New Jersey. Working Class New Jersey where most of my Family still lives. My Sister and her husband bought a new home in a brand new upscale community in southwest New Jersey. They love it. Big beautiful new homes averaging over 4000 square feet each. These are the McMansions that became popular in the late 90's and early 2000's. Really huge tall windows with great views and vaulted ceilings. Stainless steel kitchens with two dishwashers.
So Lori buys this new home and all of her new friends in the neighborhood are hiring Interior Designers / Decorators to help them all deck the places out. Lori calls me and asks what I think and I tell her to go ahead and hire this Decorator that she was referred too. You know, got to keep up with the Jones'. Well, a few months later and I get the call. "Ron", her Decorator has suggested that she buy new drapes at Restoration Hardware. He does it all of the time she tells me. Now, they wont be wide enough but Ron has a resource where they are going to buy two pair of drapes and then sew them together. Oh boy.
Flash forward 2 years. Now, my Parents buy a house about two miles away from my Sister, also in a new development. This one though, no McMansions. These homes are, well, single level. No stairs. Wide hallways and a lot of hand-rails. You got me, right? But these houses are nice, I mean, really nice. And, Like Lori, all of these Ladies are hiring Decorators too!
So now I get the call from my Mother and I brace myself. If she tells me that she is buying Restoration Hardware Drapes I am going to have a brain freeze. Turns out that her Decorator suggested that you buy her drapes from a place called DrapeStyle! An "Online Company" she says. My Mom could not have been more tickled.
Now the best part. My Mom has DrapeStyle and she is 78. My Sister has Restoration Hardware and she is 44. My Sister goes to my Mom's house and sees her drapes. Now the calls are really coming…
"How could you have let me buy that c…p, from Restoration Hardware!", "Moms drapes are so much better!"
Sometimes "kids" just have to learn for themselves.
Here is the real deal. The Thai Silk Drapes from Restoration Hardware were really not all "that bad", but they weren't DrapeStyle. They were lined but not interlined, the fabrics were thin. The hems were short and cheap. They just weren't "custom". And the reality is that they didn't cost much less than DrapeStyle and by the time she paid the tailor to sew the two panels together, they really were about the same price as DrapeStyle 100% Custom. Lori spent a lot of time and a lot of money on those drapes and now we are making her new ones. She gets the "Family Discount" but she would have been much happier if she would have just ordered from DrapeStyle to begin with.


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Living on mobile money
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my frustrating efforts to use various new mobile money applications on my phone. I promised then to have another go, to give up cash and try to pay by phone alone. So, how did it go? Not very well, I'm afraid.
I started by loading up my phone with a variety of apps which - supposedly - would help me get by without cash or even cards. My main weapons were to be O2 Wallet and Barclays Pingit, two new services which allow you to send and receive money from your phone. But I also installed the Paypal app, and a range of others that allow you to buy a coffee or pay for a taxi from your phone.
Within minutes of starting, I ran into trouble. It was my turn to buy the office tea and coffee round, and the coffee outlet only took cash. No problem - I would get my colleague Anthony to pay and refund him via one of my mobile money pay-by-text services.
With Barclays Pingit playing up (I never got it to work, even after deleting the app and going through the lengthy verification system again) I turned to my O2 wallet. Just two or three passwords later, I had texted a £2.80 money message to Anthony.
Then the fun began.
He spent days - quite literally - trying to make sure this and a couple of other payments from me made their way from his phone into his bank account. Much of that time was spent in increasingly intemperate phone conversations with O2. At one point the company told him their "triage unit" was on the case. Anthony's verdict? "No need for triage - it's terminal!"
I quickly realised that although I wanted to rely solely on my phone, this approach wasn't going to work. I would need to use credit and debit cards as well, plus my Oyster touch-and-go card for travel around London.
By paying for meals via my debit card - which meant I had to spend more than £5 - I did manage to get by without cash for a couple of days.
Then I took a trip to Oxford and had my first failure.
Getting on a bus to the city centre without a travelcard, I found myself obliged to dip into my pocket for some coins to pay the fare. And my bus trip proved a timely example of how useful mobile money could be if it were more widely adopted. On a busy route, every time we stopped dozens of school children and students queued to pay by cash, making our progress very slow.
While neither of my mobile money services proved at all useful over the week, there were two things - taxis and coffee - that proved easy to pay for by phone. The taxi app market is now fiercely competitive and I found Hailo, a service that lets you order a London cab, pretty efficient at delivering a driver to me within five minutes.
I also tried Ubicabs to order minicabs, and this again worked fine - although my driver ended up asking me to navigate to my destination. These services make it very easy to move around without cash or credit cards - if only in the London area - but they have one major downside. You end up racking up big bills without even thinking about it.
The same applies with the Starbucks app, which allows you to load money onto a virtual payment card on your phone, then swipe your phone against a reader to pay for coffee or a sandwich. Because this was the only easy way I found to buy food from my phone, I ended up spending far too much on cappuccinos.
When I ended my experiment, I breathed a sigh of relief - as did my colleague Anthony, who is still trying to extract from his phone the money I owe him. Trying to live off mobile money, which is supposed to make life easier, has been a stressful experience. The inevitable concerns about security are making most of these new services so complicated to use that you have to be slightly deranged even to bother.
That is not to say the whole idea is doomed to failure. We will see further innovation over the coming weeks as payments firms unveil plans to allow visitors to the London Olympics to pay with their phones.
But here's my advice to the companies pushing these services - your "triage units" are in for a busy time.


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Here are 10 reasons to celebrate Carrier and our game-changing air conditioning technology.
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