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I enjoy programming, but programming at work is just that, work. I would like to further develop my own personal interests in programming. Throughout the week I imagine myself completing a small project on the weekend or finishing up a programming related book. However, in reality I often fall short of my expectations. I often will get just one or two chapters of reading done and even less coding. In reality I will spend time surfing the net, watching television, or visiting friends and slacking off... because it is the weekend. But when Sunday evening rolls around I often reflect on my weekend and I am sorely disappointed with my use of time.
So my question is how do you maintain your productivity outside of work? I am sure some programmers could care less about programming on their free time. Although, I think the majority of programmers, especially on stackexchange, are passionate about programming.
Should I spend the weekend programming, or will I burn out and resent programming if I dedicate that much time to it?
How should I go about programming on my free time? Should I set a schedule? How much time should I dedicate to it? Most importantly how do I follow that schedule? Its only human nature to procrastinate.
I know there is a lot of questions here. Feel free to answer the ones that relate to how you remained focused outside of work. I am passionate about programming but after 40 hours of programming it can be difficult to maintain that enthusiasm.


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Edward Huws Jones b.2 January 1948
Edward Huws Jones is a composer, arranger and music educationalist with a particular interest in music for young string players. His music is played and enjoyed all over the world. Edward draws on a rich and varied musical background. After the University of York and the Royal Academy of Music his early career was as a specialist in renaissance and baroque music. Edward went on to gain extensive experience as a string teacher, with a particular focus on effective group teaching within the state system. His numerous original compositions for children and young people have a firmly-established place in the educational repertoire. He is the founder of the Mostar Strings Project, a project initiated to provide group musical activities and violin teaching to children and families in Bosnia. Edward has also travelled the globe researching fiddle playing traditions and has endeavoured to make much of this colourful music available in print for the first time. His enormously popular Fiddler series for Boosey & Hawkes now comprises more than 15 collections, including Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes, The Klezmer Fiddler and The Tango Fiddler. A recent addition to the series, The French Fiddler, was published in 2011 and The Nordic Fiddler is planned for release in 2014. Since 1996 he has acted as a consultant and editor for ABRSM and has worked on numerous projects including the selection of five successive violin examination syllabuses. He was also involved in the development of Music Medals, an innovative approach to encouraging and assessing the achievement of young students taught in groups. Edward Huws Jones is published by Boosey & Hawkes.
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CLAREMONT, Calif. – A total of 14 members of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps swimming & diving team participated in the final home meet of their careers on Saturday for Senior Day, as CMS defeated Redlands in both the men's and women's competition to remain unbeaten in SCIAC. The Stags took all 13 events en route to a 197-46 win, while the Athenas defeated Redlands 172-69 by winning 11 of 13 events.
Both the Stags and Athenas swept the diving competition as freshman Carli Lessard won the 3-meter (224.20) and 1-meter (206.30) dives for the Athenas and junior James Stevick took the 3-meter (340.05) and 1-meter (294.05) dives for the Stags.
In the pool on the women's side, senior Helen Liu and senior Michele Kee were triple winners on the day as both swam on the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay teams that won. Liu also took the 50-yard freestyle event (24.56) while Kee added a win in the 400-yard individual medley (4:35.83). Freshman Stephanie Doi also swam on both winning relay teams. The 200-yard free relay team of Liu, Kee, Doi and freshman Courtney Chan tied a 10-year old pool record with a time of 1:38.47. Junior Molly Loftus also won multiple events for the Athenas, winning both the 1650-yard freestyle (17:44.66) and 200-yard backstroke (2:14.75).
For the Stags, freshman Matthew Williams and sophomore Alex Poltash each won three events, two of which came on the 200 free and 400 medley relay teams. Williams also added a win in the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.85) while Poltash won the 100-yard freestyle (47.15). In addition to Stevick, Williams and Poltash, junior Marc Blumberg (400 medley relay, 200 butterfly), sophomore Joseph Hinton (50 free, 200 free relay) and sophomore Conrad Shabb (400 IM, 500 free) each were involved in multiple wins. Shabb's 400-yard individual medley time of 4:06.76 topped the previous pool record from 2002 by nearly four seconds.
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1. The wheel line on one of it's last days before being shut down. 2. The best corn ever (Ambrosia) is harvested and frozen. 3. State Fair zinnia. 4. Gorgeous sunset.
5. Peaceful misty morning. (This photo is from last year, but it's one of my all time favorites.)
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Architectural Salvage Store near Burke, VA
For the last few decades, many home-buyers throughout the country are opting out of the newest and latest in suburban architecture, and teeming back into urban neighborhoods and vintage homes, seemingly in droves. The trend in urban renewal leans toward home restoration, and the more authentic, the better. Homeowners in every city, large and small, are lovingly restoring homes to their previous glory, honoring the authenticity of the architectural period, while making a beautiful and livable family home.
The Brass Knob Architectural Antiques recognizes the need for legitimate hardware, doorknobs, fixtures, lighting and many other pieces necessary for an authentic restoration. What began in 1981 as Washington DC's premier source for all architectural antiques, is now considered one of the most reliable resources for architectural salvage products near Burke, VA. The Brass Knob earned a reputation as the go-to shop for all American antique and vintage items necessary for restoring and preserving older homes, by providing a unique inventory which spans the architectural periods from 1870-1940.
Offering an available inventory of decorative, as well as functional, items for restoration and interior design, The Brass Knob suits all your antique and vintage needs. Specializing in such rich and storied architectural periods as Georgian, Colonial Revival, Rococo, Victorian, Mission, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Art Deco, our inventory is sure to satisfy your quest. Our expert staff can provide assistance in all areas of your antique and vintage restoration, including design, architecture, lighting, and authentication.
A Bit of the History of Our Architectural Salvage Company
What began as a doorknob collection in the 1970s has evolved into one of the foremost authoritative sources for architectural antiques in the country. With a mutual passion for restoring long-forgotten architecture to its original glory, and a shared eye for beauty and design, Ron Allan and Donetta George opened The Brass Knob Architectural Antiques in 1981. Over the next decades, Ron and Donetta amassed a huge inventory of specialty and hard-to-find architectural pieces, building their business and reputation with those professional designers seeking quality period architectural pieces and ornaments.
Ron retired in 2011, but the store remains, and continues to grow on a foundation honed through years of professional knowledge and unique inventory. The Brass Knob enjoys a reputation for quality architectural antiques which stretches far beyond the confines of Washington, DC, or even the Eastern US.
The Source for Authentic Architectural Items near Burke, VA & Nationwide
Architectural Salvage has long been a passion of those at The Brass Knob. Rescuing and restoring those items which make a house a home-stained glass, newel posts, fireplace mantles, doors and hardware, bath and kitchen fixtures and accessories, lighting- and many other functional, yet authentic, pieces necessary for a true restoration. And, yes, we even have the occasional brass knob in our inventory.
As you may imagine, the Washington, DC area and the Mid-Atlantic region as a whole is rife with historic homes and buildings. Not all of these structures are able to be restored, and commonly, the buildings are torn down, the land repurposed. Of course, many of the pieces inside these structures are salvageable and provide the bulk of our inventory. Our store also buys and sells items from other areas, repurposing architectural salvage from all over the country.
If you're restoring a home, or simply adding vintage panache to your décor, come browse our inventory. In the DC area, stop by our 18th Street Location. We're open Monday-Saturday from 10:30-6:00 pm, and Sundays from noon-5:00 pm. You can always browse our inventory online, and check back often as we acquire items daily. For specific items, or questions about your restoration, contact The Brass Knob directly. We take your trust to heart.
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Resources for Researchers
NIAID offers many resources to support your research, including reagents, model organisms, and tissue samples, to name just a few. Use the filters under Filter Search Results to narrow your search, or simply enter specific search terms in the search field.
Biocontainment Laboratory: George Mason University National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases
The George Mason University National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases Biomedical Research Laboratory (BRL) is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories. The RBL supports research programs in the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases focusing on host resp
Biocontainment Laboratory: University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston National Laboratory
As one of two National Biocontainment Laboratories constructed under grants awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), the Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) enables progress in our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms u
Chicago Center for Functional Annotation (CCFA)
The Chicago Center for Functional Annotation (CCFA) is defining gene function on multiple scales, using a multi-disciplinary set of cellular, genetic, molecular, and biochemical approaches.
Eukaryotic Pathogen Database Resources (EuPathDB)
EuPathDB, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, is an integrated database covering eukaryotic pathogens.
Functional Lists of Unknown TB Entities (FLUTE)
FLUTE is a Functional Genomics Center funded by NIAID, with the goal of discovering the roles of genes from Mtb with previously unknown functions. In addition FLUTE aims to establish an efficient pathway for identifying gene function that could serve as a paradigm for other bacterial species.
FungiDB, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, is an integrated genomic and functional genomic database for the kingdom Fungi.
Genes Unknown in Acinetobacter baumannii (GUNK)
GUNK center is part of the NIAID Functional Genomics Program. This center was created to investigate the role of previously uncharacterized genes of A. baumannii in its ability to cause human disease. Three projects have been established to:
Genomic Centers for Infectious Diseases (GCID) Resources
The GCID use and develop or improve innovative applications of genomic technologies, such as RNA sequencing and metagenomics, and provide rapid and cost-efficient production of high-quality genome sequences of microorganisms, invertebrate vectors of infectious diseases, and hosts and host microbiomes. Multiple strains and isolates of specific microbial species, populations and communities have been and continue to be sequenced.
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The IRD, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, provides a suite of tools for analysis of all types of influenza data and a personal work bench on which each scientist can store lists of important data selected from that available on IRD.
The Orfeome Project is part of the NIAID-supported Functional Genomics Program.
PATRIC (Bacterial Bioinformatics Resource Center)
PATRIC, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, is an information system designed to support the biomedical research community's work on bacterial infectious diseases via integration of vital pathogen information with rich data and analysis tools.
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The Structural Genomics Centers for Infectious Diseases provide the research community with:
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The Systems Biology Consortium for Infectious Diseases is a community of systems biologists who aim to integrate experimental biology and computational tools and modeling across temporal and spatial scales towards a better understanding of infectious diseases.
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WikiLeaks: Bush, Obama passed on sanctioning Syrian insiders
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. administrations declined in recent years to place sanctions on Syrian officials who now are involved in that country's harsh crackdown on dissidents, despite the officials' involvement in crushing internal opposition previously, according to secret State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks.
In one instance, the top diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus asked the State Department in 2007 to impose sanctions on Ali Mamluk, the chief of intelligence for Syrian President Bashar Assad.
"The role of the organization he heads in suppressing internal dissent is publicly known in Syria and stating as much in our statement would resonate well here," wrote Michael Corbin, the embassy's charge d'affaires.
But no action was taken against Mamluk until this April, after security forces had killed scores of civilians in the Syrian town of Deraa in protests that have since spread to much of the country.
In the same cable, Corbin opposed sanctions for Mohammad Suleiman, who at the time was a special Assad adviser for arms procurement and strategic weapons. Corbin argued that Suleiman's activities weren't well-known enough that the Treasury Department could impose the sanctions without revealing classified information.
"His activities are not widely known, which will make it difficult to obtain unclassified material" needed for the Treasury Department to cite when sanctioning Suleiman, Corbin wrote.
Suleiman never was sanctioned. On Aug. 1, 2008, a sniper killed him in the Syrian coastal town of Tartous. Syria blamed Israel's Mossad intelligence agency but offered no proof. A secret cable dated April 9, 2009, offers another possibility: that Suleiman was killed because he had $80 million in cash in the basement of one of his homes, which investigators who were looking into his slaying later found.
How to deal with Assad's inner circle clearly has been a difficult problem for the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, according to the cables, part of the vast trove of State Department communications that WikiLeaks has shared with McClatchy and other news organizations.
Despite suggestions as long ago as 2006 that Assad was falling short on promises to open his country's political system, neither administration was willing to take firm action against his closest advisers, though such sanctions — which would have prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing business with them — often were discussed, the cables show.
That same ambiguity exists today, with the Obama administration refusing to call for Assad to leave office, even as the White House regularly denounces the harsh crackdown in which as many as 1,600 people are thought to have died. The most recent White House statement came Sunday, after Syrian troops moved into the restive city of Hama and killed an estimated 75 people.
A Jan. 4, 2006, confidential cable from the previous charge d'affaires in Damascus, Stephen Seche, spelled out why the Bush administration was reluctant to target Assad's inner circle.
"Most Syrians we talk to believe that President Assad still represents their best hope for change without instability. It is their fear of instability that stops the majority of Syrians from pushing harder for internal change," Seche wrote.
The hesitancy to pressure Assad's inner circle as a way to bring political change to Syria that's reflected in the cables recalls the conflict between how officials today describe the Libyan regime of Moammar Gadhafi and the way Gadhafi's regime was portrayed in diplomatic cables before the current uprising in that country.
As McClatchy outlined in a story in April, those cables often portrayed Gadhafi's regime as moving toward greater openness and described Gadhafi's son Saif as one of the main proponents of greater respect for human rights. The International Criminal Court indicted Saif Gadhafi on war crimes charges in June, along with his father.
Corbin raised the issue of sanctions in several cables, including one classified secret and dated Jan. 24, 2008, in which he suggested that the U.S. target four men who make and move money for Assad.
The four included Assad's father-in-law, Fawas Arkhas; financier Zufair Sahloul, who was said to be able to "move $10 million anywhere in the world in 24 hours"; and Assad's uncle and financial adviser Mohammad Makhlouf. The U.S. still has made no move to sanction them, although the European Union sanctioned Makhlouf on Tuesday.
The fourth person Corbin suggested the U.S. move against was Nabil al Kuzbari, whom Corbin identified as an Assad confidant who ran investment schemes on behalf of Syria's top business families. The U.S. moved to sanction him only this May.
Despite its refusal to move in some cases, the Bush administration did impose sanctions on some Assad confidants, including Assad's cousin and economic power broker Rami Makhlouf, after the embassy in Damascus suggested that they be targeted.
A secret cable sent Jan. 31, 2008, described Rami Makhlouf as the "poster boy" of corruption, squeezing out legitimate businesses and benefiting from his family ties to make money in banking, the power sector and cellular-phone service contracting. Sanctions were imposed the next month.
The Bush administration in November 2007 sanctioned his brother Hafiz, a colonel and head of intelligence in Damascus, for Syria's meddling in Lebanon. In May, the Obama administration modified his sanction to include his alleged role in stifling dissent in Syria.
But to date, the United States hasn't sanctioned the family patriarch, Mohammad Makhlouf.
The Bush administration also imposed sanctions on Assad's brother-in-law, Asif Shawkat, in January 2006. Shawkat, who's married to Assad's sister Bushra, headed Syrian intelligence at the time, but he fell from grace after the death of Lebanese terrorist mastermind Imad Mugniyah, whom the U.S. sought for killing Navy diver Robert Stethem during the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jet.
A car bomb blew Mugniyah to pieces on Feb. 12, 2008, in Damascus. A secret cable dated April 14, 2008, suggested that Assad stripped Shawkat of some of his power in response to the assassination, which proved embarrassing since Syria had denied for years that Mugniyah was in the country.
Theories abound about who killed Mugniyah and why, ranging from Shawkat, whose office was near the bomb site, to Assad's violent brother Mahir. Known as the family enforcer, Mahir Assad escaped sanction until late April, when the Obama administration targeted him through an executive order.
In a secret cable from Paris, dated Sept. 12, 2008, the U.S. Embassy cites a French security adviser as saying that Mahir Assad, described as "a bit of a wild man and determined to increase his power," may have killed Suleiman and possibly Mugniyah. The motive was effectively doing away with headaches from people who "knew too much" about the activities of the Assad family.
Another secret cable — from Damascus on June 3, 2009 — paints an unflattering portrait of the Western-educated leader of Syria. The memo was sent as the Obama administration considered ways the U.S. government could engage Assad and take a less hostile tack.
"Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is neither as shrewd nor as long-winded as his father but he, too, prefers to engage diplomatically on a level of abstraction that seems designed to frustrate any direct challenge to Syria's behavior," noted the cable, sent by a new charge d'affaires, Maura Connelly. "Bashar's vanity represents another Achilles heel: the degree to which USG visitors add to his consequence to some degree affects the prospects for a successful meeting."
The cable suggested that playing to Assad's "intellectual pretensions is one stratagem for gaining his confidence and acquiescence; it may be time-consuming but could well produce results."
If U.S. diplomats under Obama sought to butter up Assad, the Bush administration tried a hostile approach designed to keep him diplomatically off balance.
A Dec. 13, 2006, secret cable from Damascus by charge d'affaires William Roebuck suggested that the diplomats try to sully Assad's international image since he was preoccupied with how the outside world viewed him.
"Actions that cause Bashar to lose balance and increase his insecurity are in our interest because his inexperience and his regime's extremely small decision-making circle make him prone to diplomatic stumbles that can weaken him domestically and regionally," the cable said. "While the consequences of his mistakes are hard to predict and the benefits may vary, if we are prepared to move quickly to take advantage of opportunities that may open up, we may directly impact regime behavior where it matters — Bashar and his inner circle."
Yet, as the documents show, both administrations chose not to sanction much of his inner circle until the Arab Spring spread this year to Syria. The Obama administration and European allies haven't yet declared Assad an illegitimate leader who must go, as they did with Libya's Gadhafi.
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We may not know all the reasons for stuttering, but one thing's for sure—children who stutter want to be heard!
People who stutter want to express themselves, but sometimes fear of potential embarrassment can overwhelm them. Luckily, movies like "The King's Speech" and celebrities such as Lazaro Arbos from "American Idol" have put stuttering in the spotlight and can help inspire our kids. Together with information offered by the Stuttering Foundation on its website and in books, videos and conferences, the increased attention can help our students tackle the emotional side of stuttering and learn how stuttering can affect their lives in a positive way.
I am lucky that my school allows me to work once a week with a group of students who stutter. We work voluntarily during lunch time to tackle some of the emotional issues related to stuttering, with support from Margarita Torres, a student teacher from Adelphi University. I intend for the sessions to operate much like a support group—a forum in which students can discuss their feelings and thoughts about stuttering. I have tried to adapt desensitization and acceptance approaches outlined in Peter Reitze's book "50 Great Activities for Children Who Stutter: Lessons, Insights and Ideas for Therapy Success" as I work with the students.
The group consists of two fifth-grade girls, a fourth-grade girl, a third-grade boy—and a fourth-grade boy who does not stutter but is friends with the other group members. One day as we were eating lunch and talking about famous people who stuttered, I shared with the group the story of Lazaro Arbos' audition on "American Idol." We showed the students the video and discussed his performance.
A few minutes later, one student broke out into song! He sang only one line, "I got the bounce like Darth Vader," to the tune of Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger." We all giggled and were impressed with his musical talent. That one line stuck with me and my student teacher. Then I remembered the New York City United Federation of Teachers Speech Improvement Chapter's Better Speech and Hearing Month Contest. My student teacher Margarita Torres, the students and I worked quickly to create a music video to submit for the contest.
The March 15 deadline was approaching fast and meeting once weekly was not going to be enough. So we decided to meet three times a week and work on modifying the rest of the song's lyrics. We changed the lyrics to include information about stuttering (for example, famous people who stutter, including Darth Vader), tips for others when speaking to people who stutter, and feelings about stuttering. The group did an amazing job memorizing and working on the lyrics, and the script before the music video discusses why speech therapy is important.
Hopefully this experience has taught the students that being a person who stutters does not limit their potential. It only can enhance potential.
Kelly M. Enamorado, MS, CCC-SLP, is a bilingual speech-language pathologist at Public School 36 in New York City. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Budgeting For Budget Haters
Class Overview
Why Should You Trust Me? (1:31)
What You'll Learn In This Course (1:10)
Why You're Overwhelmed (2:19)
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (6:14)
Why You Need a Budget (1:58)
The Lies You're Telling Yourself About Budgeting (4:05)
Section Wrap-up (1:02)
Section 1: Laying The Foundation
Open Up Your File Cabinet (3:30)
How to Talk Money With Your Honey (5:57)
Where Are You Going? (2:54)
What Would You Do If Money Wasn't an Issue?
Setting SMART Financial Goals (3:47)
Using The Financial Goals Worksheet (9:02)
Think About Your Money (1:53)
Review Your Spending (2:38)
Using The Personal Income Statement Worksheet (8:20)
Bills, Bills, Bills (2:25)
Who Do You Owe and How Much Do You Owe Them? (0:57)
Using The Debt Worksheet (7:34)
What You Own Minus What You Owe (2:38)
Your Debt Elimination Plan (3:06)
Section Wrap-up (0:49)
Section 2: Start Big - Create an Annual Budget
Why You Need To Create an Annual Budget First (4:42)
Setting Up The Annual Budget and Adding Your Income (12:55)
Adding Your Monthly Bills (7:42)
Adding Your Monthly Debt Payments (7:25)
Adding Your Periodic Bills and Expenses (17:39)
Adding Your Monthly Discretionary Expenses (14:53)
Making Adjustments (If You Have Debt Payments) (22:48)
Making Adjustments (If You're Out of Debt) (18:20)
Did You Budget In The Fun Stuff? (2:07)
Maximizing Funds Available For Savings/Debt (1:35)
Section Wrap-up (1:08)
Section 3: Building Your Monthly Budget
Why You Need to Budget Every Single Month (1:50)
Where to Keep Track of Your Budget (1:52)
Creating Your YNAB Account (12:51)
Adding and Linking Your Accounts (11:40)
Creating Your Budget Categories (15:57)
Using Goals and Scheduled Transactions (12:01)
Budgeting Your Initial Funds (17:47)
Adding Transactions, Adjusting Your Budget, and More (61:04)
End of Month Adjustments - Extra Money to Debt Payments (12:42)
End of Month Adjustments - Extra Money to Savings Goals (10:37)
Creating Your Budget in Excel (5:56)
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Paid Sick Leave for All
This summer, Connecticut became the first state in the country to pass legislation requiring employers to offer paid sick days to their workers.
The law requires businesses that don't already offer paid sick leave to grant employees one hour leave for every 40 worked, up to five days leave per year. It applies to businesses in the service industry with 50 or more employees, and will benefit as many as 400,000 workers who receive an hourly wage. Gov. Dan Malloy signed the bill into law in July.
ALSO … The first universal health care system in the United States was signed into law in Vermont in May. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the first step toward offering publicly financed health care for all of Vermont's 625,000 residents. Activists in other states, including California, are pushing for similar health care reform bills.
Campaigns for local paid sick day laws are gaining support across the country. Currently Washington, D.C., and San Francisco are the only U.S. cities mandating paid sick leave. But others, including Seattle, Miami, Denver, and New York City, are looking to pass similar legislation. Advocates are fighting to reinstate paid local sick day laws in Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker nullified an existing paid sick day law, and in Philadelphia, where Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed a paid sick day bill.
Nearly 40 percent of all U.S. private sector workers get no paid sick days, according to a recent survey published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The United States is unique among industrialized nations: 135 others already have laws in place mandating paid sick days.
In July, hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., for the National Summit on Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave. Delegates held a day of action to lobby legislators to support the Healthy Families Act, which would set a national standard for the United States.


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Doogs wrote:If they are going to continue to bring in aging wingers in the mold of Roberts, Recchi, Guerin, Kovy, etc...why wouldn't Jags be considered and welcomed?
Kovalev was a mistake that was only mitigated by the fact that it didn't cost them anything to get him. Recchi had to be dumped either because he wasn't performing (although damned if he isn't still chugging along) or because there was something going on with him in the room. Roberts wasn't brought in to fill a scoring line mold and obviously brought a lot more to the table than scoring. Guerin contributed some offensively and by all accounts was a great guy to have in the room. Jagr has never been a great guy to have in the room, which is fine when he's scoring 40 a year but may not be fine given whatever he'd have left in the tank at this point. And, as everybody else has said, he won't, no matter what he claims, come cheap. Those gambling debts don't pay themselves.


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Jeff Fisher is ready to return to coaching, according to sources with knowledge of his thinking, and will be looking for a job with, first and foremost, a stable situation at quarterback.
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That's one reason why the former Tennessee Titans coach is expected to have the San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams at the top of his list, should those jobs become available. Beyond the presence of quarterbacks Philip Rivers in San Diego and Sam Bradford in St. Louis, Fisher has roots in Southern California and a relationship with Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff (whose father, Marvin, represents Fisher).
One source insisted that Indianapolis shouldn't be ruled out. Fisher has a strong relationship with Colts vice chairman Bill Polian, whom he served with on the league's competition committee. The possibility also exists that the Colts might have two franchise quarterbacks on their roster in 2012.


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ALBAIDA DEL ALJARAFE, SPAIN — Dolorés Gelo Suárez, a 70-year-old retired cleaner, lives alone in a home filled with religious decorations and relies on a state pension worth "a few hundred" euros a month.
Still, she recently donated €14,000, or almost $18,000, to make a gold-laced tunic that will be worn by a statue of the Virgin Mary and then carried on Sunday by members of her religious brotherhood during one of Andalusia's traditional Easter processions.
Meanwhile in Olivares, a neighboring town of 9,500, another brotherhood was also preparing a Virgin statue for its Easter procession, this one adorned with a gold crown. The crown was made after melting down necklaces, rings, ancient coins and other gold objects worth tens of thousands of euros, after they were donated last year by 300 members of the brotherhood.
Such fund-raising underlines the clout of the Roman Catholic Church, whose importance in Spain as a charitable institution has also been considerably enhanced by the country's economic crisis and government spending cuts on social services. The newly elected Pope Francis has suggested the poor will be at the heart of his mission.
But the crisis has also put strains on the church. Its fiscal privileges have been put under the spotlight. And the splendor of the Easter celebrations is viewed by some as out of sync with the dire economic conditions of the time.
"There is a debate about introducing more austerity in the Easter celebrations, probably fueled both by our economic crisis and the message of our new Pope," said María Roca, professor of religious law at the Complutense University in Madrid, as well as a legal adviser to the Spanish church.
In fact, Miguel Luna, the secretary of the Olivares brotherhood that collected gold for the Virgin's crown, said his organization found itself in "an uncomfortable situation." On the one hand, it is deeply attached to its long held traditions — it celebrated its 300th anniversary last year. But it is also concerned about appearing ostentatious. Some members of the brotherhood opposed investing in the crown.
Still, the crown should be understood as "a very emotional transfer that people want to make to the Virgin," Mr. Luna said. "It's certainly not about trying to exhibit splendor and wealth at a time when the focus is on charity and austerity."
The resilience of the donation-based financing model of the religious brotherhoods contrasts with the difficulties faced by many town halls, which have been buried in debt since the Spanish property bubble burst in 2008.
"The crisis hurts everybody, but a brotherhood is self-financed, has never depended on subsidies and simply spends what it can collect," said Gerardo Díaz, a member of another brotherhood, who also handles public finances as treasurer of the Olivares town hall.
This Easter, for instance, Mr. Díaz's brotherhood is assuming the cost of a tow truck to ensure that badly parked cars will not block the processions. The town normally pays that bill.
In a country with a record jobless rate of 26 percent, the church has aggressively trumpeted its virtues as an employer. Last year, it began a recruitment drive for priests, with its television ad campaign arguing that joining the priesthood was a guarantee of "a permanent job."
For the brotherhoods, soaring joblessness has helped persuade more idle house painters, ceramic workers and other craftsmen to lend a hand in the time leading up to Easter celebrations.
"People have far less regular work, so that at least means more spare time to devote to our brotherhood," said Genoveva Rodríguez Sánchez, a seamstress who has made several embroideries for her brotherhood and has been setting aside one day a week to help prepare the Easter festivities.
"I think religious fervor has in any case been rising here every year, but this is also helping to maintain a long tradition of artistry that would otherwise go to waste during this crisis," she added. Among the 3,000 inhabitants of Albaida del Aljarafe, 509 people are registered as unemployed.
Still, while 73 percent of Spaniards call themselves Catholics, the proportion who identify themselves as practicing the religion has declined steadily, down last year to 18 percent, according to Metroscopia, a polling agency. That compared with 31 percent in 1988 and 48 percent in 1976, the year after the dictator Francisco Franco died.
Meanwhile, the crisis has also brought more attention to the economic advantages of the church, particularly its exemption from most property tax under a 1979 agreement signed between Spain and the Vatican.
The church also benefited from a 1998 legislative act that allowed dioceses to register as their property churches and other buildings that they had long used but not officially owned.
At a time when many Spaniards have taken to the streets to protest the government's recent tax increases, 80 percent of them want the church to contribute to the austerity effort by paying higher property taxes, according to Metroscopia's polling.
Last May, the main opposition Socialist Party demanded a property census to identify church assets that could be subject to taxation. The push for stiffer church taxation was also backed by some conservative mayors, who were desperate to replenish municipal coffers.
But Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, whose conservative Popular Party won a parliamentary majority in November 2011, has poured cold water on any attempt to erode the church's fiscal advantages. Instead, Mr. Rajoy warned against making the church a scapegoat for Spain's economic downturn. "In the situation in which Spain finds itself, we must remain serious and not search for topics that divide people," Mr. Rajoy said last May.
The church has also been defending its finances. Fernando Giménez Barriocanal, who handles the Spanish church's economic affairs, estimated that his "army of God" provided services to Spain's needy worth €2.35 for every euro that the church received in state subsidies. "You could not imagine now Spanish society without the activity of the church," he said last year.
The brotherhoods, some of which date from the 14th century, have a religious purpose, as associations of Catholic lay people who come together to perform religious acts. In addition, the brotherhoods provide yearlong social services for the destitute and other vulnerable members of society. Still, Easter is the highlight of their calendar, as hooded penitents hold giant candles and walk along richly decorated floats on which the religious statues are placed.
For devout donors like Ms. Gelo Suárez, the former cleaner, there is just no room for any financial debate. "Making this kind of sacrifice is not about money, but only about how much faith you have," she said, when asked to explain why she was spending all her savings on embellishing the statue. "I consider the Virgin to be like my mother."


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I am wondering if there are examples of open source apps that are written in stored procedures? I read a lot about them in textbooks and would like to see how they are used in practice beyond implementing simple functionalities. One example that I found is the DBT benchmark implementations (http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/osdldbt) using stored procedures. If there are other similar applications I'd love to learn about them.
@a_horse_with_no_name: thanks for your pointer. Apps like LedgerSMB that makes heavy uses of stored procedures are exactly those that I am looking for. If there are other similar ones please let me know.


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At first, the news that ABC would be remaking Charlie's Angels made me roll my eyes in annoyance at yet another remake, as I'm sure it caused most people to do, but after looking closer at the story, I kind of think it could be fun. Josh Friedman, former showrunner of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, is writing and executive producing this remake as well, and he's actually a very smart guy, and a good writer, despite Terminator's storytelling missteps. At the very least, he writes women well, and as long he doesn't fall into the traps of turning Charlie's Angels into a character melodrama, as Fox's Terminator budget cuts forced him to on that show, this could be the kick-ass, female-driven, addictive series that Dollhouse was supposed to be, if they're careful, and if they cast it right. I can't write the scripts for them, but I can tell you who has Angel potential and who is Olivia Wilde (for example). Here are our Charlie's Angels casting hopes and dreams.
Summer Glau
She's the best and most obvious casting choice for this by far -- beloved by geeks, has a professional history with Friedman, is beautiful, can actually act, and kicks butt like The Statham. I say smash your piggy bank and do whatever it takes to cast her if you're serious about making a decent Charlie's Angels, ABC.
Katee Sackhoff
The only woman alive who kicks on-screen butt harder than Summer Glau is Starbuck herself. And if they try and go the McG film route with the characters for familiarity reasons, she'd be a much more convincing biker chick than fricking Drew Barrymore ever was.
Grace Park
Battlestar's over and we didn't watch The Cleaner, so we miss her. I don't know how funny she is, but her action chops and acting ability are definitely worth considering.
Katie Cassidy
After Melrose is canceled, she's going to need a job, and while that show is a garbage can full of cheap soap, she is so awesome she almost makes it watchable (almost). Give her some kung fu lessons and feather her hair, she's a perfect Angel.
Dana Davis
We've lamented the loss of Dana Davis on Heroes before on the site, but if you didn't watch Season 2 of that show, first of all, congratulations on the 11 hours of your life you didn't waste that I did, and secondly, I'm sorry you missed Dana's copycat character Monica, because she was the only good thing about the entire season. Attractive, very likable, and able to absorb martial arts and acrobatic moves from the television set? Let's get her off 10 Things I Hate About You and Angel her up.
And neither of these would ever happen, but they sure would be great:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
She just had a baby, and she doesn't need the money (would you ever work again if you were her? I wouldn't!), but she'd be fantastic in this atmosphere and obviously a very big draw.
Jennifer Garner
It'd be like having Sydney Bristow back! This is a long shot, but it's not like she's been knocking it out of the park with her film choices since Alias ended, and she does have that development deal with ABC. Hmm...
Evangeline Lilly
I know Lost is almost over, and that she is a pretty girl who knows how to throw a punch, but please, god, no more Evangeline Lilly. On anything.
Lindsay Price
I feel like this one's a foregone conclusion, as she just lost an ABC show and may still have a contract to run out with them, but even though she has showkilled all the fluffy romantic shows she's been a series regular on, I seriously doubt she's got any action chops either. Resist the urge for an easy placement, ABC.
Hayden Panettiere
Heroes may well have wrapped by the time Charlie's Angels goes into production, and while I actually wouldn't mind seeing Hayden pop up on a CW dramedy or something eventually (just not Gossip Girl, please), Tough, Sexy Action Girl is just not a role that suits her. Remember Evil Future Claire? And how laughable that was? This would be an entire series of that.
Lena Headey
Josh Friedman, we know you're obsessed with her, but she should be making Merchant Ivory films, not kicking people in stilettos.
Kristen Bell
We all wish the best for Veronica Mars, but I just don't think a remake of Charlie's Angels is going to be the turning point in her recent career of endless terrible decisions. And she was always more brains-over-brawn on Veronica, and had that electricity power fighting her battles for her on Heroes, so we've never even seen her do any real fisticuffs that I can recall. This isn't the job for her.
Eliza Dushku
She's a beautiful woman, and she seems like an absolute blast to hang out with, but she simply cannot act.
Kristin Kreuk
I don't even want to think about how awful she would be, but I think we all know that it would be very, very, very awful.
Michelle Trachtenberg
Remarkably, Mercy has not been cancelled yet, but if it is axed in the near future, I worry that her plucky, quirky persona (and pretty hair) may be irresistible to someone casting Charlie's Angels, but bless her, she can't act either.
Olivia Wilde
I'd love to see her gone from House as much as the next person, but this is not the way. Don't even think about it, ABC.
And just for good measure, I'd also like to switch Bosley's gender and cast Lucy Lawless in the role, hire Victor Garber's voice for Charlie (ABC does love him, and he'd be like the Gossip Girl of Charlie's Angels!), and pepper in Gina Torres, Amy Acker, Tricia Helfer and Sonja Sohn as recurring villains (kind of like a super version of The Misfits on Jem), but this is just fan fiction at this point.
Your casting ideas? Discuss them below!
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The ARRA Report 6
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. This is the latest news about NSF-funded ARRA research from universities and institutions across the country.
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The problem with the DeLorean was that it was never tall enough to be a successful off-roader. Solution? Just add a lift kit and 44" swampers and go crush some Fezzas!
Watching this thing lumber out of its garage is a bit painful, especially as it heads straight for an F430, which runs and flees.
Underneath the '81 DeLorean body sits a 1979 Chevy K5 Blazer frame and a front-mounted Chevy 350 V8. The build, which naturally involves a flamethrower, is documented on Rich Weissensel's website, along with his DeLorean limo that we saw last month.
The DeLorean certainly holds true to Jalopnik's version of Colin Chapman's famous mantra: Simplificate and add 44" swamper tires.
(Hat tip to Matt!)


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-Two members of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth cross country team have been honored by the Little East Conference.
Junior Chris Jordan (Taunton, MA/Taunton HS) has been named LEC Men's Runner of the Week, while sophomore Katie Sheehan (Scituate, MA/Scituate HS) was named LEC Women's Runner of the Week.
Jordan led the way for UMass Dartmouth at Saturday's Roger Williams Invitational, finishing eighth overall in 17:23. Sheehan (Scituate, MA/Scituate HS) also paced the Corsairs, placing fourth in 20:33.
"Both Chris and Katie deserved their awards," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jon Hird. "Both of them worked very hard over the summer, and it is rewarding to see that kind of work being rewarded on the race course. Katie really attacked her training during the summer, and she made some really good adjustments in her pace from last week to this week. Chris continues to be a leader for our young team, and young teams like ours really need leadership to be successful."
The Corsairs will return to action when they host the UMass Dartmouth Invitational this Saturday.


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I just installed Ubuntu and one of the 1st things that I did was - remove my password. I went into settings -> user accounts, clicked on the
unlock icon and changed the password to nothing, made it so it doesn't require me to log in, but yet, when I try to install some software I get prompted to type in my password. I tried using nothing and my old password - neither of them work.
What should I do to fix this? Do I really have to re-install Ubuntu?


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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Autism Homeschooling Fears?
That said, I realize that the general public might be skeptical about homeschooling. Recent news stories do not do much nullify that skepticism. The most recent story involves a single mother in the United Kingdom who is facing truancy charges for keeping her son at home. This one is heartbreaking, because it seems she is truly trying to do what is best for her son. I'm also concerned that parents rule out homeschooling because they fear that they too will be faced with truancy charges.
A more distressing news report is the story that involves a family in my home state of Washington. In April, a couple in Vancouver, WA, was arrested for keeping two non verbal children with autism in a room with a cage-like door. The apartment as a whole was described as filthy.
The boys did not attend public school. Their step-mother claimed she was homeschooling the children, but their nine-year-old step brother told authorities that she hadn't made any attempt to educate any of them.
This story dismays me, not only because the children were treated so horribly, but because it has the potential to negatively influence public opinion about homeschooling children on the autism spectrum. Also, it is quite possible that families may be discouraged from pursuing this option because of negative attitudes.
Obviously, as in the case with that family in Vancouver, WA, homeschooling is not for everyone. The desire to home school should be there, as should the child's interest in being educated at home. The parent's ability and also the willingness to be held accountable for the decision should also be there. Most importantly though, the decision should be based on what parents think is best for the child.
Ideally, if the home schooling parent can demonstrate teaching skills (or has the desire to acquire them), knows and upholds the regional law, keeps records, and has the resources to keep a decent home (clean, and with a nutritional stockpile of food), then he or she should be able to avoid being faced with truancy charges. I'm hoping parents whose children seem to need the home environment will not opt out of homeschooling because of the implied risks. There are at least five good reasons as listed here by another homeschooling mom which includes the reason of positive (versus negative) socialization.
Putting fear of consequences aside, whether or not homeschooling is best for the child, is something that should be considered on a case-to-case basis. Some children with autism might thrive in an inclusive (mainstreaming) environment in public education. Others might do well in a special education room and private school with smaller class sizes.
Despite the horror stories mentioned above, both the general public and parents alike should realize that homeschooling can be a wonderful option for the child with autism. Hopefully, recent news stories will not discourage parents or guardians from considering homeschooling.
9 comments:
- Casdok said...
So pleased its working well :)
- June 2, 2011 at 11:19 PM
- Rethink Autism said...
Great thoughts- you can be your child's most important teacher.
- June 3, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Wmoon said...
You blog is so right on the spot! We as parents teach our children already the rules of life so teaching them education isn't so far fetched. We've been homeschooling from the beginning and it has been an absolutely wonderful experience.
If anyone is considering homeschooling and came across your blog one resource I recommend often to those who are thinking about homeschooling is a free e-book called Welcome to Homeschooling.
Wishing you the very best of luck on your journey!!!
- June 5, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- li'l Muppet-lhead said...
Glad that homeschooling is working well for you. Your post is very encouraging, thanks for sharing :)
- June 6, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Samantha Anne Hutchinson said...
Interesting post. I've just started to follow this blog. Thank you.
- June 13, 2011 at 3:10 AM
I have just found, and started exploring, your very interesting blog. As an asd dad, teacher and blogger from across the atlantic, I found your thoughts on schooling very interesting. thanks.
- June 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- The Informal Matriarch said...
ugh GAG, can't believe parents do that to their kids.
I'm glad homeschooling is working for you. I really hope public school will work for my kid because I REALLY don't think I'd be good at homeschooling my kids...at all. Kudos to you!!
- June 14, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Dr Vin Family Doctor from Australia said...
An interesting perspective on homeschooling. Have to admit that I do not know too much about homeschooling until I met someone recently who is a teacher for homeschooling. As far as I can understanding, the teacher spends 1-2 days with the children and the parent the rest of the time facilitating their curriculum. Also recently, one of my patient expressed her intention to keep her child with Autism home for homeschooling due to bullying problems at school and to be honest, I was not sure whether it will be a good thing or a bad thing long term. Reading your article has given me one perspective of the issue so thanks.
Dr Vin
Family Doctor
- July 7, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- autism help for parents said...
Many new therapists who are about to begin working with children with autism might be concerned about how to make themselves reinforcing. The main key to a proper ABA home program is for the therapist to pair themselves with highly enjoyable activities in order for teaching to occur. When a child knows that when you come over, good things happen, the ability to teach this child and reinforce this child becomes strong.
- August 1, 2011 at 7:15 AM