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"I give students opportunities to see themselves as writers, especially in situations in which they are outside the safe confines of a classroom."
Scott Whiddon wears many hats at Transylvania. He teaches a number of first-year and special topics courses, including such student favorites as Reading the Election and Rhetoric of American Prisons. He is also director of the university's Writing Center.
But no matter which hat he's wearing or with whom he's working, Whiddon is, in the end, a writing coach.
"Many students think that people are born writers—that it's a natural ability. And maybe there's some truth to that. But what most beginning writers need is honest yet supportive feedback—someone to play the role of audience, to ask questions, to help shape and contour the prose," he says.
As a strong advocate of the recursive nature of writing, Whiddon works to help students master each stage of the writing process. He also believes in giving them plenty of opportunities to practice the craft.
Whiddon considers himself "challenging but fair" and his program "rigorous."
"I fully expect my students to take risks with their writing. But, at the same time, I expect them to embrace the joy of writing," he says.
Outside the classroom—and inside, too—Whiddon has a strong interest in music. He has been an advisor to the university's student-run radio station, Radio TLX, and continues to support its endeavors.


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The Diablo III Demon Hunter class uses double crossbows. What, you wanted more than that? She's pretty hot, and uses double crossbows.
Introduced this weekend at BlizzCon 2010, the Demon Hunter is Diablo III's dark and dangerous ranged class; a counterbalance to the spiritual purity of the Monk Class. When this fifth and final class was revealed, I was a little disappointed. I was hoping for a more rogue-like character. After playing through several minutes of Diablo III as the vengeance-seeking warrior?
Now I'm a big fan.
The Demon Hunter demo at BlizzCon immediately dropped me into a dungeon with the task of getting to the outside, with a side-order of defeating an evil zealot.
Immediately I'm set upon by greenish zombies. Immediately I fall in love with those crossbows.
The standard attack is nice and meaty, crossbow bolts plunging into undead flesh with a satisfying thunk, but standard attacks aren't enough in Diablo III. You'll need powers like Entangling Shot, which not only slows your enemies down, but emits dark chains that link multiple enemies together, slowing down whole groups.
The power comes in handy when I stumble across a religious zealot and his cult in the depths of the dungeon.
With at least seven creatures coming at me, one of which is a boss, Entangling Shot is a godsend. Kiting is a huge part of the Demon Hunter's tactics, running backwards and shooting while the slowed enemies stumble after you.
Killing the zealot increases my level from nine to ten, and I get to choose a new skill. My skill list pops out from the left side of the screen, giving me the option to level up my existing powers, or add a new one. Clicking the plus sign to add brings out another pop out, and Multishot is mine.
Multishot sends a fan of bolts into a crowd of monster, and it's the perfect skill to add to my kiting repertoire.
Unfortunately kiting doesn't quite work against the group of lumbering, crystal-studded beast that attack me next. One is a boss, and he teleports.
My Vault movement skill helps somewhat. I leap through the hordes to come out on the other side. I wish I had runes added to the skill. Maybe it would burn the monsters as I passed through them, or leave a nasty trap behind. Instead, I simply wind up on the other side of the creatures. They turn, and kill me.
Later in the day I speak to Diablo III senior designer Jason Bender, who seems surprised the creatures teleported. It was simply bad luck; those wandering creatures are generated randomly. I could have lived.
But I didn't.
The Demon Hunter is one sexy badass of a Diablo III class, but as with any range-focus class, she'll going to take a bit of finesse to master.
I welcome the challenge.

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Israel announced it will release 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners ahead of a resumption of peace talks tomorrow, but at the same time angered Palestinians by approving new settlement construction.
A special ministerial committee announced on Sunday it had approved the 26 prisoners to be released "following the government decision to renew peace talks with the Palestinians," according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
The names of the prisoners — most of whom were arrested for killing Israelis and Palestinians suspected of collaboration with the Jewish state — were published early yesterday morning.
They are expected to be freed ahead of the start of talks tomorrow in Jerusalem between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators.
The 26 constitute the first batch of a total of 104 long-term Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners to be freed in four stages, depending on progress in the talks.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat underlined the importance of the prisoner release for peace talks to continue.
"We hope to put into effect what we've agreed on ... we hope for the release of 104 prisoners. Each will return to his house. This is what we've agreed on," he told Israeli Arabic-language radio yesterday. "There is a clear understanding between us and the Americans and Israelis. Any change [in that] will mean the agreement is off the table."
However, the decision to free prisoners has angered the families of those killed in assaults.
"This is a day of celebration for terror organizations," Meir Indor, head of Almagor, a group representing Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks, told reporters.
He said his group, which petitioned against the decision to the Israeli High Court of Justice before the names were released, was demanding to meet the three ministers who selected the prisoners — Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon, Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni and Minister of Science and Technology Yaakov Peri — before deciding whether to launch a new petition.
Most prisoners being freed were arrested for "murder," with five being "accomplices to murder" and one being guilty of "abduction and killing," Israel says.
Three of the prisoners were imprisoned by Israel for killing Palestinians, presumably those they had deemed to be collaborators.
All prisoners had been arrested before 1994 except one, who was arrested in 2001.
Israeli Minister of Housing Uri Ariel of the far-right Jewish Home Party also reacted angrily to the impending releases.
"The terrorists who are being released murdered women and children, and it's not clear to me how releasing murderers can help peace," Ariel said in a statement.
Ariel's ministry had on Sunday announced tenders for the construction of 793 settlement housing units in annexed east Jerusalem and 394 elsewhere in the West Bank in a move that infuriated Palestinians.
Media reports have implied that the construction announcement was meant to appease Netanyahu's far-right coalition partners.
Palestinians slammed the settlement announcement as a move aimed at "preventing" peace talks.
"Israel is attempting to prevent negotiations from taking place on Wednesday," Palestinian negotiator Mohammed Shtayeh said.
However, Israel stood its ground, with Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev saying that since the new construction was designated for blocs, it will change "nothing."


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In the first segment of the DSLR Exposure Series, I briefly discussed the exposure triangle, and one of the three settings in the Exposure Triangle, aperture. In Part 2 we covered shutter speed, and now in Part 3 we're finally moving onto the mysterious remaining setting: ISO.
I say mysterious because when Jon and I first heard the term ISO (and for a year or two later), it sounded familiar, but we had absolutely no idea what it was. When the time came for us to bite the bullet and learn how to shoot on manual, we of course turned to the trusty (yet not always trustworthy) Wikipedia. And believe you me, you don't want to go there for ISO. It looks like a calculus class on steroids, and it sailed right over our heads in 10 seconds flat. It's math, it's logarithms, and if you're like me, it's torture. Very complicated, very overwhelming, and definitely not our thing.
So we read elsewhere and took a more 'average person' approach to ISO, leading us to an 'average person' understanding of it.
What is ISO?
Once we finally figured it out (which took some time...), the way I remembered it was to think of ISO as fake light—a last resort to lighten the shot when my aperture and shutter speed were maxed out.
For the more engineer-minded of you, here's the watered down version that we can *almost* wrap our brains around. In film, ISO is the indication of how sensitive the film is to light. If we understand this correctly, in digital photography, ISO digitally simulates sensitivity of the image sensor to light. Remember, film changes in sensitivity to light, not the camera—but since there is no film in the digital world, the camera has to mimic that sensitivity without the film (since we know it's not the memory card affecting it :)
If you can take yourself back to the pre-digital version of you in the 90's, looking for film for your sweet 110mm camera (at least that's what I had, the flat-ish, plastic rectangle that came in all colors of dreamy neon, but feel free to insert your own 90's camera model from your memory here), you may have a flashback of some film speed numbers, like 100 for outdoors, 400 for sports, 800 for indoors...or something like that. Those are basically the equivalent of ISO numbers now.
The same basic number principles apply here as in film photography—higher ISO numbers mean the sensor is "more sensitive" to light, while lower ISO numbers mean the sensor will be "less sensitive" to light. Higher ISO settings are preferred in darker situations to get faster shutter speeds (i.e., indoors, dimly-lit receptions, outside at dusk/night)—however, the cost is noisier shots. Noise is the digital version of film grain, which is basically specks that take away from the quality of the image.
Since a lower ISO will create a clearer shot, a low ISO is ideal more often than not. However, a grainy shot is better than no shot, so if you're choosing between a high ISO or no picture at all, crank the ISO and go for it.
(please keep in mind I use high ISOs in desperation when dealing with bad lighting, so in order to show grainy examples, I had to create bad lighting, and take less-than-ideal photos. All in the name of information sharing :)
Here's your takeaway.
- ISO is like a simulated lightening of your shot. (not to be confused with simulated lightning, which would hurt)
Use it as a last resort to lighten your exposure when you've maxed out your aperture and shutter speed.
- Higher ISOs will make lighter shots and a grainier/noisier shot, which also decreases image and color quality.
- Stay on ISO 100 whenever possible, but know when and how much to bump up your ISO settings.
For example, you could memorize some basic ISO settings, like...Sunny: ISO 100, Shade: ISO 400, Indoors: ISO 400, Indoors at night: ISO 800. Those are just basic guidelines that could obviously fluctuate depending on how sunny, shady, or dim your lighting is. But having the numbers in your head will allow you to think less and shoot more in each lighting situation.
- A noisy shot is better than no shot!
ISO is there for a reason, so when you're hurting for light, don't hesitate to crank that ISO! And I have to put a plug in for modern technology...we've found that newer models are seriously killing it with ISO! There are sometimes when we're fighting to find any grain in our photos shot with ISO 6400—that's pretty phenomenal.
Shots I would have missed out on last November if I hadn't shot up my ISO! Left: 50mm, f/1.8, 1/200, ISO:6400. Middle: 50mm, f/1.8, 1/400, ISO:6400. Right: 50mm, f/1.8, 1/500, ISO:6400.
- If you've maxed out all three exposure settings and you still can't get enough light...
...you either need a better lens (you can read up on my lens post for ideas), or you need to find more light. (get out of the shade, turn on more lights, add more lights/lamps into your home, or you go the flash route and learn to use it without looking like you used it) Or wait until the sun comes up :)
Some little FYI nuggets about noise/grain...
(you should be able to click on the images below to see them larger and see the noise better if you want to)
I think it's definitely better to have ISO noise than shutter-speed blur, so don't feel bad if you have to up your ISO to lose the blur. Do it.
|50mm, f/1.4, 0.4s, ISO:100
Long exposure (slow shutter speed) and a tripod will allow more light in without a high ISO, but that's typically best for still-life or capturing time-lapses (not people).
|50mm, f/22, 4.0s, ISO:6400.
Noise typically shows up most in the shadows in your shot, and in the portion of your image that is not in focus, but even then it probably won't show up much until you're using a very high ISO in poor light.
|haha...I just realized I was talking about "noise" and pointing to different keys on a piano...all the sudden this photo looks like a strange piano lesson illustration when taken out of context. Whoops! 50mm, f/1.4, 1/500s, ISO:1600
|50mm, f/1.4, 1/80s, ISO:1600
|50mm, f/1.4, 1/500s, ISO:1600
BUT...noisy shots can look pretty awesome in black and white when the colors of your image are messed up :) It's a good plan B. It makes them feel a little old and newspaper-y, and what's not to love about that?
|50mm, f/1.8, 1/400s, ISO:6400.
|50mm, f/1.4, 1/200s, ISO:400.
Photo challenge of the week!
Gear yourself up to go full-manual mode! You can try one day a week, or even 10 minutes a week, but challenge yourself to start braving the learning curve and give it a shot! (More on how to make this process easier coming up next :)
Good luck as always! Hopefully it was clearer than mud and definitely less painful *hopefully* than looking it up on Wikipedia :)
Have a fabulous weekend...rock on, party people.


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Cherry Creek's Second Home Kitchen + Bar hosts SwirlGirl wine event
Kendra Anderson wants to invite you to take a swirl with her.
Anderson is a trained sommelier, all-around wine enthusiast, and the resident blogger behind Westword's SwirlGirl postings.
On April 24, she teams with Second Home Kitchen + Bar (150 Clayton Lane, 303-253-3000) at Cherry Creek's JW Marriott Hotel for a wine-tasting event.
Anderson will walk patrons through food pairings featuring Colorado wines. Jason Brumm, Second Home's executive chef and Centennial State native, will provide the noshables.
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Deliver Me From Darkness
by Tes Hilaire
Published February 7, 2012 by Sourcebooks
He had once been a warrior of the Light, one of the revered Paladin. A protector. But now he lives in darkness, and the shadows are his sanctuary. Every day is a struggle to overcome the bloodlust. Especially the day Karissa shows up at his doorstep.
She is light and bright and everything beautiful—despite her scratches and torn clothes. Every creature of the night is after her. So is every male Paladin. Because Karissa is the last female of their kind. But she is his. He may not have a soul, but he can't deny his heart.
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WPA Form 20 HR FLORIDA Revision
Worker�s Full Name: James M. Johnson
Date: April 21, 1939
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1. County: Duval
2. City or town: Jacksonville
3. Exact name of church: Bethel Baptist Institutional Church
4. Street address, R.F.D. route, or description of location: Northeast corner Hogan and Caroline Streets
5. Race of membership: Colored
6. Language of services: English
7. Denomination (full title): National Baptist Convention of America (Colored)
8. Names and locations of denominational bodies � national, state, district, etc. � in descending order of importance:
National Baptist Convention of America (Colored), headquarters, Kansas City, MO.
Progressive Baptist State Convention of Florida, headquarters, Jacksonville, Fla.
East Florida Bethany Association, headquarters, movable.
9. Date church organized: July 1838
10. Dates of lapse, if now defunct: None
11. Is church incorporated?: Yes
12. If so, give date of incorporation: Nov. 16, 1894
13. Original name of church (if name has changed) and date of change:
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Slavsslävz, slăvz [key], the largest ethnic and linguistic group of peoples in Europe belonging to the Indo-European linguistic family. It is estimated that the Slavs number over 300 million in the world. They are usually classified in three main divisions. The West Slavs include the Poles, the Czechs, the Slovaks, and the Wends (also known as Lusatians) and other small groups in E Germany. The South Slavs include the Serbs, the Croats, the Slovenes, the Macedonians, the Montenegrins, the Bosniaks, and the Bulgars. The East Slavs, the largest group, include the Great Russians, Ukrainians, and Belorussians (or White Russians).
Religiously and culturally, the Slavs fall into two main groups—those traditionally associated with the Orthodox Eastern Church (the Great Russians, most of the Ukrainians, some of the Belorussians, the Bulgarians, the Serbs, and the Macedonians) and those historically affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church (the West Slavs, most of the Belorussians, some of the Ukrainians, and the Croats and Slovenes). The cleavage into Eastern Church and Western Church is symbolized by the use of the Cyrillic alphabet by the first group and of the Roman alphabet by the latter.
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The name Tashkeel – تشكيل means to "give shape or form". The process of diacritizing is also called Tashkeel.
Google Tashkeel adds missing diacritics to Arabic text:
Diacritic symbols are crucial to identify how words are pronounced and to disambiguate their meanings. Arabic uses diacritic symbols to specify short vowels.
The symbols are usually omitted by native speakers when writing, as the word meaning can be inferred by context. However, including diacritics is necessary as a pre-processing step for many text processing applications. Diacritics are used in a similar context in many other languages. The two that I am most familiar with are Chinese and Hebrew.
Google is shutting down Tashkeel
Tashkeel will go offline by September 30, 2011. The URL is
which explains why Tashkeel is shutting down: It is yet another product closing as part of the Google corporate decision to shutter Google Labs.
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text: Red Bulls Youth Club Summit Recap Tweet © HARRISON, N.J. – The New York Red Bulls hosted more than 75 attendees at Red Bull Arena on Sunday, March 13, for the inaugural Red Bulls Youth Club Summit. The one-day event served as an educational experience for youth club partners to gain more information on current youth topics, share ideas and best practices with other club partners. The event also provided club members the opportunity to hear from keynote speakers such as Head of Red Bull Global Soccer Oliver Mintzlaff, Sporting Director Ali Curtis, General Manager Marc de Grandpre and Senior Director of Training Programs Dave Jervis. "The summit provided an excellent platform to share and discuss relevant youth development topics with Red Bulls partner clubs," Jervis said. "We were impressed by the number of organizations represented and the commitment that these leaders made to attend the workshops. This dedication will ultimately help our partners enhance their programs while developing, educating and inspiring the local youth soccer community." The day began with Jervis introducing the RED PRINT; a pathway and infrastructure guide for clubs to create a holistic youth development model. Curtis then explained the Red Bulls' player development structure, while Mintzlaff expanded on the organization's value in youth development and global soccer connections. The remainder of the event was broken into seminars led by numerous speakers: Paul Marco (National Soccer Coaches Association) - Developing Club Standards Based on Best Practices Rick Meana (New Jersey Youth Soccer) - Curriculum Focus for Successful Recreation Player Development Sam Snow (U.S. Youth Soccer) - Small Sided Games and Age Group Changes Jim Neilson (SportsCare) - Educating Club Members on Concussion Awareness Protocol Jason Pratt (Positive Coaching Alliance) - Developing an Effective Club Culture John Gallucci (MLS Medical Coordinator) - Implementing a Safety and Injury Prevention Program in Your Soccer Club The event also featured a futbolinho session in the Red Bulls' player tunnel conducted by Manager of Recruitment and Education, Ricky King. At the end of the inaugural summit, attendees were given Red Bulls corner flags, polo shirts, two tickets to a first team match and various raffle opportunities amongst other small gifts. Picture Gallery Ali Curtis - New York Red Bulls Sporting Director Marc de Grandpre - New York Red Bulls General Manager Dave Jervis - Senior Director of Training Programs Oliver Mintzlaff - Head of Red Bull Global Soccer Ricky King - Coach Education and Recruitment Manager and U23 Asst. Coach Sam Snow - US Youth Soccer Back to news


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As I attended the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco last week, I couldn't help but think back on the evolution of Google over the past 16 years.
The company, which near the end of the 20th century revolutionized the way we search for information on the Web, has grown into a juggernaut that reaches into every corner of our lives from our PCs, to our phones, to our living rooms, to our cars and — now — to our bodies.
Google's stated mission is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," but as I look at the company today, those words strike me as an understatement.
The totality of Google's product lines is staggering. To begin with, Google search — its core product — has fundamentally changed the way we acquire knowledge. There was a time when being "smart" correlated with knowing a lot. But today, largely thanks to Google, everyone has the potential to know just about anything. That doesn't make us smart, but it does make us knowledgeable. It's not uncommon, for example, for people with a disease to know more about their medical condition than the doctor who is treating them. Sure, the doctor may be better able to interpret the data, but the patient may very well have more raw information.
But Google's enormously successful search engine does more than provide users with information; revenue from search and related products contributes mightily to the more than $50 billion in annual revenue in recent years, giving the company an enormous war chest to invest in other products and services.
Google Fit, officially unveiled at last week's conference, is a technology platform that will enable app and device developers to share information based on data they collect via sensors or access to personal medical data. Initially, we're talking about relatively simple data such as how far a person has walked in a day, how far they've ridden their bicycle, how many reps they've done on a fitness machine or a chart of their heart rate over the course of a day.
But over time, we will have far more sophisticated sensors for blood pressure, blood sugar, iron level and so much more. We're not there yet, but there will come a time when we no longer have to have our blood drawn to and wait for lab results or go to a medical facility for an electrocardiogram or a stress test. Connected sensors will collect it in real time and send it to our screens and our medical providers.
Even now there are peripherals for smartphones that can collect all sorts of information, but the time will come when it's collected automatically by devices that we wear or have implanted in our bodies.
In a decade or so we will look back at Google Glass and those Android-powered smartwatches introduced last week from LG, Samsung and Motorola as primitive, just as we now look back at those PCs from the early 1980s as precursors to the technology that we now use. Still, you have to start somewhere and Google's current offerings — along with whatever Apple, Microsoft and others likely announce soon — will be seen as the opening chapters in what will become our totally quantified lives where we will have data on everything that affects our health and fitness.
Google's initial foray into the automotive world is sophisticated by today's standards, but will also seem primitive a few years from now when the challenges change dramatically. Starting this year, several automakers will start selling cars with Android Auto that will work with smartphones to provide a driver-friendly user interface to car navigation, information and entertainment systems. The heavy lifting will be done via software running on Android phones, but the carmakers will provide user interfaces, such as steering wheel controls, dash-mounted screens that work with the phone and a microphone for our voice commands. You don't even have to wait for some of this. The Pioneer system installed in my car three years ago already connects my car's microphone, speakers and steering wheel control to smartphones via Bluetooth.
The reason I call this primitive is because Google has articulated a much bigger vision for cars, culminating with self-driving cars that will enable the driver to fiddle with entertainment and information systems of all sorts, because it will no longer be necessary for drivers to keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel — those tasks will be carried out by Google-powered computers constantly exchanging information between your car and its surroundings and Google's servers.
All this information in the hands of one company is both thrilling and scary. It's thrilling because Google services are used for enormous good, but scary because of the potential for misuse by Google or governments that can abuse their power to access Google's data. Google is a company to watch, in more ways than one.
And, as if all this weren't enough, as I bicycled to a nearby coffee shop to finish this column, I was passed by several Google Shopping Express vans delivering products from Costco and other stores. Google knows what you buy and where you live.
Contact Larry Magid at firstname.lastname@example.com. Listen for his technology chats on KCBS-AM (740) weekdays at 3:50 p.m. Disclosure: Larry Magid is co-director of ConnectSafely.org, a non-profit Internet safety organization that receives financial support from Google.


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The National Cricket League (NCL) this season has produced some fine performances. These performances will naturally make the selectors sit up and take notice. One or two players may receive a callup to the national team; deservingly. If you play well, you should get a chance in the team. However, such performances have been produced before.
Identifying quality from form
by Safaat U Shahadat
Published: 4th March, 2005
The National Cricket League (NCL) this season has produced some fine performances. These performances will naturally make the selectors sit up and take notice. One or two players may receive a callup to the national team; deservingly. If you play well, you should get a chance in the team. However, such performances have been produced before. Faisal Hussain had a great season last year. That enabled him to get into the national team. However, he never really lived up to his expectations. This season, he has again got off to a good start. Two fifties in four innings and an average of 91 may again make the selectors feel that he should be given another chance. But the question is: does he really deserve one?
Bangladesh cricket is still very much in its developing stages and needs as many players as it can to come forward and perform at the highest level. We can't afford to be choosy about players. Whoever performs well will be tested at the international level. This has happened with many current national players. Ashraful, who came into the team due to his strokeplay and initial success, more at under 17 and under 19 level than First Class, has still got to really start making big teams sweat consistently. He has been playing for four years at the international stage and only off late has shown glimpses of coming of age. He did not have a complete season of NCL matches before he was selected into the team. He probably should have played two or three seasons of FC cricket before he stepped into the national team. That would have meant that he would have learnt about his strengths and weaknesses as a batsman. He would have also learnt how to build long innings. Perhaps then we may have seen a more consistent and mature Ashraful by now.
Alok Kapali was playing only his second First Class game when he made his Test debut against Sri Lanka. Again Mohsin Kamal (Bangladesh coach at the time) thought that he was technically fit as a batsman to come into the team. He may have been better off playing more league cricket to learn top level batting (he was selected as a bowler so he really didn't know that he had the ability to be a top order test batsman). Hannan Sarkar also got into the national team on the back of under 17 and under 19 performances rather than first class performances. He too is a very talented opener. It took Tushar only one double hundred to make it to the team. All these batsmen are talented enough to be internationally respectable cricketers. All these guys also have one thing in common: they all lacked first class experience when they got into the national side!
On the other hand Rajin Saleh, who had some First Class experience (as he played 20 first class games before making his Test debut against Pakistan), has been pretty successful and consistent. He went through a bad patch but came back to form in the last ODI against India. He is a talented batsman who was groomed properly before making it into the international stage. He also had a first class average of 47 when he made his debut. This means that he was also performing. Rajin is probably the best example of how to bring a player into the national team, not only with experience but also with youth.
However, not all players are like Rajin Saleh either. There are players who scored heavily at the domestic level but failed to score at the international level. Faisal Hussian is one of them. He has been scoring consistently at domestic level but his stint at international level didn't show any signs of him being of international quality. I hope I am proved wrong but whatever he displayed on the field really promises little of him being successful at international level no matter how much he scores at first class level.
What I am trying to say is that selectors have to be patient and choosy about players, and not only with batsmen but also with bowlers. They shouldn't just throw in any raw talent into international cricket without being patient. If they do spot any talent, they should groom them first and allow them to play First Class cricket. Only when they are mature and tested enough they should be considered for the national team. They need to be able to identify the class of a player and not just the forms in the domestic levels since statistics doesn't always show the right picture. It is a tough job but the selectors got to make the call.
In the current season a few players already have made an impacts. Khaled Mahmud, the former captain has scored his first century. But does that really mean he is of highest quality? Honestly, I would say no. Mehrab Hussain has also shown some form this season, scoring a 98 and followed it up by a century. He is one who we know has class. Ehsanul Haque, Sunny, Nazimuddin have also made hundreds. Not just hundreds but big hundreds! But the one who has made the biggest impact is Shahin Hussain, who has scored 2 hundreds and 3 fifties in six innings. Not only has he been the highest run getter this season but also scored them under pressure and for the weakest team of the league. Even if he does not keep wickets he may just play as a batsman. But what about his quality? That is difficult to judge till he is tested repeatedly. Is it the right time to let him play test cricket? Does he need more time? Are 3 good matches enough to bring him to international level?
The A team is currently on tour to Zimbabwe where a few players have shown their ability too. But most of them are young and inexperienced and thus, the likes of Shahriar Nafees, Mushfiqur Rahim, Raqibul Hassan all need to play regular First Class cricket for two to three years before they are selected for the national team. I would definitely not let them have a feel of internationals at the moment. Just let them play First Class cricket and learn about their own game. As for the selectors, they should concentrate more on the successful domestic players rather than these A team players. After all, they do have a tough job differentiating world class players from in-form domestic level players.
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In the Veneto Region, in the waters of the Adriatic, is one of the most romantic and evocative places in the world, a priceless treasure: the Venetian Lagoon.
At the heart of this legendary Province is the Serenissima or Most Serene Republic, with its characteristic bridges spanning the canals navigated by gondolas, its monuments, piazzas, narrow lanes and silent waters.
Venice is actually a group of fascinating small islands, where art and history combine with old trades and the beauty of the sea.
Sandy beaches washed by the Adriatic Sea characterize the main resorts that offer vacationers every kind of comfort. The fascinating inland is composed of many paths traversing the green scenery, along with peaceful rivers that pass through small towns rich in history and fabulous villas.
It is an area full of the exquisite flavors of its typical dishes and a renowned "wine list."
Many opportunities for fun abound as well: outdoor sports, nightlife in the many glamorous night spots, and shopping in the typical crafts workshops to buy souvenirs.
Venice is elegant, precious, inimitable, entertaining, and romantic. It is a jewel in the Italian touristic landscape, where churches, buildings, old bridges, monuments and piazzas are the evidence of the artistic and cultural vivacity that marks the history of this city.
The heart of Venice is the wonderful Piazza San Marco - the most elegant in Europe - surrounded by outstanding buildings: the impressive bell tower and the Cathedral - with its five portals of marble and mosaic decorations (foreshadowing the luxury of the interiors); the Ducal Palace, a symbol of the golden age of the Serenissima; Torre dei Mori (the clock tower), the engineering masterpiece that has been telling Venice the time for centuries; and the Napoleonic Wing, site of the Correr Museum.
Not far away is Campo Santo Stefano, with the church of the same name (i.e. St. Stephen's), one of Venice's biggest.
Also from the piazza, the visitor can see the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore and the high bell tower that rises from the monumental structure of the old Benedictine monastery, a masterpiece realized by important architects of the time, including the renowned Andrea Palladio.
Venice is the best of outdoor museums, and it can be toured by boat or by gondola, most teasily along the Canal Grande, the main Venetian thoroughfare. The Canal begins at Punta della Dogana, the old harbor of the Most Serene Republic, with its peculiar triangular shape that is now, like Palazzo Grassi, a Contemporary Arts Center.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is another must-see, exhibited in the Palazzo Venier de' Leoni; it is considered the most important collection of the 20th Century. Among other important museums are the Gallerie dell'Accademia, housed in the majestic structure of the Scuola Grande de la Carità (inside is a church of the same name and a monastery); and Ca' Rezzonico, one of the most beautiful buildings from the Renaissance and home to the Museum of 18th-Century Venice.
On the right bank of the Grand Canal - also accessible by crossing the Ponte del Rialto - it is possible to reach the districts of San Polo, Santa Croce and Dorsoduro, where some of the most famous campi of Venice are surrounded by wonderful religious buildings and palaces: San Rocco, with one of the old Grandi Scuole di Venezia and the church dedicated to the Saint; the renowned Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, one of the most important Franciscan structures; San Polo; San Giacomo dall'Orio with the church of the same name at its center and decorated with wonderful Venetian Renaissance artworks; San Sebastiano masterfully decorated by Paolo Veronese; San Pantalon; San Nicolò dei Mendicoli with one of the city's oldest churches; and Santa Maria della Salute.
From Piazza San Marco, crossing the renowned Bridge of Sighs - with a wonderful view of the lagoon - is the Castello district, rich in architectural and artistic masterpieces. The campi of Venice are historic piazzas, usually embellished with remarkable monuments in the middle, and dominated by impressive religious buildings whence they take their names. This sestiere (district) also hosts plenty of interesting churches: the Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Church of St. John and St. Paul), where state funerals were once held; the Church Santa Maria dei Miracoli, a fabulous example of Renaissance architecture; the Church of San Zaccaria in the homonyous piazza; the Church of San Giovanni in Bragora - considered one of the most beautiful churches in Venice - and the Church of Santa Maria Formosa, based on a design by Codussi.
Two further places that are well-worth a visit along the same route include the biggest Arsenal in the world, built in the 12th Century and later expanded, thanks to Venice's significant political and economic development; and the Scuola San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, home to some of the most beautiful paintings by Carpaccio. In Cannareggio, Campo della Madonna dell'Orto is one of the last surviving examples of ancient herringbone paving, and its Church of the same name was decorated by the famous Tintoretto. The Scuola dei Mercanti can also be found here. The Church of San Giovanni Crisostomo, Codussi's last opus, is another magnificent example of Renaissance architecture. Finally, in the old Ca' d'Oro building lies a precious art collection of pieces from the Venetian School.
You might already know that Venice is surrounded by a group of islands: Burano, renowned for its lace production; Murano, for its glassmaking; Pellestrina, characterized by sandy dunes and cane thickets; and Torcello, one of the oldest human settlements in the area.
On the northern side of the Lagoon are wonderful natural landscapes, with beaches that change color depending on the sunlight, just like the Dolomites that have nourished, over the centuries, this beautiful coastline.
Time permitting, tourists should also stop at a few of the Venice Province's other gems: Caorle, with its narrows alleys passing between pretty, colored houses; Jesolo, core of amusement and nightlife; Bibione, with its pinewoods that run right down to the beach; and Cavallino, the main European "open-air" tourist destination.
And along the banks of the Brenta, many sumptuous aristocratic Venetian villas were built between 1500 and 1700; period symbols of Venetian wealth and prosperity, they are the designs of some of the best architects and painters of the day.
It is possible to find the same splendor in the environs of Mirano, in the Terre del Tiepolo (Lands of Tiepolo), named in honor of one of the most famous artistic families. Without a doubt, this area witnessed a period of great cultural development during the Most Serene Republic's domination, the signs of which it is still possible to admire, intact, and in all their magnificence.
The Province of Venice hosts, throughout the year, various events, festivals, feasts and cultural performances, some of them internationally-renowned. One of the best attended events is the famous Venice Carnevale, an event full of art, music, amusement and ancient traditions.
Every February, Piazza San Marco becomes a huge stage where versatile artists and gorgeous masks entertain the spectators of this crazy and wonderful show.
Venice and its Lagoon are two indissoluble entities, two worlds that complement each other perfectly. Indeed, Venice's waters serve as the theatre for many events: for example, 120 boat races take place every year in the Venetian Lagoon. The oldest and most famous of them is the Historic Regatta, thrilling tourists and locals alike every time. Then, a parade of boats typical of the 16th Century makes its way along the Grand Canal; and another competition, known as the voga alla veneta, involves a special technique in which the rower stands, using one oar to propel and guide the boat at the same time.
Art and movie lovers, rather, should mark their calendars for two exciting and prestigious events: the Biennale and the Venice Film Festival.
Venice and its environs are a cradle of history, art, culture and traditions, and options for discovering the Serenissima (Most Serene Republic of Venice) abound: e.g. a boat tour on the Brenta or among the islands of the Lagoon, a walk through the narrow calle of Venice and the nearby small sea towns, or an excursion into the natural surroundings.
Those up for some shopping can take a look at the typical crafts workshops and the elegant boutiques. The famous Murano glass, the beautiful necklaces made with colorful pearls, the terra-cotta masks, and typical Venetian desserts are everywhere for browsing and purchasing as gifts and souvenirs.
This area also offers many opportunities for fun.
After a journey through the local history, relax in a bar or in a pub with friends, enjoying an aperitivo with tasty snacks. Those in Venice you should not miss the bacari, typical Venetian wine bars, where they can taste the exquisite cicchetti (appetizers) with an ombra (glass) of wine.
Those who love a bit of nightlife will be pleased as well: let yourself go in one of the various discos or spend the night at the Venice Casino, testing your luck at the tables.
The more active can choose from beach volleyball, surfing, waterskiing, sailing and paraflying at the beach resorts in the area. Prefer closer contact with nature? Visit the WWF Oasis of Valle Averto or to the Parco della Giara to observe and take pictures of the fauna characteristic of these parts.
The Veneto Region is very important for its viticulture, and the Province of Venice hosts the Strada dei Vini dei Dogi (Doges' Wine Routes), ideal for seeking out authentic and highly-prized blends labeled D.O.C.
Venetian gastronomy is generally defined as "frugal cuisine" not because it is of poor quality (it isnot), but because its origins are humble. Nowadays many of the typical recipes have been re-appraised by great chefs and have become examples of culinary excellence, thanks to the delicacies obtained from the land and the sea.
The sea, an element that characterizes the history of Venice, provides a lot of typical food: seafood, crabs, shellfish, sea bass, eels and oily fish. Moreover, it is possible to find the Moscardino of Caorle (the eledone octopus), the Schilla di Venezia (shellfish) and river crayfish, farmed and fished in the Venetian area since Antiquity. White meats are also typical: goose (to make pâté), salame, sausages, ciccioli (pork), prosciutto (ham) and speck.
The emblem of Venetian food has always been polenta, served as a main course, as an appetizer or side dish. The famous recipes are, in general, polenta with creamed codfish or polenta with osei (small birds wrapped with lard and sautéed with olive oil and sage).
After the polenta, the local cuisine's main ingredient is rice. In Veneto this is served with broth (all'onda), and in the form of many other recipes: with potatoes, pumpkin, chicory, nettles, etc.
Amongst the desserts (including those mostly enjoyed at Christmas) are the famous dry biscuits or cookies: baicoli, zaleti, fave alla veneziana, bussolai, sagagiardi, and exquisite cakes such as Nicolotta and Pinza.
This exquisite food can be tasted with local wines such as Cabernet, Pinot, Verduzzo and Merlot.


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Pan Am Championships Omnium Report - Bookend Wins in the Omnium Garner Bell a Silver Medal
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Zach Bell started and finished his first Omnium ever in the same way - using his explosiveness to overpower the competition. He was the fastest in the opening 200m time trial, besting all the sprinters.
A Mexican snuck away to gain a lap in the 5 km scratch race while riders marked any move Bell attempted. Attacks and counter-attacks ensued with Bell finding himself at the front with one lap to go. The sprinters got the better of him this time as he settled for 5th place.
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In the last few minutes of Manchester United's game against Chelsea today, Chelsea defender David Luiz got into a tussle with Manchester United right back Rafael da Silva. The end result was Da Silva whacking out at Luiz's legs, which sent the Chelsea player to the ground, clutching his knees.
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This is the project I created for the tutorial.
I've been using this coloring technique for a while now and love the soft look it gives and how easy it is to do!
For my tutorial I'm using the Sparkling Poinsettia, but you can use almost any flower for this technique. Here's a little close-up of the beautiful poinsettia flower.
Now, for the tutorial!
Sparkling Poinsettia Step by Step Coloring and Shaping Tutorial
Step 1) Stamp flowers and leaves on Natural White Cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat emboss with Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel. Apply heat from underneath so that the little gold specks don't blow away.
Note: Click on the photos to see a closer view.
Step 2) Using make-up applicators and chalk inks, color the flowers. Start with a light application of color from the center of the flower petal and fading to the outside of the petal. Depending on how "juicy" my ink pad is, I usually dab off a lot of the color on paper towel first so I can get a light application. You can always add more color, but you can't take it away. I'll then go back and add a little more color to create more of a shadow. You can see here how one petal is a little darker than the others.
Step 3) For the leaves, I apply the color down the center and fade to the outside. For the berry clusters, I apply a little bit of both colors.
Step 4) Die cut the flowers and leaves with the matching dies.
Step 5) Clip between the flower petals with scissors.
Step 6) Spritz lightly on backs of flowers, leaves and center clusters with water before shaping. (Note: do this process of spritzing and shaping one piece at a time.)
Step 7) Shape flower petals with curler tool by pressing the tool down the center of each petal on the embossing mat.
Step 8) Shape leaves down the center using your fingernail. (Or a stylus tool if you don't have any!)
Step 9) Shape flower center cluster by cupping each on the back with a stylus tool, then turn over and press stylus tool in the center so the cluster pops up.
Step 10) This is how your flowers, leaves and clusters should look when done.
Step 11) Using Art Institute Glue Dries Clear, glue flower together offsetting petals. Glue leaves to back of flower.
Step 12) Cut Natural White cardstock 4 1/2" x 6". Stamp sentiment on lower right using VersaMark Ink and heat embossing with Brown Sugar Embossing Powder.
Step 13) Die cut Decorative Lace Border with Natural White and glue to mat. It's best to used the Metal Glue Tip with the glue although it's not in the picture here.
Step 14) Add Jute Ribbon over die cut using Scor-Tape. Make a multi-loop bow with fibers using a bow making tool and add to mat using Aleenes Tacky Glue. Add mat to a 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" blue card base using Scotch Mounting tape.
(You can find a basic tutorial here on using the Bow-Easy Tool like did here if you need it. My bow was made wrapping it 9 times...I usually always make it an odd number. The thinner the ribbon/fiber is, the more times I will wrap it.)
Step 15) Add flower to card using Aleene's Tacky Glue.
Step 16) To decorate the inside of the card, cut a 4 1/2" x 6" mat with Natural White. Stamp the sentiment with VersaMark and heat emboss with Brown Sugar Embossing Powder. Using the Sparkling Poinsettia Swirl Set, stamp the poinsettia swirl on the top left with VersaMark Ink and heat emboss from underneath with Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel. Color image with chalk inks using same method as you did with the flowers, leaves and clusters. Add mat to inside of card.
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I hope you enjoyed my tutorial! I love coloring with pencils, but it's a lot of work sometimes. This technique to so easy to do and I love how it comes out! Hope you like it too!
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Letters of thanks: Lions supports pet-food charity
Max's Full Belly Deli, Grand County's only pet food bank, recently got a little fuller. Max's was given the nod of approval in the form of a grant by the Lions Club Foundation of the Fraser River Valley.
For those of you who have heard of the Lions and perhaps think that all they do is sell mints and collect old vision glasses, you might find it interesting to know they are a nonprofit organization with chapters throughout the U.S. These chapters focus on the needs of the communities in which their members live.
Lions Club International originated in Chicago in 1917 and has chapters throughout the world. It's an honor to be recognized by the Lions, which acknowledges Max's Full Belly Deli is making an impact, not only in the lives of pets, but also in the lives of the people who love them.
Thank you Lions Club Foundation of the Fraser River Valley for helping Max's Full Belly Deli continue to make a difference in Grand County.
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Rhenovia files two patent applications for RHEpatch, an electronic transdermal patch
Rhenovia files two patent applications for RHEpatch (TM), an electronic transdermal patch for controlled drug delivery
Mulhouse, France and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, November 26, 2012 Rhenovia Pharma, a leading biotech company specialized in biosimulation applied to the discovery of new medications to treat neurodegenerative, neurological and psychiatric diseases, announces today that it has filed two patent applications for RHEpatch (TM), Rhenovias electronic transdermal patch for people suffering from chronic diseases. RHEpatch was originally designed to optimize the delivery of drugs to patients suffering from diseases of the nervous system. However, Rhenovia now expects it to have a considerable impact across the entire health sector. Its principal aim is to control dosing, treatment time and duration, day and night, for up to seven drugs administered to each patient. Control is achieved through a built-in electronic system pre-programmed by the doctor. RHEpatch thus provides better control over the delivery of several drugs prescribed as a polytherapy, especially for the elderly. RHEpatch is also designed to deliver the combinations of compounds needed to treat complex nervous system diseases such as Alzheimers disease. It will also automatically control the administration of drugs, thus reducing the risk of patients forgetting. This facilitates treatment of patients with reduced mobility and prevents confused patients from taking repeated doses of drugs.
RHEpatch has many advantages over existing transdermal patches, which have drug release systems that are mainly passive (the treatment begins when the patch is put on and ends when it is taken off). RHEpatch also indicates the amount of product actually delivered and the amount remaining in the patch. In addition, unlike other transdermal patches, Rhenovias technology allows closely-controlled administration of several drugs through the same vector. This unique drug delivery device is going to have a major impact on the way medicines are used in the coming years, said Dr. Serge Bischoff, president and CEO of Rhenovia. It will enable doctors and nurses to manage treatment regimes more efficiently and more safely, as well as significantly improving patients quality of life. RHEpatch is going to improve the treatment of diseases as complex as Parkinsons, Alzheimers and Huntingtons, which require polytherapies for optimal efficacy, said Professor Michel Baudry, vice-president and scientific director of Rhenovia. Delivering several drugs to the right place at the right time and in the right dose is a major challenge, said Michel Faupel, vice-president of Rhenovia and the designer of RHEpatch. Up to now, no one has succeeded in doing that satisfactorily. Yet this kind of approach is essential for ensuring effective long-term treatment of chronic diseases. By combining multitherapies derived from Rhenovias simulators with the controlled administration afforded by this intelligent patch, Rhenovia is convinced it can meet that challenge. Rhenovias industrial partner, Portmann Instruments AG, also contributed to the design of RHEpatch. Portmann Instruments, which is based in Biel-Benken, Switzerland, is specialized in high-precision instrumentation and manufactures customized components for RHEpatch. With the completion of a three-year EU Eurostars partnership program between Rhenovia and Portmann Instruments, RHEpatch has now reached the pre-industrialization prototype stage. Following technological and biological proof-of-concept studies, Rhenovia is now looking for pharmaceutical, industrial and financial partners to move on to the industrialization and out-licensing stage. About Rhenovia Pharma SASRhenovia Pharma SAS is a private biotechnology company specialized in the development and optimization of treatments for Alzheimers and other diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Over the past few years, Rhenovia has become a fully-fledged research-and-development company possessing a range of drug discovery and development technologies, an emerging pipeline of drug candidates, a unique prototype for controlled transdermal drug delivery and a high-performance analytical technique for purifying proteins that serves to identify biomarkers of drug efficacy.
Rhenovia is a world leader in biosimulation of the nervous system applied to the drug discovery process. Its unique modeling technology makes it possible to reproduce on a computer the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the brain involved in learning, memory and a wide range of other brain functions that are impaired in neurological diseases such as epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers, Huntingtons and Parkinsons, as well as in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression. As part of its RHEDDOS (TM) (Rhenovia Drug Development Optimization Services) package, the company conducts biosimulation studies for biopharmaceutical companies that want to prolong the life cycle of their drugs, develop new combinations of medicines, or identify or validate new targets for therapeutic compounds. Rhenovia also has activities in the areas of drug safety, nutrition, ecotoxicity and neurotoxicity. Rhenovia is based in Mulhouse, France and Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States and currently employs 20 people in France, Switzerland, Germany and the USA. It has its head office in Mulhouse, where it was founded in 2007 to develop innovative solutions aimed at optimizing the drug discovery and development process for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Since it was founded, it has raised a total of six million euros from commercial contracts, French and European research projects, public tenders, private investors (Alsace Business Angels, SODIV), public funding and seed capital funds, in addition to which it relies on the equity of its founding shareholders and other Rhenovia staff members (83 per cent of its total capital). About Rhenovia Inc.Rhenovia Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rhenovia Pharma. It was incorporated in Delaware in 2012 and its activities are concentrated in Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California. Rhenovia Inc. was set up to extend Rhenovia Pharmas biosimulation services and partnerships to North America. Over the medium term, the company will also have the task of developing and commercializing the companys pipeline of drug candidates identified using its biosimulation approach.For further information, go to: http://www.rhenovia.com
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Soon after children are diagnosed with autism, their mothers may benefit from learning problem-solving skills to cope with the challenges to come, researchers say.
In a small U.S. trial, mothers who took part in the therapy were less likely to have symptoms of stress after three months, compared to parents who only got information on how to handle their children's diagnosis.
"I think what this offers is an evidence-based intervention that really focuses on skill building and that does not seem to be widely available at this point," Emily Feinberg said. She is the study's lead author from Boston University.
Previous studies have found that mothers of children with autism report high levels of psychological stress, symptoms of depression and isolation, Feinberg and her colleagues write in JAMA Pediatrics.
Typically, children diagnosed with autism get a tailored plan for services, such as speech and language therapy or social skills training. But the help offered to families rarely includes mental health services for parents, the researchers point out.
To see whether a skills therapy could help mothers stave off stress and depression, Feinberg's team recruited mothers and their newly diagnosed children from an autism clinic and six other community programs that serve low-income families in and around Boston.
Of the 122 mothers included in the trial, 59 were randomly assigned to receive the problem-solving skills therapy and the other 63 got the usual care prescribed in their child's individualized treatment plan.
The skills therapy consisted of six sessions doing workbook-guided exercises with an educator. The workbook activities helped the mothers identify problems and work toward resolutions.
For example, a mother who said she felt lonely would be guided to identify an objective, solvable problem – such as wanting to spend time with friends, but not having anyone to watch her child while she goes out.
She would then set goals to resolve that problem, such as asking her sister to watch her child while she has an evening out.
The hope, according to Feinberg, is that mothers could take the problem-solving skills they gain to overcome future obstacles that could cause stress.
About 80 percent of mothers in the therapy group completed all six sessions over two months.
Three months after enrolling in the study, about 29 percent of mothers in the usual-care group reported a concerning level of stress symptoms, according to the researchers. That compared to 4 percent in the therapy group.
The researchers also found a small reduction in worse-than-normal symptoms of depression among mothers in the therapy group. A larger study, however, might have been able to detect a significant difference, Feinberg said.
She also said that another, forthcoming analysis of her group's study will look at whether the skills mothers learned have a lasting effect by reevaluating the women nine months after they first enrolled in the study.
Annette Estes, director of the University of Washington Autism Center in Seattle, said the new study's findings are consistent with a paper she and her colleagues recently published.
"Obviously, the child with autism should be the primary focus, but family has to be part of the interventions as well," she said. "The impact on them really needs to be addressed."
Feinberg said the therapy tested in the new study is not currently available, but there may be support groups or traditional mental health programs available.
"The struggle is having access to those types of programs in communities that are in lower resource areas or areas that don't have academic centers," Estes, who was not involved in the new study, said.
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My First Impressions of Chanel Summer 2008 Makeup Collection
First Impressions of Chanel Summer 2008 Makeup Collection
Honestly, Chanel Summer 2008 Collection didn't intrigue me at the first sight. Much of the reason was the star product, LUMIÈRES FACETTES Eyeshadow quad in Oasis, which incorporated iridescent khaki, bronze, coral and pink. The color combination is quite unique in a way. But I didn't see the colors attractive. After trying out the colors from the collection by the counter back and forth at different times, I am liking the summer collection's OMBRE ESSENTIELLE Soft Touch Eyeshadow and Nail Colour.
LUMIÈRES FACETTES Iridescent Effects Eyes Eye Shadow Quad in Oasis
The eye shadow quad in Oasis features khaki, bronze, coral and pink. The khaki is more of an olive khaki green with subtle gold shimmer. The bronze is a golden brown with an orange undertone. The coral gives a golden peachy finish. The pink is subtly light and iridescent. Overall, the combination of pink, peachy coral and orange bronze didn't look appealing on me. The colors of the Oasis quad contain gold shimmer, which delivers a warm, shimmery finish. The finish was too warm and too orange for my liking.
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The OMBRE ESSENTIELLE Soft Touch Eyeshadow line is a series of individual eye shadows. The eye shadows for the summer '08 are a soft version of shades from the eye shadow quad in Oasis. The line-up includes Khaki (in sage green), Safari (in stone brown), Tigre (in soft bronze), and Nomade (in pink). Tigre and Nomade are limited-edition shades.
I found these four shades are more flattering than the Oasis eye shadow quad. They are soft, wearable, and complimentary to each other. The Khaki has more green with a hint of gold. Safari is more of a dusty taupe with silver shimmer. Tigre is similar to the quad's peachy bronze. Only it is less orangy-brown and shimmery. Normade is more pastel and light than the quad's pink-rose. I especially like the colors of Khaki and Safari, and am tempted to buy these two colors.
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For the summer, Chanel has released two nail colors, Antelope and Flamingo. Flamingo is a bright bubblegum pink with silver flecks. I am less excited about Flamingo since I probably can find something similar at Essie, or OPI.
Antelope is a frosted golden beige with densed shimmer. When reflecting with light, it gives a cream beige pearl finish with a hint of soft golden pink, which I really like. It has the neutral tone with a feminine touch.
Readers from the US might notice there are additional three lip glosses from the Glossimer line on the display at the counter. They are not featured on Chanel's official web page of the summer collection. The line-up includes Pin-up (frosted golden peach), Seashell (soft shimmery pink) and a new limited-edition shade called Gazelle (praline pink). The lip glosses of Pin-up and Seashell are re-promoted items.
On my last trip to the Chanel counter, I took home the Pin-up lip gloss. I love how the light golden peach lip color goes so well with summery eye makeup. I am still pondering if I should pick up the Soft Touch Eyeshadows. Do check back for my review on the Pin-up lip gloss, and perhaps more on eye shadow(s)!
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