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By Caroline McGraw May 17, 2012 0
For Willie, On his Birthday
Today is my brother Willie's long-awaited 25th birthday. Since I awaken a bit later than anticipated, I race to call him before his bus arrives to take him in to work. As it turns out, I needn't have hurried; Willie is home with a bad cold today. When my dad hands me the phone, I say, "Hi Willie, it's Caroline!"
For once, he doesn't mirror my chipper tone; instead, he replies sleepily, "Hi, Caroline." His voice is deeper than I've ever heard it, a combination of illness and maturity that catches me off-guard.
We chat for a few minutes, and I ask, "Would you like for me to sing to you?"
"Yes!" he says, with just a hint of enthusiasm.
Me being me, I latch on to that glimmer of gold and run with it. "All right! Happy Birthdayyyy to youuuuu..." I ham it up a bit, hoping it will cheer him. It's hard being sick on your birthday.
As Willie and I say our goodbyes, I'm thinking about the talk I'll be giving tonight, entitled, "Not A Burden, But A Privilege: Ministry Alongside People With Special Needs." It's hard to know what to expect; there might be five people in the audience, and there might be 50. Despite the outline I've made and the readings I've prepared, I'm nervous. What if nobody shows up at all? What if a ton of people do show up, and then everything goes wrong? What if I botch it somehow? It's ironic, really—here I am, preparing a talk about the art of acceptance and inclusion, about how we need to welcome those who communicate and think differently, and I'm having performance anxiety. It's enough to make me laugh.
With laughter comes clarity, and I'm reminded of a poignant moment in my recent interview with Keri Bowers, who produced the documentary, "Normal People Scare Me" along with her son on the spectrum, Taylor Cross. When I asked Keri if there were ways in which "normal" people could make themselves less scary to individuals on the spectrum, she mentioned a staring exercise. When she speaks, she asks audience members to stare into a stranger's eyes for a full minute. As Keri notes, "Most find it uncomfortable … [And then] I say, 'Imagine if your minute was never up. Imagine if every day of your life, you had to be in a situation where the world is coming at you and you can't just look away.' I try to help people feel what special needs feel like, what autism feels like. Remember a situation where you felt vulnerable or unsure of yourself, a time when you couldn't communicate and got frustrated … and see [a person with autism] as a person who experiences that all the time."
As Keri spoke the words, "Imagine if your minute was never up," I felt as though I'd had the wind knocked out of me. Her statement had a ring of truth, and it gave me a new perspective on how social interaction might feel for Willie. With this statement held firmly in mind, I think to myself, You have to just feel the discomfort, the nerves, the not-knowing. You have to accept it, and be willing to wait it out. For Willie, on his birthday, that's what you have to do.
And I wonder if Willie ever wakes up nervous about the day before him. Does he feel anxious at the thought that he might have a meltdown? If his rages are in fact as unpredictable and sudden as they appear to be, they might take him by surprise. If that is the case, it must take tremendous strength for him to wake up each day and try to move through a routine, not knowing when or if that routine might be broken by a destructive force from within.
Willie and I love our routines. We love knowing what comes next. And the terrible truth of life is that we never know. Anything can happen, and often does. This uncertainty has the power to paralyze or free us, to lead us to despair or hope. It's our choice. And today, on my brother's 25th birthday, I will choose the latter.


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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Steve Rude covers Nexus 15
Original cover is also by Steve Rude; First Comics 1985. Visit his website here.
Posted by Robert Goodin at 8:00 AM
Labels: 1985, First, Nexus, Steve Rude
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No offense to Steve Rude, but I prefer the Steve Rude version to the Steve Rude version. Just kidding Steve, you are both great!ReplyDelete
Is this the first time an artist has covered his/her own cover? I can't recall any others from the blog.ReplyDelete
I really liked when Rude was repainting those early Nexus covers for reprint in the late 1980s.ReplyDelete
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To complain about or dwell upon someone or something repeatedly and to the point of tediousness. Mark is always harping away at how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about! You need to stop harping away at your boss and just quit already!


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*Update: Live feeds from all over the world now available. *
A large space rock known as asteroid 2012 DA14 will be zipping by our planet on Feb. 15, coming within 28,000 km of Earth, the closest approach ever seen for an object its size. You can catch the event live using a backyard telescope or binoculars or watch it here on Wired with a collection of live feeds from around the world.
Asteroid 2012 DA14 has a diameter roughly equal to an Olympic-size swimming pool, 50 meters, and an estimated mass similar to the object that caused the 1908 Tunguska Event that destroyed a large swath of remote land in Russia. Thankfully, there is no chance that the asteroid will impact the Earth. It will come within 27,700 km at its closest approach, less than a tenth of the distance between the Earth and moon.
DA14 will also pass within the paths of geosynchronous satellites, which orbit at about 35,800 km, and provide data for GPS, communication, and weather predictions, though there is also no chance that the asteroid will damage any of these spacecraft. Deep Space Industries, a private company that aims to mine asteroids for profit, estimates that the object could be worth $195 billion but some economists suggest that this is an overly optimistic assessment for the time being.
The record-setting event has been eagerly anticipated by amateur astronomers and the public at large and there are many ways to watch the celestial show tomorrow from all over the world. The asteroid will be too dim to see with the naked eye but those with experience watching asteroid flybys can use a telescope or pair of binoculars to track the object. Even for veteran watchers, this will be tricky since the asteroid is coming in so close that it will gallop across the sky at a rapid pace while constantly having its orbit altered by the Earth's gravitational field. You can follow instructions from Sky & Telescope magazine to best set up a live backyard viewing.
The asteroid will be at its peak brightness at 11:24 a.m. PST/ 2:24 p.m. EST, meaning that it will still be daytime for viewers in the Americas. The best sky-watching locations will be in Australia and Asia, where 2012 DA14 will be visible shortly before dawn on Feb. 16, or from Europe and Africa, where the object will be seen in the late evening on the 15th. The map below from astronomer Geert Barentsen in the U.K. shows the best places and times to see the flyby during its peak visibility.
But don't despair if you don't have telescope skills or are not in the best location to see the asteroid flyby. Because of the incredible interest in this event, there are plenty of ways to watch it from your laptop. Tomorrow, check back here at Wired where we will have embedded live feeds from several sources.
The first live show is from NASA, which will stream views of the asteroid starting at 9 a.m. PST/12 p.m. EST from telescopes in Australia and Europe. NASA scientists will provide commentary of the event starting at 11 a.m. PST/ 2 p.m. EST and continuous coverage for several hours. NASA also plans to take radar images of the asteroid from its Goldstone Observatory in California, which should be available after the flyby and will provide excellent data about 2012 DA14's size and shape.
During peak viewing hours, astronomers in the Middle East and Europe will offer two chances to watch the flyby. The Bareket Observatory in Israel will provide images of the asteroid updating continuously every 30 to 60 seconds from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST/2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST. The Virtual Telescope Project will have live images from Italy along with commentary starting at 2 p.m PST/5 p.m. EST.
Once the sun sets in the U.S., several outfits will have feeds of the asteroid as it flies away from the Earth. One feed will come from the Clay Center Observatory in Massachusetts, which will last from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. PST/6 p.m. to 4 a.m. EST. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will stream three hours of asteroid images starting at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST. And, if you need still more asteroid views, you can tune in to two Slooh Space Camera shows, the first at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST and the second at 9 p.m PST/midnight EST. Slooh's astronomers Paul Cox and Bob Berman will provide commentary and insight along with Prescott Observatory manager Matt Francis.


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Merry Copa Vendor Registration
Sep 3, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
Event Navigation
The Merry Copa Holiday Festival is Maricopa's 3rd largest event, drawing more than 3,000 people to the City for Holiday festivities, music and fun for all ages!
Registration for this event will open September 3, 2018. Registration will be accepted until November 5, 2018. Late registration will be accepted until November 18, 2018.
Registration can be completed online https://www.regonline.com/merry2018
Food Vendors – $275 – Food vendors to serve for festival attendees. Deadline for registration is November 5, 2018, after that date selection will be determined by menu items. Will be notified of acceptance November 13, 2018.
Business Vendors – $75 – Businesses can showcase their good and services.
Non-Profits – $50 – Non-profits with a valid EIN can showcase their goods and services to festival attendees.
Arts & Craft – $25 for vendors who can create unique handmade art or crafts.(does not include direct sale vendors).
Community Partners – limited free booth space to non-profits, school groups and service clubs who want to fundraise or promote their organization. All we ask for in exchange is that the non-profit provide a festival themed activity (face painting, game, balloon artist) at their booth or help with set-up and tear-down at the event. * A service charge of $3.95 applies for registration if you aren't accepted you will be issued a refund. Community partner participants will be selected by a committee by November 13; those not selected will need to register as a vendor to participate in this event.
Vendor rates only include the 10 x 10 space, it is the vendor responsibility to bring all supplies including, tables, tents, and chair, tie downs etc. Electric is available for an additional $50 for 110 amps of service. Vendors must submit pictures of electrical plugs before the event. Personal generators need to be pre-approved. * No wi-fi service will be available at this event. All balances must be paid in full.
For additional information, please contact:
Niesha Whitman 520-316-6865 firstname.lastname@example.com
Amber Gooden 520-316-6848 firstname.lastname@example.com
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Across the Northwest, governments at all levels are cutting back because of the economy.
In this next story, we're going to focus specifically on county governments. Many county commissioners say the cuts have gotten so deep they're having to reduce core services: law enforcement, libraries and public health.
A new survey shows most Northwest residents are concerned about that. The survey is a collaboration of the Northwest Health Foundation, the polling firm Davis Hibbitts and Midghall and public radio stations across the Northwest.
Doug Nadvornick reports on how counties are struggling.
When Spokane County commissioners cut spending earlier this year, one of their targets was the Geiger Corrections Center.
In May, the county laid off more than 40 corrections deputies at Geiger. It closed the kitchen and reduced the support staff.
Sheriff's Lieutenant Mike Rohrscheib says he has six deputies supervising 170 inmates.
Mike Rohrscheib: "We're right at the bare minimum. Even if you're housing 40 inmates and you have a problem, it's hard for six deputies sometimes to handle a fight."
Overall this year, Rohrscheib says Spokane County has cut about 80 corrections jobs.
That's significant because law enforcement is one of the core services provided by county governments across the Northwest.
In a new public radio survey, 77 percent of the respondents said they're concerned about their counties' ability to adequately provide those core services.
Still, pollster Adam Davis says the survey shows most people don't fully understand the severity of the problem.
Adam Davis: "I think over time, as these problems become more evident, you're going to see more and more people saying that they're very concerned about their counties' ability to fund public services."
One of those is Charlotte MacWilliams in Twin Falls, Idaho. She says her family has used programs that faced budget cuts.
Charlotte MacWilliams: "My daughter got into some trouble and they're having a hard time funding things that she's in like the drug courts and things like that."
It's not just law enforcement that counties are struggling to maintain what they have.
In the hard-hit timber country of southwest Oregon, Josephine County has reduced its entire staff from about 700 to 400.
The county has relied on federal money to fund services. But Josephine County Commissioner Dave Toler anticipates those dollars will go away or be phased out.
Dave Toler: "Not only have we made a lot of cuts, but we've also put a lot of programs off of the tax base, if you will, and on user fees."
Toler says his county has handed its public health program to the state of Oregon and privatized the local library system.
In nearby Curry County, voters will decide in November whether to pay more property taxes to fund police services. If that fails, the state may step in and take over local law enforcement.
Gil Riddell from the Association of Oregon Counties says his members are going to decide which services they can afford and which will have to go.
Gil Riddell: "Whether we get to that point where there's actually some dropping off of services that people expect, I don't know. But right now, the way the economy is and the way the public finance system works, it could well happen."
While most Northwest counties are struggling, some have managed to weather the economic storm.
Washington's Tri-Cities have thrived because of the nearly $2 billion in stimulus money being spent to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The area that includes the Idaho National Engineering Lab in southeastern Idaho is also doing well.
But counties across the rest of the region are just hanging on, waiting for an upturn in the economy.
That includes Spokane County, where Lieutenant Mike Rohrscheib expects that his staffing levels will remain stable, at least for now. He's even hoping to hire back some of his laid-off deputies in January.
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iTunes Diagnostics gathers and displays information about your computer, but it doesn't fix issues. Use the information iTunes Diagnostics provides to identify issues. Then, use the articles listed in iTunes Diagnostics or the Learn More section below, or get more help from an Apple Advisor, to fix the issue.
Run iTunes Diagnostics
- Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes.
- Open iTunes.
- From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Help > Run Diagnostics.
- Choose one or all of the available tests, and click Next.
- Run the tests. After you finish each test, you might see links to support articles that can help you resolve the issues.
Save your results
When the tests finish, you see a summary of the results.
- To copy the summary to use in a different program, click "Copy to Clipboard." You can then paste the summary in a different program or a text editor.
- To save the summary to your computer, click Save. Files named "iTunes Diagnostics.rtf" and "iTunes Diagnostics.spx" save to your computer. You can view the RTF file with a text editor and share both files with an Apple Advisor.
Get help
- Learn what to do if you can't connect to the iTunes Store.
- Learn how to fix unexpected quits or launch issues in iTunes for Windows.
- Learn what to do if iTunes for Windows doesn't recognize your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
- Learn what to do if you see error 0x80090318 when you try to open the iTunes Store.


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Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park in New Mexico plans vigil, flag march for Memorial Day weekend
Victor "Doc" Westphall created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire, N.M., after his eldest son, David Westphall, was killed in Vietnam in 1968.
He dedicated his life to building and maintaining the memorial, which is now a state park.
In February of 2003, as the United States prepared for war with Iraq, I interviewed Doc Westphall by phone about his work and its larger meaning.
Just this month, I detoured off I-25 south heading for Santa Fe to visit the memorial (about four hours south of Denver).
It's a strange-feeling place — '70s architecture and a Huey helicopter perched high on a hill in northern New Mexico.


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Obama, Romney Pledge to 'Stay In Touch' at White House Lunch
President Obama and former rival Mitt Romney "pledged to stay in touch" after their hour-long lunch at the White House today, their first face-to-face encounter since the election.
"The focus of their discussion was on America's leadership in the world and the importance of maintaining that leadership position in the future," according to the White House.
Romney also congratulated the president "for the success of his campaign and wished him well over the coming four years."
The former foes lunched on white turkey chili and Southwestern grilled chicken salad in the private dining room adjacent to the Oval Office.
The White House would not detail further the topics of their conversation, but made clear the president did not invite the former GOP nominee to the White House to ask him to play any specific role in the administration.
"The president's very interested in his ideas and very appreciative that Governor Romney is here to have lunch with him," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.
Romney arrived at the White House with little fanfare shortly before his 12:30 pm lunch with the president. He rolled up the West Executive driveway in a lone black SUV, opened his own car door, and headed into the West Wing without an entourage.


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No More Excuses
- Find your community's rape kit backlog
- Email the Chiefs of Police Association about the backlog
- Watch the No More Excuses video on YouTube
- Order the No More Excuses: Stop Rapists by Testing Evidence Kits Now! Video & Action Kit
Your Community Backlog Step-by-Step
The no more excuses campaign has two goals:
1. Change the Definition of Rape
We did it! FBI Director Robert Mueller approved the change recommended by several committees of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Service to update the FBI Uniform Crime Report definition of rape!
Read more about this successful campaign
2. Reduce the Backlog of Rape Kits
This portion of our campaign is still active. Please help us have the same success with removing the backlog as we had with changing the definition of rape!
REDUCE the Backlog Campaign
Did you know that:
Undetected repeat offenders commit 91% of all rapes1
Hundreds of thousands of rape kits containing DNA evidence are not being tested. 2
Maybe that's why 15 out of 16 rapists will never spend a day in jail3
But there is something we can do – we can test every rape kit.
Testing these backlogs results in "matches" on unsolved rapes, identifying perpetrators who have remained at large, and helping to take rapists off the streets.
TAKE ACTION – you can make a difference
- Find out whether there is a backlog in your community & then tell us!
- Tell a friend about the RAPE is RAPE: No More Excuses Campaign
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The No More Excuses Video and Action Kit features a poignant new video No More Excuses: Stop Rapists by Testing Evidence Kits Now!, produced and directed by Lorraine Sheinberg and written and narrated by Susan Rubin. This shocking video exposes the failure of law enforcement departments across the country to process rape evidence kits. The backlog enables serial rapists – and the vast majority of rapes are committed by serial rapists – free to rape again. This powerful educational video also examines the need for a modernized Uniform Crime Report definition of rape by the FBI.
1 - David Lisak and Paul M Miller, Brown University School of Medicine, Violence and Victims, Vol 17., No. 1, Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 2010 p. 19
2 - For example, a 1109 investigation by CBS News of just 24 cities and states found that over 20,000 rape kits were never sent to the crime lab, and 6,000 kits from active investigations were waiting months or years for the labs to complete testing. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1109/11/10/cbsnews_investigates/main5605770.shtml


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We are a Fairfield family-owned and operated business. Our customers are treated like our friends and neighbors, because they are! Since we opened our doors in 2003, our mission at Mo's Wine & Spirits has always been to provide our customers with "great prices, people and products from around the world." We offer an incredible selection of wines, an enormous beer selection, and endless liquor choices at competitive prices. Whether you are an oenophile, craft beer geek, or searching for that must-have Scotch or Vodka, our selection will satisfy your needs.
Our staff is well-trained with decades of experience in the food and wine industry. We are also very approachable and will work within your budget and palate to ensure you choose the perfect bottle of wine, beer or spirits. And, we know how to throw a mean party!! Go check out our Staff Picks page to learn more about our team and to see what they enjoy. You are sure to find a new fave!
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Whiteboards for Dummies
Go beyond the same six tricks to maximize whiteboard use.
John Mein, a sixth-grade language arts teacher in Kerrville, Texas, used to prepare students for vocabulary tests by having them make flash cards. Then he got an interactive whiteboard.
Now a typical vocab lesson starts with animated spiders dropping down from web strings. Next, pumpkins roll on-screen, and then witches and ghosts fly in. Mein's class breaks into teams, and students take turns chucking Koosh balls and firing Nerf darts at the board. When one of them hits a spooky image, a question page pops up. If one team gets the wrong answer, the next team can swoop in to steal the points.
After class, Mein posts videos of the games to his blog and to YouTube so students can use them to study. "They love it," Mein says. "They get on me if I don't post the video."
Meanwhile, some teachers in Mein's district use their interactive whiteboards—which can cost up to thousands of dollars—as a place to hang posters. They're not alone. A representative from a major interactive whiteboard manufacturer tells of the time she came into a school and found a board with student work stapled all over it. James Hollis, a former teacher who now trains educators on how to use interactive whiteboards, became acquainted with the technology when he found one of the boards sitting unused in a supply closet.
Even teachers who use the boards often don't realize their full potential. They're content to simply scan in worksheets or show slides without incorporating the technology into lessons.
At their best, interactive whiteboards can get students out of their seats to lead their own learning. But, like all technology, the boards are only as good as the people using them. And the people using them are only as good as their training. There are ways to ensure that you're giving your staff the tools they need to make the most out of your district's investment.
Identify Your "Early Adopters"
"I'm a nerd," says Hollis. "looking at how to use something new—doing the research and learning the software, that's my bread and butter."
Mein is the same way. "I absolutely love technology, so I'm one of those who will click on things. I'm not afraid to make a mistake, so I can learn what to do and what not to do."
As an administrator, you can't replicate that attitude in your other teachers, but you can leverage it. Before becoming an independent technology consultant, Hollis wrote grants to get more interactive whiteboards into his district and then trained other teachers on how to use them. Mein's district sent him to get advanced training, and now he leads the district's whiteboard PD sessions.
"I attend every one I can," says Anita Kunz, a teacher in Mein's district. "We don't have much time as teachers to learn new techniques. Someone showing you something is so much faster than reading through pages and pages of information."
Kunz says she was intimidated by her whiteboard at first. Without Mein's guidance, she would only use the technology "minimally." Now she raves about it.
"This will be my 30th year coming up, and we can get stale," Kunz says. "It's opened up a whole new ball game for me. I feel like I've done as much learning as the kids. It's a great tool."
"You'll always find a core set of teachers who are really excited about the board and go out and find resources right away," says Hollis. "You let other teachers see what they're doing. That's huge."
And don't forget that your district's students may be more tech-savvy than their teachers. Shannon Kula, a consultant for whiteboard maker Promethean, says some districts assign teachers a "buddy" student to bring with them to PD sessions. "The students always remember the training," she says.
Make It Relevant
No matter how much training you provide for teachers, it won't sink in unless it meets them on their level and gives them information they can use in their classrooms right away.
"Just like we differentiate for kids in the classroom, you have to differentiate for teachers," says Debra Mayfield, who oversees consultants for Mimio, a company that makes devices that turn any surface into an interactive board.
In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where new schools come equipped with an interactive whiteboard in every classroom, administrators offer a variety of workshops at a two-day summer conference dubbed Camp Inspire.
"Nobody likes to sit through something that they already know," says Marlo Gaddis, director of instructional technology for the district. "You go to the sessions that apply to what you need at that time. It keeps teachers engaged, and then we see a higher level of implementation in the classroom."
Tracy Tishion, who leads teacher technology training for the Brookfield, Connecticut, public schools, says there are essentially three broad levels of competency teachers can achieve on interactive whiteboards. On the first level, teachers are learning how the devices work. On the second level, teachers use the technology to plan lessons, and on the third, they're able to make those lessons interactive and engaging.
Sometimes, Tishion says, teachers are satisfied with staying at one of the lower levels—until they see how students can spring to life during truly interactive lessons. "Once they see the benefits and the excitement of learning from their kids, there's no holding them back."
But teachers need to see what the boards can do, rather than just being told, says Hollis, the technology consultant. "You can tell them it's easy, but until they do it, they're not going to feel comfortable," he says. "You have them look for something they can use next week, and without fail, if you give them 10 minutes to search around, they find something and get excited about. But somebody's got to make them search for it once."
Know the Goal (and the Technology)
"You really have to know what it is you want and why you're doing this. Are you getting the interactive whiteboard because everybody else is?" says Michael Ceglinski, director of secondary instruction for McCracken County Schools in Paducah, Kentucky. "Why do you need it? For us, it was student engagement. If it's meeting a need, great; if not, it's just another shiny little toy."
"The goal should be student-centered instruction, moving past using it as a glorified overhead projector," says Shayla Rexrode, a manager of education solutions for interactive whiteboard maker SMART Technologies.
Rexrode, a former teacher, says she wasn't always sure what she was supposed to do with new technology in her classroom. "We were excited, but there was a gap between our receiving it and understanding what the objectives were. If administrators want to see more higher-order thinking skills, they need to be very clear with their staff: These are our expectations; these are our goals."
These objectives should be integral to observations and informal feedback, Rexrode says, so teachers know what's expected of them and what they can do better. But even more important, she says, administrators should use the whiteboards themselves to model what they hope to see in classrooms.
"In the schools where I've seen the greatest success with the product, it's a central part of their staff meetings," says Rexrode. "They use the technology."
—Late Fall 2012—
Instant PD
Promethean Planet Billed by Promethean as "the world's largest interactive whiteboard community," this free site gives teachers access to thousands of user-generated resources and professional development modules. It also has links to for-fee training sessions and publisher-created resources.
MimioConnect This free resource site has downloadable lesson plans and activities, discussion boards, and 13 "Quick Learn" online training sessions. Recent forum topics include how to encourage reluctant teachers to use interactive whiteboards and suggestions for professional development.
Smart Exchange This free resource-sharing site indexes lessons by state standards, so teachers can search by their state, grade level, and content area.
Teacher Online Training Technology consultant James Hollis's site offers mostly for-fee training modules for SMART Boards and associated software.
Mr. Smart Trainer Texas teacher John Mein shares tips and tricks for using SMART technology on his blog.


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Haiti will travel to New England for a five-day benefit tour, with the national team taking on Dartmouth on April 20.
The game to benefit the Cape Verdean Football Federation and Coaches Across Continents will be at 7 p.m. in Harvard Stadium and the Haiti game will be a 5 p.m. start at The Stadium.
Coaches Across Continents is an international development organization that educates local communities to design and implement social development programs using soccer as the teaching tool. A collection will also be taken during the game to benefit the Cape Verdean Football Federation and Coaches Across Continents.
"We are thrilled to host our friends from Haiti for a second-straight year," said Carl Junot, the Virginia B. and James O. Welch '52 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Soccer. "Together with Partners in Health and the administration at Dartmouth, we are thrilled to be able to expand the weekend to include a game to benefit Cape Verde as well. We hope that this extended weekend of games will be a large benefit to Partner's In Health."
"As the Consul General of the Republic of Haiti in New York, it gives me an immense pleasure to add my name to all those who support the Soccer for Change, an event which is to take place at the Harvard Stadium," said Charles Antoine Forbin, Consul General of the Republic of Haiti.
"I welcome this initiative even more for the game is entitled, 'Haiti Leve' (Stand Up Haiti) and will be played by the Haitian National Team, and will raise money for Partners in Health, which operate in Haiti. Football (Soccer) is our main sport in Haiti. I will request the Cultural Section of the Consulate General to endeavour to give the wildest publicity to this event."
The Hatian National team events at both Dartmouth and Harvard will raise money to support Partners in Health and its relief efforts in Haiti, which is still recovering from a catastrophic 7.0 M earthquake that struck on Jan. 12, 2010.
Ticket go on sale Wednesday, March 16. Admission for the game will be free to Harvard undergraduates, but donations will be accepted for this worthy cause with all the proceeds going to Partners in Health. Check back at GoCrimson.com for more details on the event as it nears.
Last year's game against Haiti drew 11,513 fans to Harvard Stadium with an additional 1,900 viewers watching online in a dual-language broadcast in both English and Creole. The teams played to a 0-0 tie and decided to play an exhibition penalty kick session with the Haitians emerging victorious.
After the game, Harvard Athletics, the Friends of Harvard Soccer and the Ted Ashford Foundation made a total donation of $16,000. Harvard also teamed with Dartmouth to cover all expenses and travel costs for the Haitian team during its trip to the United States.
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"After the earthquake in Haiti, there were many student-athletes who wanted to help out, but weren't sure how to do so. With the help of the athletic department, SAAC was able to collect money for Haiti relief," said former SAAC president and current Harvard Varsity Club Assistant Director Melissa Schellberg. "I was so impressed at how willing Harvard basketball and hockey spectators were to give to such a great cause. It's inspiring for all of us who wear Crimson, fans and athletes alike, knowing that we are helping out in every way we can."


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The goal of this article is to get cpu speedstepping. Also suspend to ram and possibly to disk too, both possible for standard (non-root) users. This should all be provided by the powersaved daemon.
Required packages
- extra/powersave
- extra/gnome-power-manager (or kde equivalent)(optional)
Install by doing:
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Post-installation steps
- Add your user to the
powergroup (e.g. by editing
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powersavedinto the deamons array in
/etc/rc.conf, or manually start the deamon (
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- Run
gnome-power-manager(if applicable).
gnome-power-preferencescan be used if you cannot see the program icon in the system tray by default.
CPU Stepping
When you started for the first time, the powersave daemon will give you a warning like this:
enter 'powernow_k8' into CPUFREQD_MODULE in /etc/powersave/cpufreq. this will speed up starting powersaved and avoid unnecessary warnings in syslog.
Sometimes auto detection of the right module fails. So if you are sure you need a module different from the one provided you should use that instead.
You should edit the /etc/powersave/cpufreq file as root and adjust the following parameters:
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
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Charlie Allen on Time
Another illustrative era I miss greatly....those few short years in the 70's when Time magazine had an enlightened art editor who bought bright bold illustrated covers. Enclosed are three from the old ad file. I wish I had saved more.
Time used top people also... and of these examples, one by Barron Storey (below), one by Paul Calle (at bottom)... not exactly shabby performers.
The Arab theme cover also very proficiently done... don't know who.
* The signature seems to read "Roy - or Ray - Anderson" ~ Leif
In my youth Time covers were all art....very square, boring illustration. From a stable of a few artists....but it was a very conservative age. Post WWll I think they alternated between photography and illustration. But it was in the 70's when they had the fine bold stuff.
I should think Time would have records even today on the past covers... but again, maybe not. Certainly worth a blog if these can be fleshed out a bit.
Cheers... Chas.
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"I should think Time would have records even today on the past covers... but again, maybe not."ReplyDelete
Time does have an archive of their covers,indexed by year. You can also do a search of themes, specific people, events and artists.
- Howard Chaykin9:55 AM
The Saudi cover is by ROY ANDERSON, a terrific illustrator who, speaking of enlightened art directors, did the MAX BRAND covers for Warner Books' GENE LIGHT.
Those covers--along with the slighly less interesting work he did on the DIRTY HARRY novels--were brilliant miniposters, that used the limited space of the paperback to achieve astonishing deep space and graphics.
I recall a meeting with Light, in which he ruefully acknowledged the brilliance of those covers--along with the pieces he bought from DON DAILY, another unsung giant--and that they were commercial disasters.
The western market, as he learned, wanted traditional brown. He replaced Anderson with Luis Dominguez, I believe, whose mainstream stuff outsold the Anderson stuff astronomically.
Find those Max Brands--you'll see what I mean.
And yes, I've got tear sheets on those amazing TIME covers, by Barron Storey, Bob Peak and other gods. They were textbook examples of weekly excellence.
Charlie, I agree that the time covers from this era were wonderful and bright and bold (Bob Peak did some great work for Time during this era). But I also think if you go back and look at some of those earlier covers by the brilliant Boris Chaliapin, Artzybasheff, Arthur Szyk and others, they could be pretty breathtaking as well.ReplyDelete
Most of the originals are now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
There are a million great stories surrounding those weekly Time covers. In the early 1960s, Time asked Bernie Fuchs to do a cover. He quickly discovered that they were only paying him half of their standard fee. When he asked why, they explained that he was getting paid less because he was still young and just starting out. (Fuchs had just been named "Artist of the Year" by the NY Artists Guild at the ripe old age of 30). He told Time to get stuffed, turned down the assignment and never worked for them again.
Charlie, The first Roy Anderson illustrations I saw was a beautifully illustrated series on dinosaurs for National Geographic magazine (I think in the 70s') all in transparent water color.. realistic and detailed, but fresh, contemporary with a distinct skillful style.. outstanding! Since then, he has become quite successful creating early western Indian paintings in oils on canvas, for the fine arts gallery market.ReplyDelete
I remember those WW2 Time covers by Boris ______? (I can't remember the last name.) They were painfully detailed with very little color.. almost a sepia toned effect.. a far cry from the samples you are showing today.But, they did conveyed the atmosphere of the war years.
On the other hand, Leyendecker, Rockwell and other illustrators that did Saturday Evening Post covers had major challenges that took them sometimes a month or longer to complete a cover, in contrast to those 70s' Time covers that probably were created in a fraction of that time.
I was looking at a recent Sports Illustrated magazine full of numerous photographs on each page, including the cover, and not one single drawn or painted illustration, either traditional or computer generated.. not even in the ads, nothing but photography and type! Today, with high tech digital cameras and photo enhancement software, anyone can take a picture.. unfortunately they are recording objective bits of facts only. They lack hands on creativity. Most magazines today are just a massive collection of photos squeezed between tabloid style bits of copy.
Tom Watson
- Charlie Allen3:36 PM
Great comments....thanks to all. Haven't been able to locate any Bob Peak Time covers, even on Time's web address. I hope I'm not the only guy who clipped stuff in those days....it would be nice to see more. David, I do remember Artzybasheff, Chaliapin, and that period....and, not bad, as I remember. There was a Time artist back in the 30's, though, before the above, whose portrait covers would make peeling paint seem interesting in comparison. Tight, boring art. I agree Roy Anderson was a terrific illustrator. And I do remember that fine dinosaur series he did, Tom. Yes, on today's magazines....how sterile, devoid of creativity, of imagination, the cold personality of a computer or camera. Rats, drats!!!ReplyDelete
Charlie, you can find all of the Bob Peak Time covers on the Bob Peak web site (http://www.bobpeak.com/artpage.cfm?artid=46). The reproduction ain't great, but it is enough to give you a sense of what Peak was up to.ReplyDelete
As for that...ummm.... boring Time cover artist, could you mean Ernst Hamlin Baker?
Just wanted to say thanks. Such brilliant work-- what a testimony to the power of illustration. Makes today's photo-driven covers look positively anemic. Truly inspiring-- that'll keep me going for awhile!ReplyDelete


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Friday, September 19, 2008
Bengalaru Beckons
Couture Week was an unmitigated disaster according to those foolish enough to make the trek and stand in a long line to use 3 improvised, temporary loos! Wonder where SRK and Gouri 'went'? Then comes the revelation that the organisers PAID designers to participate! Ooops! No wonder the shows were what they were. Karan Johar put it in perfect perspective: He claimed it took him the entire morning to figure out how to pronounce 'couture'. It may take our designers an entire lifetime to figure out what it means!
Now that fashion has been officially hijacked by Bollywood, perhaps it can be rechristened Bollywood Couture Week next year. Poor Priyanka Chopra looked like a ghost, a bhootni auditioning for Phoonk-2, or a cross dresser from Reay road - a tragic combo of Devdas and a Devdasi. Hideous. Ditto for my favourite ramp gal, Madhu Sapre. What's with turning lovely ladies into drag artists? And why do fashion mags insist on making movie stars resemble drab maids, minus make up and clad in muddy colours?? We need many bonfires for all those vanities on display.
I shall be back on this spot come sunday. Kanchipuram idlis, here I come!
19 comments:
welcome Shobhaa :-)
have a nice time while you are here :-)
- September 19, 2008 at 1:55 PM
- Harish said...
Interpretation of literature through Performances.
wao.. the thought itself is so nice. Wish you best times at Bengaluru. Once you find time, humko update karo about the whereabouts na... Till then, we will do intezaar.
According to me, the spickness of any event could be measured by giving the Loo Facilities a dekko. And this event by your description, i can figure out is a badda fiasco.
Cross Dresser Priyanka... thats what they call "creative"? Anything thats outlandish... is super creative. (Bhale hi kisi ko samaj mein na aaye... )
Madhu Sapre she is THE model. But kya karegi poor sapre, if "creative" designers make her look like a duhhh.
Gauri aur Shah Rukh... Adult Diapers??? may be???
P.S.: De, following your recommendation... Madhu is bhagging in the marathon. Shikha from childline ref your post : Childline Needs You... told me yesterday. Yippee Yippee. Im still speaking to a lot of people... but you know na... all these corporates and celebs are so so bahaanebaaz. :(
- September 19, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- Vee said...
Have been silent reader of your writings for some time now. Did comment once if I am not wrong.
We still refer it as Bangalore. Like few Mumbaikars prefer saying Bombay still. Once long back I did a small survey amongst friends and colleagues on what they prefer. Mumbai or Bombay and Chennai or Madras. Majority went with Mumbai and Chennai respectively. And now when it dawned on us we prefer Bangalore.. Haha. Such is the irony.
Anyways, Welcome To B'lore. Climate is awesome at present. Have a good stay
- September 19, 2008 at 3:38 PM
- September 19, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- Ugich Konitari said...
I have often wondered who this Couture stuff is for. And now you write about the designers being paid to participate. Folks sitting all squished in the first row, wearing minimal fabric of the thoracic type, with an expression as if they were seeing something of earthshattering importance. I once got so fed up that I wrote Undemocratic fashion.
Kanchipuram idlis and Mavalli Tiffin Rooms is so much better.....
- September 19, 2008 at 5:21 PM
- Arjun said...
Yikes De
Looks like you had a real blast!!!
- September 19, 2008 at 6:07 PM
- Anil P said...
When art, any art, is driven less by instinct and more by imagination it becomes an experimentation to satisfy a line of thinking.
Often this does not work. Can art, in a visual sense, survive on an intellectual framework? I doubt if it can. Until then welcome the 'drag artisans'.
- September 19, 2008 at 7:09 PM
- Kris Bass said...
@ Appreciation of Literature by performances - seems interesting!
What kinda twit did that massage on you, De? I'm sort of good at massages. And I love doing feet.
Hope you trip goes well!
- September 19, 2008 at 7:25 PM
You've hit the nail on its head, Showbha and drilled it some more till it came out the other side of the Grand Hyatt fashion do!
I find it hideous that Bollywood or for that matter Hollywood celebs should have to walk that ramp (unless it's at a charity show). Somehow it dilutes the sense of haute couture for fashionistas
- September 19, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- കിഷോർ:Kishor said...
Ayyoji Shobhaji, the correct Kannada word is "Bengaluru" not "Bengalaru". They say it came from "Benda kalu ooru" meaning "Town of boiled beens"!
I recently started reading ur blog and is hooked to it now. Keep writing and keep on deflating those male-chaunistic egos :-) Dap Dap Dap !!
- September 20, 2008 at 1:55 AM
- Prats said...
Couture can be be really grating on nerves and esp for those who wait for the 3 loos....
welcome to this city...
- September 20, 2008 at 8:11 AM
I REALLY NEED UR HELP I KNOW U DON'T REPLY TO COMMENTS BUT..please
- September 20, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Parv Kaushik said...
frm ahmbd to bangalore... another BJP domain!!!
and priyanka lookd like bhooti to u????? hw can a pretty girl lyk her ever luk ugly??? lol...
- September 20, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- Maddy said...
Hope you had a nice trip
- September 21, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- kaleidoscope said...
Karan Johar took an entire morning to figure out how to pronounce 'couture'!!!!!!
Naaah! KJo is at his pretentious worst this time. How is anyone to believe this when he also claims to have received a Masters degree in French?
"Come-out" (err.. with truth) KJo.
- September 22, 2008 at 3:06 AM
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- September 22, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- Noopur Vasuraj said...
Hi Shobha.
I don't know if you remember me but my name is Noopur. I was at the college yesterday and came up to you for an autograph before the press conference. I told you about my blog and how the first post has been inspired by your book Second Thoughts.
I just wanted to say that the speech you gave was brilliant. It was like having my thoughts and principles being voiced without having to open my mouth. It is what my parents (esp. my mother) have taught me as well.
And in regards to your dislike for the word "conform," it makes a lot of sense to me.
It's the same reason why my parents have home-educated me and my siblings for the past 6 years. We're homeschoolers.
I'll probably face a lot of flack for this, but my mother has no faith in the Indian education system.
And we're not afraid to say it.
I hope you have the time to read my blog and I definitely hope you enjoyed your stay here!
It felt great to meet you!
- September 22, 2008 at 5:36 PM
- Shobhaa De said...
noopur, i so enjoyed being at your college and meetingyou, along with all the other wonderful students.
guys, even though i am mentally drained and in a dark mood, i'm going to post my BANGALORE experience as soon as my racing heart beat comes back to normal.
- September 22, 2008 at 7:35 PM
- Unknown said...
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Ancel et al: "indie" is a defunct term and we should stop using it
The message from gamescom's was clear: the term "indie" needs to go the way of the dodo.
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GTA 5's gamescom absence is no big deal, according to Sony
There was no mention of GTA 5 in Sony's gamescom press conference, an absence which surprised us given that it was a big splash at E3. We asked Sony's Michael Denny if this meant the next-gen version of the game has been delayed.
Sony confirms (again) that The Last Guardian is 'still in development.'
Vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios Europe Michael Denny has stated that The Last Guardian still exists and is still moving forwards.
Sony's Michael Denny on Bloodborne, The Last Guardian, GTA and more
Silent Hills? Until Dawn? Share Play? You've got a lot of questions for Sony. In the wake of PlayStation's tremendous gamescom 2014 conference, we went to Michael Denny, vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios Europe, for answers.
PS4 pricing to appeal to gamers "in the broadest sense"
Sony Worldwide Studios' vice president Michael Denny has made a cryptic comment about the PlayStation 4's likely pricing which suggests you won't need a second job to pick up the newest big black box when it launches during the 2013 holiday season.
PS4 is "gaming console at heart", PC architecture requested by devs
PS4 is still a games console at its core, despite a slew of social and multimedia features. That's the claim of Sony's Worldwide Studios VP Michael Denny. He also explained why the system's PC-based architecture is the result of Sony's first-party developer requirements.
PS4 dev costs "not that much of a leap up", says Sony boss
Current gen is already so expensive that PlayStation4 games simply can't cost much more, Sony Worldwide studios senior vice president Michael Denny has said.
Sony "mindful" of industry's "issues" with used games, says Denny
Sony has previously stated PS4 will play used games, yet it is still "mindful" of the "issues" raised on the subject by the publishing and development communities.
PS4: DualShock 4 is "not a Move controller", says Sony's Michael Denny
PS4 will be bundled with a dual camera bar that tracks Sony's new DualShock 4 controller, but don't get it mixed up with Move says Michael Denny, vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios Europe. Denny has elaborated a little further on what the new controller can do, and what its light strip is capable of.
EG Expo: Denny talks PlayStation Vita – read what happened.
Vita's been on a big roll as of late. The momentum from the back of gamescom and Tokyo Game Show continues today as PlayStation Vita gets its UK premiere at Eurogamer Expo.
PlayStation Vita to make UK bow at Eurogamer Expo
Eurogamer's announced this morning that PlayStation Vita will make its debut in the UK at Eurogamer Expo at the end of the month.
Sony signs LBP Vita developer Double Eleven to exclusivity deal
Sony's announced that its signed LittleBigPlanet Vita developer Double Eleven to a deal which sees it working with PlayStation platforms.
Vita to be Sony's "easiest" and best supported platform for devs
Sony has learned from its experience with the development-unfriendly PlayStation 3, and made the Vita as accessible as possible.
Sony WWS European boss says Vita is region-free
SCE Worldwide Studios European head Michael Denny has apparently confirmed that PS Vita is region free to, says IGN, "the best of his knowledge." This would mean Vita would have a big 1up over the region-locked 3DS. And there you have it. Go place some pre-orders down for Japanese imports.
Sony: Introducing new IP defines our success
Beating Xbox 360 will lay out PS3's success, right? Nope. New IP like Heavy Rain, though, will do just that.
Is PS Move a system-driver? "Absolutely," says Denny
Motion controller PlayStation Move will "absolutely" drive system sales, WWS Europe VP Michael Denny said at GDC last week.
Denny: Move GDC reveal "felt right," more to come at E3
While GDC boss Meggan Scavio may think GDC isn't "about announcing things," Sony's Worldwide Studios Europe VP Michael Denny begs to differ.
Some existing franchises on PS3 will get motion updates, says SCEE
Sony plans to incorporate motion controls into existing franchises once Arc is finally released, revealed the company's European VP Michael Denny.
Denny - PS3 motion control is a "platform," a "worldwide venture"
PS3's motion control wands are being see as a "platform" by Sony, PS3 studio boss Michael Denny's told GI. "The motion control system we're putting in place going forward is we're treating as more of a platform," he said. "You're right that here in Europe we have a lot of experience helping develop the peripherals […]
Sony: New IP is important to gaming industry's survival
Sony VP Michael Denny has told attendees at Develop Liverpool that new IP is worth the effort because it's essential to the survival of the gaming industry. "For me the answer is clear," said Denny. "Simply, we must support new IP creation to survive as an industry. Consumers crave new things. If we want to […]
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Sony's Michael Denny on Bloodborne, The Last Guardian, GTA and more
PS4 is "gaming console at heart", PC architecture requested by devs
Sony "mindful" of industry's "issues" with used games, says Denny
PS4: DualShock 4 is "not a Move controller", says Sony's Michael Denny
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Want to have access to one of the best English dictionaries ever made? Learn how to install Webster's 1913 edition right in your OS X dictionary application: http://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary
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The lure of the bigger screen finally got me to try a non-iPhone. So far, the pros outweigh the cons for my new HTC One, but there are a lot of little tweaks, hidden settings, and obscure apps that I thought I would document here for any other switchers. The annoying thing? Virtually all of the annoyances are due to AT&T removing or blocking functionality that is built into the phone.
I will update this post on an ongoing basis as I learn more.
diskutil info /Volumes/**volume_name**
Replace **volume_name** with the name of your NTFS drive. If your drive name is more than one word separated by a space, you'll want to replace it with a shorter name temporarily. You can return to the original name after the process. From the output of the last command, copy the "Volume UUIID" value to a text file. Then copy this to terminal and press enter:
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UUID= **UUID you copied onto a text file** none ntfs rw
Replace the **UUID you copied onto a text file** with… UUID you copied onto a text file.
Press Control + X, Y, Enter It will save the file and quit the editor. Restart your computer. Repeat for every drive NTFS drives or partitions that you have to write on.
Type any of these lines into Terminal to change how OS X Lion behaves:
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Great perspective on maintaining focus. Get rid of or manage all those pesky notifications!
The only non-renewable resource you truly have is your time. Next time you're asked to "pay" attention to something, remember that's what you're doing: you're paying.
Great article on how Apple has prospered by focusing on product, rather than profits. This is a great illustration of the power of Daniel Pink's Alignment, Mastery, and Purpose in getting the very best from people.
I said that in a meeting today and thought it was quite pithy. I'm posting it here in case some future historian ever wants to compile a collection of my quotes.
Now I have a big glob of electronic keys, and if I lose it I will be liable for double the cost. Grrr.
Did your weather station stop working with OS X Lion? You might need to update this little devil:
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1) close iTunes
2) from the finder, right click iphoto library and choose "Show package contens"
3) delete the folder iPod phtoto Cache
4) restart iTunes
5) in photo tab choose to synch foto from a folder
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Spikes in air pollution may not boost the short-term risk of stroke in most people, but may present a hazard to some who are at high stroke risk, a new study hints.
In a study of 9,200 patients hospitalized for stroke, researchers found no clear connection between people's stroke risk and their exposure to short-term increases in fine-particle air pollution.
There was a link, however, among people with diabetes — one of the major risk factors for stroke. On a relatively polluted day, versus a relatively "clean" day, people with diabetes were about 11 percent more likely to suffer a stroke.
The findings, published in the journal Epidemiology, do not prove that air pollution triggers strokes in some people.
"The evidence is still mixed on this topic," said Dr. Gregory A. Wellenius of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, one of the researchers on the study.
"Those with stroke risk factors, like diabetes, may be at increased risk (from air pollution), but clearly more studies are needed," Wellenius told Reuters Health.
Fine particulate matter is released into the air when fossil fuels are burned, so car exhaust, wood burning, and industrial sources like power plants all contribute.
The particles are small enough that they can be inhaled deeply into the lungs, and researchers suspect they may trigger heart attacks, strokes or other cardiovascular "events" in vulnerable people by causing inflammation in the blood vessels and irritating the nerves of the lungs.
A number of studies have found a relationship between daily spikes in air pollution, particularly fine-particle pollution, and heart problems.
The American Heart Association now recommends that people with established heart disease and others at risk — including the elderly and people with diabetes or high blood pressure — try to limit their exposure to congested roadways and spend less time outside on days when air quality is poorer.
Some studies, but not all, have also found connections between stroke risk and short-term increases in fine-particle pollution.
For their study, Wellenius and his colleagues looked at data on 9,200 Ontario residents who had suffered a stroke and had the date and time of their first stroke symptoms in their medical records.
The researchers compared that information with local pollution levels collected from government air-quality monitors. They looked at pollution measurements during the two days before a patient's stroke, and on other days of that same month.
Overall, the researchers found no strong association between fine-particle pollution and patients' stroke risk.
The result was different, however, when they focused on the one-quarter of patients who had diabetes before having the stroke. For each fine-particle increase of 10 micrograms per cubic meter of air, their stroke risk climbed by almost 11 percent.
That fine-particle increase, Wellenius said, is essentially the difference between a relatively clear day and relatively polluted day in residents' local area.
The researchers found no clear connection between fine-particle levels and stroke among people with other risk factors — like high blood pressure or smoking.
But, Wellenius stressed, that does not necessarily mean that only people with diabetes are potentially affected. Again, more research is needed, he said.
In general, experts do recommend that people with existing heart or lung disease avoid outdoor activities on days where air quality is poor.
In the U.S., local news outlets generally provide daily air-quality indices; they are also available on the government website AIRNow, at http://www.airnow.gov.
But Wellenius emphasized that attention to lifestyle — a healthy diet, regular exercise, not smoking — and sticking with treatment for stroke risk factors, like high blood pressure and diabetes, is key.
"The best way to help prevent these events," he said, "is for people to take care of their overall cardiovascular health."
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By Amy Norton
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On Saturday, April 20, 2013, tens of thousands will gather at Marlins Park for "America's Night of Hope" with Joel and Victoria Osteen. Miami was selected from among several finalist cities. "America's Night of Hope" is the annual large stadium event for Joel Osteen Ministries; an event which will draw people from hundreds of miles to the Miami area for an evening of celebration and hope.
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Hey guys!
I just wanted to thank everyone that has taken to time to send me a letter regarding the proposed changes/improvements to the game. I am not ignoring your mails.. there are just a bunch; I just don't have the to time to respond to each one individually at the moment (I started a new job last week and I'm still wrapping up my old contract position, so I'm essentially working 1 1/2 "real jobs" right now..).
The good news is this - by and large, most people are on the same page. First and foremost - there is still a lot of love for this little slice of the internet we created. There always concern that changes may knock us of course a little. The goal of involving everyone directly is to ensure that we make the best decisions in aggregate, not only to keep everyone "happy" but to ensure we are making the best decision for the longterm health of the game. My job is to cobble those ideas together and make that happen.
My impression after pouring through your e-mails is that primary change people are clamoring for isn't the "extended life span" of horses as much as being able to improve and maintain a horse's consistency during its peak cycle. The truth is - by and large, horses are run a lot more in the game than in real life, especially at 2 and 3 years old. Horses that are "babied" a bit more (similarly to their real life counterparts) can keep running at potentially higher levels (check out some of the horses on the EOY horse stats page), but their consistency wavers more than it should.
While I have been approached with a lot of ideas for improving these and other issues, our initial focus is going to be to allow players to improve the consistency of their horses. I don't believe anyone wants this consistency to be handed to them; it is my job to offer you ways not only to improve the consistency of your horses but allow ways to monitor how your changes are working. In other words - allow for players willing to "dig a bit more" to ensure their horses run more with consistency. I will be coupling ideas received with some of my own.
I will ponder on things a bit longer (as well as allow me time to gather more feedback), and post another update before next Monday.
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