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Now that James has had his Senior Year Retreat and opened the letters from his family I can share a portion of the one I wrote to him. Even though, I'm sure my sons appreciate these letters, I'm afraid that they will lose them!
It's my job to chronicle. So, here they are (the prior post was my letter to Daniel in 2003). And although it might seem that in comparison James needs much more guidance than Daniel (due to the length of this letter), I can say with confidence that this is not the case. They are/were pretty similar in their behavior and development at this stage. I've also dug up some of my favorite pictures of James in the last few years. Above are the pics. Below is the letter.
"Dear James;
This is your mother writing: The woman who bore you and who has been your greatest fan, and in the last year or so, I'm afraid, the person who has been your greatest critic. We have been lucky, you and I, in that we have now, and really always have had a very special relationship. I don't know many mothers that have the kind of relationship with their children that I have with you. I can't imagine what life would have been like without you. What a loss that would have been for me!
You have been one of the bright lights of my life.
I thought that maybe I ruined our special relationship when I left you for 3 months to go to Sri Lanka and India when you were a youngster, and also when I went to Duke University for two years, nearly 5 years ago. But, you have stuck by me through thick and thin, even though I haven't been the perfect parent. (Maybe the greatest good that will come out of those absences will be that you'll realize that 'mothers' and 'wives' have dreams too. Your future wife will appreciate me for those forays much more than you have or will.)
As you have stuck by me, I have stuck by you. I have stayed with you through your travails in life. Lately, this has meant: Sleepless nights, multiple phone calls, signing up for and learning how to text message, incredible frustration, and nail-biting worry. It's a wonder that parents don't stroke-out from the whole experience of raising teenage children. But, you know what? It's taught me some great lessons, the most notable of which is surrender. A great gift.
Growing up is so painful, not only for the person doing it (you) but for the parent watching it. However, these difficult times have begun to bear fruit: I have seen such growth in you in the last 6 months or so. You have found your balance, have been moderate in your behavior, and have direction. You're a great friend, a wonderful uncle and brother, and a very special son. Please, keep going. Don't sell yourself short. You, more than most people, have the potential to have an extraordinary life.
What I want you to know is that mistakes and pain are often the precursors to great growth.If you're like your mother, you will go through such growing-pains again, probably often throughout your life. Your job is to find the lesson from these experiences, grow and improve. In the process, try not to hurt the people you love. It's not their fault.
This letter is supposed to be sage wisdom and a recounting of the special times in your life. So first the wise advice: If I wasn't going to be around for the next 18 years, here are a few of the things that I would want you to remember:
As your Grandfather Marvin always said, "moderation in all things."Finally, I want to close this letter with snippets of things I remember from your life, that I will cherish always.
As Grammy says,"I never promised you it would be easy." And as your mother says,"it won't be."
On the really big decisions, pause before you act. Look before you leap. But then follow your gut.
Stay close to God in all things, in whatever religion you choose, or not.
I've learned over the last 50 years not to follow a 5 or 10 year plan: Have direction but then follow the opportunities that God presents to you.
A person's kindness and ability to love is more impressive than the depth of their intellect or the amount of money, possessions or power they have.
Appreciate what you have. The grass is not always greener.
Most important things can not be measured in dollars.
Looks are not the most important thing, which is related to another truth which is "Looks can be deceiving."
There is no substitute for spending time with your children and spouse. You can never recoup that time.
Don't let familiarity take the joy and surprise out of your relationships. Don't be cranky or pick on the people you love. Be creative in your relationships.
Be gentle with your family and people you know. People are fragile.
Often the best first course of action is to listen and shut up.
Learn from all people, regardless of their educational level or level of income. There are a lot of idiots and evil people with degrees and money.
See the magic in everyday things. Know you aren't the center of the universe. Find the humor in the absurd. Decide to be happy.
If you make a mistake, say you're sorry. Reverse course if necessary.
Talk and stay close to your parents.
Stay close to your brother. You need each other. Believe me.
A partner is a man's best asset. Men don't belong alone. They need female energy.
Don't pick a spouse who is tortured or who you have to 'fix," even if she is the most interesting and sexy thing around.
Don't forget that you were named after my father. He was a great man, even though during his later years you may not have known that.
You hopping on one foot on a chair reciting the names to 1000 dinosaurs in our State College basement when you were 18 months old.I can't wait to see what happens during the next 18 years!
Making colored cake frosting with dye made out of beets, because you were on a "no artificial color or flavor diet." And you never complained.
Reading books, any books and you saying, "More!"
You running after me wanting "breasting" at 3 years old!
You and Daniel rolling like a couple of squirrels on the floor and me wondering whether you were going to maim or kill yourselves doing it. And I couldn't make you stop!
As a young child, you telling me that although my trip to Sri Lanka would be very hard for you, you "wanted whatever I wanted and whatever was the best for me."
Our trip with you to Disney World to toast the end of your childhood (the summer after the 8th grade). You chose the rides, the hotel movies, and the time we got up and went to sleep: which of course meant that we went to bed at 2 a.m., got up at noon, and went on the scariest rides during the hottest part of the day!
Our sailing trip on Lake Pontchartrain for dad's and my sailing class graduation. You loved the speed, the waves and the wind as much as we did!
You taking me to the movies to see "Knocked Up" because I was stressed. I was the oldest person in the audience by 3 decades! It was so great to spend time with you.
Our trip to Atlanta to visit Emory. You drove the rental car even though you weren't authorized to do so because I was such a nervous wreck in the Atlanta traffic. You said to me, "if you were an animal you would be shedding." I had such fun.
You coming into our bedroom and playing silly, "Flight of the Conchords" songs for me. You make me laugh!
Your beautiful poems to me and your father. My favorite was "you hath clothed me and you hath loved me." It hangs on our wall.
You throwing Kellan up in the air and yelling,"Duuuummmmbledooorrrre!!"
Your always smiling face. Your big heart. Your love of your friends and their families.
Helping your Grammy 'on demand' in the garden!
Your interest in cooking.
Us cooking together!
You encouraging me to write anything, but mostly a cookbook!
I love you James;


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Notes from our first Google Earth/Google Maps training
You might get sick of us saying this, but we'll probably say it quite a few times still: the story of conservation in Africa is not one that the MAPA Project can tell! We're providing the pin- board, but the story of conservation in Africa should be told by conservationists themselves.
However, in the process of building the pin-board (with enormous assistance from Google Earth Outreach , we might add), we've been introduced to many great ways to tell stories on Google Earth, and we wanted to share these tools with other conservationists. Not only for them to tell their stories on the MAPA layer, but also on their websites and blogs, in public talks, presentations and reports.
With this in mind, and armed with the Google Earth- and -Maps training we received in Kampala and Nairobi in October and November last year, we put together our first mini-training with a small group of local conservationists at the University of Cape Town.
On the 7th of May we introduced these eight conservationists (and a few other people listening in) to the basics of creating content in Google Earth and Google Maps. As far as possible we stuck to examples that the attendees were familiar with: their own work!
In the workshop we covered the basics of navigating in Google Earth, annotating Google Earth with points, lines and polygons and dressing these up with pictures and videos. We added image-, photo- and screen overlays, and learned how to create narrated tours in Google Earth (like the example below – one that we actually started creating in the workshop).
Later in the day we also spent some more hands-on time in Google Maps and Fusion tables, with two very basic exercises in using Google My Maps to create a custom map, and Fusion tables to merge two datasets and map primate field sites in Africa. We also spent some time learning how to embed content created in Google Earth, Google Maps and Fusion tables in websites and blogs.
If you want to see who attended the workshop, what we got up to, and what material we created in and after the workshop, you can visit our workshop site here. You'll find links to all the tutorials we worked through in the workshop, as well as links to many more resources from Google Earth Outreach.
Are you interested in knowing how to use Google Earth to illustrate your conservation project or area? Contact us and let us know – we can't promise to host a workshop in your neighborhood (we'll try!), but at a minimum we will be more than happy to help you create your story, and point you in the direction of more help material.
If you already have material in. kml- or .kmz format, why not upload it as part of your project to the MAPA layer? When you add a project, we will give you the option to associate a "footprint", which can be any content that tells a story in Google Earth…be it an image overlay, a tour, an animal track, a species range or even a mini layer!
A final note from our side: Thank you to everybody who participated in the workshop, especially Andrea Plos who made sure that technical hiccups didn't scupper the day. Also a big thank you to Julie Sohn from Google and the Google Outreach team for their incredible support in helping us to pull off the first of hopefully many interactive days with conservationists working across Africa.

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LONDON -- The FTSE 100
But whatever the overall sentiment, individual companies are going about their everyday business. Let's look at three constituents of the FTSE indexes that are perking up today.
JD Wetherspoon
Shares in pub chain JD Wetherspoon put on a modest 2.3% to 432 pence on the release of a good-looking preclose statement. Ahead of its full-year results, due on Sept. 14, we heard that overall sales were up 9.2% for the year, with like-for-like sales up 3%.
The firm also bought back 5.6 million of its own shares during the year for a cost of 22.7 million pounds, which seems to have been a good move while the shares were down; they're now up 18% from the year's low of 367 pence in May.
InternetQ climbed 5.8% 222 pence after giving us a bullish trading update this morning. The firm, which specializes in mobile marketing and entertainment, told us that it "has continued its strong organic growth and anticipates first-half 2012 revenue to comfortably exceed 30 million euros, representing organic growth of over 50%."
The share price has been erratic over the year, falling as low as 117 pence in late November -- anyone who bought then would be up 90% now.
Sefton Resources
Oil and gas producer Sefton Resources rebounded by 5% to 1.73 pence this morning after a positive operational update. The firm, which has interests in California and Kansas, indicated that it is reaching a turning point as a number of its projects are reaching critical stages. According to Chairman Jim Ellerton, this "will see the Group become a far larger business and turn the value that has been created into profits."
Sefton Resources shares have slumped around 40% in the past 12 months.
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This year we had our 3rd Annual "Future of Online Games Panel" at PAX East 2012. The fine PAX Enforcers and dedicated staff of the convention center recorded it for us on their own equipment and passed us the master file. Here, in its entirety (though sadly not in true HD) is the best panel you'll see on MMOs this year.
Stay tuned to the end for some very special info on Guild Wars 2!


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Today, we're taking a close look at a brand new offering from Corsair, the VX550. The VX series showed up on the market not too long ago as a more value oriented option than the modular HX line, and was an immediate hit. Will the VX550 live up to the lofty standards set by the rest of Corsair's lineup? Join me, Oklahoma Wolf and my colleague, madmat, as we toss this puppy on the load tester and see what's shakin.'
I'll start off today's review by showing y'all a nice picture of a box.
This here box arrived on a partly sunny, partly rainy afternoon within the confines of a much bigger box handed to me by the UPS lady. I already knew what was going to be inside, but I will admit to being impressed by the quality of the box for the power supply itself. And it was heavy, too... probably as heavy as most of the Bargain Basement units combined.
The box from above. You might be thinking to yourself, "Wow that's a narrow box. How much packing material was in there to protect the PSU?" I'll answer that one in a second. But first, let's take a moment to ogle the pretty pictures on top of the box, where Corsair has thoughtfully shown us a picture of all connectors present on the unit, and how many of each there are.
Here's the back of the box for your perusal... it is literally crammed with information about this unit, in no less than three languages (English, Spanish, and French). I'll just reprint some of the more important bullet points for you here since they're a little hard to make out in the picture.
Also included on the back of the box are several nice charts detailing the unit's efficiency and noise level curves, as well as a lovely table of the unit's specs. I'll just go ahead and reprint that for you here too.
Now that we've taken a good look at the box and just about everything it promises us, I'll go ahead and answer that question about the packaging of the unit itself as I open up the box at last.
Hmm... doesn't look like there is a whole lot of padding to this one. Just a little white PSU cozy Corsair threw in there. But hold on, there is in fact a layer of bubble wrap in there surrounding the PSU itself. As I opened up this bubble wrap, I was pleased to find that the unit had survived its trip to my house intact. Hooray!
Here we see all that's included with the VX550: the PSU itself, a power cord, a little plastic bag full of always useful zip ties, the owner's manual, and the previously mentioned PSU cozy. Why a computer SMPS needed a blanket for the long trip to my house I don't know, but I must admit it certainly is cool.
And with that, I'm going to turn the review over to madmat for a little bit while I go on a hunting expedition for some caffeine.


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For a number of years I have worked as a waitress. One of our 'teachings' as servers was to "be order makers, not order takers." What this means is that arriving at your table and being satisfied with the basic, "What can I get for you today?" doesn't cut it. Order makers are the people that make suggestions about an order, ask questions, and take special care. Order makes build bigger checks, develop better customer relationships, and ultimately, earn better tips. In other words, they get better results.
Among other things, this concept applies to photography, too.
Scrolling down the WordPress Reader, I came across the post "You Don't Take a Photograph, You Make It", recently published on Through Open Lens, a vibrant photography blog I have been following since first joining WordPress. Coincidentally that was one year ago today. I had a light bulb moment and connected the two ideas together – it makes sense to me.
The best photographers take the time to look at a shot, adjust lighting and other factors, and take special care to get it just right. Photographers are photo makers, not photo takers.
I make many decisions when taking photos, whether I am taking pictures to remember a family function, or photographing an event. Digital camera's make this job much easier, but there are still differences to be aware of and account for in each scenario.
All photographers have to work with the scene before them, making suggestions about how to best capture it to be remembered later. Photographs tell a story, and paint the scene. If you're inside it can be dark, or have strange light. If you're outside it can be too bright. Is the subject moving? What is the best angle to capture the subject from? Maybe there are multiple angles or vantages.
Whenever you use your camera, you are thinking of these things. It can be a long process, resulting in you being left behind while your friends walk ahead. I don't mind because I am taking the time to get it just right; to obtain the image I have in my mind's eye.
Different equipment can also help to better achieve a desired end result, such as tripods, various lenses, filters, and flashes. Photo makers ask themselves what equipment and conditions are required to best capture the subject at hand.
Ask Questions = what is the subject? What are conditions? What is goal? Who is audience?
Make Suggestions = take the subject and work with it. Make edits, suggestions, choose a new angle or a new time of day.
Take Special Care = more than just point and shoot. Choose multiple angles. Think outside the box. Use the right equipment.
A Couple of Examples
I really like this photo of a yellow Plumeria flower, captured in Bali. I didn't just stumble on this flower perched up on the architecture – I put it there. The result was everything I had hoped for, given the colors, the light and the capabilities of the camera I had on hand (camera phone). It's not much, but it turned out great with my intervention. I find many photos of flowers in general turn out this way. But it's because flowers mean taking the time to get in close, look from multiple angles, and take all of the shots. Besides, flowers are naturally good subjects, and easy to manipulate. Close up shots in general are good examples of a constructed photograph.
The photos I have included below of dogs in motion are definitely examples of photo making as well. By taking advantage of the natural patterns of the course, it becomes easier to capture the dogs at the right moment as they sail over a jump. Here, I pick and choose my angles very carefully. Because the dogs are moving so quickly, shutter speeds need to be high. Many still turn out blurry, so I take many shots to ensure I get a few great ones. These photos were taken on a bright sunny day, so my shutter speed was cranked anyways, with a low ISO. Some of these photos have also been cropped to cut out background distractions and focus on the subjects – the dogs. Check out more examples of dog photography here.
What are some of your best or favorite constructed photographs? Shared photos will be posted on the blog.


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Discussion in 'Psychology' started by llaterallus, Feb 15, 2007.
I wonder if any of these guys were used for trading pusposes??
Maybe they are able to see the next move on a chart or something...
But major league baseball teams...
Often hire "savants" to study opposing pitchers and signs...
Because they can predict the next pitch and location with great accuracy.
can you name one example of this and/or cite your source.
i don't believe it.
Are you at "Tool" fan? Lateralus is a GREAT album by them.
I have heard the mental imagery thing a few times before. What's amazing is that it's the HUMAN BRAIN who is capable of something like this. Imagine tomorrow everything walking around and being that quick. I read about a guy, he had perfect memory and read a page off a book in about 10 seconds.
Think about how when we look you need to focus on something, well his brain might be able to see everything at once and then process all that information immediately.
I was able to do very limited bits of what Tammet talk's about at some point, i can certainly understand what hes saying.
Not the math bit, or anything particularly usefull, but just "getting" certain information, with zero conscious thought process.
Uh, i dont know what else to say about that really.
I recall a kid, very autistic, maybe not so much a math whiz-but he memorized some 5000 numberplates , of passing cars, at school.
Often, he wouldnt see them again for years, but when he saw the car, (still out of veiw for us to read the plate) passing by, he'd recite the plate, the car model, identifying features and the date, (often years before) he saw it last.
With a speculative commentary of where he thought they might have travelled to, given the timeing and load etc. I think that was the part he was interested in.
Thats full on.
probably might be a decent options market maker in the days before computers.
"He read books, memorized them, and then placed them upside down on the shelf to show that he had finished reading them, a practice he still maintains. He reads a book in about an hour (A page of text in ten seconds, reading two pages at a time, the left page with the left eye and the right page with the right eye) and, apparently, remembers everything he has read, memorizing vast amounts of information in subjects ranging from history and literature, geography, and numbers, to sports, music, and dates. He can recall some 12,000 books from memory. Peek can also do formidable calculations in his head, a skill that serves him well in his day job, where he prepares payroll worksheets. He has worked at a day workshop for adults with disabilities since 1969."
Don't you wish you could read like this! I do!!!
My wife has worked with kids with Autism for 7 years. Believe me, any "benefit" of being on the far end of the spectrum is grossly outweighed by the psychological suffering.
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Jammu, Mar 12: The state BJP today alleged that people with "special motive" were indulging in massive "land grabbing" of forest and revenue land to change the demography of the Jammu region and make it vulnerable to anti-national forces.State BJP spokesperson Virender Gupta claimed several cases of land grabbing can be seen in Bathindi, Sunjwan, Sidhra, Kotwal and other areas in the vicinity of the Jammu city and in and around other towns of the province."We express our anguish at the largescale grabbing of government land including that of forest department and under control of custodian department, JDA, and other state authorities by the people with vested interests and those with special motives to change the demography of the Jammu region," he told reporters here. He said that in most of the cases influential people and the musclemen are behind such acts and referred to some news items in one of the daily newspapers published from Jammu.Prof Virender said that in the Bantalab and Kotwal area under the Marh constituency several pieces of custodian land in the possession of allottees or that are vacant were being sold to the people with vested interests.
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Why you can't make your own Star Wars movie until 2072. (via)
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Hmm. Seems a tad too negative to me. In this day and age, where people are constantly complaining about the unoriginality of Hollywood, do we really need every company jumping on the band wagon of each hot new trend? Would it really be better to have 8 different studios all releasing Harry Potter films at the same time?
Also "copyright is bad because George Lucas doesn't need more money" seems a huge oversimplification. What about all the filmmakers/authors/artists (and their families, who benefit after their death) who aren't super-rich and depend on royalties for a living?
And why pick on Lucas specifically (other than because fanboys hate him)? Seems to me he's just one of many benefitting from the system. If anything, Disney is worse, pushing for the extension of copyright when Mickey Mouse comes close to being public domain.
Like Nanci said, this guy really needs to discover fanfiction.
I'm not really sure what the problem actually is in all of this. Shouldn't we be encouraging new writers to come up with original characters and settings to tell their stories in? This seems like a lot of overwrought complaining from someone who got told that he couldn't make money on his super-cool fanfic. Either that or someone has taken the idea of "there are no original stories left" way, way too far.
He also left out the whole Trademark wrench. Trademarks like Batman and Star Wars can be renewed indefinitely. I'm pretty certain Mickey Mouse is Trademarked.
Sure there would be more Star Wars movies without copyrights and trademarks….but would they be worth watching?
Disney can't stop people from making new Alice in Wonderland or Alladin movies. You just can't copy their scripts and designs.
Personally, I'm glad to know that my death wouldn't declare open season on the books I leave behind, but that they might help support my children/relatives for a while. And very few authors make close to what Rowling and Lucas make.
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Meet Chloe. Her owner surrendered her to the Animal Care Center of Indio. Her intake number is 12-10-12-503. She has papers issued by the United Kennel Club (UKC).
Someone bred her, then sold her, and eventually she ended up in a shelter -- another sad face, forlorn and discarded. Wouldn't it be fantastic if every breeder took lifelong responsibility for the dogs he or she bred? No UKC, AKC, ADBA, ABKC or other dog registered with any kennel club would die in a shelter because every breeder would instantly pull that dog and place it in a more responsible home (of course the dog would be spayed or neutered before being released from the shelter).
Responsible breeders do take responsibility for their litters and would be horrified to learn one of the dogs they produced ended up in a shelter. However, thousands of dogs die in shelters every year, and this overpopulation leads shelter workers, animal rights advocates, and most rescuers to scream for spay and neuter legislation or, in some cases, breed-specific legislation. Most breeders oppose these legislative efforts. Every dog produced by an irresponsible breeder that ends up in a shelter adversely affects responsible breeders. If responsible breeders want to avoid laws that restrict breeding or ban breeds, they must take united action against irresponsible breeders or end up lumped in with them.
It is time for the kennel registries to act. The kennel registries--not politicians--should step up and require that every breeder give each pup permanent identification--either a microchip or tattoo--that any shelter can look up if the dog ends up in their care. Require that breeders (owners of both the sire and the dam) never allow one of their dogs to remain in a shelter. Ban any breeder from being able to register additional dogs or enter shows if that breeder, after being notified that a dog he or she produced is in a shelter, fails to retrieve that dog.
It is time for kennel registries to support their responsible breeders by weeding out the irresponsible breeders and, by doing so, save a few thousands lives.
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One Lawyer's Perspective: Dog Owner vs. Dog Guardian
Recently, the term "dog guardian" has increased in popularity, presumably to encourage a more responsible and loving relationship between humans and the animals they share their homes with. However, there are a variety of issues, both legal and ethical, relating to the use of these terms. As an attorney, I'm going to focus mostly on the legal issues associated with these terms and explain why I favor the term owner over dog guardian.
To understand this issue, it's important to go over a bit of the history giving rise to "guardian" terminology. The Cat Fancier's Association gave a decent summary of this history:
In the late 1970s animal "rights" advocates began to argue that animals should be equal to humans. Peter Singer in his 1977 book, Animal Liberation", claimed that "to discriminate against beings solely on account of their species is a form of prejudice, immoral and indefensible……" A law student in 1977 proposed the idea of recognizing legal rights for "nonhumans". She proposed existing guardianship laws, which are for protection of incompetent or human minors, as the model for protection of the rights of dogs and cats. By the early 1980's animal rights activists started using the term "guardian" instead of "owner" and in the 90's the meaning of "guardian" became linked with taking away legal property rights of pet owners.
The American Veterinary Medical Association weighed in on this topic in April 2010, unequivocally stating its preference for the term "owner, as follows:
The American Veterinary Medical Association promotes the optimal health and welfare of animals. Further, the AVMA recognizes the role of responsible owners in providing for their animals' care. Any change in terminology describing the relationship between animals and owners, including "guardian," does not strengthen this relationship and may, in fact, harm it. Such changes in terminology may adversely affect the ability of society to obtain and deliver animal services and, ultimately, result in animal suffering.
Extreme animal rights organizations, such as PETA, promote the term "guardian" over "owner." On its Website, PETA has an article titled, "What Does It Mean to Be a Good Animal Guardian?" But these extreme animal rights groups generally see pet ownership as akin to slavery. PETA members have even gone so far as to pull dogs from shelters only to kill them instead of adopting them out as pets.
Extreme animal rights groups would like to end all pet ownership, and advocating a change in terminology can be the first step toward accomplishing such a goal. Words have power and, in some cases, words can directly affect legal rights.
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk even advocates outright Pit Bull bans and supports shelter policies mandating the euthanasia of all Pit Bulls. She has published her opinion in several forums, the most prominent being in 2005 on SFGate, as follows:
Most people have no idea that at many animal shelters across the country, any pit bull that comes through the front door doesn't go out the back door alive. From California to New York, many shelters have enacted policies requiring the automatic destruction of the huge and ever-growing number of "pits" they encounter. This news shocks and outrages the compassionate dog-lover.
Here's another shocker: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the very organization that is trying to get you to denounce the killing of chickens for the table, foxes for fur or frogs for dissection, supports the shelters' pit-bull policy, albeit with reluctance. We further encourage a ban on breeding pit bulls.
The pit bull's ancestor, the Staffordshire terrier, is a human concoction, bred in my native England, I'm ashamed to say, as a weapon.
Newkirk advocates that Pit Bulls be killed and eventually exterminated completely. If you own a Pit Bull or are concerned about the plight of Pit Bulls or other often malinged breeds currently in shelters and rescues, Newkirk's words should concern you.
Many misguided advocates of the term "guardian" believe using this term promotes more responsible pet ownership and can put law enforcement in a better position to seize dogs that are being abused or neglected.
However, strong animal cruelty laws are the best tools for saving animals from irresponsible owners. Of course, animal control officers can intervene when a dog is starved, abused, or otherwise neglected, but currently, animal control agencies are understaffed and it's often hard for them to respond to all reports. That being said, focusing on making animal control more effective without allowing such agencies to trample the rights of responsible, loving dog owners is the best way to help all animals.
The primary difference between the term owner and guardian, from a legal standpoint, has to do with the United States Constitution. Nowhere does the U.S. Constitution protect or even recognize rights of "guardians."
However, the U.S. Constitution gives several protections to property owners. For example, the Fourth Amendment on search and seizure provides, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
While the Fifth Amendment explains that no person can "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Finally, the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that no State shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Together, these amendments provide owners certain protections. Law enforcement can't simply seize anything you legally own without a solid legal basis. They must obtain a warrant, in most cases, to enter your home or seize your property.
These Constitutional protections become very important where breed specific legislation arises. These protections help responsible, loving dog owners because animal control must abide by the U.S. Constitution in order to seize and kill an owner's animal. Furthermore, the animal owner is entitled to due process, which means a Constitutionally mandated hearing and the ability to appeal before the agency is allowed to kill the seized dog.
When dog owners give up ownership rights, they give much of their ability to protect their dogs.
Nowhere does the U.S. Constitution say that those who are animal guardians are entitled to such due process. A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another. In fact, the very notion of guardianship flies in the face of due process because a guardian, in the traditional legal sense, if overseen by a Court of Law. The Court can decide that someone else would make a better guardian—for example, someone with more money; someone who owns his or her home rather than rents; or someone who stays home rather than works full-time.
Then there is the issue of service, therapy, and search dogs. If we own dogs, we can train them and use them to help us if we become disabled. Laws grant disabled persons the right to be accompanied by service dogs. Dogs guide persons with visual impairments, for example, and help pick up dropped items for those confined to wheelchairs. Presumably, if we are mere guardians of our dogs, we cannot force them to perform tasks for our benefit, including search and rescue work. Therefore, we risk seeing the complete extinction of service, therapy, and search and rescue dogs. As guardians, we exist solely to benefit our dogs. In effect, we become their servants.
While many of us already do feel like servants to our dogs and, even more so, to our cats, there's a very real difference between being a servant in the legal sense and being a servant in the practical sense. Yes, we provide them with food, shelter, vet care, toys, their own beds, and even throw them birthday parties, but we still own them. We have the right to decide what food to feed them (kibble, raw, or home made, for example) or what type of vaccinations to give them (other than the legally required Rabies vaccination, of course). Since overvaccination is becoming a real topic of discussion in veterinary circles, this alone is an important discretionary issues for dog owners.
Important decisions about a dog's care, feeding, and training are best left to dog owners, not courts. For example, people have strong feelings about feeding kibble versus raw. Some people believe kibble is ultimately harmful to dogs, containing low quality ingredients and, in some cases, toxins. Others believe feeding a raw diet exposes dogs to too many dangers from bacteria and bones.
When we are guardians, those decisions are no longer our own. They are subject to control and oversight by the state or a court. Because I want the United States Constituion behind me when I fight for my dog's life, should it ever come to that, I prefer the term "owner."
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Introduction to Myles aka Mr. Wiggles!!!!
Myles was saved about two and a half weeks ago from Contra Costa Animal Services in Martinez--right before he was scheduled for euthanasia...and what a good save it was! You will be hard-pressed to find a better dog than Myles.
Myles is about a year old, is great with dogs, and might be good with cats (although he does not live with any right now, he shows no interest when exposed). He LOVES absolutely everyone he meets and is just a total ham for attention and cuddles. He might be one of the best cuddlers I've ever had as a foster, and I have had more fosters than I can count, so that is saying a lot. He loves nothing more than to be curled up with you on the couch, the bed, the floor, pretty much anywhere you will let him be, he wants to be with you. He has a moderate energy level, and does great with just a brief walk each day and a nice romp in the yard or game of fetch.
Myles came to me with no training at all, and in just a couple weeks has learned to walk perfectly on a leash with just a martingale collar, knows "sit", "wait", "come", and is learning "down". He is also a GREAT fetch player! He just finally picked this game up from his foster brother, Cooper, and is a fetch rockstar now!
Myles also loves children, and shows great potential to be a therapy dog. He has the gentle and loving social-butterfly type attitude we all love in our pit bulls. He is the ultimate ambassador to his breed in every situation he has been in and continues to impress me with his rock solid temperament.
Myles would love to have a dog friend or two in his forever home, or he would do great as a single dog because his primary focus are his people. He just wants to be with you and is always looking up at you with his big brown eyes, wanting to please in any possible way. When you praise him, he wiggles so much he folds in half, it is just absolutely adorable.
This is a gem of a dog, and he truly deserves nothing less than the best, which I know he will find hopefully one day soon!
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Waves Audio to Receive Technical Grammy Award
— Company acknowledged for its contribution of outstanding technical excellence to the recording field — TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, December 23, 2010 — Waves Audio was informed that it will be presented with a prestigious Technical GRAMMY Award during the GRAMMY Week celebration in February 2011. The news was made public as part of The Recording Academy announcing its Special Merit Awards recipients, with Waves Audio as a Technical GRAMMY Award honoree. A special invitation-only ceremony will be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, and a formal acknowledgment will be made during the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. With this presentation of the Technical GRAMMY, Waves joins a prestigious list of previous recipients which includes such well-known names as Apple Computer, Inc., Sony/Philips, Shure Incorporated and Yamaha Corporation. This Special Merit GRAMMY is awarded by vote of the Producers & Engineers Wing Advisory Council and Producers & Engineers Wing Chapter Committees and ratification by The Recording Academy's National Trustees to companies that have made outstanding contributions of technical significance to the recording field. "This is a tremendous honor," said Gilad Keren, founder and CEO of Waves Audio. "Knowing that we've played a part in the creation of so much great music over the years motivates us to keep making new tools for the audio community, doing our small part to enable their creativity." For more information, please visit www.waves.com.


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In October 2015, the 'Social Entrepreneurship' program cluster at ActionAid ARI, launched a pilot program with young people in Tripoli, one of the most marginalized areas of Lebanon. ActionAid works in the towns of Bab-al-Tibbaneh and Jabal Mohsen where Sunni and Alawite Muslims have been clashing since the Lebanese civil war, with clashes intensified since the start of the conflict in Syria by their opposition or support of the Alawite-led Syrian government.
In Bab-al-Tibbaneh and Jabal Mohsen young people are discriminated when applying for jobs and sectarian lines divide the two towns. Up to 50% of residents in the area are unemployed, making half the population vulnerable to mobilization at times when clashes erupt. Bab-Al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen were prosperous regions until wide- scale flooding in the 1960s which caused the destruction of many of the town's buildings; followed by years of civil war, most of the town's main infrastructure is now either damaged or destroyed.
The social entrepreneurship program in Tripoli is seen as an important tool for social cohesion between the rival communities and an opportunity for young people to showcase to their peers that they can take the lead in solving pressing issues that are affecting the lives of many of its young people. The program was formed as a natural step from our existing youth in conflict work and from supporting women's cooperatives in Lebanon.
The program selected two young men and two young women and provided them with a unique opportunity to move from being volunteers to business owners. Working hand in hand with our local partners to select the young people, an open call for applications for youth groups from the selected areas was put out, asking young people to submit ideas of a social business that helps them in personal development and serves to solve a critical issue in the community. Upon selection of the ideas with most social and economic potential, ARI and partners conducted personal interviews with the youth groups and selected a maximum of five groups per program. The groups were then supported to produce a six months project plan and budget.
Yasma & Basma
Marwa, Hasan and Mohammad are some of the young people who gained business skills and knowledge in how to transform youth unemployment and the feeling of exclusion and conflict. They all live In Bab-al-Tibbaneh and Jabal Mohsen and have recently started a social entrepreneurship business called Yasma & Basma which provides a service for international organizations to pack food parcels for less- advantaged families, sourcing locally from small businesses.
According to Marwa, 22, the lack of job opportunities and poverty is a major problem that affects the most disadvantaged families: "We want to help the vulnerable single mothers from Jabal and Tibbaneh who lost their husbands and sons during the war. They don't have anyone to support them especially in the winter when the prices of vegetables increase and it's hard for poor people to afford the price of simple food items" - says Marwa.
"There are many poor families and war victims in Jabal and Tebanneh and the local and international NGO's don't always reach them during the aid distribution" – Marwa explains.
The young people behind Yasma & Basma also want to promote social cohesion between the residents of Jabal Mehsen and Tebbaneh as well as providing new trading opportunities for local business. The Social Entrepreneurship cluster provided technical and financial support for the young people to start up their social business with an aim to employ youth from the two conflict areas who had to drop out of school who have to work unskilled positions to provide for their families.
"The youth here faces a lot of challenges due to the lack of opportunities and the sectarian and political tensions between Sunni and Alawites. That's why the location of our storage store is in between Jabal and Tibbaneh because we want to strengthen the social bond between youth from both areas" – explains Hasan.
"We have made a register for those who are more in need and beside our main activity we want to share this information with everyone. It's not only essential to deliver the aid but also to be aware where the most vulnerable are" – says Hasan.
The youth is mobilizing youth from both areas and focuses on a common goal by helping others. In the project they are used to work as a team across sectarian differences, as both Marwa and Mohammad are Muslims while Hasan is Alawite.
"The sectarian tensions are a huge problem in Lebanon. Many people think that we are different and that we can't cooperate with different backgrounds. In Yasma & Basma we are proving the opposite that we all are facing the same challenges and need action. In the end of the day we are all human" – explains Hasan.
Coming from the Alawite minority in Lebanon Hasan really got conscious about the confusion and sectarian tension that can occur out of nothing. In Yasma & Basma Hasan dreams about mobilizing youth who have lost a loved one due to armed conflict between the rival towns to work toward a common goal.
"We all deserve the right to access proper food items and not to starve in silence. We dream about to help thousands of people. Our dream doesn't stop here, we want to increase our business project and promote the idea in other areas, too" – says Hasan.
ActionAid ARI provided the team behind Yasma & Basma with the necessary technical and financial support and the team is now working with international organisations to provide food parcels for their delivery of aid. They have got a warehouse to store the food items and to pack the aid packages.
Through a local partner in Tripoli, Ruwwad Al-Tanmeya, the young people have also been set mentorship challenges to support their business implementation. The program has been developed hand in hand with the training methodology from the Global Platform. The SE trainer from Global Platform has been involved in every detail of the program; from selecting partners and youth trainees to developing the program and mentoring the youth.


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Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler
We go right to the ring and out comes Dolph Ziggler. Phillips shows us some of the international announce teams at ringside. Ziggler waits as fans start chanting for his opponent. The lights go out and they pop. The music finally hits and out comes Shinsuke Nakamura to a big pop for his in-ring SmackDown TV debut.
Fans chant Nakamura's name as they face off before the bell. Ziggler goes for Nakamura's leg to start. Light back and forth action before breaking. They lock up and go to the corner. Ziggler with a cheap shot to the face. Nakamura comes back with a shot to the gut. They trade holds again and Ziggler takes control, taking Nakamura down by his arm. Nakamura turns it around and works on Ziggler's arm. Nakamura mushes Ziggler in the face. Nakamura tells him to bring it. Ziggler charges but takes a knee to the gut. Nakamura with a knee drop.
Ziggler goes out for a breather but Nakamura brings him back in. Ziggler catches Nakamura with a neckbreaker. Ziggler with a cheap shot. Ziggler takes Nakamura down and keeps him grounded in the middle of the ring now. Nakamura gets up and charges but Ziggler nails a dropkick for a 2 count. Ziggler works Nakamura over and talks some trash but it backfires as Nakamura drops him with a kick to the face. Nakamura with more offense now as he makes his comeback. Nakamura ends up with Ziggler laying over the top in the corner. Nakamura with the big high knee for a 2 count.
Ziggler counters a suplex attempt and rolls Nakamura up but Nakamura turns that into a submission on the arm. Ziggler gets the bottom rope and breaks the hold. Ziggler counters again and drops Nakamura with a big DDT for a close 2 count. Fans chant for Nakamura. More back and forth. Ziggler blocks the Kinshasa and goes on to hit a Fame-asser for a 2 count. Ziggler poses and gets booed. Ziggler cranks up for the superkick but it's blocked. Nakamura gets blocked and Ziggler hits another Zig Zag for a close 2 count.
More counters between the two. Nakamura with a knee to drop Ziggler and a kick to the back of the neck. Ziggler counters the exploder suplex again and superkicks Nakamura in the back of the neck. Ziggler crawls over and covers for a 2 count. More back and forth action. Nakamura drops Ziggler with a knee to the face. Nakamura goes to the top for a Kinshasa but Ziggler moves. Ziggler misses a superkick. Nakamura finally hits the inverted exploder. Fans pop as Nakamura prepares to put Ziggler away. Nakamura nails the Kinshasa for the win.
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
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Hmm. A screen-reader sould make the user interface available, and the user interface should tell you there is a description available. (Mozilla, iCab, perhaps others do this already for all users. I think IE makes it available to screen readers but don't know if it is accessible through the standard user interface - which is a mistake). The use case: A low vision user may have difficulty making out the image and want some verbal or written explanation to go with it. Ditto for someone with cognitive disabilities that affect visual interpretation. And ditto for navigation bars made up of icons I don't recognise... cheers chaals On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > >no. the ua cannot do it all which is why we have msaa for the screen >readers/assistive user agents to take advantage of. We need to be more >pro active if we are going to win this fight. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Aaron Smith" <firstname.lastname@example.com> >To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>; <firstname.lastname@example.com> >Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 4:34 PM >Subject: RE: LONGDESC > > >Thanks, Jim and Phil. > >One of the reasons that a screen reader would not want to do what you >described below is because, in the utopian sense of the word, a screen >reader simply reads what is rendered on the screen, and does not perform >any rendering itself. > >In my personal opinion/question, that should be up to the UA as this >feature is not only helpful to screen reader users but users of >non-visual >browsers, right? > >Aaron > >At 03:06 PM 10/18/2002 -0500, Jim Thatcher wrote: > > >>Hi Arron, >> >>It is up to you, i.e., to the assistive technology! For example, Home >Page >>Reader renders a link "Long Description" next to the image with >>href="graph1.htm" from your example. I would think that would make >sense for >>a screen reader too. >> >>Jim >>Accessibility Consulting >>http://jimthatcher.com >>512-306-0931 >>508 Web accessibility Tutorial: http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]On >>Behalf Of Aaron Smith >>Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:42 PM >>To: firstname.lastname@example.com >>Subject: LONGDESC >> >> >>I find myself suddenly confused about the LONGDESC attribute. According >to >>http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/sam3-0.htm, the LONGDESC attribute >>resides in an image tag such as the following: >> >><IMG SRC="graph1.gif" LONGDESC="graph1.htm" ALT="3-d sales chart."> >> >>But when is access to graph1.htm presented to the user? Is this IMG >>supposed to be a link to graph1.htm? Is the UA supposed to render a D >link >>to the LONGDESC URI immediately following the IMG object? Is an AT >supposed >>to simply announce the URI? I assume that the average user isn't >supposed >>to view the source, copy the URI. and paste it into the address edit >box >>just to find the LONGDESC text, right? >> >>Can someone educate me? >> >>Thanks, >> >>-- >>To insure that you receive proper support, please include all >>past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant >>information pertinent to your situation when submitting a >>problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. >> >>Aaron Smith >>GW Micro >>Phone: 260/489-3671 >>Fax: 260/489-2608 >>WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com >>FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com >>Technical Support & Web Development > >-- >To insure that you receive proper support, please include all >past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant >information pertinent to your situation when submitting a >problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. > >Aaron Smith >GW Micro >Phone: 260/489-3671 >Fax: 260/489-2608 >WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com >FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com >Technical Support & Web Development > > -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles tel: +61 409 134 136 SWAD-E http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe ------------ WAI http://www.w3.org/WAI 21 Mitchell street, FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia fax(fr): +33 4 92 38 78 22 W3C, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, FranceReceived on Saturday, 19 October 2002 17:22:45 UTC
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Digital Critic is a research project analysing, historicising and archiving art criticism produced in online communities from the 1980s to the present day.
It is funded by a Hong Kong University Grants Committee General Research Fund grant and supported by collaborative partnerships with Gylphi, New-Media-Curating, and Rhizome.
Outputs will include:
- Conceptual framework for identifying and analysing forms of online art criticism.
- Peer-reviewed book on the history of online art criticism, published in print and digital formats by Gylphi Limited.
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25 months and it's another door closed. Which one I hear you ask? If you have followed our story from when we began, you will have read about my struggle with my mental illnesses diagnosis.
25 months and it's another door closed.
Which one I hear you ask?
If you have followed our story from when we began, you will have read about my struggle with my mental illnesses diagnosis. After Millie passed away, professionals attempted to tell me I was suffering from "normal grief" – (I've never quite understood what that phrase actually meant) it soon became apparent that I was suffering from a lot more than this.
I was assessed properly by a Psychologist in a Manchester hospital and I was diagnosed extremely quickly with severe PTSD, anxiety and depression and I was extremely lucky that I was such a severe case (unlucky in that way of course) that I was able to access treatment within days of being diagnosed on the NHS. I know that I am extremely lucky to have gotten this help so quickly and this is why I am so proud that over the past 2 years I have worked so hard to deal with my illnesses and today I was officially discharged – because this now means that someone else can now be seen, that someone else can be take my place and receive the treatment that I know they will so desperately need. I am led to believe that the current waiting list to access mental health services is around 6 months – this is an extremely long time when your head is a mess with these types of mental health illnesses and I am a huge advocate in that these waiting list times need to be decreased and quickly because I know (not believe, I know) that without access to this service I would not be here today.
This journey has been torturous. I remember quite clearly in my first session that I didn't want to talk, I cried so much, I cried so hard that I thought my tears were never going to end. Dan had to take me to all my early appointments because I had panic attacks on the way to the hospital because I couldn't cope seeing or hearing ambulances, blue lights or sirens which meant I couldn't drive there. I couldn't cope even being on a hospital premises because of the one specific flashback that I suffered from. I have to had to go through everything over and over again with a fine tooth comb, explain my flashbacks, nightmares, panic attacks, dreams etc in each and every second that they happened. I've had to re-live that day over and over again in every single detail that I could remember and believe me, I can remember every single minute detail and every word spoken to me that day – details that I don't want to remember but that just won't go away, no matter how hard I try.
You're probably reading this thinking, that is awful, why did she have to re-live everything all over again and again. Unfortunately this is how the treatment I had works and I can honestly say that it was a horrendous thing to have to go through to get better. I can understand how some people cannot cope with this treatment, how some people give up at just the first hurdle during this treatment. I understand how people refuse the treatment even though it has been suggested that it would be a good option for them. I understand how people do not even entertain the idea of going through this type of treatment. I know that people turn the treatment down as people have written to me telling me that they have turned this type of treatment down for various reasons, asking me for advice on why I said yes to it, asking me if I thought they should request it again. I cannot make this decision for anyone though, only a person in this position can.
The good thing is, is that you are given the option, it was explained to me very throughly the options I had for treatment and that it was completely up to me whether I took the treatment I was offered. I did. I took the option of being treated with CBT and by the use of EMDR. I could have said no.
Why did I say yes?
I said yes because I wanted to get off medication. I didn't want to spend the rest of my life taking drugs because of the depression and anxiety I was suffering from because of my PTSD brought on by losing our precious daughter and the circumstances in which she passed.
I said yes because I wanted to be back in control of myself. I did not want my fears and irrational thoughts to control me or my mind for the rest of my life.
I said yes because I needed the help.
Excepting help when offered is often one of the hardest things to do in life but you often have to realise that accepting help often makes your life easier or better in more ways than one.
I said yes, because I wanted to be me again. Of course I completed understood that I would never be "The Joanne" that I was once, but I knew that I could possibly get back a huge part of her that I felt had gone, had changed.
I changed my name too. I never had a middle name but when Millie passed , around 6 months later I added "Millie" into my name, so I am now officially Joanne Millie Thompson – an ode to my daughter and a sign to myself that I am a new person, a different person that I once was.
I do know the old me is gone.
What we went through losing Millie was the worst possible thing any parent could ever possibly go through, something a parent should never have to go through – but we did and we have survived, we have gotten through the worst and we are on the other side.
That song, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" always comes into my head when I'm writing/talking about this because it is so true.
Today I am stronger than I have ever been before and every day I get just that little bit stronger to get through each passing day.
This letter below is for the Psychologist that has been there through all my treatment and tears. I don't know whether she will ever read this as that's not what it is about.
Dear Pyschologist,
Two years ago I was a broken hearted mum who had recently lost her precious baby and I didn't know whether I was coming or going or whether I was going to get through the next night or day.
I walked into your office thinking that I didn't expect your help to work, thinking that I would try this treatment out and then give up and carry on feeling like it felt that first day that I met you .
I came to you and I did not know how to act, what to say, when to cry, when not to cry, when to shout or scream or when or if I should just walk away and give up.
I felt ridiculous that I had all these problems, I thought I was weak for being diagnosed with these mental health problems, I couldn't understand why I was cracking, why I was breaking down into crumbs in front my own eyes. I hated the fact that I was putting my husband through this – I hated the fact he needed to look after me; but you made me understand, you made me realise that I could get through this.
You made me talk about the things I didn't want to, I didn't like you for that. You made me tell you how I was feeling; I've always struggled with talking about my feelings but you kept on going, you kept on asking. You listened when I was angry, when I was distraught. You listened as I cried and tore my hair out in your office. You watched my heart break over and over again as I talked about my daughter and the hopes and dreams that I had for her but that I would never see her fulfil. You were there as I closed my eyes and described what I was seeing in my flashbacks and nightmares and you comforted me by telling me you were to help me and one day my illnesses would get easier.
You ripped me to pieces by trailing through my mind in your sessions and on many occasion I walked out of your room thinking how much I thought I hated you that day because of how upset and distraught I had become whilst talking to you. I often came out of these sessions and couldn't function properly for two or three days – which then felt I didn't have much time to recover before the next session.
But you kept on asking me back and I kept on coming. You encouraged me to bring my medication down, both anti-depressants and sleeping tablets, you encouraged me to discover mindfulness and to create a world where I could feel safe, where nothing could bother me, where everything is peaceful and tranquil.
As the days turns into weeks and then months and now years, the sessions got harder and more intense but my everyday life started to become a little easier. My sleep slowly started returning, I dealt with my panics attacks in a more responsive manner, my medication came down, my smiles started to return and my hopes and dreams started to slowly linger again.
You talked me through my feelings about possibly having another baby, at which point I told you I didn't think I could ever have another child again but you got me through it, you helped me realise that I couldn't change what happened. You helped me realise that we made all the right decisions for Millie that I couldn't blame myself for what I happened that day – that we weren't bad parents, that we didn't allow Millie to pass away, she was just taken from us and there was nothing we could have done as parents to change that.
You helped me to change my mind about having another baby and I thank you so much for that because without you and a special family in New Zealand, Leo probably wouldn't have been born and he has completely changed our world again.
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being the kindest, most caring medical professional that I have ever come across. I know that you genuinely wanted to help me, to help us become strong again. I know that what you do is not just a job for you – you have a passion for helping people. I for one am glad that I have met you and that our paths crossed because you have taught me how to be strong again, how to love again and how to live again and I will never forget that.
I hope your family are so proud of what you do.
Yours truly,
A mummy that will always have a piece of her jigsaw missing x
If I hadn't have had my psychologist help, I probably wouldn't have seen my gorgeous son's smile x
I know that just because I have been discharged doesn't mean that it is all over .. This is just the beginning and I know this but I know that I can get through anything life throws at us as we have already proven we can get through the worst thing possible that could ever happen to us.
The Black Dog will always be with me but it doesn't mean that it will always control me.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Press release from the issuing company(Weymouth, MA). . . InfoTrends is pleased to announce that Chris Bondy has joined the firm as Group Director, Cross-Media Workflow Solutions. Chris will be responsible for expanding InfoTrends' production workflow and customized communications practice into cross-media and data-driven marketing and publishing applications. He will be working with technology vendors and print/marketing service providers on strategy and technology implementation planning through custom engagements and syndicated services.
Over his 30-year career, Chris has developed extensive experience in strategy, business development, product planning, process reengineering, and sales/marketing for commercial printing, publishing and in-plant printing companies, and manufacturers of graphic arts and marketing communication products and services.
Prior to joining InfoTrends, Chris was the Chief Technology Office for Direct Mail Holdings (DMH), a large, full service direct mail company that mails over 1 billion pieces annually through serving the fundraising, financial, healthcare, consumer services and consumer products markets. At DMH he conceptualized and launched several next-generation Web-services solutions for consumer photo memory products and digital asset management. He also standardized all information technology applications across DMH by driving common use of key software solutions including ERP (PrintStream), Composition (GMC) and Postal Optimization (Business Objects and Monticello).
Chris also has extensive experience working for leading technology vendors including Kodak and Xerox. At Kodak's Nexpress division he was Vice President, Worldwide Director, Professional Services & Solutions. In this role he helped develop an architectural framework and managed a cross-Kodak workflow integration taskforce to reconcile all workflow components into a common structure.
At Xerox he held the position of Vice President, Marketing & Practice Management, in which he developed strategies and staffed the first production solutions marketing team to deliver marketing research, marketing communications and channel development for all advanced solutions that enabled monochrome and color digital production printing systems. He also held the position of Vice President & Chief Engineer, Production Solutions Business Team, in which he established architectural plans and recruited a 40-person development team for Xerox' variable information solutions development program.
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On the way to take our kids swimming near Battery Park, blogger emeritus Brian and I stopped by for a look at the World Trade Center site, which neither of us had seen since the towers were destroyed. The unnatural openness gave me the shudders, and I envied Robert's unfettered perspective. To him, 9/11 is just that strange day in utero when Mama's adrenaline spiked, and Ground Zero is merely the ultimate kick-ass agglomeration of tricked-out construction vehicles.
While we viewed the site from the Winter Garden Theater, I snapped several shots like this one so I can show Robert that he lived here during a particularly interesting point in the city's history, when what will arguably be the most famous structure on the planet was only a vast furnished basement and a few viewing stands.
As if on cue, Robert turned to face us, pointed across the highway, and exclaimed, "That's New York! That's where I live!"


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Cody Caldwell and Rusty Sary earned all-tournament honors for Newport Harbor (17-7), ranked No. 7 in the CIF Southern Section Division I coaches' poll.
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Access and Equity for African American Students in Higher Education: A Critical Race Historical Analysis of Policy Efforts
Harper, Shaun R., Patton, Lori D., Wooden, Ontario S., Journal of Higher Education
Higher education has been characterized as "one of the greatest hopes for intellectual and civic progress in this country. Yet for many Americans, however, it has been seen as part of the problem rather than the solution" (Boyer, 1997, p. 85). Some have acknowledged that higher education is a public good through which individual participation accrues benefits for the larger society (Institute for Higher Education Policy, 1998; Kezar, Chambers, & Burkhardt, 2005; Lewis & Hearn, 2003). Despite this, recent analyses have confirmed that too few African Americans are offered access to the socioeconomic advantages associated with college degree attainment (Harper, 2006; Perna et al., 2006). In some ways, the recurrent struggle for racial equity is surprising, given the number of policies that have been enacted to close college opportunity gaps between African Americans and their White counterparts at various junctures throughout the history of higher education.
Though presumably for the best, Tyack and Cuban (1995) acknowledge that education policymaking does not always lead to sustainable progress. Much evidence exists to confirm this has been the case with policies created to increase access and ensure equity for African American students in higher education. Such efforts are described in this article. While various scholars have offered insights into the educational histories of African Americans (e.g., Allen & Jewell, 1995; Anderson, 1988; Gasman, 2007; Katz, 1969), comprehensive analyses of the underlying catalysts, low sustainability, and ultimate effects of policy efforts throughout the lifespan of higher education are scarce. This article seeks to fill that void. Policies that have affected participation and degree attainment rates for this population across various time periods are reviewed and discussed below. We juxtapose historically noteworthy progressive steps toward access and equity with recent indicators of backward movement. Implications of these policy shifts are considered and critiqued at the end of the article. But first, the lens through which we analyzed these policies is described in the next section.
Analytical Framework
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is used as an analytical framework in this article. This race-based epistemology is particularly useful here because it provides a lens through which to question, critique, and challenge the manner and methods in which race, white supremacy, supposed meritocracy, and racist ideologies have shaped and undermined policy efforts for African American student participation in higher education. CRT is interdisciplinary in nature, incorporating intellectual traditions and scholarly perspectives from law, sociology, history, ethnic studies, and women's studies to advance and give voice to the ongoing quest for racial justice (Bell, 1987; Delgado & Stefancic, 2001). Solorzano (1998) notes, "A critical race theory in education challenges ahistoricism and the unidisciplinary focus of most analyses, and insists on analyzing race and racism in education by placing them in both a historical and contemporary context using interdisciplinary methods" (p. 123). While no single definition exists for CRT, many scholars agree on the centrality of seven tenets:
1. Racism is a normal part of American life, often lacking the ability to be distinctively recognized, and thus is difficult to eliminate or address (Delgado, 1995; Delgado & Stefancic, 2001; Ladson-Billings, 2000; Solorzano, 1998). Racial microaggressions--"subtle insults (verbal, nonverbal, and/or visual) directed toward people of color, often automatically or unconsciously" (Solorzano, Ceja, & Yosso, 2000, p. 60)--replace more overt demonstrations of racism in most settings. A CRT lens unveils the various forms in which racism continually manifests itself, despite espoused institutional values regarding equity and social justice.
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The whole history of cosmonautics in one place
Somehow it happened that I visited Kaluga in sufficient regularity, usually either passing through some of the local estate. or just cases.
Never got to walk around the city, and even more so to see the State Museum of the history of cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky. But once again it so happened that I had to go to Kaluga for one printing, meaning we had to ride 100 miles for 5 minutes. In the end, as in Kaluga, I got the idea to finally carry out his wish.
The state Museum of the history of cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky in Kaluga — the world's first and Russia's largest space Museum. In its creation participated personally famous designer Korolev and Yuri Gagarin. Last June 13, 1961 laid the first stone in the Foundation of the future Museum:
And after 6 years, the new Museum welcomed its first visitors. In the Museum you can get acquainted with the domestic history of cosmonautics, from the first artificial satellite of the Earth to modern long-term orbital stations. However, many of the original machines that had been in space you can see with your own eyes. Continue reading
The principle of operation
Obviously, enough people settled on the planet. Now he rushes into space to other planets, other worlds. Me some time ago, suddenly puzzled question that, maybe, the desire to space as it is genetically built into the human population. Give this thought to those who insist on the theory of extraterrestrial origin of life. Perhaps this is an argument in the dispute. Life originated in space and was for the planet entered, so man tends back. The truth is, other living creatures, tearing at the limits of Earthly comfort I do not know.
One way or another, but wanting to hit the road for a week not in Komarovo, and the ISS, among the millionaires abound. It is a pity that the station still more and to carry back only the tourists are not going. Today for money on the ISS managed to get only five people. The other fly to work. This is a troublesome thing – busy with tourists, but as it turned out very favorable.
Space, generally, requires a lot of money. Considering that not every person can afford to buy a car, it to deal with space transportation passengers can afford not every rich country. Probably, for this reason, we seek cheaper ways of delivering goods or passengers to low earth orbit. Continue reading
Sport in space begins with a football in zero gravity
So, according to the company, Space Island Group, might look like orbiting the stadium. The game tourists in the ball channels could broadcast live .
Weightless — what is not a reason to invent a whole new class of sports? After all, space sports of one type or another, more than likely. Especially due to the rapid development of the private aerospace business and the increased number of space tourists. Is it any wonder that competition in zero-gravity invented today?
If we talk about professional cosmonauts or astronauts, sports games in orbit for them is obvious. Given the fact that in the future the crews of the expand, and the missions will be very long, like missions to the moon or Mars.
A peaceful "battle" with each other under conditions of zero gravity could help space travelers not only to diversify the flight, but also to maintain health, physical and mental. But for space tourists sport in space can be a great added attraction. Continue reading


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Launch – Making Marigold: Beaders of Bulawayo (24 January)
Making Marigold: Beaders of Bulawayo is a portrait of a women's beading co-operative specialising in loomed beadwork, based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Over 200 photographs reveal the sumptuous glamour of the Marigold beadwork and necklaces. Short, stand-alone narrative vignettes offer background insights into the making and development of the Marigold co-operative.
How did these women, whose skilled practice and creative impulses evident in every necklace, perfect this practice?
And what has sustained their efforts across the decades?
Joni Brenner is an artist who revisits the same subject – whether live model or skull – over and again, a practice that informs her understanding of learning through doing, looking closely and recognising shifts.
Her belief in the value of repetition underpins her fascination, and her collaboration, with the Marigold beading co-operative.
She is a Principal Tutor in History of Art at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Elizabeth Burroughs is a researcher and writer whose interests include the role of languages in culture and identity, the nature of consciousness, and the processes of making.
She has worked primarily in the field of education, lecturing in English Literature and Linguistics, and as senior manager for Umalusi, the quality council for schools and college education in South Africa.
She now works as a freelance consultant and writer.
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