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A little boy with ice skates on, a smile on his face, with a penguin called Rob? That's what I see too. In this quick photo that took less than a second to take, this what you see. You see what I want you to see. You see the good part of this particular experience. Would anyone really want to see the reality of the before and after of this situation? Before this he was quiet, unsure, a little scared, it took quite a lot of convincing to get him out of the wheelchair and onto the ice. He was only out of the wheelchair for about 5 minutes. But it was the best 5 minutes of the entire experience. He kept saying 'I'm doing it Mummy, I'm really doing it'. He shocked himself! He really didn't think he could do it. He was proud of himself and so he should be! This is what taking the photo is about, remembering the good part. When I got Rowan and his siblings home from ice skating, the 'aftermath' kicked in. The pain kicked in, his back, his legs, his tummy, everything hurt, he was exhausted, there was lots of screaming, lots of crying, followed by lots of leg rubbing, back rubbing, a warm bath, loud music, everything we try first, ending up with Tramadol, so he could relax enough to sleep, and once he woke up, he was in a better position to function throughout the day.
When you look at this picture of Rowan, what do you see?
A little boy, making his Beaver promise, proud of himself once again. Smile on his face, happy. He is now officially a Beaver! (The youngest section of scouts if you have no idea what this is). Maybe you see the TPN in his backpack, maybe you see the drainage bag dangling by his feet. Maybe this disgusts you, maybe it makes you curious, maybe you don't even see them? Maybe you see the cuffs rolled up of his jumper that's just that little too big for him. This is a milestone in Rowan's life. A huge one. It's also something that he does with other boys (girls can attend too, but there are no girls in their group at the moment, just to clarify), boys his own age (actually technically he's the youngest right now, but not for long), interacting with them, a little bit of normalcy. He is finally beginning to feel comfortable within that group. You don't necessarily see his needs. You can't see the TENS machine on his back because it's been playing up all week, and this takes the edge off a little bit. You don't see the risks, you don't see the fact he has to have a specially trained adult with him at all times, you don't see the 2.5 hour nap he had before this, just so that he wasn't too exhausted to attend. You certainly can't see the aftermath. Within 10 minutes of being home from this fantastic milestone, Rowan transformed. He was angry, very angry, screaming, shouting, I believe there was some swearing, there was certainly some kicking and punching (sorry Denise!), he was inconsolable, and irrational. He didn't know what he wanted, nothing was good enough, he wanted everything but nothing. As a parent, or any adult around him to be honest, it's hard to know what to do. He is in pain, a LOT of pain. Does that make it acceptable for him to behave like that? Do you let him get away with it as 'he's in a lot of pain'? Or do you discipline him, as it's unacceptable behaviour? Sometimes all you can do is walk away. Eventually I managed to calm him down (and apologise to Denise). We talked (well he sobbed), put his pyjamas on, turned up his TENS machine, got him a hot water bottle, a drink, and Denise read him a few stories to calm him down. It took 2 adults to get him into bed, and calm enough to rest. This was the aftermath of going to Beavers for an hour. Many people ask if it's worth it. Is the pain worth it? Is that hour of Beavers really worth the aftermath? Absolutely. If I asked Rowan if he still wanted to go to Beavers, even after that, he says yes. In Rowan's life, I have to make decisions that don't always make sense. Beavers offers Rowan something that he can't get anywhere else. I have to balance Rowan's needs, his educational needs, his emotional needs, his social needs, as well as his physical needs. His physical needs are just a part of him.
How about this picture, what do you see?
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Rowan riding a pony. The last couple of weeks Rowan has started riding with the RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association fantastic organisation). Anyway, he's on a pony, he looks so tiny! Smile on his face, yet again. Maybe you see the backpack. This for Rowan, is physio, it's 30 minutes of riding a pony, up and down, playing little games, collecting toys to throw in a bucket, or flowers to give to Mummy (who's eyes are bloodshot and puffy, and leaking, struggling to breathe, Mummy is very allergic to horses!!). Riding builds Rowan's core strength, he is really weak at the moment, but in time his posture will improve and strengthen, the way they need to sit on top of the horse pushes them to sit upright, and this will strengthen his core muscles. So, why is he horseriding when Mummy is so ridiculously allergic? (Honestly it's bad!) Because why wouldn't I? If Rowan was allergic, that's different, but he isn't, I am. He needs this. Rowan hasn't been having regular physio for quite a long time now, as he has gotten so weak, they haven't known what to do with him. He started hydrotherapy, but that had to be stopped for safety reasons. No one has been around to advise me, or help us. I am the one who has spent hours researching, looking at what activities build up which muscles. No one recommended horse riding, but as soon as I said he was doing it, the professionals were very enthusiastic about it. Something else no one has ever suggested would be beneficial for Rowan, from any kind of perspective is a bike. He can't ride a 'normal' bike, he doesn't have the strength, or the balance, and having accessories (drainage bag, TPN) means that it's not safe. Why is there no professional helping me with these things?
So why didn't any other professional suggest a bike? Something else I had to do by myself. Because professionals don't seem to be able to see Rowan as a little boy, they don't see what I see, they don't see what everyone else sees, they see their speciality, not a child. Rowan is now the proud owner of a bike. It's a special bike, it's therapeutic, it's complicated as to how it's different to a normal bike, but basically he has to pedal more to make it move but by pedaling more, the effort needed is less. Again, however it's normalcy. Every other little boy his age has a bike, his brothers have a bike. He now has a bike and he is very proud of it. But once again, I was the one who had to look at the physio benefits, any potential issues, research what kinds of bikes were out there, and then try and find the right one, get quotes, and then apply to charities. (Thank you Boparan Charitable Trust).
When I look at Rowan, I see a little boy, with a fantastic smile, a good sense of humour, an ability to manage the unmanageable, determination and a thirst for life. He also happens to have some very specific and unusual physical health needs. Rowan just wants to be like every other 5 (very nearly 6) year old. he wants to go to school, he wants to have friends, he wants to ride a bike, he wants to go to beavers, he wants to play in the park, he wants to go on holiday to the beach, he wants to be a minion, he wants to go to parties and have friends over to play, and most importantly he wants to go and meet a minion (once we overcome the fear of 'people in costumes'). Rowan is a person, not a medical statistic, not an anomaly, not a hospital number, not an interesting case. A child, an amazing child infact.
When professionals look at Rowan, they see a system. If they are a gastroenterologist, they see a gut, in Rowan's case, a broken gut, stomach distention, gut dysmotility, gastric output, blood results, weight loss/gain. If they are a physiotherapist, they see weak muscles, poor posture, fatigue. If they are an endocrinologist, they see a small hypothalamus, hypothyroidism, a lack of height, and blood sugar issues. If they are the pain team, they see pain, chronic pain.
I can see those in Rowan, but I also see a little boy who deserves a quality of life. He deserves to do these things that other little boys do. And we just about manage them, by the skin of our teeth. We do them, at a cost. There is a price for Rowan to pay for being a little boy, and he'll pay it, over and over because he won't let his pain rule his life, he just needs a little hand with it.
Recently some decisions have been made, without my involvement, input or opinion, around Rowan's medical care. When I have been informed of the new plan (after attending many appointments miles away from home, a plan was formed, a month later they had a 'professionals meeting' took place, and the whole plan was changed, the whole plan), I became very upset. What I want for Rowan, and what Rowan deserves, often becomes blurred. Rowan's quality of life often gets forgotten by doctors/therapists. They have their goal in mind, and forget that their 'system' is inside a little boy. I argued the plan, I tried to get my point across, my opinion, for the first time in a really long time was worthless. The fact that I am the one that has to put this plan into place, against my instincts, is cruel and unfair, they are not the ones having to input the plan are they? They aren't the ones dealing with the fall out of their plan, Rowan is, I am. And there is more to my life than Rowan's medical care, more that it will affect. There is more to Rowan's life, than his medical care, life that will be affected.
When you look at a picture, at a child, at a parent, at a situation, just remember there is more to the story, There is always more to the story. Don't judge their entire life on a snapshot. Don't assume decisions you make are the right decisions for other people. Involve people in decisions, however small they are.
What you see, is not always what you get, you see what you want to see, or what I want you to see. Don't just see, look. Don't just hear, listen.
Unless it's this picture, this picture is exactly what it is. If you want to see more this, come and like Rowan's page on facebook, Rowan's Reality, please.


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Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center
Name: Named for Richard Sulpizio, chief executive of Qualcomm Enterprise Services, and wife Maria (Gaby). The couple donated $10 million.
Cost: $227 million
Size: 4 stories and 128,000 square feet
Facilities: 4 operating rooms, 6 catheterization labs, 22 outpatient beds, 54 acute care beds
Emergency department: 17 single-bed rooms, 4 large single-bed rooms built for double occupancy if needed. Replaces a smaller emergency room one at adjacent Thornton Hospital.
Public open house: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday; 9434 Medical Center Drive, La Jolla (Next to Thornton Hospital). Take a tour, meet members of the medical team, get CPR training, fitness training, health information and screenings.
Caring for failing hearts
Sharp HealthCare and UCSD Health System have a long history of treating patients with heart failure, in a rivalry that intensified in the 1980s when organ transplants became a new way for hospitals to gain prestige while trying to save lives. The two health systems have the only organ transplant programs in the county.
Sharp Memorial Hospital in Serra Mesa did the county's first open heart surgery in 1958, then followed in 1985 with the area's first heart transplant.
UCSD recruited cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Stuart Jamieson and his team from the University of Minnesota Heart and Lung Institute to launch UCSD's transplant program. Jamieson did the region's first heart-lung transplant in 1990.
Since then, UCSD has been the regional center for lung transplants, doing 365 since 1990. Sharp did a handful, then stopped in 1996.
But Sharp has remained the leading heart transplant center, doing 312 from 1988 to 2010, compared with 184 at UCSD. UCSD suspended its program in 2007, restarting it in November. Since then surgeons have done seven transplants and one temporary total artificial heart.
Jamieson has brought in Dr. Jack Copeland, a cardiologist from the University of Arizona who founded SynCardia, a Tucson company that makes a total artificial heart. The device limits patients to the hospital, connected to a 400-pound driver.
While Jamieson believes a portable version being studied has potential. Dr. Robert Adamson, Sharp's transplant medical director, calls it "old technology" surpassed by implanted ventricle assist devices, or VADs, that help a failing heart pump blood.
VADs first were implanted in patients awaiting a donor heart, but the latest, HeartMate II, has begun to be used as a permanent fix. Sharp does twice as many VAD implants as transplants. UCSD has done six since fall and expects more once Medicare approves payments.
As workers install the last light bulbs and cleaning crews stash the floor waxing machine this week, UCSD officials can hardly contain their excitement that the Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center is finally opening and ushering in a new era of medical care, research and medical training.
The $227 million center on the La Jolla campus of UCSD Thornton Hospital will provide inpatient and outpatient care for heart, lung and vascular diseases. The center will bring together for the first time all of UCSD's specialists in those fields and provide a home for the university's heart and lung transplant programs.
The goal is a state-of-the-art facility that encourages specialists to collaborate and provides a new learning center for School of Medicine students, said cardiologist Dr. Kirk Peterson, director of the center.
"What's unique about this center is that it will provide the finest cardiovascular care but in an academic environment that includes teaching and research," Peterson said. "All of us on the faculty have worked toward this for decades."
Cardiac patients from Thornton Hospital will be moved to the attached four-story Sulpizio Center, which opens April 4. The 128,000-square-foot building has 54 inpatient beds, 22 outpatient beds, a 21-bed emergency department, four operating rooms and four catheterization labs.
Center co-director Dr. Michael Madani, a cardiothoracic surgeon and surgical director of UCSD's heart transplant program, said the center will shorten wait times for surgery and improve communication among doctors.
"I'm very excited, not only to be working in a new building, but also to bring together our specialists in collaboration to provide the best patient care," he said. "It's really the future of health care."
Dr. Stuart Jamieson, head of UCSD's Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and a pioneer in surgical treatment for certain lung diseases, said the center has been decades in the planning.
"This has been a dream of mine for 22 years," he said. "It was a promise made to me when I came here in 1989."
The Sulpizio center is part of an ambitious expansion program at the La Jolla campus, where the 119-bed Thornton Hospital, Moores UCSD Cancer Center and Shiley Eye Center are clustered. A Translational Research Institute for the development of medical products is set to break ground behind the Sulpizio center next year.
In 2016, a 10-story, $664 million Jacobs Medical Center is due to open behind Thornton that will provide infant and maternal care, advanced surgery, and cancer treatment. Those services will be moved from UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest, which will focus on its trauma center, emergency department, burn center and outpatient services.
The Sulpizio center opening also heats up a perennial rivalry between UCSD and Scripps Health, which operates Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla just down the street. Scripps has plans to break ground there in 2015 on its own $398 million, 168-bed Scripps Cardiovascular Institute. Funds are still being raised for construction of the center, which inevitably will vie with UCSD over the lucrative La Jolla and North County market.
Like UCSD's plans to concentrate specialties at separate locations, Scripps plans to revamp its five-hospital system to create different specialty centers at each hospital, while providing general care at all of them.
But Scripps isn't UCSD's only competitor, or its toughest when it comes to treating heart failure.
UCSD and Sharp HealthCare have been dueling over that distinction ever since surgeons at Sharp Memorial Hospital in Serra Mesa performed the region's first heart transplant in 1985.
Over the years, UCSD has become the regional center for advanced lung surgeries and transplants, while Sharp Memorial has maintained the lead in heart transplants. Sharp also is a leader and training center for implanting ventricle assist devices, or VADs, which help a failing heart to move blood.
UCSD halted its heart transplant program in 2007 after consistently falling below the federal requirement of at least 12 procedures a year. It resumed the program in November and recruited Dr. Jack Copeland, a cardiologist from the University of Arizona known for working on development of an artificial heart.
Jamieson said the Sulpizio center gives UCSD a fresh start for the transplant program. "With the cardiovascular center opening, clearly we needed to revisit it."
But Jamieson and Madani say the center offers the opportunity for much more in the way of medical advancement.
Jamieson is the world leader in developing and performing a delicate procedure called pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, or PTE, for the treatment of severe scarring of the lung lining that limits breathing.
The procedure requires putting the patient on a bypass machine while breathing and blood flow are stopped, then dropping the patient's temperature to 68 degrees to preserve the brain as the surgeon quickly strips a layer of lining from pulmonary artery walls. Using a tool Jamieson designed, the lining is pulled out nearly intact, like branches of a tree. UCSD has performed more than half of all PTE operations done worldwide.
Sulpizio center operating rooms are wired so surgeries can be televised to students and physicians anywhere.
The operating rooms are also designed for robotic equipment — Jamieson envisions UCSD surgeons someday remotely assisting doctors in robotic surgeries at another hospital or a continent away.
"I've been talking to people at Qualcomm about it," Jamieson said. "We're going to start working on it immediately, so I'm hoping in another three or four years we could do it."
Right now, Jamieson and Madani said they're excited about a hybrid operating room at Sulpizio that combines a standard OR with a catheterization lab, providing more flexibility for complicated or double procedures.
"In 2003 when this building was first designed, this concept didn't exist, so we had to go back and add it in," to construction plans, Madani said.
UCSD principal architect Randy Leopold said each patient has a single room with comfort a priority.
"We did mock-ups of high-use rooms and brought hundreds of people through for two years" for feedback, he said.
Floor-to-ceiling windows at the center overlook Moores UCSD Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Center and Thornton Hospital. Every building has a distinctive architecture with a subtle sea green accent. "The idea is to give you a campus feeling, with buildings that aren't all the same," Leopold said.
Thornton Hospital has the grace of a grand hotel, with towering interior palms and a handsome tan concrete exterior with a signature glass and steel entry. The attached Sulpizio center is predominantly glass, its entry softened by rosemary plantings and a fountain that pools around a cluster of boulders from Fallbrook.
However beautiful the building and collaborative the medical team, Jamieson said the center's success depends on its service. "Outcomes will be judged by the patient," he said, "and by the cost."Copyright © 2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Who's influencing you?
Birds of a feather flock together. The people with whom you habitually associate are called your "reference group." According to research by social psychologist Dr David McCelland (Harvard), your "reference group" determines as much as 95% of your success and failure in life.
- Who do you spend the most time with?
- Who are the people you most admire?
- Are those two groups of people the same?
- If not, why not?
We become the combined average of the 5 people we associate with most. The quality of our health, our attitudes, and our income can be determined by looking at the people around us. The people with whom we spend our time determine the topics of conversation that dominate our attention, and the attitudes and opinions to which we are regularly exposed. Eventually we start to eat what they eat, talk like they talk, watch what they watch, read what they read, think like they think, and even dress like them.
Think of your friends who order greasy appetizers or cocktails before dinner, as part of their routine. Hang out with them long enough and you'll find yourself grabbing for cheese nachos and potato skins, and joining them for that extra beer or glass of wine, eventually matching their pace. Meanwhile, your other friends order healthy food and talk about the inspiring books they are reading (or the latest issue of DealFlow Monthly) and their ambitions in their business and investments. You begin to assimilate their attitudes, behaviors and habits. You read and talk about what they talk about, the the movies they are excited about, and you go to the places they recommend. The influence of your friends on you is subtle and can be positive or negative.
It may be time to re-appraise and re-prioritize the people you spend time with. These relationships can nurture you, starve you, or keep you stuck.
You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life.


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An excellent article in the Independent from the ever sensible Henry Porter.
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Tags: News, Politics, Liberty, Tony Blair
The limits of liberty: We're all suspects nowRead the rest.
Identity cards. Number-plate surveillance. CCTV. Control orders. The list of ways in which the Government has sought to manipulate and define the limits of our liberty grows ever longer. Ten years ago, the novelist and polemicist Henry Porter would have felt silly speaking out about human rights in Britain. But that was before the most fundamental assault on personal freedom ever undertaken. Now, he argues, it's time we woke up to reality
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The Deaf Development Program – Cambodia
After contracting polio and becoming deaf as a child, Rattanak was isolated and alone until he discovered The Deaf Development Program.
After contracting polio and becoming deaf as a child, Rattanak was isolated and alone until he discovered The Deaf Development Program.
Corporal Naratip Bunhanbud has been a traffic policeman in Bangkok for the past three years but his heart remains in his home town, working in his families coffee shop.
Since attending the Intellectual Disabilities Unit in Vientiane, Hum Noy (8), who has Down Syndrome, is now able to communicate with his family and friends and live a more active life.
Campaign video for the Act for Peace Christmas Bowl 2015 appeal focusing on improving water and sanitation facilities for South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia.
Malnutrition and anaemia rates in children have risen since the end of the 2014 war in Gaza. Fatima is a midwife ensuring the most vulnerable children are given medical care.
Eight months after the war in Gaza, over 300,000 Palestinian children remain in desperate need of psychosocial counselling to overcome their trauma.
Zimbabwe is becoming more vulnerable to climate change and decreasing rainfall. Farmers are learning to cope with these changes by using conservation farming methods.
There are an estimated 5,000 child soldiers still active in the Burmese Army. The government has said they would demobilise them but progress has been slow.
In a small village on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, one young woman's drive and creativity has been harnessed. Now, 18-year-old Nipa is her own boss.
Ethiopia is now the largest refugee hosting country in Africa, with over 630,000 refugees seeking shelter. This is putting a huge strain on the already delicate health care system in the country.
Children from the Solomon Islands learning how to survive extreme events such as cyclones, tsunamis, floods and earthquakes through the use of nursery rhymes.
Meet Adela. As a nine year old girl in Afghanistan, Adela is getting an education in the hope of one day becoming a doctor and helping her country.


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If the last time you saw Robinson Caruso's ten-piece juggernaut play old-school soul & r&b, you saw me play with them, then, fella, you've missed out. While I was busy learning and regurgitating civil engineering, the Organization was busy doing more shows. One of them, outside on the Metrodome plaza the morning of the Vikings-Lions game in November (we play Motown songs, get it?), was a double-long set featuring all kinds of new (to the band) tunes.
Well, the RCO is back, and I'm back with them, and we've got two shows in the span of one week. Great googaly moogaly! No more of this one-show-a-month nonsense. We've got new (to me) original songs written by
Maybe you heard about the passing of Hi Records producer Willie Mitchell last week and want to pay tribute. BAMF! We're playing Love & Happiness. Maybe you want to buy a Robinson Caruso t-shirt. SNIKT! There will be those, there, too. Maybe you wanna do The Kangaroo. ONOMATOPOEIA! Now's your chance.
Two. Shows. TWO SHOWS!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Fine Line Music Café
Doors at 8, Show at 9, RCO at 11 (so we're told)
$6, 21 & up
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Lee's Liquor Lounge
Hip Replacement at 9:30, RCO at 10:30
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Tuesday: March 30, 2010
- A list of the ten riskiest cities for cyber-crime. Good to know.
Traveling to Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Raleigh, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Denver, Austin or Portland in the near future? Make sure your computer is up to date with the latest virus protections and all of that - although it may not make much difference.


text: The county Board of Supervisors has approved $5,000 for transportation of AIDS victims in West Hollywood. The funds, from the county's Proposition A transit tax revenues, will help pay for a driver for AIDS Project/Los Angeles, a local support group that helps AIDS victims with counseling, medical referral, home health care and daily chores. The program transports AIDS victims to any destination within West Hollywood or adjacent cities, county officials said.


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House Plant Cheat Sheet: 10 Great Vessel & Plant Pairings
Pairing a houseplant with the right vessel can bring out its beauty—drawing attention to a sculptural form, the drape of a vine or enhancing its color or texture. It also needs to support the plant and its specific needs. We've rounded up a few of our favorite shoppable combinations and explained why they work.
1. Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree ($17, Home Depot) + Basket ($88, Serena & Lily)
Why it works: The basket easily covers the original pot that the tree comes in and leaves space for future repotting. It's affordable for a larger vessel and has handles to move the plant easily.
2. Snake Plant ($17, Home Depot) + Bullet Planter ($150, Hip Haven)
Why it works: The bullet planter plays off the sculptural shape of the snake plant and when done in white, it brings out the natural striations of the leaves. Both are clean and minimalist and the pairing is a throwback to modernist decor.
3. Staghorn Fern ($9, Amazon) + Ceramic Wall Planter ($69, West Elm)
Why it works: This vessel is a great alternative to actually mounting the Staghorn fern, which naturally grows outward from the tree that it attaches to. The generous opening also allows room for the plant's shield fronds to naturally develop around its base.
4. Air plant ($5, Airplant Supply Co)+ Glass Bubble ($5, CB2)
Why it works: This inexpensive glass bubble is just the right size for an air plant and can be suspended or set on a shelf. It allows for plenty of airflow around the plant and enables it to dry properly between soakings. The clear glass allows you to see the plant from any angle while still keeping it protected.
5. Golden Pothos ($17, Home Depot) + Sphere Hanging Basket ($48, Terrain)
Why it works: When filled with a moss liner, the sphere allows the pothos to both drape downward and to climb the supports while the depth of the planting area allows the pothos plenty of room to grow.
6. String of Pearls ($16, Home Depot) +Porcelain Hanging Planter ($110, Light and Ladder)
Why it works: This planter looks great hung on a wall, allowing the string of pearls to drape beautifully over the side. The natural color and simple shape lets the "beads" of the plant be the center of attention.
7. Succulent ($3, Etsy) + Fox Ceramic Planter ($57, Minky Moo Ceramics)
Why it works: Succulents are the perfect plant to pair with a quirky ceramic vessel. This fox planter is just the right size for a single succulent rosette and would look great on a tabletop.
8. Cactus ($5, Amazon) + Ceramic Planter ($145, Dwell)
Why it works: The sturdy base of this ceramic planter is great for balancing the weight of a tall cactus and the simple but refined shape and detailing lets the sculptural plant steal the show.
9. Bromeliad ($20, Etsy) + Patterned White Pot ($2, Ikea)
Why it works: The pink and green of this plant look great against a glossy white vessel and the pattern plays up the visual interest and feminine feel without competing with the striking bloom.
10. Agave ($15, Etsy) + Square Concrete Pot ($7, Target)
Why it works: The boxy shape of the planter balances out the width of the agave plant while the color of the concrete plays off the silver leaves of the plant for pretty tone on tone effect. (Note: Agave do require a sunny spot.)


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Ku Klux Klan: Reconstruction and Racism
In December of 1865, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. That same month, a group of ex-Confederate soldiers in Tennessee met to form a secret society of white men, dedicated to resisting laws giving blacks the same rights as whites. The Klan had much in common with other secret fraternal lodges, which were quite popular at the time in the North and the South, and to some extent it functioned as a social club for southern whites, especially ex-confederates. But the Klan went further. Members wore white robes with hoods to hide their faces. Playing on the idea that African Americans were superstitious, Klan members sometimes claimed to be ghosts of dead Confederate soldiers.
The Klan, and many other groups like it against African American political power, used terrorist tactics. Coming out at night in their white robes and sometimes carrying fiery torches, Klan members beat and murdered people whom they opposed. Hanging by the neck from a tree was a common method of lynching opponents.
White targets of these groups included southern-born white Republicans, called "scalawags," and people from the North called "carpetbaggers," who came south to make a profit during Reconstruction. Carpetbaggers traveled with all their possessions in a suitcase made of carpet material. They usually sought political office by gaining the votes of newly freed blacks.
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Actually, I was going to do this post from the sky but the battery juice played spoil sport.. read on
This was a new and thrilling experience for me, to be able to voice chat from 37,000 ft for free.
Earlier this week, I was flying back from US on a Lufthansa trans-Atlantic flight when the stewardess announced free wi-fi connectivity via connexion. While I have known the availability of this service for sometime now, this was the first time I got to use it because it was offered free. (in fact, I worked on this Boeing project very briefly several years back).
So, I took out my laptop and connected to wi-fi and was thrilled to access net and my mail from the sky. After the initial sensation, I saw and pinged my friend in Reno and had a good voice chat via Skype. The voice quality was good and impressive.
While I was admiring the wi-fi from the sky, I had to abruptly end the session as my battery ran out of juice and couldn't recharge though I had the necessary widgets.
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"Senior technology correspondent" Jason Jones and a crew from The Daily Show were at Craigville Beach last week to prepare a report on the Nantucket Sound wind farm controversy.
Daily Show takes wind fight out for a spin"Senior technology correspondent" Jason Jones and a crew from The Daily Show were at Craigville Beach last week to prepare a report on the Nantucket Sound wind farm controversy.On Tuesday, the Patriot learned that Barbara Hill of Clean Power Now and Audra Parker of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound were interviewed for the segment, which is tentatively scheduled to air on the Comedy Channel Thursday at 11 p.m.It's likely that Clean Power Now's four-foot-tall mock wind turbine, most memorably displayed during a Mitt Romney press conference at Craigville Beach, will play a prominent role.A spokesman for the show said the final decision on airing the piece next Thursday will be made at that day's staff meeting, which usually concludes around noon. Thursday night programs are rebroadcast the following Monday at 8 p.m.Location, location, locationThat's the byword in real estate. Could it apply to the waters of Nantucket Sound as well?U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt's office announced this week that there is $250,000 in the Commerce Department appropriations bill for a weather buoy that would be located "in the middle of Nantucket Sound."Hmmm. Isn't there something else that may someday be located in the federal waters there?Delahunt's chief of staff, Mark Forest, said the initiative came from the Steamship Authority, fishermen and sailors who want an aid to navigation during inclement weather.Forest declined to speculate on the exact location of the buoy. Wayne Lamson, head of the Steamship Authority, could not be reached yesterday by press time. The House is expected to vote on the appropriations bill soon.Cape Wind to parley with Commission Cape Wind Associates' report card at the Cape Cod Commission still shows an "incomplete," but the parties are getting together to talk things out."We've agreed to sit down and meet to talk about what it is they need to provide," said Phil Dascombe, the Commission planner coordinating the Nantucket wind farm project's Development of Regional Impact review.The Commission has scheduled a pro-forma hearing Aug. 8 to close the DRI hearing, following procedural deadlines. Dascombe said Cape Wind and the agency could agree to a six-month extension of the process.A review by the Commission cannot go forward unless the application is deemed complete. Last month, the agency asked Cape Wind to prove its ownership or easement interest in locations along the route of its planned transmission cable, provide a revised abutters list, accept that the 2002 (not the 1996) Regional Policy Plan will apply in the DRI review, and provide more specific information on the fiscal impact of the project regarding employment and benefits to affected towns.In its June 25 response, Cape Wind states that its cable will be located within public ways and thus subject only to state and town authorizations rather than those of individual property owners. The company pointed out that it's a co-applicant with NStar for the use of its utility right of way in Yarmouth and Barnstable and has the other company's approval.In his July 19 response, Dascombe says Cape Wind must satisfy the private property interests of owners along the route and details a variety of roadways and the peculiar requirements of each type regarding laying cable. The Commission accepted the certified abutters list sent by Cape Wind, and also decided not to require the applicant to detail the project's consistency with the 2002 RPP, a task the agency will perform itself.Cape Wind pointed to various analyses of its economic impact already on the record and managed to satisfy the Commission its application is complete on that point, although Dascombe advised the company to meet with the agency's economic development officer to provide more details.Ownership issues related to the project's location remain a major sticking point holding up commencement of the hearing process, and will be a significant part of the agenda at the company's meeting with staff.
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The clothing brought by the Plymouth colonists was typical of that worn by all English yeomen in the early 17th century. Primarily it was fashioned from wool and linen cloth, with some leather. There was a much wider range of colors than exists in the modern image, including reds, yellows, purples and greens as well as black and grey. Some of these colors had social significance:black was indicative of solid respectability, blue was frequently worn by children and servants, and russet (reddish-brown) was a countryman's color. The manner in which an individual dressed was reflective of their station in life: the richly ornamented satin gowns of a noblewoman were considered highly unsuitable for wear by a merchant's wife (even if she were wealthy enough to afford them, as was frequently the case). The trends set by the nobility quickly trickled down to lower classes, and all would have felt their influence. The first step, therefore, in determining what was worn in Plymouth Colony, is to establish what was worn by the colonists contemporaries in England.
Unfortunately, this is a great deal easier said than done. The "common folk" of England, unlike the Dutch, were rarely depicted in the paintings of the period. Details, therefore, were gathered from woodcuts and other engravings, as well as portraits of the well-to-do; surviving garments in museum collections; and a variety of documents from diaries to tailor's manuals. Once the information for England was gathered, evidence for early Plymouth Colony could be examined and placed in perspective. The sources which were used are: the "provisions lists" (documents containing recommendations for items to bring to the colonies); references to clothing in primary sources such as Bradford's history of the colony and early letters written by visitors to Plymouth in the 1620s; archaeological evidence from local sites; and the wills and inventories which provide actual period descriptions of the clothing owned at death. The familiar black-garbed bebuckled Pilgrim, with his steeple hat and square white collar and cuffs disappeared under this scrutiny. Rather, the individuals who appeared were largely the same as their English counterpartsout of the main stream of fashion, but nonetheless lesser representatives of it.
|The clothing for a typical English yeoman of the early 17th century consisted of a number of garments, mostly still recognizable today. The basic garment was the linen shirt, which was considerably longer and looser than its modern counterpart. Breeches were designed in a variety of styles and fabrics, from elaborate trunk hose to plain knee-length. Stockings were tailored of cloth or could have been the relatively new knit type. Shoes were the most common sort of footwear, but boots had become fashionable as a result of Charles I's fondness for them. A doublet, close-fitting and padded, was the usual upper garment. Capes and loose-fitting coats were the usual outer-wear for men and women. There were many styles of hats and caps which were worn inside and outdoors.
The English women also had a basic undergarment much like the shirt, which was called a shift. Over this she wore her stays (corset) and petticoats. The outermost clothing was either a gown or a waistcoat (fitted jacket) and skirt. Most adult women wore a linen cap called a coif covering their hair. Their shoes and stockings, capes, coats and hats were much the same as the men's. Aprons protected the skirts from the myriad chores of the day.
Children, both boys and girls, were dressed in similar fashion until approximately seven years of age. At that time a boy would be "breeched," that is, dressed for the first time as a young man in scaled-down versions of adult clothing.
Until that time, both sexes were dressed with shirts/shifts, an ankle-length gown, generally fastened in the back, a biggin (a close-fitting cap tied under the chin) and an apron, sometimes with bib. Their shoes and stockings were virtually the same as the adult's, and they also wore capes, coats and hats as outerwear. The point is not as clear-cut for the transferring of girls from a child's gown to a young woman's clothing, but it was probably by the early teens.
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For Immediate Release No. 046-10
September 28, 2010
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Lt. Gov. Francis Visits William's Delight;
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The Lieutenant Governor Gregory R. Francis visited the Estate William's Delight community in St. Croix today to receive updates on Phase I of the ongoing roadway improvements within the southwest section of the neighborhood. He was joined by Public Works Assistant Commissioner Roberto Cintron as they walked throughout the area, and spoke with contractors, workers and residents about the road repair efforts currently in progress.
"I want to especially thank the people of William's Delight for their patience as we complete the excavations and continue paving these roads," Lt. Governor Francis said. "This is a major repair and improvement effort that, once complete, will ensure the area is better safeguarded from flooding problems and other concerns that have existed here for years."
The work being undertaken consists of excavating the roadways and replacing the existing clay soil with a suitable base. As part of this effort, the contractor (GEC, LLC) is also working on upgrading the water lines along the roadways and will continue the installation of concrete curbs and gutters, according to Public Works Assistant Commissioner Roberto Cintron.
Cintron added that progress on the project has been slowed by the recent weather conditions, which caused 45 rain delays in 90 days, as well as from numerous water leaks encountered during the excavation due to the aging infrastructure in place. As a result, the Department of Public Works has opted to replace the water lines from ductile iron to C900 PVC to reduce the possibility of leaking lines after the roads are paved.
Lt. Governor Francis, however, noted the progress and commended the work that has already been completed, including paving and drainage work to Church Street West, Church Street Loop South and approximately 75 percent of Church Avenue.
"With any project, there are going to be unforeseen complications, but I am extremely satisfied at the incredible amount of work that we have been able to complete despite the setback," he said. "This Administration is committed to seeing this project finished and ensuring that the people of William's Delight have safe roadways with efficient drainage and an updated infrastructure."
The Department of Public Works anticipates that Phase II of the William's Delight roadway improvements will go out for bid in October.
Lt. Governor Francis, along with Asst. Commissioner Roberto Cintron (left) of Public Works descend into a manhole to speak to the media about ongoing roadway and infrastructure improvement project in Estate William's Delight on St. Croix.
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Sheriff Sam Craig worked out an agreement with Orange County Sheriff Richard Dixon to house female inmates if the Lawrence County Jail reaches capacity.
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I shall be in Las Vegas where 99% of women will be clad in hotpants, bras and towering stilettoes, while I march between them in a modest, knee-length dress, with warm jacket to protect against the air conditioning.
GENE WORE BLACK knee-length shorts covered with paint and plaster, and a thin white T-shirt, the sleeves of his wool sweater pushed up to reveal one forearm tattooed with a band of binary code surrounded by insects.
I will say though, I saw many more Mexican women in Merida wearing dress shorts (knee-length) in 2008 than I did in 2006.
Even at Jaeger, if skirts were shown at all, they were knee-length, and the styles totally unsuited to old age.
 Therefore, "knee-length" shorts and T-shirts; never reveal your legs above the knees, or the upper torso (midriff, back).
For graduation parties, I wear knee-length skirts with unpredictable floral patterns.
Today's highlights knee-length robes for men required in Bhutan.
The bride wore a long-sleeved, V-neck, knee-length ivory dress and shoes designed by new stepdaughter, Stella McCartney, who also designed her dad's navy blue suit.
The newly reelected Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) raised her arms in victory Tuesday night wearing a red blazer and black trousers, while her rival, Republican businesswoman Carly Fiorina, greeted her supporters -- but didn't concede -- in a cherry-red, alligator-embossed, knee-length jacket over a slim red skirt.
Fashion: Robin Givhan on candidates' and their families' election-night apparel
Not when I had a mother at home who wore the same ratty knee-length sweater coat year-round; who chased me out of the house gripping a hairbrush, not so she could tame my tangled locks but so she could hit me with it; a mother who was already showing signs of a mental illness that would render her unable to differentiate between trash and treasure.


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With awards season gearing up and the holidays in full swing, it's the perfect time to go to the movies.
African-Americans are playing a prominent role in some of the biggest films of the winter season and audiences have a vast array of options to choose from — whether it be acclaimed indies or blockbuster events.
Check out this slideshow of the top 10 film you shouldn't miss before the new year.


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New To Beijing - Questions
Hi all, thanks again for all your warm welcomes and offers of help. Thank you! I have a few questions that are bothering me right now and I was wondering if you would answer them:
1. iPhone: I newly purchase a iPhone 4, how do I get it working in China? Cell service and Internet access will be needed.
2. Do I need an adaptor for my electronics that I'm bringing from the States?
3. I've heard about the subway situation in Beijing, can anyone be a little bit more specific about it so I can be prepared?
4. What's the weather like in this time of the year?
Thank you!
A note about leaving the US and heading to Beijing - excited and feeling a little bit anxious. I pretty much got rid of everything I ever owned and that says anything about me in New York. In the meantime, I really look forward to Beijing and hope to make some new friends in China.


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The memory of a schoolgirl whose life was cut short by cancer lives on in an inspirational charity.
On the dawn of the first anniversary of Erin Bates' death, her family and friends have formed a registered charity in her name.
Inspired By Erin pays homage to the 12-year-old's passion for sport, providing a pathway into sport and physical activity for children and young people who've received treatment for cancer.
Erin, from Ayton, Washington, was a keen footballer who played for Washington AFC Wildcats, but an eight-month course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to combat a brain tumour hindered her ability to play.
Dad Simon, 37, said: "When Erin was nearing the end of her treatment she tried to get back into football, but she really struggled because of the physical and mental differences between her and the rest of the team."
Erin threw herself into fund-raising, despite battling illness. Prior to her death on July 15 last year, she'd organised a football match at Durham County Football Association in Chester-le-Street which raised £5,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust. An event which continued last year in the months after her death.
This new charity is an extension of the Oxclose Community Academy pupil's desire to help others.
"We've raised money for other charities," said Simon, who is married to Kirsty. "But this offers a more bespoke service, because it's specifically aimed at children who have undergone treatment for cancer and means they can take part in sport and physical activity in an environment suitable for their needs.
"It means they can do a sport of their choice, whether that be horse-riding, archery or go-karting, whatever they want to do, with their brothers and sisters."
Inspired by Erin has been founded, along with Simon, by family friends, Tina Reed, Alison Douglas and Chris Ridley.
Other family and friends have rallied round to get the fund-raising off to a flying start.
Simon and daughter Olivia, seven, took part in the Sunderland Big Bike Ride at the weekend, while a team of 14 people took on the Three Peaks Challenge to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 24hrs, raising more than £2,000.
Erin's teammates from Washington AFC Wildcats also took on the recent Race For Life in her memory.
Meanwhile, Erin's big sister Lauren, 16, is preparing to do a bungee jump at HMS Calliope, on the River Tyne, on June 28. Other events planned include this weekend's Lambton Run, a zip wire, C2C and various runs, as well as the Great North Run.
Having raised almost £14,000 for other charities in the past two years, Erin's Marathon Match will take place for the third time on August 29 to help provide funds for her own charity.
To further boost their efforts, the cause has been chosen by House of Fraser Metrocentre and house builder Taylor Wimpey as their official charity for the year.
l Anyone interested in learning more about the charity's work can visit www.inspiredbyerin.org.uk or Facebook page facebook.com/erinslegacy.


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El sábado, 26 de noviembre de 2016, se produjo una manifestación frente a la Embajada de la India en Atenas. Los manifestantes condenaron el continuo encarcelamiento de revolucionarios indios Ajith y Kobad Gandhy así como otros presos políticos en la India. Fue una iniciativa del Comité de Solidaridad que fue apoyado por organizaciones de izquierda.
En esta reunión, los manifestantes gritaron consignas de solidaridad con los militantes indios y de condena de las acusaciones injustas y las duras condiciones de prisión. Condenaron las políticas bárbaras y sanguinarias del gobierno Modi . A través de sus lemas declararon que los verdaderos terroristas son los imperialistas y no los pueblos oprimidos ni los militantes que son un obstáculo para los planes imperialistas.
Athens, Greece
Protest of Solidarity with the political prisoners and condemnation of the murders of Revolutionaries, outside the Indian Embassy
On Saturday 26 November 2016 there was a protest outside the Indian Embassy in Athens. The protesters condemned the continuing imprisonment of Indian revolutionaries Ajith and Kobad Gandhy as well as other political prisoners in India. It was an initiative by the Solisarity Commitee which is supported by Left organizations.
In this gathering the protesters shouted slogans of solidarity to the Indian militants and of condemnation of the unjust accusations and the harsh conditions of imprisonment. They condemned the barbaric and murderous policies of the Modi government. Through their slogan they declared that the real terrorists are the imperialists and not the oppressed peoples and the militants who are an obstacle to the imperialist schemes.
The gathering and the resolution of the Solidarity Commitee condemned intensely the mass murders, tortures, rapes and extrajudicial executions that are an everyday occurrence in India in the context of Operation Green Hunt. We demanded a stop to this murderous operation that targets the communists and the poor peasantry who struggle for their land against the plunder of multinationals and mining corporations.
The protesters demanded to paste the resolution on the Indian Embassy entrance, but police forces denied them access to the Embassy. There was also presence of Indian security personel who videoscoped the protesters' faces. Of course we chased them away. We condemned the denial of our right to paste the resolution on the Embassy door as well as the attempt to terrorize us by mass presence of police forces.
We declare that state terrorism cannot silence all those that want to shout for peoples' rights! The Solidarity Commitee will continue acting in support of Indian revolutionaries and express in every instance its solidarity!


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Katie Holmes, star in Dawson's Creek, former wife of Tom Cruise, has had a sporadic career since exiting the high-profile marriage in 2012, allegedly over her concerns about bringing their daughter Suri up in Scientology. She has been in recent years highly praised for her role of Jackie Kennedy in a TV series, was in Soderbergh's acclaimed Logan Lucky last year and has started directing as well as acting. She's been together with the actor, singer, comedian Jaimie Foxx for some years.
Born 18 December 1978 9.32pm Toledo Junction, Ohio with a lawyer father, who organized her pre-nup and her quickie divorce after 5 years, with full custody of Suri, she was brought up Roman Catholic. According to reports, Cruise hasn't seen his daughter for several years, so Katie has been single-parenting. With scientology, you're either in or you're out. The two adopted children with Cruise's former marriage to Nicole Kidman, opted to stay in, so Kidman has little contact.
Katie Holmes has a 5th house Sun in late Sagittarius conjunct Mars in early Capricorn, so is designed for the spotlight and for performing. Apart from that, her Sun isn't well integrated into the rest of her chart. She has a 12th house Moon Jupiter in Leo sextile Pluto and square Venus Uranus in Scorpio. With her Venus Uranus sextile Saturn in Virgo. She'll be happy in her own company, fairly secretive and quite intense.
When she married Cruise, tr Saturn was moving just below her horizon so a less ambitious and less successful time career-wise. She's coming out of that now and will gradually start to become more visible and find her prospects brighten.
There was a good deal of affection with Cruise with a composite Sun Venus in their relationship chart but that was also conjunct Uranus, so one or other would feel their individuality was being stifled. Plus an argumentative Mercury opposition Mars; and a see-saw up and down Jupiter opposition a suspicious, doubt-ridden Saturn Neptune. Her relationship with David Miscavige, leader of the Scientologists (the third item in their marriage) wasn't great.
Suri, the daughter, 18 April 2006 3.26am Santa Monica, California, has a heavy chart and a troubled relationship with her out-with-her-control father. Her Aries Sun is trine Pluto which in turn opposes Mars in Cancer. Like her mother she has an emotionally changeable Venus conjunct Uranus, in her case in Pisces. Her Moon in Sagittarius is conjunct Pluto, so close to her mother.


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It has been proven over and over that music education greatly improves the child's development. The benefits of early musical training cannot be disputed.
But there is a big problem: what kind of music is appropriate for children?
For the younger age (2-5), it is obvious that childish simple songs are the best repertoire. Children enjoy it without any difficulty.
But the problem arises with the next stage (5-10), which is the most important for musical development. Here is the core of the matter. Usually teachers enforce their own choice, which most of the time is classical music (Beethoven, Mozart and after). If watched carefully, children don't seem too enthusiastic about this.
The choice should belong to the child. But unfortunately the child's taste might be influenced by peers or tv shows in the wrong way.
The wrong way means:
– for the girls, most disco and rap music pushes them into a too premature understanding of sex. Girls listening to most mainstream tend to become 'naughty, sexy, bitchy';
– for the boys, a large section of heavy metal would transform them, more or less, into young evil monsters.
Some parents may find both situations to be quite funny, but they are not.
Can parents influence their children's taste?
Is it ok to enforce a certain type of music over another?
Enforcement – not a good idea, in the long run will have reversed effects.
What types of music we shouldn't expect a child to enjoy?Let's eliminate what most children do not like much or not at all: classical music and jazz.
What music can we expect the children to enjoy? Pop-rock and pre-classical (baroque). However pop-rock should be selected with much care. Also baroque is nice to listen to, but, for a child, it is difficult to play.
However there is a certain type of music, more appropriate for children, which has been completely neglected: the Medieval music.
Why Medieval?.
In order to understand this, let's look from a different point of view :"What kind of literature do children enjoy most?" The answer is: FAIRY TALES. The young mind is mesmerized by the magic and the filtered reality provided by these stories.
What kind of music relates best to fairy tales? Obviously, the music of the Medieval and Renaissance age. And there is no better alternative to that.
In conclusion:
– music is very important for child's development
– children don't like most of the music they are supposed to learn
– the best choice and most acceptable is the medieval music, related to fairy tales which children love.
– another option is rock music, but very carefully selected
A few consideration about rock. We detected three major parts of rock music:
1. bad rock – mainstream – generally frivolous, pornographic, 'shake-butt', etc
2. evil rock – bad-ass, cruelty, no mercy, etc
3. good rock – which includes protest rock and any non-evil and non-frivolous songs created on the rock foundation: accented rhythm, heavy riffs, truthful singing. This is the type of rock we are interested to learn and play.
Children should learn music. The most appropriate repertoire for them is the medieval songs: https://intelligentmusicalchildren.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/beautiful-music-for-children,
and carefully selected rock: https://intelligentmusicalchildren.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/rock-music-covers/
More info about our kids band: http://childrenmedievalband.wordpress.com


text: Free Inbox | July 01, 2017Auditory Processing Disorder Is a Legitimate Clinical Entity Author Notes © 2017 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Hearing Disorders / Attention, Memory & Executive Functions / Inbox Inbox | July 01, 2017 Auditory Processing Disorder Is a Legitimate Clinical Entity The ASHA Leader, July 2017, Vol. 22, 4. doi:10.1044/leader.IN1.22072017.4 The ASHA Leader, July 2017, Vol. 22, 4. doi:10.1044/leader.IN1.22072017.4 View Article Figures Tables Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Auditory Processing Disorder Is a Legitimate Clinical Entity. The ASHA Leader, 22(7), 4. doi: 10.1044/leader.IN1.22072017.4. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Auditory Processing Disorder Is a Legitimate Clinical Entity You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × I have concerns regarding the ASHA Leader Blog post "Does Auditory Processing Disorder Meet the Criteria for a Legitimate Clinical Entity?" Auditory processing disorders (APDs) are accepted in the medical community. If auditory processing disorders are not valid clinical entities, then why do the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 diagnostic codes include central auditory processing disorders as legitimate diagnostic categories? Under the old ICD are three codes specific to APDs: 389.14 (Central Hearing Loss), 388.40 (Disorder of Auditory Perception), and 388.45 (Acquired Auditory Processing Disorder). The term Central Hearing Loss means a disorder in processing auditory stimuli. Auditory perception is another term for auditory processing, and the third code uses the words "Auditory Processing Disorder." The new ICD-10 codes include H93.25 (Central Auditory Disorder) and H93.299 (Abnormal Auditory Perception). As such, the medical community—which identifies "clinical disorders"— has accepted auditory processing disorder. Thus, ICD codes for well over a decade have included the codes listed above, indicating that the medical community identifies that auditory processing disorders are valid and legitimate clinical entities. Further support comes from neurophysiological research based on electrophysiological measures of auditory processing. For example, research from Nina Kraus and colleagues has identified significant differences in electrophysiological functioning in the brains of people identified with auditory processing disorders. Thus, auditory processing disorders affect the brain, which makes them neurophysiological, clinical disorders. There is more than sufficient evidence to support that auditory processing disorders are legitimate clinical entities. Jay Lucker, Colesville, Maryland Thank you for your point of view. We present a variety of perspectives on auditory processing disorders in The ASHA Leader and on the Leader Blog, and welcome further discussion. 1 Comment July 22, 2017 Andrew Vermiglio Response to Dr. Lucker Regarding the Legitimacy of APD Dear Dr. Lucker,I appreciate your letter regarding my ASHA Leader Blog post "Does Auditory Processing Disorder meet the Criteria for a Legitimate Clinical Entity." In this post I have argued that auditory processing disorder (APD) is not a legitimate clinical entity based on the Sydenham-Guttentag criteria (Vermiglio, 2014). You have argued that APD is a legitimate clinical entity based on two points. 1) APD is part of the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 diagnostic codes and therefore the medical community (which identifies clinical disorders) has accepted APD and 2) research from Dr. Kraus' lab has shown "significant differences in electrophysiological functioning in the brains of people identified with auditory processing disorders."However, we are left with a dilemma. There is currently no way to determine the diagnostic accuracy of any of the test protocols for APD because there is no reference standard test (gold or otherwise) for the determination of the presence or absence of APD. Therefore, all diagnoses of APD are based on unverified test results. Without a reference standard, we do not know if an APD diagnosis is true or false. Thus, there are no true positive, false positive, true negative or false negative APD test results. There are only positive and negative test results of unknown validity (Vermiglio, 2016). This is consistent with Aetna (2016) who wrote, "APD testing is considered not medically necessary as there is insufficient evidence to support the validity of the diagnostic tests…" So even if we say, "according to a consensus of the medical community, APD is a legitimate disorder," there is still no way to verify the validity of the test protocols. I have argued that the reason we cannot determine the validity of an APD test protocol is that there is no reference standard for APD. Moreover, there is no reference standard for APD because APD is not a legitimate clinical entity based on the Sydenham-Guttentag criteria, listed as follows.1) The clinical entity must possess an unambiguous definition.2) It must represent a homogeneous patient group.3) It must represent a perceived limitation.4) It must facilitate diagnosis and intervention.I question the arguments used by the authorities who report that APD is a legitimate clinical entity. These arguments include the argument from authority, "consensus," or the untested presumption that tests, sensitive to a lesion of the central auditory nervous system, are relevant for the diagnosis of an APD. Though you state that there is evidence to support APD as a legitimate clinical entity, there is no evidence regarding the validity of the test protocols.Best regards,Andrew VermiglioEast Carolina UniversityAetna. (2016). Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Clinical policy bulletin. No. 0668. Retrieved from Retrieved from: http://www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/600_699/0668.html 4/1/2017.Vermiglio, A. J. (2014). On the Clinical Entity in Audiology: (Central) Auditory Processing and Speech Recognition in Noise Disorders. J Am Acad Audiol, 25(9), 904-917. doi:10.3766/jaaa.25.9.11Vermiglio, A. J. (2016). On Diagnostic Accuracy in Audiology: Central Site of Lesion and Central Auditory Processing Disorder Studies. J Am Acad Audiol, 27(2), 1-16. Submit a Comment Submit A Comment Name Comment Title Comment Could not validate captcha. Please try again. You have entered an invalid code Submit Cancel Thank you for submitting a comment on this article. Close This feature is available to Subscribers Only Sign In or Create an Account × FROM THIS ISSUE July 2017 Volume 22, Issue 7 ‹ Issue › Peruse what's new on Leader Live! Why Use Literary Interventions for Diverse Populations When Sam Found Language Tips for Making a Successful Cleft Palate Team Referral ADVERTISING DISCLAIMER|ADVERTISE WITH US Related Articles Letter to the Editor: Response to Vermiglio, 2018, "The Gold Standard and Auditory Processing Disorder" Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, October 2018, Vol. 3, 77-82. doi:10.1044/persp3.SIG6.77 Response to the Letter to the Editor from Chermak, Iliadou, Bamiou, and Musiek (2018) Regarding Vermiglio (2018), "The Gold Standard and Auditory Processing Disorder" Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, October 2018, Vol. 3, 83-90. doi:10.1044/persp3.SIG6.83 Response to the Letter to the Editor From Moncrieff (2017) Regarding de Wit et al. 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Chinese and Japanese martial arts share breathing as one of their common cornerstones. Learning to coordinate your strikes with your breathing and at the same time when certain muscles are to relax and when to contract is vital for powerful strikes.
I do a lot of talking in the video- so I will stop typing now. :)


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There are no new faces on the list this week, but there were also no new releases last week. I expect that next week Nora Roberts' alter ego will be up in the Number 1 slot. I've been resisting the expensive ebook purchase but it sounds like the book is a doozy. My bookseller friend said it might be one of the best of the series featuring a very serious impediment to Eve and Roarke's seemingly unshakeable marriage. Gah. Must resist. Must.
Irish Dreams, Nora Roberts (Silh Special Releasees), $7.99, No. 8 (Peak 2).
The Dream-Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $7.99, No. 11 (Peak 3).
Most Likely To Die, Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton, Wendy Corsi Staub (Zebra),$7.99 No. 12 (Peak 5).
Plum Lovin', Janet Evanovich, (St. Martin's Press), $16.95 No. 16, (Peak 1)
McKettrick's Luck, Linda Lael Miller (HQN), $7.99, No. 20 (Peak 8).
Tongue in Chic, Christina Dodd, Signet, $7.99, No. 26 (Peak 17).
The Winter Lodge, Susan Wiggs (MIRA), $7.99, No. 27 (Peak 13).
Causing Havoc, Lori Foster (Berkley), $7.99, No. 32 (Peak 13).
Angels All Over Town, Luanne Rice (Bantam), $7.50, No. 42 (Peak 22).
Point Blank, Catherine Coulter (Jove), $7.99, No.46 (Peak 3)
What Price Love?, Stephanie Laurens (Avon), $7.99, No. 51 (Peak 15).
All Night Long, Jayne Ann Krentz (Jove), $7.99, No. 53 (Peak 33).
Natural Born Charmer, Susan Elizabeth Phillips (William Morrow), $24.95, No. 57 (Peak 21). I find this to be a bit shocking. I would have thought that SEP and her book would have greater staying power and would have made it higher up the list.
What A Lady Wants, Victoria Alexander (Avon), $6.99 No. 60 (Peak 18).
Speak No Evil, Allison Brennan (Ballantine Books), $6.99, No. 67 (Peak 26).
Bite Me If You Can, Lynsay Sands (Avon), $6.99 No. 72 (Peak 21).
Dangerous Games, Lora Leigh (St. Martin's Paperbacks), No. 83 (Peak 37).
Kissing Sin, Keri Arthur (Dell), $6.99, No. 95 (Peak 29).
Stealing Home, Sherryl Woods (Mira), $6.99, No. 98 (Peak 61).
Blood Bound, Patricia Briggs (Ace), $7.99, No. 112 (Peak 35).
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown), $8.99, No. 114, (Peak 75)
How to Abduct a Highland Lord, Karen Hawkins (Pocket), $6.99, No. 122, (Peak 49).
Sweet Home Carolina, Patricia Rice (Ballantine Books), $6.99, No. 124 (Peak 96).
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers), $17.99, No. 130, (Peak 39)
Dead Sexy, Amanda Ashley (Zebra), $6.99, No. 132 (Peak 59).
Chasing Stanley, Deirdre Martin (Berkley), $7.99 No. 144 (Peak 88).
The Constant Princess, Philippa Gregory (Touchstone), $16.00, No. 149, (Peak 56)
Slow Burn, Julie Garwood (Ballantine Books), $7.99, No. 150, (Peak 5).
Out of the List
The Stranger in Her Bed, Janet Chapman (Pocket Star), $6.99, No. 102 (Peak 73).
White Lies, Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam), $24.95, No. 110 (Peak 18).
The Nymph King, Gena Showalter (HQN), $6.99, No. 122 (Peak 75)
Beware of Doug, Elaine Fox (Avon), $5.99, No. 133.
Heart of Texas, Debbie Macomber (Mira), $13.95, No. 140 (Peak 89).


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Vanilla Velvet Cake with Fresh Raspberry Mousse' Filling. Iced with Vanilla Bean Swiss Meringue and covered in Vanilla Marshmallow Fondant Ruffles.
Thanks for taking a peek at my 'suite' cakes.
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this is soooooooooooo pretty!
and I loooooooooooooooooooooove the cake stand. It was made for this cake…or this cake was made for this plate! :)
Thanks so much Ansa!! This was a fun and really easy cake! It's my Birthday Cake!
This cake is so beautiful and serene feeling—-like floating—like a layered dress coming down a set of stairs—-floating. I feel like I am in a cake dream scene. Love it.


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the stylish and charismatic partner to the REVEAL WOMAN.
uncompromisingly masculine and bold, Reveal Men captures the tension between instant attraction and playful seduction.
Reveal Men signature is a highly sensorial raw salt accord, a trendsetter scent that opens with immediate notes of freshness on the top and develops into a warm heart.
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US stock futures rattled by budget impasse
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are falling as the path to resolving the budget impasse grows more convoluted by the day.
Dow Jones industrial futures are down 52 points to 15,209. S&P futures have lost 7.4 points to 1,685.10. Nasdaq futures are down 11.5 points to 3,214.50.
The budget fight on Capitol Hill is overshadowing a report due Friday expected to show Americans started spending more in August.
The Senate on Friday plans to send a bill to the fractious House that would keep the government operating through mid-November to head off a partial shutdown at midnight Monday.
Early Friday, the struggling J.C. Penney said it expects to raise about $811 million through a stock offering and expects to end the year with about $1.3 billion in cash or assets that can readily be converted to cash.


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One Sentence Describes The Last Four Years
To say that Barack Hussein Obama is the most incompetent, inept President in history only scratches the surface.
Incompetence was just the beginning, it was followed by lies, more incompetence, cover-ups, and media blackouts followed by a willing con-conspirator media printing lie, after lie, after lie to cover-up the evil this President has inflicted on this country.
Three days, it's time for Obama to go.