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Half Shire monthly lunch meeting Saturday April 30, 2017 at noon
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April 21, 2017
It is both exciting and daunting to think that in a week when this column is printed, our current round of renovations will be at an end, and the main hall should be all painted and cleaned. At this writing, the primer coat of paint is being applied, and a thick layer of dust and plaster covers the floors. We will be working through the Easter weekend with a large number of community service workers and volunteers to clean the first floor. Our contractors from Pinnacle builders will have painted on Saturday and Easter Monday things should be completed and ready for the electrician to finish the electrical installation. Two Heathway's air purifiers will be running full time to clear the air of dust particles.
We plan to be ready for screen free day on Wednesday the 19th, and we expect to be ready on Thursday April 27th for a scheduled event.
This current round of work completely renovated our main hall, finished the former boiler room and saw the beginning of the restroom work that we expect to do later in the year. As soon as we hear on additional funding through grants and donations, we will resume work in making the two restrooms handicapped accessible, and in "swapping them out" so the women's room will be in what is now the men's room, a room that needs 100% renovations. We consulted with officials from ARISE on how best to make these changes, and will be following their plans. Additionally, we had ARISE do on assessment for an elevator to get to the second floor, and once their recommendations arrive we will send them to Crawford & Stearns to complete plans and look for prices which we will then solicit foundation support for.
On Wednesday April 12, we hosted Karen Goetz and Penny Halstead from the Shineman Foundation in Oswego. We laid out our accessibility goals to them, as well as showing the needs to access the second floor for all. We were very proud to show them the work that has been accomplished on our own so far, with over $12,000 in private contributions from four of our members. The accessibility phase of the next plan of work is a requirement for USDA whom we are still working with to finance a new room in the near future.
Meanwhile while all the dust and noise has kept the main floor out of use, we have been working steadily on projects from the second floor rooms. Erma Schroeder has been at the building most days working on the Pulaski Alumni Newsletter, as well as general copy work and straightening out of files. Stephanie Pierce, Keven Stewart, Fay Colvin, Charlotte Deagatano, Shawn Doyle, Greg Monette and a few community service workers from the school have also assisted in the past few weeks. The Allison Balcom memorial room has been the location of much of the activity.
Cheryl House from Hastings spent a day with us scanning 99 pages of deeds from her mother's family farm that stretched back to 1797 and ownership by then New York Governor John Jay. Governor Jay was one of the early American patriot leaders, served as an ambassador in Europe, and later was the first chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. Jay's holdings in Oswego County real estate were speculative, and he never lived here, however the records that we were able to gain copies of provide an interesting connection of the celebrated patriot to our region.
On Thursday April 27th, the society will host a private party to raise funds for the Pulaski Community Festivals. The Winter Fest, Salmon Fest and Old Home Days are all in need of monies to continue in 2017 and 18. Robin Phillips, Tiffany Craig, Elaine Smith, Shawn Doyle, Shelly Joss and others will be hosting this event at $25 a ticket to raise funds for the festivals. Tickets are available at Designs of Elegance, A Cut Above Salon, Salmon River Wine and Spirits or from any of the above organizers. We are excited to host this event to show off our renovations!
The next meeting of the society will be on Saturday April 29th. Lunch at noon followed by a short meeting. Our next big event will be the May 20th dinner dance featuring "Still Kickin". This annual event is free and open to the public from 5pm- midnight. Earlier on May 20 we will hold our monthly meeting. On Sunday May 28th we will be hosting a bus tour of Redfield, Williamstown and Orwell led by President Shawn Doyle. Oswego Expeditions will be selling tickets for the day excursion that will include stops at Salmon River Falls, the Redfield Cemetery, Otto Mills, and Half-Shire where a full lunch will be served. Contact Jennifer Mays (561-0223) or Oswego County Tourism for more information and pricing.
Half-Shire continues to have some trouble with our Facebook account, which is listed now as Mary White. Our website is fully functional and greatly enhanced with Facebook links as well as inventories and indexes online from our collections. Www.halfshire.org. We still have Oswego County History books from $10.80 incl. tax, and $3 postage. These books will soon sell out. We are located at 1100 County Rte. 48 in Richland, NY 13144 (PO Box 73) Our number is 315.298-2986. Our summer hours have begun, and we are open from 10-2 most days Monday through Saturday, or by appointment.
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April 14, 2017
The first meeting of the season was held on Saturday March 25th. We had about twenty members and society officials present to review the winter's progress in reports, as well as to look to the year ahead. President Shawn Doyle went over the proposed 2017 capital projects proposed which were approved pending receipt of grants and private funding. The current project underway to restore the main hall with work to the electrical, the east wall and the complete replacement of the drop ceiling was explained. As of this writing the room is newly sheet rocked and taped, with sanding to be complete by April 14. Painting, and installation of the new wainscoting and trim work will complete this room. The north former boiler room is now completed with installation of a new stair and landing as well as a 72 box capacity elevated shelving system. The secondary panel box was upgraded, the furnaces rewired and inspected. They will be cleaned and serviced immediately after the painting to the hall is complete.
On April 6th two officials from ARISE did a formal inspection of the facility for ADA access compliance planning. It was recommended that we plan for an elevator, and the detailed drawings to complete the accessibility to the restrooms were presented. In a revision to our John Ben Snow grant application we merged the main hall, boiler room and restroom projects asking for a match to private contributions. The restroom renovations are crucial to the USDA funding request for assistance with the roof replacement we have been working towards. ARISE also identified our new front door handles are not correct, and new lever handers were immediately ordered with the locksmith. We have also rekeyed the building doors in compliance with our insurance recommendations and our own master plans which call for every five years.
This work has been made possible through several successful and pending grant applications, as well as the generous contributions of some of our key members. We expect to be back in shape and fully functioning by mid month, and will host screen free week activities on Wednesday April 19th, and a reception for the Pulaski Festivals committee on Thursday April 27. Our next meeting will be on Saturday April 29.
On Wednesday April 12th members of the Shineman Foundation will tour Half-Shire. This foundation was set up in Oswego three years ago and has been a major booster in community development and human needs in a four county area. We are working on a proposal to the Shineman foundation to assist with our next round of capital projects.
As part of our renovations to the main hall we have added an additional line for a TV for use with power point demonstrations. The upstairs TV will be relocated here, while a smaller unit will move to the SW classroom. With two TVS in our main hall a larger group will be able to enjoy PowerPoint presentations from different angles of the room.
We have had several of the Pulaski area Chauffer license photos identified and will continue to circulate the scrapbook All 290 images are on our web and facebook pages, and also printed out in an album at Half-Shire. The Pulaski Democrat 1970s negative imaging project is on hold for a few weeks. We have had our facebook page hacked, and later Facebook shut us down until we reopened under the name "Mary White" while we convert our page over to a different type. Kevin Stewart has been working on this, as well as the main website, which is really drawing much more traffic with the introduction of our obituary index.
Half-Shire volunteers have worked to assemble the 2017 Pulaski Alumni Newsletter, led by Erma Schroeder. We have been asked to work with Sandy Creek Alumni on their newsletter also which is going out at the same time. We are working with the Pulaski Class of 1967 on their 50 year yearbook, and plan to print that in late June. 2017 is shaping up to be a very busy year!
We still have a small number of Oswego County Bicentennial books for sale. $10.80 soft cover, $21.60 hard cover. Add $3.50 for shipping. It is expected these will all be gone in six months; there is no plan to reprint these. These are also available at Designs of Elegance and Walkers Cleaners in Pulaski. Dick Brennan's autobiography is also still available, $16.20 with also $3.50 book rate shipping. All prices include sales tax.
Half-Shire can be reached at P.O. 73, Richland NY 13144. Our building is at 1100 County Rte. 48, and out website is www.halfshire.org.
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Title: Zack's
Fandom: FFVII AU
Pairing: Zack/Cloud preslash
Rating: PG for swearing
Warnings: Cid's language and Cloud feeling terribly sorry for himself.
Summary: The gang's out for an evening on the town - Cloud just wishes they could have left him at home instead.
"The gang's going out tonight," Tifa had told him over dinner. "You're coming too."
That had made Cloud sigh. They'd had this conversation before. "Tifa…"
She cut him off with a sharp glare and a poke in the arm. "I don't want to hear it Cloud. You're becoming a recluse; it'll do you good to get out of the house for a while."
"But I don't…."
"No buts, Cloud," Tifa had said, steely and certain. "You. Are. Coming. End of story."
And that, as far as Tifa had been concerned, was that. Cloud had thought about objecting, really he had, but arguing with Tifa was like kind of like trying to stop the tide on the best of days – and he'd fought enough losing battles in the last months to know when it just wasn't worth the effort anymore.
So it was with a distressingly familiar mix of resignation and weary despair that he'd found himself bundled out the door promptly at a quarter after nine, wearing a dark blue shirt he hadn't known he owned and wilting under an overdose of overly determined cheer from his dubious collection of friends.
Now, stirring one finger disconsolately through the drips of condensation pooling on the polished bar and paying little to no attention while Barret ranted about his foreman and Tifa chatted with a friend from work, Cloud wondered why his friends even bothered with him anymore.
At least the place they'd dragged him to wasn't as crowded as some he'd suffered through in the past – more than busy for a weeknight yes, but not so bad that Cloud was getting jarred by the jostling elbows of people fighting to catch the bartender's attention. The band - their drum kit said they were the T&Cs - was surprisingly tolerable, though Cloud wasn't really sure how to classify the strange intermingling of rock/jazz/metal/pop they were playing. They were between sets right now – the red-headed bassist was sprawled carelessly across the drummer's lap and the both of them were watching the singer and keyboardist kick back shots – so the continual murmur of the crowd was an almost pleasant buzz in the air, underscored by the clink of glasses on wooden tabletops and the steady thunk of darts hitting the boards on the far side of the room.
And Cid swearing up a blue streak as one of his shots went wide, but that was pretty much par for the course as far as Cid was concerned.
Yuffie was somewhere over by the door, giggling as she tormented the twins from her math class and the blond one's obnoxiously tall boyfriend made snide comments about everyone within hearing distance. Cloud supposed it was nice to see her having a good time, though he wondered how sensible it was for her to be pink-cheeked and laughing when she had to wake up early in the morning.
Unlike him, a dark corner of his mind reminded, and Cloud traced the next nonsensical shape in the water with rather more force than necessary.
"And as for YOU!" Barret thundered suddenly at his side, loud and righteously pissed off. A broad finger jabbed under Cloud's nose and he jerked back, eyes crossing in a vain attempt to focus. "Stop mopin' around like a fool! It's jus' a damn job – no need to act like yer damn dog jus' died!"
Cloud resisted the urge to sigh. It had been more than just a 'damn job' and they all knew it, but Barret lived by the belief that enough blustering and angry arm-waving could make anything true if you kept at it long enough. They'd all pretty much given up trying to convince him otherwise.
"Give Cloud a break," Tifa ordered from Barret's other side, scowling at Barret as if she hadn't been the one who'd bullied Cloud into coming out in the first place. "You know it's a hard adjustment to make."
Barret scowled. "It wouldn't be so damn hard if he didn't spend all his time sulking in his room."
"I ride my bike too," Cloud shot back, the retort sounding petulant even to his own ears.
The look Barret gave him made it clear that sheer willpower was the only thing keeping him from seizing Cloud by the shoulders and shaking him until he started talking sense. "Y'er a damn fool, Strife – when you gonna go out and do something with yerself?!"
A sudden swell of keys and chords ran roughshod over any attempt on Cloud's part to answer that, the lanky bassist's 'let's get ready to bust this place up, yo!' prompting a raucous cheer from the patrons that even Barret's thunderous discontent couldn't compete with.
He likely would have tried anyway – Barret was nothing if not persistent – but the sudden appearance of a tipsy Yuffie in their midst interrupted him before he could try.
"What're you all doing standing around here?" the girl demanded, colour high and headband more than slightly askew. She jerked her head unsteadily towards the dance floor. "Let's go have some fun!"
The mutinous expression on Barret's face was almost enough to make up for the fact that Cloud had been included in that invitation.
"I ain't dancin!" Barret said, crossing his arms defiantly across his chest.
Yuffie sniffed. "Fine then. Be boring. See if I care." She latched onto Tifa's wrist with a winsome smile. "You'll dance with me, right Tifa?"
Tifa was doing a decidedly poor job of hiding her grin. "Shouldn't you be writing your geography paper?" she asked, though mildly.
"Eh, it's not due till Thursday." Yuffie batted her eyelashes, endearing as only a half-drunk, impetuous teenager could be. "Come oooonnn, Tifa! You know you want to!"
"Oh, alright." Tifa paused, half turning towards Cloud with same look of gentle worry she'd been wearing for the last six months and more. It made Cloud want to bang his head against the bartop or maybe apologize for being such a fuckup. "You coming?" she asked.
"I'm fine," Cloud denied, waving a careless hand. "You go ahead."
Tifa looked unconvinced and Cloud rolled his eyes. "What, do you think I'm going to bolt for the door the minute you turn your back? I'll be fine," he promised, hoping he sounded more convincing than he felt. "I'll watch from here."
"Well," Tifa said slowly. "If you're certain…"
"You heard 'im!" Yuffie tugged impatiently on Tifa's arm. "Let's go!"
Cloud deliberately waved to them as they headed off and was rewarded with a slight lessening in the fretful creases around Tifa's eyes. Which, predictably, only served to make him feel even more guilty. He really didn't want to worry her, not when she'd been so good to him these last months; putting him up in her house when he hadn't been able to pay his rent and helping him look through the want ads even when it was painfully clear he'd sooner throw himself off a bridge than work an office job. But he just wasn't… ready to get over it yet. Or maybe not able to. He wasn't quite sure which.
Barret was giving him a suspicious sort of look and Cloud had just opened his mouth to see if he could stave off another talking down to with an offering of beer when a wide, calloused hand dropped heavily onto Barret's shoulder.
"Barret!" Cid exclaimed, leaning forward out of the throng. "Fuck man, this where you been all night?" Cid chewed on the end of his unlit cigarette, a tattered pack shoved carelessly behind one ear. "Come on – it's three man teams on the boards tonight but Vin refuses to play and I'll be buggered if I'm gonna ask Squall fucking Leonhart – bastard sucks at darts." He paused, head cocking around Barret's bulk towards Cloud. "Comin' Strife? We can add you into the next singles set."
"S'fine," Cloud denied, not lying for once. He tried to smile. "You know I'm lousy at darts, Cid."
Cid's wolfish grin made him look like a much younger man. "No lie there, kid. Even Yuffie's better'n you and she hit someone last week."
"Gee, thanks."
"My pleasure hot shot." He shot an appraising look Barret's way. "You not moving yet, Wallace? Get the hell up – we've got a goddamn game to win!"
The pair of them lumbered away, waving greetings to some of the guys from Cid's shop on the way. Vincent was already chalking up the score sheet on the far side of the room, cool and smoothly detached even with a drink in one hand and a squeaky piece of chalk in the other.
Alone at the bar, Cloud returned to his water droplet artwork, listening with half an ear to the sounds of other people having fun around him. Music pulsed through the air, bright and energetic, but Cloud couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to care much. He couldn't remember the last time he'd been to a bar – early failed attempts to drown his sorrows in alcohol not withstanding – and wondered what was wrong with him that he couldn't even convince himself to pretend he was enjoying it.
Barret would have scowled and said he'd forgotten how to be happy. Cloud wasn't sure he would have disagreed. Not inside his own head, at least. Lying to everyone else was one thing, but he tried to avoid lying to himself as a general rule.
He sighed and hunkered lower in his chair. Life sucked.
A glass clinked down next to his stirring hand and Cloud glanced up to find a tall, dark haired man grinning at him from behind the bar. "Here you are," the man declared cheerfully. "Enjoy!"
Cloud stared at the full glass. "I didn't order this."
The bartender shrugged. "I know," he said. "But you look like you could do with a drink."
"R-iight." Cloud arched an eyebrow. "Does your boss know you do that?"
Another shrug, coupled with a secretive grin. "Eh, he's a total pushover." He waved one hand encouragingly. "Go ahead."
Cloud reached tentatively for the glass. "You treat all your miserable customers this way?" he asked, taking a swallow.
The bartender winked. "Only the cute ones." He stuck out a hand. "I'm Zack," he introduced himself, and the sheer unexpectedness of the whole situation had Cloud reaching forward to accept the handshake before he could think better of it.
"Cloud," he answered in kind. It was a nice, firm handshake, Zack's pale eyes twinkling in concert with his smile, and Cloud found himself fighting the urge to stammer as he reached again for the glass at his elbow. "Um, thanks," he said awkwardly. "For the drink."
Zack waved a careless hand. "Don't mention it. Hope it helps improve your evening."
"It'll take more than one drink to do that," Cloud muttered darkly and the sound of Zack chuckling was surprisingly pleasant beneath the roll of the drums.
"Yeah? Well finish that one first and I'll see what I can do from there."
Someone hailed Zack from the other end of the bar and Zack grinned at him before heading off in response to the summons. Without much else to do, Cloud found himself watching Zack's hands as the man drew a pint of beer and passed it to the waiting patron, not spilling a drop. They were really nice hands, Cloud decided, wide and competent and as tanned as the rest of him. How different from Cloud's.
A gaggle of youths stumbled up to the bar, laughing and shouting exuberant, half-drunk greetings. Zack served them with easy facility, cheerful grin never quitting even in the face of their blatant flirtations. One of the girls offered him a kiss in thanks for her toxic-looking green cocktail and Zack accepted it with good grace, laughing at the chorus of wolf whistles that rose up in response. He spent several minutes mixing drinks and trading witty banter with the group, the animated expression on his handsome face leaving no doubt as to the fact that he was enjoying himself thoroughly.
Cloud broke off his staring and peered disconsolately into his drink, feeling suddenly morose again. Why couldn't he ever fit in like that?
His glass was nearly empty by the time Zack wended his way back to Cloud's end of the bar, drying his hands on a towel as he went.
"So," Zack drawled as he came close, propping one elbow against the bar and leaning into it. "Night getting any better yet?"
Cloud shrugged, staring at the ring of condensation around the glass.
"That bad huh?" Zack hmmed thoughtfully. "Anything I can do to help?"
The sound Cloud made couldn't really be called a laugh. "Only if you know how to fix my life for me," he said sourly.
"That's a tall order," Zack remarked, though lightly. "How about I start by buying you another drink?"
Cloud stared at him. "You can't buy me a drink," he objected.
Zack's eyebrow arched. "Why not?"
"Because…" Cloud flailed around for something to say. "You're the one selling them," he finished lamely.
Zack chuckled. "Fair enough," he grinned. Cloud was really starting to like the sound of his laugh.
Something in Zack's eyes shifted then, glittering and warm, and he smiled disarmingly. "Then why don't you give me your phone number and I'll take you out to dinner sometime instead?"
"Huh?" Cloud blinked, perplexed. "Why do you want my numb…"
Oh. Oh.
Zack was still smiling at him. Cloud's cheeks felt uncomfortably warm all of a sudden. "Um, I…"
Somewhere between relieved and mortified, Cloud turned to finding Tifa bearing down on him, the smug little grin on her face doing little to soothe his flustered blush. "Sorry to disrupt your evening," she drawled, eyes flicking unsubtly from him to Zack and back again. "But I just called a taxi for us so we need to go outside and wait for it."
"Already?" Cloud asked, surprised, just as Zack chimed in with an 'aww!' and a devastating pout.
"Come on, Tifa!" the man cajoled, leaning forward across the bar. He fixed Tifa with a mournful look. "You trying to ruin my chances here?"
Tifa looked supremely unimpressed with his display. "Zack," she said to him. "Do you really think I went to all the trouble of dragging him down here just to haul him off again before you so much as got his number? And it's nearly two," she added to Cloud, careless of his bewilderment. "Everyone else left ages ago." Her eyebrow arched slyly. "Or were you too busy ogling the bartender to notice?"
"Tifa!" Cloud hissed, aghast.
"Was he?" Zack asked, sounding pleased. "Really?"
Cloud groaned, figuring that right now would be a good time for the ground to open up and swallow him.
Tifa was writing something on a napkin. She ripped off the corner and handed it Zack. "This is his cell number," she told him. A stern glare. "I expect you to make good use of it," she warned.
"Yes ma'am," Zack agreed congenially. He glanced over at Cloud, his hopeful smile doing unsettling things to Cloud's pulse. "If that's okay with you of, course."
"Er…" Cloud spared a thought to wonder if he'd had more to drink tonight than he'd thought – it would certainly explain his sudden inability to construct complete sentences. "I, uh…"
"He'll look forward to it," Tifa translated, seizing Cloud by the arm and hauling him to his feet. "But we really have to go. See you later, Zack."
Zack raised his hand in a lazy wave. "Have a good night," he bid, his eyes fixed on Cloud as Tifa dragged him bodily across the floor towards the exit. Cloud stared back, finding the honest appreciation in that gaze not nearly as unsettling as he thought he ought to have.
The heavy door thudding shut behind them was a shock, the sounds of the bar fading into a muffled thumping of voices and drums, and Cloud sucked in a sudden, startled lungful of night air as he tried to remember how to breathe.
"You alright there?" Tifa asked him, sounding like she was trying not to laugh.
"Tifa," he said, nowhere near as close to stern as he'd hoped. "Why are you trying to set me up with the bartender?"
Tifa pursed her lips in an exaggerated display of consideration. "Let's see, maybe it's because he's hot, funny, smart and totally into you?" She threw an arch look at Cloud. "You didn't look like you were objecting to me."
Cloud's blush returned with a vengeance and he was morbidly glad the darkness helped hide it.
"And he's not the bartender, by the way," Tifa added, peering down the street for the sight of their ride. "Or at least not just the bartender."
"Huh?" Cloud asked and Tifa sighed.
"Honestly Cloud, did you even notice the name of the bar? Look," she gestured up at the face of the building and Cloud turned to see a glaring neon sign proudly announcing 'Zack's' to anyone within a mile-wide radius.
"Well," he said after a moment. "That explains why he gave me a free drink."
Tifa rolled her eyes. "You're hopeless. Come on," she ordered, as a yellow cab car pulled around the corner, heading their way. "I'll help you pick something to wear on your first date as long as you promise to actually answer your phone when he calls."
Try as he might, Cloud couldn't find it in himself to be mad at her for this. "Sure Tifa," he said, in his best put-upon voice. It wasn't very effective. "Whatever you say."
She flashed him a smile over the top of the cab. "I told you it would do you good to get out for a while."


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I've seen some things, man. Some weird and strange sights, initiated by people you would not expect in the least. But I'm not sure anything's been as weird as the 60 seconds unleashed by one Nathaniel Haney, regarding of all things: Underwear.
I mean... we got the weird, irrational rants that come up on occasion over the pulpit from pastors of the deep. But these sermons have some cultural context at least: Homosexuality, long hair, women in pants. Basically stuff that would kind of make sense if it was preached in the 19th century.
But Nathaniel Haney and his underwear obsession... There's just no context for it. It's just....
Really Really Weird.
So last Friday I received some footage that may possibly be more weird and more disturbing than the sixty seconds of video I received last week. Except this bonus footage is only thirty seconds long....
The one problem is that initially I could only get the audio to the video to work. So in the second mini-podcast below (downloadable), you'll only hear the audio included in my commentary. But if you want to see the actual video.... it's below the podcast or can be seen here.
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BayBio, California Healthcare Institute and PwC Issue 2013 California Biomedical Industry Report
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, 2013 – Life sciences companies in California developed nine of the 32 novel medicines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2012, according to the annual California Biomedical Industry Report, published today by BayBio, California Healthcare Institute (CHI) and PwC US. The pace of product approvals and pipeline productivity of California-based biomedical companies reinforces the state's position as the nation's leading source of biomedical innovation.
"California continues to deliver life-saving treatments and new technologies that offer hope for patients in need," said David L. Gollaher, Ph.D., president and CEO of CHI. "Last year alone, we saw the approval of novel medicines to treat rare forms of cancer, anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and cystic fibrosis, among others."
The California Biomedical Industry Report provides an annual snapshot of the biomedical industry in California, the largest biomedical cluster in the world and source of the greatest number of products in clinical development. The 2013 report found California to be:
• No. 1 in jobs: Biomedical industry employment in California has grown at an average annual rate of 0.5 percent over the past five years. There are currently 269,997 people employed in the total biomedical industry, and 152,806 employees in the core sectors of biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, instruments and diagnostics, and research and development/testing laboratories.
• No. 1 in new treatments to patients: Twenty-one percent of the nation's biomedical R&D pipeline is comprised of innovation from California laboratories.
• No. 1 in venture capital investments: California biomedical companies secured $1.98 billion in venture capital investment through the first three quarters of 2012, a greater amount than any other state and equal to the total combined amount that went to companies in the next eight states, ranked by VC investments.
• No. 1 in federal funding: $3.33 billion in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) went to California institutions, more than any other state and 15.1 percent of total national NIH funding.
"As the center of biomedical innovation in the U.S, California's biomedical industry is a national treasure," said Gail Maderis, president and CEO of BayBio. "But the pace of R&D productivity and its global leadership position hang on the availability of capital to fund future innovation and a regulatory framework that is based on consistency and innovative technologies."
The 2013 California Biomedical Industry Report includes findings from a survey of 175 biomedical company CEOs, who report significant improvements in the FDA regulatory process over the past year and a notable reduction in project delays due to regulatory issues. Despite this progress, biomedical companies say that lack of adequate funding, government pricing intervention and the FDA regulatory environment represent the biggest risks to future success in biomedical innovation.
The 2013 Biomedical Industry Report found:
• Nearly 14 percent of respondents said that the FDA regulatory process had improved over the prior year.
• Sixteen percent of biomedical companies delayed a project because of regulation this past year, a 17 percent decline from the previous year.
• Fifty nine percent of CEOs cited limited or lack of access to capital as the most threatening issue to the short-term health of biomedical innovation.
• More than 50 percent of CEOs report that health insurance coverage and reimbursement issues have become more difficult in the past year.
• Nearly 90 percent of CEOs believe the industry's relationship with FDA is extremely important to advancing biomedical innovation in California, but 57 percent feel that regulatory processes have not kept pace with advance of science and technology, and thus it poses a risk to innovation.
Growth and access to capital
Though California biomedical companies attract the greatest share of venture capital, overall access to capital has become an increasing challenge for the entire industry. The funding model is changing, and California companies and research institutions are at the forefront of national trends driving an increase in partnerships and alternative sources of funding.
More of California's biomedical companies are pursuing foundation funding, corporate partnering, corporate venture and angel investors than in years past. As the use of federal funds is debated, California institutions have demonstrated their value.
• $3.33 billion in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) went to California institutions, more than any other state and 15.1 percent of total national NIH funding.
• California biomedical companies received $1.98 billion through the first three quarters of 2012, the most by any state and double the amount for the second largest state recipient.
• California's share of early and seed stage venture capital deals increased from 60 percent to 63 percent of total U.S. life sciences venture capital investment; however, overall biotech venture capital through the third quarter of 2012 declined to $2.98 billion from $4.91 billion in 2011.
• M&A activity among California companies declined by 36 percent from 2009, when M&A reached a 10-year high. The percentage of CEOs that indicated over the next 12 months their organization is more likely to participate in a merger or acquisition was down 11 points from the prior year.
"Biomedical innovation is being fueled by a new paradigm to advance R&D through a combination of diverse, alternative sources of funding, non-traditional partnerships and greater collaboration among the biotech, pharmaceutical, the investment community and regulatory bodies," said Tracy Lefteroff, Global Managing Partner, Venture Capital Practice and National Life Sciences Partner, PwC US. "Greater collaboration is driving investments in consortia that share information during the pre-competitive stage of research and development and in the post-marketing environment where opportunities exist to leverage consumer insights and patient safety information from multiples sources."
Short-term success over long-term progress
Nearly three-quarters of respondents said that coverage and reimbursement considerations are extremely important in the advance of biomedical research, innovation and investment in California. By comparison, only 39 percent of CEOs perceived reimbursement was a challenge in the prior year's biomedical industry report. The significant increase in reimbursement challenges is a potential reflection of higher expectations of value from consumers and payers, including federal and state government, employers and health plans
"The long-term stability of life sciences is grounded in California companies' ability to innovate," Gollaher said. "From the start, our industry has adapted to formidable challenges -- gaining access to capital, overcoming regulatory and reimbursement obstacles. Based on a concentration of scientists and entrepreneurs unmatched anywhere else, our state is prepared to continue its biomedical leadership well into the 21st century."
The 2013 California Biomedical Industry Report is available at www.californiabiomedreport.com.
CHI and BayBio worked with PwC to collect and administer data for the 2013 CHI, BayBio, PwC California Biomedical Industry Survey. The survey was conducted in November 2012 and targeted approximately 175 companies that conduct business in California in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics or medical equipment.
About BayBio
BayBio brings together the collective strength and experience of the world's most innovative and productive life science cluster, helping companies grow, connect and advocate to solve some of humanity's most pressing challenges. Online at www.baybio.org.
About the California Healthcare Institute CHI represents more than 275 leading biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical companies, and public and private academic biomedical research organizations. CHI's mission is to advance responsible public policies that foster medical innovation and promote scientific discovery. CHI's website is www.chi.org. Follow us on Twitter @calhealthcare, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
About PwC's Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Industry Group PwC's Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Industry Group provides clients with audit, tax and advisory services. We deliver industry-tailored solutions on a wide range of strategic, financial and operational issues. Our Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Industry Group is part of PwC's larger initiative for the health-related industries that brings together expertise and allows collaboration across all sectors in the health continuum. For more information, follow us at @PwCHealth or visit www.pwc.com/us/pharma and www.pwc.com/us/medtech.
About PwC US
PwC US helps organizations and individuals create the value they're looking for. We're a member of the PwC network of firms in 158 countries with more than 180,000 people. We're committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. Tell us what matters to you and find out more by visiting us at www.pwc.com/US.
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Publication Date: Nov 17, 2006
320 pp
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Edited by Richard Raubolt
An intense account of the misuse of power in psychotherapeutic training that offers solutions to this urgent issue.
Over the course of his own training in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, Richard Raubolt came to see that advanced training is more often than not plagued by authoritarian practices, some subtle and many pronounced. It is the contention of Raubolt and his contributors that these practices instill fear and foster blind obedience to the favored proclivities of the leaders of the training institute. In turn, this subservience, which seeps into the therapeutic relationship, prevents both the training candidates and their prospective patients from developing creative, authentic, and meaningful experiences.
This is a book written from the perspective of scholars and experienced clinicians who are acutely aware both on a personal and theoretical level of the disruptive role of power games in psychoanalytic institutes. The collection features a highly nuanced and comprehensively developed psychoanalytic understanding of the use and misuse of power, authority, status, and control operating in many traditional and nontraditional training experiences. Finally, new supervisory and training models based on empathy, respect for subjective experiences, and democratic principles are proposed as an alternative to the abusive practices so powerfully described in this book.
Contributors: Doris Brothers, Theodore Dorpat, Paula B. Fuqua, Arthur Gray, Irene Harwood, Patrick B. Kavanaugh, Michael Lariviere, Conrad Lecomte, Molyn Leszcz, Marty Livingston, Gershon J. Molad, Linda Raubolt, Richard Raubolt, Annette Richard, Joan Sarnat, Daniel Shaw, Charles Strozier, Judith E. Vida, and Ernest Wolf.


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This Saturday, Belgrade Touist Board officially opens tourist season in Skadarlija, one of the most popular and visited locatins in the Capital.
Program starts at 11.45 with the performance of the Police Orchestra, which will play songs about Belgrade. Costumed performers will demonstrate the atmosphere of the 19th century, famous Serbian actors will play the roles of renowned personalities, artists and writers from the old times, while all along the street, art colonies will be on display.
The honor to rise the Skadarlian Flag this year will have Vlada Ilic, owner of the famous Skadarlian restaurant Sesir moj, which will officially mark the ceremonial opening.
Within the program, Sacen International will give the awards "Golden tourist heart of Southeastern Europe", with appropriate art and cultural program.
In the lower part of the Street Skadarlian Bazaar will be on display, with numerous stands with handmade craftwork.
In order to preserve and present "bohemian spirit" of the famous Skadarlija, every Friday during the tourist season 2015, Serbian actors will perform in front of the House of Djura Jaksic, accompanied with Skadarlian Orchestra and singers.


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FAMOUS for her colourful, magpie designs with myriad reference points (last season it was, among other things, Fortuny pleats, Tiffany vases and Gustav Klimt), Anna Sui was up to her old-made-new tricks for spring/summer 2009.
This time she looked to the work of Herman Miller textile designers Alexander Girard and Marilyn Neuhart, mid-century modernists who themselves were inspired by traditional folk art that they interpreted in fresh new ways (Newhart, for example, is well known for the zany fabric T&O dolls she's been whipping up, by hand, since the early Sixtiess).
The show opened with Agyness looking seriously cute in a black and white embroidered romper with matching jacket, followed by Sessilee in a strapless, horse print jumpsuit, Lara Stone in a black fit-and-flare dress with rib-bearing cutaways, Sasha in a paisley print peasant top with a denim dirndl mini, Suzanne Diaz in a sweet red sundress with venise trim and Jessica Stam in a faux naïf Swiss Miss get-up, all of them smiling happily (or shyly, in some cases) and wearing flat thong sandals (hmm, maybe that's why they were smiling).
Sui piled on the patterns and textures, as per usual, and she didn't neglect her signature items, either: funky cowboy boots, bold necklaces and oversized totes were in full supply.
There were a few ensembles that took the folk art theme a bit too far, including the aforementioned Swiss Miss look and a lace-up vest, capris and puffy sleeved white blouse worn by Arlenis Sosa, but overall, this was a fun, upbeat collection that Sui's core customers are sure to love. And it was really nice to see the usual stone-faced models looking so happy for a change and allowing their individual personalities to shine through. We could do with more of that, for sure.
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Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Coins
This seminar introduces students to the social, cultural, and religious history of Islamic art through a selection of objects held in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Objects that will be studied in detail and examined hands-on in the museum include Islamic ceramics, glasswares, metalwares, coins, amulets, textiles, manuscripts, and calligraphies. These materials shed light on the use and function of aesthetic objects in both secular and religious life; they also show how notions of beauty and order have been expressed by visual means from the beginnings of Islam until today. The goal of the seminar are twofold: first, to introduce upper-level undergraduate and graduate students to Islamic art through hands-on curatorial work and, second, to organize an exhibition of Islamic art that will be held in the Kelsey Museum in Fall 2014. This seminar therefore encompasses a wide range of themes related to Islamic visual cultures. It also affords students a rare opportunity to work with primary source materials while simultaneously gaining museum experience during the initial conceptual and organizational stages of an exhibition.
Estimated cost of materials: less than $50.
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This card was inspired from the metal cup in Mementos Charming embellishments from American Crafts. I really adore those accessories that I received from Lil Bee's Boutique as a design team member....
As you see, I adhered a yellow cardstock on the main one that shows up on the folded side of patterned paper. Now the best part is that the distressed tag was cut from an Echo Park paper that just matched the colors in October Afternoon. Circle was cut with Martha Stewarts Circle Cutter and outlined with liquid pearls. Then I popped up the message, cup and the cute flower blossom. However, the hot tea here is an infusion of e-line gems from Prima :)
Can you see that pearl accent in the letter "O"?!
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December 8, 2019
Picture of the day Hermitage of St Bartholomew, Canyon of the Lobos River Natural Park, province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The hermitage was built in the beginning of the 13th century showing the transition from Romanesque to Gothic styles. The temple is located in a remote and quite location inside the Lobos River […]
Bob Mayer
What Were The 7 Cascade Events Leading Up To Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 2019
Most disasters require 7 things to go wrong; my rule of 7. Whether it be a plane crash or a military disaster. Pearl Harbor was no different. It wasn't one or two or even six things that went wrong: it was seven. Free today through 9 December is Stuff Doesn't Just Happen II: The Gift […]
Flight 19 Disappears on 5 Dec 1945
December 5, 2019
It began as nothing more than a routine training flight. At 2:10 p.m. on December 5, 1945, five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers took off from a Naval Air Station in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The planes—collectively known as "Flight 19"—were scheduled to tackle a three-hour exercise known as "Navigation Problem Number One." Their triangular flight plan […]
Hugh's Views & News
The 2019 Christmas Charity Appeal – Help Me Raise £250 For Battersea Dogs & Cats Home By Leaving Me Links To Your Blogs and Books
December 9, 2019
Bloggers & Authors - Help me raise £250 for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home by leaving me links to your blogs and/or books.Continue reading
Hugh's Views and News
How To Centre Captions Under Blog Images On The Gutenberg Editor
December 2, 2019
Now all captions under images, photos and pictures on the Gutenberg editor can be aligned to the centre. This is how to do it. Continue reading
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
The 2019 Christmas Charity Appeal – Help Me Raise £250 For Battersea Dogs & Cats Home By Leaving Me Links To Your Blogs and Books
December 9, 2019
Originally posted on Hugh's Views & News : The Christmas tree is up, but something is missing. There are no gifts under it, and I need your help to put that right. For this year's Christmas charity appeal, I'm asking you to help me raise some money for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Since 1860,…
The Story Reading Ape
Ani's Advent 2019! Peace, Sleep and A Disgruntled Story Reading Ape
December 9, 2019
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Hey Santa, Well, I'll be going home today and, to tell the truth, much as I've had fun with all the other animals, I'll be glad of a rest. I may still be a pup at heart…but my bones don't always seem to agree. Peace on earth……
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I didn't have my glasses on…
losing it.
December 9, 2019
(not me, a reenactor, but we do have similar pj's and hair) — many moons ago when i lived a very busy life single-mother, college, 2 jobs I had family and friends over to celebrate my daughter's graduation. the day started early somehow everything came together the party went well my divorced parents got along […]
Indian Country Media Network
Unwelcome: North Dakota's capital county may bar new refugees
December 9, 2019
'I'm trying to understand ... how 25 people will dramatically change the fabric of a community'
The Associated Press
Change the 'damn name!' Rebrand Washington football
December 8, 2019
Petition calls for the Washington football team to change its name and logo
Kolby KickingWoman
Legends of Windemere
Mary's Magnificent Muse Mart: Trade-Ins Only on Thursday
December 9, 2019
Come on in and put on a toga to join in the ambiance. It isn't mandatory and you can put it over your clothes. Judging from the eye twitches, I'd say you're an artist with either a deadline or more … Continue reading →
Charles Yallowitz
Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life
Smorgasbord Afternoon Video – D.G. Kaye finds another Gem – Remember the parrot who said Really!!! He's back.
December 9, 2019
Debby Gies has been foraging on Youtube to find more gems (parrots) to share..D.G. Kaye Writer Blog is where you will find an archive full of wonderful posts across several subjects including writing tips, social issues and book reviews. This … Continue reading →
Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.
Bluebird of Bitterness
Monday chuckles
December 9, 2019
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Musical offering for the second Sunday of Advent
December 8, 2019
English translation: A spotless rose is blowing, Sprung from a tender root, Of ancient seers' foreshowing, Of Jesse promised fruit; Its fairest bud unfolds to light Amid the cold, cold winter, And in the dark midnight. The rose which I am singing, Whereof Isaiah said, Is from its sweet root springing In Mary, purest maid; […]
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Elle Knowles: Finding Myself Through Writing
Unexplained purchases may come back to haunt you
November 26, 2019
What do you do when your husband leaves at 4:30 am to hunt? My first thought is it's too early to get up because it's still dark outside. That leaves me one of three choices. Close my eyes and sleep for a few more hours. Bake those three loaves of banana bread I […]
Elle Knowles
How an Army of Women Resurrected a River
December 5, 2019
Women in Vellore, India, have resurrected the Naganadhi river and the agriculture of the area that were almost lost to drought. In 2014, the women took matters into their own hands and worked with engineers and hydrologists to build 600 recharge wells by hand: digging wells, making cement rings, placing the rings and stones, and […]
Breath of the World: Amazon Rainforest
November 28, 2019
Who among us does not depend on fresh air as the source of our life and well-being? As one Ecuadoran elder said, "It is from the amazon that the breath of the world comes; without the amazon the world would not breathe.". Our rain forests are all that stand between us and catastrophic climate change. […]
Positively Present
The 2019 Gratitude Challenge!
October 23, 2019
HOORAY! The NINTH year of the Positively Present Gratitude Challenge is about to begin on November 1! Though I keep a daily gratitude journal, there's always something special about celebrating gratitude during the month of November each year. Having a specific topic to focus on each day really makes me pay even more attention to […]
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The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company, England.
The Frozen Things #narrowboat #boating #England
December 1, 2019
From seeming weeks of near-Nordic daytime darkness England has now entered a phase of bright but frosty rigidity. Down to … More
Ian Hutson
The offside vegetating rule #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
November 29, 2019
Before we begin the beguine, I did ask the chaps if they would mind being photographed and interwebnetted, and they cheerfully … More
Ian Hutson
Joan Reeves: Slingwords
The Story Behind the 12 Days of Christmas Song
December 8, 2019
Just about everyone knows the Christmas standard, The Twelve Days Of Christmas, but do you know the fiction and the facts regarding this song?I'm the kind of person who likes to dig for facts about things. The origin of a creative work is of great interest to me. I hope it is for you too.In […]
Joan Reeves
Saturday Share: Recipe, Christmas Cherry Dessert
December 7, 2019
If you like to serve dessert for holiday dinners, here's one that's a time saver because it's a dump cake and so easy to make.Since it's also decadently rich and yummy, it's perfect for a holiday meal.Christmas Cherry PDessertI call this dessert a pie-cake because it's like a delicious cherry pie, but it's not really […]
Joan Reeves
World United Music
The Minstral Show – (Episode 079)
November 24, 2019
Welcome to the Minstral Show, the podcast that spotlights the very best music from around the world, made exclusively in the 21st century.Another great line up of awesome music to capture the spirit of the day, through a variety of Rock genres including Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock and Alternative rock; featuring new music […]
WASP Final Flight
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August 17, 2018
"Jacqueline Cochran was looking for WASP. They told me I would have to be interviewed and they would contact me when they came to the Wichita area. But I didn't wait for that. I went down to Houston for my interview, to speed things up. And I think that's one of the smartest things I […]
Jean McCreery, 44-W-10. |. May 10, 2018
July 20, 2018
"My first flight was with a barnstormer at the age of five. I loved it! I also tried to 'fly' out of the barn loft with an umbrella. This was less than successful..." WASP Jean Terrell McCreery, 44-10 The indomitable Marguerite Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery has "...slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on […]
The Old Motor
Images Taken on the Packard Assembly Line
December 7, 2019
Today's photos were taken on various assembly lines at the Packard plant located on East Grand Blvd. in Detroit, Michigan. The lead image shows workers on the frontend assembly line working on 1940 model Packard grille shells complete with the Packard signature grille insert. The shells are mounted on wooden jigs and the workers tighten...
David Greenlees
Four Fun Friday Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 232
December 6, 2019
Today's mid-196os lead image contains a colorful view of a parking lot in a major US city. Sharp-eyed readers should be able to identify the location by the buildings in the background and the body of water on the far right. Share with us were the steps in the foreground lead to. As is the usual...
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Comment on 7 Easy Ways to Make an Extra $500/month for your Travel Fund by Rajesh Sharma
October 26, 2019
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Stump the Bookseller
333T: Boy Uses Light to De-Age Dog and Sister
December 5, 2019
This is a middle grade book probably published before 2008. It's about a boy who likes science and has an old dog and a teenage sister. The family goes to visit their grandfather, who's dying, and while there the boy … Continue reading →
National Day Calendar
December 9, 2019 – WEARY WILLIE DAY – NATIONAL PASTRY DAY
December 9, 2019
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December 8, 2019 – NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY – PRETEND TO BE A TIME TRAVELER DAY
December 8, 2019
The post December 8, 2019 – NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY – PRETEND TO BE A TIME TRAVELER DAY appeared first on National Day Calendar.
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Ana's Attic
The Fall of Legend by Meghan March – Audiobook Review
November 25, 2019
The Fall of Legend by Meghan March Narrated by Erin Mallon and Joe Arden Contemporary Romance, First in a trilogy. Meghan March never fails me. Her books are the perfect blend of alpha-male, sexiness, strong females, and unputdownable storylines. She is one of only 2 or 3 authors that I will read books in a […]
Ana's Attic
Get the Party Started: 1940
December 8, 2019
September 1940. St. Mary's County, Maryland. An uncaptioned photo by John Vachon showing Louise Dyson (last seen here with her husband) and unidentified guest playing Mr. Dyson's ancient accordion. Laissez le bon temps rouler! View full size.
This Old Stove: 1940
December 7, 2019
July 1940. Door County, Wisconsin. "Wife of Farm Security Administration rehabilitation borrower in her kitchen." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
Shorpy Reader Shared Photo's
Put Up or Shut Up: 1956
November 25, 2019
That's what I like to imagine my future-brother-in-law was telling me as the showdown is about to come in our poker hand here in the living room of our home in Larkspur, California. The "shut up" part was, of course, something I was familiar with hearing often enough from others in non-wagering situations. At my […]
Dad and Toyota
November 22, 2019
Southern Utah, and my father with our 1971 Toyota Corona. He taught me how to drive stick shift in this car, and several years later, I bought it and drove it for a few more years. Our cabin would be built near this lake. Good memories.
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I'll bet
December 7, 2019
In reply to This Old Stove: 1940: It was real sense of accomplishment after mastering how to cook a whole meal on a wood stove like this one. There are so many different cooking areas, dampers and vents. I can imagine each area effecting the one next to it so it would be constant adjusting […]
This Old Everything
December 7, 2019
In reply to This Old Stove: 1940: The stove isn't the only old thing. Everything, including the house looks old and well worn. This was back in the day when things were used in perpetuum and not discarded because they looked old or out-of-fashion. Today's generation would cringe seeing how their not-too-distant ancestors lived. I'd […]
Kim's Shopping
What Is the Cheapest Place to Buy Spices?
December 6, 2019
According to surveys, people who eat spicy food are actually enjoying more sex than those who can't handle it hot. Are you into your spices? Getting the right spices in your cooking can really transform your dish. It's the difference between an average and a delicious meal. You need to regularly stock up on your cumin or top […]
Thoroughly Reviewed
Best Phone Mount for Car
December 7, 2019
Top 10 Phone Mount for Car Phone Mount for Car Comparison Kenu View Torras View Vava View Mpow View Beam View WizGear View Maxboost...
Jonathan Maxwell
Wordless Wednesday #530
December 4, 2019
'tis the season For more Wordless Wednesday, Click here.
Debra Lynn Dadd
December 9, 2019
Question from Sandi I can't find a radiant heater that doesn't smell& also have small duraflame which only supposed to smell at first but I still smell have sinus issues & allergies bad headaches t,nausea wondering if from fumes & if toxic?I need heat for bedroom. I've googled and called companies with no good answers,all […]
Lisa Powers
Non-Toxic Sofa
December 9, 2019
Question from Stacey I am trying to find safe/safer, affordable furniture. I see one popular store (Crate and Barrel) makes a sofa that has "soy-based polyfoam" cushions, "wrapped in fiber-down blend and recycled fiber, encased in downproof ticking." There are also springs in the sofa. What do you think about this sofa? Is it better […]
Lisa Powers
Salad Bistro
November 21, 2019
My garden is like a salad bistro from November through April. The weather is perfect and nothing says "al fresco" like a Florida winter. In my garden, I grow a variety of lettuce, brassicas, and roots–all perfect for a healthy salad. However, eating salad every day can get boring. Yes, I said it out loud. […]
Rust and Beans
November 4, 2019
Rust is a fungal disease that commonly occurs in Florida where it's warm and humid. Most beans are susceptible to Rust. The disease generally occurs only during prolonged periods of warm, wet and/or humid weather. Rust refers to a variety of fungus, exists in at least 35 pathotypes and is extremely variable. Symptoms develop on leaves […]
The Nerdy Farm Wife
How to Make Herbal Soap Without Handling Lye {+ triple aloe melt & pour recipe}
November 19, 2019
Learn how to incorporate herbs, flowers, essential oils, and other natural ingredients into melt and pour soap base, no handling of lye required! Possibly the most often expressed sentiment I hear when it comes to soap making, goes something like: "I want to make soap, but I'm really scared of the lye!" That is a […]
Jan @ The Nerdy Farm Wife
Word of the day
December 9, 2019
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 9, 2019 is: oxymoron \ahk-sih-MOR-ahn\ noun : a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness); broadly : something (such as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements Examples: "Truly antisocial celebrity-level pop is probably an oxymoron, but part of […]
AV Club Wiki Wormhole
The Expanse has a new home, but it's as excellent as ever
December 9, 2019
On The Expanse, every choice has weight. Sometimes literally. Early in the show's compelling fourth season, a character decides to leave her spaceship home and go planetside. It's a decision her crewmates have made multiple times before, but in Naomi Nagata's (Dominique Tipper) case, there are special circumstances.…Read more...
Zack Handlen on TV Club, shared by Zack Handlen to The A.V. Club
Okay, who told Marianne Williamson that Trump pardoned Charles Manson?
December 9, 2019
Is it within the realm of possibility that President Trump would offer a pardon to deceased cult leader Charles Manson? Sure! He's pardoned war criminals and, you know, it would probably trigger the libs or something. But maybe dig a little bit deeper if you see a headline claiming as much, especially if you're…Read more...
Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club
The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed turned 50 and all it got was this cool interactive website
December 9, 2019
Half a century ago, around the height of the soon-to-be deteriorating hippie movement, the Rolling Stones released Let It Bleed—one of the best albums from its decade-plus streak of really good albums. In celebration of the record having just reached the ripe old age of 50, a commemorative website has just been…Read more...
Reid McCarter on News, shared by Reid McCarter to The A.V. Club
Everyone takes a step back when The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel returns to New York
December 9, 2019
If "Kind of Bleu" was about disappointment, "Marvelous Radio" is about all kinds of despair, as characters who want to change just keep repeating same old patterns over and over again. Aside from Sophie Lennon's performance, this felt very much like a filler episode to me, which is strange considering we only have 8…Read more...
Arielle Bernstein on TV Club, shared by Arielle Bernstein to The A.V. Club
Task & Purpose
FBI: Shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola was 'an act of terrorism'
December 8, 2019
The FBI is treating the recent shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, as a terrorist attack, several media outlets reported on Sunday."We work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism," USA Today quoted FBI Agent Rachel Rojas as saying at a news conference.Three sailors were killed in Friday's shooting: Ensign Joshua […]
Jeff Schogol
Trump says Kim Jong Un risks losing 'everything' after North Korea claims major test
December 8, 2019
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un risks losing "everything" if he resumes hostility and his country must denuclearize, after the North said it had carried out a "successful test of great significance.""Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, […]
Soyoung Kim And Josh Smith, Reuters
Instant Pot Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese
December 7, 2019
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Cabot Creamery. As always, I only partner with brands that I love and truly believe in, allowing me to create more quick and easy recipes to get us through the week without breaking the bank. All opinions expressed are my own. Cheeseburger macaroni? YES, PLEASE! Hamburger meat, pasta and […]
Chungah @ Damn Delicious
Instant Pot Leftover Hambone Soup
December 4, 2019
The best way to use up leftover ham! With the most flavorful broth, this hearty, cozy soup is so simple yet SO SO GOOD. I honestly look forward to the leftover ham more so than the holiday ham itself. I just get so excited to repurpose the leftovers, whether that's in some ham and cheese […]
Chungah @ Damn Delicious
Maple Glazed Ham
December 9, 2019
Maple Glazed Ham – this is the ham glaze you use when you want to add a special touch to your festive baked ham! The most incredible sticky glaze with the subtle fragrance of maple and hint of holiday spices, this is THE Christmas Ham recipe I make to gift and take to gatherings year after year. If... […]
Christmas Recipes and Menus
December 6, 2019
Christmas recipes and Christmas Menus for everyone!! Whether you're having a summery Aussie Christmas lunch, a cosy White Christmas, a traditional Christmas dinner, or need speedy recipes that still have the wow factor, here's a collection of my very best Christmas food ideas! Christmas Recipes and Menus Skip to: Mains | Sides – Warm | Sides... […]
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So I just bumped into Amy Jo Kim's Gamification Workshop 2010 slides (via Sebastian Deterding). Amy Jo Kim is another of my professional crushes (she's awesome), and there's loads of goodness in the slides, but my favorite bit was based on this image about the Player's Journey:
(Image from Amy Jo Kim's book "Community Building on the Web").
She talks about how each of the different levels has different needs from a gaming system:
- Novices need onboarding – welcome, goals and process
- Experts need fresh content, activities and people
- Masters need exclusive activities, access and unlocks
This is possibly the most useful thing I've ever seen about social media for learning. E-Learning tends to be a one-off experience. Little time or money goes to the progression of the experience because the experience begins and ends in one chunk.
Hoping they don't hate us
In my experience, most e-Learning also tends to be aimed at novices, and we sort of just hope that experts don't hate us too much as they are compelled through the material. That's about as much fun as being the experienced flyer standing in the TSA security line with your laptop out, liquids in a bag, shoes off and carry-on ready to go, trapped behind what appears to be a Grandma who hasn't flown since 1972 and an entire daycare of small children with all the associated paraphenalia*.
But as (hopefully) we are slowing wrenching ourselves out of that model, and moving towards more integrated learning resource systems, we'll have to take into account the differing needs of our learners, and how to engage them and meet their needs.
I'm in the process of thinking through ways to steer away from one-size-fits-all-ism for learning applications (yes, scenario-based learning is *great*, but it's not the answer to all learning needs). I read another post this morning on why Gagne's 9 Rules of Instruction are dead, which describes why those rules are entirely inappropriate for just-in-time learning. The writer is absolutely correct in those circumstances (Gagne's 9 Events still have their uses for other things, but that's another blog post).
So what have you seen?
What kinds of resources / systems / models are you aware of that give specific recommendations based on the circumstances or learner charactistics? I'm on a hunt and would be eternally grateful for anything you could point me to.
A few resources:
- There's some stuff like the Dreyfus model to address different levels of learners (there's a nice post on the Dreyfus Model here from Sumeet Moghe that talks about ways to apply it).
- Simon Bostock reminded me the other day of the Cynefin Framework for looking at different systems.
Here are the complete slides for Amy Jo Kim's presentation:
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*I'm not hating on parents who travel with small children. I think they are the bravest people I know.


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Continuing a series of discussions on the teachings and beliefs of Indiginous peoples. Tonight, we'll look at more of the spiritual beliefs of the Tsalagi (Cherokee) of the Southern United States.
Tonight's crystal is Pyromorphite, an olive crystal that can help unlock hidden knowlege, reveal long-buried memories and uncover mysteries.
Reverend Jon Saint Germain, the current pastor of Divine Harmony Spiritual Church in Knoxville, Tennessee is the Voice of the Crystal Silence League and author of CRYSTAL MAGIC: DIVINATION, HEALING AND SPELLCRAFT WITH GEMS AND MINERALS, providing Spiritual guidance on the practical use of crystals and crystal balls in the development of mental concentration and mind power, silent influence over others, divination and scrying of the future, and telepathic contact with people and spirits. His latest book is LITHOMANCY: Divination and Spellcraft with Stones, Crystals and Coins.
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Wines of British Columbia is celebrating 25 years of excellence for BC Vintners Quality Alliance with the Colour BC VQA Fall Release Tasting at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
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Business Must Do More To Help Schools, Amoco Chairman Says
Arlington, Va--America's corporate executives must encourage school reforms and parental involvement in education if they are to ensure a steady supply of technologically literate employees, the head of a major corporation told educators last week.
"Technology is the linchpin of our economy," said Richard A. Morrow, chairman of the Chicago-based Amoco Corporation. "If we succeed elsewhere, but not in mathematics and science education, we will have failed."
Mr. Morrow was the keynote speaker at the Sixth National Symposium on Partnerships in Education, held here last week.
While praising the strides already made by corporate benefactors seeking to assist precollegiate education, Mr. Morrow added that the advances made to date were only a beginning.
"We are making progress, but we must do more," he said.
Failure to do so, he said, will force corporate America to face the prospect of recruiting from a technologically illiterate workforce within a decade.
"We will confront a generation of employees who understand little of the science and technology that already drive our economy," he stated.
Adding that "we need to ensure a solid education in mathematics and science for everyone, not just our brightest students," Mr. Morrow laid out a five-point plan that he said would help businesses improve the education of their future employees.
Most important, he said, America needs "more and better preservice and inservice teacher training to help our educators keep up with the tremendous strides" that science is making in changing working conditions.
But, he said, improvements must also be made in curriculum revision, school restructuring, and upgrading of school facilities.
Businesses, moreover, can and should encourage parents to become more involved in their children's education through a variety of incentive programs, Mr. Morrow argued.
As an example, he cited a publicity campaign sponsored by Amoco in the Chicago area that encouraged parents to set aside an hour a day to help their children with homework.
"The challenge to corporate America is to provide leadership," he said.--pw
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