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R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 AS AMENDED
(Section 127)
WHEREAS on September 28, 2011, Wi-LAN Inc. ("Wi-LAN") filed an application (the "Application") with the Ontario Securities Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to section 127 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 (the "Act") for an order cease trading the shareholder rights plan (the "Shareholder Rights Plan") of MOSAID Technologies Incorporated ("MOSAID");
AND WHEREAS, in its Application, Wi-LAN seeks the following relief:
- a permanent order pursuant to section 127 of the Act, effective at 9:00 a.m. on October 14, 2011, that trading cease in respect of any securities issued under, or in connection with the Shareholder Rights Plan of MOSAID, including without limitation, in respect of the rights issued under the Shareholder Rights Plan and any common shares of MOSAID to be issued upon the exercise of those rights; and
- a permanent order removing prospectus exemptions in respect of the distribution of rights on the occurrence of the Separation Time (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan) and in respect of the exercise of the rights;
AND WHEREAS on October 4, 2011, the Commission issued a Notice of Hearing for a hearing commencing on October 12, 2011 to consider whether it is in the public interest to make a cease trade order in respect of the Shareholder Rights Plan pursuant to Wi-LAN's Application;
AND WHEREAS on August 17, 2011, Wi-LAN issued a press release announcing its intention to make an offer for the issued and outstanding common shares of MOSAID;
AND WHEREAS on August 17, 2011, the MOSAID Board appointed a special committee of independent directors (the "Special Committee") ;
AND WHEREAS on August 23, 2011, Wi-LAN commenced an offer for all the issued and outstanding common shares of MOSAID for $38.00 per common share in cash (the "Offer");
AND WHEREAS on September 1, 2011, MOSAID announced that it acquired Core Licensing S.a.r.l., a Luxumbourg corporation that owns wireless patents and patent applications (the "Core Wireless Transaction");
AND WHEREAS on September 6, 2011, MOSAID recommended to shareholders in a directors' circular that they reject the Wi-LAN offer;
AND WHEREAS MOSAID submits that on September 12, 2011, financial advisors to the Special Committee began contacting potentially interested parties with a view to engaging them in discussions about a strategic transaction with MOSAID;
AND WHEREAS on September 22, 2011, MOSAID shareholders voted to renew the Shareholder Rights Plan, originally dated July 8, 2005;
AND WHEREAS on September 28, 2011, Wi-LAN amended its offer and extended the expiry date to October 14, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.;
AND WHEREAS a hearing was held on October 12, 2011 to consider the merits of the Application;
AND UPON considering the evidence and the submissions of Wi-LAN, MOSAID and Staff of the Commission filed with the Commission;
AND UPON considering the characteristics of the Offer made by Wi-LAN, the length of time since the Offer was announced and commenced, the fact that Wi-LAN was the first bidder to make a formal offer and that the Wi-LAN Offer will expire on October 14, 2011;
AND WHEREAS we have concluded that it is in the public interest to make an order allowing the Shareholder Rights Plan to remain in place only until November 1, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. We note that November 1, 2011 is 70 days from the commencement of the Offer and 61 days from the announcement of the Core Wireless Transaction;
AND WHEREAS in coming to our conclusion, the Commission has considered the case law which sets out the relevant factors to be considered in making a determination to cease trade a shareholder rights plan. Those factors were enumerated in Re Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust (1999), 22 O.S.C.B. 7819 ("Royal Host") and were restated in Re Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (2010), 33 O.S.C.B. 11385;
AND WHEREAS in this case, we have considered the following factors to be particularly important:
- We are satisfied that the Shareholder Rights Plan is still serving a purpose by providing an opportunity for continuing the auction process, which may enhance shareholder value. MOSAID presented evidence that it has been pursuing alternatives to the Offer since September 12, 2011, including entering into 12 confidentiality agreements, and is in receipt of a formal non-binding indication of interest from one interested party;
- One of the factors enumerated in Royal Host is the size and complexity of the target company. This is a relevant factor in this case. In particular, we are mindful of the importance of the Core Wireless Transaction to MOSAID and the juxtaposition of this "transformational event", which began in March 2011, being completed at approximately the same time as the unsolicited take-over bid by Wi-LAN was made;
- MOSAID shareholders approved the renewal of the Shareholder Rights Plan on September 22, 2011. The Shareholder Rights Plan contains a definition of a "permitted bid", which, among other conditions, requires that a "permitted bid" be open for not less than 60 days. MOSAID shareholders voted to renew the Shareholder Rights Plan subsequent to Wi-LAN's commencement of the Offer and subsequent to MOSAID's announcement of the Core Wireless Transaction;
- We were presented in evidence with letters from two shareholders in MOSAID dated October 4, 2011 expressing continued support for the Shareholder Rights Plan, including from MOSAID's largest shareholder, which owns approximately 12% of the outstanding common shares; and
- We note that there is no evidence to suggest that the Offer is coercive or unfair to MOSAID shareholders;
IT IS ORDERED that:
- effective November 1, 2011 at 9:00 a.m., pursuant to clause 2 of subsection 127(1) of the Act, trading in any securities issued or to be issued under or in connection with the Shareholder Rights Plan shall cease permanently; and
- effective November 1, 2011 at 9:00 a.m., pursuant to clause 3 of subsection 127(1) of the Act, any exemptions contained in Ontario securities law do not apply permanently to any securities issued or to be issued under or in connection with the Shareholder Rights Plan.
Dated at Toronto this 12th day of October, 2011.
" Mary G. Condon "
Mary G. Condon
" C. Wesley M. Scott "
C. Wesley M. Scott
Sarah B. Kavanagh


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I normally like to plan ahead but nowadays, it seems I'm too busy to do that. While spontaneity is really fun, I sometimes feel like I end up greeting people for birthdays late (not on purpose!). And now, it's St. Patrick's Day and everyone is either already out celebrating or already home and in bed. But I wanted to wish everyone that still reads my blog a happy celebration...so here's my late greeting post!
And since I'm also a health afficionado (as I profess to be in my Twitter profile and in another blog I work with), I wanted to remind my readers to drink any alcoholic beverages in moderation and try keep your bodies alkaline with mineral rich alkaline water. During the past 12 years, I've learned that many degenerative diseases and ailments can actually be improved (if not reversed) by alkalizing your body and by balancing it with trace minerals which are lacking in most diets. You can read more about it here - CLICK TO READ.
But I'm going to get back to my music app (I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Sirius XM!) and listen to the Ozzy Channel. If you ever get a chance to subscribe to Sirius XM, I recommend my three favorite channels - The Ozzy Channel, Octane, and Hair Nation. They rock!
Till then, enjoy your St. Patrick's Day (or your Green Day Celebration) and rock on...
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As part of its five-year action plan, the Open Space Preservation Committee says that it will work with state and local officials to ensure that some of the former Westborough State Hospital property remains undeveloped.
As part of its five-year action plan, the Open Space Preservation Committee says that it will work with state and local officials to ensure that some of the former Westborough State Hospital property remains undeveloped.
The committee held a public hearing Monday night for its revised open space and recreation plan draft, which includes a provision that the committee will try to "acquire development rights or ownership of additional land for open space preservation" in areas including the hospital, local agricultural land and large properties with significant ecological or recreational value.
"The state hospital may offer us some really great passive and active recreation facilities," committee member Beth Travis said.
Last year, the Westborough State Hospital Reuse Commission, made up of local and state officials tasked with finding ways to reuse the 123-acre property off Lyman Street, held multiple public hearings on a plan to turn the property into a mixed-use development of homes, shops and office space. During those hearings, residents and town officials said they wanted to see more land left undeveloped so it can be used for recreation.
In August, town leaders said they would look into the possibility of buying all or a portion of the land to preserve it from development.
Selectmen Chairman Tim Dodd said the committee has worked over the past few years to revise the open space and recreation plan to reflect the town's progress and to set goals for the next five years.
Dodd said the state Division of Conservation Services must approve each draft and, once approved, the document would be valid for five years. Westborough's last open space and recreation plan expired in 2008.
Although the plan is not required, Dodd said there are benefits to it.
"In order to be allowed to apply for certain state grants, we have to have a plan on file," he said.
On Monday, state Division of Conservation Services representative Melissa Cryan gave an overview of possible grants the town could apply for with an approved plan.
"We offer a few grant programs, such as the Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity, which is given to municipalities to purchase conservation land for conservation use," Cryan said.
Other grants the town could apply for include the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which funds active recreation fields such as ball fields or bike paths, and the Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities fund, which helps pay for the development and renovation of recreation land.
"We want people to be out and enjoying the open space," Travis said. "We want everyone to be able to use and enjoy what we have."
The committee will continue to accept public comments until March 5 through its email address, email@example.com.
Residents will vote to approve the finalized openspace and recreation plan at Town Meeting on March 7.
(Kelleigh Welch can be reached at 508-490-7475 or firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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Before You Continue
We are pro-choice. We equally respect those who decide to go to full term. If you feel like you are being forced to have an abortion, please seek support. No one should force you to do anything pertaining to your own body against your will. We are here to support those who are thinking about having a medical abortion.
Myths and Reality
Unfortunately there are many rumors as to what can happen if you have a medical abortion. You will NOT go to hell. Read the about us page. If you practice religion we believe that this is a forgivable act. Religions have approved of wars and killed millions upon millions of men, women and children in the name of faith. Religious leaders have been caught in countless transgressions against humanity and they all ask for forgiveness from man and God. This specific act can be viewed as merciful.
Second, having a medical abortion will NOT affect your ability to have a full term pregnancy in the future. This is a scare tactic used by many conservative groups with zero evidence. The chances are extremely low and in fact many other life or environmental events are much more likely to cause issues.
Third, you will NOT "bleed" to death. This has not happened with abortions by misoprostol. Yes the bleeding will be heavy.
Fourth, abortions by pills are NOT "experimental". This is hardly the case. It is true that in the USA a "surgical" abortion is more common. While the USA has very advanced medical techniques in many areas, we are actually very far behind the western word in this area. In most European countries the percentage of termination by pills is between 60-90%.
Other Things to Consider
Plan at least 24 hours of not working, 2-3 days is even better. If you have an intimate friend or family member that you trust 150%, ask them to stay close. If you don't feel comfortable telling someone in advance, at least have someone in mind, to contact if you need help after you started the process. We are also here if needed. So there is NO reason to be alone.
Self-managed Abortion; Safe and Supported (you are not alone)
Until 12 weeks of pregnancy, a woman needs a total of 2400 mcg of misoprostol.
She needs: 12 pills of 200 micrograms each
3 doses of pills need to be taken, 800 mcg each time.
Step 1- A woman should take a normal dose of over the counter (OTC) pain medicines such as ibuprofen 1-2 hours prior to starting misoprostol.
Step 2– A woman should put 4 pills of 200 mcgs misoprostol under the tongue. The pills should stay for at least 30 minutes, or until the tablets are dissolved! She can swallow her saliva, but NOT the pills. After 30 minutes it is ok to swallow what remains of the pills.
Step 3– After 3 hours she should repeat: put another 4 pills of 200 mcgs misoprostol under the tongue. The pills should stay for at least 30 minutes, or until the tablets are dissolved.
Step 3 Alternative- After 3 hours: put 4 pills of 200 mcgs misoprostol into the vaginal cavity as deeply as possible and remain laying down for at least 30 minutes. Go to the bathroom prior to this step. (This has a slightly higher success rate that the 100% oral rate only but is optional)
Step 4– After 3 hours she should take the last 4 pills of 200 under the tongue again for a third time. The pills should stay for at least 30 minutes, or until the tablets are dissolved.
In between the doses of misoprostol, one can eat and drink normally. Do not drink alcohol, as it is important to pay attention to what is happening.
Our experience is that 9 women of every 10 women who use misoprostol correctly will have a safe abortion using this procedure.
Usually women do not feel anything after taking the mifepristone (the first pill that is swallowed). A few women have reported experiencing some nausea, dizziness, or very light bleeding.
After taking misoprostol, you may initially feel side effects from the misoprostol, including a light fever, chills, diarrhea, and nausea. These are normal side effects and usually pass within a few hours or so of using the misoprostol.
The misoprostol will cause cramping and bleeding as the uterus contracts and pushes out the pregnancy. If a woman uses mifepristone plus misoprostol, the cramps and bleeding usually start within 1-5 hours after using the misoprostol, but some women have cramps sooner and some later; every woman's body is different. If a woman is using misoprostol alone, most women will start bleeding within 7 hours after using misoprostol; however it may start several hours sooner or later. It can be different in every case.
Bleeding is usually heavier than a period and often accompanied by clots. The heaviest bleeding typically occurs 2-5 hours after using misoprostol and usually slows within 24 hours. Some women may pass clots days or even weeks later. This is common and is not dangerous, if there are no symptoms of a complication.
Ibuprofen is the most effective painkiller for cramps. You can also use other NSAID's like Naproxen and Diclofenac for the pain. For some women, a hot water bottle on the belly brings relief. Please read the instructions on the package of painkillers you obtained for the maximum doses you can use.
During and after the abortion, you should use sanitary pads, NOT tampons. This is to prevent infection and also to measure the amount of bleeding to make sure it is within safe levels.
Additional Links
There are many pages of information. Just search abortion by pill. There is actually so much information is can get confusing. Here are just a few links that you may find useful. If you have more questions, by all means, contact us and we will help you.
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If performed in the first 10 weeks, a medical abortion carries a very small risk of complications. This risk is the same as when a woman has a miscarriage. A doctor can easily treat these problems. Out of every 100 women who do medical abortion, 2 or 3 women will have to go to a doctor, first aid center or hospital to receive further medical care.
These are the possible complications, their symptoms and treatment:
Heavy bleeding (occurs in less than 1% of medical abortions)
- Symptom: Bleeding that lasts for more than 2 hours and soaks more than 2 maxi sanitary pads per hour. Feeling dizzy or light-headed can be a sign of too much blood loss. This is dangerous to your health and must be treated by a doctor.
- Treatment: a vacuum aspiration (curettage.) When available, a woman should start taking 2 misoprostol under the tongue immediately at home before going to the hospital. Very rarely (less than 0.2%) a blood transfusion is needed.
Incomplete abortion
- Symptoms: heavy or persistent bleeding and/or persistent severe pain.
- Treatment: 2 tablets of misoprostol or/ and a vacuum aspiration (curettage)
- Symptom: If you have a fever (more than 38 degrees Celsius) for more than 24 hours, or you have a fever of more than 39 degrees, there might be an infection that needs treatment.
- Treatment: antibiotics and/or vacuum aspiration.
If you think you might have a complication you should go to a doctor immediately. If you live in a place where abortion is a crime and you don't have a doctor you trust, you can still access medical care. You do not have to tell the medical staff that you tried to induce an abortion; you can tell them that you had a spontaneous miscarriage. Doctors have the obligation to help in all cases and know how to handle a miscarriage.
The symptoms of a miscarriage and an abortion with pills are exactly the same and the doctor will not be able to see or test for any evidence of an abortion, as long as the pills have completely dissolved. If you used the misoprostol under the tongue as our protocol recommends, the pills should have dissolved within 30 minutes. If you took the pills vaginally, you must check with your finger to make sure that they are dissolved. Traces of the pills may be found in the vagina up to four days after inserting them.
Less than 1% of women experience ongoing pregnancy. This can be determined by a pregnancy test after 3 weeks or an ultrasound within a week. If the medical abortion treatment failed, there is a slight increase in the risk of birth defects such as deformities of the hands or feet and problems with the nerves of the fetus. To treat an ongoing pregnancy you must repeat a medical or surgical abortion.


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"Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now then when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light…" [Romans 13:11-12]
Advent came upon us quicker than we expected! We just got back from Thanksgiving break and it's starting to feel stressful as the semester comes to a speedy close. Finals week is almost here, and my "to-do before Christmas break" list gets longer by the hour. One of the items on my list was to prep for the Women's Advent Brunch we had on Saturday morning. I'd been caught up in the logistics of planning, worried about the details and all the errands I had to find time to run before the week was out. Before we ate brunch together, we had a time to worship the Lord and reflect quietly on how to wait for Him well during this season of Advent. In planning for this, I was reminded that despite how fast the weeks seem to be flying, now is the time to slow down and enter into this liturgical season well.
"I give You praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned You have revealed them to the childlike." [Luke 10:21]
As I grow older, adjust to the details of this new job, and become more knowledgable and mature, I lose sight of the simple delights of the Lord. I take my faith for granted and allow the scriptures and the sacraments to become familiar, commonplace, and uninspiring. For the sake of becoming learned, I lose the childlike wonder I had when I first came to know Him. But childlike wonder is exactly what the Lord is asking of us.
When I was young, especially during Christmas, it was easy for me to enter into the excitement and delight of the season. I let my imagination run wild with thoughts of Santa and his reindeer, I watched in wide-eyed wonder as the Christmas lights were turned on for the first time, I stayed up late to see all of the candles lit around the manger at the Midnight Mass. But when I grew out of some of those childish Christmas traditions like Santa and his reindeer, I also seemed to let go of some of the wonder of the birth of my savior. Advent has become a time to start shopping for gifts and even when I do try to reflect on the birth of Christ, it is tainted by the knowledge that the calendar year is ending and my brain starts to skip right over Advent to what comes next.
Even though the calendar year and semester are both ending, the new church year has just begun. Christmas is a time of new beginnings as we celebrate the way Christ came as an infant to begin the work of salvation. Let us take these next few weeks to renew the childlike awe we used to have in His coming. The God of the universe humbled Himself to become man so that man may become like Him. When we allow ourselves to wonder at the greatness of our God, we are able to become like children again — wide-eyed and eager to receive all He has for us.
I pray you are all able to enter into this season of waiting with a childlike wonder at the God who became man for us.


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Leslie Cockburn ( born Leslie Corkill Redlich; September 2, 1952) is an American writer and filmmaker who has covered a wide variety of international stories in almost every part of the globe. In July, 2017, she announced her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives for Virginia's 5th District.
Leslie Cockburn (née Leslie Corkill Redlich) was born in San Mateo, San Mateo County, California, and raised in Hillsborough. She is the daughter of Christopher Rudolph Redlich, a shipping magnate.
Leslie attended the Santa Catalina School for Girls. She then studied at Yale. Afterwards, she went on to earn a master's degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. While living in London she began to work for NBC News. Among her early reports was an interview with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
In 1978 Cockburn moved to CBS. As a New York-based producer for the network in the 1980s she covered, among other topics, the U.S.-directed Contra War against Nicaragua. Her 1984 report, "The Dirty War," for which she traveled through regions of Nicaragua that were officially off-limits as being too dangerous for journalists to visit, revealed the Contras' horrifying record of routine atrocities against the civilian population. In subsequent reports she laid out the degree to which Contras were heavily involved in the narcotics business as well as the first full account of the role of White House aide Colonel Oliver North in directing the whole Contra war.
Following the overthrow of the Duvalier regime in Haiti in 1986, Cockburn's report "Haiti's Nightmare" (1987) on the brutality of a Haitian military unit being armed and trained by the U.S. led to an outcry in Congress and the suspension of all U.S. military aid to Haiti.
Other stories covered by Cockburn in this period included Pentagon military procurement scandals and the political history of then-Senator Jesse Helms in North Carolina. Shortly afterwards, Helms launched a campaign for his supporters to buy the network.
In 1987 Cockburn began producing and reporting documentaries for PBS Frontline in collaboration with her husband Andrew Cockburn. In Guns, Drugs, and the CIA, (1987) she interviewed, on camera, Anthony Poshepny, aka "Tony Poe," a legendary covert operations officer who had supervised the CIA's secret war in Northern Laos during the 1960s and early 1970s. In the interview, Poshepny stated that the CIA had supplied air transport for the heroin shipments of their local ally, General Vang Pao, the only such on-the-record confirmation by a former CIA officer concerning agency involvement in the narcotics trade.
In 1990 Cockburn produced and directed "From the Killing Fields" for the ABC News documentary show Peter Jennings Reports. The film alleged that the U.S. had long been covertly supporting the Khmer Rouge, the genocidal movement responsible for the deaths of millions in Cambodia in the 1970s who had been displaced by a Vietnamese-back regime in 1979. U.S. assistance to the murderous group, Cockburn alleged, had been ongoing throughout the 1980s. The Bush Administration subsequently terminated covert aid to anti-Vietnamese forces, a move that led to the eventual UN-supervised peace settlement in Cambodia.
During the Gulf War in 1991, Cockburn reported from Israel on the Iraqi Scud attacks against Tel Aviv. Her film, shot from a high-rise building close to the impact zone, provided irrefutable evidence that contrary to official reports, the U.S.-supplied Patriot missiles were not only entirely failing to intercept the Scuds but were instead impacting on the city itself. Her 1991 PBS Frontline documentary The War We Left Behind, produced with her husband Andrew Cockburn, exposed the disastrous impact of economic sanctions on ordinary Iraqis and helped persuade the Vatican take a stand against the sanctions policy.
In 1997, Cockburn conceived and co-produced The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, a thriller positing a terrorist attack on New York City with a stolen nuclear weapon. In a 60 Minutes report produced the same year, the former Russian National Security Adviser, General Alexander Lebed, admitted that several "nuclear suitcases" in the Russian inventory had gone missing.
In 1998, Cockburn served as Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University.
After teaching for a semester, Cockburn returned to full-time journalism, producing a number of pieces for 60 Minutes. In 2000, she produced "America's Worst Nightmare," a 60 Minutes report on political instability in nuclear-armed Pakistan and the growing power in the country of fundamentalist groups linked to the Taliban, a piece that was recognized as "strikingly prophetic" in receiving the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award in 2001. In 2002 she did a report on the true effects of U. S. anti-narcotics aerial spraying on the civilian population of Colombia.
In 2009, Leslie Cockburn directed and co-produced (with husband Andrew Cockburn) her first feature documentary for theatrical release. American Casino relates the story of the origins, progress and consequences of the subprime mortgage disaster that led to the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Beginning filming in January 2008, Cockburn laid bare both the financial machinations and miscalculations on Wall Street that produced the disaster as well as its effects on an array of Baltimore homeowners struggling to stay afloat. The film premiered at New York's Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009.
Variety described it as a " searing expose of the subprime mortgage crisis (matching) Wall Street's numbers and graphics to the flesh-and-blood individuals whose lives have been devastated by the deliberate machinations of bankers and traders."
Slant magazine called it a "revelatory howl against the still-gestating, $8 trillion-and-counting financial-services industry bailout."
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said "American Casino is a powerful and shocking look at the subprime lending scandal. If you want to understand how the US financial system failed and how mortgage companies ripped off the poor, see this film."
In its review of the film, The New York Times noted that it "does not leave you assured the worst is over.... The lesson of this story: If enough money is involved, greed trumps morality."
In the course of her career, Cockburn has won numerous awards including The Hillman Prize in 1983, the George Polk in 1990, and 2009 Columbia Dupont in 2002, Overseas Press Club, and 1991 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.
She lives in Rappahannock County, Virginia, with her husband, Andrew Cockburn, a journalist and film producer with whom she has co-authored several books, whom she married in San Francisco in 1977. Together they have three children, Chloe Frances Cockburn (April 3, 1979), film actress Olivia Wilde, and Charles Philip Cockburn (January 31, 1993).
Cockburn has had two brothers-in-law, the late Alexander Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn, and the mystery writer Sarah Caudwell was her half-sister in law. Her son-in-law was Tao Ruspoli, and journalists Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders are her half-nieces by marriage, daughters of her half-brother in law Michael Flanders. Her parents-in-law were Claud and Patricia Cockburn. She has four grandchildren.


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From fledgling home bakers to professional pastry chefs, some baking essentials are a must-have all around. With the right 25 must-have tools and a little practice, everyone will be whisking their way to baking greatness.
I think this is a timely post, don't you? After my discussion about baking yesterday and the holiday gift buying season underway, chatting about some baking essentials seems like a good idea! I also wanted to semi-continue my cooking tools series that I started in the summer (and totally failed on delivering again) with my top 15 kitchen prep tools. Plus, putting these kind of lists together is kind of fun! Everyone loves browsing gift guides and top product list posts, right? I know I do! So now that I like to include "baker" in my title, I've made a list of what I think are the 25 essentials for any level baker to have!Read More


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City Sounds Festival
104 Centre, July 19-20
The 19th arrondissement's eclectic cultural centre, the Centquatre, launches City Sounds this year to celebrate the psych, garage and punk scene of San Francisco. OK, so a few hail from Oakland and LA, but we're not going to quibble. The programme includes the prince of garage Ty Segall, the elclectic Three Oh Sees and the promising Shannon and the Clams – an exceptionally promising line-up for one short weekend.
For more City Sounds programme information and to book tickets (€21 to €27), click here.


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Davichi Kang Min Kyung Shows Off Glamorous Body for Cho Shin Sung MV "Stupid Love"
Davichi's Kang Min Kyung once again showed off her sexy body! An online community board posted the photo with the title, "Kang Min Kyung's body which causes a mental breakdown." In the picture, Kang Min Kyung is wearing a blue dress that reminds one of lingerie. The dress features his glamorous body.
The picture is a still from the music video filming for "Stupid Love" which is Cho Shin Sung's new track. Cho Shin Sung will comeback on April 18. The members of Cho Shin Sung are surrounding Kang Min Kyung, but she is acting haughty and indifferent.
The song "Stupid Love" and its music video will be released through online music websites through April 18.
As one can see in Soompi's "New Albums and Singles Preview – 2012 April Week 1," Davichi's other member Lee Haeri collaborated with Yangpa for her new single "Love Is Like This."


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The first time Faith-Ann Bishop cut herself, she was in eighth grade. It was two am, and as her parents slept, , she sat on the edge of the tub at her home in Bangor, Maine, with a metal clip from a pen in her hand. Then she sliced into the soft skin near her ribs. There was blood – and a sense of deep relief. "It makes the world very quiet for a few seconds," she states. "For a while i didn't want to stop, because it was my only coping mechanism. I hadn't learned any other way."
Adolescents today have a reputation for being more fragile, less resilient and more over-whelmed than their parents were when they were growing up. A closer look paints a far more heartbreaking portrait of why young people are suffering. It's a phenomenon that cuts across all demographics – suburban, urban and rural. Also those who are college bound and those who aren't.
Adolescents today have become the post 9/11 generation, raised in an era of economic and national insecurity. They've never known a time when terrorism and school shootings weren't the norm. They grew up watching their parents weather a severe recession, and, perhaps even more importantly, they hit puberty at a time when technology and social media were transforming society.
Self-harm, which some experts say is on the rise, is perhaps the most disturbing symptom of a broader psychological problem – a spectrum of anger, worry, apprehension that plagues 21st century teens.
"We're the first generation that cannot escape our problems at all," says Faith-Ann. "We're all like little volcanoes. We're getting this constant pressure, from our phones, from our relationships, from the way things are today."
"If you wanted to create an environment to churn out really angsty people, we've done it," says Janis Whitlock, director of the Cornell Research Program on Self – Injury and Recovery. Sure, parental micromanaging can be a factor, but so can school stress. Whitlock doesn't think those things are the main drives of this epidemic. "It's that they're in a cauldron of stimulus they can't get away from, or don't want to, or don't know how to," she states.
It's hard for many of us adults to understand how much of teenagers' emotional life is lived within the small screen on their phones. But according to a report done by CNN in conjunction with researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Texas at Dallas who examined the social-media use of more than 200 13-year-olds, they found that "there is no firm line between their real and online worlds."
Phoebe Gariepy, a 17-year-old in Arundel, Maine, describes following on Instagram a girl from L.A. whom she had never met because she liked the photos this girl posted. Then the girl stopped posting. Phoebe later heard that the girl had been kidnapped and was found on the side of the road, dead. "I started bawling, and I didn't even know this girl," said Phoebe. "I felt really extremely connected to that situation even though it was in L.A."
That hyperconnectedness now extends everywhere, engulfing even rural teens in a national thicket of Internet drama. Montana's kids, for example, may be in a big, sparsely populated state, but they are not isolated anymore. A suicide might happen on the other side of the state and the kids often know about it before the adults do.
Parents are also mimicking teen behavior. "Not in all cases, but in many cases the adults are learning to use their phones in the way that the teens do," says Megan Moreno, head of social media and adolescent health research at Seattle Children's Hospital. "They're zoning out. They're ignoring people. They're answering calls during dinner rather than saying, 'O.K., we have this technology. Here are the rules about when we use it'."
In the CNN study, researchers found that even when parents try their best to monitor their children's Instagram, Facebook or Twitter feeds, they are likely unable to recognize the subtle slights and social exclusions that cause kids pain. Finding disturbing things in a child's digital identity, or that they're self-harming, can stun some parents.
For some parents who discover, as Faith-Ann's parents Bret and Tammy Bishop did a few years ago, that their child has been severely depressed, anxiety-ridden or self-harming for years, it's a shock laden with guilt.
Self-harming is certainly not universal among kids with depression and anxiety, but it does appear to be the signature symptom of this generation's mental health difficulties. It's hard to know why self-harm has surfaced at this time, and it's possible we're just more aware of it now because we live in a world where we're more aware of everything.
The Idea that self-harm is tied to how we see the human body tracks with what many teens are saying today. As Faith-Ann describes it, "A lot of value is put on our physical beauty now. All of our friends are Photoshopping their own photos. It's hard to escape that need to be perfect."
Fadi Haddad, a psychiatrist who helped start the child and adolescent psychiatric emergency department at Bellevue Hospital in New York City states that for parents who find out their children are depressed or hurting themselves, the best response is first to validate their feelings. Don't get angry or talk about taking away their computer. "Say, 'I'm sorry you're in pain. I'm here for you.'" This straightforward acknowledgement of their struggles takes away any judgement, which is critical since mental-health issues are still heavily stigmatized. No adolescent wants to be seen as flawed or vulnerable, and for parents, the idea that their child has debilitating depression or anxiety or is self-harming can feel like a failure on their part.
For both generations, admitting that they need help can be daunting. Even once they get past that barrier, the cost and logistics of therapy can be overwhelming. Some of the treatment for self-harm are similar to those for addiction, particularly in the focus on identifying underlying psychological issue: what's causing the anxiety and depression in the first place. And then teaching healthy ways to cope. Similarly, those who want to stop need a strong level of internal motivation as well as a strong support system.
What Parents Should Do
If you are worried about a child and aren't sure what to do, heed the advice of Fadi Haddad, a psychiatrist and the co-author of Helping Kids in Crisis.
- Talk about the real stuff: sometimes conversations between parents and teens can be all about achievements, schedules and choices. Go beyond that. Find out what keeps them up at night. Ask – "What's the best part of your day?" Become attuned to their emotional world so that you understand what their dreams are, what they struggle with and how their life is going.
- Pay attention, but don't smother them: give teens space to grow and separate from you. Also watch for changes in their behavior. Are they giving up activities the used to enjoy? Are they staying up all hours of the night or has their appetite waned. Are they withdrawn, lethargic or do they get angry at nothing. If you are worried, say so. Show interest in their internal life without judgement.
- Resist getting angry: when parents find out a teen has been hiding something or is having behavior issues, the response is often anger or punishment. Instead, find out what is going on. If a child is acting out, say: "It seems like you are having trouble. I'm here to help. Tell me what's happening to you."
- Don't put off getting help: If you are worried about an adolescent, talk to a school counselor, therapist or doctor. It is better to get help early rather than when trouble has firmly taken hold.
- Treat the whole family: When a child is in a crisis, many times it's not enough to just treat the child. You have to change the family dynamic. It's possible that something about the home environment was causing stress for the child, so, be open to acknowledging that and getting family counseling if needed.
Look, I'm writing this because I've spent a lifetime depressed and anxious. According to several psychiatrists and psychologists, I was born depressed. Yes, depression is inherited. Especially if the birth mother had a stressful pregnancy.
So please, don't take this blog lightly. Find out what's going on and do what you can to help the child cope with what he/she is going through. And like Dr. Fadi Haddad has stated – "Be open to acknowledging that there is a problem and get help."


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|This session will review technology tools to assist students with note-taking related tasks. A number of technologies like Audio note-taking apps, smart pens and other note taking software. Attendees will be given a comprehensive look at the benefits/challenges of these note-taking technologies.
|Both American University and University of Maryland were investigating cost saving measures to find some alternatives to our note-taking services. This led us to investigate a number of technologies, both adaptive and mainstream. We pooled together a number of technologies and tested them to see if they would be viable for both our students and note takers to trial during our Fall 2014 semester. We looked at the following: Livescribe (Echo Sky & 3), IrisNotes, Sonocent, Notetaker (Apple app), AudioNotes (Ms Word, OneNote & a stand-alone app for Apple, Android and Microsoft). At the end, put together a summary which were divided by benefits and challenges and a conclusion.
- How we gathered and prepared technologies for assessment.
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Kamran Rasul
Kamran joined American University in 2007. His primary role is to provide adaptive technology support and services for students, staff and faculty with disabilities. He oversees the maintenance and support of all adaptive technology across campus, including the Washington College of Law. Prior to AU, Kamran worked in a variety of health care settings as an Assistive Technologist providing both educational and technical support to individuals with disabilities. He has presented number of times for AHG and other similar conferences in the field. His interest is in educating the flow of new and emerging technology and how it can be implemented to accomplish "universal design for services" for all.


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Market Monday- Cork, ReHarvest & Recycling
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Keeping an eye on Twitter and the Wine Market a message suddenly hit home for many wine consumers- Corks Recycled at Whole Foods.
Green is in and the mounting piles of cork around any home can get to a point of 'too much is too much'. Overflowing into the floor, and often tossed into the trash, there can always be a thought of possibly using it for wall or table art, but why not recycle them. Nothing wrong with some cork boards, and a few trivets either!
April 6th Cork ReHarvest partnered with Whole Foods to begin a campaign that involves handy boxes in front of the stores, so that the public can drop off the corks and feel good. Wine enthusiast pop open thousands of bottles each year all over the United States, and this puts pressure on the rising demands from the cork forest.
Cork ReHarvest has led the cork recycling movement in North America, helping to collect and recycle some of the 13 billion natural corks that are produced each year. Cork recycling helps to reduce demand placed on cork plantations while maintaining the delicate ecosystem of the Mediterranean forests and helps thousands of producers maintain a sustainable income to support their families.
PIWC will be bringing you more information regarding cork, synthetic cork, and screw tops for wine bottles. The myth that the cork forest are depleted has long been proven wrong, as well as why the other two options are causing more damage than helping. Until then let's pull together and help Whole Foods and Cork ReHarvest bring into play what has needed to be done years ago.
Chef Elizabeth Stelling, http://www.cookAppeal.com, Food ~ Wine ~ Fun!
Above Cork bark photo provided by JelineCorkGroup, Canada- Fay Stallen


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Well, is it just me, or … look, does anyone else have an unhealthy obsession not just with what people have on their bookshelves but what they're actually reading right there and then? Does anyone else stare unashamedly at the paperback that is tucked under someone's arm while they sort through their purse for change in the queue at Boots? Does anyone else have a better memory for the novel poking out of a new acquaintance's pocket than that person's face or name?
And is anyone else facing up to the prospect of summer with a slight feeling of nameless dread, because they know they'll be walking through a park or by a pool or along a beach with their head at an angle, craning to see the spine or cover of whatever the nearest person is reading?
Ah well, perhaps it just is me, then. But if there are others like me, they'll understand why summer can be problematic. Have you ever tried to explain to someone in a pair of Speedos or a tiny bikini that, no, actually, you were looking at the book they had balanced on their tummy? Me neither. But that day will surely come.
The context for these reflections is praise for The Book Depository, especially this little feature. And yes, it's pretty darn cool.


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When it comes to wireless modern electronics, best rechargeable batteries are much important than these powerful electronic devices. This means no matter how great your electronic device is, how long it can last depends on the performance of your batteries. Therefore, just remember, finding the best ones for your gadgets is of the utmost importance.
Rechargeable batteries have developed for a very long time and nowadays they can keep the charge longer and have more charge cycles than ever before. Our devices are powered by batteries, such as solar lights, digital cameras, TV remote controls, toys, etc. Using rechargeable batteries can save you money, because you don't need to buy and dispose of batteries on a regular basis, protecting our environment at the same time.
What Are Rechargeable Batteries?
A rechargeable battery is rechargeable. Rechargeable means it can be charged many times for continues use. A rechargeable battery, compared to a disposable battery, can be charged and used for multiple cycles, which means you need to pay more for its higher initial cost. However, they have the ability to be reused. This means you don't need to buy one usually. Therefore, in the long run, they cost less and have a much smaller environmental impact. When we need to buy them, 3 main features must be paid attention to:
- Charging time – the shorter the better
- Shelf life – the longer the better
- The number of charge cycles – the larger the better
Top 5 Best Rechargeable Batteries
Powerex Imedion Rechargeable Batteries
As low self-discharge rechargeable batteries, Powerex Imedion batteries can retain a charge for an extended amount of time. It is estimated that they can retain 85% of their capacity even if they have been used for a whole year. After you receive them, you can use them directly because they are pre-charged. What's more, it comes with a thousand charge cycles. Powerex is also a great manufacturer and can supply a wide range of rechargeable batteries, from AAA up to 9 volts.
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Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeables
The Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeables are very popular and many people have used them. On Amazon, there are 6,500 customer reviews and the average rating is 4.6 out of 5 stars. They come pre-charged, therefor you can use them directly. They can retain 75% of their capacity after up to 3 years of storage. What's more, they have up to 1500 charge cycles. Therefore, you can rely on them for a quite long time. However, they only come in AAA or AA sizes. You can use spacers to convert them into larger C or D batteries.
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Energizer Recharge Value Batteries
As a well-known brand, Energizer produces high quality rechargeable batteries as well. They come in AA or AAA sizes which can be charged up to 1000 times. Their accompanying charger can be used to re-volts 2 or 4 batteries at once. What's more, the charger has an indicator light to tell you the green light means your batteries are read y to go. And it is smart enough to stop if your batteries are full, which can avoid overcharging, prolonging the batteries' lifetime.
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AmazonBasics Precharged Rechargeable Batteries
These batteries are very popular and most people spoke highly of them. The average rating given by 1,700 users is 4.4 out of 5 stars. Even after a year of storage, they can maintain 80% of their capacity. And they allow you to charge them up to 1000 charge cycles. Therefore, you can trust them, because they can work for you for a relatively long time.
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Tenergy Centura Low Self-Discharge Rechargeable Batteries
The Tenergy Centura Low Self-Discharge Rechargeable Batteries are regarded as one of the most popular batteries on the market. They perform as well as other top rated contenders on this list, but they are so cheap. The average rating is 4.4 out of 5 stars. They can retain 85% of their capacity after 1 year, and 70% of their capacity after 2 year. They also have 1000 charge cycles. If you need more batteries at once, they can be your best choice.
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The Bottom Line
And they are best rechargeable batteries on our top 5 best lists. As always, you can check out our top 5 best buying Calendar to get more information on other products.
Rechargeable Batteries Buying Tips and Guides
Rechargeable batteries have become more and more popular because of their efficiency and ease of use. Once you have rechargeable batteries, you don't need to buy new batteries when your current batteries' power runs out. You just need to recharge your current rechargeable batteries to make them back to the full strength. Therefore, they are eco-friendly and convenient for most people. On the market, there are many different types of rechargeable batteries. And they are easy to get online or in local stores. When you need to buy them, you need to know which type is perfect for your needs and you also need to compare their performance, power, safety and memory. The following tips and guides will help you easily find the best rechargeable batteries.
1. The rechargeable batteries you plan to buy should be compatible with your device.
Batteries talking about here will be AA size or other types of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. You can find familiar sizes, like AA, AAA, C and D batteries in your local stores. And it is also very convenient to buy them online. If you need to use batteries frequently, rechargeable batteries are a good investment. Rechargeable AA or AAA batteries are known as NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride), while C and D size batteries are not available in this form.
2. Consider your budget
It seems you need to pay more for rechargeable batteries than disposable batteries. However, rechargeable batteries will pay for themselves very quickly. Therefore, the investment is worth.
3. Choose between lithium and nickel batteries.
There are two most popular rechargeable batteries on the market, lithium cadmium (LiCd) and nickel cadmium (NiCd)
A lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery allows you to charge it at any time you like. It doesn't have a memory effect. And it can hold its charge for several months once you have charged it.
While NiCd rechargeable batteries have a memory effect. Their battery life will be shortened if it is not fully depleted and you recharge them. Therefore, you need to form a good habit of recharging your NiCd battery after the battery is used up. However, if you buy NiMH batteries, you don't need to worry about the memory effect and you can charge it anytime. You can buy them easily in most local stores or simply buy them online.
4. Considering the device you want to power and Compare battery life.
When you plan to buy a rechargeable battery, one parameter you really need to know is the mAh (milliamp hour rating) which is used to measure the amount of energy that a battery can hold. Of course, the higher rating means it can last longer to power a device. And this also means you don't need to recharge it more frequently. And you need to consider the device you want to power. Of course, a remote control will use up the battery slowly than a high energy devices, like a LED flashlight, a digital camera, solar flood lights, etc. For high energy devices, choosing a battery with a higher mAh is essential.
5. Purchase a charger together with the batteries
To recharge the batteries, a charger is essential and can be used again and again. The one you plan to buy should be reliable and utilizes a CC/CV algorithm. You also can consider buy a versatile charger, because some can recharge different sizes and types of batteries. Some even can recharge both lithium and NiMH batteries at the same time. The charger you plan to buy should be used through a USB port, a wall plug, and even a car charging port, which means the convenience.
6. How to reduce the impact on our environment by choosing a suitable battery type
Of course, compared to single use batteries, rechargeable batteries can reduce the impact on our environment and they are much better. However, MiMH rechargeable batteries are much better and greener than cadmium rechargeable batteries.
7. Check out customer reviews
Before making a buying decision, it is a good habit of checking out customer reviews. Some lithium batteries are extremely cheap, but don't be fooled by them. And consumer reviews can tell you more. Considering the safety, don't buy cheap rechargeable batteries, even if they are well rated.
8. Safety is the Key.
High quality rechargeable batteries are more expensive, but they come with many safety features. And they deserve to buy. Make sure the batteries you buy are safe.\
9. NiMH rechargeable batteries are worth buying
You can buy NiMH batteries in Department stores, like Walmart, Sears, Target, or other electronic stores (e.g. Lowes, Home Depot), while online retailers would like to sell lithium-ion batteries that are much cheaper.


text: Kate Cawley is a lecturer at RMIT University within the Masters of Creative Media, Animation and Interactive Media programme (AIM). Kate specialises in narrative, concept development and production management for animation and has been engaged in studio based teaching since 2002. Kate also works in the animation industry as a writer, producer and animator. Kate's research interests are based around the online studio. Specifically her interests are in the nature of the tacit to explicit exchange within a virtual context and the development of Communities of Practice within an educational environment.


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Morning Rewind, 8/17: When you play baseball backwards
By JOHN DORN
See that up there? You're looking at a pitcher, a catcher and a batter. Seems innocent enough, right?
That's Oakland first baseman Ike Davis on the mound, pitching against Baltimore pitcher Jason Garcia -- in an American League park.
Bizarro baseball was in effect in Baltimore after the Orioles shifted their designated hitter, Steve Clevenger, to first base, causing them to lose their DH. After five Athletics pitchers combined to allow 18 runs over the first seven innings, Oakland threw in the towel and brought in Davis -- a pitcher in college at Arizona State from 2006 through 2008 -- to cap off the losing effort.
Things got weird, but Baltimore is surely happy with the win. At 60-56, they're quietly in position for a Wild Card spot in the AL.
Orioles 18, A's 2
Around the League
Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1
After the Yankees threw some water on their scorching 11-game streak, the Blue Jays salvaged a game against their division leader at home. Luis Severino impressed again for the Yanks, striking out nine over his six innings, but is still winless in his Major League career.
Pirates 8, Mets 1
Something about the Mets and rain delays just doesn't gel. We saw it on July 30, when two poorly timed rain delays capped off the most Metsy 24 hours in history. It happened again on Sunday, with the game tied 1-1 headed into the seventh, and the precipitation too strong to play through. Seven runs later, the Pirates escaped Citi Field with a season sweep.
Braves 2, Diamondbacks 1
August 16, 2015
It took 10 innings, but the Braves pulled out a walk-off winner over Arizona. Cameron Maybin did the honors with a homer in Atlanta's final at-bat.
Mariners 10, Red Sox 8
More extras, this time at Fenway. But the home Sox weren't lucky enough to pull off a victory, falling on a pair of 12th-inning singles by Seattle.
Twins 4, Indians 1
Minnesota is trying to cling to playoff contention, and after back-to-back 4-1 victories in Cleveland, they're 1.5 games behind the Orioles for the final Wild Card spot.
Brewers 6, Phillies 1
A Ryan Braun grand slam in the fifth was all Milwaukee needed to knock off the cellar-dwelling Phillies.
White Sox 3, Cubs 1
The Cubs salvaged a run in the ninth, but Chris Sale's 15 strikeouts over seven innings was way too much filth to handle. The Chi Sox took the Crosstown Cup.
Marlins 6, Cardinals 4
The Cardinals lost to the Marlins, because sometimes nothing makes sense.
Rangers 5, Rays 3
Tampa Bay tallied three runs in the first two innings, but hit a dry spell the rest of the afternoon against Texas.
Giants 5, Nationals 0
The Nationals just can't get out of their own way. Three games up in the division on July 31, they're now 4.5 games back of the Mets, and have fallen under .500, at 58-59, for the first time since May. Oh, and Madison Bumgarner struck out 14 batters and hit a home run.
Dodgers 2, Reds 1
When Zack Greinke's on the hill, it's usually a good day for the Dodgers. Allowing just a run over seven innings has his ERA at a league-best 1.58.
Astros 6, Tigers 5
When you're on the Astros and you knock in the game-winning run, you get tackled by Carlos Correa in the outfield. Jose Altuve learned the hard way.
Rockies 5, Padres 0
If you've never heard of Chris Rusin, well, now you have. The Rockies pitcher tossed a complete game shutout at Coors Field -- just the 20th in the stadium's history.
Royals 4, Angels 3
The night ended with theatrics in Kansas City, as Kole Calhoun capped the late-game rally for the Royals, giving KC its 71st win of the year.


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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —-- Too old to learn new skills? By golly, think again. New research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shows that training re-ignites key areas of the brain, offsetting some age-related declines and boosting performance.
The findings, involving functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), provide the first visible evidence for a relationship between behavioral performance and cortical processors involved in dual-task processing, said Arthur F. Kramer, a professor of psychology and researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
The study –-- published online this month in advance of regular publication by the journal Neurobiology of Aging –-- also adds to other emerging data that refute the idea that opposite brain areas become activated to help aging people compensate for a loss of cognition. Older studies, Kramer said, did not look at the impacts of training.
For the new study, researchers in Kramer's lab looked at areas of the brain known to be associated with executive control –-- scheduling, planning, juggling multiple tasks and working memory. These areas, the ventral and dorsal prefrontal cortexes, are tied to cognitive declines in aging.
Participants were 32 men and women, ages 55 to 80, and 31 younger adults. They were divided into control and experimental groups, with the latter receiving training on a time-measured task of identifying green or yellow Xs and/or whether a letter on the computer monitor was a B or C. Researchers then analyzed comprehensive fMRI data compiled before and after training of various parts of the brain and of changes in performance and times involving the tasks.
Before and after results were dramatic in ventral regions of the brain, said lead author Kirk I. Erickson, a psychology postdoctoral research associate.
""You can see,"" Erickson said as he pointed to graphs showing results of activity in the left ventral region, ""that even though the older adults start out with a lower amount of activation before training, those who were trained actually increased the amount of activity. You see a convergence with the young people. After training there are less age-related differences. Older adults begin to look more like the younger adults in brain activation.""
Activation in this lower brain region jumped significantly among the older adults who received the training, while the older participants who did not get training experienced a dip in activation while doing the tasks. Younger trained participants started the tasks with higher activation but showed a slight reduction after training.
In the right hemisphere of this region, the young started out with higher activation levels than the old, and both groups showed sharp declines after training.
""Both old and young react pretty much the same way, even though they started differently,"" Erickson said. ""Their brains do pretty much the same things with training.""
Previous studies have repeatedly found that older adults show greater activation in both hemispheres, Kramer said. ""The question is: Is that good or bad? Is there compensation occurring in one side of the brain? What we are seeing here is that the better you get at a task through training, one hemisphere goes up and one goes down. Older studies did not figure in the influence of training.""
In the left dorsal prefrontal cortex, the results were similar to those in the left ventral region, with a convergence of brain activity after training. However, pre-training levels were much higher among older participants, but activation dropped –-- at about the same level that activation rose for the younger trained participants.
Next door, in the right dorsal region, activation levels were nearly identical for both young and old before and after training.
""The results in the upper regions of the brain are a little more difficult to interpret, because the results are going in opposite directions for young and old adults,"" Kramer said. What may be happening, he said, relates to stress levels older people may experience while in competition with younger people.
""Older people are anxious and may be overcautious, but as they become more proficient they gain confidence,"" Kramer said. ""Young people tend to be more lackadaisical, and they may be realizing that they need these brain areas for the task.""
Thus, Kramer and Erickson said, differences in life experiences of the young and old could be at play, with the changes in brain activity reflecting adjustments to an optimal point for both age groups.
""Or we could be seeing that these two dorsal brain areas aren't necessarily beneficial for this particular task,"" Erickson said, adding that different tasks may affect different areas of the brain.
Overall, Kramer said, the findings say there is a strong relationship between brain activation and performance. The pattern shown in this study, he said, appears to have held in a subsequent unpublished study in which older individuals were able to transfer their training in one task for use with a new challenge.
Co-authors of the paper are Stanley J. Colcombe, Ruchika Wadhwa, Paige E. Scalf, Jennifery S. Kim and Maritza Alvarado, all affiliated with the U. of I. psychology department and the Beckman Institute; Louis Bherer of the University of Quebec at Montreal; and Matthew S. Peterson of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
National Institute on Aging funded the research.


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All the photos are taken in area of my hometown, Húsavík and most of them are shot on my daily trip to my former workplace at the Húsavík Airport. The photos are really a snapshot, taken by mobile phone and then transported through instagram where I alter them with the "effect" available in Instagram and I publish them on Instagram. Some might say that the I break all the rules "in the book". The whole process takes few minutes. I guess there is no surprise that nature, light and weather conditions are something that influence these photos considering that I live in Iceland where everyday ever changing weather conditions change the mood of the light, therefore the nature. These photos are moments, shot in the moment when I glimpse something. Something that is changing. (There is no exact word in Icelandic that represent the word "ennui" – and the word "sloj" means more and less – feeling sick / not feeling ok – but are also used when someone doesn't want to admit how sick he is or he is not feeling ok, like suffering from hangover after hard drinking nights. Also someone would say he or she is not up for it.)
Born 1978 and raised in Húsavík, small village in northeast Iceland. Lived in Reykjavík, Iceland for ten years and last eight years in my hometown, father of two boys and married. Work as Local Service Representative in the municipality of Norðurþing, Húsavík. Iceland Academy of Arts- BA Fine Art 2001 – 2004 Iceland Academy of Arts- BA Architecture 2007 – 2010


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As a qualifier, let me say that I have only read two of Boyd's works. One I used as a reader text in a theology class (Across the Spectrum) I taught at Ashland Theological Seminary and the other was for personal interest (Myth of a Christian Nation). While I have heard him lecture (at Messiah College), I have never personally met him. With this being said, over the next several weeks I will be reviewing and interacting with his newest two volume work, Crucifixion of the Warrior God. This work is primarily billed as an argument for a particular way of reading those Old Testament passages which attribute violence (sometimes horrifically) to God. Having nearly completed this work, I think it is far more than merely a hermeneutic. Don't get me wrong, in it Boyd forms a strong (if not convincing) argument for a particular way of reading those passages. However, it should be more accurately labeled a theological work in that it presents a "cruciform theology."
Recently I was perusing facebook when I noticed that a colleague's page had blown up with passionate conversation (I say euphemistically) surrounding this work. What I find remarkable is the heightened emotional responses this text has instigated. Frankly, I found it not all that controversial. In fact I found it to express many of the same convictions other theologians have already pointed to. Before I get into the meat of my reflection, let me say that what Boyd offers in this book is a theological argument posed in a way that only a pastor/theologian could make. His argument is clear, well documented, and containing pertinent arguments regarding questions pastors find themselves facing in the real world. In this sense it was a refreshing read.
Anyone who knows me or has read anything on my blog knows that I am solidly grounded within the Anabaptist/Pietist tradition. So I will not pretend to present an unbiased review. I will try to be fair and critical of this work not simply for the sake of being critical but because I am convinced that this subject is of essential value for the Christian faith. I have had many a conversation about my belief in the nonviolent God. On too many occasions I have had to face the anecdotal question of what I would do if someone broke into my house and threatened my family (if they knew me they would also know that Laura, my wife, and I actually lived through that hell). Any Anabaptist person who has engaged in conversation regarding her/his convictions regarding nonviolence and peace have had to wrestle with the question about what the Old Testament says about God and violence. Boyd sets out to not merely present a hermeneutical strategy for reading, but a theological basis to form such a strategy.
At the heart of the first volume is his fundamental argument, upon which everything else rests, that Jesus the Christ and him crucified is the quintessential revelation of God. While on the surface every Christian theologian would concur. Where the paths divide is how this simple statement is understood and what it implies. For Boyd this means that nowhere recorded in scripture or time is God more fully revealed than in the event of Jesus crucified. The implications are especially significant when following the early fathers' practice of reading backward. What this means is that every interpretation of divine revelation antecedent of the incarnation and crucifixion event must be interpreted in light of the divine revelation which occurred at the cross. What opponents to this argument will say is that it places a hierarchy within the canon and in a sense creating a canon within a canon. And along their line of argumentation they are completely correct. In that sense there is some sense of canonical hierarchy. However, Boyd does not conform to that line of argumentation. Essentially he holds firm to the conviction of all scripture being "God breathed" and that it all points to God revealed on the cross. It is the task of the interpreter to discover how those texts point to God revealed on the cross.
What is essential to understand here is that for Boyd, the writers of scripture, while inspired by the Spirit of God, they reflect the same sinfulness and brokenness that all humanity shares. It is curious how over time we have so mythologized scripture that we have sought to sanitize it from reflecting the sinfulness of the authors as characterized in scripture. This perspective of the writers, which is skewed by sinfulness, serves as the veil through which the divine revelation of the nonviolent God is spoken.
I found Boyd's argument lucid and persuasive particularly as he built his argument with the support of early church fathers from within the first four centuries of Christianity. However, I also wish he would have more fully engaged Origen's argument for allegorical readings. It felt like Boyd too easily brushed aside Origen's argument because they don't align with the modern sensibilities of readers. While I have only scraped the surface of this work, his argument regarding revelation will certainly instigate conversations surrounding this topic with renewed vigor.


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After an absence so long it almost qualifies for the sobriquet the Fourth Great Doctor Who Hiatus (especially if one understandably overlooks the forgettable "Return of Doctor Mysterio"), proper "Doctor Who" is back on telly for a tenth [thirty-sixth] season. So what does mischievous showrunner Steven Moffat call this overdue return? "The Pilot", obviously.
The Doctor is working undercover as a University professor, all the while guarding a mysterious doorway in the basement of the faculty buildings. When a regular attendee at his lectures catches his eye, it draws him into an adventure of starry-eyed romance and a peculiarly puzzling puddle.
There's a trademark Moffat sly cleverness to the episode title, as it figuratively and literally relaunches the programme after a prolonged absence and works perfectly as a jumping-on point for viewers who've never watched "Doctor Who" before – if such people still exist.
However, for people who have seen "Doctor Who" before, there are – appropriately – Easter Eggs aplenty, from the word go. As well as a pen pot full of sonic screwdrivers from days of yore, there are also a couple of sentimental photos on the Doctor's professorial desk, including what will surely turn out to be a Chekhov's Picture of his granddaughter Susan, last seen spraining her ankle in the Death Zone on Gallifrey in 1983's "The Five Doctors".
For a (re)launching point, it certainly embraces the rich history of the series so far, albeit in a subtle way and its most consistent homage is to the late, great Douglas Adams' tenure as script editor. The entire set-up of the curiously long-serving university professor will be familiar to anyone who's seen the unfinished Tom Baker story "Shada" or read Adams' "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and the cameo appearance from the silver dreadlocked Movellans from "Destiny Of The Daleks" cements the Adams-esque feel.
Thankfully, against this reverential and self-referential backdrop of teases, portents and promises, there's a nifty little monster-of-the-week plot and a sparky introduction to our new companion, Bill. The monster – unnamed – is a classic Whovian creation of taking something ordinary and every day – a puddle – and giving it a sinister twist. For a while, I was wondering if we'd get a link back to "The Waters Of Mars" but ultimately, despite its phenomenal powers to pursue and track the TARDIS across millions of years and billions of miles it's dismissed as a sentient oil leak from a passing alien shuttlecraft.
Bill is instantly charming, offering the same wide-eyed exuberance as Billie Piper did in "Rose", combined with an inquisitive and irreverent attitude. There's an instant chemistry with Capaldi's Doctor, a portrayal which continues to grow and develop in a way that makes it bittersweet that now he's back, this is to be his last series. I'm still undecided about Nardole – who apparently is partly robotic now – although he's better here than he was in the Christmas special, probably due to the lack of attempts to retcon his presence after "The Husbands Of River Song".
The whole episode is a treat and while there are some plot threads left dangling – some deliberately and a few in a typically Moffat way – it's a giddy mix of adventure, fun and some genuinely creepy moments which riff on classic horror tropes. While he may be a divisive figure to a vocal set of fans, it's hard to deny that when Moffat gets Who right, he really gets it right. "The Pilot" is among his best work, aware and affectionate of the series' rich history and traditions but acutely aware of the need for it to remain vibrant, alive and relevant to the wider, non-Whovian audience. It's a bold and energetic beginning for a series entering its 54th year. I can't wait to see what the Doctor and Bill get up to next.


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