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No, we're not exaggerating when we say Natalie Suarez is our favorite M.O.D. Every time we team up with this professional model and on-point style blogger, we enjoy a little adventure in NYC. Usually, it's just a couple of blocks long, but this time, the beauty behind Natalie Off Duty coaxed us (and our photographer) all the way out to a part of the popular DUMBO neighborhood neither of us had actually seen before.
We mean, we shouldn't be all that surprised. For an L.A. native, Suarez is pretty well-traveled in Manhattan (she's lived in five different apartments since she moved here two years ago). This time around, we got a nice early-morning tour of one of her ex 'hoods along with a few chic looks and a preview of her fall favorites (anchored by fall-appropriate Timberland boots, of course). All in all, a productive day.
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10 great books that all children should read
It's only fair to share… 10 great books that all children should read Belle Alderman, University of Canberra The books we remember strongly as adults are often the ones we read as children. Not only do we remember particular books, but the emotions we experienced. Children's books are reread and remembered over a lifetime, and… Read more »


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In "jobs that sound worse than unemployment" news:
I was driving home from the gym this afternoon when I realized that my car was hungry. I decided to stop at the nearest Quik Trip, which was a five-minute drive through two parking lots. If you're not from the Johnson County, KS area, let me explain the rules:
– you can't turn left. Ever.
– entrances to parking lots of strip malls may or may not be in logical, well-placed, easy to access areas
– that thing about not turning left? I was serious. It's pathological around here.
– getting to the parking lot you need to be in (or in my case, the gas station I needed to get to) may involve maneuvering your vehicle through two or three different parking lots, as it may be impossible to get into the parking lot you actually need to be in from the road (see: you can't turn left)
– it is in some areas possible to drive upwards of a mile through parking lots alone. We made a game out of it in high school, but that's verging off into "different post altogether" territory, and I was in the middle of beginning a story here.
So anyway, I turned into a parking lot and had to drive along a shortish street into a big parking lot so that I could turn onto another shortish street and then into the Quik Trip. And that's when I saw it.
Walking along the street behind the Quik Trip was a mopey foam Bud Light bottle.
At least, that's what I saw at first. When I got a better look at it, it was a walking mopey foam shampoo bottle, the poor sop inside the costume carrying a sign advertising haircuts at the strip mall salon. I say mopey because the bottle had a distinct droop, as though the wearer of the costume were staring at a rock he was kicking along the parking lot as he wandered back to his own personal corner of advertising hell. I kinda wanted to buy him a beer just for having to deal with doing that.
I hope he's having a beer right now. Cheebus.


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For this ceiling light fixture Hubbardton Forge chose its natural iron finish to complement the opal glass bowl.
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Its clean lines and bold natural iron finish gently cradle the focal point of this ceiling light fixture-the 27" diameter opaque opal glass bowl. Part of the Presidio Tryne Collection by Hubbardton Forge, this semi-flushmount adds style without overpowering the rest of the room. This design is constructed in the U.S.A.


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Seattle citizenship clinic pushes back against "Second Wall"
by Leona Vaughn
Seattle officials say they want to help people navigate the federal government's citizenship bureaucracy, which has resulted in wait times of up to 20 months.
Mar 20, 2019
Trump's Birthright Citizenship threat brings up lies from history
by Devin Israel Cabanilla
President Donald Trump's threat to end Birthright Citizenship wouldn't be the first time that the U.S. has betrayed its promises to immigrants.
Nov 5, 2018
The wait for citizenship
by Rahwa Hailemariam
Thousands applying for U.S. citizenship at the Seattle office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are in limbo more than a year after filing their naturalization forms.
Oct 8, 2018
El Centro de la Raza – Citizenship Classes
by Globalist Staff
El Centro de la Raza offers free citizenship classes on Tuesdays starting 10/2. This class will help you prepare for the citizenship interview and the civics test. You must have your Permanent Resident card (PR or green card) and be planning to apply for citizenship. Legal Clinic available for those who have questions on the […]
Sep 14, 2018
Jose Antonio Vargas probes emotional toll of being an "undocumented citizen"
by Annie Kuo
Jose Antonio Vargas' "Dear America: Notes of An Undocumented Citizen" focuses on the emotional and personal burden of living as an American while in hiding.
Sep 25, 2018
More than 18,000 in Seattle caught in citizenship backlog, city says
by Globalist Staff
There are more than 753,000 naturalization application cases pending nationally, up from previous years.
Jul 30, 2018
Bank of America will begin asking about citizenship status
by Agatha Pacheco
One account holder said she worries how the answers from the question about citizenship could be used.
Apr 13, 2018
Census question on citizenship challenged in court
by John Stang
Washington state officials and others double-down on opposition to citizenship question that they say would alienate immigrant communities.
Mar 27, 2018
Brexit: A compelling discussion led by Seamus Woulfe, Attorney General of Ireland
by Globalist Staff
Seamus Wolfe, Attorney General of Ireland The Attorney General, Seamus Woulfe SC was appointed in June of 2017. He is the legal adviser to the Government and is therefore the chief law officer of the State. The Attorney General is responsible for vindicating the rights of the Irish citizens, maintaining the highest standards of the […]
Feb 9, 2018
Hundreds become U.S. citizens July 4 at Seattle Center
by Susan Fried
More than 500 people from 67 countries took the oath to become US Citizens at the annual July 4 ceremony at Seattle Center.
Jul 5, 2017
Seattle kicks off Trump era with legal help for immigrants
by Agatha Pacheco
As Trump gets sworn into office on Inauguration Day, volunteer lawyers in Seattle will be helping local immigrants plan for an uncertain future.
Jan 4, 2017
City of Seattle planning big push for citizenship Saturday
by Anran Lin
The Office of Immigrant and Refugee affairs is hoping to help 250 green card holders with their citizenship applications Saturday, with more events to come.
Oct 14, 2016
International adoption immigration laws can lead to citizenship surprises
by Tahmina Watson
Because of holes in U.S. immigration laws, thousands of international adoptees might be surprised to discover they aren't citizens.
Jun 21, 2016
Apply for citizenship! America needs your vote in November
by Tahmina Watson
There's still time for Legal Permanent Residents to apply for citizenship and vote to choose our next President in November.
Jan 28, 2016
New Americans citizenship campaign branches out to Seattle
by Venice Buhain
The New Americans Campaign, which promotes naturalization, announced a Seattle partnership with One America and the Asian Counseling and Referral Service.
Jul 2, 2015
Court rules against granting American Samoans citizenship at birth
by Venice Buhain
American Samoa remains the the only place on U.S. soil where someone can be born without getting full U.S. citizenship rights.
Jun 5, 2015
5 things you should know about the new immigration bill
by Sara McCaslin
The new immigration reform bill is finally here—so what does it actually say? See the full infographic after the jump.
Apr 17, 2013
New NW immigrants bring diversity to military ranks
by Sarah Stuteville
Turns out you don't pack much for boot camp. When I asked Belindah Mumelo if I could hang out with her while she prepared to head off for basic training this week, I imagined huge duffel bags stuffed with gear. Instead, she showed me a backpack the size of a school bag, full of white […]
Nov 16, 2012
Samoans in Seattle sue feds for citizenship
by Judy Vue
Imagine being born in a country where you can work, travel freely and even join the military, but you're not considered a citizen. That's the situation facing 56,000 residents of American Samoa, the only one of 14 US territories that does not allow an easy path to citizenship for people who move to the mainland […]
Jul 23, 2012
Hundreds of new citizens sworn in on July Fourth
by Sara McCaslin
Over 500 candidates from 80 countries were sworn in as new U.S. citizens at the 28th Annual Naturalization Ceremony at the Seattle Center. The annual event marks the end of a multi-year process of naturalization that includes a civics and history exam, residency requirements, filing fees and background checks. The Philippines, India, Mexico, and Somalia […]
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About[1] He is 31 years old[2] and has been Riot employee since sometime in August 2011.[3] Before that he worked as a transportation engineer.[1]
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The Movie Club met for WALL•E tonight – saw it on DLP (so worth it). We have been looking forward to this movie for over a year – since we'd seen the preview last summer, I think for Pirates 3. So I was worried the anticipation would ruin it because expectations would have been high. I was glad to find out little was ruined.
The animation and modeling were the best I have seen from Pixar, yet. A lot of it looked almost photo realistic. Except for the animated humans…they looked like all Pixar humans look like, so sometimes it felt a little strange to be seeing such detail in the robots and such simplistic renderings together in the same movie. Pixar is known for their detail. And this movie is no exception. With every scene, I learned something new about how Wall•E works. And I actually craved to know more about the other robots we saw and all of their little characteristics, but there's only so much you can do. I really enjoyed the future Earth (over 800 years from now) and the little history you find out from all the piles of junk Wall•E sorts through. For this paragraph alone, it is worth seeing.
The character interaction was more than I expected. Pixar does a great job with dialogue, but as you've probably guessed by any previews you may have seen, Wall•E doesn't have much for vocabulary. And yet, somehow they were able to make me giggle, almost non-stop at times with his "dialogue" and interactions with things/people/robots.
There were a few disappointments.
One of the things I love about Pixar is how they make a whole new world in (most of) their movies. Like Monsters, Inc, Cars, Finding Nemo. And they always take it to that next step. I wanted to learn more about Wall•E's life on Earth. I wanted to learn more about what was going on in space. But they make up for it in Wall•E's and friends' character development. Unfortunately, I sometimes felt like Wall•E's character development was so advanced, that we missed jokes and quirks. And that makes me think the younger audience it's bound attract will miss even more. Which brings me to my next disappointment.
I felt as though the plot was pushing some agendas. An environmental agenda and a "keep yourself healthy" agenda. While I don't necessarily disagree with the agenda, I do disagree with pushing it in a children's movie.
The last thing I was slightly disappointed by was how slow the movie felt. While I was always fascinated by Wall•E and some other characters, the plot *was* slow and simple and the lack of *real* dialogue would make it extremely hard for a younger audience to interpret or pay attention to. This movie is best for upper-elementary school aged and above.
I've got to leave you with a happy note. It was a great movie and not at all a disappointment, worth seeing in the theaters. I give Wall•E a 4 out of 5 stars. And for the Mac users, there's a few surprises for you.
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Arkansas Steel Associates, —, Blue Monday, Blues Boy Jag and the Juke Joint Zombies, Bluesday Tuesday, Charlotte Taylor and Gypsy Rain, Front Street Park, J. Blackfoot, Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, Johnny Causley, Jubilation Jazz, KASU, Newport, Queen Ann Hines, Rufus Thomas, Terry Scoggins Memorial Stage, The Billy Jones Band, The Memphis Blues Masters, Thomas Bingham
NEWPORT — KASU's Bluesday Tuesday returned May 15 to the new Front Street Park across from the Missouri-Pacific Depot with a boogying R&B show from the Bluff City.
The Memphis Blues Masters featuring Queen Ann Hines entertained more than 120 people starting in the early evening. Instead of featuring local acts, KASU 91.9 FM station manager Mike Doyle said Bluesday Tuesday attracts musicians from Memphis and central Arkansas.
"We've always sought variety," he said. "(The audiences) might not get over there to hear them. We can bring the acts to them."
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Google Reportedly In Acquisition Talks With Napster
The New York Post is reporting that Google is aggressively seeking a strategic alliance with or even the outright purchase of Napster. Rumors have been rampant in recent days both about Google's desire to get into digital music and troubles within Napster who let go of 10 % of its workforce last week.
Napster could be an interesting play for Google who have already entered the video download marketplace, but lag behind in music. One has to wonder , however, why the net giant needs Napster and it's comparatively small half million subscribers to leap into a real position in digital downloads. The Post suggests that it is a sign that Google "sees subscription services, rather than the individual download model that Apple's iTunes is built on, as the future of digital music". Perhaps the might Google sees something that others have not seen in recent earnings reports that seem to indicate continued consumer resistance to music subscriptions.
For Napster, a Google alliance or acquisition would provide a significant boost for a company struggling to find it's place in a competitive and shifting marketplace. The Google name alone is consumer magic; much like Napster's name once was.
Industry observers had speculated about a more aggressive or creative move into music by Google including perhaps variable pricing, iTunes style ease of use, and more open access for independent music than other services like Napster currently provides. But perhaps Google has something much grander in mind…Could a Google/Napster hybrid provide free ad supported subscriptions? Or dare we dream about even free downloads like the Napster of yore…only legal? It's had to imagine what Google is thinking, but they've surprised us before.
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A few months ago, in the Lost and Found pages of Hemmings Classic Car, we began the hunt for the remaining Mechanix Illustrated Specials, a type of do-it-yourself car that capitalized on the late 1940s/early 1950s sport-special craze, but which combined elements of early kit car building, hot rodding and junkyard digging. Mechanix Illustrated offered the plans for the MI Special for many years during the 1950s and exhibited photos of completed examples at every chance they got, but the whole thing started in November 1951, when the magazine presented Bob Whitehead's progenitor of the species in a "How I did this, and how you can too" type of article. How much of this is actually safe is debatable (and the aesthetics certainly aren't for everybody), but, as we've written before, this is exactly the kind of DIY ethic we miss seeing nowadays.
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The Golden Rule: Love, Light, and Compassion
Imagine... a world where everything you did to others was immediately reflected upon you. Any time you inflicted pain, whether physical or emotional, unto any other being you would immediately feel the same pain.
Such was the situation that was brought to earth by an extra-terrestrial in a science fiction story entitled Rule Golden by Damon Knight. The character Aza-Kra, from a planet in the galaxy of Aquarius, explains that all life beings are able to feel each other's pain but that this sense has been squelched and buried deeply within us in childhood. Yet he is able to activate it -- and he does. In the book, every time someone acts in a way to cause another pain, they feel the same pain they caused.
As The World Turns: Feeling the Pain We Inflict
This is indeed the way that our world operates, but many have built a hard scale shield covering their sensitivities in order to "protect" themselves from these feelings. We all have the ability to empathize with others when we allow ourselves to truly feel. But we have lost touch with it. We have become tough, reacting to being hurt by building a wall that says "You won't hurt me", "Nobody can hurt me".
Unfortunately, while the wall may keep out pain, it also keeps out love and it keeps us from recognizing the cry for help that is coming from the soul of our brothers and sisters. It stops us from feeling the pain that we inflict on others by our words, our actions, or our lack of caring and compassion.
I recall when I was younger being termed "a cry-baby" by my siblings. I would cry watching sad movies, choke up watching a moving episode on Bonanza, and was unable to watch horror movies or violent ones. My brother and sister would laugh at me for being so sensitive. So I tried to squelch it down. Tried to not be so sensitive, not to let others see me cry, not to show my emotions...
Feeling the Feelings: Reaching the Heart of Our Being
As children could we feel the pain of others around us? Could we recognize within ourselves when we did something that was not loving? Could it be that we all have this sensitivity, and had it coaxed or ridiculed out of us? Or is it something we need to learn, to develop?
Maybe the defences we built are just another layer that we need to remove before reaching the heart of our being... the truly loving entity that we are meant to be.
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Are we now willing to open ourselves up completely to feeling our own emotions and those of others around us? Instead of protecting ourselves by barriers of harshness, shyness, aloofness, sarcasm, or even of white light, how about being a beacon of love radiating peace and understanding into the world? Rather than projecting fear, we can choose to project love and compassion. We can choose to see the world and its people as needing love, not needing judgment and blame.
The Golden Rule: Blanketing the World with the Love Frequency
Instead of closing one's self from receiving bad vibes, we could blanket the airwaves with the love frequency... If the atmosphere is filled up with the positive vibrations of Love, there is no room for the negative ones of fear and anger. If your Being is radiating Light and Love out into the world, there is no room for darkness to penetrate you.
Instead of being on the defensive, let's be on the offensive! Let our ammunition be Love, Light, and Compassion rather than defense, judgment, anger, and retribution.
We are the ones who can make a difference in the world. We are the masters of our own fate. We control what goes in and out of our brains, of our mouths, and of our hearts.
Let us tune in to the inner voice of Love and follow its directives. Do unto others...
Let Love shine and heal the world and ourselves. It's all in our hands, and our heart.
Marie recommends this book:
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
by The Arbinger Institute.
An international bestseller that instills hope and inspires reconciliation. Through a moving story of parents who are struggling with their own children and with problems that have come to consume their lives, we learn from once-bitter enemies the way to transform personal, professional, and global conflicts, even when war is upon us.
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About The Author
Marie T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from 1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own inner source of joy and creativity.
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A new guide compiled by a military family support organization and Facebook can help spouses learn how to best use social media tools while navigating the ever sticky issues of operational and personal security.
The Social Media Guide for Military Families (downloadable here ... see note at bottom of post) was put together by Blue Star Families and is chock-full of Facebook tips, links and aids, including ideas and instructions for how to edit your security settings in your account and keep people you don't know from viewing your info.
Raise your hand if you've never been confused by privacy settings on Facebook. Uh-huh, that's what I thought.
I found the privacy setting information and ideas for different DoD groups to "friend" to be very helpful. But the most important thing here, in my mind, is the operational security (OPSEC) tips. And here's why:
Yesterday I spent about 30 minutes reading through my newly available Facebook timeline. (I'm sentimental, what can I say). I lingered over my status messages from our 2009 deployment a particularly long time. Since then I've developed a glorious history of telling people to be careful of OPSEC, and thought I was pretty careful with it at the time. And so it was somewhat surprising and, frankly, embarrassing for me yesterday when I realized how terribly over that deployment I had violated so many of the common sense rules we have been told to follow.
I pulled this handy OPSEC chart from the guide. How many times have we violated this stuff without thinking?
Common Misconceptions: Reality:
I encourage you to check out the whole guide here and enjoy and use this great resource!
EDIT: The link to the guide originally included in this post stopped working and started directing people to some sort of foreign language documents. When I originally included it, it did, in fact, lead to the guide as it was the link I used to get the info for this post. I don't know what changed, but the situation has been fixed and the link should now be working correctly. Thanks to those who pointed out this problem.


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I've decided that at the beginning of every month, I'm going to upload a sketch that I have designed, and a photo that I have found on Pinterest, as a way to help inspire my creativity (and hopefully it will inspire you too!). Sometime during the month, I will create a layout using the sketch, and a layout using the photo as inspiration, then upload and share.
If you would like to join in, you are more than welcome. I would love to see your creations - just post your link here, and I will come and visit. (Please make sure it is a direct link to your layout, and not to your blog in general).
Here's my November sketch.
Please feel free to use this sketch, but please remember to give credit for my design.
And here's the Pinterest photo (by Dirk Wustenhagen) that I have chosen for November. I just adore the colours in this photograph (oranges, aquas, and browns). Plus that amazing texture and design from the bridge. I cannot wait to see how this inspires me (I've already got ideas swirling in my head)!!!
And don't forget to leave me a link if you decide to join in the fun. :-)
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The Secret of Successful Academic Report Writing
An academic report should tell readers what the writer knows, what he or she does, and how improvements can be made. However, not all students can deal with writing an academic report successfully. We have prepared recommendations for the improvement of your writing skills. We will identify spheres in which you will need to get deep knowledge.
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Answers to these questions will help you to draft your term of references.
Before you start to deal with academic writing report work, plan your investigation and research, and how you are going to write it. You should know what information you need, whether you need to do background reading, and what articles and documents you need to write your report. Identify whether you need to visit a library for help or not.
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Decide what you will include in your appendix while writing the first draft. This part of the report is perfect for including information that is too long for the report body, for spreadsheets and brochures, and huge tables. While writing a conclusion, interpret the information you have found. Write about what is important about your findings.
Sometimes you are required to include the part with recommendations where you should write about what you think about the problem solution. To deal with this part properly, reread your conclusions and findings. You should think about what you want your readers to do or not to do. Your recommendations should be based logically on your conclusion. Write recommendations in a numbered list.
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As we saw in the first instalment on home-made Iron Man-style armor, it's not impossible to make a suit of armor that gives you protection from bullets -– the problem is being able to move afterwards. Even when advanced ceramics and composites are used, it's hard to get the weight down. Medium-sized inserts in Interceptor armorweigh four pounds apiece and are about the size of a sheet of A4, so whole body protection is going to weigh a lot. If you could carry a few hundred pounds extra, wearing this sort or armor wouldn't be so much of a problem –- and that's when a powered exoskeleton starts looking like a good idea.
Researchers have been working on exoskeletons since the Navy's unsuccessful Hardiman project back in the 60's (I think they borrowed from the design for the Matrix movies though). Progress has been slow and the results have been mixed at best. If you want to build your own, then it's going to take a lot of work and a lot of patience. One of the more advanced projects has been the Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX), which includes a pair of robotic legs and a backpack. The latest product from Berkeley is the Human Universal Load Carrier (....yeah, that's HULC™....) which is intended to add 200 pounds to your carrying capacity.
*The reduction of the wearer's metabolic cost is of paramount importance for long duration missions. This is true because excessive oxygen consumption leads to premature fatigue even if the exoskeleton supports the load. In fact, a very recent BAA from the Natick Soldier System Center requests proposals to conduct a preliminary study on solutions that lead to a reduction of oxygen consumption. *
HULC™, fueled by proprietary technology, decreases the wearer's oxygen consumption and heart rate thereby increasing the wearer's endurance.
When the users carried a load, the effect was more pronounced. The oxygen consumption of these users carrying an 81 pound approach load at a speed of 2MPH was decreased by about 15% when using the prototype HULC™.
Video here.
The Army meanwhile has bigger plans. In an article for The Brookings Institution, Peter Singer gives us A Look At The Pentagon's Five Step Plan For Making Iron Man Real. This is the Land Warrior program, now Future Force Warrior, which involves a large number of gadgets and gizmos being assembled into one wearable suite for the foot soldier, including various sensors from super-sights to sniffers, weapons, communitcation and navigation. With that sort of load you're going to need an exoskeleton. But as Singer points out, sometimes the Army get a little carried away:
When the Army-MIT super-soldier project launched, its director, Professor Ned Thomas, extolled, "Imagine the psychological impact upon a foe when encountering squads of seemingly invincible warriors protected by armor and endowed with superhuman capabilities, such as the ability to leap over 20-foot walls."
The problem was that the images his program used on the grant proposal were pretty much lifted from the Radix series, about a female superhero who wears an armored skeleton with just those same superpowers. Comic book creators Ray and Ben Lai threatened the project with a lawsuit, "They're selling this as science fact while we're trying to sell it as science fiction. And people don't even know that we created it in the first place. People might even think we're copying them."
But it doesn't necessary take big corporate resources to build a working exoskeleton. Inspired by the powered armor in Starship Troopers, Monty Reed, a former Ranger, has built his own version. Called Lifesuit, it is intended to help those who have lost the use of their legs:
The Seattle native, now 40, has used mostly his own money over many of the past 19 years developing a robotic device he devoutly believes will allow even quadriplegics to walk, climb stairs and, someday, perhaps to dance.
A lanky, 75-pound contraption evoking scenes from "Robocop" and "Aliens," the robotic exoskeleton looks like a combined backpack and rocket pack, topped with scuba tanks.
Reed has founded a not-for-profit medical organization, TheyShallWalk, to back the project. )Video of the Lifesuit here.)
I remain undecided about whether powered armor is a good idea. I was struck that when SARCOS were researching their powered exoskeleton for the US Army, one of the things that vets most requested was the ability to jump out of the suit and make a run for it. Exoskeletons like Lifesuit may have their uses for the disabled, but on the battlefield they have a long way to go before you'd want to bet your life on one.
(( If all this tinkering with hardware sounds like a lot of work, perhaps the virtual alternative is easier. A competition in Second Lifeis giving residents the chance to win $125,000 (that's Linden dollars, it's about USD $400 ) by creating Iron man fan art using the official Iron man avatar.
Entries so far run from "the sublimely cool to the ridiculous" - there's a gallery here.))
Want even more? There's a host of Iron Man related articles at Wired.com's Iron Man Extravaganza: Everything You Need to Know, covering the movie, the technology of exoskeletons, and related comic-book material.


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"Who does Trump surround himself with? Disposable lawyers and idiot members of his own family. Who's his worst enemy? The FBI. Where does his money come from? He's in construction. Fuggedaboutit. He's so much like a Don, his name is literally "Don." What part of this isn't mob-like? They're using a legitimate front business – in this case the White House – to enrich the family," he says.
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Social facilitation
Social facilitation is the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks when in the presence of other people. This implies that, whenever people are being watched by others, they will do well on things that they are already good at doing.[1] The idea that social evaluation has an impact on performance sparked interest in the psychological reasons behind this phenomenon, leading to further research surrounding the social facilitation theory and its implications.
This theory suggests that the mere or imagined presence of people in social situations creates an atmosphere of evaluation. The Yerkes-Dodson law of social facilitation states that, in this atmosphere, "the mere presence of other people will enhance the performance in speed and accuracy of well-practiced tasks, but will degrade the performance of less familiar tasks."[2] For example, a star soccer player may perform better in his game when more people are watching him perform. However, if a person is asked to fix a car's engine during a road race but is not a mechanic, he will not perform as well if he is aware of the presence of others than he would in a situation when he feels less evaluated or pressured, like just trying to fix a car in his garage.
Social facilitation has occasionally been attributed to the fact that certain people are more susceptible to social influence, with the argument that person factors can make these people more aware of evaluation. These personality characteristics may cause some people to be more greatly affected by the presence of their observers.
The role of social facilitation is important to consider in social situations, because it implies that people's performance does not rely solely on their abilities, but is also impacted by the internal awareness of being evaluated. Performance can be greatly affected by situation factors, thus making it possible to entirely alter the outcome of a situation. This can be very important when considering how anyone will perform under evaluation and how to potentially prepare for those situations. For example, if a professional basketball player practices shooting free throws with fake audience noise in the background, he will not feel as if he is under as much evaluation in a real game situation. This is because the noise-pressured free throws will start to become a simple task rather than a complex task as he practices more. Although he will know that the fake noise is not evaluating him the same way that real crowd would, he is adjusting his awareness of the potential evaluation, and is thus trying to combat any harm that social facilitation could bring to his shooting abilities.
Major theoretical approaches
Norman Triplett pioneered research on social facilitation in 1898.[1] Triplett found that cyclists had faster race times when in the presence of other cyclists. Triplett theorized that the faster times were because the presence of others made individuals more competitive. Further research led Triplett to theorize that the presence of others increases individuals' performances in other situations as well. Floyd Allport coined the term social facilitation in 1924.[1] Allport, commonly considered the founder of social psychology, conducted studies in which participants sat either alone or with other participants and did a variety of tasks such as word association tasks and multiplication assessments. He found that people performed better when in a group setting than when alone for the majority of tasks.[3] At this time, social facilitation simply meant an "increase in response merely from the sight or sound of others making the same movement."[1]
Activation theory
In 1965, Robert Zajonc proposed the first activation theory for social facilitation. Zajonc's generalized drive hypothesis was the first theory that addressed why the presence of others increased performance sometimes yet decreased it at other times. Zajonc argued that the presence of others serves as a source of arousal, and heightened arousal increases the likelihood of an organism to do well-learned or habitual responses. For this reason, arousal improves performance on simple (well-learned) tasks, but impairs performance on complex (not well-learned) tasks. Zajonc's reasoning was based on Yerkes-Dodson's law, which holds that performance works like an inverse "U" function. This means that an individual's optimal drive is higher for simpler, or well-practiced tasks, and that the same individual's optimal drive is lower for more complex, or less-practiced tasks. The presence of other people further arouses us and increases our drive level, and so an individual's performance will be enhanced if a task is simple (because of the high levels of energy) but diminished if the task is complex.[2] Zajonc tested his theories by having people complete word association tasks alone and again in the presence of others.
Zajonc also learned that social facilitation was not a phenomenon restricted to human beings, since he found that cockroaches ran through easy mazes faster when other cockroaches were watching them or also running through the maze (co-actors), compared to when the cockroaches ran through the maze alone. In contrast, cockroaches ran slower through hard mazes when there were other cockroaches present or running through it than when they ran through it alone.[2] Some researchers have found that social facilitation effects occur when the organism is expecting negative feedback, but some experiments have shown that expecting positive feedback can effect social facilitation as well.[4]
Other activation theories include the alertness hypothesis, the monitoring hypothesis, and the challenge and threat hypothesis.[1] The alertness hypothesis says that people are uncertain of how observers will act while in the presence of others, so they become more alert (because the performer will be uncertain about how the observers will act in the situation), and it is this heightened alertness which causes them to perform better on tasks.
The monitoring hypothesis posits that social facilitation effects do not occur when the performer is familiar with the observers or are familiar with the situation, because the performer will know how the observer will act or what the situational factors will do, so the performer's arousal will not increase. So, if the person is unfamiliar with the observers or the situation, he/she will experience uncertainty and arousal will increase, but not if he/she is familiar with them.[1]
The challenge and threat hypothesis states that people perform worse on complex tasks and better on simple tasks when in the presence of others because of the type of cardio-vascular response to the task. When performing a simple task in the presence of others, people show a normal cardio-vascular response. However, when performing a complex task in the presence of others, the cardio-vascular response is similar to that of a person in a threatening position. The normal cardio-vascular response serves to improve performance, but the threat-like cardiovascular response serves to impede performance.[1]
Evaluation approach
In 1968, Henchy and Glass proposed the first evaluation approach to social facilitation.[1] Their evaluation apprehension hypothesis says that it is not the mere presence of others that increases individual activation/arousal, but rather the fear of being evaluated. An extension of the evaluation apprehension hypothesis is the learned drive hypothesis, which states that activation increases, not because of fear of evaluation, but from just the act of being evaluated, or associating evaluation with a certain activity.[1]
Attention theories
In the 1980s, explanations shifted from activation theories to attention theories. Attention theories that explain social facilitation include the distraction-conflict hypothesis, the overload hypothesis, the feedback-loop model, and the capacity model.[1]
In his distraction-conflict hypothesis, Robert Barron proposed that the level of performance on a task is predicted by the amount of distractions in the environment surrounding the task. The hypothesis states that distraction leads to arousal, so the presence of others always impedes performance on difficult tasks, but the number of distractions in the environment either improves or impedes the performance on simple tasks.[1]
The overload hypothesis works according to the distraction-conflict hypothesis, saying that distracters do not lead to increased arousal, but rather to cognitive overload (when an individual is bombarded with excessive information in their working memory),[5] and while in cognitive overload, individuals will do worse on complex tasks and better on more simple tasks.[1] Performance increases on simple tasks because the performers focus their attention on the new stimuli, instead of the irrelevant stimuli that is characteristic of simple tasks. Performance decreases on complex tasks because the performers focus on the distracters, but also need to focus on the relevant stimuli that are characteristic of complex tasks, and they cannot handle all of the information they are being presented with.[1]
The feedback-loop model postulates that when people feel they are being observed, they focus attention on themselves. While in this state, individuals become aware of the differences between their actual behavior and anticipated behavior. So, by Feedback-Loop Model, people do better in the presence of others because of this increased awareness about their behavior.[1]
The capacity model of social facilitation focuses on the role of types of information processing on performance in front of an audience, rather than the performance on different type of tasks (simple or complex) in front of an audience. The capacity model suggests that for tasks that require automatic information processing, the presence of others does not cause problems because the short-term memory is not required for automatic information processing, so performance quality increases. However, for tasks that require controlled information processing, the presence of others does impede the level of performance because the short-term memory is necessary to both focus attention on the audience, as well as the task at hand.[1]
Other theories
The self-presentation approach argues that individuals want to appear competent in the presence of others. If the task is easy, the individual will want to make him/herself appear even more competent by doing exceptionally well on the task. However, if the task is difficult, they will fear that they will present themselves as incompetent, which will in turn make them embarrassed, and further impede their performance.[1]
Major empirical findings
In 1920, when asked to write out as many words as possible in response to a given word, 93% of participants produced more words in the presence of another person than alone.[6] However, when this study was replicated with individuals who stuttered when they spoke, 80% of the participants produced more words when alone rather than in the presence of another person.[7]
In 1969, Zajonc, Heingartner, and Herman demonstrated that social facilitation occurs not only in humans, but also in species with limited or no cognitive processing. They observed that it takes a cockroach a longer time to complete a complex maze in the presence of other cockroaches than when alone. They also observed that in a simple, straight runway, a cockroach reaches the end of the runway faster in the presence of other cockroaches than when alone. This experiment lends support to the theory that physiological arousal resulting from the presence of others leads to social facilitation effects.[8]
In 1973, Chapman ran an experiment and found that levels of laughter among 7–8-year-old children were highest when two children listened to funny material together (coaction condition). Furthermore, levels of laughter were higher when one child listened to funny material in the presence of another child (audience condition) than when one child listened to the funny material alone (alone condition). These results indicate that laughter is also socially facilitated.[9]
In June 1980, Forgas et al. conducted a field study of audience effects, looking at the performance of expert and novice squash players when observed by no audience, a male audience, and a female audience. Contrary to Zajonc's drive-arousal theory, it was found that the effect of an audience on performance did not differ significantly between novice and expert players. This indicates that the other factors, such as cognitive variables and players' interpretation of the audience's presence, also influence players' reactions to the presence of an audience in a natural setting.[10]
In 1982, people playing pool were being surreptitiously watched in order to identify skilled and unskilled players. Skilled players made at least two-thirds of their shots whereas unskilled players missed at least two-thirds of their shots. When the observer moved closer to the pool table and continued to watch, skilled players' performance improved by 14% and the unskilled players' performance dropped by more than 30%.[11]
In 1994, De Castro demonstrated that social facilitation affects food intake by extending the time spent eating a meal. His results also showed that the presence of family and friends, in comparison with the presence of mere companions, increases food intake to a greater degree, possibly due to the "release of inhibitory restraints on intake" that occurs when people feel more comfortable around people they are most familiar with. Furthermore, males ate 36% more food when with other people than when alone, and females ate 40% more food when with other people than when alone. De Castro attributes this to the time-extension model of social facilitation, as the time spent at a meal increased when the meal was a social occasion.[12]
In 2007, Rosenbloom et al. studied archival data from Jerusalem in 2004 and found that the presence of an additional person in the car during a driving license test decreased the likelihood that the testee would pass the driving test. Although the nature of the study made it impossible to distinguish one explanation of social facilitation from another, the findings generally support the basic premise of social facilitation theory.[13]
In 2008, college students were given a list of words and told to copy them as quickly as they could. The "easy task" was to write out one list with their dominant hand and the "hard task" was to write out another list with their nondominant hand. While completing the task, they were in the presence of an image of their favorite television personality (displayed on a computer screen) or an image of another character from the same show. When given the easy task, they wrote more words in the presence of their favorite character and when given the hard task, the favorite character inhibited their performance.[14]
In 2009, Dindo, Whiten, and de Waal studied the effect of social facilitation in capuchin monkeys. The monkeys in this study were required to complete a new foraging task, either alone or in a social group. While both sets of monkeys completed the task, those in the social group completed it three times faster than those monkeys that were alone. This increase in speed was facilitated through "observational learning and synchronization of behavior between group mates."[15]
Electronic performance monitoring
Researchers have used electronic performance monitoring to examine the effects of social facilitation, which is the established the tendency for individuals to improve performance while completing a task that is completed in the presence of others. This trend had previously been limited to face-to-face or group settings. On the other hand, Electronic Performance Monitoring (EPM) establishes the impact of social facilitation in a virtual sense. EPM is the utilization of information technologies (e.g., computer networks) to track, evaluate, analyze, and report information regarding an employee's performance. Many businesses have adopted this method in which workers activity is automatically monitored throughout the workday. This topic is of substantial interest to those in the field of social psychology due to underlying mechanism at work; namely, the phenomenon of social facilitation.
One study found that EPM did enhance productivity, but only in ways that are consistent with the effects of social facilitation. Employees working on a data entry task were monitored while working alone, with others, or as part of a cohesive group. Results indicated that EPM improved the performance of highly skilled workers, however it was found to interfere with the performance of those who were less skilled. Moreover, with the exception of those working in a cohesive group, Monitoring was found to increase workers' feelings of stress and anxiety. On the other hand, participants responded more favorably to performance monitoring when they believed that they could turn off the monitoring and that only their job-related activities were being evaluated. Also, EPM was viewed more positively when workers were given the opportunity to participate in decisions regarding the use of the system. It can be concluded therefore that the effect of social facilitation is not limited to the physical presence of others, as a presence in a virtual sense has yielded supporting results.[16]
In 2009, Thompson, Sebastienelli and Murray conducted an experiment to determine the effect of electronic monitoring on students who used web-based training to learn new online search skills. They found that participants who were explicitly told that their training was being monitored performed markedly worse on a post-training skills test than participants who were unaware that their training was being monitored. These findings adhere to the basic premise of social facilitation and reveal that the heightened awareness of evaluation on complex tasks significantly hinders performance.[17]
In educational settings
Groups are formed in a variety of educational settings around the world. Some examples include a group of physics students completing a laboratory exercise, a team of touch rugby players, a set of high school prefects, a group of students formed to brainstorm ideas for energy saving techniques, and study groups. While entry into most of these groups lies within the decision of an instructor or perhaps school management, a study group is unique in that it is formed by students themselves, for the purpose of studying course material or practicing skills developed in class.[16]:292 Study groups are said to be self-organized and self-directive. The question is whether these study groups can offer individual members an advantage as compared to working alone.
Some groups enhance members' motivation and help students stay focused on their academic goals.[18] If a study group is effective, students will receive useful instruction from other group members and outperform students who are not part of study groups.[19] Students who have negative attitudes to study groups are generally outperformed by students who are committed to their groups and value the learning experiences they provide.[20] However, a study group may inhibit the acquisition of new information, concepts, and skills, as the presence of others can be distracting. These distractions can interfere during the early phases of learning, both in overt and covert practicing. In a study in which participants had to learn a list of words, they were too embarrassed to rehearse the material out aloud and as a consequence of this group pressure, their performance suffered.[21]
Studies have shown that clinicians developing their therapeutic skills, students learning a new language, and athletes practicing their skills learn more rapidly in groups, at least initially, than when working individually.[22][23][24][25] Once these individuals have mastered their skills, however, they should perform in groups whenever possible.[26] Zajonc suggested that the student study alone, preferably in an isolated cubicle, and arrange to write examinations surrounded by many other students, on stage, and in the presence of a large audience. The results of the examination would be beyond the student's wildest expectations, assuming that the material had been thoroughly learned beforehand.[3]
Social facilitation is a widespread phenomenon in society. Many public tasks demonstrate the effects, both the costs and benefits, of social facilitation. From taking exams in a high school or college environment to performing in sporting events, people may perform better or fall short depending on the task's complexity. In many experiments, people display signs of social facilitation even in everyday tasks, such as driving. This effect can even be seen in animals, as displayed by Zajonc, Heingarter, and Herman's study on cockroaches.[8] Businesses can use social facilitation to their advantage, through placing their employees in evaluated, group situations for simple tasks. Students can also place themselves in group situations for simple tests to improve their performance, or conversely, sit farther away from other classmates on complex tasks.
Social facilitation's definition and explanations are not without controversy. Social psychologists first debate whether social facilitation in humans can be through mere presence, or whether it must be through evaluation. Many psychologists also question whether social facilitation and social loafing (which is the tendency of individuals to slack in a group when work is pooled and individual performance is not being evaluated) should be studied together, rather than separately, because of the overlap of conditions. One of the greatest controversies surrounding social facilitation is its origination. Psychologists continue to debate whether social facilitation is adopted through the innate biology of humans and animals, or through social learning, either from interaction with society or from individual interaction with other people, and not society in general. Further research and expansion of experiments and theories may begin to resolve, or further complicate, these issues.[27]
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Today, there are many different theories about why social facilitation occurs. Norman Tripplett initiated the research on the phenomenon, and many psychologists have followed suit. Despite the large number of theories on the topic, most social psychologists today agree that social facilitation is a result of increased arousal, distraction, and awareness of evaluation.
As a whole, the study of social facilitation has the potential to explain why certain people perform the way that they do. This can be applied to public speakers, sports players, classroom performance, or really any evaluated social situation. Until now, most of the findings have reinforced the original theories that people either perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when in the presence of other people.
Many studies have also shown that the effects are not limited to humans, but have been displayed in other species like capuchin monkeys.[15] As research is becoming more extensive, the theories are starting to be applied to other cultures, adding validity to the theory in that it is not only true for Americans and Europeans.[28]
See also
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Strauss, Bernd (July 2002). "Social facilitation in motor tasks: a review of research and theory". Psychology of Sport and Exercise 3 (3): 237–256. doi:10.1016/S1469-0292(01)00019-x.
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The Steel Glacier is undergoing the most vigorous surge:
|On the upper glacier, the ice surface has dropped be several tens of meters, leaving behind a "bathtub ring" of stranded ice.
|The fast flow creates very crevassed shear margins
The Walsh Glacier is also surging. I think it's in its third year of surging now, but this is by far the most active I've seen it:
And finally a picture of Fisher Glacier. This surge might be done; it reached all the way to the glacier front.


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Spending time with your loved ones is really what the upcoming holidays are all about. However, we're still into the whole giving and receiving thing too. We recently stumbled upon this naughty wrapping paper and immediately thought of you. Normal on the outside and filled with half-naked imagery on the inside, hit the thumbs for a detailed look at the raunchy gift wrap, yours for $7.
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Every fashionista has "their accessory" that they tend to purchase the most of. Whether that be shoes, bracelets or handbags, I feel like most people have one particular accessory that tends to fill their closet more than others. For me, that's handbags. When it comes to jewelry, I'm pretty basic and tend to wear the same pieces over and over. As for shoes, I love those too, but I typically invest in quality rather than quantity. BUT when it comes to bags, there are no restrictions! A good work tote, a fun clutch for events. You name it, I want it (if only I could afford to buy them all!).
My favorite time to purchase new bags is during spring. The reason being, most brands bring out the statement bags, bright colors and major trends during this season. Simply because you can get the most wear out of it. Find a bag you love, and you can carry it all spring and summer long. Sometimes well into the fall too. So for today's post, I featured a few items I'm lusting over right now! I recently snagged the Kate Spade NY scalloped clutch for myself during Bloomingdale's Friends & Family Sale. I can't stop carrying it! It's my favorite! Oh, and the GiGi New York clutch is a year round staple. Choose a neutral color, like the stone, and you can use this clutch during any season!
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This position is responsible for the development and implementation of programs to support faculty including but not limited to: oversight of the appointment, promotion, and tenure processes; faculty renewals; facilitation of retention of faculty; oversight of the faculty database; managing faculty membership of school standing committees; providing resources for faculty career advancement with a thorough knowledge and adherence to all faculty policies, regulations and procedures of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM).
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OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
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One of the nation's most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Come, gather with us.
If you live in our local hood, we want to get to know you in person. Starting this Wednesday (September 27th), we'll be hosting a weekly gathering at Muse co-owner's home, the lovely Ann Whittaker.
The other half of the Muse day-to-day team, Allie Couch, will share a short overview of the new season. Libra's harmonizing ways are unfolding around us and we want you to get the most out of it.
Dive into the themes of this elegant season and learn how your sign utilizes the energy of Libra and early autumn. Learn how we can all, universally, get more out of this windy, airy, season.
Come, gather with us. Commune, snack on autumn treats, and take advantage of this space to dive into and celebrate this goreous season and each other.


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What Is an Amplified Stethoscope?
An amplified stethoscope is an instrument that is used by hearing-impaired medical professionals and students. It is an Assistive Listening Device (ALD) that allows them to hear the sounds of their patient's hearts, lungs and other systems of the body when necessary. The stethoscope electronically amplifies these sounds so that the person who is using it can hear more easily while performing an examination. Adjustments to reduce background noises may also be made using this type of stethoscope.
Many amplified stethoscopes are designed so that the user may adjust the sound frequency from low to high during examinations. The low-frequency mode is often called the bell mode. This mode is for listening to lower frequency sounds, like certain sounds made by the heart. Higher frequency sounds, such as the sounds made by the lungs, can be heard using the diaphragm mode.
Amplified stethoscopes are electronic and typically run on batteries. They can be used by people who wear hearing aids and hearing-impaired people who do not require them. A stand-alone amplified stethoscope is typically used when a hearing device is not worn. Other types of amplified stethoscopes are made to work with hearing aids using various types of attachments.
Stand-alone amplified stethoscopes are not made to attach to any other type of hearing device. When using the instrument, the user places the earpiece in his ears to hear. People who normally wear a hearing device may choose to remove their aids and use a stand-alone stethoscope.
Attachments are necessary to successfully use other types of amplified stethoscopes while wearing hearing devices. The type of attachment primarily depends on the type of hearing aid worn. People who wear hearing aids that are In The Canal (ITC) or that are Completely In the Canal (CIC) of the ear can wear either ear molds or special plastic tips. The plastic tips replace the standard earpieces on the amplified stethoscope and rests over the hearing aids.
Molds may be made to fit ITC, CIC hearing aids and hearing devices that sit Behind the Ear (BTE). They are custom-made to interface with the type of hearing aid that is being worn and the stethoscope. Medical professionals may also buy headphones to attach to the amplified stethoscope and replace the earpieces. A health care worker with cochlear implants may also use an amplified stethoscope by using a patch cord or input cable to connect the stethoscope directly to the processor of the cochlear implant.


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