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Denton Avenue Students Raise $3,200 for Ryan's Well Fundraiser
When Ryan Hreljac was a six-year-old Canadian boy, he raised money to build a well for clean drinking water in Uganda. Now as a young adult he founded Ryan's Well, a not-for-profit organization that continues his efforts.
The students at Denton Avenue learned about Ryan and fund-raised to build a well in Burkina Faso, Africa and to provide money to sustain the well. Ryan drove from Canada to Long Island to visit Denton Avenue School to accept a check for $3,200. Ryan was very appreciative of the students' advocacy toward this global issue and their enthusiasm for this project.
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I knew nothing about this until I just saw the video.
fwiw there has been chatter from fans about the return of the late 70's and 80's uni's for throwback games and such, and this script here is pretty much based off of that old logo. Maybe the Jets are warming up to it finally.


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Rights and rhetoric clash in abortion politics, with Susan Markens, Katrina Kimport, Drew Halfmann, Kimala Price, and Deana A. Rohlinger.
LGBT educators struggle to balance professionalism and pride in the classroom, splittling, knitting, or quittting, in the words of the authors.
All sociologists recognize that social constraints affect individuals' outcomes. These effects are sometimes relatively direct. Other times constraints affect outcomes indirectly, first influencing individuals' personal characteristics, which then affect their outcomes. In the latter case, the social becomes personal, and personal characteristics that are carried across situations (e.g., skills, habits, identities, worldviews, preferences, or values) affect individuals' outcomes. I argue here for the importance of both direct and indirect effects of constraints on outcomes.
The transmission of party identification from parent to child is one of the most important components of political socialization in the United States. Research shows that children learn their party identification from their parents, and parents drive the learning process. The vast majority of studies thus treats children as passive recipients of information and assumes that parent-child concordance equals transmission. Rather than relying on a single pathway by which parents teach children, we propose an alternative view by focusing on children as active agents in their socialization.
This paper proposes a theoretical framework and an empirical example of the relationship between the civic stratification of immigrants in the United States, and their access to healthcare. We use the 2007 Pew Hispanic Center/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Hispanic Healthcare Survey, a nationally representative survey of U.S. Latinos (N = 2,783 foreign-born respondents) and find that immigrants who are not citizens or legal permanent residents are significantly more likely to be excluded from care in both the United States and across borders.
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We examined differences between sexual minority women's (SMW's) sexual identity and sexual behavior or sexual attraction as potential contributors to hazardous drinking across a 10-year period. Data are from a longitudinal study examining drinking and drinking-related problems in a diverse, community-based sample of self-identified SMW (Wave 1: n = 447; Wave 2: n = 384; Wave 3: n = 354). Longitudinal cross-lagged models showed that SMW who report higher levels of identity-behavior or identity-attraction discordance may be at greater risk of concurrent and subsequent hazardous drinking.
Existing research emphasizes the importance of group identification and perceived similarity in the development of group consciousness. Intersectionality suggests that for many women, a political consciousness of gender may also stem from experiences with race, ethnicity, and sexuality and may be interconnected with a consciousness of other forms of inequality. This study analyzes data from a recent national survey to investigate how race, ethnicity, and sexuality intersect with women's gendered political consciousness.
Although research has established a very strong relationship between the presence of a psychiatric disorder and victimization in prisons, some gaps remain in our understanding. This study considers the importance of gender differences in this relationship. Estimates based on the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities show that psychiatric disorders have a stronger relationship with victimization among male inmates than among female inmates. Yet the size of the gender difference varies greatly depending on the specific disorder.
Cancer is a life-changing condition for many American seniors, and a growing body of literature is assessing the mental health implications of living with the disease. This article builds from the well-known buffering hypothesis with insights from recent cancer research to investigate whether social networks moderate the association between cancer and mental health for older men and women.


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Teaser Poster of the Movie "Salhesh : The People's Hero"
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This is first teaser poster of the historical and cultural movie "Salhesh: The People's Hero" which has been announced in Kathmandu, Nepal on 15 August 2016. The movie is under pre-production stage now. The movie is being produced into two languages Maithili and Nepali simultaneously. The movie delivers a research-based very powerful historical story to the national and international community.Posted On : January 24, 2018


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Inventors month: 3 developing technologies that are shaping the future
It's August and that means it is officially inventors' month! We are celebrating by looking at 3 major technologies that are shaping the future and how you can bag yourself your dream role in these innovative industries.
Artificial Intelligence
According to Gartner, by 2021, AI will create $2.9 trillion worth of business and 6.2 billion hours of worker productivity globally. Scientists at Stanford University have claimed that by 2030, all US cities will be using AI for public safety and security, transport and health care, something that we can already see emerging.
Google is hard at work, developing BERT, a system that learned how to predict missing words in a sentence. When presented with a multiple-choice test, BERT performed at the same level as a human given the same test. According to Bill Gates for Technology Review magazine: "New advances in capturing semantic relationships between words are making machines better at understanding natural language."
Autonomous and electric vehicles:
Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous cars are set to take the future by storm. At the beginning of August, 2019, the UK launched a £2million feasibility fund to encourage businesses to crack safety and security concerns. V2X (vehicle to everything) Wireless hopes to bridge that gap by allowing the vehicle to communicate to its surroundings as well as other vehicles on the road. It is predicted that over 11.2 million vehicles will have V2X communications by 2024 with China leading the way on this.
Electric Vehicles
Thor ET-One is paving the way for electric semitrucks and putting carbon dioxide emitting trucks to shame. While still very much a prototype, it's claimed that the Thor ET-One can "haul up to 80,000 lb. for up to 300 miles on a single charge" according to Time best inventions 2018.
Robot Dexterity
Bill Gates is hoping to see robot hands better equipped to manipulate unfamiliar objects. One project currently working towards this is Dactyl, a robot born from the non-profit organisation – Open AI – by Elon Musk. "We've trained a human-like robot hand to manipulate physical objects with unprecedented dexterity" says Open AI after their robot hand twisted a block into 50 different requested orientations. Robots might be taking over sooner than we thought!
California based start-up, Zipline, is developing their technology with the goal to save lives. Doctors can place an order through a simple app for the medicine they need on-demand. Their latest drone can carry up to 2kg at over 100km/h and is run on an electric battery, saving lives and saving the planet!
How can you be a part of this?
Research conducted by GOV.UK found that inward investment to the AI and Automation segment in the UK has increased by 17% (more than the whole of Europe combined!) With that being said, there is no wonder that some of the biggest global brands are hiring for AI specific roles, including; Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, Adobe and Uber.
How can you get a piece of that pie? If you want a role at the forefront of a leading AI / automation company – you'll need to adopt a holistic approach (coding in a relevant language may not be enough!) Here are our suggestions on getting your foot through the door and your CV noticed by the right people.
One event that is making a name for itself is 'Robotics Week,' hosted by UK-RAS Network, and now in its 4th year. Currently, it is the leading national event that showcases hundreds of robotic events, competitions, lectures, hackathons and workshops all under one roof. There are also challenges featured on their website that gives opportunity to build robots to their specifications (2019's was the Surgical Robot Challenge.)
The Festival of AI & Emerging Technology hosted by CogX, is hosted annually during the first half of London Tech Week and boasts 500+ speakers including; Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of AI & Machine Learning at World Economic Forum. Here you can expect to find a range of ground-breaking topics ranging from autonomous transportation, blockchain, Internet of Things, VR and AR. It hosts over 150 exhibitors from AI and emerging Tech start-ups to enterprise vendors, with specific areas for networking.
Online courses:
With approximately 70% of all machine learning and AI specialists still learning their trade in university, an online course could boost your skillset and set you ahead of the rest.
Fast.ai is a website offering online courses specifically for developing skills you already have such as 'deep learning for coders' and 'computational linear algebra.'
Udacity offers courses that also allow you to build real world projects given by industry experts as well as learning and acquire a Nanodegree program. Here you can find various courses such as; data science, AI, programming, autonomous systems and cloud computing.
Google offer 2 online courses at varying levels. The first 'Learn with Google AI' is a resource provided to broaden the understanding of AI among the general public. It currently contains a crash course in TensorFlow (a machine leaning library.) The second is an in-depth course from Google offered through Udacity, this one focusing on large complex databases.
Both AI, machine learning and automation require a knowledge of coding. Learning languages such as Python, C++ and Java can open doors into drone and robotic programming careers. Python will make it easy to create complex algorithms and C++ will speed up the entire coding process. Other languages needed include:
- Julia: for projects that demand high-performance tasks surrounding numerical computing and analysis.
- Haskell: perfect for engaging in abstract mathematics as it allows expressive & efficient libraries to create AI algorithms.
- Lisp: rapid prototyping capabilities, support for symbolic expressions, library of collection types and is highly flexible / adaptable for problem solving needs.
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In addition to these, ROS (Robot Operating System) is a useful set of software tools that help to build robot applications. ROS comes with support, tutorials and a contribution community for sharing ideas and submitting your projects.
Matlab toolboxes interface with ROS and is used for data analysis, developing algorithms and creating models and is used worldwide by scientists and engineers.
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GitHub is a great way to put your coding into action, contribute to other similar projects and show off your talents to industry experts. Innovative projects such as face recognition, are all open-source and hosted on GitHub and thanks to the amount of contributors, face recognition now has a success rate of 99.38%. Other amazing AI projects that have come from GitHub include; fastText by Facebook research, awesome-TensorFlow (machine learning designed by Google,) and Predictionio by Apache (used by developers, data scientists and end-users.)
Hackathons are a great way to network, collaborate and learn about tech. The UK Ministry of Defence hosted a 2-day hackathon which saw 13 teams try to find new ways to use AI for defence. It's a great way to get involved, even if you don't have experience in a certain field as almost 40% of people who took place in the MOD hackathon had never worked with the Ministry before.
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Written by Gabriel Dillard
The Wonderful Company announced an increase in its minimum wage to $15 an hour for its full-time California employees, going into effect on Jan. 1 2019.
The $80 million payroll investment is a 36-percent jump in pay for those earning the current state minimum wage of $11 per hour for large employers.
The Wonderful Company has 4,500 full-time employees in the state, and nearly half of them will see benefits from the company's largest-ever wage increase, according to a news release.
"Our dedicated and hard-working employees are our greatest asset, and the reason for our tremendous success as a company," said Stewart Resnick, chairman and president of The Wonderful Company. "This move firmly positions The Wonderful Company as the employer of choice in California's Central Valley, and we encourage others in the agriculture industry to follow our lead."
The increase is coming three years before the state will require all large employers to meet a $15-an-hour minimum wage.
"This substantial investment in our workers will have an immediate and meaningful impact on their lives," said Lynda Resnick, vice chair and co-owner, The Wonderful Company. "In addition to providing our Central Valley employees and their families free health care and education, we are now able to help them achieve a significantly improved standard of living."
The Wonderful Company is a privately held $4 billion global company headquartered in Los Angeles that has 9,000 employees worldwide. Some of its products include Wonderful Pistachios, Halos, POM Wonderful pomegranate water and FIJI Water.


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I think the taxi drivers here are really unemployed nuclear physicists. They manage to get their cabs in between the molecules of the cars and busses next to them. Or they are all failed kamikaze pilots. That ride from the pier was exciting.
We made our first stop at La Boca today.
It is kind of a tourist trap, but it is also an awful lot of fun. If you are into color and art then this is the place to visit. It was originally painted with left over paints from the ship maintenance in the ports.
After walking around La Boca for a couple of hours we headed down to Plaza Maya. One thing I have noticed in South America is that they take their cell phones so seriously that they allow towers to be constructed anywhere.
This city of ten million is very cosmopolitan. Lots of hustle and bustle and business being conducted. A rat race maybe? But a very neat city so far.


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When Elizabeth Cogar of Studio Two Three (and R•Home contributor) got the idea to create and sell an embroidery sampler kit, she knew she wanted local artist Chris Milk Hulburt to design it, because of his whimsical style.
"I wanted these kits to be fun," she says, "and very unlike traditional embroidery kits."
Complete with tiny scissors, needle and thread, the kit includes everything needed, but it's up to the crafter to decide how they want it to look, down to the type of stitch and color of the thread used for each animal and plant.
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Thankful Turkeys: Meet Hildy
This month, meet four turkeys whose incredible stories make us even more grateful to live cruelty-free this Thanksgiving.
October 31, 2011
Hildy was destined for the dinner table at birth in 2003. Hatched and raised in a man's dingy basement with dozens of her siblings, the birds had little space to flap their wings and never saw the sunshine until they were rescued by a now-closed sanctuary and later brought to Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY. Despite Hildy's permanent beak and toe disfigurements from her cruel origins, this friendly girl now spends her days running up to the gate to greet visitors and staying warm in the sun. She loves attention from people and will sit with visitors and staff for hours. Her Thanksgiving meal will consist of her favorite food—cooked yams—during Farm Sanctuary's annual Celebration of the Turkeys on November 21. As one of the oldest birds at the sanctuary, this eight-year-old is youthful as ever and has even been caught rounding up the other birds to sneak up on unsuspecting pigs. She is beloved by staff and called a "peacemaker," using her 30 unique vocal sounds to communicate with the other birds and make friends with animals and humans alike.
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Forms of Presence on Vimeo
The opening sequence of the video displays the perspective of a corridor, with pelts hanging on both sides, followed by portraits of embalmed animals, eyes opened, with an age long humility fixed upon their faces. In this film, the animal species appear in a strange harmony – it is a world that can only be understood beyond our own experience. Leaving room to historical, mythological, religious and life and death references, this film ends with a corridor locating the basement of a contemporary building.


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Truth and Reconciliation #8
Michael Schwartz and Sashay Schettler
February 28, 2017
How about a Powwow as a step toward inclusiveness? What does inclusiveness mean to you? Perhaps it is being accepted and respected regardless of culture or beliefs. However you visualize inclusiveness you can probably think back to a time when you felt included and the happiness associated with it....
Truth and Reconciliation
Emily Falcon and Jake Aden
February 24, 2017
As the Truth and Reconciliation series of articles continues, we look at reconciling past and present concerns. The University of North Dakota draws most of its students from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, all states with a large population of American Indians. In North and South Dakota,...
Truth and Reconcilation #5
Tyson Jeannette and Britten Croves
January 31, 2017
Dakota Access Pipeline escalating risk for the sake of greed Throughout this series we examine the numerous abuses committed against the Native American people in both the past and the present. From the Doctrine of Discovery to stereotyping, we delve further into the racism and genocide that mars the hist...
Truth and reconciliation
Tyson Jeannette and Michael Hendrickson
January 27, 2017
Broken Treaties 'This land is your land…' but we will take it from you and leave you with a trail of tears… As we continue with our truth series we take a brief look here at how treaties were used to take the lands of the indigenous people. The official history site of the United States...
Truth and reconciliation project series #3
Kyle Simonson and Gavin Nadeau
January 24, 2017
How American Indian boarding school contributed to feelings of mistrust This article is a part of the wider Truth and Reconciliation series of articles, and seeks to provide some historical context about what American Indians have faced in history and how they continue to be affected today. The st...
Truth and reconciliation project series
Mike Hendrickson, Contributing Writer
January 13, 2017
'This land is your land, this land is my land' – or is it? How the Doctrine of Christian Discovery annihilated native rights. The goal here is to acknowledge the truth about our history and what really happened. The truth is important because without it we will continue to live in a cocoon of...


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South Carolina Cavalry, under Lieutenant Meighan, sent to support the batteries. The enemy soon appeared and opened fire on the cavalry, when, the squadrons at the bridge having rejoined him, General Hampton slowly retired to the city, sending his artillery on before to occupy a position commanding the ground between the city and the mountain. The enemy now pressed forward, and, planting a gun in the suburbs of the city, supported by a body of cavalry and a regiment and a half of infantry, opened fire upon the crowded thoroughfares of the place. To secure a safe retreat for the brigade, it was necessary to charge this force, which was gallantly done by the Second South Carolina Cavalry, Colonel Butler; Lieutenant Meighan leading his squadron in advance. The enemy were scattered in every direction, many of them killed and wounded, 10 prisoners taken, among them Colonel Moor, Twenty-eighth Ohio, and the gun captured. Unfortunately, five of the horses attached to the piece were killed, so that it could not be removed. The enemy's account, subsequently published, admits the repulse of their force and the capture of the gun. After this repulse the enemy made no further efforts to annoy to our rear. The brigade retired slowly, bringing off the prisoners captured, and bivouacked that night at Middletown, Lieutenant-Colonel Martin having been left, with his command and two pieces of artillery, to hold the Catoctin Mountain.
Munford was, in the meanwhile, ordered to occupy the gap in this range, near the town of Jefferson. The force under his command consisted at this time of only the Second and Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, the Sixth Virginia having been left at Centreville to collect arms, &c.; the Seventeenth Battalion detached before crossing the Potomac on an expedition into Berkeley, and the Seventh Virginia Cavalry having been ordered, a day or two before, to report to General Jackson for operations against Harper's Ferry.
Every means was taken to ascertain what the nature of the enemy's movement was; whether a reconnaissance feeling for our whereabouts, or an aggressive movement of the army. The enemy studiously avoided displaying any force, except a part of Burnside's corps, and built no camp-fires in their half at Frederick that night. The information was conveyed promptly to the commanding general through General D. H. Hill, now at Boonsborough, and it was suggested that the gap which I held this night was a very strong position for infantry and artillery. Friday, the day on which, by the calculation of the commanding general, Harper's Ferry would fall, had passed, and, as the garrison was not believed to be very strong at that point, I supposed the object already accomplished. I, nevertheless, felt it important to check the enemy as much as possible in order to develop his force. With a view to ascertain what the nature of this movement was, I had, before leaving Frederick, sent instructions to Brigadier General Fithzhugh Lee to gain the enemy's rear from his position on the left.
On the morning of the 13th, I moved forward all of Hampton's command to the support of Colonel Martin. Foiled in their attack on the preceding evening, the enemy appeared in front of Colonel Martin, at daylight on the 13th, and endeavored to force their way through the mountain. Their advance guard was driven back, when they posted artillery on the turnpike and opened fire on Colonel Martin, who held the mountain crest. This was responded to by a section of rifle guns under Captain Hart, whose fire was so effective that the enemy's battery was forced several times to change its position. The skirmishers on both sides had meanwhile become actively engaged, and the enemy was held in check until he had marched up to the attack two brigades


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Spectacular light show over the Pearl River in south China's Guangdong Province performed by 1,180 drones
A special performance involving a total of 1,180 drones decorated the night sky of Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong Province Thursday evening, showing the city's welcome to the over 1,000 international guests to the 2017 Fortune Global Forum slated from Wednesday to Friday.
The drones were seen climbing out of darkness gradually into the sky over the Pearl River and forming into Chinese character "Cai Fu," meaning "Fortune," followed by the formation of the full name of the forum.
The unmanned aircrafts also formed into Chinese characters of "Openness and Innovation" and "I love GZ (Guangzhou)" before finally making up the map of China, casting a harmonious and splendid scene.


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- Acts as an insect repellent
- Helps treat acne and oily skin (when used in a highly diluted form)
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Porcelain dental crowns are sometimes used to restore a compromised tooth that also appears in your smile. They are made from a special dental grade porcelain-ceramic material that is intended to look and behave just like natural tooth enamel.
Unfortunately, there are still instances where something can happen to chip or fracture a dental crown. This is more likely to occur if you grind your teeth on a nightly basis, or you have a bad habit of using your teeth to bite off string or open packaging. Contact sports athletes who forgo the use of a protective mouth guard are also at increased risk of suffering a fractured dental crown.
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Worm gearboxes – reliable or not?
Oleksandr Nechyporenko
Worm gearboxes are probably the most common type of gearboxes in industrial segment. And while some operators of worm gearboxes use them and only them, considering this type of gearboxes as a cost-effective solution to their tasks, others consider them unreliable and try to avoid them in every way.read more


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By Michael Castleman
For 40 years now, social Liberals and Conservatives have waged a culture war over sexual politics. Conservatives have fought bitterly against abortion, sex in the media, and sex education in public schools, castigating them as clear signs of moral decay. They have promoted abstinence until marriage as The Answer to everything from teen pregnancy to AIDS. With equal passion, Liberals have championed women's right to abortion, and teachers' right to discuss contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), insisting that this information is The Answer to everything from teen pregnancy to AIDS.
The views of the Liberals and Conservatives appear diametrically opposed. But based on my five years of experience in family planning and teen sex education, and subsequent 25 years as a sex counselor and journalist specializing in sexuality, I have come to believe that the two sides are not the Hatfields and McCoys. They're actually Romeo and Juliet, hailing from feuding clans, but in bed with each other.
When it comes to teen sex, the Liberals and Conservatives have very similar core values. Neither of their approaches to sex education makes sense (though the Liberal view is a tad more realistic). And neither of their programs has ever been shown to accomplish anything significant.
Meanwhile, the real answer to teen sex education has been hiding in plain sight for a good 25 years. It's the power of parents. Parents are by far teens' most effective sex educators. Parents are certainly not perfect sex educators. But they're doing a better job than they did two decades ago, and a modest program of adult education could improve their abilities even more. Helping parents become better sex educators might even transcend the supposed Liberal-Conservative divide, and promote sexual responsibility to adolescents based on a concept completely foreign to both sides, the simple, elegant fact that sexual responsibility, contraception, and STI prevention lead to better, more pleasurable, more satisfying sex.
Compared with adults, teens spend more of their lives focused on the media. My 15-year-old daughter does her homework on the computer, while watching TV, with music blaring, while IMing her friends, Television, movies, popular music, and advertising are soaked in sex:
* Network programs directed at teens are filled with sex and sexual allusions. In a recent episode of "Desperate Housewives," three of the four main characters engaged in sexual banter with their husbands, a mother breast-fed her five-year-old, and a gay teen kissed his boyfriend.
* Cable TV is more explicit, notably HBO's recently concluded "Sex and the City," whose career-women characters wouldn't be caught dead without a vibrator in their purses. Many scenes on "The Sopranos" take place at a topless bar, where the dancers have been shown orally gratifying the mobsters.
* Teen-oriented music is equally sex-obsessed. Five years ago, when my daughter was 10, she loved the song, "Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang:
Put your hands down my pants and I bet you feel nuts.
Yes, I'm Siskel, yes I'm Ebert, and you're getting two thumbs up.
You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals,
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.
You show me yours, and I'll show you mine.
Then we'll do it doggie style, so we both can watch "X-Files."
* Pornography is more mainstream than ever. Every video store stocks it. You may have to be 21 to rent or buy it, but any kid can wander into the Adult section and view the almost-X-rated box covers.
* Finally, using the Internet, every imaginable type of pornography, and then some, is just a click away. Before my Web-surfing son left for college, he downloaded photos and video clips that would make Hugh Hefner's hair curl.
Does media exposure to sex spur teens to become sexual? It's debatable, but some research says yes. RAND Corp. researchers interviewed 1,792 teens, age 12 to 17 at the start of the 2004 TV season. Then the researchers analyzed the sexual content of the 2004 television season. Two-thirds of shows contained clear sexual content. At the end of that season, they interviewed the teens again. As the sexual content of the shows they watched increased, so did their likelihood of first intercourse and other sexual activities.[1]
In addition to unprecedented access to sex-promoting media, today's teens also have more opportunity than previous generations did to "do it." When today's parents were growing up, many of their mothers stayed home, making access to sofas and bedrooms logistically difficult. Today, however, most mothers work outside the home, and many teens spend their after-school hours with no adult in sight. Recently, I attended a party for a friend's 18-year-old daughter who was going off to college. The subject of teen sex came up. I waxed nostalgic about the big back seat of my old '54 Plymouth. She looked at me askance: "A car? Why didn't you just go to someone's house?"
Today we have teens exposed to more media sex than ever, and with more opportunity than ever to let their hormones get the better of them. No wonder the adult world is so nervous about teen sexuality. And no wonder both Liberal and Conservative groups (who want funding for their programs) scream in unison that among all industrialized nations, the U.S. has the highest teen birth rate.[2]
Oddly, however, despite raging hormones, a sex-soaked culture, and empty homes after school, over the past 15 years, American teens have become significantly more sexually conservative. In addition, when they have sex, they are more likely than ever to use contraception:
* In 1991, 54.1 percent of teens reported having had intercourse. In 2003, it was down significantly to 46.7 percent.[3]
* In 1991, 37.5 percent of teens said they were sexually active, meaning they'd had intercourse during the previous three months. In 2003, that figure was down to 34.3 percent.[4]
* In 1991, 46.2 percent of teens said the last time they had intercourse, they'd used a condom. In 2003, condom use jumped to 63.0 percent.[5]
* From 1991 to 2003, the teen birth rate has fallen a whopping 33 percent.[6]
* From 1988 through 2004, the Chlamydia rate among teens has fallen 40 percent.[7] (Chlamydia is the most prevalent STI.)
Now, Conservatives—and many Liberals—feel uncomfortable with any teen sexual activity. But the trend lines for the past 15 years clearly argue against any developing "crisis." If there ever was a crisis, it has subsided considerably. Today's teens are more sexually conservative than most adults believe, more conservative than many of their parents were at their age.
Conservatives have been quick to claim credit for the steady, 15-year decline in teen sex. They say their program—abstinence until marriage—is paying off.
There is no doubt that during the past decade, the nation's sex education programs have been reshaped by the Conservatives. During the 1990s, U.S. school sex ed programs turned decisively away from "comprehensive" instruction, which includes contraceptives and STD prevention, and toward just one approach, abstinence until marriage. One survey of 3,754 sex education teachers in grades 7 to 12 showed that in 1988 just 2 percent of school sex education programs taught abstinence-only. By 1999, the figure had increased almost twelve-fold to 23 percent. Moreover, sex education programs that do not insist on abstinence increasingly promote it: In 1988, 25 percent of teachers said abstinence was their "most important" message. By 1999, the figure had risen to 41 percent.[8]
The rise of abstinence-only sex education has certainly been associated with the decline in teen sex. But Conservatives say that it was the cause. In fact, there is no evidence to show a cause-and-effect relationship.
Abstinence promotion began in earnest in 1998 with $50 million a year authorized in the 1996 Federal Welfare Reform Act.[9] But teen STI rates have declined steadily since 1988, ten years before the start of the abstinence push. The teen birth rate began falling in 1991, seven years before federal funding for abstinence education began, back when only a tiny fraction of sex ed programs preached the Conservative message.
In addition, considerable evidence shows that abstinence-only programs don't work. Abstinence-only sex ed is most deeply entrenched in the South, and notably less popular in the rest of the country. Guess where teens are most likely to become pregnant—in the South. According to the CDC, teen birth rates in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina are two to three times those in Vermont, New York, and Michigan.[10]
Controlled trials also fail to show any benefit from abstinence-only sex education. In one study in New York City, 312 middle schoolers were surveyed about their attitudes toward teen sex. Then for four months, 125 of them participated in a daily, small-group, 45-minute class that promoted abstinence. At the start of the study, there were no differences among the students in sexual attitudes or experience. But by the end of the course, significant differences emerged: Compared with students who did not take the class, those who did were more likely to disapprove of teen sex—apparent support for Conservative claims. However, one year later, those who took the class were just as likely to have become sexually active, and just as likely to have become involved in a pregnancy.[11]
Conservatives don't like to discuss this study, or several others that have come to the same conclusion.[12] They prefer to focus on a 2001 survey of 6,800 teens at 141 high schools by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD). Researchers from the Heritage Foundation, a Conservative think tank, analyzed the data and found that compared with teens who did not take virginity pledges—vows to remain virgin until marriage—those who did delayed first intercourse an average of 18 months.[13]
Not so fast. The Heritage researchers never attempted to publish their findings, so they were never subjected to peer review. In 2005, researchers at Columbia and Yale independently re-analyzed the NICHHD data and discovered serious statistical flaws in the Heritage analysis that invalidated their findings.[14]
Meanwhile, in 2004, the CDC's National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a survey of 12,000 teens, showed that among teens who signed virginity pledges, only 12% lived up to them. More than three-quarters—88%—did not. And compared with those who did not sign the pledges, those who did developed sexually transmitted infections at the same rate.[15]
Finally, in 2002 researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, analyzed 26 studies of various approaches to reducing unintended teen pregnancies, both abstinence-only and more Liberal programs. The abstinence-only programs did not delay first intercourse in either boys or girls. Compared with the number of teen pregnancies before the programs were presented, after four abstinence-only programs, the number of pregnancies increased.[16]
Politically, Conservatives have been very successful turning the nation's school sex education programs toward abstinence-only. But as a formula for minimizing teen sex, pregnancy, and STIs, the Conservative program is a bust. It just doesn't work.
What about the Liberal approach, comprehensive sex education that includes birth control methods and STI prevention? As it happens, San Francisco, where I live, has one of the nation's most comprehensive sex education programs. It runs from grades 5 through 8, and includes puberty issues, all the contraceptive methods, and STI prevention—with a major emphasis on prevention of AIDS, which, since 1981, has killed 18,000 San Franciscans.
In addition, at my kids' public middle school, the sex ed program culminated in the 8th grade with a visit from two 19-year-old women who'd had babies at 17. As part of a local program called the TeenAge Parenting Project (TAPP), these moms earn money by visiting schools, and discussing contraception and how parenthood has changed their lives. My kids had different opinions of the TAPP women. They made a big impression on my son, now 19. Six months after their visit, he still vividly recalled their regret over having become parents so young, their inability to afford cars or apartments of their own, and their need to work to support their children, which has meant going to college at night, and taking only one course per term. "They won't graduate for 12 years," he explained at age 12. "That's as long as I've been alive." Four years later, my daughter took a dimmer view of the TAPP women: "The teen moms were stupid. If you get pregnant in high school, you're stupid." My daughter's evaluation was harsh, but she got the point. This is about as hard-hitting as Liberal comprehensive sex education ever gets.
Personally, I'm all for school sex ed that includes contraception and STI prevention. During my years in family planning, I was a guest speaker at many schools. But do these programs accomplish anything? They do not. The McMaster University analysis of 26 outcome studies included many Liberal programs. Like the abstinence-only initiatives, Liberal sex education did not delay first intercourse in either boys or girls. It did not improve use of contraceptives. And it did not reduce unintended pregnancies.[17]
Recently Susan Dominus, an editor at Nerve.com, an Internet sex-and-relationship site aimed at young adults, wrote an essay in the New York Times about sex education: "It must amaze teenagers that sex education can generate such political firestorms, given how dull it usually is. At my public high school, we did not take it seriously. Despite the relative candor of the curriculum, I can't remember anything useful, much less sexually inspiring."[18]
San Francisco's sex ed program is among the nation's most comprehensive. Yet my kids' teachers—and the teen moms—talked themselves hoarse promoting abstinence. My son came home very clear that abstinence is the only 100 percent effective birth control method.
Nonsense. There's another method that's also 100 percent effective, not to mention very popular, always available for free—and quite enjoyable. It's non-intercourse lovemaking, namely, genital hand massage and oral sex. But even the most Liberal, most comprehensive sex education classes never mention them. To mention them would violate the fundamental axiom of American sex education, the core value that unites the Liberals and Conservatives far more than anything divides them, namely, that for teens, sex is dangerous. We don't have "sex education" in this country. We have "dangers-of-sex" education.
To discuss hand jobs, fellatio, and cunnilingus, sex educators would have to discuss sexual pleasure, which is absolutely verboten. During the Clinton Administration, Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders found out just how forbidden it is. She casually mentioned that because everyone masturbates, perhaps it should be taught to children. Faster than you could say "do it yourself," she was fired.
Both Liberals and Conservatives agree on the dangers of sex: coercion, teen pregnancy, and STIs. They also agree that abstinence is the best defense against all of them. Then the Liberals concede that, gee, abstinence is just maybe a little unrealistic, so, kids, if you can't keep it zipped, please use contraception, particularly condoms, which prevent both pregnancy and STIs.
Both Conservatives and Liberals insist that they deserve the credit for the decrease in teen sex over the past 15 years. But as we have seen, there is no compelling evidence that either approach deserves any credit. Nonetheless, there is no denying that since 1991, the teen pregnancy rate has declined 33 percent. The teen Chlamydia rate has dropped 40 percent. And teen condom use is up 17 percent. These are substantial changes. If neither the Liberal nor Conservative approaches has caused them, what has?
No one knows for certain. But I have a theory. I think parents deserve the credit. They have been talking more about sex with their children—and getting through to them.
Now, as the father of two teenagers, believe me, I have a great deal of difficulty believing that when parents talk, teens listen. As far as I can tell, the only time my kids listen to me is when I say: "Here's your allowance."
Nonetheless, studies going back 25 years show that when parents discuss sex and their own sexual values openly and frankly, teens listen and take what they hear to heart. They delay becoming sexual active, and, when they do, they are much more likely to use condoms. Here is a sampling of recent reports:
* University of Pennsylvania researchers surveyed 219 inner-city girls, aged 12 to 19. Those who reported the most conversations with their mothers about sex were the least likely to have intercourse, particularly unprotected intercourse.[19]
* As part of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota researchers interviewed 2,006 boys and girls, aged 14 and 15, who said they were virgins. In subsequent interviews, the teens least likely to have intercourse were the ones who said they had "frequent communication" with their mothers about sex.[20]
* At Northridge State University in California, researchers videotaped many interactions among 55 Latino mothers and their teenaged children, then coded the conversations for content that involved sex and sexual values. As mothers' discussion of sex increased—notably disclosures about their own dating and sexual experiences—their children were less likely to become sexually active.[21]
* Researchers at the State University of New York, at Albany, interviewed 10,000 students in grades 7 to 11 twice, one year apart, about sex discussions with their mothers. Students expressing the greatest satisfaction with these discussions were less likely to have intercourse. If they did, they were more likely to use contraception, and less likely to become involved in a pregnancy.[22]
* Finally, the most compelling evidence of the power of parents comes from a 1998 CDC survey of 372 sexually active teens around the country. Compared with those whose mothers did not discuss the necessity of using condoms, the teens whose moms did were three times more likely to use them during their first sexual experiences and 20 times more likely to use condoms subsequently.[23] These differences are large enough to account for the substantial drop in teen pregnancy and STIs, and the significant increase in teen condom use.
Sex educators of all political stripes moan that many parents have trouble discussing sex with their children or refuse to do so, and that if they do discuss sex, they're often misinformed. Hence the major push for sex education in schools. Clearly, some parents can't or won't discuss sex, and many who do are not particularly well-informed or articulate. But I contend that to be effective sex educators, parents don't have to be eloquent. They just have to try—even if it involves admitting their own discomfort with the subject.
Parents of teens are trying. They are discussing sex more than their own parents did—even if they don't want to. Events have forced the subject on them. During the 1960s, when I was a teenager, the news media were virtually devoid of sex news. Today, it's difficult to avoid sex news: abortion, Viagra, AIDS, other STIs, breast implants, gay marriage, sex toys, sex offenders, pornography, sex-change surgery, and on and on. Even if parents don't want to discuss these things, sex subjects keep coming up, and they wind up discussing them with their kids.
While the Conservatives and Liberals continue to clash over the content of sex education—mostly how much to emphasize abstinence—a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that most American parents want their children to receive more sex education than even the most comprehensive Liberal programs provide. The Kaiser survey of 4,000 parents and students found that in addition to information about STIs (supported by fully 98 percent of parents) and contraceptives (90 percent), 97 percent of parents wanted instruction on how to talk with teens about sex, 88 percent wanted teens to learn to negotiate safe sex with partners, 79 percent wanted more information on abortion, and 76 percent wanted discussion of homosexuality.[24]
The Kaiser survey strongly suggests that American parents are much less conservative than the Conservatives say they are, and much less conservative than Liberals and sexuality professionals fear.
Currently, chances are slim to none that sex education will ever provide what the parents in the Kaiser survey requested. If that's what parents want their kids to learn, they have to teach it themselves.
School sex education programs have focused on the wrong group. Schools should offer classes to parents to help them discuss sex with their children. Conservatives have long argued that sex education belongs in the home. They're right, not just because parents control the message, but because unlike lame school-sponsored programs, home-based sex education actually gets through to teens.
Could such an idea work? The research is scant, but one recent study offers hope. Penn State researchers divided 50 mothers of 11- to 15-year-olds into two groups. One attended two brief classes on talking with teens about sex. Afterwards, the kids of the women who received the instruction said they felt more comfortable talking with their mothers about sex, and engaged them in more discussions of birth control.[25]
But if Liberal and Conservative parents attended the same talk-to-your-teens-about-sex classes, wouldn't all hell break loose? I doubt it. In my experience as a sex educator, relatively few parents are sexually dogmatic. They often seem that way, not because they are truly doctrinaire, but because they feel confused about parenting teenagers (who doesn't?), and afraid of what "they"— peers, teachers, Conservatives, Liberals, the media, and others—might tell their kids when they're not around. Talk-to-your-teens-classes for parents eliminate the fear factor. They give parents of all political persuasions the space to wrestle with sexual issues and decide for themselves how they want to approach their teens, who might soon become sexually active—or might already be.
If I taught such a class, first I would work to reassure parents that the sky isn't falling. I would present the statistics. Today's teens are more sexually conservative than many of their parents were. Next, I would invite participants to reminisce about some of their sexual experiences as teens. The fact is, many parents who embrace the Conservative line in public were anything but as teens.
Finally, I would invite parents to articulate their values and practice discussing them, whatever they might be. If Conservative parents want to insist on abstinence when they talk to their kids, that's their prerogative. But personally, I would present a much different perspective—and my wife and I have in discussions with our kids.
As I interpret the research, it seems to me that whether or not teens are sexually active, they want their parents to acknowledge them as sexual beings. I believe that desire is a big reason why so many studies show that teens delay sexual initiation when their parents discuss sex with them. By talking about it, the parents acknowledge that their kids are sexual beings. Once recognized as sexual, teens don't have to prove it to themselves by becoming sexually active before they feel ready.
One of the hardest things about parenting teens is realizing that you're no longer in control, that your adolescents are beginning to live their own lives their own way. Conservatives lay down the law and expect to be obeyed. In my view, that's unrealistic. All a parent of teens can hope to do is provide some guideposts. Here are my wife's and mine: consent, condoms, lubrication, and pleasure.
* Consent. We never want our kids sexually coerced. We've told them, especially our daughter, that if they ever feel coerced, they should extricate themselves from the situation by any means necessary, and if they need help, we'll do everything in our power to help them.
* Condoms. Pregnancy, AIDS and other STIs are real possibilities. When used properly, condoms virtually eliminate them. Condoms aren't perfect, but Conservatives have seriously over-estimated failure rates. For pregnancy prevention, depending on how carefully they are used, condoms are anywhere from 85 to 98 percent effective.[26] This does not mean that couples can expect two to 15 pregnancies per 100 acts of condom-covered intercourse. It means that if 100 couples use condoms exclusively for one full year, somewhere between two and 15 of them can expect an accidental pregnancy. Sexual frequency varies greatly, but the landmark "Sex In America" study, a survey of a representative sample of 3,432 Americans, found that the most typical frequency was three times a month,[27] or 36 times a year. So 100 couples would make love around 3600 times a year and two to 15 would experience an accidental pregnancy, a risk of somewhere between 1 in 1800 to 1 in 240. One in 240 is about the risk of being incarcerated.[28] One in 1800 is about the chance that a high school football player will grow up to play in the Superbowl.[29] Condoms are not perfect, but they substantially reduce risk of pregnancy and STIs. To reduce pregnancy risk further, teens can add another contraceptive method, for example, the Pill.
* Lubrication. Comfortable sex is well-lubricated sex. In addition, condoms are much less likely to fail when the vagina is well lubricated. Many women do not produce much natural vaginal lubrication, especially teenagers who are anxious about having sex. Commercial lubricants are inexpensive, and in just a few seconds, they can mean the difference between discomfort and comfort. When our son became sexually active, we gave him some lubricant. We also allowed him and his girlfriend to make love in his room, a safe place. (They also made love in the girl's bedroom, with her parents' knowledge and permission.) The relationship lasted a year. Several times, she thanked us for the lube.
* Pleasure. Erotic pleasure is one of life's greatest gifts. Every parent who has ever enjoyed deeply fulfilling lovemaking knows that the most pleasurable sex involves mutual trust and deep relaxation. Who can trust a lover who is coercive? Who can trust a lover who doesn't care about contraception? Who can relax with a lover who isn't willing to take the minimal precautions necessary to prevent STIs? Consent and safe sex are much more than just public health initiatives. Along with adequate lubrication and leisurely, playful, whole-body sensuality, they are the very basis of fulfilling sex. This country sells everything with sex. Why not use sex to sell sexual responsibility? It's one the few places where a "sex sell" is truly appropriate.
Liberals and Conservatives both tell teens the same thing: Sex is dangerous. Don't do it. But the research clearly shows that neither the Liberal nor Conservative approaches have any impact on teen sex, pregnancy, or STI rates.
My wife and I have tried to present a different message to our kids: When you feel ready to become sexually active, embrace responsible sex because it enhances pleasure.
If our message were widely promoted, I believe we would see even greater decreases in teen pregnancy and STIs. In addition, we would help our children grow up to be something they all truly want to be—good lovers.
San Francisco-based writer Michael Castleman is the author of 13 consumer health books, among them, Great Sex.
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Toy Art Gallery is starting to celebrate this halloween season with a double drop of the Glampyre kaiju by Martin Ontiveros. In these new Glowing Ghoul and Poisoned Fiend Editions the Rock and Roll vampire appears cast in glow-in-the-dark vinyl and factory painted in various gold, purple, black, and red sprays.
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A number of years ago I got involved in a client engagement to assist in turning around the performance of a small team which provided service delivery to the public. The team had dismal performance statistics compared to all of its peer group and improvement was urgently required.
Soon after starting the work, the sponsor of the engagement let me know in no uncertain terms that the problem with the team was the members themselves. They were dysfunctional, anti-social, and beyond help, and what was really needed was a good housecleaning, but I was to form my own conclusions.
At first glance, the sponsor's assessment did appear to be on the money. The individuals did not get along, often inflicting silent treatment on each other over what to an outsider appeared to be petty differences. When I had them together in a room, it seemed there wasn't a single thing that they agreed on. After 4 days, I was ready to agree with the sponsor's assessment about the need to clean house. It was clear these people could not get along as a team.
But an odd thing happened at the end of the first week. In a meeting to discuss one very specific customer complaint about how a team member had handled a service application, it suddenly became clear to me that the reason the team member in question had been angry and grumpy with the customer and ultimately did not satisfy the request was because the team member didn't fully understand the process by which she was supposed to be working.
In pushing a little farther, it became evident that although everyone on the team had been trained, the processes they were following to deal with the same items were actually quite different. This meant that not only was service not being consistently delivered, conflict was being created among the team members. One team member would give information to a customer that would then be contradicted by another team member later in the process. Instead of dealing with the process differences, the team members became irritated with each other, and eventually disengaged.
I thought about this over the weekend and on Monday came in with some more questions. My concern was that if team didn't have a common understanding of process, would they clearly understand the role that each played on the team? The answer turned out to be no. They had some general ideas that were common, but there was quite a bit of difference in role understanding, which of course was fuelling the conflict among team members.
Inadvertently, I discovered a third element. As the role discussion (and the obvious lack of common understanding) became heated, one of the team members said to another "Do you even know what we're supposed to be doing here?" We discovered that among the 10 members of the team, there were 7 different versions of the team's goal or objective.
I immediately went out on a limb and speculated that this would also tend to have a negative impact on the group's ability to function as a team.
We then changed the approach to improving the performance of the team and started by developing a common definition of the team's goals and objectives. This wasn't created from scratch, but rather distilled from the organization's objectives. We worked through the process of service delivery until we had a common understanding of, and agreement on, what this was.
Next we talked through the roles and responsibilities on the team, getting on the same page about how was supposed to do what, how that fit within the process, and how that connected to the team's objectives.
Finally, we mapped out the various processes the team was to follow in delivering service, such that everyone had a consistent understanding of how they were supposed to work.
We did not spend any time trying to 'fix' the team members themselves.
In three weeks there was dramatic change. Performance measures that had been the worst in the organization suddenly became the best. The unpleasant, tense atmosphere in which the group formerly operated became genial and friendly. In short, the group began evidencing the behaviours of a well-functioning team.
There was one casualty in the process. One of the team members discovered he was not interested in changing, couldn't buy in to the common process or the role that he needed to play. He chose to take early retirement and although his experience was missed, it was clear that there was no way to benefit from it if he was not willing to operate within the environment required for a team to form.
This group was an eye-opening case study in the essentials of the environment required for a team to form. Although it seems like a bit of a simplification, no team can actually be a team without clearly defined and agreed to Goals, Roles and Process. Interestingly, the fourth element that we often use as the primary indicator of team functioning is relationships, or how well the team is getting along. Although it is not necessarily intuitive, it appears that the quality and effectiveness of our team relationships is driven by the clarity and agreement on the other three elements, not the other way around.
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You might have guessed that I'm not a very even tempered person and that the peaceful, present-minded, serene mama got eaten by my Big Bad Bad Ass Mama Self somewhere around month 9.
You might also have guessed that I kind of like things to go my way. I'm spoiled. Or controlling.
So when new "developmental phases" (Read: Horrible, Horrible Behavior Thingies) pop up, usually somewhere in public like a crowded restaurant, I do what any other level headed parent would do:
I wig out.
This usually involves the following dignified sequence: Address it quietly through clenched teeth, thereby worsening the situation; snap my husband's head off publicly; yell at my kid a few times; threaten to leave, thereby exponentially worsening the situation; get talked off the ledge by a more experienced parent; go home and drink tequila.
I do this about every three months. Finally it dawned on me: I do this about every three months. And because I like to think that, although hot-headed, I have evolved somewhat over the years of motherhood, I examine that fact. What happens every three months? I am not on Seasonale, so we can rule out PMS.
She changes. About every three months, she changes. Just when I've gotten used to one kid, I get another one. Just when I'm taking the things I delight in the most for granted, new ones emerge. Better ones. Longer hugs and sweeter "I love yous". The baby miracle of of identifying shapes in Abby's Sesame Book of Shapes is replaced by toddler dramatic readings of Where the Wild Things Are. And just when I think I can't possibly handle another episode of Caillou, she discovers Kipper and leaves that whiney 'fraidy cat in the dust.
About every three months, something pops up that I don't know how to handle. So I freak. Freaking is my best friend. Freaking keeps me from sailing unconsciously through motherhood. Mama Freaks are my strongest magnet, pulling me to check in with my inner compass and examine my own parenting. Pulling me to make a plan. Pulling me toward the fair sailing due north that I can rely on when I check in to see what's feeling good to us all. Freaking out is my Big Fat Signal that something needs to give - either me, or her, or the environment, or the plan, or the support systems.
The good news about Freaking and Feel Good Parenting is that freaking pretty much feels BAD, so it's not something that tends to repeat itself over the same issue. Now that I'm more tuned in to the compass, the freaking is just a not-so-gentle teacher. No need to obsess and feel bad about it. Just make it right, learn the lesson, and move on. Feels good.
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Selecting a pet is not something to be taken lightly.
There are many breeds of dogs, and their needs and natures can vary widely.
Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center Director Christi Brown recommends "knowing your speed" — your lifestyle — and picking a dog to match.
Various websites, many sponsored by pet products or veterinarian organizations, advise about things you should consider before you get a dog.
What type living space/yard space do you have? Some dogs need the great outdoors; others will be happier in an apartment. Petguide.com suggests Yorkshire Terriers, Boston Terriers, Chinese Cresteds, Bichon Frises, Pugs, Chihuahaus, Great Danes (big, but calm), Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Shih Tzus and English Bulldogs as good apartment dwellers.
If you need a dog that can live the majority of its life outdoors, Purina.com suggests hearty dogs such as the Bernese Mountain dog, Samoyeds and Siberian Huskies, Australian Cattle dogs, German Shepherds, Great Pyrenees and others. However, the website says, even outdoor dogs need companionship and frequent contact.
Other questions:
Where is your home?
Are you able to keep a dog secure?
How much time will the dog be alone each week?
Do elderly or disabled people stay with you?
How old are you, and how young are the youngest children living or visiting with you?
How active are you, and how energetic should your dog be?
How much daily exercise will you give your dog?
How often you would groom your dog, and how much you would want to spend on food.
Potential pet owners can search for dogs that don't shed: Afghan Hounds, according to the American Kennel Club, American Hairless terriers, Bedlington Terriers, Bichon Frises, or Chinese Cresteds and Irish Water Spaniels are among some recommended dogs.
Vet bills can become a concern for pet owners. Iheartdogs.com suggests some breeds that are generally healthy dogs: English Springer Spaniels, Shiba Inus, poodles, Greyhounds, Border Collies, Bichon Frises, Belgian Malinois, Beagles, Basenjis and Australian Cattle Dogs.
Pawculture.com suggests some laid-back breeds — dogs that are as happy relaxing at home as they are playing in the park. They include Bulldogs, Bullmastiffs, Pugs, Chihuahuas, French Bulldogs, Pekingese, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Chow Chows, Skye Terriers and Shih Tzus.
But before getting a pet, everyone should remember that all dogs require an investment of money, time and attention.
If you are not ready to make a 15-year commitment to an animal, Brown said, you shouldn't get a pet.


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Clarissa wished for more, she was not sure what she wanted more of, but the desire filled her heart to the brim that she should have it. She was not the kind that made her intentions known, but pursued them largely in secret. Even the state of her journal was left undisturbed with false entries. She was not to be found out.
Her father kept a journal mostly of his conquests. Not of the romantic kind, but of grand voyages near and far, and he did so dare to go further still. Clarissa didn't know if a life of discovery was what she wished, but it might be a start. Clarissa watched as Eloise, the middle sister, poked at Alice, the youngest of the three. Eloise's distaste was most plain, and every so often she would even permit herself to scowl at little Alice. Clarissa didn't draw as much attention but when she did, she did it for the highest praise.
She fiddled with a straw of grass and Alice bounced around her and tugged on her dress.
'Yes, Alice.'
Alice poked at her sister's arm, causing Clarissa to move her lovely neck and gaze at the girl with her chestnut brown eyes.
'Will you not play?'
'And what, pray tell, am I refusing to play?'
'Oh no, you-'
'Father said you would, you won't?
Clarissa gazed at her father. Then at Alice. She tugged her skirt from Alice and stood.
'Explain,' she said.
'I don't understand…'
'What are the rules?' responded Clarissa.
'There are no rules in Wonderland, everything is opposite, it's upside down, there is magic, rabbits, castles, queens and…'
Alice went on for such a long while. Clarissa was not bemused by the child's enthusiasm.
'Let us begin then,' said Alice tugging her arm.
'Oh don't step on that, it's a door mouse,' Alice exclaimed pointing to a rock.
'No no no, we can't walk forward it must be backwards,' so she said holding Clarissa's hand.
The girls entered a meadow behind the trees from whence they entered.
Clarissa describes things rather differently to her friends, that her sister with due force, paraded her through her lunacy and childish ways, but amongst that meadow something had changed. Dandelions clung to Clarissa's blonde hair, so Alice dubbed Clarissa the White Queen. Clarissa tucked leaves amongst Alice's hair and a crown of her own, she and Alice danced and sang, and climbed trees and laughed in the summer breeze. Her hand was warm with little Alice tucked beside her under a tree trunk, and after, when afternoon came, both were reluctant to return, and walked as though their shoes carried led and their meadow, their secret. That was the first secret Clarissa shared.


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Comment You are about to run out of SAN capacity and your sales order booking system will fail its response time limit in five days.
Not a nice message to get, but it's much better knowing in advance and being able to do something about it than hearing about your storage systems crashing on the day. Such predictive analytics are being talked about more these days.
It's relatively easy to do this inside a single storage environment but wouldn't it be better, more realistic, to have heterogeneous analytics that work across an entire storage environment, no matter what type or location?
It should have the ability to provide real time information to highlight increasing data access latency to a storage resource, I/O bottlenecks, capacity issues and SLA gaps. It could also help you understand how best to tier data, and maybe ease data migration to new storage resources.
Stealthy startup Cumulus Logic has been developing software to do that. FalconStor has acquired an exclusive source code distribution licence for it and will add the software to its FreeStor. This is, FalconStor says, a converged, hardware-agnostic data services software platform that works horizontally across all heterogeneous storage hardware, including all-flash arrays, hybrid flash/disk, all-disk arrays, tape libraries and the cloud.
It sits in the data path between applications issuing external data storage requests and the external storage resources, and is a virtualising storage resource abstraction layer with data services layered on top if it. The services include deduplication, snapshots, virtual tape, automated recovery and, with Cumulus Logic, predictive analytics.
Cumulus Logic says its cloud-based engine analytics are streaming and provide historical and global trending reports as well as real-time data. The cloud-based aspect suggests that on-site FreeStor systems will be instrumented and send performance-related data to a cloud-based engine, possibly in a FalconStor data centre, there to be stored and analysed.
It is interesting to note how influential Nimble Storage's InfoSight has been in raising the storage management game.
The three core aspects of Cumulus' technology are:
- Centralised monitoring, analytics and configuration across heterogeneous storage infrastructures,
- Analysing and reporting storage, server and application metrics on varying levels,
- Collecting, analysing and correlating data from multi-vendor storage and application layers.
We're told customers will be able to proactively detect and be alerted about developing performance bottlenecks and health risks using a real time analytics module.
Falconstor says these analytics are similar to the historical analysis provide by software tools like Splunk and Tableau. Users will be able to define so-called health policies for storage servers, and act on those in real time.
In a canned quote, Cumulus Logic founder and CEO Iqlas Ottamalika said they are going to be useful for cloud service providers: "The recent ubiquity of flash adoption, the coming deluge of 3D NAND flash and the rapid growth in big data is fostering a great need for service providers and their vendors to understand the health and the capacity of their flash and hybrid storage platforms with real-time capabilities not multi-day old data."
He reckons: "This is a new era of analytical monitoring for storage platforms as it will help service providers to strategise and react at lightning-speed, if necessary."
Capacity planning is an obvious application. FalconStor says the code will enable "secure multi-tenancy for service providers that manage their customers' data and infrastructure, and support private cloud infrastructures."
There will be Freestor interface changes to enable it to be deployed on more devices including PC, notebook, iPad and other tablets and phones, for storage resource monitoring from any location.
There is a licensing and joint-development agreement between FalconStor and Cumulus Logic, under which "FalconStor will modify and enhance Cumulus' technology to customize an analytics engine for FreeStor, with all resulting intellectual property exclusively owned by FalconStor."
So Cumulus Logic, which has ex-Violin CEO Don Basile as an investor, is getting out of this area. Wonder what it will be doing instead?
For Falconstor it is a truism that heterogeneous storage resource management, and these analytics are the latest aspect of that, are best provided by a third-party and independent supplier. This was true with heterogenous storage management before the cloud came along and is still true in today's developing hybrid cloud world. Storage management in a state of independence keeps your suppliers honest. ®


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Mon, 13 Jun 2011
Inquests will open today in the deaths of three men who lost their lives on the Island's roads during TT fortnight.
34 year old Irish racer Derek Brien was killed in a crash at Gorselea in Greeba in the Supersport race last Monday.
Visiting biker Justin Winstone, who was 41 and from Bristol, died in a crash on the Mountain Road.
An inquiry will also open into the death of Ballasalla man Robert Kneale.
Mr Kneale died after a crash at the Fairy Bridge.
The inquests will open and adjourn at 2.15pm.
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