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Gary Tuchman co-pilots a flight simulator to show what may have happened when the 777 crashed at San Francisco's airport.
Post by: Gary Tuchman
Filed under: Anderson Cooper • Asiana Flight 214
Very interesting demonstration. Thank you for putting it together. It helps us "passengers" understand better just some of what is happening behind those steel doors (used to be able to say "behind the curtain").
Reading a pilot's comment on here I must say I do not get WHY all operations are not functioning ALL the time to assist pilots and create a much safer landing. PAPI and ILS, why do they not operate and can this be remedied?
There are multiple aids to landing and these are some of the first things a new pilot in training learns. If you notice the large solid white lines on the runway about parallel with the PAPI this the targeted landing area if following the ILS, the PAPI of just visually hand flying. Notice how far it is from the end of the runway? On a VFR day such as that day even without the ILS and PAPI the pilots still have the runway landing picture and the target stripes to aim for. This is basic beginner pilot stuff that for some reason these guys missed. They would have had the visual clues from way, way out that they were too low. This is why everyone is scratching their heads how something like this could have happened.
As far as the ILS being out you would want to use that on a sunny day anyway. It is a tool for getting down in the clouds and would only slow up the works when trying to get a bunch of planes on the ground on a clear sunny day.
I am a pilot and I flew into SFO multiple times in days prior to this accident. In addition to the ILS being out of service, the PAPI lights on the 28's, as illustrated in this video, have been out as well. If that were the case on the day of the crash, the pilots of the Asiana crash did not have the benefit of using the PAPI to aid them in a visual approach. Those lights have been out of service for many weeks–were they for operational the day of the crash?
Previously submitted the wrong name for Angela Corey. My question was why was she allowed to have an open laptop computer in the courtroom? Normally, newspapers are not allowed during the trial. I suspect she was e-mailing or giving her subordinates some instructions on how to try the case.
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What's Blooming May 15, 2012
Well, I think this may be our busiest May yet – of course I haven't looked back on prior years yet. I've been so busy with work, friends & family that I've been horrible at posting. Here's my bloom post (all iPhone) and next I'll post pictures of my new bamboo fence!
I apologize for not adding plant names but someone is bugging me to cook dinner! Got to go!
Spring is really blooming in your garden! Beautiful!!
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Interactions are the basic fabric of learning.
We are born with an intrinsic curiosity about the surrounding world, and try to figure out the way of life by interacting with people around us. This is called the primary socialization process[1] and during this process we learn to speak and move independently, but also adopt the values and the filters our significant others (parents, caregivers) are expressing in their tone, words and behavior. From these early experiences and interactions, and everything coming after that, we create our own worldview and expectations for life, learning and everything. In pre-school or school age the secondary socialization process shapes our interactions with other people, media and information around us.
There are many different ways to interact, and some have traditionally been used more in education than others. Today we recognize how communicative interactions are more effective than purely physical ones. Showing (how to do something) and explaining it creates more connections in students' brain and thus supports deeper learning.
Learning by interacting with their environment has always been the children's natural mode of learning. Adding active concept development into explorations simply by naming the subjects of that momentary interest and providing connections to previous experiences is often instinctively done by parents. Of course early childhood educators try to cater for this type of learning by planning for experiences and having appropriate equipment nearby. Yet, for concept development the dialogue is the most important tool. Early learning experts actively use self-talk and parallel talk to describe what they are doing or what the child is doing in order to make words and sentences become relevant for children, adding more substance to the short sentences children are able to use, yet keeping the discussion focused and meaningful.
Communicative interactions are extremely useful in all other levels of education, too. K-12 students should have plenty of opportunities to explain why and how they helped themselves learn, and as the teacher cannot be listening to everyone simultaneously, I cannot see any other way to increase the student talk time, but by having them to explain to each other. Somehow we often seem to have the fallacy that teacher needs to hear every word – which to me seems to be a remnant from the past. If the focus of education is in control, then yes, teacher probably needs to hear every word students are uttering, but in that case interactions are very limited purely on mathematical principles (one hour, 25 students and one teacher equals 2.4 minutes of time per student) so something must be done. I strongly suggest cooperative learning activities.
Too often the view of teaching is limited to instruction, which at worst becomes a monologue: communication without interaction.[2] I think we all have been listening to lectures, but not actually hearing the message, and wishing we were elsewhere. This is far from effective teaching and meaningful learning, because it basically is just providing information for students, not facilitating their learning, as there are no immediate feedback loops. Often it is also based on power or control (mandatory lectures, no matter whether I already have learnt the content, but attending because of credit hours), instead of validity of information and relevance for my learning.
Unfortunately the same phenomenon happens in K-12 classrooms where teachers are expected to teach the curriculum, regardless whether there are students who have already learnt it and/or others who don't possess the prerequisite skills. Why do we do this?! One helpful tool for any teacher is to use self-talk to make their thinking visible and parallel talk to help a struggling student understand a different point of view – the important part is the interactive way of using it and having students map their own actions or thoughts to make the learning process more tangible. Communication with interaction makes the difference!
Interaction without communication presents a different problem: doing things and saying words simply because we are supposed to do so. I am not talking against politeness, it is important for the everyday life, but more about the non-verbal and paraverbal language and how we know when the other person truly means what s/he is saying. Empty words are teacher's worst enemy. We have so little time with our students that we truly cannot afford using the precious opportunities to interact and not communicate – whether it is negotiating meaning or conveying caring – and then checking for understanding. This is also an area where I need to grow, and be much more intentional with my words while talking. But, my problem is always that my thoughts are running way faster than I can put them into words. I am still learning.
In higher education we come together to negotiate meanings, to tap into the expertise of our colleagues, to compare and contrast our views about the subject matter and to construct new knowledge. This is the true dialogue learning is made of. It is communicative interaction, very intentional and extremely cooperative. Could we provide our students with the same experience?
To best reach our students and support their learning we want to use similar open and honest communication that is based on validity instead of power or control. We need to open a dialogue, a conversation with students and listen what they say, because learning grows in interactions.
[1] http://freebooks.uvu.edu/SOC1010/index.php/socialization.html retrieved 2013/2/3
[2] http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/iliks/Area4-06.pdf retrieved 2013/2/3


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Quote from: GUNHED on 04:06, 24 February 19Received my five cards, now it's time to get some CPCs networked! Thank you very much, the quality is great too!
Quote from: GUNHED on 14:42, 24 February 19The manual is great, but I want to be sure not to screw things up. From the old days I'm familiar with RS232 / RS485, but this is modern technology...
Quote from: GUNHED on 14:42, 24 February 19First question: To connect two CPCs using wires, what do I need to do? Just connect Tx from the first card with the Rx from the second. And Rx from the first card with Tx from the second. Right?
Quote from: ikonsgr on 15:03, 24 February 19 Well,i never tried this, but i believe you will also need the ground pin too (to establish a common ground level for the signals), as in case of direct serial connection of amstrad with CPC using a usb2serial cable adapter. In any case, when you use any kind of direct serial cables, NEVER use the 5v power supply pin, this is only needed for powering the various modules like bluetooth, wifi, usb host etc.
Quote from: JonB on 09:53, 26 February 19I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but tell me, is this serial interface also supported by CP/M Plus (6128)?
Quote from: JonB on 08:22, 27 February 19It's not in need of a specific CP/M utility program, the question is whether or not CP/M supports it already. I consider that very unlikely (it depends on which I/O addresses your interface uses and the UART it uses) but thought I'd ask anyway. Maybe someone has tried it?
Quote from: GUNHED on 11:50, 01 March 19Now I guess I need some help. Since I'm not so familiar with Bluetooth. - At CPC-side I connected the USIfAC and to this a Bluetooth module (without button). I used the same module before with the Mini-Booster, so I know the module works.- From the Disc I started the "Terminal" Application.- At PC side I did start the "AmstradUtility.exe" application.- I switched to Wi-Fi. Then clicked at connect.- The PC / Laptop has an internal Bluetooth moduleHowever I could not get any connection (115.000 baud and also tried 9600 baud, at both sides).Is there a simple step-by-step idot-proof way to go?
Quote from: Audronic on 12:45, 01 March 19@GUNHED ? are WI Fi and Bluetooth different devices ?Ray
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The 2014 edition will be the 36th time ETSU has hosted the event
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 26, 2013) – The 36th annual Niswonger Foundation Track & Field Invitational will take place Jan. 17-18, 2014 inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletics Center on the David E. Walker Track and Gentry Field, ETSU Director of Track & Field/Cross Country George Watts announced Thursday.
The Niswonger Invitational is a two-day event featuring collegiate teams from throughout the southeast. For over three decades, the meet has served as an opportunity to showcase the ETSU campus and the Mini-Dome as well as provide a great source of competition amongst teams and student-athletes alike.
"I am pleased to announce that we will host the Niswonger Invitational in January 2014," said Watts. "This meet has been a staple of ETSU track & field for many years and is an opportunity to showcase our facility, the campus and Johnson City."
In the most recent edition of the Invitational last January, more than 800 student-athletes from more than 60 collegiate teams competed over the two-day period. The Buccaneers secured first-place marks in the women's triple jump and men's high jump as well as a top standing in the men's 800m and a one-two finish in the men's mile run.
"Our athletes look forward to competing in front of the home crowd," said Watts, "and we are looking forward to another great competition in January."
Stay tuned to ETSUBucs.com for more information about the upcoming Niswonger Invitational and ETSU track & field throughout the offseason.
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Roving wiretap
A roving wiretap is a warrant for a wiretap placed on a specific person rather than a "hardwire" tap on a specific phone. The term "wiretap" itself is obsolete and outdated, as the specific copper telephone lines have not themselves been "tapped" since the 1970s. So-called "wiretaps" have been done through switches and electronic radio intercepts for nearly 30s years. Nonetheless, the language used in legislation and court rulings has not kept pace with technological change, and leaving much room for confusion and political demagoguery.
Wiretaps authorized on persons rather than the communications hardware are very useful for law enforcement when a suspect has easy access to various cell phones, computers, pay phones, and private land lines. Before roving wiretaps, the FBI would need to get a separate FISC (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) warrant for each method of communication used by a terrorist. With roving wiretaps, the FBI only needs to get one warrant, and tap whatever line the suspect happens to be using at the time.[1]
The FISA Act which created the FISA Court itself has become outmoded, the original intent directed against foreign nation states, and did not adequately consider the national security threat coming from non-state actors, such as terrorist organizations. Hence terrorists were able to exploit a loophole in the law.
The Patriot Act extended the use of roving wiretaps to include the investigation of terrorist activities.
See also
- ↑ DeRosa, Mary. "Section 206: Roving Surveillance Authority Under FISA: A Summary" (American Bar Association, 2005).


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Maps and Directions
Davidson College is located 19 miles north of Charlotte, just off Interstate 77 at Exit 30. For Google Maps directions, enter your starting address in the "from" box. The "to" box is the address for the college's main entrance, which is located at 405 North Main Street in Davidson, N.C.
Please note that 405 North Main Street is not a mailing address. To mail an item to the college please use the campus directory to find a departmental address.
Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT) is located 25 minutes southwest of Davidson in Charlotte. The airport is served by seven domestic carriers, three foreign flag carriers and is the second-largest hub for American Airlines.
Public Transportation
Greyhound and Trailways bus lines, and an Amtrak railway station are 30 minutes away via I-85 and I-77. The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) 77X North Mecklenburg Express bus route services Davidson to Charlotte during the weekdays between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. Taxi service is available from the airport, train, and bus station.
Admission Office Parking
From exit 30 on I-77, proceed East toward campus on Griffith Street. Cross over the railroad tracks and take an immediate left onto Jackson Street. Follow Jackson around the curve to the right and then turn right into the parking lot – posted signs should guide your way. Visitor spaces are reserved and indicated in red. The Admission Office is located at the corner of Griffith and Main Streets.
General Visitor Parking
For visitors, parking is available in Baker Sports Complex off Baker Drive. Though other public parking may be available on Main Street or Concord Road, college-designated visitor parking is more plentiful. From I-77 Exit 30, proceed East on Griffith Street. Griffith Street will intersect with Main Street right in front of the Davidson campus. Take a right onto Main Street and proceed to the first full stoplight. Take a left at the stoplight onto Concord Road. Travel approximately .5 miles until you see Baker Drive on your left. Turn left onto Baker Drive and the visitor parking lot will be on your right.


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What's the best engine for your boat? To answer this age-old question, we arranged with Steve Fleming at Mercury Marine and Chuck Thompson at Trophy to borrow three identical 2003 22-ft. Trophy Walkarounds, each powered by a different Mercury Marine engine/drive setup of roughly 135 hp and 200 ft.-lb. of torque.
Gas Sterndrive
Trophy's standard setup for its 2052 Walkaround is the MerCruiser 3.0L. This is an overhead-valve inline Four of 3.0 liters and 135 hp, with two valves per cylinder and a 2-barrel carburetor. It runs happily on 87 octane gasoline. Connected to MerCruiser's equally basic Alpha 1 sterndrive, the engine/drive unit weighs 635 pounds and costs just $6899.
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With 85 gal. of gasoline in the tanks, two men and some test gear, our Trophy weighed just over 4400 pounds, ready to go. Thanks to judicious use of the hydraulic trim tabs, we accelerated from idle to 30 mph in 13.5 seconds and repeatedly topped out at precisely 34.7 mph.
At wide-open throttle (WOT) the engine was turning 4800 rpm and gulping down 11.9 gal. of gas per hour (gph). That's 2.92 mpg. At a more relaxed speed of 20 mph, it returned 3.23 mpg to give a cruising range of 274 miles. In our neighborhood, a gallon of 87 octane currently sells for $1.79. We calculate a fuel cost of about 56 cents per mile at 20 mph or about 62 cents per mile at 34.7 mph.
Gas Outboard
Mercury's 135-hp Optimax has the same power rating as the 3.0L sterndrive. A 2-cycle V6 of 2.5 liters, it's fed by Mercury's 2-stage direct fuel injection and runs on 87 octane gasoline. The MSRP on the outboard is $10,615. The basic outboard weighs 431 pounds, a significant 200 pounds less than the 3.0L sterndrive. However, the 2-stroke outboard requires a separate 3-gal. oil tank, different rigging and a reinforced transom. Bottom line, the dry weight for the 2002 Walkaround outboard is virtually identical to that of the 2052 Walkaround sterndrive.
The outboard and sterndrive may both be rated at 135 hp, but the performance is markedly different. The gas sterndrive out-accelerates the Optimax outboard at speeds up to 20 mph. Between 20 and 25 mph, however, the lines on the graph cross and the outboard handily outruns the sterndrive. The 2002 Walkaround is 2.4 seconds quicker to 30 mph and tops out at 42.5 mph. That's nearly 8 mph faster than the sterndrive.
You pay for this performance. At WOT, the Optimax burns 14.2 gph. At the 34.7-mph top speed of the sterndrive, the outboard burns 13.4 gph. Throttle back to a 20-mph cruise, however, and the outboard delivers a comparable 6.5 gph. We calculate a cruising range of 261 miles for the Trophy 2002 and a fuel cost of roughly 58 cents per mile at 20 mph. At 34.7 mph, the outboard fuel costs around 69 cents per mile.
But wait. A 2-cycle engine lubricates its bearings by oil injection. Even something as clean-running as this Optimax 135 still goes through roughly 1.7 gal. of oil for every 85-gal. tank of gas. In our neighborhood, Mercury Marine's Quicksilver 2-Cycle Outboard Oil sells for $15.99 per gallon. This calculates to about 12 cents per mile. We get a total cost for fuel and oil of about 71 cents per mile at 20 mph and 82 cents per mile at 34.7 mph.
Diesel Sterndrive
Cummins and MerCruiser have a new joint venture building small diesels for pleasure boats. We tried a 1.7-liter turbocharged inline Four rated at 120 hp and 195 ft.-lb. of torque. Equipped with the same Alpha 1 lower unit as the MerCruiser 3.0L gas sterndrive, the engine/drive package costs $12,000.
The diesel is slower in acceleration than the gas sterndrive and outboard in every speed range. Surprisingly, the diesel makes it to the same top speed as the 3.0L sterndrive.
The diesel is significantly quieter than the 3.0L sterndrive at every speed, and is even quieter than the Optimax outboard. The diesel is also more fuel efficient. At a 20-mph cruising speed, the diesel sips just 3.3 gph (6.06 mpg). In this Trophy Walkaround, that's a cruising range of 515 miles at 20 mph. Even running at WOT, the diesel consumes only 5.8 gph at 34.7 mph (5.98 mpg).
In our neighborhood, diesel fuel is now $1.99, 20 cents more than 87 octane unleaded. At 20 mph, the Cummins/MerCruiser diesel costs about 33 cents per mile to run. At 34.7 mph, it still costs just 34 cents per mile.
A 135-hp 3.0L sterndrive costs $3716 less than a 135-hp Optimax outboard. At 34.7 mph, it also saves 20 cents per mile in fuel and oil. And it's quieter. The outboard's only advantages are slightly quicker acceleration and a higher top speed.
The 1.7 MS120 diesel is quieter, slower in acceleration, and costs $1385 more than the Optimax and $5101 more than the sterndrive. However, it burns significantly less fuel, compared to the Optimax, and will offset the extra cost in just 2924 miles at 34.7 mph.
The diesel sips half as much fuel as the gas sterndrive, but, at 20 mph, it will take you 22,373 miles to recover the extra initial cost of the diesel engine. At 34.7 mph, it will take 18,719 miles to break even. That's 540 hours of running, which for the average American boater is five summers worth of cruising the lake.
Still, we know which powerplant we'd choose. MerCruiser's brilliant new turbodiesel is quieter, cheaper to run, and offers nearly twice the cruising range of either gas engine. It would lure us out on the water to rack up those pleasure-filled miles till the diesel paid for itself many times over.
|MAKE/MODEL: Trophy 2002 Walkaround
|MAKE/MODEL: Trophy 2052 Walkaround
|MAKE/MODEL: Trophy 2052 Walkaround
|LENGTH: 21 ft. 7 in.
|LENGTH: 21 ft. 7 in.
|LENGTH: 21 ft. 7 in.
|BEAM: 8 ft. 1 in.
|BEAM: 8 ft. 1 in.
|BEAM: 8 ft. 1 in.
|DRAFT (DRIVE UP/DRIVE DOWN): 1 ft. 4 in./2 ft. 9 in.
|DRAFT (DRIVE UP/DRIVE DOWN): 1 ft. 5 in./2 ft. 9 in.
|DRAFT (DRIVE UP/DRIVE DOWN): 1 ft. 5 in./2 ft. 9 in.
|DRY WEIGHT: 3442 lb.
|DRY WEIGHT: 3457 lb.
|DRY WEIGHT: 3439 lb.
|ENGINE TYPE/DISPLACEMENT: Mercury Optimax 135, gasoline 2-stroke, direct-injection V6/2.5 liters
|ENGINE TYPE/DISPLACEMENT: MerCruiser 1.7 MS120, turbocharged diesel inline Four/1.7 liters
|ENGINE TYPE/DISPLACEMENT: MerCruiser 3.0L, gasoline 4-stroke inline Four/3.0 liters
|POWER: 135 hp @ 5500 rpm
|POWER: 120 hp @ 4400 rpm
|POWER: 135 hp @ 4800 rpm
|DRIVE SYSTEM/PROP: Mercury Outboard/Mercury Black Max 14.5x19x3
|DRIVE SYSTEM/PROP: MerCruiser Alpha 1 sterndrive/Black Max 14.5x19x3
|DRIVE SYSTEM/PROP: MerCruiser Alpha 1 sterndrive/MMPC 15x17x3
|FUEL CAPACITY/RANGE: 85 gal./261 miles
|FUEL CAPACITY/RANGE: 85 gal./515 miles
|FUEL CAPACITY/RANGE: 85 gal./274 miles
|ACCELERATION (mph: sec.): 0-15: 4.5; 0-20: 6.6; 0-25: 8.5; 0-30: 11.1
|ACCELERATION (mph: sec.): 0-15: 4.9; 0-20: 7.6; 0-25: 11.0; 0-30: 15.5
|ACCELERATION (mph: sec.): 0-15: 4.2; 0-20: 6.3; 0-25: 9.0; 0-30: 13.5
|TOP SPEED: 42.5 mph @ 5300 rpm
|TOP SPEED: 34.7 mph @ 4400 rpm
|TOP SPEED: 34.7 mph @ 4800 rpm
|SOUND LEVEL (Cruise/WOT) (dBA): 92/96
|SOUND LEVEL (Cruise/WOT) (dBA): 82/83
|SOUND LEVEL (Cruise/WOT) (dBA): 87/94
|FUEL CONSUMPTION (Idle/Cruise/WOT) (gph @ mph): 0.3 @ idle/6.5 @ 20/13.4 @ 34.7/14.2 @ 42.5
|FUEL CONSUMPTION (Idle/Cruise/WOT) (gph @ mph): 0.2 @ idle/3.3 @ 20/5.8 @ 34.7
|FUEL CONSUMPTION (Idle/Cruise/WOT) (gph @ mph): 0.9 @ idle/6.2 @ 20/11.9 @ 34.7


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Anne Wareham (Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, £8.99)
In my little potting shed there is a kettle, toaster, radio- and a small bookcase. Between potting and sowing, I dip into the latest books, all with a gardening theme.
So, picture the scene, I'm sitting here, listening to a storm outside. The overhanging beech tree branches are beating a tune on the roof, and a there's a howling wind which sounds like the sea. It would be easy to imagine the potting shed perched on a cliff edge. Cold, driving sleet is thrashing the daffodils. There's nothing more dispiriting than seeing spring flowers blown horizontal.
I'm feeling unusually glum, when our cheery postman (wearing shorts, of course) appears at the potting shed door. He's in search of a hot cup of tea, and while he dips into the potting shed biscuit tin, I open the day's post. And what I find is instant sunshine! Anne Wareham's book gets us laughing from the very first page. The postman declares the Deckchair Gardener is the first gardening book ever written especially for him! I can still hear him laughing as he goes on his way. I, meanwhile, am happily ensconced with my new book for the rest of the day.
Subtitled, An Improper Gardening Manual, Anne's book sets out to suggest 101 "cunning stratagems" for gardening avoidance, and sensible advice on your realistic chances of getting away with it. I love gardening, but I'm always after short cuts and tips, and Anne has many good ideas for basically giving yourself the day off to enjoy the garden you've created.
I loathe books that set out "five jobs to do today." My heart sinks, as I'm set to fail and get behind. And there's nothing worse than feeling the garden is getting away from you. But Anne delightfully lists "What Not to Do in Your Garden," for spring, summer, autumn and winter. I could quite honestly kiss her.
One thing I won't have to do now is dig the garden. Anne quotes advice from organic vegetable expert Charles Dowding on making compost, no-dig gardens and mulching. In fact mulching seems to feature quite regularly through the book as the answer to most problems. Also, I won't sow lettuce seed every few weeks to keep the harvest coming. I'll just pick off the outside leaves. The lettuce will apparently just keep growing through the summer. The secret is to pick, not cut the leaves, it seems.
It's hard not to laugh at some of Anne's mad ideas, but her book makes you think. Have I just been doing things the same way for years and years, when there's a better tactic? I know I am guilty of doing daft things like growing vegetables I don't particular like just because they are supposed to be in a veg garden in the summer.
I am still chuckling over her tips and witty observations. And I love the gnome pictures drawn by Kate Charlesworth. So I shall be taking Anne's advice to "accept the challenge and be brave."
Anne describes herself as a garden maker – at Veddw, an editor of thinkingardens.co.uk and on twitter, @AnneWareham, as "trouble." The Deckchair Gardener is available from Michael O'Mara Books @OMaraBooks, and also as an e-book. It would make a perfect Easter present for anyone looking to put the word "fun" back into gardening.


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A 'Text Set' consists of a collection of texts that are usually (but not always) books that deal with a single topic that children use for research and writing. It is accompanied by instructions that students follow to guide their research and writing. The theme might be transport, war, mammals, Iceland, global warming, marine life, racial understanding, poverty, space, dinosaurs, the history of.... and so on. The books collected might include non-fiction of varied kinds, fictional narratives, pictures, maps or even poetry (sometimes we would add videos and tapes). A task for children aged 7-10 years might look like this:
Using the non-fiction books on space travel, the poem 'Outer Space' by Carole Weston, and the boy's the scrapbook ('One Small Step') included in the box, write about one of these things:
How did space travel begin? (Which countries? Which people?)
Why would you like to travel into space?
Write about one interesting astronaut (where did he grow up, why did he become an astronaut, where did he train, what has he done as an astronaut...?).
What part do animals play in space travel?
You can supplement tasks like the above with complementary skill sheets that reinforce specific study and research skills that you have been teaching your children (I've listed a helpful link for doing this below).
Children don't learn literacy in a neat serial way. While in the first few years of life their literacy acquisition (at the written word level) tends to be additive, they learn a few letters, some sounds, then some words etc, once the foundations of literacy are laid, progress explodes and development occurs in multiple directions. As well, the development of literacy and their growth as learners and laguage users becomes increasingly intertwined. As children learn about literacy and language, they learn through literacy, their world and themselves as people (see my previous posts on the 'Power of literature').
As children grow as literacy users, reading and writing to learn, not just learning to read and write, they need to acquire more complex study and research skills. These include:
Where do I find the information that I need?Children need help with all parts of the research process and they need to learn these things as they do research. The 'Text Set' is a way to introduce children to the research process in a controlled way. It works well with children as young as 6 years. Obviously the texts that you choose will need to be appropriate for 6 year olds (which will be a challenge). I should comment that applied linguists don't necessarily like a strategy like this one that encourages children to use varied written genres (or forms), because they believe that it can lead to children writing in hybrid forms rather than (for example) a traditional expository form. My view is that you can let them use varied writing to learn and you also teach them specific written genres like exposition as well.
How do I identify the information that relates to my topic?
How do I judge the relevance of information and its truth and accuracy?
How do I make notes in my own words not just copy slabs of text?
How do I synthesise the information and present it in a form that others can access?
The great value of the 'Text Set' is that it allows you to present children with multiple written genres which then act as resource for students to explore the topic. The approach also capitalises on the natural process of intertextuality, where children make connections between the things they read, hear, see and experience. The aim is to stimulate their interest as learners and to use a varied range of textual resources to help them along the way.
Why not just do a web search?
As I've already said, the 'Text Set' is a bit like a Google search in a box, so why not just do the Google search? Couldn't you just give your students a web link that directs them to a prepared list of resources online? Yes you could and it may well achieve some of the same outcomes, but the library will have resources that you can't get online and it offers more control for the teacher of the learning process and the chance to teach study and research skills along the way.
My view is that the Google search for the young child will often have as its focus searching to find information, rather than reading to learn. As well, we know that readers behave differently online - they tend to 'bounce around' almost randomly, there are quick decisions based on a few words in a link, and the behaviour is rather volatile. The skills required for online literacy are different to traditional study and research skills. A more controlled strategy like the 'Text Set' allows a more systematic treatment of basic research skills that require careful sifting of information, considered judgments about the quality of the content, and organization of what is being learned not just cutting and pasting other people's information.
While children will learn some of these as they explore the Internet themselves, they won't necessarily acquire the research skills without teacher help.
My preference is to teach children basic research skills as they learn to use the Internet. At times this will require non-web lessons that focus on the research process. At other times, you will plan web-based tasks and you might even combine the two. For example, a good variation to my 'Text Set' idea would be to supplement the task above with some web-based resources. For the task above on 'Space', you could add the following list of links:
Lots of space poetry (here)
Check out these images from the Hubble Telescope (here)
Check out the NASA - 'Kennedy Space Center' site (here)
Phoenix Mars Mission (here) - don't miss the Kids Section (here) and Mars 101 (here)
Follow 'Diary of an Astronaut' (here)
Have a look at this video on board the Space Shuttle as it blasts into space (here)
Related links and resources
For an excellent summary of the research process for children check out 'Big6 Kids' (here)
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PRESS RELEASE: Westside distribution announce four new Morley products for 2010.
Mini Morleys
Two new optical pedals for 2010, the Mini Morley Wah and Mini Morley Volume. Both pedals are as fully featured as you would expect from Morley but measuring only 4.5 (W) x 6.75 (L) x 2.75 (H) inches, are perfect for pedals boards when space is at a premium.
Both pedals feature cold rolled steel housing, LED indication, easy access battery door and can be powered from one 9V battery or an optional 9V adaptor.
MMV Volume SSP: £71.99
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An ABY box with a difference. Each input signal has an independent control for the perfect mix. A highly flexible pedal with myriad uses.
Separate footswitches allow you to turn on or off each output source in any combination. Two guitarists can play at the same time into one or two amps. The pedals can be used to mix down a CD and MP3 player to mixer, or use to route two keyboards to a monitor and the PA.
Dual level controls, output LED indication, runs off one 9V battery or optional 9V adaptor and of course features Morley's super tough cold rolled steel housing.
A combination Strobe and Chromatic tuner in a stompbox format. The tuner remembers last tuner mode and stays there until switched. Dual outputs allow for through and mute capabilities. Also equipped with calibration and choose note features and sports the largest segment LED display on a floor tuner.
Features road-worthy die cast housing with easy-access battery door, and can be powered by one 9V battery or optional 9V adapter.
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"H. C. Andersens karneval".
Indlægget er trykt i Andersen og Verden, Odense 1993.
The Concept of Carnival as an Angle of InterpretationJens Aage Doctor
(summary for pages 410-19)
This interpretation of Andersen's fairy tales is based on Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of carnival as presented in his famous book on Rabelais. Characteristic features of carnival are, for example, materialism, inversion of any dominant hierarchy and degradation of a given order's highest estimated values. They are introduced and illuminated through an initial interpretation of a record in Andersen's diary (May 26th, 1841), where some Hungarian millers expose their uncovered behinds to the passengers on board a ship on the Danube.
Thus prestige-conveying abstract studies and academic garrulity are being degraded in "Simple Simon". The two brothers mount the high horse and are qualified by their learned heads alone. Simple Simon sits close to the earth and has, so to speak, his riches between his legs: "The billy-goat is mine, and he can carry me". His cultured brothers fail to profit by their learning, because they have never confronted it with that concrete reality of which Simple Simon has a most certain sense, namely the material bodily lower stratum (i.e. Bakhtin's designation of the bottom as an organic seat of decomposition, digestion, defecation and sex). So the plot leads to a thorough carnivalistic inversion. By Simple Simon's victory the hierarchy of current value is turned topsyturvy: the heads are humiliated and the material bodily lower stratum accordingly elevated. Whereas the two brothers refine themselves beyond matter, Simple Simon's road to the princess is bordered with some unpopular but indisputably earthly truths; his humble discoveries call forth the automatic contempt of his arrogant brothers, but - being samples from the material bodily lower stratum - they inspire him. Thus the dead crow gives his goat-ride its perspective: that of death. And with the worn, defective wooden shoe degradation has taken us almost to the ground: bodily to the foot, socially to the working class and its toilsome, heavy march on earth. These two first discoveries are in the process of decomposition and so they point to indifference, which is the starting point as well as the end of every organic structure. They - and all that lives - revert to earth. With the third find, mud from the ditch, we are eventually in touch with earth itself: "'the finest sort', Simple Simon said, and then he filled his pocket". Thou shalt become earth again: that is the wooer's message to his chosen bride! In carnival, however, death isn't a terrible termination of life, death doesn't lead out of - or beyond - earthly life, but into it: as a necessary condition of the renewal of generations. To carry out wooing as a gastronomic affair is the carnivalistic coup of this tale, for so the point of view is shifted from the greatest cycle of reproduction (the renewal of generations) to the smallest (the body's daily supply of food). So it becomes a meal in commemoration of death's importance to life's perpetual recreation.
Through its imaginative strength and presence of mind the dialogue between Simple Simon and the princess bears witness to the liberating linguistic potential of carnival. This is also the case in "Dad's Always Right". Here capitalist economy is degraded; its guiding principle, buy cheap/sell dear, is inverted and so buy dear/sell cheap becomes the main pattern for all the bargains until the bottom is reached and the capital is nothing but a sack of rotten apples for the pigs. The rotten apples mark indifference and signify (like the mud in "Simple Simon") the turning-point of the story. For the tale does not stop here, where everything is lost and the peasant's failure is just as evident as is the success of the two wealthy Englishmen. It rises again in all its glory: we are told the same story once again in every detail and yet it is anything but boring! On the contrary: it has become twice as exciting. The more badly Dad fares with his bargains, the more prolific is Mum's enthusiastic appreciation of her dear husband's genius and thoughtfulness.
Carnival is perceptible on all sides of Andersen's fairy tales. It is a valuable material counterbalance to the spirituality of the dominating cultural ideology that normally applies to his writings. It extends the selective realism of his genre pictures and is an approach to his repressions ("The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep"). In carnival the relation between the oppressor and the oppressed is inverted ("Little Claus and Big Claus"). Carnival offers room for Andersen's proletarian experience which is normally denied; and for his well-known predilection for word-play: it is linguistic carnival in miniature when a semantic contraction makes two reciprocally distant meanings meet in a pun. Carnival has given linguistic pep and artistic stimulation to his most widely read fairy tales.


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This one's a bit of a stretch… but then, what am I talking about? It's never a stretch when it comes to Valve.
People are already parsing the video that the company showed at last weekend's Spike Video Game Awards show, in which the Portal 2 character Wheatley put in a humorous, short plea to the audience to A) give him the "Character of the Year" award and B) help him get home.
This being a Valve video, viewers are convinced that the video also contains clues to the studios inevitable (but maddeningly mysterious, eternally unannounced) follow-up to Half-Life 2. Found via Rock, Paper Shotgun, this 1/2-speed video helps to parse whatever clues there were in the 30-second video.
For starters, Wheatley ends his speech by saying "one, one, one," which of course adds up to… three. Also, the text in the video reads "Observation Satellite "Lanthanum," which (apparently) is Greek for "To lie hidden." It is also a medication for use helping those with kidney disorders, and is a chemical with the atomic number 57.
It could be a reference to just about anything, including Wheatley himself ("lying hidden"), but as RPS points out, the first letter of "Lanthanum" in Greek is indeed a Lambda, otherwise known as the symbol for Half-Life.
Hmm. Seems like a stretch to me, but then again, why the heck else would they choose to include a greek word beginning with "L" in their video? Oh, Valve. How you taunt us.
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Arnold Reveals Wife's Confrontation Over Lovechild
In his new autobiography, Arnold Schwarzenegger describes exactly how his ex-wife Maria Shriver confronted him about fathering a child with the family's housekeeper.
The former California governor explains that Shriver called a meeting with a family therapist right after he left office in January 2011. "The minute we sat down, the therapist turned to me and said, 'Maria wanted to come here today and to ask about a child -- whether you fathered a child with your housekeeper Mildred,'" Schwarzenegger writes in the book, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, according to a transcript obtained by ABC News.
VIDEO: Arnold on Relationship with Maria After Scandal
"I told the therapist, 'It's true,'" the Expendables 2 star reveals. In the book -- due out next week -- Schwarzenegger reportedly recounts that he had sex with housekeeper Mildred Baena in 1996 in the family guest house while his wife and the kids were away on vacation.
VIDEO: Arnold on His Smooth Transition Back into Acting
The star says he tried for years to convince himself that Baena's husband was the father of the child, but eventually he had to face the truth when the boy grew up with obvious resemblance to Schwarzenegger. "Instead of doing the right thing, I'd just put the truth in a mental compartment and locked it up where I didn't deal with it every day," he writes.
Racy Pics: Arnold Schwarzenegger's Wild Hollywood Past
According to the advance transcript, Schwarzenegger started to try to win back Shriver after the lovechild secret was out, telling his wife he had "screwed up" and that she was the "perfect wife." Schwarzenegger, 65, issued a public statement in May 2011 admitting that he had fathered the male child 14 years earlier. The couple announced their separation the same month and Shriver later filed for divorce.


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This rare Brookite in Quartz Crystal is one of a kind. We're excited to offer high quality Brookite Crystals from Magnet Cove, Arkansas as part of our exclusive rare minerals collection. You will receive the exact mineral pictured.
Metaphysical Properties
Brookite is one of the most powerful stones known for expanding a person's awareness beyond the physical body. It is one of the Synergy 12 Stones described by Robert Simmons for activating the Light Body. It attracts and retains energy that can be used for energizing the chakras. This power stone also aids in attaining an expanded awareness in order to better communicate with higher dimensional beings. Brookite works very well with Moldavite, Phenacite, and all of the other Synergy 12 stones.
In Magnet Cove, Arkansas, Brookite is found with Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Geothite, Magnetite, & Rutile. Quartz and Smokey Quartz are commonly found with the brookite from this area. When these crystals are found together in the same mineral, their crystal energies add to the metaphysical properties of the whole mineral.
Quartz is a piezoelectric stone, meaning it has the ability to generate or emit electric current. Quartz is a mineral that can be programmed with intention to resonate with your healing goals. It harmonizes with all other stones, enhances clarity, healing, and promotes a sense of purpose in one's life.
Smokey Quartz is a gentle yet strong stone for grounding and protection. This dark crystal works exceptionally well with the chakras located at the Solar Plexus, hands, and the feet. Smokey quartz aids the etheric and physical bodies clear out negative energies and emotional blockages.
Science & History About Brookite
Brookite crystallizes in the form of tabular and plate-like crystals. The color ranges from reddish brown to black, and the crystals have a metallic and almost diamond-like luster. It was named in 1852 after Henry James Brooke.
The brookite for sale in this ad is from the world famous Magnet Cove area in Arkansas, USA. The minerals from this location are increasingly harder to find as the mine is now closed. Associated minerals also found at the Rutherford deposit location include Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Geothite, Magnetite, Rutile, Tainiolite, and Chert var: Novaculite.
This item is one of a kind. You will receive the exact piece pictured. Close-up photography is used in natural sunlight to show detail. The item may appear larger than actual size. Please see size listed for the dimensions. 1" = 25.4 millimeters. The mineral is displayed with a standard U.S. ruler in inches.
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As one season wraps, another is already on the horizon. The broadcast networks have started to unveil their lineups for the 2013-14 TV season, and TVLine has compiled this handy guide to the new offerings from ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW.
RELATED | Fall TV Schedule 2013: What's on When? And Versus What?
Review the following alphabetical slideshow and then hit the comments to let us know what you'll be watching. And make sure to bookmark this page and visit often as more shows will be added as pick-ups are announced. (We'll also share trailers as they become available.)
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Regulary Scheduled Series (RSS)
Regular Scheduled Series (RSS) are activities that are planned as a series with multiple sessions that occur on an ongoing basis (daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly). They are primarily planned by and presented to UMass Chan Medical School/UMMHC staff. Sessions are usually 1-2 hours in length and may focus on clinical topics, research, case presentations, non-clinical topics such as patient-physician communication and other content that meets the educational needs of the hospitals or institution's learners. Examples of activities that are planned and presented as a regularly scheduled series are Grand Rounds, Tumor Boards, and M&M Conferences.
Initial Planning and Requirements
RSS are certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ on an annual basis. Each clinical department is expected to complete and submit an application for Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) along with required documentation. Applications are reviewed for completeness by the UMMS OCME for approval. If approval is granted, the UMCMS OCME sends a formal letter of approval to the Activity Medical Director.
The majority of RSS are conducted by faculty and local speakers. Sponsoring clinical departments make arrangements for speakers. Clinical department coordinators are responsible for obtaining all required forms (Conflict of Interest, etc.) from speakers scheduled for RSS. The medical activity director assures that all appropriate information is disclosed to the audience.
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
All individuals with control over CME activity content must inform learners prior to the beginning of an activity whether they have relevant or no relevant financial relationship. When disclosing financial relationships to the learner, the individual's name, the name of the commercial interest(s) and the nature of the relationship with the commercial interest must be given. When there is no relevant financial relationship, learners must be informed that no financial relationship exists. Disclosure must never include trade names or product group messages.
There are various ways that can be used to inform learners prior to the beginning of an activity whether they have relevant or no relevant financial relationship exists. Including the information in the activity syllabi, handouts, beginning of presentation on speaker slides or verbal disclosure are appropriate ways to inform learners.
When information about faculty/provider relationships is disclosed to participants verbally or in writing it is required that the activity file include verification that this disclosure to learners actually occurred at the activity. An example of the written disclosure can be put into the file or a representative of the provider (e.g. Activity Medical Director or designee) who was in attendance at the time of the verbal disclosure must attest in writing: (1) that verbal disclosure did occur based on the information contained on the completed Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships Form; and (2) itemize the content of the disclosed information by attaching a completed Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships Form.
This statement should be signed and dated by the provider representative.
Attendance and Record Keeping
The ACCME Essential Areas require documentation and record keeping.
Each CME activity file should have copies of:
- Attendee lists
- Evaluation summaries
- Activity financial reconciliation (if applicable)
- Speaker honorarium contracts (if applicable)
- Conflict of Interest(s)
- All promotional material
- Planning information
These files are to be maintained for six years.
RSS Evaluation
Evaluation of RSS must be completed at every single session. Collated evaluation results should accompany individual activity files. It is important to demonstrate that evaluation data are used in planning future CME activities.
Standardized evaluation forms are provided by the Office of CME. Each evaluation form should be adjusted to meet individual activity goals and needs. If another evaluation method is used for an activity, a sample must be provided with the initial activity application.
Program Evaluation
As an accredited provider, UMass Chan Medical School-OCME periodically reviews: (1) the extent to which our mission is being achieved by our educational activities; (2) the extent to which educational objectives are being met; (3) the quality of the instructional process; and (4) participants' perception of enhanced professional effectiveness.
RSS will be monitored periodically by the Office of CME. A representative sample of RSS will be reviewed on an annual basis.


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Mayan Apocalypse Countdown: just 7 days left until the 13th b'ak'tun ends, initiating the Mayan Apocalypse on December 21st. Tick, tock.
Additionally, for the sake of "georgetheatheist", it is now just 17 days to the Honeymooners Marathon.
It is said by adherents to the Christian faith, when discussing their own conception of the end times, that men will witness abominations in the days leading up to the apocalypse. Specific eschatology discusses weirding mixtures of men and beasts, who shall roam amongst us. Muslims too believe that when the last days come, the iron walls of Dhul-Qarnayn will shatter and allow an army of bestial chaos egress to the world of men.
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Just the other day in Manhattan, center of the great human hive, this unholy thing was witnessed moving amongst the crowds. It is realized that we live in a multi cultural society which champions diversity, however, your humble narrator refuses to acknowledge the rights of some escapee from the island of Dr. Moreau. Have the lessons of Orwell's "Animal Farm" not been absorbed and embraced? Bipedal locomotion is exclusively ours (and the Kangaroos as well, don't forget them).
– photo by Mitch Waxman
It is a sad state of affairs, that Baphomet the sabbath goat might walk unhindered about the megalopolis, unchallenged and haughty. In the days of Harry Truman or Rudy Giuliani such a thing would never have been allowed. Your humble narrator is preparing the bunker for active duty.
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17 Days? I counted 18 Days. This has to be astronomically correct or the Universe will tilt out of order. More investigation is needed. Why you ask? The Honeymooners Marathon.
("And the winner is: Ed Norton, The Man From Space" – the Grand Exhalted Mystic Ruler)
[…] Maritime Sunday is suspended again this week, so as to incorporate the timely but dire warning that another Abomination has been spotted, moving freely through the community. This time the sighting was on Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside, whereas the last place and time I reported that such an entity walked amongst us was in Manhattan, back in December of 2012. […]


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California Prop 38 Rejected
California voters have rejected Proposition 38, a broad-based income tax increase that would have raised billions of dollars a year for public schools. The initiative was bankrolled by wealthy civil rights attorney Molly Munger and was widely seen as a threat to Gov. Jerry Brown's own tax increase proposal, Proposition 30.
Munger said after Tuesday night's defeat that it was not the outcome that was hoped for but that transformational change can take a long time.
Munger's proposal would have raised income taxes on nearly everyone on a sliding scale for 12 years, with the wealthy paying the highest rates.
She spent more than $45 million promoting it and had support from the California State PTA, but Proposition 38 never passed the 50 percent threshold in public opinion polls.


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California DVM wants clinical trial on medical use of marijuana in pets
Chatsworth, Calif. - A California relief veterinarian is polling pet owners about the use of medical marijuana in animals with the goal of using the survey's results to leverage a clinical study about the drug's efficacy in relieving pet pain.
Chatsworth, Calif. — A California relief veterinarian is polling pet owners about the use of medical marijuana in animals with the goal of using the survey's results to leverage a clinical study about the drug's efficacy in relieving pet pain.
Dr. Douglas Kramer, who runs an alternative veterinary medicine website called VetGuru.com, was prompted to blog about medical marijuana use in pets after learning about the possible development of a "pot patch" for pain control in dogs, cats and horses by a Seattle company.
Medical Marijuana Delivery Systems (MMDS) of Seattle announced in early 2011 that it would market its patch, Tetracan, for transcutaneous delivery of medical marijuana to humans and animals.
But Kramer says he has concerns about the safety of a transdermal medical marijuana patch developed without veterinary involvement because there is no way of telling how effective it is, and accidental ingestion of the patch could be dangerous to pets.
"From a veterinary standpoint, the recently reported 'pot patch' is an obvious safety hazard and the perfect example of what happens when professionals fail to address a clear, unmet need in their field," Kramer says.
To apply the device, fur would have be shaved and the patch affixed to the skin with an adhesive. Ingestion of the patch by that pet, another pet in the household or a child could result in adverse events, he says, using pain-relief patches already prescribed by veterinarians as an example.
"I've heard of at least two toddlers and several pets that have indeed managed to remove and ingest (fentanyl) patches, receiving the entire three-day time-released dose all at once. Although therapeutic at very tiny micro-doses, fentanyl is considered a toxic substance."
But, even in high doses, current research does not support fatal outcomes in medical marijuana use, Kramer suggests. He says he has never treated a case of marijuana toxicity in a situation where the owner has administered the drug therapeutically. Usually, toxicity cases involve the animal getting into an owner's "stash" and consuming it, resulting in vomiting, diarrhea, ataxia, loss of coordination and tremors, Kramer says, adding he has never seen a fatal case.
And pet owners are interested in more alternatives for pain relief and some already are medicating pets with marijuana on their own, he says.
"As a practicing veterinarian in the state of California, I have personally encountered dozens of clients who are already experimenting with the effects of medical marijuana on their pets. Many have reported that the medical marijuana did indeed result in medicinal benefits similar to those seen in human patients."
Although he does not recommend or prescribe marijuana for medicinal purposes in pets, Kramer says he has interviewed at least two-dozen owners who say they have used medical marijuana to treat their pet's pain—usually because they are suffering from cancer. They report positive results like reduced anxiety and increased appetite," Kramer says.
Historically, prior to its prohibition, Kramer says cannabis was used in a variety of veterinary medications, including colic remedies for horses.
Kramer says while he doesn't promote or recommend medical marijuana use, clients who are using it therapeutically on their pets are coming to him more and more, asking for his guidance on dosage, administration and monitoring of their home "treatments."
"People are using it, and if we as vets don't step in and fill that need, they're going to fill the void because we're not addressing the issue," Kramer says. "My ultimate goal is to have a pain medication somewhere between aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) without knocking your dog out."
Lisa Moses, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, serves on the board of directors for the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management (IVAPM) and told DVM Newsmagazine earlier this year that medical marijuana use could be beneficial to pets if it was delivered in a well-developed product.
"The problem with a lot of stuff is that we know there's a lot of things that should work, but because of manufacturing sloppiness or poor regulation on a supplement, we don't know if our patients are getting what we think they're getting," she said. "There are definitely reasons to believe the active ingredient in marijuana affects certain pain mechanisms in the nervous system. It's something I would definitely be interested in trying if it was available to me."
Practitioners may worry about diversion, but Kramer says he is much more concerned about the diversion of other, more potent veterinary drugs.
"I don't believe that diversion will be a significant issue with medicinal marijuana for pets. In states like California, for example, it is extremely easy for an individual to obtain a medicinal marijuana 'patient card' for themselves from their own doctor. It would be far more expensive and time-consuming for that same individual to go through the trouble of attempting to obtain the marijuana through the manipulation of their veterinarian," he says. "I'm sure there would be some diversion but that's unavoidable and it would pale in comparison to the diversion of some of the other commonly prescribed veterinary drugs."
But clinical trials are a must, he says. Trials have never been conducted directly on animals, but only indirectly for human trials. Testing on dogs for human clinical trials revealed that dogs have the same cannabinoid receptors as humans, Kramer says. But direct research on how the drug affects animals is the next step, he adds.
"The only way I'd feel comfortable recommending it is with clear data. I'm tired of euthanizing animals and watching them suffer and feeling helpless," Kramer says.
So far, he has collected about 50 surveys from owners who are using medical marijuana on their pets, but wants to get 250 to 500 in all before moving forward.
"I want to get the information, know if it works, know if it helps," he adds.


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I don't mean to be the grinch who ruined a good Facebook 'thing', but I've been conflicted about so many of my friends' participation in the "30 Days of Thankfulness" status update extravaganza.
If you haven't seen it, each day in November, you are supposed to name one thing for which you are thankful.
I don't think I'll be participating.
To clarify, I'm a big fan of being thankful.
I certainly try to live my life in gratitude and always be aware of my blessings. I'm thankful for things big and small. From the Grace and Mercy of God (which counts as a BIG thing to me) to the way my cat curls up on the bed ( a small but joyful image),
I actively try to pay attention to blessing, in part because if I'm thinking of gratitude, I tend to bitch less about the annoyances of life.
Thankfulness is biblical. Scriptures are chock full of illustrations of people offering praise to God. One of my favorite passages of Scripture is Psalm 139:
13 For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.
17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end—I am still with you.
And I certainly prefer 30 Days of Thankfulness to 30 Days of Whining, Gritching, or Boring.
You're probably wondering why, then, if I'm such a fan of being thankful, would I be opposed to the Facebook exercise?
I think it is the public display of thankfulness that gives me pause. I certainly don't think we need to only be grateful in silence. But often what one person intends to be a status update of gratitude sounds to another person like a status update of interminable bragging.
And I am probably already guilty of that more than I'd like to be.
Celebrating the awesomeness of my children can be a full time job, for example. (Just let me know if you'd like me to elaborate...) But how do those updates about soccer tournaments and Cross Country meets sound for my friends who might read those posts and wish they had children and weren't battling with infertility? Or what about my friends who have had a child die in a car accident or from cancer? Or a friend whose child is struggling with addiction, or learning disabilities, or whatever?
How does my public thankfulness impact my friends? Does it lead them to thankfulness in their own life? Or just make them feel depressed?
I'm not saying we shouldn't be able to share our good news with each other. But I know the holidays are difficult for many people and wonder how all of this public display of thankfulness will play into that.
We seek to find balance when we pray in church. We celebrate both the birth of new babies and we pray for the woman struggling with infertility.
We celebrate marriages as we also pray for those in the midst of divorce or loss.
We celebrate marriages as we acknowledge marriage is not the only way to live a full and complete life.
We celebrate someone's remission as we also pray with those facing recurrence.
When I was pregnant with Alden, one of my friends was also pregnant, and due at almost the same time. She miscarried that child early on. But she was there with me as mine continued. And she celebrated with me at his birth. And I mourned with her at her loss. Her presence in my celebration was a gift to me.
It is a part of living in community–to support each other in celebration and in loss–and to help each other find reasons to be thankful in all of those moments.
So maybe as we do 30 Days of Thankfulness, we also need 30 Days of something else. Lament, maybe?
Or maybe we need 30 Days of Brutal Honesty, because sometimes all the thankfulness/bragging makes it seem our lives our perfect, when, in fact, we know that isn't the case.
We rarely see facebook posts like:
"I love my daughter and her completely mediocre report card".
"We screamed at each other a lot in our house this morning."
"I'm crippled by depression today".
"I only post pictures in which I'm smiling, but I don't smile all the time."
And that's probably for the best. I'm not sure Facebook is the best place to get help for some of those difficult moments. But I think it leaves us unbalanced some days.
So don't stop with the Thankfulness project because of me. I'll join you in the theory of it. And as we gather in person or in conversations over the phone, I'll celebrate your joys and mourn your losses with you.
I'll try not to use Facebook in a way that will cause my friends to doubt their reasons to be thankful in their own lives.
And know that I'm more than 30 days worth of thankful for you.
(Later addition…..)
In response to this post, MaryAnn McKibben Dana reflected on the question too, with some good guidelines:
Five Ways to Make the Most of the 30 Days of Thankfulness
And just to be really clear, I'm certainly not opposed to being thankful or to practicing gratitude. If it is bringing you life, keep at it.
Thanks, everyone, for engaging with me on this topic.


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Newswise — (Lebanon, NH, 1/24/14) — Dartmouth engineers and radiologists are developing new approaches for an emerging technique in diagnostic imaging for breast cancer—MRI with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as reported in the journal Academic Radiology, February 2014.
Combined MRI/NIRS may benefit women whose mammogram showed an abnormality and requires further testing to rule out cancer. The test would be conducted before an invasive biopsy to look for tumors. For the new method to work successfully in routine patient care, MRI/NIRS must adapt to an individual's body size as well as accommodate a range of cup sizes. The equipment must also mobilize and maintain contact with the breast.
An MRI/NIRS may offer specific advantages to women with dense breasts, who are more likely to develop and die from breast cancer. A dense breast is harder for a radiologist to "see through" when using traditional imaging equipment, which lacks the sensitivity to penetrate the dense tissue. Standard breast screening is effective 77-97 percent of the time in a normal breast, but when a breast is dense precision falls to 63-89 percent.
Prior approaches for MRI/NIRS used parallel plates and relied on custom breast molds for each patient. Biomedical engineers from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth developed a new, more flexible, convenient, and comfortable approach. They designed a set of eight light transmitting cables that can be adjusted to surround the breast with light tension. A woman lies on her stomach and the breast hangs pendant through the holes of the MRI/NIRS breast coil. The procedure is nearly identical to clinical MRI.
Eight women participated in a trial of the new design. "We found that the new interface allowed us to target lesions more effectively than ever before, said Michael Mastanduno, corresponding author of the study. "Set up time was faster and images were of higher quality."
The Dartmouth MRI/NIRS offers increased coverage of the chest, giving providers improved visibility for " hard to see" areas, such as the outside area of the breast near the armpit.
"This work is a huge improvement on previous designs of MRI/NIRS systems. All breast sizes and lesion locations can now be effectively imaged. Though there is more work to be done, this technology is promising for improving MRI's ability to distinguish cancer from benign abnormalities," said Mastanduno.
As a next step Dartmouth researchers will test MRI/NIRS in women with suspicious lesions.
The study was supported by NIH grant RO1 CA069544. Additional authors include: Fadi El-Ghussein, BS, Shudong Jiang, PhD, Roberta DiFlorio-Alexander, MD, Xu Junqing, MD, Yin Hong, MD, Brian W. Pogue, PhD, Keith D. Paulsen, PhD.
About Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center combines advanced cancer research at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine with patient-centered cancer care provided at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock regional locations in Manchester, Nashua, and Keene, NH, and St. Johnsbury, VT, and at 12 partner hospitals throughout New Hampshire and Vermont. It is one of 41 centers nationwide to earn the National Cancer Institute's "Comprehensive Cancer Center" designation. Learn more about Norris Cotton Cancer Center research, programs, and clinical trials online at cancer.dartmouth.edu.
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Rumors have it the Mets would be willing to sign Ryan Ludwick to a two-year deal, for whatever that's worth. Ludwick hits right-handed, has power, and plays the outfield, so he'd fill a lot of the Mets' most pressing needs. And he's coming off a very nice year for the Reds.
But Ludwick is 34 and only one season removed from being essentially a replacement-level player. Twitter fellow and thinking baseball human Marc Normandin suggested Ludwick especially struggles in pitchers' parks, which seems difficult to prove but would explain why he cratered upon joining the Padres and revived his career in Cincinnati. And it doesn't speak well for the Mets' pursuit of Ludwick unless they plan on bringing the walls in even further.
Moreover, Ludwick is the success story I typically trumpet when arguing on behalf of so-called Quad-A mashers, guys who always seem to destroy Minor League pitching but never get prolonged looks in the Majors. Ludwick didn't settle into the Cardinals' lineup until he was 28, and the Cardinals were the fifth organization for which he played.
So it seems to me that the Mets would be better served trying to identify the next Ryan Ludwick rather than committing two years' worth of guaranteed money to the current Ryan Ludwick. Somewhere, almost certainly, there's a guy the Mets can have for nearly nothing who can serve as an effective right-handed half of an outfield platoon in the Majors. Maybe he's not likely to hit as well as Ludwick did in 2007, but it's far from a safe bet Ludwick will, either.
With some quick searching, I found my horse: Andrew Brown. The 28-year-old Brown notched 112 unspectacular at-bats with the Rockies in 2012, then elected free agency last week after the Rockies removed him from their 40-man roster. Brown bats right-handed, has experience in all four corners, and has hit .296/.373/.551 over the last two seasons in Triple-A with a .314/.416/.564 line against lefties.
Brown's presented here more as an archetype of what the Mets should be looking for than a specific guy the Mets should be signing, and for all I know there are 10 teams currently bidding for Andrew Brown's services. But if Brown's looking for Major League playing time, it's hard to figure a better spot for an unproven righty-hitting corner outfielder than Queens right now.
Naturally, this all flies out the window if the Mets trade for Wil Myers and re-sign Scott Hairston.


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September 9, 2014—6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
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Looking for some fun in the form of a run? Come by Sports Basement Presidio Store at 6:30 every Tuesday evening. The group meets in the Community Area and heads out for a 3 to 6 mile run. After the run, reward yourself with snacks and drinks while socializing with your new running buddies. New runners are welcome!
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Gwyneth Paltrow: 'I'd Rather Smoke Crack Than Eat Cheese From a Can'
Country-singing colon-irrigationist Gwyneth Paltrow offered the following epicurean observation on her recent visit to a British talk show:
"I'd rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can."
Of course, she wouldn't smoke just any crack, but rather the extremely delicate and hand-harvested fleur de crack, available only in the tiny seaside villages of Guérande and Noirmoutier off the Brittany coast. Costs a little more, but it's worth it. [Mirror via Vulture, photo via Getty]


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OF Reed Johnson stays with Braves on 1-year deal
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Reed Johnson, the top pinch hitter in the National League last season, rejoined the Atlanta Braves on Thursday with a one-year contract that includes a club option for 2014.
The deal was announced two days before Johnson turned 36.
Atlanta acquired Johnson and pitcher Paul Maholm from the Chicago Cubs on July 30. Johnson hit a combined .290 with three home runs and 20 RBIs last season. He batted .419 (18 for 43) as a pinch hitter.
Johnson is a career .284 hitter with 62 home runs for Toronto, the Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta since making his major league debut in 2003.


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A former executive of the fuel company Oxbow Carbon has accused company founder and chief executive Bill Koch of kidnapping and holding him captive at Koch's Colorado ranch.
Kirby Martensen, formerly senior vice president-Asia with Oxbow Carbon and Minerals International, sued Koch and others in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday.
Martensen said Koch invited him in March to the 420-acre Gunnison County ranch, where the billionaire has built a faux Old West town with 50 buildings. While there, Martensen was questioned about allegations that he and other employees had engaged in theft, fraud and self-dealing, he claims.
He was taken for a drive and served termination papers and a lawsuit, Martensen said. He was placed in a cabin and "imprisoned" and held in "captivity" for three hours.
Martensen asked to be driven to Aspen for his scheduled flight back to California but was instead "kidnapped and kept captive," while being driven to a small airport near Denver, he alleges.
At about 2 a.m. on March 23, Martensen was ordered into a private plane and was flown to Oakland, where he arrived at 4 a.m., he said.
Martensen alleges he and his family's relocation to Oxbow's Singapore office "was part of a plan being implemented to evade paying taxes to the United States on profits in excess of $200 million a year."
He claims that Koch learned that he and others were concerned about the legality of what they were doing on behalf of Oxbow and their "distrust of upper management."
"As a result, William Koch promoted and implemented a plan to intimidate and discredit (Martensen) for the purpose of chilling his speech and credibility," Martensen alleged.
Oxbow spokesman Brad Goldstein denied the allegations Monday. The West Palm Beach, Fla., company sued Martensen and two other Oxbow employees in March, accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to misappropriate revenues. The suit accuses the former employees of accepting bribes, kickbacks and payments from competitors.
Goldstein said that for 16 years, Martensen was a highly compensated employee of the company — "a senior vice president which made his betrayal even more distressing."
Regarding Martensen's allegations about taxes, Goldstein said that "the fact we have overseas tax issues is commonplace for an international company."
"We abide by all domestic and international laws," he said.
In a statement, Oxbow said several of Martensen's co-conspirators are now cooperating and have "admitted culpability."
"Any allegations of misconduct by Mr. Koch simply are untrue and stem from Martensen's attempts to divert attention from his own wrongdoing," the statement added.
Martensen is asking for compensatory damages exceeding $75,000 and punitive or exemplary damages of more than $75,000.
Forbes estimates Koch's net worth at close to $4 billion.


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Since I last wrote about Tumblr Write your thoughts….or stream that news! there has been a new version released.
A write-up of the new features of Tumblr 3.0 at Read/Write web explains that it includes over 400 new features, fixes, and improvements. Beyond fixes, the features seem to cluster around four important themes for this release:
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Review: Artists Rep's 'Ten Chimneys'
Jeffrey' Hatcher's Ten Chimneys reveals one such possibility. If ever there were two people so in love with their artform that they couldn't separate it from their own relationship, it was the legendary theater couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Married for 55 years, the Broadway power players rarely appeared on stage without the other. And, at least in Hatcher's wonderfully funny dramatization of their relationship, they rarely shared a room without the theater somehow playing a role in their scene.
Artists Repertory Theatre's production is a grand backstage comedy—a theatrical romp through everything that makes theater joyous. It is a play about playing, a show about theater, and the medium is so deeply ingrained in our historic cast of characters—add the early movie star Sidney Greenstreet and nascent ingénue Uta Hagen to Fontanne and Lunt—that they narrate stage directions for themselves and others in their day-to-day life.
Ten Chimneys is the name of the Wisconsin estate Lunt owned, where he and Fontanne summered with a host of famous guests, and where his mother and half-brother lived year round (tended to by his disgruntled half-sister and her burnt muffins). The setting is the summer of 1938, and Lunt and Fontanne are rehearsing Chekhov's The Seagull.
Everyone has a different idea about what the play is about, depending on their situation and its concomitant strife—whether they're the flamboyant couple visiting or the hosts coping with wild guests. Greenstreet says it's about "all the wrong people in love with all the wrong people," and his summation serves to describe one of the main tensions in the play, if not the heart, as Lunt's openness to Hagen's romantic interest, as well as a previous relationship, torture Fontanne (and Hagen as well). But these are two people so ruthlessly consumed by their art that, above all, the show's the thing, and everything else is subsumed as character motivation, though it continues to lurk unspoken just below the surface in proper Chekhovian fashion.
Ten Chimneys
Artists Repertory Theatre
Apr 23–May 26
Under the inaugural direction of Artists Rep's incoming artistic director, Damaso Rodriguez (read our Q&A), the action is as quick as the script, the actors moving nimbly through comedy and drama both. The cast of seven—Linda Alper as Fontanne, Mendelson as Lunt, Abby Wilde as Hagen, Todd Van Voris as Greenstreet, JoAnn Johnson as Lunt's mother, Chris Harder as his half-brother, and Sarah Lucht as his half-sister—dive into their roles with zest, although Oregon Shakespeare Festival veteran Alper shines particularly bright as the exquisitely complex queen of the stage, who seems to suffer more than Lunt for the emotional sacrifices they make for their work.
The most humorous and dramatic moments both, unsurprisingly, come between the two stage-crossed lovers. Their rehearsals together—apparently the couple was always running lines—are sheer dynamo. With each flubbed line, they drastically switch their style, so that for one read-through they're moony eyed, and the next they're circling each other and snarling like fighters, always overcompensating for their previous mistakes and utterly relishing in the interaction.
"There is nowhere I know Alfred better than on stage," Fontanne tells Hagen at one point. Hagen follows with the obvious question: what happens when the two are not on stage?
"My dear, we are always on stage," Fontanne answers matter-of-factly. And fortunately for us, we have front row seats.


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… I ride the GO.
… I think about characters.
And this is how we're rolling for Throwback Thursday — #tbt — this third Thursday in December.
And this is one of the few posts on this site without an image.
I'll have to rectify that today.
This is a throwback to 2008. Eons ago.
Hahahaha. I typed "ions ago" first.
Shoulda just stuck with eleventy-hundred years.
It's Him…
The man in the Brooks Brothers suit. It's him. My next story hero.
I have to tell you. I was riding the GO Train home last week at the Crush Hour. Standing room only. I was hanging onto a pole with one hand, balancing my bags with the other. The train rolled to a stop and up climbed Brooks Brothers.
I never thought of myself as a suit-lover, but I went instantly on the alert. I had plenty of time to check him out without checking him out, if you know what I mean. I'll leave that up to the heroine.
He had to squeeze in next to me. He dropped L.C.B.O. and Bay bags at his impeccably shod feet and began reading the investment section of the paper. The fact that he was reading the investment section was a turn-on. Okay. That's so not my type, so I knew I was looking at him through the eyes of my next heroine.
He was tall, long-legged, lean, and dark with short clipped hair, which made him look more hot than intelligent, though I'm sure he wasn't lacking there. He had long narrow fingers and would periodically whip a Blackberry out of his inside pocket and check messages. I didn't have to work hard at taking in the detail; he was standing only inches from me.
He wore thin dark frames over barely navy eyes. His five o'clock shadow matched his hair perfectly. Both were black. He could have been a cliché, but he wasn't.
My stories always, always start with character. And just about anything can trigger them. Does it work that way for you?
I really can't afford to spend any time with Brooks Brothers right now. He's going to have to sit on the back burner while I finish what I'm currently doing. I can't wait to hear his voice. But that's okay. While he's back there, he just might conjure up my heroine for me. While he's at it, he can tell me all about that Flying Tiger jacket he's got tucked away in his closet….. and what that scent is he's wearing. Maybe it's just him.
I love my work.
Sometimes, I talk about writing over here.
Just sayin.
A Christmas tree image.
True Confessions ~ I love watercolors.
I'd put up an image of HIM, but you have to conjure up your own Brooks Brothers.
Have yourself a merry little GO ride…