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If Tuesday's decision by Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu is upheld on appeal, the guarantee of free inquiry that has marked California's K-12 classrooms for nearly a century will no longer exist. That will be an enormous loss to those of us who have spent a lifetime as teachers in the state's public schools. The loss will also be great for our students who have equally benefited from the wisdom of the people in adopting the tenure law early in the 20th century.
The suit, Vergara v. California, was filed on behalf of minority and low-income students who claim they've been short-changed by the educational process. The tenure, layoff and dismissal laws, they claim, penalize minority and low-income students disproportionately as they are taught by less competent and inexperienced teachers.
However, the real goal of the suit, promoted by a self-styled Silicon Valley education reformer, was repeal of the teacher tenure act.
This is not the first attack on California's tenure law. In 2005 the anti-public education forces unsuccessfully attacked tenure with Proposition 74 under the slogan "Put the Kids First." This year the lawsuit masqueraded under the banner "Students Matter." If students really matter, the "reformers" would attack genuine problems. But their real goal is to purge teachers whom they consider a threat to their reactionary view of American education.
Prop. 74 was defeated by a sizable margin in 2005. This time the so-called reformers have achieved an even greater goal, wiping out entirely the tenure law. They didn't have to face the possibility of voter rejection, They won their victory by the decision of a single judge.
School boards shouldn't impose political tests in hiring teachers. With tenure gone, then will.
A century ago, before tenure, a Contra Costa county district advertised for "a socialist teacher." In recent years Oakland's taxpayer-funded American Indian charter school, which doesn't offer tenure, made clear that no liberal teacher need apply.
Tenure opponents want the right to sack the science teacher who won't teach intelligent design, the social studies instructor who has an impartial word for the United Nations, or the health educator who dares express any but the officially sanctioned line on sex.
Tenure was designed to protect those teachers from the wrath of shrill elements in the community who would impose their ideology on the public schools and the kids in them.
Look at the record of school boards and administrators in this state before tenure offered a degree of protection to faculties.
In 1887 renowned San Francisco educator Kate Kennedy was dismissed by the local board primarily for her association with Henry George and the single-tax movement.
A scandal that surely proved the need for tenure occurred in Los Angeles city schools in the mid-1890s. Sworn statements from several principals and teachers charged two school board members with demanding one month's pay to guarantee that the board would reappoint the educators for the coming year.
Los Angeles City Schools Superintendent Albert Shields wrote and imposed a lengthy loyalty oath on the city's teachers in 1919 with the expressed intent of firing any who professed support for the IWW, a legal labor union.
Pasadena's superintendent boasted that there were no "reds" in his schools and that he would recommend dismissal of those with radical tendencies.
When the present state tenure law was adopted, recalcitrant school boards, fighting to maintain their right to fire teachers at will, simply decided to dismiss all teachers at the end of their probationary period.
If Judge Treu's decision is upheld, the years ahead will produce comparable examples. Without tenure, faculties will be at the mercy of administrators and school boards who will hire and fire at will, as they did before adoption of this state's teacher tenure law.
Ralph E. Shaffer is professor emeritus of history at Cal Poly Pomona.


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Has anyone else noticed that the last 3 minutes of a Law & Order episode is remarkably similar to that of the last 30 seconds of a Scooby Doo episode? It's really uncanny.
In other news I was up at 4.30am this morning to let Feetnik out so she could catch the shuttle to BWI. I then tried to go back to sleep for an hour before I would have to get up again to get to the train station to go to DC. My latin teacher from high school once said that if you don't get to see the sun rise, there is little to live for that day. While I don't fully agree with that sentiment, after seeing the sun rise by train, it sure seems to make more sense.

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In Reply to: Confirmed bachelor posted by Baceseras on March 13, 2010 at 15:04:
: : : : I have searched the site for the phrase "confirmed bachelor" and it only came up once, but in reference to the phrase "cloverboy." I would like to find out the history of the phrase "confirmed bachelor," particularly to discover when it first held the connotation of homosexuality.
: : : I didn't know that the phrase ever held to connotation of homosexuality. Obviously a man without female companionship in his life can expect gossip, but I don't think it has always accompanied the status of "confirmed bachelor," nor do I think it does now.
: : : We don't have a parallel phrase "confirmed spinster," or at least I haven't heard it. Still women living alone except for a female comapanion can expect comments. Rosa Bonheur, possibly the most famous painter of horses in the 19th century and undoubtedly the most famous woman painter of her time, got all kinds of gossip because she lived with a woman. Geez Louise, who care?
: : I disagree slightly with SS. It certainly was one of those 'coded' phrases that everyone understood that used to appear in obituaries (especially). In the days when homosexuality was a crime, and even after that when attitudes were considerably less tolerant than they are (thankfully) now, it was not 'done' to state that a man was gay.
: : Another classic phrase that was widely used was 'he didn't suffer fools gladly' - which was code for 'he was bloody rude'.
: [DFG is in line with the most up-to-date presumptions, but that is not necessarily correct - "confirmed bachelor" (from, let's say, the mid-19th to the mid-20th century) could not have been obit-code for "gay" (or for "homosexual," either) because obit-writers were under no obligation to tell their readers, even by code, about their subject's sexual life, whether it was regular or irregular. The same phrase, "confirmed bachelor," would have appeared in the obits of men who had lived celibate lives; and if it had been "code for 'gay'," the writers would have had to explain that, in this case, they didn't mean it. Which would have made for interesting, but needlessly complicated, reading along with the morning tea and toast. - Baceseras.]
I think you have a higher opinion of journalists and the newspaper-buying public than I do.
Of course obit-writers have never been under an obligation to tell readers about the subject's sexual life, but it's what people want to read.
Titillation or information? Well, which sells most copies, The Sun or the Financial Times?
(For those not familiar with Right-pondian newspapers, The Sun is a very down-market, mass-appeal paper, with photographs of topless girls and which almost specializes in the sex lives of the rich and famous.
The Financial Times isn't.)


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Chyulu Hills
The Green Hills of Africa
Hemingway described the Chyulus as the "green hills of Africa." It is also a Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust that protects this legendary place within the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem. It spans over one million acres, and is an important wildlife corridor. Its hills are covered in cloud forest, its plains stretch out to meet Kilimanjaro, and its volcanoes dot the landscape, making it one of the most scenic places in all of Africa. It is also a place where you have great flexibility to enjoy activities away from the crowds, including walking safaris and engaging with a genuine Masaai culture where the tribesman are in-tune with conservation and their environment.
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Bring home a piece of Africa, whether it's a small momento or an incredible piece of art that captures how you feel in this incredible environment.
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When the animals can't see you, they go about their business as if you aren't even there. A game or photo hide allows you to get closer for some incredible views and photos.
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On horseback, animals seem to accept you as part of their natural surroundings a little more. You can spend more time with them…and get a little closer.
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Cycling amid the wild bush is an awesome, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Mountain bike safaris are tailored to suit the fitness and strength of the riders.
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At night, the nocturnal animals awaken and treat you to a show that daylight game drives miss.
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In national parks and some other reserves, rules prohibit leaving the designated safari paths. But the wildlife are not always considerate enough to stay nearby. Get better vantages (and better photos) by heading off-road.
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A lunch or dinner out in nature is one of the hallmarks of a luxury African experience. Your connection to the landscape is undisturbed and the food tastes even more special in this most wonderful of settings.
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Detroit Lions wide receiver Nate Burleson was injured in a single-car accident overnight along I-696 in Farmington Hills.
Lions management confirmed in a statement that Burleson, 32, broke his arm in the accident. The release also said the wide receiver will undergo surgery today.
The crash was called in around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday near Drake Road, according to Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw. It appeared the Lions player crashed into a freeway wall, but he was not cited.
He was, however, at fault, officials reported.
He was 'distracted by an item falling off his front seat,' said Shaw. '(Burleson) lost control of the vehicle and struck the center median wall.'
The item that fell was pizza, police said.
Police have confirmed alcohol was not a factor in the accident, and Burleson was wearing a seat belt during the crash.
The Farmington Hills Fire Department, whose personnel may have responded to the one-car crash, is not commenting at this time.
Burleson tallied six catches for 116 yards receiving in Sunday's first-ever road win at Washington. He leads the team with 19 catches this season for a total of 239 receiving yards.
The wide receiver, who lives in New Castle, Wash., is coming off a broken leg suffered Oct. 22 in a loss at Chicago.


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Hello You All,
We just released The Monster Match an iOS app built with AIR and Starling that will let You Mix, Match and discover the monstrous, the eerie, the wacky and funny combinations of characters that renowned artists created exclusively for The Monster Match, once you created a Monster of your liking you can save it to your camera roll or share with your friends via E-Mail, Twitter or Facebook.
We choose Flash as the development platform because is a tool that we know well and also knew it will let us take the concept and design faster and accurately to a working application.
The whole app was coded in FDT IDE and some of the animations where prototyped on Flash C6 , we use the Starling framework by GAMUA as the base of our code and found out it has a lot of improvements since the last time we've used, the Assets Manager was a time saver, and we also used some of the new device detection features (Originally the app was going to be a released both for iPhone and iPad but we had to push the release for the iPad version to a later time) . The core of the app's functionality was done using Feathers UI by Josh Tynjala and the sharing features were done using the GoViral ANE extension by MilkMan Games.
We are very happy with the end result and hope to be releasing the iPad version of the app pretty soon.
Enjoy this new free app from Team-O mixing, matching and sharing monstrous characters and remember …. not to play alone in the dark!
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We are very excited about the addition of our new brand Triumph Motorcycles to the vehicle lineup at Fun Bike Center Motorsports in Lakeland. Already I have fallen in love with the Street Triple 675R, the Speed Triple 1050 R, and the Daytona 675R as far as the sportbike lineup is concerned.
This bike in particular is extra special. Only 100 of these Special Edition Speed Triples were made and I love to have something that not many others do. Check out the pictures of this and let me know what you think. Of course you'll never be able to fully appreciate the bike just by its looks. To ride a Speed Triple is awesome. Have any of you ridden one? Please share your thoughts.
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Something Special: Triumph Introduces New Special Edition Speed Triple
The Speed Triple SE features a unique new look, with Matte Blue stripes laid over Matte Graphite paint. A distinctive blue frame and blue rim stripes add even more visual appeal, while the color-matched fly screen, belly pan and seat cowl come standard. Finishing touches include a carbon fiber front fender, tank cover panel and inner radiator panels, as well as a new gray and black saddle design.
Engine: Liquid cooled 12-valve DOHC in-line three-cylinder 1,050cc engine. Max torque. Max pulling power. 1050cc triple delivers a punch unlike any other. More torque and greater refinement than ever.
Frame: Design and function. All-new twin-tube over engine design is carefully sculpted to accentuate the styling while delivering class leading agility and stability in one package.
Styling: Twin headlamps up front are a new interpretation of the classic 'bug-eye' look while classic Speed Triple cues remain throughout, including single-sided swingarm, twin pipes and that stubby, aggressive stance.
Security and Safety: Coded key immobiliser comes as standard. Sophisticated ABS and tire pressure monitors are options for first time on a Speed Triple.
Engine and Transmission
Type: Liquid-cooled, 12 valve, DOHC, in-line 3-cylinder
Capacity: 1050 cc
Bore/Stroke: 79.0 x 71.4 mm
Fuel System: Multipoint sequential electronic fuel injection with SAI
Exhaust: Stainless Steel 3 into 1 into 2, twin high level stainless steel pipes.
Final Drive: X ring chain
Clutch: Wet, multi-plate
Gearbox: 6-speed
Oil Capacity: 3.8 liters (1.0 US gals)
Chassis, Running Gear and Displays
Frame: Aluminum beam twin-spar
Swingarm: Single-sided, aluminum alloy with eccentric chain adjuster
Front Wheel: Cast aluminum alloy multi-spoke 17 x 3.5in
Rear Wheel: Cast aluminum alloy multi-spoke 17 x 6.0in
Front Tire: 120/70 ZR 17
Rear Tire: 190/55 ZR 17
Front Suspension: Showa 43mm upside down forks with adjustable rebound and compression damping, 120mm travel
Rear Suspension: Showa Monoshock with adjustable preload, rebound and compression damping, 130mm rear wheel travel
Front Brakes: Twin 320mm floating discs, Brembo 4-piston 4-pad radial calipers, ABS
Rear Brakes: Single 255mm disc, Nissin single 2-piston sliding caliper, ABS
Instrument Display/Functions: LCD multi-functional instrument pack with digital speedometer, fuel gauge, trip computer, analogue tachometer, lap timer, programmable gear change lights, service interval announcement display, TPMS ready
Dimensions and Capacities
Length: 2086 mm (82.1 in)
Width (handlebars): 728 mm (28.6)
Height without mirrors: 1033 mm (40.6 in)
Seat Height: 825 mm (32.5 in)
Wheelbase: 1435 mm (56.5 in)
Rake/Trail: 22.8º / 90.9 mm
Fuel Tank Capacity / Efficiency: 17.5 liters (4.6 US gals)
Wet Weight (ready to ride): 214 kg (471 lbs)
Performance (measured at crankshaft to 95/1/EC)
Maximum Power: 135PS / 133bhp / 99 kW @ 9400rpm
Maximum Torque: 111Nm / 81.9 ft.lbs @ 7750rpm
Fuel Efficiency: 34 MPG City / 50 MPG Highway


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We've sent thousands of teachers and students to Cuba on study abroad tours since 1997. We specialize in arts, music, dance, nature, volunteerism and sports programs. Our focus is people-to-people travel that connects students and teachers to their island peers.
Our project's mandate is fair trade travel that builds ties of learning, friendship and understanding between North Americans and Cubans. Together with faculty tour leaders, we prepare and implement itineraries rich in academic and social content. Students return home with increased social awareness and a desire for civic engagement – motivated by the example of their Cuban counterparts – to make a difference.
Our island project is licensed by the Ministry of Tourism and Cuban Chamber of Commerce. We are the only American tour operator that holds this status.
Our organization is sponsored by the renowned Office of the Historian of Havana whose work is referenced globally as a preeminent example of humanistic urban renewal and development, and heritage conservation.
We have support of many other Cuban government ministries, educational institutions, NGOs, and community and religious organizations. They help us help you because we've been supporting Cuba for nearly two decades.
Our Cuban staff and guides are worldly experts who love their country and know its history, culture and society inside out. Sensitive to the needs of Americans they ensure Cuba study abroad is safe, and academically and culturally rewarding.
Our team, based in Cuba, Canada and the US, is here to assist you and your students witness the island on experiential learning journeys tailored to your curriculum requirements. We do this for thousands of dollars less than other agencies.
Team Cuba Explorer is eager to collaborate with you to develop a Cuba study abroad trip for faculty, staff, parents and students.
Ask us for a custom itinerary proposal and budget. It takes days, not weeks.
We assist with Cuba study tours of any duration. Programs can be focused on any subject: language, nature, art, music, sociology, dance, volunteerism, history, religion, or Latin and African American history and studies for instance. Or themes can be mixed. We help build programs that meet your academic requirements and travel abroad expectations.
Among the many schools we've sent to Cuba are: College Heights Secondary, Concordia University, Crofton House Secondary, CSU Long Beach, Fraser Heights Secondary, Haileybury Secondary, Kitsilano Secondary, Kwantlen University, Lord Byng Secondary, Malaspina University, Marianopolis College, Mount Carmel Secondary, Prince of Wales Secondary, Quinte Secondary, St. Georges Secondary, St-Jerome College, VanTech Secondary, Wooster College and 60 more US and Canadian schools.
Activities may include museum visits for art, science, astronomy, natural history, ceramics, Hemingway, literacy, and many other specialties. Nature excursions could examine forests, marine life, birds, caving, scuba diving, snorkeling, horseback riding, hiking, and organic farming.
Social and cultural encounters are nearly without limits, including dance, music, language, art, healthcare, theater, history, architecture, religious institutions of all types, community centers, speciality schools for food, crafts, art, design and myriad other subjects, social worker meetings, visits with with artists, writers and war veterans, sports, music and dance performances and competitions, Afrocuba history, religion and culture. As well as business and entrepreneurship, use of medicinal plants and herbs for healing. Think outside the box.
Participation in conventions, fairs, celebrations, expositions and festivals when schedules and dates permit.
Services include as many meals as requested, airport transfers, four million dollar insurance riders, medical coverage in Cuba, air arrangements, accommodations, transportation, emergency access to free highspeed and telephone calls to North America, special needs accommodations at all levels, and other services as demanded by your institution.
Young people are considered the island's greatest asset. Teachers are considered guardians of the future, rather than burdens upon the public purse. Education, healthcare, housing and research receive the bulk of the federal budget, followed by military expenditure.
- Cuban students score tops academically in Latin America at all levels
- Emphasis on sports and fitness
- No McDonald's, food is raised locally and organically
- Sex education at all grade levels, including appreciation for all expressions of loving sexuality
- Low teen birth rate, abortion on demand
- Bullying is actively combated
- Preventative healthcare is taught and practiced
- Foreign languages required
- Race and color are celebrated
- Gender parity is the norm, female leadership is promoted
- Students aspire to academic excellence
- Hyperactive kids given supervised focused assignments and tasks instead of pharmaceutical maintenance
- Graduation rate at grade twelve: 97.5%
- Abundance of music, dance, art and sport curriculum
- Youth are cherished and elders revered
- Cuba is a narcotics-free nation, young people abhor drugs
- Youth vote at 16 years, the age of majority, except for military at 18
- History and geography are elevated, together with math, medicine and science
- Healthcare is free and accessible 24 hours, every school has a doctor or nurse
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- Youth literacy rate: 99.3%, the 0.07% deficit on account of disabilities
- Meals provided free at schools
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- Standardized testing used as a planning benchmark, not as a means to thwart teacher creativity
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So when this is your 6th "Day in the Life" shoot...what theme do you go with....well...a Party of course. So we took the Ice Family downtown Bay City for the annual "Day in the Life" and family photoshoot. To some it may be tough to bring your dance party to downtown Bay City...but not this family. The kids had a ton of fun with mom and dad getting their dance moves on.
Just think if you could pop in a DVD or push play on your iPad or AppleTV and watch the past 6 years of your family having a great time together...wow...what an heirloom. I love what this family has chosen to do year after year. For a glimps at what that would be like, check out some of their past videos.2011 Ice DITL
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About Us
Kathryn Hughes Elementary School
Kathryn Hughes Elementary is a preschool through fifth grade school located in Santa Clara in a suburban community adjacent to San Jose. First built in 1964, our school was named for Kathryn Hughes, an outstanding and beloved teacher who served in the Alviso School District for 39 years.
This excellently maintained facility presents a warm and inviting educational environment for children. Our school proudly serves approximately 420 students by a staff of talented, collaborative, and reflective teachers and paraeducators. The school has been remodeled with soundproofing and air conditioning due to the San Jose Airport Expansion.
In 2012, Hughes was awarded a $500,000 technology grant from the Altera Foundation. This grant has allowed us to outfit every classroom with a SMART Interactive Whiteboard, audio projection system, document cameras, teacher laptops, and 1:1 tablets for students. Since then, we have continued to intentionally teach with educational technology devices and methods. We are proud to now have 1:1 Chromebooks for every Kindergarten through fifth grade student.
Hughes Culture
Hughes School is a professional organization. By setting high expectations and standards, and by providing rigorous academic programs and focused approach, it is our intent and our belief that students can and will succeed.
Hughes is a community of students, staff and families. We are responsible for one another, the students and the families of our community. This sense of community guides us in our work.
We have three guiding agreements for our community! Be Respectful, Be Responsible and Be Safe!
Be Respectful
- We respect and support every individual, both publicly and privately, by working with students, parents and staff to help one another be a successful member of our community.
- We build respectful communities by teaching our students how to behave, catching our students doing the right thing and holding them accountable when they do not make a good choice.
- We communicate openly and respectfully with parents and each other.
Be Responsible
- We are a family at Hughes and we share responsibility for all students, while supporting one another.
- We work collaboratively to improve student achievement, learn new procedures, methodologies, techniques and to tackle school wide issues.
Be Safe
- We provide children with a safe, secure and nurturing environment through a strong, consistent discipline plan, school wide agreement, and caring adults who accept responsibility for all students.
The underlying culture of the school is that we are a community that believes in what we can do for kids, we base our decisions on what is best for kids, and we work together to help our students succeed.
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At the London launch of Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan on Nov. 15, CEO Paul Polman explained: "We have ambitious plans to grow the company. But growth at any price is not viable. We have to develop new ways of doing business which will ensure that our growth does not come at the expense of the world's diminishing natural resources."
He also announced plans to help more than 1 billion people take action to improve their health and wellbeing, mostly in developing countries, over the next 10 years.
In New York, Unilever Americas President Dave Lewis joined by Michael B. Polk, president Global Food, Personal Care and Home products, echoed Polman's comments, sharing how Unilever intends to decouple growth from environmental impact and deliver more social value through its brands. "Many would say making consumption sustainable is impossible. Our view is that we have to make it possible. We cannot choose between growth and sustainability. We have to do both."
The Sustainable Living Plan sets out 50 social, economic, and environmental targets. It will see Unilever, whose global brands include Dove, Omo, Knorr, and Lipton, halve the greenhouse gas emissions, water, and waste used not just by the company in its direct operations but also by its suppliers and consumers.
More than two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions and half the water used in Unilever products' lifecycle come from consumer use.
"People tell us they want to reduce their environmental impact but find it hard to change their behavior and don't know how they can make a difference," explained Polman.
"By halving the total carbon, water, and waste impact of our products, primarily through innovation in the way we source, make, and package them, we can help people make a small difference every time they use them. As our products are used 2 billion times a day in nearly every country in the world, our consumers' small actions add up to make a big difference."
Other key goals Unilever plans to achieve by or before 2020 include:
Polman said: "There are billions of people who want the improvements to their health and wellbeing that everyday products like ours provide and who want to live sustainably. Our aim is to help people in developing countries improve their quality of life without a big increase in their environmental impacts, and to help those in developed markets maintain a good standard of living while reducing theirs.
"We are already finding that tackling sustainability challenges provides new opportunities for sustainable growth: it creates preference for our brands, builds business with our retail customers, drives our innovation, grows our markets and, in many cases, generates cost savings," he added.
Polman emphasized that Unilever did not have all the answers and that the company would need to work in partnership with customers, suppliers, governments and NGOs if it was to achieve its goals.


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You take more photos than ever these days. So do all of your friends. But where are all of those photos? You never look at them because they're scattered across the Internet abyss. WideAngle can help.
The iPad app pulls photos from your Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as photos that you shot separately, and puts them in a single place. In addition to your own photos, it lets you see those of your friends and people you follow. From there, it smartly groups everything based on metadata so that you can sort by date, location, source, etc. You can then pick the ones you like and organise them into sets.
This certainly isn't the first tool that compiles photos from different sources into a single location, but this app is simple and has a lot of nice touches like map view that should really be standard in any photo tool.
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Like many youngsters growing up in the Bootheel region of Southeast Missouri, Bill Bader worked on peach farms each summer, picking, grading, packing, whatever was needed. That peach fuzz got under his skin and in 1986 he bought a 150-acre peach farm near Campbell, Missouri.
Bader found the Crowley's Ridge soil fertile with good protection from frost. That good soil and Bader's hard work has since increased that small farm to over 1,000 acres with nearly 110,000 trees! Bill and his wife, Denise, along with sons Levi and Cody, and daughter Breana, proudly operate the family farm throughout the year. They are assisted by Tom and Steve Bader, Bill's brothers, cousin Danny and numerous other relatives and friends at harvest time. During the summer months, Bader Farms employs about 110 workers. They begin picking the peaches at 6:00 am and then the peaches are brought in from the field, washed, inspected, packed and shipped to your retail grocer within 24 hours. Bader peaches are fresh and delicious right from the tree to you!


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Quite a few months ago I received an email from Kim Maxwell, founder of Moving Soles Running Club. She asked me if I would speak to her women running club. She felt I'd be motivational to her group and that I could share my experiences with them.
I opened her email at work and immediately said to myself "oh my gosh, I couldn't do that" "why would anyone want to listen to what I have to say" "what would I say" "too scary, I can't speak in front of a group" etc. On and on the all too familiar tape played on in my head. You can't. You are not good enough. Negative negative negative negative.
Stop it. Start the tape over. I am an experienced runner, I do have stories, some people say I motivate and inspire them. I have wished many times that I had someone to listen to about their running, their experiences, someone to learn from.
So accept the invitation.
I did. I emailed back to Kim that I would speak to her group. We sent the date for March 5. It was so far in the future, but I thought about it every day. I worried about it. What would I say?
Yesterday I typed out an outline. I began with an introduction of myself, the drinking, the eating, getting sober, Oprah, running, races, the friends I have met, coaching.
Today I had a stomach ache all day. I was nervous about the speaking engagement and excited about leaving for TX tomorrow morning.
I arrived at the Concordia Academy 30 minutes before my meeting with Kim. Enough time to sit down and take deep breaths.
Kim and the group were fantastic. I met the runners as they arrived, I was a nervous wreck.
Kim introduced me..I began to talk..and talk..and laugh..and talk some more.
I spoke for 45 minutes without stopping! I had a great time! I acknowledged my nervousness right at the beginning and then it went away. I had stories and experiences to share.
After I finished speaking the members of the club asked questions; I was so relieved that they had listened and were truly interested.
Another lesson learned: Step out of the comfort zone. Inspire, motivate..share. This was a learning experience for me, too. I enjoyed it greatly.
Thank you to Kim and the Moving Soles. I enjoyed tonight, very much.
My flight leaves at 730 AM. I better double check my packing. Fun in the Sun; Here I Come!
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I just got home from hearing Jullie's talk. It was so inspirational. I could have listened to you talk for another 45 minutes! I got out my old copy of Oprah's book and am rereading it. Thanks for the motivation
Thank you for sharing your story. You are an amazing woman and I truly think you really need to contact Oprah now! I hope you enjoy your vacation!
You are amazing! I could have talked with you all night. I was so charged last night and this morning telling my co-workers about you. I was so inspired...... thank you!
You were outstanding last night! Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone to share your story - you have a great story to share and are so inspiring. Keep sharing it!!! Blessing to you.
--A new runner.
Julie! Good for you! See? All you needed to do was be yourself! I am proud of you! You have been my inspiration and you continue to be just that to others by telling your story and being yourself! Enjoy the beach! Love - Carol
Julie, I am a MSRC member and was at your talk Thursday night-you are simply amazing! Hearing your herculean accomplishments made my goal of running my first half-marathon seem much more attainable. I am now training with renewed enthusiasm and beginning to think that I could even run a marathon someday! Thank you so much for sharing your inspiring story . . . you are such an extraordinary example of what can be achieved with determination and a belief in yourself. Hope you'll come back and run with us sometime!! :o)
- Helen said...
Congrats Julie! It goes to show what you can do when you push yourself beyond those unseen 'boundaries'.
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hey any word on if you got into Badwater ?


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The Miami Heat won their 27th straight game as LeBron James made 24 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in a late 108-94 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday.
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Mario Chalmers scored 17, and Chris Bosh and Ray Allen each had 12 for Miami, which broke open a deadlock with a 13-0 run spanning the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters.
The Heat now are within six games of matching the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers for the longest winning streak in NBA history. It was the 250th win for Heat coach Erik Spoelstra as well.
Jameer Nelson had 27 points and 12 assists for the Magic, who got 20 points from Tobias Harris.
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I really like golf, except when I really hate it.
It's a great game, and it's hard not to enjoy a day on a pristine, scenic golf course. But I'm also terrible, which tends to curb my enthusiasm. It does make for some colorful moments. Ask anybody who's survived a round with me.
Anyway, I can't even imagine being able to perform ball tricks like VCU senior Adrian Parada does here. He's just killing time on the range, while I would probably pull a hamstring trying to keep this ball in the air for any more than a couple of bounces.
As good as that is, Parada still has a ways to go to match VCU's own Chuck "The Hit Man" Hiter, who seems to have a pretty good handle on this trick shot thing.


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1. What is your favorite word? Joy
2. What is your least favorite word? No
3. What turns you on? World class art of any kind. The written word, live performances, sculpture and most of all, exquisite blown glass.
4. What turns you off? Arrogance, impatience and/or inattention. We're all here for such a short time.
5. What sound or noise do you love? An a cappella choir in perfect harmony
6. What sound or noise do you hate? Broken glass
7. What is your favorite curse word? On rare occasions, I've been know to curse like a sailor -- that's all I'll say.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? A portrait artist
9. What profession would you not like to do? I would be the world's worst accountant.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Hello, Savannah! Come on in.
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Chelsea Clinton was not the only bride to exchange wedding vows this weekend. Songstress Alicia Keys married producer Swizz Beatz in a private ceremony overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday.
Keys, 29, who is pregnant, wore a Vera Wang silk Grecian-goddess gown with jeweled details on the back of her draped dress. Her new hubby, Swizz Beatz, 31, dressed in a classic white Tom Ford tuxedo, reported PEOPLE magazine.
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There are many things a mother can pass along to her daughter, but it takes a unique generosity—not genes—for a mother to give her daughter a kidney. In June, Angie Dudley, owner of the blog, Bakerella, and creator of cake pops, received her second kidney transplant from none other than her own mother, Sandy Cunningham. Although this is not Angie's first transplant experience, she says her mother has, from day one, offered to be her organ donor.
Angie was diagnosed with Focal Sclerosing Glomerulonephritis (FSGS) in April of 1991 after a routine doctor visit led to kidney biopsy. It was found to be heavily scarred, and by October, Angie was undergoing dialysis and on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.
"My mom was very proactive in trying to get on the [donor] list," Angie said, but doctors suggested they wait for a kidney from a cadaver. "I didn't want to make my mom go through that because they told me in half the cases of my disease, it reoccurs."
After 10 months of continuing peritoneal dialysis—all while attending college and working part-time— Angie received her first kidney transplant at just 20 years old.
Dr. Christian Larsen, MD, PhD, performed both of Angie's transplants. "I was so happy with what [Dr. Larsen] did," Angie said. She was glad to see that the incisions from her first surgery healed with minimal scarring, which she attributed to Larsen's thoughtfulness. But she didn't expect that after nearly 19 years of health, Larsen would have to operate on her again.
Near the end of 2010, things took a turn when Angie's symptoms resurfaced. Doctors determined she would likely need a second kidney transplant.
"I guess I really thought my kidney would last as long as I would," Dudley said. "It was kind of overwhelming emotionally to think about losing it because it had been with me for so long. I didn't want it to go bad not because I wouldn't be willing to have another kidney, but there was a life sacrificed for that."
Her mother had already begun emailing doctors again, seeking approval to be Angie's organ donor. "This time [my mom] was adamant about being the donor," Angie said. "I don't think I could've stopped her if I wanted to."
After taking various tests and retests, Sandy Cunningham finally received the news she'd been waiting for: She was approved be her daughter's kidney donor. "That was just the most awesome day of my life," Sandy said. "It still is."
On June 14, both mother and daughter underwent surgery for the transplant. "I was most worried about my mom being the donor," Angie said. "I didn't want anything to happen to her."
Angie's mom, on the other hand, was confident. "While I might've been nervous, I pushed it all aside because that was the very best resource that we had," she said. "We were doing the best thing we could do. Had I died doing that, it would have been fine. I truly feel that way, and I would do it again." But her daughter objects, "I would go on dialysis again if there was any risk of that," she insisted.
Knowing she wouldn't be able to walk for a few days, Angie insisted on seeing her mother right after the surgery. "[The staff] wanted to take me to my room, and I said, 'No, wheel my bed into her room so I can see her.'"
Dr. Nicole Turgeon, MD, assistant professor of surgery at the Emory Clinic, operated on Angie's mother and said Sandy couldn't have had a better donor. "The bond that these two share was very striking," she noted. "The love they have for each other is remarkable."
Dr. Turgeon also commended Angie for her accomplishments as a baker. "[She] does some really neat things with Bakerella," Turgeon said. "The fact that she can have kidney disease and still be so creative and contribute to society in such a way that you would never know she even had kidney disease is what was most striking to me." Dudley began blogging in 2007, but her Bakerella site went viral after she posted pictures of her cake pops, an adorably enticing treat she concocted herself. Since then, her aptitude for creative baking has landed her on the Martha Stewart Show, as a judge in various baking competitions, and even on the red carpet at the Emmys, thanks to Duncan Hines.
Angie's website, www.bakerella.com, receives almost three million page-views each month, and she also published a a New York Times best-selling book, appropriately titled Cake Pops, which will soon be available in four different languages.
Not surprisingly, her mother's generous nature reflects in Angie's work. "What turned into something for me has turned into something to give other people," she stated.
"How much her mom was willing to promote and care for her…was probably a big part of why she was successful and had the ability to live a normal life despite having kidney disease," Turgeon said of Angie. "I think that's a tribute to her mom."
And no matter how succsesful she becomes, Angie agrees that she will, first and foremost, always be her mother's beloved daughter.


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After RSVPing the local #wp10 meetup tonight, I get an email with shared signup details for wp10.wordpress.net so I can post my photos from the party to their site.
This is another, rather bizarre example of WordPress promoting monoculture. Even funnier is this misguided quote from the email:
If you don't already have the WordPress mobile app for your smartphone, you'll want to download it so that you can upload pictures and post to the site right from the party. It would be a good idea to add the site to your mobile app before your party so you don't have to worry about it later.
Paraphrased: "So that you can participate TO THE MAX, post to our hosted silo and download yet another app that you'll delete straight away".
Nevertheless, I plan to download the app and try it out as I've never used it before and WordPress UX tends to be pretty good. Perhaps then discuss the whole thing in #indiewebcamp on freenode to brainstorm a better way of doing this topic-based aggregation.


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A campaign for gay rights in Russia and at the Sochi Games is getting some star backing from Rihanna.
A photo posted on Instagram and linked to Rihanna's verified Twitter account showed the "We Found Love," ''Diamonds" and "Umbrella" singer wearing a hat with the logo P6.
The Principle 6 campaign aims to challenge Russia's crackdown on gay rights, including its law banning so-called gay "propaganda." It takes its name from the sixth of seven "fundamental principles" listed in the International Olympic Committee's charter.
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The charter says: "Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement."
Gay Australian Olympian Belle Brockhoff tweeted thanks to Rihanna before competing in snowboardcross on Sunday. Rihanna's account has more than 34 million followers, giving the P6 campaign a big audience.
"OMG NO WAY!" said a tweet on Brockhoff's verified account. "Whoah. Thank you @rihanna for standing up for #P6 and equality at the Olympics!"


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Democrats Take Lesson From Apple's Playbook
Democrats are trying to do for voter-turnout what Apple iPhone did for handheld devices – put innovation in the hands of its users.
NGP VAN, the technology firm at the heart of the Democrats' vast data infrastructure, announced Wednesday night that it will allow outside software developers and other engineers to write programs directly for its platforms. This rather wonky announcement amounts to a fairly major breakthrough in how Democrats reach voters and collect information about them because it opens the door for anyone with technical expertise to build tools to improve that process.
Again, think of the iPhone and what Apple did by allowing programmers to build games and other tools that allow users to do everything imaginable with a few taps of a touch screen, making the device more enticing without additional investments of time and money.
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NGP VAN is something of a secret weapon for the Democratic Party and the labor unions and progressive groups that use it. The privately owned company offers campaigns and outside groups a suite of tools to do everything from raise money to contact voters and connect with people over social media.
The DNC's priority this cycle has been to give candidates at every level of government access to some version of the sophisticated data tools President Barack Obama relied on to win a second term in the White House. The initiative is dubbed "Project Ivy."
By opening the doors to other developers, NGP VAN and the DNC are hoping to create an "ecosytem" of cool new tools to enhance the party's voter file and technology platform, known as VoterBuilder. Campaigns that have a need – or operatives who see an opportunity – can program tools that will run on the NGP VAN platform.
"This new developers' platform allows Democrats to build new apps more easily and nimbly," said Amy Dacey, chief executive of the DNC. "Our tools are helping candidates in 2014 while we're laying the groundwork for the next generation of campaign technology in 2016 and beyond."
Since 2008, Democrats and their progressive allies have largely relied on tools built by NGP VAN for the programs its volunteers and campaign aides use to connect with voters and donors. That information is sent through the state parties to the Democratic National Committee, which houses and sorts the data and sends it back to its affiliates.
The company has worked closely with the DNC since former Chairman Howard Dean launched an initiative to upgrade the party's data in all 50 states. Just about every campaign aide and volunteer in the party has worked with their products to gather information about voters. Mr. Obama's campaigns used the tools to target voters in both 2008 and 2012.
The Republican National Committee and an assemblage of GOP campaign operatives are scrambling to build tools that compete with the uniform simplicity of the NGP VAN platforms.
"NGP VAN is focused on helping the DNC drive the innovation that will help Democrats maintain and build our technological edge," said Stu Trevelyan, chief executive of the company "The tools we're building will enhance Democrats' ability to connect directly with voters, where they are, and in the way they get their information."
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Naomi Wells continued to show her hot hand as the reigning OVC Offensive performer of the week racked up 16 kills on the night combined with six digs. Wells was joined by freshman Arjiana Anderson posting 14 kills with a game high .414 hitting percentage.
Senior setter Erika Moss posted 41 assists against UT Martin and now sits just 41 assists away from 4,000 in her career. The Fort Wayne, Ind. native already holds the career record for the Tigers.
Moss paired her assists with a game high 17 digs for a double-double performance. Junior libero Ileanushka Maldonado posted 15 digs to round out the Tigers defensive effort.
On the block TSU had four rejections, including two apiece from juniors Taylor Swayzer and Sherryce Butler
The night began with UT Martin (8-15, 2-5) connecting on the first two points to grab the early lead. Tennessee State (7-11, 3-4) and the Skyhawks would trade points but the visitors maintained the slim lead. TSU took the lead at 7-6 after an ace from junior Jamie Cooper, but the Skyhawks charged back and regained the lead.
With UT Martin on top 14-12 junior Naomi Wells took matters in to her own hands leading the Tigers on a 6-0 run with Wells picking up three kills and an ace. The span gave TSU an 18-14 lead, but the Skyhawks rallied back with a 5-0 run to take the 19-18 lead.
In the closing moments of the first frame both teams rallied for long points, with the set tied at 20-20 the Tigers used the longest rally of the set to gain a 21-20 lead after an Erika Moss block. TSU would go on to close the opening frame, 25-23.
Tennessee State started off the second frame with a bang as they raced out to a 9-3 lead. The Skyhawks cut in to the Tigers lead trimming it to 9-5, but the home team used a 5-2 run to extend their lead to seven, at 14-7. Three straight points from UT Martin brought the Tigers lead back to four, at 14-10.
The lead swelled back up to eight, 20-12, with a kill from Naomi Wells. UT Martin didn't go down without a fight as start performer Emily Keaton took to the service line rallying the Skyhawks to five straight points to cut the Tigers lead to just three, 20-17. Tennessee State proved to be too much late winning the second set 25-19, and hold the 2-0 set advantage.
Each team traded runs to start the third. With TSU holding a slim 10-9 lead, UT Martin used a 5-1 run and grabbed the 14-10 advantage. The Tigers would get as close as one on two different occasions but the Skyhawks held off TSU to win the third set 25-22, with the Tigers holding the 2-1 set advantage.
A 10-0 run to start the fourth set gave the Tigers a 10-1 advantage, the stretch was capped by an attack error by UT Martin. A 4-0 Skyhawks span trimmed the TSU lead down to 16-9, but the Tigers answered back, exchanging points with UT Martin to maintain the large lead.
Martin used a 4-0 run to trim the Tigers lead to just three, 21-18. A Taylor Swayzer kill ended the run with a kill to make the score 22-18, and leave the Tigers just three points away from taking the match.
The Skyhawks rallied to close within one, 24-23, but the Tigers finished out the match with a Zoe Sostre kill giving them the set, 25-23. With TSU picking up the win 3-1.
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The government has today launched a review of its controversial "Prevent" counter-terrorism strategy, which includes measures to tackle extremist material online.
The wide-ranging review could lead to greater censorship of the web.
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, said today: "I believe the Prevent programme isn't working as well as it could, and that is why we are reviewing it. I want a strategy that is effective and properly focused."
Recent high-profile crimes have again focused attention on how Islamic extremists use the internet to promote their violent ideology. The online preaching of the US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was cited by Roshonara Choudhry – the 21-year-old woman convicted last week of attempting to murder her MP, Stephen Timms – as a radicalising influence.
Al-Awlaki, now based in Yemen, was also thought to be behind the foiled cargo bomb plot. YouTube last week took down dozens of his videos following pressure from British and American officials.
The review of Prevent will be overseen by Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer of counter-terrorism legislation.
He told The Register: "We will be looking at all aspects of Prevent, and that will include the internet."
The current version of the strategy, published in March last year, noted that while the Terrorism Act 2006 allows the police to order UK hosting companies to remove extremist material, it is powerless against foreign websites.
In an attempt to reduce availability, the Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism, a secretive Home Office unit, produces lists of extremist URLs for desktop filtering programs to block. Such software is typically used by schools and universities.
The review of Prevent is now likely to consider renewed calls for an network-level filtering system, similar to that administered by the Internet Watch Foundation to make accessing child abuse material more difficult. Any such move would be strongly resisted by ISPs and civil liberties groups.
While in Opposition, the Conservative security minister, Baroness Neville-Jones, expressed an interest in applying such technology to counter-terrorism.
She asked the Labour government "why the Internet Watch Foundation's list enables internet service providers to block child sexual abuse images if they are hosted abroad but does not enable them to block websites hosted abroad promoting violent extremism and terrorism".
Lord Carlile today emphasised that no decisions had yet been taken.
The Home Office said "the use of the internet as a tool to communicate extremist messages overlaps the key areas that are being reviewed".
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Shock, Disbelief, and/or Denial is experienced by many victims as they find it difficult to believe (or know) that they became the victim of a crime. Once some of the shock has worn off, many victims will experience a variety of strong confusing emotions. These may include:
Anger or Rage may have multiple focal points including God, the offender(s), the criminal justice system, or even oneself. Anger may become confused with revenge. The strength of the anger is often new to victims and is often disapproved of by society. Victims have the right to be angry after someone has hurt them.
Fear or Terror can result after a crime that involved a threat to one's safety or life, or to someone else a victim cares about. The fear may cause the person to experience "panic attacks" in the future if they are in situations that remind them of the original crime.
Frustration often results from feelings of helplessness and powerlessness during the crime. This is especially true if people were not able to fight off the offender or call for help. After the crime, frustration may continue if the victim is unable to obtain information or help.
Confusion often results when victims ask themselves "why did this happen to me?" Victims may be able to figure out "what" happened, but it is often impossible to explain "why" someone else wanted to cause them pain. Crimes often occur quickly and are chaotic, so confusion may also be caused when victims honestly are not clear about what actually happened.
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In the interest of pitting entire divisions against one another, Wall's Dougie League and Big Ball Dance League both have five members in the league-wide top 20. Chili Shimmy only has two, suggesting that perhaps that league is the most well-rounded and competitive. Below are the league leaders, only one of whom leads in both total and per game average (Significant Otter, despite having played the 12th fewest games in the entire league has grabbed more rebounds than all other teams and is averaging 1.1 boards more a game than the no. 2 guy. I don't remember ever seeing a guy slaughter a category the way he is slaughtering rebounds).
California Defenders, Dream Shake League – .4787 FG%
One Piece, Big Ball Dance League – .8224 FT%
Andray the Giant, All-Star Dance-Off '08 League – 210 3ptm (1.050, 2nd overall)
Smokey Mcpots, Dream Shake League – 3,158 pts (14.896, 8th overall)
Significant Otter, Chilly Shimmy League – 1,327 rbd (7.540, 1st overall)
Fear the 'Stache, Wall's Dougie League – 739 ast (3.502, 9th overall)
Fear the 'Stache, Wall's Dougie League – 268 stl (1.270, 3rd overall)
SmokinTrees, StrokinThrees – 163 blk (0.803, 5th overall)
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New in the Literature: Tai Chi in Patients With Parkinson Disease (N Engl J Med 2012; 366:511-519.)
Tai chi training appears to reduce balance impairments in patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease, with additional benefits of improved functional capacity and reduced falls, say authors of an article published this month in NEJM.
For this trial, researchers randomly assigned 195 patients with stage 1 to 4 disease on the Hoehn and Yahr staging scale (which ranges from 1 to 5, with higher stages indicating more severe disease) to 1 of 3 groups: tai chi, resistance training, or stretching. The patients participated in 60-minute exercise sessions twice weekly for 24 weeks. The primary outcomes were changes from baseline in the limits-of-stability test (maximum excursion and directional control; range, 0 to 100%). Secondary outcomes included measures of gait and strength, scores on functional-reach and timed up-and-go tests, motor scores on the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale, and number of falls.
The tai chi group performed consistently better than the resistance-training and stretching groups in maximum excursion (between-group difference in the change from baseline were 5.55 percentage points and 11.98 percentage points, respectively) and in directional control (10.45 percentage points and 11.38 percentage points, respectively). The tai chi group also performed better than the stretching group in all secondary outcomes and outperformed the resistance-training group in stride length and functional reach. Tai chi lowered the incidence of falls more than stretching did, but not more than resistance training did. The effects of tai chi training were maintained at 3 months after the intervention. No serious adverse events were observed.
APTA member Johnny Galver, PT, coauthored the article.
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