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Contracting a Muscle
During contraction, the thin filaments slide past the thick filaments, shortening the sarcomere.
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The thick and thin filaments do the actual work of a muscle, and the way they do this is pretty cool. Thick filaments are made of a protein called myosin. At the molecular level, a thick filament is a shaft of myosin molecules arranged in a cylinder. Thin filaments are made of another protein called actin. The thin filaments look like two strands of pearls twisted around each other.
During contraction, the myosin thick filaments grab on to the actin thin filaments by forming crossbridges. The thick filaments pull the thin filaments past them, making the sarcomere shorter. In a muscle fiber, the signal for contraction is synchronized over the entire fiber so that all of the myofibrils that make up the sarcomere shorten simultaneously.
There are two structures in the grooves of each thin filament that enable the thin filaments to slide along the thick ones: a long, rod-like protein called tropomyosin and a shorter, bead-like protein complex called troponin. Troponin and tropomyosin are the molecular switches that control the interaction of actin and myosin during contraction.
While the sliding of filaments explains how the muscle shortens, it does not explain how the muscle creates the force required for shortening. To understand how this force is created, let's think about how you pull something up with a rope:
- Grab the rope with both hands, arms extended.
- Loosen your grip with one hand, let's say the left hand, and maintain your grip with the right.
- With your right hand holding the rope, change your right arm's shape to shorten its reach and pull the rope toward you.
- Grab the rope with your extended left hand and release your right hand's grip.
- Change your left arm's shape to shorten it and pull the rope, returning your right arm to its original extended position so it can grab the rope.
- Repeat steps 2 through 5, alternating arms, until you finish.
Muscles create force by cycling myosin crossbridges.
To understand how muscle creates force, let's apply the rope example.
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Myosin molecules are golf-club shaped. For our example, the myosin clubhead (along with the crossbridge it forms) is your arm, and the actin filament is the rope:
- During contraction, the myosin molecule forms a chemical bond with an actin molecule on the thin filament (gripping the rope). This chemical bond is the crossbridge. For clarity, only one cross-bridge is shown in the figure above (focusing on one arm).
- Initially, the crossbridge is extended (your arm extending) with adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) attached to the myosin.
- As soon as the crossbridge is formed, the myosin head bends (your arm shortening), thereby creating force and sliding the actin filament past the myosin (pulling the rope). This process is called the power stroke. During the power stroke, myosin releases the ADP and Pi.
- Once ADP and Pi are released, a molecule of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binds to the myosin. When the ATP binds, the myosin releases the actin molecule (letting go of the rope).
- When the actin is released, the ATP molecule gets split into ADP and Pi by the myosin. The energy from the ATP resets the myosin head to its original position (re-extending your arm).
- The process is repeated. The actions of the myosin molecules are not synchronized -- at any given moment, some myosins are attaching to the actin filament (gripping the rope), others are creating force (pulling the rope) and others are releasing the actin filament (releasing the rope).
The contractions of all muscles are triggered by electrical impulses, whether transmitted by nerve cells, created internally (as with a pacemaker) or applied externally (as with an electrical-shock stimulus).


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Conservative commentators on Monday pushed back at liberals' argument that the Tea Party movement and Republican politicians had contributed to a climate that might have encouraged Saturday's shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., federal judge John Roll, and others.
Events such as the killings in Tucson "are seen first as political opportunities" by those pointing fingers, Rush Limbaugh said on his radio program Monday, likening the discussion to the one held in the wake of the Oklahoma City Bombing nearly 16 years ago. "The Republicans had nothing to do with the bombing at Oklahoma City, but it was seen as a political opportunity for Bill Clinton."
He added, "In continuing this template and narrative that the Tea Party and Sarah Palin, that talk radio and Fox News, are inspiring violence, they forget that, in the process of so doing, they are attacking what is now a majority of America."
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Beck: Hold those who commit violence responsible
In an open letter posted on his web site, Fox News host Glenn Beck wrote, "Turning these horrific events into an opportunity for a political attack is a very childish response to a very grown-up problem. This is not about winning a political blame game."
He said, "All evidence points to the fact that the assailant from this weekend was severely mentally disturbed. His belief system was not rational by any modern political standard."
Beck urged Americans to join him in a pledge to condemn the use of violence "regardless of ideological motivation."
As part of that pledge he declared, "I hold those responsible for the violence, responsible for the violence. I denounce those who attempt to blame political opponents for the acts of madmen."
In Tucson on Monday, in comments reported by the New York Times, radio talk show host Jon Justice said that blaming radio hosts for inciting the shootings of Giffords and others was "like blaming Jodie Foster for the individual who shot Ronald Reagan."
John Hinckley, who shot Reagan in 1981, was obsessed with Foster, a popular actress at that time, and thought that killing Reagan would gain him esteem in her eyes. At his trial Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
'Cheap habit'
Conservative historian and pundit Victor Davis Hanson wrote on National Review's web site that, "In the times of national uncertainty and fear that immediately follow hideous mass shootings, this cheap habit of channeling insanity into politics always surfaces but never convinces — as we learned from the deplorable tactic of blaming the Oklahoma City bombing on conservative talk radio."
Hanson denounced "political vultures who scavenge political capital as they pick through the horrific violence."
He reminded readers that in the wake of the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, "commentators pontificated about a right-wing 'climate of hate' in Dallas, Texas, that supposedly explained why a crazed avowed Communist — pro-Soviet, Castroite 24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald — shot President Kennedy."
Referring to the complaint of Sarah Palin's political organization putting a symbol of a target on Democratic candidates, including Giffords, conservative pundit Brian Faughnan complained on his Twitter account that, "Libs weren't so angry the last time an Arizona Rep was targeted w/ crosshairs in election ad."
A Republican in the target
Faughnan pointed to a television ad run by Democratic congressional candidate Harry Mitchell in 2006 against Republican opponent Rep. J.D. Hayworth.
Mitchell's ad featured a target symbol superimposed over grainy black-and-white video imagery of Hayworth's face, as the narrator said Hayworth was "the focus of the Justice Department's investigation" in the Jack Abramoff case.
Mitchell defeated Hayworth in 2006, but lost last November to Republican David Schweikert.
Expressing his disgust with the torrent of instant analysis of the Tucson shooting, Michael Moynihan of the libertarian Reason magazine said on his Twitter account Saturday, "Man, what was that, 10 mins before bloggers, pundits, DC hacks said shooting reaffirmed their ideology? God, I hate everyone in this town."


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Yes, this was quite the week! We worked on a LOT of fun activities! My students had a ball with the centres this week and absolutely LOVED spider day!
Here's a look at some of the centres this week.
You can find them in my Pumpkins! Literacy and Math Activities on TpT.
Identifying the lower case letter and then recording that letter on the worksheet. The students who were able to wrote the uppercase letter on the worksheet.
I thought that this activity would be a little challenging but the kids LOVED it! They did such a great job trying to find where each sight word belonged.
Searching for the letter "P".
We have been working on clapping and counting syllables so this activity was perfect for the students to try it on their own....and they got it!
I'm not a fan of spiders AT ALL, but my students were! We used an anchor chart to record all of our information about spiders. The idea for this way of recording information came from Deanna Jump.
Isn't the spider and web adorable? My volunteer, Ms. Josie, who is the most creative and artistic person I have met, made it for me! She didn't even trace it on overhead like I would do! HA!
I made this fun activity for my students to practice 1:1 correspondence with numbers 1-10. They had to place the correct number of spiders on the mats.
This activity is from my Halloween Literacy and Math Activities on TpT.
This was at our Pocket Chart centre this week. BATS! Perfect to get into the Halloween spirit, right?
You can find this activity in my All Year Long! Pocket Chart Fun pack on TpT.
I have 2 pocket chart activities per month which increase in difficulty as the year goes on. This is one of my students' favourite centres in the room. I love how they are reading and completing the worksheet independently!
We had fun with Deanna Jump's science experiments from her Simple Science Volume 1 unit.
Here my students are "walking across a web" to see how sticky it is! They did it again with vegetable oil on their fingers to see how a spider doesn't stick to the web.
After the experiment, we did this little write up. My teaching partner from last year, Ms. Angelucci, created it. You can download it for free here.
I'm having a Halloween sale in my TpT store this weekend only!
Hurry over to get 20% off everything!
(Thank you to Alisha from The Bubbly Blonde Teacher for making this adorable graphic.)
Also, I updated my Write the Room Literacy Centers - The Complete Set to include my 2 newest WTR sets: Pumpkins and Bears!
If you already purchased this set, please go back and download the revised version.
You can get this MEGA pack on sale this weekend only!
I'll be adding Penguins Write the Room next weekend to this mega value set so hurry and get it before the price goes up!
Enjoy the weekend!


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sword= fire starter, shield= grass starter, suit of armor= water starter
Fire starters are good offensive sweepers, but are fragile. Grass starters are excellent supporters and are quite effective if you're flexible with your strategy. Water starters don't have as many huge weaknesses as the others and often evolve into tanks.
I've heard the analogy that water= tank, fire= sweeper, grass= special ops. I echo the sentiment someone else said that hopefully fennekin won't be a fire/fighting type again, since chimchar and tepig were both fire/fighting. I'll definitely be choosing Froakie.
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Choosing sides: the Zambian side of the Zambezi River has a wider selection of accommodation and activities whilst across in Zimbabwe you'll be rewarded with impressive views of the Main Falls. Whichever country you choose to stay in we'd recommend budgeting enough time to visit both sides of the falls for the full experience.
Plenty to do: Victoria Falls has long been Africa's adventure capital; popular activities include scenic flights over the falls in helicopters or micro lights, white-water rafting (seasonal), elephant-back safaris, lion cub encounters and day trips to Chobe National Park.
Don't miss out: most hotels or lodges will gladly arrange activities on arrival for you, however, booking in advance is recommended to ensure availability on elephant-back safaris as these are often fully booked.
Bring the kids: Victoria Falls is a top choice for a family holiday: there's plenty to keep everyone entertained plus a good selection of kid-friendly accommodation ranging from large resorts to private 2- and 4-bedroom villas.
Go for tea: for around a century, celebrities and royalty alike have enjoyed high tea at the elegantVictoria Falls Hotel. Expect white-gloved waiters, expansive lawns and manicured gardens; the spray from the falls provides the scenic backdrop.
Sundowner stop: the riverside deck at the Royal Livingstone in Zambian is the most popular spot to sip cocktails and toast the sunset.
Did you know you can book your flights through Global Travel Alliance? For more information and frequently asked questions, please contact our reservations team.
Livingstone Airport (Zambia): the easiest way to fly into Livingstone is from Johannesburg's O R Tambo but there is a regular charter flight from Lusaka as well. You'll be transferred to your lodge by mini bus or 4X4.
Victoria Falls Airport (Zimbabwe): served by regular flights from Johannesburg, this airport is also on the route of a handy Windhoek/Maun flight. Moreover, as Victoria Falls is only 70km from the Botswana border, travelers can fly to Kasane Airport from the Okavango Delta or Maun Airport and then transfer to the falls by road.
Getting around Victoria Falls depends on which side you are based.
In Zimbabwe the town of Victoria Falls is compact enough to walk around. Most accommodation is located in town or close by and hotels run regular complimentary shuttles to the falls and other places of interest. Several hotels have such a convenient location that makes it possible to simply walk to Victoria Falls. Transfers to activities are built into the price and may be by mini bus or 4X4.
In Zambia the town of Livingstone is located nine kilometres from Victoria Falls and accommodation on the Zambian side is set along the Zambezi River rather than in town itself. Several lodges are set close enough to the falls to access them by foot while most others offer complimentary shuttle buses. Visitors to the Zambian lodges should note that a trip to Victoria Falls is often built into their day's activity.
It's also relatively simple to go across the border to view the falls from a different angle, and several activities may involve a border crossing.


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2014: week 2 of project 365
I waited for the end of the week to post for my project.
The first half of the week I spent doing arts and crafts with the kids, and drawing variations of recent drawings.
I saw a cool valentine card on witandwhistle.com that I decided to draw. It's a mason jar full of eyeballs that says "I only have eyes for you." Cute, right?
Also, I made another robot for my son's room.
The second half of the week we spent designing, constructing, painting and decorating a project that we thought would be awesome for our daughters room. It's a shelf with cubby holes for all her tiny treasures.
The link to the project is here, on a website called Young House Love. I found the link to the project on Pinterest (of course!)
A new year, a new start: project 365
It's a new year, so I thought I would give my project 365 an official new start day.
The game is the same: make something new each day. Create something that did not previously exist. Art, baking, photography, crafts… anything goes.
So here we go!
Day 1: a custom order
I also played with a drawing my daughter did. Here is the before and after:
Day 2:
Days 3 & 4: getting ready for some birthdays this weekend.
Day 5: printed off some forms to make lists with, in an attempt to be more organized. Need to get back into writing lists, I can't function in the chaos otherwise!
Days 6 & 7 were crazy, trying to get back into routine, with kids back to school. My "play" time was spent grocery shopping without the kids on day 6, and packing up the Christmas decorations on day 7.
Week 11: creativity project 365
This is week 11 of my personal challenge to create one new thing every day.
Day 1: went a little more cartoony today with my owls.
Days 2 & 3: made magnets
Day 4: reindeer with the kids
Day 5: sugar cookies
Days 6 & 7:
I'm doing all the gift wrapping and that's filling my creativity quota right now.
I think I'm going to give myself a few days off to enjoy Christmas without worrying about the project. We'll see…
Week 10: project 365
Week 9: creativity project 365
Sorry to be boring this week, but addressing all my Christmas cards by hand is taking up most of my spare time. Days 1-3 have all been that. And helping my kids draw pictures for their relatives and friends for Christmas. I'm so proud of all the progress they've been making creatively throughout this venture.
Days 4-6:
I've spent the last few days picking out Christmas gifts, planning a mini-vacation, addressing more Christmas cards and wrapping gifts. I've also orchestrated some fun with our family's advent house. We have a little wooden house with doors, and behind each one we can put our own treats. I made a bunch of little notes that direct the kids on scavenger hunts to find little toys or "adventure" tickets. I'm keeping busy and running low on time this holiday season!
Project 365: creation journal week 8
This is week 8 of my personal challenge to create something new each day. The criteria is vague allowing me the freedom to choose from a huge variety of "create-able" things. Past weeks have included photography, baking, painting, drawing and random crafts.
I've discovered that re-creating existing pieces of art in either similar replicates, or by making them my own has given me a huge burst of inspiration. I'm learning the skills I need to be able to put my own ideas into action.
Today I've been working on peacocks. This one is similar to the one I did yesterday, but with more texture added to the face and wings. I used the same series of postcards from etsy as my guide.
Week 8: aye aye aye, I've forgotten to post all week! It's been busy, but I haven't been slacking off on the project. I've spent time every night addressing my Christmas cards. On Monday we put up the Christmas lights. We spent Friday night decorating our tree and setting up all our Christmas decorations.
Week 6 of my creativity project
Here we go, let's hope I don't slack off quite so much in week 6. Week five was pretty stressful and it really interfered with my creative process.
Day 1:
Had to finish the great book I got myself into. Shadow of night, by Deborah Harkness. I find trilogies very frustrating, having to wait around so long for the next installment. You finish the first book, and wait around so long for the second you forget the first and have to reread it, in order to get into the second. Then you finish the second and you know damn well that you are going to have a hell of a time getting into the third one a year from now when it's finally released.
The books (discovery of witches and shadow of night) have been fantastic, it just sucks to have to turn off the story in your head and wait.
Day 2:
Needed some pen and colour in my life. Photo shows the image I was trying to draw, and my pen/watercolour rendition.
Day 3:
Did some stamping with the kids, making bookmarks for Christmas gifts.
Day 4:
A splash of colour to go with a quote I like (couldn't get the white balance quite right in the photo):
Day 5:
Playing around with house designs from wit & whistle
Day 6:
Not ready to let go of the house designs. They're kind of fun 🙂
Inspired by "jpants4sale" on etsy and Amanda from witandwhistle.
Day 7:
More tiny little buildings. Made the firehall up completely on my own.
My kindergartener has decided to get on board with drawing cities. We collaborated on this one:
Project 365 week 5: creation journal
Into week 5, a little delayed in posting but keeping busy and creative.
Day 1:
Painted a bird I saw on Pinterest. I was browsing through "making Monday's" blog and clicked the link to her Pinterest wall. I was inspired by her folder "to make." (making Mondays website here)
Day 2:
I snuck off to a hotel with some girlfriends and we had a kid-free girl's night. Took the night off from the project.
Day 3:
Went to my favourite art supply store and picked up a few new pens and random supplies. My art store rule is:
-Buy something you actually need
-buy something in a colour you don't already have
-buy something you've never tried before
So I bought a new pen to replace one that's almost used up, a new colour of watercolour paint, and a calligraphy pen. I got a few different papers and some paintbrushes too.
Day 4:
Tried out the calligraphy pen. Not such a great first try. Think I need a different ink. My mom has one that I think will work so I'll need to borrow it.
Day 5:
Redesigned a birth announcement for a friend of a friend. Hope they like it!
Day 6:
After the day I had, I think I need to invent a new drink. That's where my creativity is bringing me today.
Maybe a Shirley temple with a vanilla vodka twist?
Day 7:
I didn't "create" anything per say, but I did use my right brain to read a good book. Sorry, had to unwind and relax the past few days. Will get back at it soon!
Project 365: creation journal. Week 4.
Week 4 of my creativity project. The key is to create one thing each day, a project 365 of sorts. The vague criteria keeps my imagination open and my motivation going.
Day 1: carved a few pumpkins. The better one is the one I used a stencil for.
I also baked cookies with the kids to get in the spirit of Halloween. Recipe for sugar cookies by Wilton.
Day 2: another rendition of a painting I found on Pinterest. I love re-creating art that inspires me 🙂
Day 3: ninja turtle pumpkin. Full blog post on how I did it here.
Day 4: made a card. Only had a couple minutes.
Also made rock candy so me and a coworker can be Walt and Jesse for Halloween.
Day 6:
Took photos at my son's school for Halloween.
Day 7:
Started designing labels for a Christmas craft I'll be making with a friend.


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As summer draws near, many club owners are dreading the summertime blahs when families exit the clubs and venture into the great outdoors for softball, swimming, camping and vacations. However, "summertime" doesn't have to mean "slow time" for clubs. In fact, some club owners find that with a bit of planning, the summer months can be a profitable season.
For the most part, keeping families coming to the gym involves giving parents a reason to bring their children to the gym while they work out. The more a club can meet a parent's needs for the summer season, the more chance the club will see the parents continue their workout schedule. That means a club will have to do more than baby-sit. While a club should have programs that children can participate in while parents work out, it also should create programs and services that encourage family participation, says Kevin Steele, vice president at 24 Hour Fitness. "Something that would stimulate and challenge them to do things together," he says.
Here's some ideas for programs to lure those families back in. Some are one-time events or monthly events. Others are programs that can continue throughout the year.
Go outdoors for fun
Clubs can reach beyond their doors to grab families' attention. 24 Hour Fitness sponsors fun runs/walks to get children engaged. They also sponsor skateboard competitions. A club can organize hikes for members or take children (and maybe even their parents) to area amusement parks, swim parks or other local attractions. The club owner just needs to ensure that there are enough staff members to handle all the children and that the parents have signed a liability waiver.
Hold special days
A "school's out" day in spring allows staff to not only hand out ice cream, but also to pass out information about some of the special summertime programs for children and family. It is a perfect opportunity to enroll children and parents in the various summer activities. A mid-summer picnic reminds lapsed members about the club and may pull them back in before summer is out.
Host family nights
The Ashford-Dunwoody YMCA in Atlanta, GA, focuses more on family nights than specific programs. Once a month, the club hosts a family night that generally includes some sort of dinner — either a cookout, spaghetti or six-foot sandwiches — indoor pool games, crafts and sometimes a DJ and dancing.
Because of some other commitments, the Ashford-Dunwoody YMCA missed a family night this past fall. "The parents were devastated," says Kristin McEwen, executive director at the facility. "The kids were devastated. They started to look forward to that time with their kids. You start doing it and it becomes a habit."
Host a parents' night out
While most club activities focus on bringing families together at a health club, helping busy parents get a night away from their children can work wonders for a family's togetherness. The Grand Health Club in Tulsa, OK, hosts a once-a-month parents' night out event throughout the year. Parents can drop the children at the club while they go on a "date," secure in the knowledge that the club will provide a balanced dinner for their children along with popcorn, a movie and a fun activity, says Kristin Williams, Kidz' Klub supervisor at The Grand Health Club.
Develop special group exercise classes for children
The 24 Hour clubs have some specialty group exercise classes to help younger children develop balance, foot coordination and other physical skills sets. Some of the 24 Hour clubs also offer aqua and swim lessons. Clubs can also develop general education classes about nutrition and exercising for children. Last summer, the Grand Health Club offered ballet classes through a traveling school of ballet. The club keeps up its gymnastics and Tae Kwan Do classes throughout the summer.
Run leagues
Summer is the time for softball, soccer and swimming. Why shouldn't a club create its own league? If space allows and the club has softball or soccer fields, the club can organize a league for children. Even if the club does not have space of its own for fields, the club may be able to find a nearby open field that can be organized (with permission of the owner) into an impromptu playing field. Regardless of whether the play is organized into a league or an informal "every Tuesday afternoon softball game," the club needs to ensure that it provides a structure for the play as well as supervision and referees.
"The key is to keep them engaged in the club all year round so that if you provide the organizational support and structure for that (a league) they will associate your club with that," Steele says. "It's critical for that link to stay in place. There's reinforcement all along."
Sponsor a children's team
A club that doesn't have room for softball diamonds or soccer fields can still get involved in these sports by sponsoring a team of boys and/or girls. The children can be club members' children or they can be children from outside the club. Either way, the club can get its name on the uniform (free advertising) and can invite the teams to the club for a season kick-off party and a season wrap-up party. The parties get the children and their parents into the club. The club might consider having a staff member help coach the team or at least send a representative to each game with treats for the team. The club can also include a group picture of its team(s) in the lobby along with a schedule of their games and their record.
Run a sports program targeted to high school teams
24 Hour Fitness has a team sports program targeting high school students, specifically athletes. During the school year, the clubs allow school athletic teams to use their facilities from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. During the summer, the clubs have a high school summer membership promotion where teens get three-month memberships for a reasonable price.
"There's some down time for the kids not going to school or working," says Steele with 24 Hour Fitness. "The idea is to get them active and engaged."
Provide a summer camp
Summer camps are more than day care facilities. They are an opportunity for children to learn about nutrition and exercise in a fun way as well as get involved in various craft activities and become familiar with the gym. The camps should be divided by age and should be age appropriate in their activities.
The Ashford-Dunwoody YMCA offers summer camps, some of which are specialty camps for gymnastics, soccer, swimming and other interests. All the camps cost extra. For children under 5 and for some of the specialty camps, the camps run half days. For the 5-year-olds to 15-year-olds, the camps run all day from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
To get parental interaction with the camps, the YMCA hosts a lunchtime cookout every other Friday to which parents are invited. These lunches allow parents to see the camp and interact with their children, the other campers and the other parents.
"We thought we could capitalize on their running around to soccer and keep them coming into the Y," says McEwen. "I don't know that they are working out when they come in, but it gives them a place to come in and be a family."
The Ashford-Dunwoody YMCA has 350 kids a week in its camp, but the camps don't make much money for the YMCA because the non-profit club must hire college students and teachers to teach the camps.
"There's no revenue increase over the summer, but we do keep the traffic in the facility," McEwen says. "If you keep your traffic, then people don't forget you and cancel you out as one of the things they don't need."
Facilities that have some space, a pool for aquatics programs or soccer fields and tennis courts for lessons and leagues could make a profit with specialty camps, McEwen says.
Start a Kids' Club
At the 80,000-square-foot Grand Health Club, almost half of its 1,700 members have children. That makes family programming extremely important in keeping up summertime attendance. The club has two Kidz' Klubs, one for younger children that is open all year and the other for older children (6 to 12) that is open in the summer. The older children play video games and participate in swimming and tennis activities to keep them busy during the day. The younger kids have swimming activities as well as crafts. The 24 Hour Fitness clubs have a Kids' Club in which children are encouraged to be active while their parents work out.
All these programs may require some additional staffing depending on the number of children that participate. The need for additional staff often can be reduced if the children's activities are scheduled during down times at the gyms.
Because the older children's Kidz' Klub is active only in the summer, the Grand Health Club must hire an additional staff member to help out during the summer months. The Ashford-Dunwoody YMCA also must hire additional staff to run its camps.
Clubs can hire high school students, college students or teachers to help out. However, the club staff must train the high school and college students in how to work with children. It would also be advisable that a staff member always be on hand in addition to the high school help.
A club also must be aware of safety during the summer. Children who may never have been in a club environment need to be taught about club rules and must be kept off equipment if they are too young. Swimming pools must have lifeguards and sanitary requirements must be taken care of. Staff must have training in first aid and CPR. A club owner also should do a background check on employees that will be working with children.
Before a club starts a summer family program, the club owner should conduct a focus group consisting of the club's members, McEwen says. Focus groups inform a club owner about what members want to do with their families. Focus groups at the Ashford-Dunwoody YMCA showed that at family nights, the families wanted to play in the pool together with floats and noodles and they wanted to play bingo. They also wanted dinner served so that they didn't have to rush home from work to feed the family before going to family night.
"You have to find out what your community wants and what will work there," McEwen says. "They are the ones that you have to listen to because you can program all day long and it doesn't mean that's what they want."
Regardless of how an owner tries to pull in families, he or she should ensure that the offerings for children are fun or kids won't come.
"It has to be fun and different than the traditional stuff," says Steele. "It has to be perceived to be cool with their peer group."
Activities that get children involved not only show them the importance of exercise, but they also keep children off the street while they learn new physical and social skills. Exercise helps children develop discipline, and it exposes them to a new career option in the health club industry.
The more a club can get a family to focus its summer fun around the club, the better chance that club will have in retaining its adult members and laying the groundwork for future adult members.


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Calm Unlikely on India's Cauvery Waters
The Cauvery River in southern India has been a source of contention for more than 100 years, putting the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu at odds and leading to riots, protests by farmers, and fiery speeches by politicians. Even movie stars have stuck their oar in occasionally.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court asked India's federal government to implement a ruling by a water disputes tribunal to allot the biggest share of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The tribunal made the proposal in 2007, but the government is only taking action now, six years later, underlining its extreme reluctance to wade into a raging political dispute.
The government notification allots 419 thousand million cubic-feet of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, 270 MCF to Karnataka, 30 MCF to Kerala and 7 MCF to Pondicherry. Karnataka will need to release 192 MCF water to Tamil Nadu every year.
The federal government is reportedly considering setting up a management authority to monitor water sharing, though there has been no official confirmation yet.
The ruling should in theory lay the Cauvery dispute to rest, but that is an optimistic view. The reality is that water scarcity is only going to get worse, in south India and elsewhere. If monsoon rains are poor, for example, Karnataka farmers will want more water to be released.
At a recent conference, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said projections of water demand and availability "give an alarming picture of rising scarcities." A Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry report quoted a study that says the gap between demand and availability of water in India will be 50% in 2030.
The history of the Cauvery also provides little in the way of encouragement. The first agreement on sharing the waters of the more than 750 kilometer-long river was signed in 1892 between the princely states of Mysore and Madras.
After that failed, another agreement was struck by the two sides in 1924, allowing both to build dams on the river. But the dispute made a comeback in 1974, as the 1924 pact allowed a review after 50 years. In 1990, a tribunal was set up to resolve the dispute. It didn't give its final judgment until 2007, and it was only this month that the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to implement the decision.
Protests have erupted over the decades, including a riot in 1991 in Karnataka that involved attacks on the properties of Tamils living in the state. In December, protesters blocked a highway after Karnataka released some Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
In movie-crazy south India, it's no wonder that film stars also weighed in the Cauvery issue. Revered Tamil actor Rajnikant sat on a day-long fast to urge Karnataka to release more Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu in 2002.
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Like many products and services we enjoy today, the Internet's origins rest within the halls of government.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, which laid the technology foundation for how the Internet works, was originally funded by the Defense Department. Just a few decades later, that foundation has been built upon to create an entity only the most visionary thinkers could have imagined: the Internet of Everything.
IoE is an interconnected web of systems that brings together people, processes, data and things. There are currently over 20 billion connected devices, representing less than 1 percent of physical objects. Cisco predicts that by 2020, 50 billion devices will be connected.
IoE's ubiquity and scale are even now producing data-derived insights that promise gains in productivity, new revenue streams and cost savings.
However, these changes cannot occur without a new breed of trained IT professionals.
With IoE, the network will play a more crucial role than ever. It will need to be more secure, agile, context-aware, automated, dynamic and programmable. The realms of mobile, cloud, apps, and big data and analytics will all be interconnected in IoE. Security will be of particular concern; with so many devices all connected, the attack surface will increase exponentially, and security breaches could become even costlier.
The amount of data generated by and exchanged among this ever-growing number of devices will require analysis. The role of the data scientist will therefore be crucial in terms of converting this data into usable information.
Government agencies stand to gain dramatically from the improvements in data gathering and streamlined workflows. In short, IoE is about connecting people, process, data, and things; ensuring the connections are secure; and making the network programmable so information gathered from data can be more intelligently applied to devices rather than having to configure and manage them manually.
IoE makes important connections that reveal actionable insights, but it also will create significant challenges for the workforce — in terms of both security and data handling issues and adequate training. Getting prepared for IoE will require the existing workforce — especially in areas such as manufacturing, safety and security, utilities and transportation — to understand IT networking to a greater degree.
At the same time, IT networking professionals need to better understand manufacturing-control systems and industrial networks as IoE will cause these operational technologies to converge with IT. And lastly, it will be vital for the current generation of students coming out of college to have the networking skills that will enable them to address this convergence.
The traditional networker's view is expanding to include many new technologies, and the networker's responsibilities are expanding to include many new duties. For example, the increase in connected things requires network professionals to maintain a strong security posture across the expanded attack surface.
Also, the ability to analyze big data and turn it into actionable information is needed to drive business outcomes. There are many emerging roles in the future for IoE: business-transformation specialists, cloud brokers, network programmers and data scientists. Cybersecurity becomes more pervasive and the networking career becomes much more specialized.
The transition to IoE is not only desirable but inevitable, and the people best suited to lead that transition are those with fundamental networking experience. That is because they are equipped with the knowledge to build the bridge from network infrastructure to the application environment. Agencies will need to work with industries throughout the world to create the pathway for IT networking skills and talent development. Continued efficiency and productivity gains will depend upon it.
Training current IT employees is half of the battle. The other half of the educational battle is to prepare youth from the beginning to understand the network and its underlying connection to everything. It is incumbent on IT companies to work with universities, secondary schools, networking academies and learning partners to develop curricula to ensure rising talent is well prepared to understand the functioning of the network and how it makes IoE work.
Because IoE will eventually affect all government entities, employees of those entities must be properly trained in managing the network as IoE's basic platform. The evolution is already well under way, and the demand for networking talent is already being felt. Beyond understanding network deployment and operation, those at the forefront of the change will be taking the network in new directions, using 21st-century skills in the process: critical thinking, complex problem solving, data analysis, and communication and collaboration.
Students' needs and preferences regarding where and when they will get training are changing, along with what they are learning, because of new bring your own device policies, and ubiquitous access models of education. Students no longer prefer traditional delivery modalities. Instead, they want mobile, video-based, game-based learning that not only is an evolution of traditional delivery but also helps remove barriers to education by making it easy, fun, accessible and effective. A 2013 survey of Cisco-certified professionals revealed a strong preference for hands-on practice labs, simulations, and video-based training. Rather than attending a class on each of these subjects, this core knowledge set will be available in real time on an as-needed basis to aid in decision-making.
It is incumbent upon government agencies to strategically forecast the needs of their constituents and develop plans to best meet those needs. The network demands of IoE require a shift in how the current and future workforces are educated to fill critical gaps. With a properly equipped staff of network professionals, agencies will be able to fully realize the benefits of IoE: faster and more efficient services, greater productivity and cost savings.
Article by By Sudarshan Krishnamurthi
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Baca seterusnya...
'I'd always wanted to work with screws, I got the idea and that was it, six months later I had completed my first piece.
To create the unique portraits, some of which are four foot tall, Andrew firstly spends weeks drilling holes into a piece of wood.
Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after.
'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.'
The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals.
One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice.
Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village. - Daily Mail
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|Stitcher Dibby Gundry's beautiful handiwork
The Maryland Historical Society is recreating the 30 x 42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag! We will be sewing the flag during the same six-week time period that Mary Pickersgill did 200 years ago.
Mary Pickersgill, a local flag maker, worked with her daughter Caroline, nieces Eliza and Margaret Young, and African American indentured servant Grace Wisher to complete the flag in six weeks. We aim to recreate the flag during the same time period 200 years later.
Our flag will then be flown at Fort McHenry during the Defenders Day celebration!
MdHS has recruited experienced stitchers to construct the majority of the flag, however, we want to share the experience with our friends in the general public. To do this we will have two public sewing days, where anyone can come in and put a stitch or two in the flag! These two days will be Saturday, August 3 and Sunday August 11 from noon till 3 each day.
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Update #1: Thanks For Making Our Kickstarter Campaign a Success!
July was a pioneering month for our 169-year-old institution. We tried some crowd sourcing with Kickstarter, and our new foray into the computer world was a great success!
Over 160 of you felt as strongly as our quilters who diligently stitched all month. You pledged a total of $10,600, and your 30' x'42' Star-Spangled Banner is quickly taking shape in our auditorium. The new flag will make history this year and next - and you made it possible!
|Project Director Kristin Schenning and stitchers say "Thanks!!"
YOU have inspired all of us, and 200 volunteer quilters, along with hundreds of volunteer stitchers, thank you for this achievement.
Update #2 Our Biggest Public Event of the Year Starts In August
|Lead Stitcher Katie Bopp shows Bridgette Van Valkenburgh how to add her stitch.
After weeks of diligent, hard work from our expert stitchers, the flag is in great shape and ready for your stitch.
On Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 11 from noon until 4 pm we are hosting our Public Sewing Days.
As you know, our Star-Spangled Banner project is a work of public art in every sense of the word.
Our generous Kickstarter friends have funded the purchase of the red, white, and blue reproduction fabric commissioned by Family Heirloom Weavers in Red Lion, PA.
And our expert volunteers have already devoted hundreds of hours getting the flag into flyable shape. Now it's up to you, our readers, to be part of history and add your stitch during our Public Days.
We have put together a few details to make your experience on August 3 and August 11 as seamless as possible (pun intended).
Arrival: Come to the Maryland Historical Society anytime between noon and 4 pm. When you get here, simply check in at our registration desk right by the front doors. There you will receive a timed-ticket, which will be arranged by 15-minute increments. We are expecting quite a crowd, but we don't anticipate you will have to wait long. We will do our best to keep groups and families together.
Even if you haven't registered to add your stitch (and registration is now closed), you can still come down and enjoy the festivities. As time permits, we will try to accommodate as many extra 'stitchers' as we can.
While you are here, we will have many other fun 1812 activities! There will be live music from our 1812 band, living history actors in period costume, exhibit tables and lectures from our friends and partners, craft vendors including silhouette artist Lauren Muney, an expanded Museum Shop, and delicious food vendors outside of the Museum.
|Museum admission will be FREE on August 3 and August 11.
Museum admission will be FREE all day, so you can check out our 1812 exhibit, our Civil War exhibit and our brand-new "Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and Her Quest for an Imperial Legacy" exhibit that just opened in June.
Just by participating in our Public Sewing Days, you will also receive a special Stitching History stamp in the 1812 Bicentennial Passport, a free passport from the Baltimore National Heritage Area that includes over a dozen Baltimore-area historical sites.
Free parking will be available in the lot adjoining The Maryland Historical Society. There are additional paid lots at 505 Park Avenue (by the Aegon Building), 600 Cathedral Street (across from The Walters Art Museum) and 401 N Charles Street (at Charles and Franklin Streets)
We are also conveniently located on the free Circulator Bus Purple Route - take the Washington Monument Stop, and we are also located just feet from the Light Rail - Centre Street Station.
This is the ultimate participatory event, and an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We are proud to share this special day with you, and excited to have you take part of our historic project!
A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming
Defenders Day Celebration
|Courtesy U.S. Army Old Guard
Even if you can't participate in our Public Sewing Days, don't fret. We are planning a year's worth of fabulous Star-Spangled events, beginning in September.
Defenders Day is Baltimore's oldest holiday. It honors the successful defense of the city from British attack and the writing of the National Anthem in 1814.
This year we will celebrate Defender's Day on the weekend of September 13-September 15. We are partnering with Fort McHenry National Monument and Shrine, the United States Mint, and the U.S. Army to put together a truly unforgettable weekend.
On Friday, September 13, we will have a special Star-Spangled Ceremony here at The Maryland Historical Society and will host a procession taking the recreated Star-Spangled Banner flag to Fort McHenry.
While we are keeping mum on the details (for now), we can say that the U.S. Army Old Guard will literally "guard" the banner on its journey to Fort McHenry!
That evening, you are invited to participate in unfurling the Star-Spangled Banner flag at Fort McHenry. The Federal Hill cannon will be fired, just like it did back in 1814, when it sounded the alarm of the arrival of the British fleet.
Eighty Living Historians will place a wreath at the monuments to General Sam Smith and Major George Armistead.
On Saturday, September 14, beginning at 8am at Fort McHenry: New Fort McHenry quarters will be available (while supplies last)!
That's right. The newest quarter in the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program for 2013 features Fort McHenry and the Star-Spangled Banner!
You can exchange cash for new Fort McHenry quarters in $10 increments (while supplies last), courtesy M&T Bank. There is a $10, one roll minimum and $100, 10 roll maximum.
There will also be large living history encampment featuring military drills, cooking demonstrations, musket firing, dress parade, cannon firing and a children's program featuring authors and local historians. This is the perfect family event.
Beginning at 6pm, the recreated Star-Spangled Banner flag will be transported on a horse-drawn caisson consisting of seven beautiful horses.
This is the same horse-drawn caisson used at Arlington National Cemetery, and it's the first time it has ever left the Cemetery grounds.
The U.S. Army Drill Team will showcase a precision drill followed by a cannon-firing "battle" demonstrating the tactics used to defend Baltimore back in 1814. There will also be a patriotic concert by the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus performing the "1812 Overture".
And, as the sun sets, a symbolic ship-to-shore "bombardment" will commence, with pyrotechnic "bombs bursting in air" over the Fort and cannon thunder replies. The flag will be ceremoniously raised over the fort, to the singing of the National Anthem.
A 30-minute large fireworks display will provide the capstone to the evening.
It will be truly spectacular.
So mark your calendars now for our Defenders Day celebration!
See you then, and thanks for your support!
Burton Kummerow
President, The Maryland Historical Society
Founded in 1844, The Maryland Historical Society Museum and Library occupies an entire city block in the Mount Vernon district of Baltimore. The society's mission is to "collect, preserve, and interpret the objects and materials that reflect Maryland's diverse cultural heritage." The Society is home to the original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner and publishes a quarterly titled "Maryland Historical Magazine." The Society is located at 201 W. Monument Street and open to the public Wednesday-Saturday from 10 am-5 pm, and Sunday (museum only) 12 pm-5pm.


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GhaleonOne wrote:We also didn't get paid like we were supposed to! *grumble grumble*
I think it would make a cool feature to release those documents, but I would assume that's against whatever was in the NDA. (I'm not even sure I have a copy of any of it anymore though, as I lost a lot of my Lunar documents to a dead PC years ago)
I still have all the docs (electronic and hard-copy). Though... there's no expiration stated on the NDA, so yes, it'd probably be a very bad idea to release the documents without express permission {^^}.
That being said... it's not a tremendous loss... It's only Dragon Song. KF


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India still has the ability to ensure that its interests in Afghanistan are protected after 2014.
The U.S., with eyes set on a 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan, is attempting to engage the Taliban in peace talks in Doha, Qatar. The talks are being brokered by the military establishment in Pakistan, much to the chagrin of Hamid Karzai. Indeed, two of the most recent attempts to engage with the Taliban were scuttled because Mr. Karzai took offense to the Taliban claiming it represented the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan." Mr. Karzai apparently read the riot act to folks in DC, which was enough to call off talks between the U.S. and the Taliban, albeit temporarily.
If a preview was needed on what a post-NATO environment might look like in Afghanistan, the world got one on Monday. The Taliban launched a suicide attack near the presidential palace and the offices of the CIA in Kabul. But the U.S., for its part, now says it is unsure as to whether it even considers the Taliban to be a terrorist organization.
The irony should not be lost on us that it was the U.S. that was in no mood for negotiation ("Bring 'em on," he said) when it launched a massive assault on Afghanistan in 2001; twelve years on, it is the Taliban that appears disinterested in working out compromises while the U.S. is engaged in nimble pussyfooting.
With the U.S. and NATO forces leaving in 2014, Hamid Karzai's regime will be losing its security guarantor. The Afghan National Army (ANA) is ill-trained and faces attrition and ethnic disunity. It will be incapable of completely taking over security operations from NATO after 2014. Therefore, deal or no deal with the U.S., when Mullah Omar and his faithful followers return to Afghanistan, the country will be plunged into yet another bloody and protracted civil war that will most likely leave the Taliban in a position of advantage. Pakistan's perfidy is bearing fruit.
For India, instability in Afghanistan will affect not only its infrastructure and exploration projects in that country, but could also have an impact on India's domestic security. Few in India have forgotten the Pakistan-engineered hijacking of IC-814 in 1999 to Kandahar that compelled India to release Maulana Masood Azhar (who later founded the Jaish-e-Mohammed) and Omar Sheikh (now sentenced to death for his role in the killing of Daniel Pearl) in exchange for Indian hostages.
Pakistan has continued to exploit the instability in Afghanistan to engineer attacks against Indian interests in Kabul; the 2008 and 2009 Indian embassy bombings come to mind. It is very possible, therefore, that there will be a qualitative and quantitative escalation in attacks against Indian interests in Afghanistan once the U.S. and its allies leave.
It is to the backdrop of these developments that the newly-appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began a tour of India and the Middle East. In India apparently, he was given a frosty reception. Mr. Kerry is said to have addressed a largely empty India Habitat Center on Sunday. We are told many in New Delhi are upset at the U.S. "abandoning Afghanistan" and negotiating compromises with the Taliban. New Delhi is "livid" at John Kerry the "opportunist," one report said.
But surely, the U.S.'s attempts to extricate itself from a messy situation in Afghanistan are the rational actions of a country that deems its exit from the region to be in line with its national interests. How does one justify India's apparent anger at the U.S.? For over a decade, the U.S. has been the dominant guarantor of security in Afghanistan. Chinese and Indian investment projects in Afghanistan have benefited greatly by the security provided by NATO. Yet, neither India nor China has contributed significantly to providing security in Afghanistan.
Calls have been made in the past for India to deploy its troops and assist in the effort to secure Afghanistan. In a 2010 article in Pragati, I made the case for India to provide training and equipment to the ANA in a more meaningful manner. But apart from training a few army and police officers and supplying helicopters to the ANA, we have largely avoided accepting security-related responsibilities in Afghanistan for fear of exacerbating Pakistan's pathological insecurities.
Indeed, even Mr. Karzai's apparent last-ditch attempt to request Indian assistance in securing Afghanistan was dealt with great hesitance in New Delhi. The free ride is now at an end; the U.S. and its allies are pursuing courses of action that they believe are in line with their national interests; India must do likewise too.
The generals in Rawalpindi are free to believe that they have played the great game with a superpower and that victory now is at hand. But to draw parallels between the emerging regional environment and that of the 1990s, when Pakistan exerted unchallenged influence over Afghanistan, would be to misread the situation. First, the U.S.'s exit from Afghanistan will not necessarily translate into Pakistan getting a free hand to do as it pleases in Afghanistan. The U.S. will still continue to maintain a small, but effective military presence in the region, including a contingent of armed drones.
Second, Pakistan as the source of a potential terror threat to the U.S. homeland will not diminish post 2014. The U.S. will undoubtedly be aware of this, and as such, is unlikely to wind down capabilities needed to neutralize threats based in Pakistan. Indeed, recent hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Homeland Security (coupled with similar hearings in the Committee on Foreign Affairs in 2010) on Lashkar-e-Taiba — a Pakistan-supported terrorist group traditionally thought of as being India-focused, but posing no potential threat to the U.S. — points to a recalculation of assumptions on the LeT in the U.S.
Third, Pakistan's generals have filled their coffers with money provided as economic aid by the U.S. for over ten years. But this source of funds will dry up with the U.S.'s departure. In fact, it is likely that the U.S.'s first-hand experience with Pakistan's duplicity on terror and nuclear proliferation will invite fresh U.S. sanctions similar to the Pressler Amendment. Fresh sanctions directed at a country already on economic life-support can be an effective tool in curtailing bad behavior.
And fourth, Pakistan's towns and cities are facing the consequences of the army's poor choice of using militants as instruments of foreign policy. Many have turned their guns on the state and its citizens, while insurgencies rage on in FATA, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. This doesn't mean, however, that Pakistan won't continue to arm terrorist groups focused on India and Afghanistan; but the consequences of a spillover of the conflict from Afghanistan into Pakistan on an overstretched army will not be lost on Rawalpindi either.
Thus, even at this juncture and for all its inaction, India can still ensure that its interests — both in Afghanistan and in India — remain protected. Old alliances can be renewed and new ones established; covert capabilities and information sharing with the Afghan intelligence apparatus and regional powers can be enhanced. Closer cooperation with the U.S. amidst a convergence of perceptions on Pakistan could give India new levers with which to manage its relations with its difficult neighbor to the west. Contrary to popular perception, this game is far from over.


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When asked why he is singling out the Muslim American community and refusing to investigate other forms of terrorism, King has responded by saying that "it makes no sense to talk about other types of extremism, when the main threat to the United States today is talking about al Qaida."
Yet as a January 2011 terrorism statistics report — compiled using publicly available data from the FBI and other crime agencies — from the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) shows, terrorism by Muslim Americans has only accounted for a minority of terror plots since 9/11. Since the attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, Muslims have been involved in 45 domestic terrorist plots. Meanwhile, non-Muslims have been involved in 80 terrorist plots.
In fact, right-wing extremist and white supremacist attacks plots alone outnumber plots by Muslims, with both groups being involved in 63 terror plots, 18 more plots than Muslim Americans have been involved in. Here is a breakdown of attacks by group, along with a few examples of plots by some of these groups:
Anti-Government/Anti-Tax Extremists: There have been 36 plots by right-wing extremists since 9/11. These attacks include Joseph Stack's suicide attack on a Texas IRS building and Joshua Cartwright, who became enraged after the election of Barack Obama and "believed that the US Government was conspiring against him."
KKK/NeoNazi/White Supremacist: There have been 27 plots by white supremacists since 9/11. These attacks include a 2004 letter bombing of the Arizona Office of Diversity and Dialogue that injured three employees.
Unknown/Miscellaneous: There were five attacks that federal crime officials did not categorize.
Christian Extremists/Anti-Abortion: There were three attacks by anti-abortion extremists and Christian extremists. The killing of abortion provider George Tiller is the most prominent of these attacks.
Black Supremacist Cults: There were two plots by black supremacist cults.
Jewish Extremists: There were two plots by Jewish extremists. The most prominent of these was a plot by Robert Goldstein to attack a local Islamic center with home made C4 and other explosives.
Extreme Anti-Immigrant: There were two plots by anti-immigrant extremists. One of these was the attack by Shawn Forde, who murdered a Queens deli clerk and was motivated by racist and anti-immigrant feelings.
Anti-Jewish: There was one plot by an anti-Semitic extremist. Norman Leboon made anti-Semitic threats against Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA).
Anarchist: There was a single plot by an anarchist. Joseph D. Konopka "wreaked havoc in 13 counties by setting fires, disrupting radio and television broadcasts, disabling an air traffic control system, selling counterfeit software, and damaging the computer system of an Internet service provider."Given the fact that non-Muslim terrorists account for almost twice as many plots as Muslim terrorists in the United States since 9/11, King's justification that he is targeting Muslims because they represent the primary threat seems hollow. Additionally, King's hearings come at a time when Muslim American terrorism and involvement in extremism has actually plummeted in the past couple years, according to a Duke University study put out last month. Moreover, nearly 4 in 10 Al-Qaida related plots in the United States have been broken up thanks to intelligence provided by the Muslim community themselves and 70 percent of recent terror plots in the United States have been foiled by help from Muslim Americans.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Guest post: Come back when you are ready
Those are the words that my boss said to me when I called to tell him I was in labor. And he meant them.
My boss is one of the kindest, most generous and supportive people I know. So after 11 weeks I will return to work, not necessarily because I am ready but because it is time.
Why 11 weeks if I feel I am not completely ready? I work in a small anesthesiology group and know that my coworkers are covering all of the call I normally take. It allows me to start after Easter and start fresh at the beginning of a month. I also took some of my time off unpaid so I could save some of my vacation weeks for later in the year. If only I didn't have school loans and bills to pay I could have taken more unpaid time off! So 11 weeks it is.
It got me thinking though, when after the birth of a child would I really feel ready, if ever? Would it be when they learned to sleep through the night? Or would it be when they learned to say mama? Would it be after they weaned from breastfeeding? I thought that since this was my second child, I would not have all of the irrational fears of returning to work that I had with my first. My first child in fact did not prefer the nanny over me and is now 3.5 years old and shows no signs of being scared for life because his mom works. I was able to breastfed for 6 months during residency before my supply tanked and I am worried I won't be able to even get that far this time. So here I sit, one week left of maternity leave having many of those same irrational fears.
I was in my third year of residency when I had my first child. I was blessed to have supportive attendings and an amazing program director. Yet I struggled for a good 5 months before I learned to let go of some of the guilt of being a working mom. I love my profession but I of course love my children and husband more.
This time, my husband is staying home with our two lovely children. He started staying at home with our first as soon as I finished residency. He is making a sacrifice by leaving a job he really enjoyed to stay home for a few years, and I sacrifice by working full-time. It is what works for our family and my sanity. Like everyone else, I am searching for that perfect life work balance. Depending on the day or week, I think I might have found it. Yet sometimes the mommy guilt rears its ugly head just when I think I have gotten it under control.
So I pose the question to you. When were you ready to return to work after having a baby?
I would like to thank everyone who contributes to this blog. I have been following for over a year now. It has been really supportive to read these posts and see how we are all just trying to be the best moms we can be.
- an anesthesiologist in a small private practice group with two children under 4.
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I came back after about 12 weeks and made it work, but my preference would have been 6 months, everything else being equal.ReplyDelete
I went back after 8 weeks with both children and found that sufficient. Of course, we are all unique in this sense. I too, have a husband at home with the kids. That certainly makes the transition easier. I have offered other moms some advice for successfully maintaining milk supply while working, if you are interested (which starts with the Milk Maid app on your smart phone). Good luck with the new change. It is hard...for all of us. But you will be successful, even if you feel like you aren't.ReplyDelete
I went back to work after 7 week both times and didn't feel ready. I am an anesthesiologist with 2 kids under 3. If financially feasible I would work just enough to maintain my license. But instead my husband and I both work part time. My husband, my MIL, and I watch the kids. When I can take about 2 days off per week, I feel pretty good with work and motherhood balance. When I used to work full time I was miserable. We've had to make drastic cutbacks in order for me to work part time since I am the primary breadwinner in our family, but every sacrifice we've made has been worth it. The first year after birth is the hardest for me at work. Good luck to you.ReplyDelete
When I had my kids, I was one of two internists in a hospital-owned practice. I was already working 3 days per week in anticipation of having a family. I took 12 weeks off after both births, and my partner graciously covered alone with the part-time assistance of a PA during my second maternity leave. I did take home call evenings and weekends every other week starting at 6 weeks post-partum to help lighten the load a little. Luckily our practice was small, the patients were great about calling only for necessary things (ie 5-20 calls per week), and we had an EMR which I could access from home. I would have to say that with my first child, I would have happily stayed home for another 1-3 months. With my second, I was ready to go back to work at 12 weeks. I feel that my work/life balance is pretty good working 3 days per week. In addition, my husband only works 4 days per week and spends one day at home with the kids.ReplyDelete
As an attending, I took 11-12 weeks for each child (3). For me, it was just the right amount. Ready for some intellectual stimulation and adult conversations, ready to step away from sleep micro-management and other minutiae. Was definitely not ready at 8 weeks though.ReplyDelete
I'm Canadian - I came back at 50% time at 5.5 months, and full-time at 6.5 months. I was definitely ready (was an attending). I did NOT love mat leave, and my husband was going to take parental leave (since he wasn't self-employed, he was actually entitled to more weeks than me!) so I had no qualms about returning. Breastfeeding was going well, I was lucky to pump easily and have a good set-up at work, and I had guilt about not having guilt, if that makes sense. :) I work in geriatrics, I should mention - call is home call, usually very quiet, and that made it reasonable to return to.ReplyDelete
I went back after 10 weeks. My son is 14 months old, and I'm still not ready to be back. I'm a 2nd year resident married to a surgery resident, so maybe that influences things. Good to hear you at least have options as an attending. Looking forward to that. Also really glad to hear your 3.5 year old isn't scarred from having a working mom; when i get home post call and my son waves goodbye to me as if to say "who are you again?" I want to fall down. I love this blog for the same reason you mentioned - support from other med moms. Thanks for writing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2013 at 10:38 PM
I went back to residency at 6 weeks and as staff at 6 weeks -- I'm Active Duty and that's fairly standard unless you take additional leave and I didn't want to extend residency with the first and after the second I did take 1-2 days off a week for a few months so that either my husband (worked 2 evenings/week teaching) or I were home and we didn't need childcare. Breastfeeding was a priority for me and I even went to a lactation counseling course after D1 so I pumped for the year and nursed until she was 2, so far I'm doing the same with D2 though now I'm pregnant with C3 so we'll see how that lasts. Advantages I have is that I can take home call and have an EMR I can access for non urgent things though I usually end up going back in after I put the kids to bed. My husband is very supportive.ReplyDelete
We normally get six weeks - I used all my vacation during residency (three weeks/year) for both kids, and was able to start a month early so I tacked on an extra two weeks for each kid for a total of 8. I hear they don't allow this anymore in my program. I was both ready and not ready to return. Ready for adult stimulation, not ready to leave my kids with a nanny. Did I miss out on many early childhood milestones? Yes. Are my kids happy and well adjusted now? Yup. With more control of my time in private practice I take extra vacation and sell off some of my call to spend more time with them now, at 10 and 7. It's a lot of fun. I try not to have any regrets, but I can go there in a bad head space.ReplyDelete
I thought the first year of second babyhood with a toddler (mine was only 2 years 4 months when my second was born) was the hardest. Being in fellowship and taking boards probably added a lot to the strain. You are very lucky to have had support in your program and now with your boss and at home. That will make a world of difference. Good luck! Great to hear from you.
I took 16 weeks off with each child. Ready to return at that point, but nonetheless tearful (read: crying) upon return for each, but for different reasons with each. The first because it was all so new and unknown, and the second because I figured (correctly) that it would be my last maternity leave.ReplyDelete
One thing I did is I wrote each child a private letter, in those remaining days on leave just prior to return. Haven't shown it to anyone nor re-read them myself yet.
I'm just over halfway through a surgical subspecialty fellowship and recently (5ish weeks ago) had our first baby. I went back part-time (2 days/wk of clinic, 1 half-day of OR/wk and working on research papers from home) at 4wks and start full-time duties back up on Monday at 6wks postpartum.ReplyDelete
For the most part, I'm ready. Ideal? No. But it is what it is.
I wonder why US women aren't standing up and fighting for paid maternity leave? Here in NZ we get 14 weeks paid maternity leave. It doesn't come out of our vactation leave.ReplyDelete
Good luck with returning to work.
USA really doesn't have a good parental leave policy. In Canada, mom and dad can have a total of 12 month leave between them that is covered by employment insurance. So whether they both take a few months together or split it up separately, it still works for having some time with the newborn. Having said that, there are many reasons people have to go back to work early. Saw this article recently that helped me feel much better Working Mom Guilt Be Gone! Your Kids Fare Better Study Finds http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/27/7181109-working-mom-guilt-be-gone-your-kids-fare-better-study-findsReplyDelete
which describes how kids with working moms are more resilient, independent, and flexible with different situations and caregivers and have improved abilities to handle changing circumstances. I'm sure as with all things it depends on the type of kid and the type of parent and the family dynamic, but it does make me feel a bit better to know that it isn't all bad for the child if the parents work.


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Signet Jewelers Limited (SIG) try to takes its position in context of active momentum, while shares price jumped 7.88% with the closing value of $17.25 during Friday trading session. Signet Jewelers Limited traded 2308715 shares at hands when compared with its average volume of 3084.31K shares. Mostly all the indicators used in technical analysis are based on pricing data. Volume, though, is an independent variable and can therefore be extremely useful in confirming price action. There are lots of ways of using volume, such as the construction of oscillators, on balance volume lines, and the design of indicators using both volume and price. It is important to understand there is always a perfect balance between buyers and sellers because the amount of a security sold is always identical to that which is purchased. What moves pieces is the relative enthusiasm of buyers or sellers. If sellers are more motivated than buyers the price will decline and vice versa.
Along recent positive drift, stock price presented -72.29% lower comparing value from it 52-week high point and showed 65.87% upward in value from its 52-week low point. Return on assets (ROA) results to -4.00%. Return on investment (ROI) reached to -32.10%.
Signet Jewelers Limited has noticeable recent volatility credentials; price volatility of stock was 6.53% for a week and 6.85% for a month. We might think of historical volatility as the rate of change of the underlying stock price. The higher the level of historical volatility, the more that the stock has moved in recent history. Therefore, theoretically, we will also expect that stock to move in similar degrees into the future, although it's important to remember that historical volatility does not provide insight into either trend or direction. Although there are multiple ways to calculate historical volatility, the basic underlying idea is essentially the same for each. Historical volatility examines how quickly a stock price or future has moved in the past to predict how far it might move in the future.
Average true range (ATR) as a Volatility indicator
The average true range (ATR) is a measure of volatility introduced by Welles Wilder in his book, New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. The true range indicator is the greatest of the following: current high less the current low, the absolute value of the current high less the previous close and the absolute value of the current low less the previous close. The average true range is a moving average, generally 14 days, of the true ranges. Average true range (ATR) is often used as a volatility indicator. It doesn't necessarily predict anything, but extremes in activity can indicate a change in a stock's movement; higher ATRs can mean a stock is trending, and lower ATRs could indicate a consolidation in price. Its Average True Range (ATR) shows a figure of 1.06.
Interpretation of Popular Simple Moving Averages:
The 6.49% upward depiction highlighted by the trends created around 20 day SMA. The established trader's sentiment toward the stock has created a trading environment which can appropriately be designated as optimistic.
There has been upward change grasped around 50 day SMA. The stock price is showing 14.84% distance above 50 SMA. On the surface, it seems as the higher the 50-day moving average goes, the more bullish the market is (and the lower it goes, the more bearish). In practice, however, the reverse is true. The 50-day moving average is perceived to be the dividing line between a stock that is technically healthy and one that is not. Furthermore, the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving average helps determine the overall health of the market. Many market traders also use moving averages to determine profitable entry and exit points into specific securities.
Signet Jewelers Limited (SIG) stock price recognized downward trend built on latest movement of 200 SMA with -16.32% during the course of recent market activity. This trend discloses recent direction. The up-to-date direction of 200 SMA is downward. When the price over the last 200 days is moving with increasing trend, look for buy opportunities and when it shows decreasing trend the price is below the last 200 days, look for sell opportunities.
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The relative strength index (RSI)'s recent value positioned at 60.47. The RSI's interpretations notify overbought above 70 and oversold below 30. The stock has a beta value of 1.02. When beta is less/more than 1, it can be read that the stock is theoretically less/more volatile than the market.
Detecting profitability, the Company has a profit margin of -3.50%, gross margin of 36.00% and an operating of -2.60%. The stock price changed 12.82% in the past week. Shares of the company have performed -4.22% over the last quarter and moved -65.87% over the last twelve months.
Analysts assigned consensus rating of 3.3. This rating scale created between 1 and 5. Analyst's suggestion with a score of 3 would be a mark of a Hold views. A rating of 1 or 2 would be indicating a Buy recommendation. A rating of 4 or 5 represents a Sell idea.


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WWD recently reported celebrities have energized the shapewear market. How so? By wearing underwear as outerwear! To prove it, annual sales of shapewear grew 10.6 percent from March '09 to February '10. Wow. You know who the trendsetters are: Madonna, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Dita Von Teese, and so on. Proceed to see them, and more, rocking this risque trend.


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The working group established under section 2223b of this title shall, within 1 year after October 22, 1990, submit a report to the Administrator and to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate presenting the results of the review carried out under sections 2223a to 2223e of this title, along with recommendations to ensure that response information disseminated to emergency response personnel is appropriate for operational personnel at the local level.
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I've been observing the expansion of this idea of "Ubuntu App Development". David Planella just wrote about what the Canonical Community team is doing to build that area. Recently, Daniel Holbach asked if the Ubuntu Packaging Guide should be renamed to the Ubuntu Platform Development Guide (or something similar) since it deals more with working with packages within Ubuntu instead of on top of it.
So here's my issues and questions. How do we distinguish between apps that we have in the Ubuntu archives (for which the current Packaging Guide would apply) from the apps that people ship on top of Ubuntu (delivered in PPAs, Canonical Partner repos, etc. for which developer.ubuntu.com is maybe the primary entry point)?
I'm personal uncomfortable with the "Platform" language being applied to things like Firefox or Inkscape or the thousands of other desktop and end-user applications. "Platform" to me means libraries and kernels and things like X.org, awk and curl.
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Doubters of the science on climate change and its effects on the nation and in the Pacific Northwest should be chastened by the third U.S. National Climate Assessment that the White House released this week.
It's noted as the most comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change and its effects. Changes in snowmelt, more wildfires, rising sea levels and more findings are included in the assessment about the Northwest. The news is sobering.
But as Gov. Jay Inslee notes, efforts are being made in Washington to mitigate climate change -- reducing carbon emissions, investing in renewable energy, boosting fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and constructing buildings that use less power, among other things.
The insurance industry long ago determined that climate change is real, as noted most recently in the 2013 climate risk survey of over 1,000 insurers in Washington, California, Connecticut, Minnesota and New York.
Commissioner Mike Kreidler is chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners working group on Climate Change and Global Warming. This group regularly reviews how climate change affects insurers and the way they do business.
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