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2014 has been the year when a lot of dealers and a handful of vendors have embraced responsive website design. We've heard a handful of rebuttals and seen some blog posts from industry experts explaining why they haven't invested into RWD, but the most absurd excuse came to us the other day when a dealer told one of our partners what their website provider said about responsive design.
"It's just a fad. It will pass."
Really? At first, I thought that maybe they had misspoke. Maybe they meant to say that it was the current trend. With companies like Google promoting the concept that websites in an ideal internet would be responsive, one could definitely say that it's trending and will soon be the accepted norm, but to say that it's a fad that will pass is ludicrous.
Responsive websites offer consistency. They eliminate excuses. They allow dealers to make their content pop across all devices, whether it's inventory, a landing page, or even a blog post. There are downsides to some of them such as load time, but we've eliminated those detriments on our own platform and we've seen a couple of other platforms out there in our industry that have also made adjustments.
For those who are not familiar with the differences between the various types of websites, here's a quick breakdown of the most common types in the automotive industry:
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Additionally, CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation and Skeleton are being constantly updated and that only benefits the likes of RWD. It's only a matter of time before many of the issues that cause minor glitches in RWD sites are fixed, such as far too large CSS files being reduced on load, etc. It's out there now actually...http://www.sitepoint.com/complete-guide-reducing-page-weight. Pre-processors such as Sass, LESS and Stylus can do the hard work for you. Build tools including Grunt.js or Gulp can automate your workflow or, if you'd prefer a GUI, Koala provides a free cross-platform application, etc.
But why does Google prefer responsive design? For starters, it's more efficient for Google to bot crawl the site and then index and organize all the content that is online. The reason for this is that with responsive design, all sites have just one URL and the same HTML across all devices. When a business has both a mobile site and desktop site, there will be a different URL and different HTML for each. This forces Google to crawl and index multiple versions of the same exact site.
Also, when there is just one website and URL, it's much easier for users to share, engage and interact with the content on that site as compared to a site that has different pages for mobile and desktop users. Google is a fan of that as well. Why? Because what if someone shared a mobile site on a social media outlet and one of their connections viewed that mobile site on their desktop? That viewer would then be viewing a less than optimal site because it was intended for mobile. This makes the user unhappy.
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Call the Doctor is the second studio album by the American rock band Sleater-Kinney, released on March 25, 1996 by Chainsaw Records. The album has received critical acclaim from music journalists.
Call the Doctor was written in three weeks and recorded in four days. According to singer and guitarist Corin Tucker, the writing was inspired by a "crap" job she had and how people are "consumerized and commodified" by society. The album contains no bass player. As Tucker explained, "We started writing songs with two guitars, and we liked the way it sounded. It gives us a lot of freedom to write these lines that go back and forth." The album is occasionally considered to be Sleater-Kinney's first proper album because Tucker and co-vocalist and guitarist Carrie Brownstein had left their previous bands, Heavens to Betsy and Excuse 17, at the time of its recording.
Call the Doctor was produced by John Goodmanson and released on March 25, 1996 by the queercore independent record label Chainsaw Records, which also released the band's previous album, Sleater-Kinney. Drummer Laura Macfarlane, who was based in Australia, had to leave the band shortly after the album's release when her visa ran out. As a result, the band asked Toni Gogin of CeBe Barnes to fill in on the drums while touring the album. As of March 1997, the album has sold 6,000 copies. As of February 2015, Call the Doctor has sold 60,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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La Trobe Business School's Tourism, Hospitality & Events Society and the Commerce Students' Association hosted a Business School Cocktail Night. The event was held by the Docklands waterfront at Harbour Kitchen. Over 100 students and their friends gathered to celebrate the hard work and dedication displayed throughout the year. Both La Trobe Business School and the Equity and Diversity Department supported the event. Check out some of the great pictures taken during the evening.
La Trobe Business School encourages all students to become a member of either group as social events such as this will continue throughout the year. Membership also offers inclusion of like-minded individuals that want to make a difference whilst having fun at the same time.
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ExxonMobil is the largest company by market cap on S&P 500. Year-to-date the stock has been flat, outperforming S&P 500 which is down about 8%.
Maria Bartiromo interviewed Rex Tillerson, Chairman & CEO ExxonMobil at the "Washington Ideas Forum" hosted by the Atlantic today.
When asked about why oil prices are at today's level of about $81 per barrel, Tillerson said, "demand has certainly been sluggish here in the United States. Gasoline demand is off about 2%, 2.5% relative to last year. Globally, demand is about where we expect it to be."
ExxonMobil is also the largest natural gas producer continues to grow in this area of the business. "Our move into the unconventional space with the purchase of XTO was recognition on our part of how significant the unconventional resources are going to be," said Tillerson. In December 2009, ExxonMobil brought XTO for $30.4 billion with stock.
Loads of Cash
Currently, the company has $10.3 billion in cash and short-term investments (as of quarter that ended in June 2011) on its balance sheet. Tillerson points out "we generate a lot of cash because it takes a lot of cash to run our business. We spend about, just in operating costs, over a billion dollars a day…that's what it takes to run ExxonMobil. In terms of capital investment, we are investing over $37 billion this year."
What does ExxonMobil do with all that cash? Tillerson maintains the company would do more in the U.S. "if we are given the opportunity" to do so. "We've said this many times…it's all about access. You have two-thirds of the remaining conventional oil resource potential sits under federal lands, that we have no access to. 40% of natural gas resource potential sits under federal lands. If we don't have access, we don't invest. We can't spend the money," Tillerson said.
"We currently do have, I think we are back to 19 or 20 deepwater rigs in the Gulf. But we are still below pre-incident levels. The rate that we can get back to work is measurably slower," Tillerson added.
ExxonMobil is looking all over the world the right opportunities. "In other countries, the government wants its natural resources developed. They want to see the activity. And they want it done properly. But their whole attitude toward resource development is 'what can we do to get this to happen'. In this country, it's very different. It's almost, what do we do to make it as difficult for you as we can," said Tillerson.
Sluggish Economic Outlook
Tillerson has become a bit more bearish on the economy. "I'm not as optimistic as I was 6 months ago. I'm afraid it will be a very sluggish economic environment in this country. I say the future we'll have positive growth, but it won't be as robust as everyone hoped," said Tillerson.
Donna Burton contributed to this article
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Did you know that Noah Cyrus, Miley's 18-year-old younger sister, is a talented and promising singer in her own right? If you've never even heard of the little Cyrus before this moment, welcome. This is only the beginning.
From the looks of her latest feature, "My Way," a collaboration with UK electro-pop duo One Bit, Noah's working hard to establish a name for herself as a clubby-pop virtuoso—like songwriter Billie Eilish, if she drank a Red Bull and sang over beats with a higher BPM, or if teen talent Hailee Steinfeld had more of an edge. (Outside of Steinfeld's ode to female masturbation, "Love Myself", of course.) The music video for "My Way," released today, is a visual as high-energy as the song, depicting a wacky dinner party in which pink- and blue-clad guests declare war and start attacking each other. A metaphor for the gender gap?
It's fun, it's weird without trying too hard, and it shows the singer's penchant for jumping on pop bangers, as she has with on EDM hero Marshmello's "Chasing Colors" and Norwegian DJ Alan Walker's "All Falls Down."
Let me be clear: Noah has the voice to be a chart-topping powerhouse; you can hear it on her breakout single, "Make Me (Cry)" featuring English producer Labrinth, and in just about every other thing she's done. Like her sister, the girl can really fucking sing, and Noah also shines in stripped-down, acoustic moments, like on her nostalgia-tinged "Almost Famous."
But for now, it seems like Noah is still finding her own voice, a journey which has included some serious missteps. The most obvious of which is her collaboration last year with XXXTentacion, "Again." The rapper has been facing charges of aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, and witness-tampering since last October, and people were outraged when the song premiered. Rightfully so.
Whether Noah Cyrus decides to go the route of weepy ballads like "Make You (Cry)" and "Almost Famous," or continue making jams for the dancefloor (or both! or something different altogether), she's going to keep making music, making a name for herself, and attraction attention, good or bad; let's hope she does her research before teaming up with an alleged abuser. For what it's worth, she's not going away anytime soon. Strap in.


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If Rudyard Kipling had to write Jungle Book again, he could easily use Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary as the plot of his story. The land of virgin wood, where wildlife is still unexplored and unperturbed by tourists, Barnawapara in the GREEN state Chhattisgarh is truly a place that one must not miss out on! At Barnawapara Wildlife Reserve life has its own pace, and the tik-tok of the clock seems to just vanish and all one remembers is the magic of nature's beauty. The perfect light, fascinating backgrounds and the existence of a variety of majestic animals make this sanctuary a perfect place for photography as well. Barnawapara wildlife reserve is an ideal getaway from the bustles of the concrete jungle; it is certainly one of those special places that touch your heart.
Location: Spread over an area of about 245 sq km in the Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh, Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary is known for its rich vegetation and unique wildlife species. The reserve is about 100kms from Raipur and about 45kms from Mahasamund city. One is allowed to take a private vehicle in the sanctuary; however, taking a guide is mandatory.
Flora in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary: The sanctuary is replete with Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests and Bamboo is amongst the most commonly spotted tree here. Sal, Teak and other tropical dry deciduous trees like Tendu, Terminalia, Mahua, Ber and Semal trees are also common sights in the reserve.
Fauna in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary: The major wildlife of the Barnawapara Sanctuary include Tigers, Sloth Bear, Flying Squirrels, Jackals, Four-horned Antelopes, Leopards, Chinkara, Black Buck, Jungle Cat, Barking Deer, Porcupine, Monkey, Bison, Striped Hyena, Wild Dogs, Chital, Sambar, Nilgai, Gaur, Muntjac, Wild Boar, Cobra, Python to name a few. The sanctuary also has a large population of birds that include Parrots, Bulbul, White-rumped Vultures, Green Avadavat, Lesser Kestrels, Peafowl, Wood Peckers, Racket-tailed Drongos, Egrets, and Herons. Bird watching in Barnawapara is one of the most enjoyed activities.
Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary has various tourist attractions which vary from temples to sightseeing places. The following list consists of some popular tourist attractions near this wildlife sanctuary:
There are a couple of good hotels available in Raipur and Mahasamund; to name few – Mohda Eco Resort, Muba's Machaan and Hareli Eco Resort are some good options. Other than these, there are some good budget hotels like Manasi Lodge (Mahasamund) and Samrat Lodge (Mahasamund).
Summer in Barnawapara is exhausting and it is better to avoid visiting during this season. Monsoon starts in July and ends in September here and after which the forest becomes lush green; therefore, the best time to visit Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary is after monsoon season i.e between November and June.
Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary is the reflection of how well the state of Chhattisgarh maintains its wildlife. To come to think of it not only Barnawapara but other wildlife sanctuaries in Chhattisgarh like Achanakmar and Sitanadi have been looked after with great care. Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary is an ideal example of eco-tourism in India as it let us get the best of wildlife without even disturbing the natural environs.
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Well the entire Coast VW team have definitely earnt themselves a few beers this weekend as yet another classic Volkswagen restoration project has reached completion.
It has been with us for 6 months and in this time been transformed into a truly spectacular vehicle (even if we do say so ourselves:) ).
Where to start…? It has had a full body restoration to include installing another doka cab door (as per a Tristar), although the treasure chest doors look totally original they actually hinge down to make loading easier (with the release mechanisms inside the door apertures), 2.5 ltr Subaru engine conversion with gearing to match, uprated gas shocks, some polybushing to tighten up steering, front brake upgrade, running on VW 16″ alloys with BFG 16″ AT tyres…the list of works is endless – for more details please contact the workshop based in North Devon – we build vehicles to your specification.


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New digs, new grub. Kane recommends five restaurants near our new space in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea. We even mapped it out for you. Now go eat!
American Whiskey
247 W 30th Street ( .1 miles from Hooligan )
With more than 150 whiskeys on deck, there's plenty of patriotic spirit to go around at this midtown bar and eatery — not to mention scores of small batch distilleries from around the globe.
Kane says: Try the duck sliders and do a whiskey flight – and make sure to include Never Sweat bourbon among your selections. Rumor has it that the owner might even pull out the Pappy Van Winkle from the basement for his most loyal customers.
The NoMad Restaurant
1170 Broadway & 28th Street ( .4 miles from Hooligan )
Apparently, The Rolling Stones (yes, the band) provided the branding concept for the dining experience at NoMad. When you see what this lavish joint is plating up, your mouths will drop like the "tongue and lips" logo on the Sticky Fingers album.
Kane says: Go if you're looking for the epitome of the high-end extravagance for which New York's restaurant scene is internationally known.
The Breslin Bar & Dining Room at The ACE Hotel
16 W 29th Street ( .3 miles from Hooligan )
The Breslin was a pioneer of Gotham's British (gastropub) invasion that took place a few years back. Today, it remains a favorite by critics and food enthusiasts alike.
Kane says: Indulge in the boisterous atmosphere and try the famous lamb burger, a solid standby as you sift through the kitchen's extensive menu.
12 St Marks Place ( 1.8 miles from Hooligan )
A NYC stronghold since '87, this contemporary, family-owned restaurant mixes traditional Korean fare with more modern takes on East Asian cuisine.
Kane says: With a chef who is well respected in New York's culinary circles, Hanjoo is one of the city's best kept secrets. Try the Bibimbap.
260 W 29th Street ( .2 miles from Hooligan )
An unassuming eatery that serves up classic Northern Italian fare. But what has made this
family-owned gem a Chelsea institution is their house-cured meats and homemade link sausages – the latter of which is sourced to restaurants across the country as well as served fresh daily at Biricchino.
Kane says: The regular menu isn't worth the time to read: it's all about the sausages here. The wild boar with red wine sausage is fabulous.


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GODFREY, Sir EDMUND BERRY (1621–1678), justice of the peace for Westminster, born 23 Dec. 1621, probably at Sellinge, Kent, was eighth son of Thomas Godfrey, esq., by his second wife Sarah, daughter of Thomas Isles, esq., of Hammersmith. The father, born 3 Jan. 1585–6, belonged to an old Kentish family, and lived at different times at Winchelsea, Haling, and Selling, all in Kent, and at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, London. He had twenty children by his two wives. He was M.P. for Winchelsea in 1614, and sat for New Romney in Charles I's third parliament (1628–9), and in the Short parliament of 1640. He died 10 Oct. 1664, and was buried beneath an elaborate monument in Sellinge Church. His domestic diary (1608–55), preserved in Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 235, was printed by Mr. J. G. Nichols in the 'Topographer and Genealogist,' ii. 450–67. Peter, the eldest son by his second wife, inherited the estate of Hodiford, Kent (Berry, Kentish Genealogies). Edward, another son, died in June 1640, aged 12, just after his election to a king's scholarship at Westminster School, and was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. The ninth son, Michael, a London merchant (1624–1691), was foreman of the jury at the trial of Fitzharris in 1681, and had two sons, (1) Michael [q. v.], first deputy governor of the Bank of England, and (2) Peter, M.P. for London from 1715 till his death in November 1724.
Edmund was 'christened the 13° January [1621–2].' 'His godfathers,' writes his father in his diary, 'were my cousin, John Berrie, esq., captain of the foot company of … Lidd … his other godfather was … Edmund Harrison, the king's embroiderer … They named my son Edmund Berrie, the one's name and the other's Christian name.' Macaulay, J. R. Green, and others, have fallen into the error of giving Godfrey's Christian name as 'Edmundsbury' or 'Edmundbury.' Edmund was educated at Westminster School, but was not on the foundation. He matriculated at Oxford as a commoner of Christ Church 23 Nov. 1638, travelled abroad, entered Gray's Inn 3 Dec. 1640, and retired to the country in consequence of 'a defect in his hearing' (Extract from Christ Church Reg.; Foster, Gray's Inn Reg.; Tuke, Memoires). His father's family was too large for him to give Edmund, one of his youngest sons, a competency. Edmund accordingly returned to London to take up the trade of a wood-monger. Together with a friend and partner named Harrison he acquired a wharf at Dowgate. The business prospered, and before 1658 he set up a wharf on his own account at 'Hartshorn Lane, near Charing Cross,' now Northumberland Street, Strand. He resided in an adjoining house described at the time as in 'Green's Lane in the Strand, near to Hungerford Market.' His prosperity and public spirit led to his appointment as justice of the peace for Westminster, and he took an active part in the affairs of his own parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. He remained in London throughout the plague of 1665, and his strenuous efforts to maintain order and relieve distress were rewarded by knighthood (September 1666). The king at the same time presented him with a silver tankard. Godfrey showed much belief in and many attentions to Valentine Greatrakes, the Irish 'stroker' [q. v.], on his visit to London in 1666 (Greatrakes, Account, ed. 1723, pp. 36, 45). In 1669 he came into collision with the court. A customer, Sir Alexander Fraizer [q. v.], the king's physician, was arrested at his suit for 30l. due for firewood. The bailiffs were soundly whipped by the king's order; Godfrey, who was committed to the porter's lodge at Whitehall, narrowly escaped the like indignity, 'to such an unusual degree,' writes his friend Pepys, 'was the king moved therein.' Godfrey asserted that the law was on his side, and that he 'would suffer in the cause of the people' (Pepys). For a time he refused nutriment. He was released after six days' imprisonment (Tuke).
Godfrey moved in good society. He knew Danby, who became lord treasurer in 1673. His friends Burnet and William Lloyd, vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, both affirm that 'he was esteemed the best justice of the peace in England.' His civility and courtesy were always conspicuous. He spent much in private charity. Some thought him 'vain and apt to take too much upon him,' but Burnet disputes this view. He was a zealous protestant, but 'had kind thoughts of the nonconformists, and consequently did not strictly enforce the penal laws against either them or the Roman catholics.' 'Few men,' says Burnet, 'lived on better terms with the papists than he did.' In 1678 'he was entering upon a great design of taking up all beggars and putting them to work,' but gave at the same time 100l. for the relief of the necessitous poor of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields (True and Perfect Narrative).
Godfrey went to Montpellier for his health early in 1678, and returned, after much travel in France, greatly benefited. Soon after his return Titus Oates brought his narrative of his 'Popish plot' to Godfrey (6 Sept. 1678), and made his first depositions on oath in support of his charges. Three weeks later he signed further depositions in Godfrey's presence, and on 28 Sept. laid his informations before the privy council. Oates swore that Godfrey complained to him on 30 Sept. of affronts offered him by both parties in the council—some condemning his officiousness and others his remissness in not disclosing his interviews with Oates earlier. Threats, adds Oates, were held out that his conduct would form a subject for inquiry when parliament met on 21 Oct. As the panic occasioned by Oates's revelations increased, Godfrey, according to Burnet, became 'apprehensive and reserved;' 'he believed he himself should be knocked on the head.' 'Upon my conscience,' he told a friend, 'I shall be the first martyr; but I do not fear them if they come fairly: I shall not part with my life tamely' (Tuke). But he declined the advice of his friends to go about with a servant.
On Saturday morning, 12 Oct. 1678, Godfrey left home at nine o'clock, was seen soon afterwards at Marylebone, called about parochial business on one of the churchwardens of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields at noon, and according to somewhat doubtful evidence was met late in the day between St. Clement's Church in the Strand and Somerset House. He did not return home that night. His servants, knowing his regular habits, grew alarmed. On the following Thursday evening (17 Oct.) his dead body was found in a ditch on the south side of Primrose Hill, near Hampstead. He lay face downwards, transfixed by his own sword. Much money and jewellery were found untouched in his pockets; his pocket-book and a lace cravat were alone missing. Next day an inquest was held at the White House, Primrose Hill. Two surgeons swore that there were marks about the neck which showed that Godfrey died of suffocation, and was stabbed after death. Other witnesses showed that the body was not in the ditch on the preceding Tuesday, and that it must have been placed there when dead. An open verdict of wilful murder was returned. The body was carried to Godfrey's house. Burnet saw it, and noticed on the clothes 'drops of white wax lights,' such as Roman catholic priests use, but no mention was made of this circumstance at the inquest. The funeral was delayed till 31 Oct. On that day the body was borne to Old Bridewell, and publicly lay in state. A solemn procession afterwards accompanied it through Fleet Street and the Strand to the church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, where it was buried, and a sermon preached by William Lloyd, the vicar. Two proclamations, offering a reward of 500l. for the discovery of the murderers, were issued respectively on 20 and 24 Oct.
Godfrey was undoubtedly murdered. The public, panic-stricken by Oates's desperate allegations, promptly laid the crime at the door of Roman catholic priests, and popular indignation against the papists was roused to fever heat. Medal-portraits of Godfrey were struck, in which the pope was represented as directing the murder. Ballads and illustrated broadsides expressed similar sentiments. 'An Hasty Poem,' entitled 'Proclamation promoted; or an Hue and Cry and inquisition after treason and blood,' appeared as early as 1 Nov. 1678 (Lemon, Cat. Broadsides in possession of Soc. Antiq. Lond. 134). Sober persons who mistrusted Oates from the first, and were convinced of the aimlessness from a catholic point of view of Godfrey's murder, suggested that 'being of a melancholy and hypochondriacal disposition' Godfrey might have committed suicide. It was also rumoured that he was pursuing some secret amours, and was in heavy debt to the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. But these allegations were unsupported by evidence, and the theory of suicide is quite untenable.
A parliamentary committee under the presidency of Shaftesbury sat to investigate Oates's statements and Godfrey's murder. On 10 Nov. Bedloe, one of Oates's chief allies, informed the committee that the murderers were two of Lord Belasyse's servants. The king disbelieved the allegation. Danby, lord high treasurer, who discredited the testimony of Oates and his gang, was himself charged in a paper signed 'J. B.' and sent to members of parliament with being privy to a plot to take Godfrey's life. Danby's secretary, Edward Christian, deemed it wise to rebut in a pamphlet the absurd charge, which was repeated by Fitzharris in 1680 (cf. Reflections upon a Paper entitled Reflections upon the Earl of Danby in relation to Sir Edmund Barry Godfrey's murder, 1679; Vindication of the Duke of Leeds, 1711). At length on 21 Dec. 1678, Miles Prance, a Roman catholic silversmith, who sometimes worked in the queen's chapel at Somerset House, was arrested on the false testimony of a defaulting debtor as a catholic conspirator. Much torture and repeated cross-examinations elicited from him a confession of complicity in Godfrey's murder, 24 Dec. Certain catholic priests, according to Prance, decided on Godfrey's murder because he was a zealous protestant and a powerful abettor of Oates, and they and their associates dogged his steps for many days. On 12 Oct. he was enticed into the courtyard of Somerset House, where the queen lived, on the pretext that two of her servants were fighting there. The murderers were awaiting him. He was straightway strangled in the presence of three priests, Vernatti, Gerald, and Kelley, by Robert Green, cushionman in the queen's chapel, Lawrence Hill, servant to Dr. Thomas Godden [q. v.], treasurer of the chapel, and Henry Berry, porter of Somerset House. Meanwhile Prance watched one of the gates to prevent interruption. The body was kept at Somerset House till the following Wednesday night, when it was carried by easy stages in a sedan chair to Primrose Hill, and left as it was found. Prance said that he afterwards attended a meeting of jesuits and priests at Bow to celebrate the deed. Green, Hill, and Berry were arrested. Before the trial Prance recanted his story, but a few days later reasserted its truth. On 5 Feb. 1678–9 he swore in court to his original declaration. Bedloe appeared to corroborate it, and deposed to offers of money being made to him by Lefaire, Pritchard, and other priests early in October to join in the crime. But his allegation did not agree in detail with Prance's statement. One of Godfrey's servants swore that Hill and Green had called with messages at her master's house on or before the fatal Saturday. The prisoners strenuously denied their guilt, and called witnesses to prove an alibi. They were, however, convicted. Green and Hill, both Roman catholics, were hanged at Tyburn on 21 Feb., and Berry, in consideration of his being a protestant, a week later. On 8 Feb. Samuel Atkins, a servant of Pepys, was tried as an accessory before the fact on Bedloe's evidence. But Bedloe's story was so flimsy that Atkins was acquitted.
The populace was satisfied. Primrose Hill, which had been known at an earlier period as Greenberry Hill, was rechristened by that name in reference to the three alleged murderers. Somerset House was nicknamed Godfrey Hall. Illustrated broadsides set forth all the details of the alleged murder there. But Prance was at once suspected by sober critics of having concocted the whole story, which Bedloe alone had ventured to corroborate. He was soon engaged in a paper warfare with Sir Roger L'Estrange and other pamphleteers who doubted his evidence. 'A Letter to Miles Prance,' signed Trueman (1680), was answered by Prance in 'Sir E. B. G.'s Ghost,' which in its turn was answered by 'A second Letter to Miles Prance' (13 March 1681–2). The 'Loyal Protestant Intelligencer' on 7 and 11 March 1681–2 severely denounced the trial of Green, Berry, and Hill as judicial murder. Immediately afterwards the theory of Godfrey's suicide was revived. On 20 June 1682 Nathaniel Thompson, William Pain, and John Farwell were found guilty at Westminster of having circulated pamphlets discrediting the justice of the trial of Green, Berry, and Hill, and with having asserted that Godfrey killed himself. They were sentenced to fines of 100l. each, while Thompson and Farwell had in addition to stand in the pillory in Old Palace Yard. Some new evidence was adduced at their trial to show that Godfrey was undoubtedly murdered, but no clue to the perpetrators was discovered. Prance's story was finally demolished when on 15 June 1686 he pleaded guilty to perjury in having concocted all his evidence. He was fined 100l., and was ordered to stand in the pillory, and to be whipped from Newgate to Tyburn.
The mystery remains unsolved. The most probable theory is that Oates and his desperate associates caused Godfrey to be murdered to give colour to their false allegations, and to excite popular opinion in favour of their agitation.
A portrait of Godfrey hangs in the vestry-room of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. An engraving by Van Houe is prefixed to Tuke's 'Memoires,' 1682. In 1696 Godfrey's brother Benjamin repaired the tablet above the grave of their younger brother (1628–40) in the east cloister of Westminster, and added a Latin inscription giving the date of Sir Edmund's murder. A silver tankard, now belonging to the borough of Sudbury, Suffolk, bears Godfrey's arms and an inscription recounting his services at the plague and fire of London. It is apparently a copy, made for Godfrey for presentation to a friend, of the tankard presented to him by Charles II in 1666. An engraving is in the 'Gentleman's Magazine,' 1848, pt. ii. p. 483. Seven medallion-portraits of Godfrey are in the British Museum. (For engravings of these see Pinkerton, Medallions relating to History of England, plate xxxv.)[Tuke's Memoires of the Life and Death of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, Lond. 1682, dedicated to Charles II, with two poems on the murder appended, 'Bacchanalia' and 'The Proclamation Promoted;' Nichols's Topographer and Genealogist, 1852, ii. 459 et seq.; W. Lloyd's Funeral Sermon, 1678; Howell's State Trials, vi. 1410 et seq., vii. 159 et seq., viii. 1378–80; Aubrey's Lives in Letters from the Bodleian Library, ii. 359; Pepys's Diary; Luttrell's Brief Relation; Reresby's Memoirs, ed. Cartwright; Burnet's Own Time; Gent. Mag. 1848, ii. 483–90; Cat. of Prints in Brit. Mus. (Satirical), i.; Thornbury and Walford's Old and New London; Macaulay's History; Hallam's History; John Pollock's The Popish Plot, 1903. The True and Perfect Narrative, 1678, supplies an impartial account of the finding of the body and the inquest. Prance's True Narrative and Discovery, 1679; his Additional Narrative, 1679; his Lestrange a Papist, 1681; his Solemn Protestation against Lestrange, 1682, and A Succinct Narrative with Prance's story repeated, 1683, give Prance's allegations. The Letters to Prance and the Anti-Protestant, or Miles against Prance, 1682, contain the chief contemporary criticism of his testimony. England's Grand Memorial, 1679 (with Godfrey's character); The Solemn Mock Procession of Pope, Cardinals, &c., 1679 and 1680; London Drollery, 1680; The Popish Damnable Plot, 1680; the Dreadful Apparition—the Pope Haunted, 1680; A True Narrative of the … Plot, 1680, give broadside illustrations of the murder and recapitulate Prance's story. For other ballads see Bagford Ballads, ed. Ebsworth, ii. 662–85, and Roxburghe Ballads, ed. Ebsworth, iv.]


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Do you know what Primary Immunodeficiency Disease (PI) is? I had no idea until I had the privileged of meeting Lauren Dunlap. Lauren and I met at the Gluten Free and Allergy Free Wellness Event in Charlotte. She gave me an education into PI. I wanted to share this with you. Lauren is our guest blogger for this month. Please feel free to leave your questions or comments here. She is such a wonderful resource. I am sure you will find her as informative as I did. – Tarah
What is PI?
If the word "Primary Immunodeficiency Disease (PI) sounds complicated to you, you wouldn't be alone in your thinking.
PI is not a single disease but a group of rare genetic disorders a person is born with that affects the immune system. A person can have a piece of their immune system that is not properly functioning or it may be missing all together. There are over 300 different types of PI. Some are more prevalent than others. All of them are considered rare and affect about 250,000 people in the U.S alone.
The immune system has many moving parts and various functions. One of those functions is keeping an individual healthy and free of harmful organisms. Immunoglobulin's (Ig) help to fight off these organisms. They are one of the largest components making up the immune system.
What is an Immunoglobulin?
There are five types of immunoglobulin's (also known as antibodies) IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD and IgE, with the most abundant being IgG. If a person has low levels of certain Ig then it makes them more susceptible to having severe infections .They may have severe infections when they come into contact with every day situations. Healthy individuals can easily fight these infections off. For a person with PI, since they are missing a piece of their immune system it makes it more difficult to rid the body of unwanted organisms.
On the flip side, if a person has too much of an Ig type (such as Hyper IgE syndrome, also known as Job's Syndrome) then that can also wreak havoc on the immune system as well.
Many people have heard of IgE before, as this deals with many types of allergic reactions in the body. Although it is uncommon (roughly 1.8%), some PI patients can have food allergies.
When an individual comes into contact with a specific allergen the immune system sets off an alarm and begins to make IgE antibodies against the substance that's causing the allegic reaction. These substances may include specific foods, pollen, animals and other exposures.
So what is the treatment for such a group of rare disorders?
Depending on the specific type of PI a person has, treatment usually comes in the form of a life-saving product called immunoglobulin replacement therapy. This can be given intravenously (through the vein, also known as IVIG) or subcutaneously (through the skin, also know as SCIG). These routes can be delivered at home, in a hospital, infusion suite or even a doctor's office. The route that Ig replacement therapy is delivered is dependent upon the patient and their medical provider. The frequency also depends on the route of administration used and the patient. It is usually indefinite once therapy is started.
Both IVIG and SCIG are medications that are derived from plasma products. These products come from healthy plasma donors after careful screening has been conducted at the donor center. The antibodies are pulled from the donor's plasma and the blood cells are placed back into the donor in a process call plasmapheresis. It then undergoes a vigorous process of purification to rid the plasma of any underlying organism that are in the blood.
What are the symptoms of PI?
Remember the acronym, S.P.U.R:
Severe: an infection that requires hospitalization or IV antibiotics.
Persistent: an infection that will not go away or respond to treatment (or is very slow to clear)
Unusual: the infection or organism is an uncommon one.
Recurrent: the infection keeps returning, even after treatment has been applied.
PI's are rare and other things could mimic the above symptoms but if these symptoms apply to you or others you may know, it may be worth consulting an immunologist to perform an exam and run tests to find out what may be the cause of the symptoms.
There is no single test to diagnose PI and a diagnosis depends on many factors, including seeing a board-certified allergist/immunologist that specializes in the treatment of PI.
What's the outlook for these patients, you ask?
Well, it depends….on a LOT of factors. The good news is that there are treatment options. Out of the 7,000 rare diseases only about 300 have treatment options available. PI is one of those fortunate rare diseases. Other factors for prognoses may depend on the specific PI that affects the patient. Lifestyle habits, complications or irreversible damage to other organs from infections such as in the lungs can all be factors in the treatment.
I'm lucky enough to be one of the rare folks that has a PI and receives IVIG every 3 weeks. I've been doing this for 9 years. I educate patients as well as medical providers (including doctors) about PI.
Who treats PI?
It is very important to be treated and followed by a specialist that is trained in treating PI, such as an allergist/immunologist. Not all allergist/immunologist treat PI. In fact, only a very small percentage of allergist specializes in this field. Make sure you do the research in finding the right allergist for you or your loved one.
Since PIs are so rare many medical providers don't know about them or even understand them. This is why a lot of times a diagnosis of PI comes decades later in life for patients. PI's are often not caught early in life because they can imitate other diseases or disorders.
Doctors are often taught in medical school, "When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras." This means that physicians need to think of the most common and logical explanation to an issue and not an unusual one. PI's are the "zebras" in this scenario since PI's are so rare and uncommon.
I tell PI patients that I meet, to not let their disease control their lives. Their disease is not who they are nor should it hold them back from doing things they may want to do or accomplish. I take that to heart everyday that I wake up.
For more information:
Lauren Dunlap is a PI patient and the Executive Director and Co-Founder for Advocacy & Awareness for Immune Disorders Association (AAIDA). AAIDA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that was founded by Lauren and her immunologist, Dr. Maeve O'Connor in Charlotte N.C.
AAIDA's purpose is to educate patients and providers alike, to advocate for patients living with immune disorders and to create awareness about specific immune disorders, all the while making strides in research to find cures and novel treatment options for these diseases.
If you want to learn more about AAIDA, PI or other types of immune disorders, please visit www.GoDoAaida.org or call 704-993-8389.
Disclaimer: I am in no way giving medical advice but simply educating others about PI. If you are having a medical concern or complication please contact your healthcare provider.
Lauren Dunlap
Executive Director
Advocacy & Awareness
for Immune Disorders Association (AAIDA)
1523 Elizabeth Ave
Suite 200
Charlotte, N.C 28204
P.S. Want to help make a difference? They are hosting fundraisers in NC. Details here. Thank you, Tarah
Author: Tarah Jakubiak
After working for 20 years in the corporate world, Tarah Jakubiak founded Allergic Traveler. Jakubiak, president of Allergic Traveler has traveled the world since the age of two. She has been to 25 countries and 34 states. Jakubiak has been to all inclusives, gone on cruises, gone camping; backpacking through Europe, gone to the big cities, and little hidden gems. She has multiple food allergies but it does not stop her from seeing the world. Jakubiak is allergic to eggs, nuts, mushroom, soy, garlic, corn, sesame, potatoes, celery, shellfish, chicken, pork, peanuts, and many fruits. She is originally from Montreal, Quebec and now lives in Greensboro, NC with her husband.


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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
– Thomas Edison –
When we embark on the long and winding road of creativity, it's only a matter of time until we create some duds. Call them what you will; flops, sinkers, stinkers, abominations, failures. It doesn't matter what your medium is, you will make them. I will make them. Everyone, at some point will spawn a great and terrible disaster, even the so-called "masters" and ones who have "arrived" will make them.
But guess what, it doesn't matter. Not one bit. I hope that you make some duds and keep on making them. Make them till you create something wonderful and grand. Till you connect with your audience. Follow your own heart and style to wherever it leads you…
Look at the careers of the world's most famous and high-paid actors like Nicolas Cage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Johnny Depp, Ben Affleck or Winona Ryder. Analyze their film and project lists. You'll see that not everything they made turned to gold. They reached profound lows and had to deal with (still have to deal with) tons of scrutiny and hate-filled commentary from countless (hostile and bitter) critics.
When you put your material out there to the world so that it's visible to the masses, it won't appeal to everybody. That's for sure. Thus the process of creativity unfolds.
Browse through the online reviews of your favorite books or films and you'll see that many people despise the very thing that you love. Artwork that has moved, inspired and possibly changed your life in a positive way is actually regarded as complete horse shit by others. This is a fact.
As artists and producers, we must embrace and come to terms with this reality.
I have gotten fantastic and terrible feedback for my Hobo Joe story. Some love it and others don't understand it or tell me I'm wasting my time and energy on a pointless project. Thankfully, I stopped caring. I'm going to continue on with the saga because I enjoy the little world I created and it's not even finished yet. Finishing each project is essential, as explained in this enlightening post.
Besides my Hobo Joe project, I'm also going to write several other books and stories in various genres with completely different characters and lessons taught. This is the beauty of art, imagination, and creativity. It can be anything and go in any direction you decide. Embrace your freedom of expression friends!
As another example, remember the infamous filmmaker Tommy Wiseau who created the supposed "worst movie" of all time called The Room? A film with an inconsistent plot, awkward dialogue, poor acting, long drawn out and cheesy sex scenes, et cetera. Well, that film is still viewed by sold-out theaters around the world, more than fifteen years after it was produced. Receiving a huge cult following with innumerable loyal and dedicated fans. In fact, it has had more commercial success and recognition than many Oscar-winning films. All because Tommy was bold enough to embrace his vision and see it through to the end against all odds, as an immigrant with zero professional filmmaking experience.
I'm a huge fan of weird and experimental forms of expression. This is the pure juice and hot spice of life. I want to indulge in all these fun, tasty treats. Every day, if I can!
But please, don't get me wrong, I'm not promoting or encouraging you to create low-quality artwork. Basically, I'm saying that we need to produce – produce – produce. Learn and master our crafts. Put our heart and soul out there. Build up a collection of varied work. Bleed a piece of our life into every one of our projects. No matter how strange or bizarre. Displaying passion and dedication each time. Sooner or later, we will get noticed. And somehow our projects will click in someone's soul. When this occurs, we will have accomplished what we set out to do.


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Only one student studies in the 11th form at the Shamen secondary school of Sary-Bulak village in Naryn region, according to the school leadership.
Earlier, children of Sary-Bulak had to study in Tolok village as they had no own school building. Later, a free building in Sary-Bulak was transformed into a school and put into commission in 2011.
There are 58 households in the village, and the school enrolls 65 children. On average, 4-5 students per one form study there.
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Amherst court news
AMHERST – A 35 year-old Amherst man convicted of possessing over 100 images of child pornography in 2011 is out on bail after recent allegations he breached two orders to stay away from places where children would be present, including a school.
James Hubert Douglas Harper appeared in custody in Amherst Provincial Court on Tuesday accused of breaching an undertaking to not be within 100-metres from any school on March 29, 2016, in Amherst.
The allegation comes a little more than a month after he was arrested for breaching a similar order.
Harper was accused of breaching a probation order Feb. 16, 2016, in Amherst, to not attend any public park, daycare centre, school, community centre or public swimming area where children would reasonable be present.
He last appeared in court on that matter on March 7.
Now he will return to court April 4 to answer to both charges against him.
Registered sex offender
Harper was registered as a sex offender in 2011 when he was sentenced in Dartmouth provincial court to six-months in jail for possessing child pornography. Following a complaint from a Halifax woman police discovered 250 photos of scantily dressed little girls in provocative poses and another 100 images of child pornography Harper had downloaded off the Internet onto his computer.
At the time, Harper had been running an advertisement on Kijiji seeking girls between the ages of four and nine for fashion photo sessions at a Burnside Park studio. The Halifax woman responded to the ad and notified police of her suspicion when Harper asked her seven-year-old daughter not to wear panties under her leotards. Harper was later arrested at his apartment in Amherst.
After his release from jail Harper began a 10-year period where he is required to stay away from parks, playgrounds, schools and places where children could be present. During this time he is also prohibited him from doing any work that would put him in a position of authority over children and from using a computer to communicate with minors.
Imagine no courtrooms
A review of the transcript from Harper's March 7 appearance in court – two days revealed Harper represented himself, asking the presiding judge to provide his statement of oath and for the members of the court to identify themselves.
As the matter was being adjourned until April 4, Harper asked the judge where he was to go if the courtroom and the building it sits in no longer existed by the time of his next court appearance.
The judge directed Harper to get legal council and return to court April 4.


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Last week's Wall Street Journal carried statements by Mark Heise, outside counsel for SCO, challenging the "legality" of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License (GPL). The GPL both protects against the baseless claims made by SCO for license fees to be paid by users of free software and prohibits SCO from its ongoing distribution of the Linux kernel, a distribution which infringes the copyrights of thousands of contributors to the kernel throughout the world.
As IBM's recently filed counterclaim for copyright infringement and violation of the GPL shows, the GPL is the bulwark of the community's legal defense against SCO's misbehavior. So, naturally, one would expect SCO to bring forward the best possible arguments against the GPL and its application to the current situation. But there aren't any best arguments; there aren't even any good arguments--and what SCO's lawyer actually said was arrant, unprofessional nonsense.
According to the Journal, Heise announced that SCO would challenge the GPL's "legality" on grounds that the GPL permits licensees to make unlimited copies of programs it covers, while copyright law only allows a single copy to be made. The GPL, Heise said, "is preempted by federal copyright law."
This argument is frivolous, by which I mean that it would be a violation of professional obligation for Heise or any other lawyer to submit it to a court. If this argument were valid, no copyright license could permit a licensee to make multiple copies of a licensed program. That would make not just the GPL "illegal": Heise's supposed theory would also invalidate the BSD, Apache, AFL, OSL, MIT/X11, and all other free software licenses.
It would invalidate Microsoft's Shared Source licenses. It would also eliminate the Redmond, Wash., company's method for distributing its Windows operating systems, which are preloaded by hard drive manufacturers onto disk drives that they deliver by the hundreds of thousands to PC manufacturers. The licenses under which the disk drive and PC manufacturers make multiple copies of Microsoft's OS would also, according to Heise's argument, violate the law. Redmond will be surprised.
The GPL is the bulwark of the community's legal defense against SCO's misbehavior.
Such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine, and that it is used in no other manner.
Such a new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only. All archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.
As its language makes absolutely clear, section 117 says that although the Act generally prohibits making any copy of a copyrighted work without license, in the case of computer programs, one can both make and even alter the work for certain purposes without any license at all.
The release of this astounding statement is actually good news for developers and users of free software. It shows that SCO has no defense whatsoever against the GPL.
The release of this astounding statement is actually good news for developers and users of free software. It shows that SCO has no defense whatsoever against the GPL; it has already resorted to nonsense to give investors the impression that it can evade the inevitable day of reckoning. Far from marking the beginning of a significant threat to the vitality of the GPL, the day SCO scuttled sense altogether confirmed the strength of the GPL and its importance in protecting freedom.


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Aesthetic, Efficient and Empowering
While they might differ in color and shape, many hearing aids share a similar look. Signia created Styletto as a change of pace, one that allows those with hearing loss to find a more fitting alternative. For those who feel uncomfortable with traditional models, they might find something completely different in Styletto. By combining fashion and functionality, this revolutionary SLIM-RIC form factor redefines stylish hearing aid design.
Breaking Out of the Mold
While the idea of hearwear is not new, hearing aid manufacturers have struggled to capture the art of combining style and functionality. The existing blueprint for behind-the-ear hearing aids already exists, and it works just fine. For many manufacturers, there's no need to fix what isn't broken. However, there's a large portion of hearing aid wearers who disagree.
They want a hearing aid that is not only comfortable but aesthetically pleasing and unique. Each person who is hard of hearing is an individual, so assigning a uniform shape to everyone limits their freedom. For this reason, many people with hearing loss choose not to use hearing aids at all. If being fitted means they will have to forfeit their sense of style, it's simply not worth it.
Styletto is designed to solve this problem. It's a fresh take on the concept of hearwear; one that introduces a new form factor with uniquely beautiful lines. It comes in a number of colors, including jewelry tones like rose gold and silver. It's virtually unnoticeable at first glance and simply appears like a sleek piece of jewelry or tech to an unknowing onlooker.
Empowering People, Inspiring Lifestyles
Styletto hearing aids are more than just accessories, however. Complete with lithium-ion batteries, Styletto is designed to provide stylish high-tech hearing on the go. The devices can be put in a portable case for recharging and can last a full day in between charges. If the wearer's lifestyle requires frequent traveling, the ability to move freely is a necessity. Styletto's portable rechargeability is a unique feature, offering an incredible 4 days of wearing free from plugs and cables: The hearing aids contain one day's charge and the fully charged case provides another 3 days of rechargeability.
This convenient handling means that hearing aids don't hold people back. Styletto wearers can take a long weekend trip to another country or enjoy a roadtrip with friends and family. The convenient handling enables them to focus on what's important. Because hearing aids should help your career and social life, not hinder them.
Revisiting A Familiar Concept
When you look at Styletto's behind-the-ear design, it's similar to how you wear another helpful accessory.
Over the years, glasses have gone from a necessity to an accessory. There are hundreds of styles available, with wearers choosing from a variety of colors and shapes. They offer a new way for people to express themselves, and people take pride in how they look while wearing them. The shape is comfortable, and people slowly forget they're wearing them entirely. They take them off before bed and slip them on in the morning like normal.
Glasses have become a part of people's lives, and hearwear is the same concept. With Styletto, Signia has created a piece of high tech that does more than enable hearing. Styletto empowers its wearer while offering the same freedom of expression that glasses do: Simply pick a color design that fits your personality and start choosing your own adventure.


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U.S. To Monitor Aversive Therapy
Washington--The Justice Department plans to "examine vigorously" the use of so-called aversive therapy, according to a senior department official.
Aversive therapy, a controversial treatment that uses physical punishments to modify behavior, particularly with children and young adults, gained national attention in 1985 after a 22-year-old died following such treatment in a Massachusetts group home for the severely handicapped. The home was one of at least seven in Massachusetts and more elsewhere run by the BehaviorResearch Institute, a Providence, R.I., organization that makes extensive use of what it calls "averse counter-conditioning."
"Such 'treatment' raises serious questions about our vision of civilized society, as well as posing constitutional issues of a fundamental nature," said William Bradford Reynolds, who is counselor to the attorney general and an assistant attorney general in the department.
He made his comments in a Sept. 22 speech before Community Services For Autistic Adults and Children, a community organization in Rockville, Md.
Mr. Reynolds said the "startling array" of treatments that fall under the "aversive" rubric also include: the use of noxious odors and force-fed materials, such as ammonia, Tabasco sauce, vinegar, and lemon juice; loud noises or "white noise;" squirting water in the face; covering the patient's face with a cloth or bag; and certain kinds of physical restraints.
Widening the Scope
The assistant attorney general's comments do not signal the start of a full-scale Justice Department probe into such practices, said Joseph Krovisky, a department spokesman. But Justice officials plan, he explained, to begin including examinations of the use of aversive therapy as part of the regular reviews of mental-health and mental-retardation facilities conducted by the department under the Civil Rights for Institutionalized Persons Act.
In the past, Mr. Krovisky said, the scope of those reviews had been limited to the adequacy of the food, the quality of the living conditions, the availability of medical treatment, and other non-therapeutic practices in such institutions.
Opposition to aversive therapy also has widened beyond the Justice Department. In a letter to the editor published this month in The Washington Post, Madeleine C. Will, an assistant education secretary, joined with Mr. Reynolds in condemning the use of electroshock-therapy in treating the disabled. Ms. Will heads the Education Department's office of special education and rehabilitative services.
"We ask, as a number of behavioral psychologists have asked us, whether society can sanction for use with disabled citizens forms of punishment, such as electroshock, that would never be tolerated for usewith nonhandicapped children and adults," they wrote. The letter was written in response to an article in the newspaper on the use of such devices in treating people with autism or mental retardation.
'Far Enough'?
"Certainly, this position is in line with what we want to see happen," said Liz Moore, a spokesman for the Association for Retarded Citizens, a national organization based in Arlington, Texas. "The only thing I'm not sure of is whether it would go far enough."
The association is one of a number of national groups that have called for a ban on the use of aversive practices in treating young people in institutionalized settings. In his speech, Mr. Reynolds said that the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps also urged a similar ban8in 1981 and that two other groups had called for "severe restrictions" on the use of aversive therapy.
"There's no question that there've been abuses of aversives," said Steven Forness, who is president of the Council for Children with Behavior Disorders, a division of the Council for Exceptional Children. "But there are also people who use aversives in a systematic and cautious way."
He said members of his organization are currently "in a quandary" over how to address the topic in an upcoming position paper. He noted that one recent and widely read study of autistic children in California described an intensive 40-hour-a-week treatment program that successfully uses mild aversives along with positive reinforcement.
In that University of California at Los Angeles study, the researcher gave the children a quick, sharp slap on the thigh when they began to exhibit behavior considered "self-stimulating or self-injurious," Mr. Forness said. In contrast to the control group that did not participate in the aversive program, many of the children in that study were eventually able to attend school in classrooms with nonhandicapped children.
"That's one study that's keeping a lot of people on the edge of the question of whether aversives should be banned altogether," he said.
Legal Precedents
In his talk, Mr. Reynolds noted that courts have been deferential to professional opinion on such issues.
Though institutionalized children and adults are protected under the 14th Amendment, he said, the Supreme Court has also said that "a considerable degree of deference should be accorded the judgment exercised by qualified professionals." Thus, the assistant attorney general explained, such professional judgment is regarded by the Court as "presumptively valid."
He added:"It is high time, I think, that the challenge be made in the public arena to those who profess that the use of aversives--at least those calculated to control behavior through the regular infliction of painful stimuli--actually have presumptive validity under this standard."
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Kids Books
by Daniel Pennac
illustrations by Max Grafe
translation by Sarah Adams
(Candlewick, $15.99; grades 5 and up)
In this quietly affecting novel, Pennac, a French writer, weaves a sensitive and graceful tale about a unique friendship between two lonely creatures. One morning, Blue Wolf wakes up and finds a young boy, motionless and unblinking, staring through the bars of his zoo cage. Annoyed, the wolf decides simply to ignore the small child; but for days, he awakens to the same scene. Finally, he stares back. Blue Wolf, who lost an eye the day he was captured 10 years before, immediately feels uncomfortable. "So," the narrator reports, "the boy does something strange that calms the wolf and makes him feel more at ease. The boy closes an eye."
Thus begins Pennac's story, told in four parts, each divided into short chapters. After describing this strange initial encounter between Blue Wolf and the boy, whose name is Africa N'Bia, the author grants the characters opportunities to intimately tell their tales.
First, Africa "reads," in the animal's one good eye, Blue Wolf's history—from the days of playing with his siblings to his frightful capture to his experiences in the zoo. Then he draws Blue Wolf into his own story.
The orphaned infant has grown into a master storyteller; he's made friends during his African travels, especially with animals, with whom he is able to "speak." Blue Wolf sees in Africa a child who maintains a positive outlook despite having suffered much.
The book reads almost like a dream, with hazy yet emotion-filled scenes dancing across the imagination. A unique approach to narration enables Pennac to pull off this effect. Throughout the novel, he provides readers with first-person accounts from Africa and Blue Wolf, in which useful information is revealed slowly and purposefully. But their discourse is often interrupted by an omniscient narrator, who facilitates a seamless narrative and prevents the text from being overwhelmed by dialogue.
When Africa describes his life as an orphan, for example, and how he was passed from one negligent guardian to the next, Pennac allows Blue Wolf's thoughts to interrupt Africa's story, writing, "There you are, thinks the wolf. I was worried that crook would desert you." The author then shifts back to the narrator: "Toa the trader has tried to abandon the boy many times."
Although Eye of the Wolf is just a bit more than 100 pages, it reads like a novel, not a typical easy-reader. Text-heavy pages and an abstract plot counterbalance short chapters and fairly basic vocabulary.
The occasional black-and-white illustrations—shadowy images that mimic the mythical quality of the story—break up the text, but they're conceptual pictures, providing few, if any, contextual clues. More effective are Pennac's poignant yet accessible metaphors; for instance, he describes the desert as being filled with "a strange, yellow kind of snow that creaks and crunches with every step, and slides in patches like the snow in Alaska."
Pennac thoughtfully addresses the importance of friendship, the desire to be loved, and the necessity of preserving nature. Each character has experienced sadness in his life, but a delightful ending will encourage students to return to this tale again and again.
Teachers may want to read this one aloud to younger audiences because it's sure to incite questions and discussion. Mature students, however, will glean much from Africa and Blue Wolf through personal reading.
—Jennifer Pricola
by Kathryn Lasky
illustrations by Kevin Hawkes
(Melanie Kroupa, $17; grades 1-4)
In 1995, a book titled Longitude, by popular science writer Dava Sobel, hit the publishing- world jackpot. Translated into 23 languages, the volume landed on best-seller lists in the United States and abroad. Perhaps its popularity owed something to its alluring subtitle: "The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time."
The genius, it turned out, was an unlikely Englishman named John Harrison, and the great scientific problem of his time—the 18th century—was finding a way to determine longitude at sea. In those days, a ship's latitude, its north-south location, could be figured from the position of the sun or the stars, but its east-west location couldn't be. Without a way to pinpoint longitude, ships were virtually at a loss.
In this picture book, Lasky has done for kids what Sobel did for adults. She compellingly relates in simple terms the intriguing story of Harrison's lifelong quest to solve the longitude mystery.
She begins with a stormy night in 1707, when some 2,000 men lost their lives in shipwrecks off the coast of England. The disasters occurred, Lasky writes, not because of the storm, but because the ships were lost.
Some seven years later, the British parliament, hoping to attract the attention of the best minds of the time,offered 20,000 pounds—the equivalent of $12 million today—to anyone who could create a means for measuring longitude. Lasky proceeds to describe a number of the proposals the contest generated, some thoughtful—astronomers were convinced the answer lay among the moon and stars—and others ridiculous.
Most of the book, though, focuses on Harrison. A 21-year-old carpenter when the contest was announced, he had little formal education but was skilled at figuring out how things worked.
He recognized that plotting longitude would depend on a ship's ability to keep accurate time. The problem, of course, was that clocks of the period couldn't keep reliable time,especially at sea.
Harrison had already built a number of wooden clocks when he began, as Lasky puts it, "to puzzle over the longitude problem." He became convinced, she writes, that the solution was "a clock in which time could travel," and he spent the rest of his life trying to build such a timepiece.
His first attempt, completed in 1735 and known now as H1, stood two feet tall, weighed 75 pounds, and had many flaws. His final clock, H5, completed in 1772 when he was 79, was the size of a large pocket watch. It was judged by King George III to meet the requirements of the longitude contest, and a year later the parliament awarded Harrison the prize money.
Lasky's narrative is a remarkable, well-told piece of history. Unfortunately, Hawkes' illustrations are not as successful. Several, including the title-page art, are quite stunning, rich in detail and color. But many are naive and even crude, somewhat surprising for a book about a man obsessed with precision.
—Blake Hume Rodman
MY NAME IS YOON, by Helen Recorvits, with illustrations by Gabi Swiatkowska. (Frances Foster Books, $16; grades K-2.) A Korean girl new to this country, Yoon does not want to learn how to print her name in English, preferring the way it is written in her native land as a single character meaning "Shining Wisdom." In fact, Yoon likes nothing about America and wants to return to Korea. Writing from Yoon's point of view, Recorvits relates in simple prose how doting yet firm parents, a wise teacher, and a gracious classmate gradually bring the child around. By the end, readers realize that Yoon couldn't embrace the strange spelling of her name in English until she became comfortable with her new surroundings. Working with a palette of warm, appealing colors, Swiatkowska, a transplanted Pole now living in New York City, gives readers a visual sense of Yoon's isolation and her gradual emergence into the culture. Perfect for the elementary classroom, this volume offers real insight into the experience of a hesitant immigrant child.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TEETH, by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora, with illustrations by Brock Cole. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16; grades K-2.) In this hilarious if disconcerting book, Chandra and Comora recount in rhyming verse the mostly true story of how our famous first president lost his teeth, every last one of them. The first two, we learn in a chronology of Washington's dental health at the end of the book, fell out in his early 20s. By the time of the American Revolution, his mouth was half- empty, and the remaining choppers were black and rotten. "George crossed the mighty Delaware/ with nine teeth in his mouth/ In that cold and pitchy dark,/ two more teeth came out," the authors write. Washington ended his life with a set of teeth carved from hippopotamus ivory and held together with gold screws. Cole, author/illustrator of numerous books, including Buttons and The Giant's Toe, is in typically fine form here, his witty watercolors adding both character and humor.
MACARONI BOY, by Katherine Ayres. (Delacorte Press, $15.95; grades 3-6.) Set in 1933 Pittsburgh, Ayres' endearing story introduces the awfulness of the Great Depression without horrifying young readers. Twelve-year-old Mike Costa— alternately called "Macaroni Boy" and "Rat Boy"by his sworn schoolyard enemy, Andy Simms—knows times are tough for his family and Costa Brothers Fine Foods. Still, his biggest troubles are Andy's taunts and his Grandpap's worsening health. The old man's been forgetting things for a while, but now he's throwing up, an ailment that also afflicts many hobos in the neighborhood. So Mike and his pal Joseph take on the medical mystery and, in doing so, solve the Andy situation as well. Ayres' novel incorporates aspects of the Great Depression, suchas the Civilian Conservation Corps and the constant fear of hunger, into a rewarding story about family loyalty, personal identity, and dealing with a bully. Her novel is sure to pique curiosity about this defining era in American history.
SOSU'S CALL, by Meshack Asare. (Kane/Miller, $15.95; grades K- 2.) Originally published in Ghana in 1997, this engaging and attractive picture book won several international prizes, including an award from UNESCO for promoting tolerance. The author tells the story of a young African boy named Sosu who lives in a village on a narrow strip of land between the sea and a lagoon. Unlike the other village children, Sosu can't walk; his legs don't work. Since many in the village believe the child is bad luck, he rarely leaves his family compound. Then Sosu manages, through quick thinking and bravery, to save many villagers from a fast-moving storm and a killer tide. Suddenly everyone sees the boy in a different light, and his life changes. A Ghanaian living in England, Asare relates his story in crisp, easy English. His impressionistic watercolors, painted in browns and blue-gray with touches of bright color, complement the text nicely.
TADPOLE, by Ruth White. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16; grades 3-6.) In this skillfully penned and engaging narrative, White compassionately explores the many trials of family life through the eyes of 10-year-old Carolina Collins. Surrounded by three older, outstanding sisters—Kentucky, the popular one; Virginia, the pretty one; and Georgia, the smart one—Carolina thinks: "Everybody in this family but me's got something special." In the summer of 1955, however, her favorite cousin, Tadpole, comes to visit and helps unlock the secret of her own unique talent. Tad, meanwhile, is an orphan with troubles of his own, and he's not visiting so much as running away from his legal guardian, an abusive uncle. Carolina's mother, who has struggled financially since her husband left eight years before, thinks she can mother Tad—if only the uncle and the sheriff don't find him first. White, whose Belle Prater's Boy was a Newbery Honor book, weaves a touching tale about family, identity, courage, and doing what's right, even if it means bending the rules.
GREEN ANGEL, by Alice Hoffman. (Scholastic, $16.95; grades 7 and up.) In this slim novel, Hoffman artfully explores a 15-year-old's devastating loss and courageous survival. Green lives with her parents and sister across the river from a bustling city, where, each week, the family goes to sell vegetables. During one trip, however, Green is left behind, and sullen with disappointment, she doesn't wave goodbye. Within hours, she sees flames across the river, and though she patiently waits for her family, no one returns. Green retreats into solitude, refusing even to cry, until a kindly neighbor and a mysterious stranger help her recover. Hoffman purposefully keeps the setting vague, but the scenario echoes September 11, 2001. The ambiguity allows readers to focus on Green's grief and, what's more important, her healing. Before losing her family, Green said of her future, "I was certain my time would come soon enough," and she was right. In learning to go on, Green discovers the woman she wants to be. Adolescents struggling with loss will appreciate Hoffman's sensitivity.
—Blake Hume Rodman and Jennifer Pricola
Vol. 14, Issue 7, Pages 51-53Published in Print: May 1, 2003, as Kids Books
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Dear Skin; I'm not a teenager anymore! The why & how-to-banish of breakouts
There are a few things we once imagined would happen when we 'grew up'… mainly no curfews, a fun lifestyle, great career…. And finally no breakouts!
Like with many things, life (and hormones!) had other plans and similar to many other women, we found ourselves battling more breakouts than we had while studying for final exams.
We've got the breakdown on breakouts from Tracey Beeby, (Global Trainer for Ultraceuticals and one of the best in the business when it comes to cosmeceutical skincare) to answer our concerns around pesky pimples and the most effective preventions and treatments.
Just when you think you've escaped teenage breakouts, pesky pimples pop up again! What are the most common causes of 'adult acne'?
The primary causes for adult acne are similar to teenage acne; primarily hormones. Intrinsic factors like androgenic (male) hormones are generally the main contributor to this with the fluctuations of hormones in both pubescent and adult acne. Extrinsic factors like pollution, sun and stress will aggravate the condition. Female adult acne often occurs with the onset of menopause or even swapping birth control pills. Androgenic hormones play a major role in the formation of acne. When androgen levels increase, the skin responds by producing more sebum and in turn increases the likelihood of acne formation.
Our hormones fluctuate throughout varying stages of our lives, puberty and for women pregnancy and specific systemic conditions like PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) will also contribute to this condition.
What's the best prevention?
If your skin is breaking out due to a systemic issue such as PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) it is very difficult to prevent. However it has been shown in clinical testing that the use of the correct products can still have an enormous benefit when used in conjunction with in-clinic treatments and under professional guidance.
Using the correct skincare products for your skin type is essential. Always ensure you are given the correct advice from a skincare professional. Everyone's skin is different and the triggers may also differ so it is essential a full consultation be given to each individual to provide the most appropriate homecare and treatment prescription.
Is the rumor behind 'breakout prone skins will age better' true at all?
There is some truth behind this rumour. Due to the excess oil production it tends to preserve the skin better than a drier skin that produces less oil. However there are many factors that contribute to skin ageing for example, extrinsic factors like free radical damage, pollution, stress, diet, as well as smoking.
What is unique about the new Ultraceuticals Ultra Clear range? What are the hero ingredients?
The Ultra Clear Range is unique as it is formulated to treat acne at the four stages of acne formation. Stage 1; Hormonal changes, Stage 2; Follicular hyperkeratosis (dead skin build up within the pores, which creates the first stages of blockage within the pore), Stage 3; Sebum accumulation occurs and lipid (sebum) oxidation occurs, Stage 4; Inflammation occurs – papules form and an anaerobic environment is created, leading to infection and pustules.
Ingredients within the Ultra Clear range, such as Mandelic Acid (an AHA extracted from bitter almonds), Clove Oil (a highly effective and potent antioxidant to prevent lipid oxidation), Salicylic Acid (BHA to reduce over production of surface cells and deeply cleanse the pores) along with anti-irritants and soothing ingredients such as aloe vera and Vitamin E phosphate do assist when the skin is breaking out.
If there are some key things women can do/ stop doing or add in to their skincare routine in their 20s, 30s, 40s – what would it be?
1. Firstly to stop using harsh stripping products on their skin. Unfortunately most people with an excessively oily skin try desperately to strip it back and remove as much oil as possible. This can lead to an impaired lipid barrier which is a skin lacking in moisture and the external outer layers of the skin can become very weak and fragile. Often when this occurs the skins natural response is to produce more oil, leading to an overabundance of oil within the sebaceous gland (oil gland) that is unable to make its way through the skins surface, leading to breakouts.
2. Seek professional advice from a qualified skin technician. They will consult you correctly and be able to provide you with the most appropriate homecare and treatment prescription that best suits your lifestyle and commitment.
3. Cleanse (and cleanse twice when wearing make-up), treat, moisturise and protect your skin twice daily. It is our largest bodily organ and too often is neglected and abused. We should be looking after it appropriately and religiously as required.