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Child Abuse:
Working with Abused & Neglected Children
Instructor Name: Joan S. Halverstadt
Phone: 509-891-7219
Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST Monday - Friday
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Address: Virtual Education Software
16201 E Indiana Ave, Suite 1450
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Welcome to Child Abuse: Working with Abused & Neglected Children, an interactive computer-based instruction course, designed to help you identify and effectively teach students affected by child abuse and/or neglect. This course discusses the identification of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; the impact of abuse on the behavior and learning abilities of students; the responsibilities of a teacher to report abuse or provide assistance to students who are the victims of abuse; and methods for teaching students about abuse of all types and its prevention. It also discusses the specific factors that exist in families who abuse or neglect their children. A major emphasis in this course is on helping the participant understand the special learning needs of the abused or neglected child, and how to meet those needs in the regular classroom. Working with parents and community agencies is also emphasized.
This course meets the child abuse and neglect educational requirement in most states. It is the responsibility of the student to verify the course content with your specific state professional licensing agency to ensure proper credit.
This computer-based instruction course is a self-supporting program that provides instruction, structured practice, and evaluation all on your home or school computer. Technical support information can be found in the Help section of your course.
Course Materials (either Online or CD-Rom)
Title: Child Abuse: Working with Abused & Neglected Children
Instructor: Joan S. Halverstadt MS/ED
Publisher: Virtual Education Software, inc. 2002, Revised 2010, Revised 2013
Academic Work
Academic work submitted by the individual (such as papers, assignments, reports, tests) shall be the student's own work or appropriately attributed, in part or in whole, to its correct source. Submission of commercially prepared (or group prepared) materials as if they are one's own work is unacceptable.
Aiding Honesty in Others
The individual will encourage honesty in others by refraining from providing materials or information to another person with knowledge that these materials or information will be used improperly.
Violations of these academic standards will result in the assignment of a failing grade and subsequent loss of credit for the course.
Level of Application
This course is designed to be an informational course with application to educational settings. The intervention strategies are designed to be used for the remediation of abused or neglected students ranging in age from approximately three years to adolescence. Some alterations may be needed if working with specific populations such as gifted, ESL or special education.
Students will be able to:
· Understand the educator's role in protecting and supporting abused or neglected students
· Recognize the symptoms of child abuse and neglect
· Know their state and school district's child abuse reporting procedures
· Understand the causes of abuse and neglect in families and society
· Understand the special learning needs these students bring to the classroom
· Gain techniques for supporting students and families affected by abuse or neglect
· Learn intervention techniques applicable to the classroom setting
· Gain a wider knowledge of available outside resources and support systems
· Understand the educator's role in the intervention and prevention of child abuse and neglect
This course is designed to help classroom teachers, school counselors and other educational personnel gain strategies to reach and teach students who have been affected by child abuse or neglect. Participants will learn the signs and symptoms for the three types of abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual) and the four types of neglect (physical, medical, emotional, and educational). Participants will explore how abuse and neglect affect a student's learning, cognitive brain development and social-emotional development. The short- and long-term consequences of neglect as well as the social and family causes will be reviewed. The educator's role in the intervention and prevention of child abuse and neglect will be discussed.
The course is divided into four chapters. Each chapter discusses a particular topic of abuse or neglect. The chapters are sequential and should be completed in the order they are presented. At the completion of each chapter, there will be an examination covering the material. Students must complete the examination before proceeding to the next chapter. In some of the examinations, questions will involve case studies to provide further practice in the application of knowledge. This course is appropriate for educators seeking training in working with children ages 3-18 years, as well as professionals who work directly with families.
Although this course is a comprehensive presentation of the educational issues surrounding abuse and neglect, there is certainly a wealth of research and topics that are not covered in the scope of this course. The instructor highly recommends that you augment your readings from this course with further research to gain a fuller understanding of the complexities of this subject. However, the material presented in this course will give you a broader understanding of the topic of child abuse and neglect. It will also give you information to apply directly to your work with students in the classroom and community.
As a student you will be expected to:
· Complete all information chapters covering child abuse, showing a competent understanding of the material presented.
· Complete all examinations, showing a competent understanding of the material presented.
· Complete a review of any chapter on which your examination score was below 70%.
· Complete all course journal article and essay writing assignments with the minimum word count shown for each writing assignment.
· Complete a course evaluation form at the end of the course.
Chapter Three: Neglect: Types, Causes & Interventions
This chapter will discuss the physical and behavioral symptoms of the four types of neglect (physical, medical, emotional, and educational). The role patterns children of neglect often exhibit and the causes of neglect, including poverty, are presented.
Chapter Four: The Effects of Neglect
In this chapter the long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on a child's social, emotional and personality development will be discussed. Participants will read a research article on the effects of maltreatment on bonding and attachment. The social and emotional traits of specific age groups of maltreated children will be discussed, as well as the effects of foster placement on the child and family. Also included in the final chapter, the information learned in the previous three chapters is applied specifically to methods for reaching and teaching students who have been abused or neglected. Barriers schools create for families are discussed as well as interventions for meeting the student's physical, cognitive and social-emotional needs at school. The course ends with a discussion of the educator's role in the intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
At the end of each course chapter, you will be expected to complete an examination designed to assess your knowledge. You may take these exams a total of three times. Your last score will save, not the highest score. After your third attempt, each examination will lock and not allow further access. The average from your exam scores will be printed on your certificate. However, this is not your final grade since your required writing assignments have not been reviewed. Exceptionally written or poorly written required writing assignments, or violation of the academic integrity policy in the course syllabus, will affect your grade. As this is a self-paced computerized instruction program, you may review course information as often as necessary. You will not be able to exit any examinations until you have answered all questions. If you try to exit the exam before you complete all questions, your information will be lost. You are expected to complete the entire exam in one sitting.
Writing Assignments
This course has two required writing components. ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE REVIEWED. Exceptionally or poorly written assignments, or violation of the academic integrity policy noted in the course syllabus, will affect your grade.
It is highly recommended that you write and save all writing assignments in an external word processing program (such as Word or Notepad), and then copy and paste these into the course program so that you will have backup copies.
To save your essays:
When you select the question or article you wish to respond to, 'Simple Text' or 'Text Edit' will launch automatically. When you are finished entering your response, simply click SAVE.
You must SAVE before you write another essay or move on to another part of the course.
1) Essay Requirement: Critical Thinking Questions
There are four Critical Thinking Questions that you must complete. You will do research on the questions and write brief essay responses relating it to the course content (and your personal experiences, when possible). To view the questions, click on REQUIRED ESSAY and choose the Critical Thinking Question that you are ready to complete; this will bring up a screen where you may enter your essay. You must write a minimum of 500 words (maximum 1,000) per essay. You may go back at any point to edit your essays, but you must be certain to click SAVE once you have completed your edits.
You must SAVE before you write another essay or move on to another part of the course.
2) Essay Requirement: Journal Articles
This task requires you to write a review of three peer-reviewed or scholarly journal articles (blogs and news articles are not acceptable) of your choice on a topic related to this course. You may choose your topic by entering the Key Words (click on the Key Words button) into a search engine of your choice (Bing, Google, Yahoo, etc.). You may also access www.scholar.google.com, www.findarticles.com or www.edarticle.com to search for relevant professional articles. Or simply type into your finder "free education articles" and numerous sites will be displayed. Choose three relevant articles and write a critical summary of the information given in each article, explaining how the information relates to, supports, or refutes information given in this course. Conclude your review with your thoughts and impressions (200 words per journal article minimum, 400 words maximum). Be sure to provide the journal name, volume, date, and any other critical information to allow the instructor to access and review that article. Grades on summaries are reduced if not properly cited.
To write your essays, click on REQUIRED ESSAY and choose the Journal Article that you would like to complete; this will bring up a screen where you can write your review. When you are ready to stop, click SAVE. You may go back at any point to edit your essays, but you must be certain to click SAVE once you are done with your edits. For more information on the features of this assignment, please consult the HELP menu.
You must SAVE before you write another essay or move on to another part of the course.
Joan Halverstadt is a Special Services Director and School Psychologist in a school district. She has fifteen years' experience as a school counselor, working with at-risk preschool and elementary aged students. Ms. Halverstadt has forty years of experience working in early childhood education with children and families, including working with children affected by family issues, abuse, or trauma. She also teaches graduate education counseling and special education courses for teachers and counselors. She received her National Certification and School Psychology Educational Specialist degree from Seattle University, her School Counseling Educational Staff Associate Degree from City University, her Master's in Education Degree from George Mason University, and her BA in Psychology and Elementary Education from Whitman College.
You may contact the instructor by emailing Joan at email@example.com or calling her 509-891-7219, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PST. Phone messages will be answered within 24 hours. Phone conferences will be limited to ten minutes per student, per day, given that this is a self-paced instructional program. Please do not contact the instructor about technical problems, course glitches or other issues that involve the operation of the course.
If you have questions or problems related to the operation of this course, please try everything twice. If the problem persists please check our support pages for FAQs and known issues at www.virtualeduc.com and also the Help section of your course.
If you need personal assistance then email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (509) 891-7219. When contacting technical support, please know your course version number (it is located at the bottom left side of the Welcome Screen) and your operating system, and be seated in front of the computer at the time of your call.
Minimum Computer Requirements
Please refer to VESi's website: www.virtualeduc.com or contact VESi if you have further questions about the compatibility of your operating system.
Refer to the addendum regarding Grading Criteria, Course Completion Information, Items to be Submitted and how to submit your completed information. The addendum will also note any additional course assignments that you may be required to complete that are not listed in this syllabus.
Course content is updated every three years. Due to this update timeline, some URL links may no longer be active or may have changed. Please type the title of the organization into the command line of any Internet browser search window and you will be able to find whether the URL link is still active or any new link to the corresponding organization's web home page.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. (2012). Childhood trauma and its effects. Retrieved from http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/publication_store/your_child_childhood_trauma_and_its_effects
Administration for Children and Families. 2011. Child maltreatment. US Dept. of Health and Human Services/National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, NDACAN, Cornell University. Retrieved from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/research-data-technology
Benedetti, G. (2012). Innovations in the field of child abuse and neglect: A review of the literature. Retrieved from http://www.chapinhall.org/sites/default/files/Child%20Abuse%20&%20Neglect%20Prevention_09_11_12.pdf
Center for Child Abuse Prevention Services. Characteristics of abusive families. [Handout]. 949 Market St. #411, Tacoma, WA 98402
Child Help. (2011). National child abuse statistics. Retrieved from http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics
Child Trends Data Bank. (2013). Homeless children and youth. Retrieved from http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2003). The role of educators in preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect: User manual series. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/educator/
Child Welfare Information Gateway: Children's Bureau, US Dept. of Health and Human Services. (2006). Child neglect: A guide for prevention, assessment and intervention: User manual series. Cornell University. Retrieved from http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/neglect/
Child Welfare Information Gateway: Children's Bureau, US Dept. of Health and Human Services. Strengthening families and communities: 2009 resource guide. Cornell University. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/res_guide_2009/guide.pdf
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2012). In focus: The risk and prevention of maltreatment of children with disabilities. Retrieved from www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/prevenres/focus
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2012). Understanding the effects of maltreatment on early brain development. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue_briefs/brain_development/brain_development.pdf
Crosson-Tower, C. (2003). The role of educators in preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect. Retrieved from http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/educator/educator.pdf
Crosson-Tower, C. (2009). Understanding child abuse and neglect (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Dodge, K. A., & Coleman, D. L. (2009). Child maltreatment: A community approach. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Dubowitz, H., & Boos, S. (2011). Basic child abuse curriculum for health professionals. Retrieved from http://www.ispcan.org/
Dubowitz, H., & Boos, S. (2011). Multidisciplinary curriculum on child maltreatment. Retrieved from
Frost, N. (2005). Child welfare: Major themes in health and social welfare. London, UK: Routledge.
Goldman, J., Salus, M. K., Wolcott, D., & Kennedy, K. Y. (2006). A coordinated response to child abuse and neglect: The foundation for practice user manual series. Office of Child Abuse and Neglect (Health and Human Services Dept.). Retrieved from http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/foundation/
Hibbard, R., Desch, L., & Committee on Child Abuse & Neglect and Council on Children with Disabilities. (2007). Maltreatment of children with disabilities. Pediatrics, 119(5), 1018-1025. Retrieved from
Jaudes, P., & Shapiro, L. (2005). Children with special needs. In J. Monteleone & A. E. Brodeur, Child maltreatment: A clinical guide and reference (3rd ed., chapter 25). St. Louis, MO: GW Medical.
Mann, D., Palker-Corell, A., Ludy-Dobson, C., & Perry, B. (2002). The physical abuse of children. In Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment (Vol. 1). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
McCoy, M., & Keen, S. (2009). Child abuse and neglect. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Miller-Perrin, C. L., & Perrin, R. (2007). Child maltreatment: An introduction. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage.
Myers, John E. B. (2006). Child protection in America. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
National Association of School Psychologists. (2012). Identifying seriously traumatized children. Retrieved from www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/psycht_general.aspx
National Child Trauma Stress Network. (n.d.). Early childhood trauma. http://www.nctsnet.org/trauma-types/early-childhood-trauma
Perry, B. D. (2008). Maltreated children: Experiences, brain development, and the next generation. New York, NY: W. W. Norton.
Perry, B. D. (2009). Child Trauma Academy: Parent and caregiver education series Vol. 1, Number 4: Bonding and attachment in maltreated children: Consequences of neglect in childhood. Retrieved from
Perry, Bruce D. (2009, Dec.). The neurodevelopmental impact of violence in childhood. In D. Schetky & E. Benedek (Eds.), Textbook of child and adolescent forensic psychiatry (pp. 221-238). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Reardon, K. K., & Noblett, C. (2009). Childhood denied: Ending the nightmare of child abuse and neglect. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Scannapieco, M., & Connell-Carrick, K. (2005). Understanding child maltreatment: An ecological and developmental perspective. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Office of Quality Assurance and Training. (2012). Child protective team handbook. Olympia, WA: Author.
Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Children's Administration. (2012). Protecting the abused and neglected child: A guide for mandated reporters in recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect. Olympia, WA. Retrieved from http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/Publications/22-163.pdf
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Hiding up your nose is a clever strategy for ticks
S.A. Hamer et al/Am. J. Trop. Med Hygiene 2013
Most science press releases aren't especially fun, either to write or to read, but you know it was a happy day for the press officer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who wrote "UW Scientist Sniffs Out Possible New Tick Species." The new tick species, you see, was discovered up the researcher's nose.
Infectious-disease specialist Tony Goldberg returned from Kibale National Park in western Uganda with the hitchhiker. "When you first realize you have a tick up your nose, it takes a lot of willpower not to claw your face off," Goldberg said in the press release. Once that impulse passed, he plucked and froze the tick and analyzed its DNA. The resulting sequence didn't match any known ticks in gene databases and may be a new species, Goldberg and colleagues report September 30 in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
"Digging deeper," the release continues (oh, you kidders), Goldberg narrowed the tick's identity to the genus Amblyomma, a widespread group of hard ticks known to transmit a number of diseases. He and his colleagues found and photographed ticks in the nostrils of nine of the 45 chimps examined — and those were just the visible ticks. The scientists haven't conclusively proven that the tick in Goldberg's nose is the same species as the one in the chimps' noses, though, because as they note in the paper, "it remains impractical to collect ticks directly from the nostrils of these wild apes." Indeed, you can't pick your friends' noses.
And why the nose? It's not like ticks have the twisted sense of humor of, say, press officers. Instead, the ticks may have hit upon an excellent way to avoid being groomed away by chimps, which are famous for spending hours bonding as they pick parasites off one another. Chimps do pick their own noses, but it seems possible they could be less adept at getting a deeply lodged tick out of their nostril than they are at grooming elsewhere.
Other parasites have evolved similarly evasive actions: The nose tick paper mentions the chimpanzee louse (Pediculus schaeffi), which freezes when exposed to light (as in the parting of chimp hair) and falls off like a piece of debris. Science News writer Susan Milius mentioned another to me: the gamasine mite, which was found in the 1950s to infect just one ear of its moth hosts, either the right or left. The first mite to dive in just picks either ear, but all the many mites that follow it enter the same ear, sometimes to the point of overflowing. This behavior deafens the moth in just one ear, allowing it to hear well enough to detect an oncoming bat, one of its main predators, and saving the mites themselves from being eaten.
Ugandan nose ticks might pose more of a danger to hosts, since Amblyomma ticks not only carry bacteria that cause diseases such as Q fever and African tick bite fever, but also are likely to require blood from multiple vertebrate hosts to complete their life cycle. That makes the ticks potential transmitters of disease between chimps and humans.
Goldberg was not the first entomologist to find out about Ugandan nose ticks the hard way. In 1961, Science News (then called Science News Letter) reported that visitors to Uganda should watch for "an elusive white tick that may hide in their own noses." Three entomologists, the story said, discovered ticks in their noses only upon noticing tenderness when they touched or blew their noses. The researcher who found the ticks, G.A. Walton of University College in Cork, Ireland, suggested in Nature that the absence of a reaction to the parasite might mean that the ticks normally infest the noses of a species closely related to humans, specifically chimps. It appears now that he was correct.
People who find a tick in their nose, Science News advised, "are asked to allow the ticks to remain until they are approximately the size of a small pea," at which point they can be blown out or picked with forceps. Perhaps the readers of 1961 were very patient and calm people who would never claw their faces off upon discovering a nose tick. However, it seems pretty clear why the ticks are able to evade grooming in chimps but have not quite gotten a nosehold in the human population.
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Jay Neal
Jacksonville Daily Progress
On the strength of first place finishes in girl's "A" and girl's "B" singles, Jacksonville was able to capture the team championship in the Jacksonville Varsity Invitational staged on Friday at the Jacksonville Tennis Complex.
The JHS girls tallied 160 points to finish in front of runner-up Center (140) and Wills Point (70) who came in third.
Ellie Day defeated opponents form Troup, Center and Pine Tree to win her division crown, while Lee spanked foes from Lufkin Hudson, Nacogdoches and Wills Point to win top honors in her grouping.
Jacksonville also nabbed a runner-up finish as Suzi McCuistion & Cesia Hernandez teamed up to finish second in girl's "B" doubles.
A total of eleven schools participated including Troup, who took eighth place and Bullard, who wound up 10th.
Pine Tree and Whitehouse were the top finishers in the boy's division.
The Pirates chalked up 130 points to clip the Wildcats, with finished with 100.
Jacksonville netters earned 10 points and finished in 10th place.
The Bullard boys piled up 50 points to come in sixth, with Troup scoring five points to take 11th place.
NOTE: In boy's "A" singles, Bryan De La Rosa lost in straight sets to players form Nacogdoches and Wills Point...In boy's "B" singles, Jaime Henderson went 1-1 on the day...Henderson polished off a player from Henderson, while losing 4-8 to a Center player...Dylan Perry & Israel Garcia fell to units from Nacogdoches and Pine Tree...In boy's "B" doubles, Kaleb Whitten & Andres Ferretiz split their matches...They opened up with an 8-0 hammering of a duo from Henderson. Later in the day they regrouped to win, 8-1, over a Hallsville team.


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I love watching TV, and fall 2011 seems to be the season for a bunch of brand new TV
shows. I can recall how frantic I was trying to set about six or seven new
series recordings on my U-Verse. With already two series cancellations (The Playboy Club and Charlie's Angels) barely three weeks in,
I'm beginning to see what works when it comes to TV and what doesn't.
What Works:
Original Ideas: This might be where Charlie's Angels got it wrong. We've seen three strong, intelligent
women fight crime time after time in the movies and on TV. Not even Minka Kelly
was able to change that fact. America is ready for something different. What
made shows like The O.C. and Dawson's Creek so memorable? They were
groundbreaking and were spitting out new ideas for their time. Now we see about
three new teen dramas all come out the same year, each with a love triangle and
actors who are definitely not
seventeen. We want something new.
And so we found it. Shows like Pan Am are
exploring new ground, while Hart of Dixie
puts a new spin on the seen-a-million-times medical drama.
What Doesn't Work:
The "I'm new here" brigade: You know those shows where there's
a new girl, and then there's the outgoing girl that immediately walks up to her
and acts like they're best friends? And then that girl's friend comes over and
they all start talking like they're best friends. And then, the insta-group start
showing this new girl around, like "oh, that's [insert jock's name here]," and
then they spill all of that guy's secrets in five seconds flat. And then, that jock's popular girlfriend
walks up to the jock, and then the insta-group begins to spill all of her
secrets. Yeah, that's a show that's sure to get cancelled. It's cheesy, and
that's not the way friends are made in real life. America is getting smarter
now; we want to see more realistic situations. The new comedy New Girl solved this problem by
beginning the pilot episode with a roommate interview, so we're still able to
learn about the main characters without the unrealistic first meeting.
All in all, this year seems to be
promising in the land of the small screen. Besides the shows mentioned above,
some of the shows I've begun to watch include Suburgatory and Up All Night.
Some old favorites that just keep getting better are Gossip Girl, Happy Endings,
and Modern Family.


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Mugen Power to make battery extension for Nokia Lumia 920
For some people, thickness and weight is of no concern. All they're after is as much battery power as they can get. For years, Mugen Power has catered to this audience across several brands including Nokia (one of the latest, the 808 no?)
Today, we hear that Mugen Power is making a battery extender for the Nokia Lumia 920. This slips on as a cover which can charge your phone. This cover will sport a removable battery.
There's no mention of capacity yet. Price is said to be about 100USD.
Cheers Viipottaja for the tip!
Category: Accessories, Lumia, Nokia
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Just recently ordered an extended battery (1500mAh) for my Lumia 710 from Mugen. It doesn't last even as long as my standard Nokia battery (1300mAh).
I'm assuming Mugen does not precondition their batteries as Nokia does.
I'll be super impressed if the 920 battery extender charges through Qi and has Qi charging as well. Bullocks to it if it doesn't
I'm surprised they've bothered with this product for the 808 which in my opinion has an absolutely brilliant battery as is. If I was really needing to make a particularly heavy day of use from my 808 and needed to guarantee the battery would see me though, I'd just buy a spare to keep in my pocket.
I typically get 3 days out of a single charge with moderate use, incredible really compared to pretty much everything else out there.
How do you define moderate?
Photobucket direct image links don't seem to work here so…
That's with whatsapp constantly in the background, a nice big Sleeping Screen image in constant use, heavy use of SMS and Whatsapp, calls, photography, FM Transmitter/ music player, plus web browsing. Symbian is just so well optimized.
Whatsapp constantly in the background?
What? How ancient is that?
You have to have Whatsapp running in order to receive messages?
With iOS you don't have to have it running. It can be running but there is no need for that. You still receive the messages even if Whatsapp is not running.
That's how optimized iOS is.
There's an application to hide processes from running, making it equal, at least appearance-wise, to iOS as you put. In my view, having things work while running in the background doesn't exactly qualify as "optimisation". Compare this to a windows PC which has loads of background services running, hogging up memory, starting up quietly on boot. Is that considered optimisation? To me, having control over what runs in the background and starts at boot IS optimisation. And this can be done without much difficulty on a Symbian device.
At least Symbian allows you more control over the applications. It also gives you true multi-tasking – I've heard that iOS doesn't really support such a form of multi-tasking throughout the OS, so actually if it showed Whatsapp like Symbian did as a separate running app, it might not even be receiving updates!
Now iOS might in fact be the more complex OS over Symbian. Yes it handles everything more smoothly and cleanly. It looks optimised from that point of view. However, it does seem that it concedes quite a bit of user control, even over the most basic of tasks.
It might be argued that iOS is designed so that it gives you control over only that which is important, and not too much so as to overwhelm the user. Optimised, in other words. Far from overwhelming though, I think the OS gives so little control that it underwhelms a user like me.
You can hide it in Symbian, but it's still running there.
Whatsapp is not running in the background in iOS, but it can still receive the messages. That's the difference. In Symbian you have to have it running. In iOS, it's not running. Not hided, not frozen. That's the difference between a modern solution and Symbian.
You can enable full desktop style multitasking in iOS if you want to, but that's not the point. The point is that the app can be closed even if the device shows the user that the app has received a message.
All this can be done without any additional work on iOS. That's a huge improvement over the traditional model used by Symbian. No need to use memory for the app while Symbian application needs to use memory if it wants to function on the background.
You obviously have no grasp of what you are talking about!
The less you pretend to know anything about the OS innards, the better off you are!
You really had some solid arguments on that message. No wait! You had absolutely no arguments.
You were just cranky because I was talking about how inefficient Whatsapp is on Symbian. It has to be running all the time! That's ancient.
Maybe you should learn how a modern OS works and talk more only after that?
ignore this troll he changes his name every other week he is a dishonest liar, and seams he has some sort of love afair with Tomi and Symbian..
Anyone knowing the proper language can see how the nick is not really that different.
I see. You are upset because you failed to prove N9 sold 1,75 million in the Q4 2011. There were lots of messages about that but in the end you failed to show the proof. That must be it.
Yes, calling names really proves your facts better compared to using some proper arguments. Just like now. Nothing about the subject.
Now what is the problem with you people? Getting mad and not able to discuss about Nokia and the products Nokia is manufacturing.
Please grow up.
BTW, Whatsapp on Belle can receive messages when fully closed too. Works on my N8 right now.
It seems that you have mistaken.
That would be nice but unfortunately that's not really the case. Here is quote from whatsapp.com concerning Belle.
"In short, you cannot disconnect or turn off WhatsApp at this time."
So, you can't fully close it. With iPhone this is possible and it continues to receive messages while closed on iOS.
Got a data log screenshot ?
The 808 is a case where the extended battery and overall thickness improves the phone.
If on the 920 it adds thickness to the top (unfortunately, it'll probably just add more to the bottom), it could do the same.


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I have purchased multiple Capresso products before and they tend to work well for a few months but then some flaw in their construction (usually the result of Capresso's saving money by using cheap or flimsy components) results in a need to purchase a replacement part or in the inability of the unit to operate (the latter usually after the warranty period). So, I give it an overall rating of "3"; it works fine now (after less than a week of use), but I have my fingers crossed. Check back with me in 18 months to see what I really think of it. I bought this grinder simply because the discounted, "special" price (around 40% off full retail) was too good to pass up and worth the investment even if it conks out in a year or so. NEVER pay full price for a Capresso product; you will be disappointed in the long run.
I seldom give five stars on products, but I truly can find nothing wrong with this coffee grinder. While I've only used if for a bit over a week, the grind is uniform and quickly done. Manufacturing quality appears to be excellent. Fit and finish are beautiful, and the unit does not take up excessive space on the counter. I am happy to have upgraded a bit to this grinder. I see no reason to pay more unless you need to grind large quantities.
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A fire at 111 Highland Ave. in Avon Lake caused more than $30,000 in an afternoon fire Aug. 26. A woman in the home was taken to the hospital for possible smoke inhalation, treated and released the same day.
Chief Glenn Eisenhardt said his department received a call at 1:30 p.m.
"The woman was asleep, taking a nap and the smoke detectors alerted her," Eisenhardt said.
The home had upgraded smoked detectors that, in addition to sounding an alert, says "fire, fire, fire" and then beeps again.
The woman, after seeing smoke in the upstairs hallway, found the back rear bedroom on fire.
"She used a fire extinguisher which took some energy out of the fire," Eisenhardt said.
In addition to Avon Lake, departments from and Bay Village responded. The fire was put out within 6 minutes, Eisenhardt said. No other injuries were reported.
"(The woman) was treated and released and is home at this time," Eisenhardt said.
He estimated damages in the neighborhood of $35,000 – $50,000.
"There was significant damage to the room on fire and heavy smoke damage on the second floor," Eisenhardt said.
The cause of the fire remains undetermined,
"It wasn't malicious," Eisenhardt said. "It's being ruled accidental but undetermined with electrical issues being the prime suspect."
According to the Lorain County Auditor's Office, the home belongs to Jose Hernandez.


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Derek Price
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— If you just signed your first recording contract with Def Jam, Cadillac has built an SUV just for you.
It's called the Escalade ESV Platinum, and it's meant for people who look at an ordinary Escalade and say, "It's not big enough. It's not comfortable enough. It's not flashy enough. Give me something better."
As crazy as it may seem, Cadillac has taken the giant Escalade and stretched it to a Suburban-sized ESV version. And then they took that Escalade ESV and turned it into the insane, bling-filled Platinum edition by adding every frivolous luxury feature they could conjure up.
It doesn't just have heated and cooled seats; it also has heated and cooled cup holders. It doesn't just have a DVD player; it has an entertainment system with four video screens and six sets of wireless
headphones so that you, Kanye, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Rihanna and Ludacris can all work on your album together.
Cadillac figured as long as they're making an Escalade for rappers, they might as well throw in 22-inch chrome wheels, jewel-like LED headlights, real leather on top of the instrument panel and doors, and genuine ash and burl walnut trim.
Master P would be proud.
As you'd expect, all this luxury doesn't come cheap. My test car rang up at over $88,000 and was rated for 13 miles per gallon in the city — not a problem for superstars, but awfully pricey and inefficient for us mortals.
You could probably suffice with the ordinary Escalade ($63,160) or Escalade ESV ($65,765) if you haven't signed that record deal yet, but you'd have to live without Tehama leather and motorized steps that descend, alien-spaceship style, when you open the door. Poor thing.
All Escalades are great road-trip cars. They're some of the biggest, most comfortable vehicles on the road, and the Platinum edition just takes the luxury up a notch. Everything about it feels premium, from the clock on the dash to the stitching on the leather trim.
But how does it drive?
To find out, I took it on a trip to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra — which seems like a fitting place for huge Cadillac's — and had no trouble maneuvering it through downtown traffic and squeezing it into parking garages, even if it felt like the roof was going to scrape on the beams above us. For something the size of a house, it maneuvers well.
It also accelerates nicely with a 6.2-liter V8 engine that makes 403 horsepower.
The best part, though, is the ride. This Cadillac is so smooth and so quiet — with the exception of the deep rumble from its engine — that it makes you want to fall asleep. You just want to take a deep breath
and relax as it wafts you from place to place on a marshmallow carpet.
On the downside, it's missing a couple of features that ought to be standard on any vehicle at this price. One is a telescoping steering wheel. It has a power tilt function, but it can't move backward and
forward to give you that perfect fit.
The other is a "magic key," which is what I call the transmitter that can stay in your pocket and let you start the car with the push of a button. I drove a $25,000 Nissan that had it last week, so why can't
Cadillac put it in an $88,000 Escalade?
Overall, the Escalade is a great vehicle for people who want complete, total, over-the-top opulence. It's expensive and guzzles gas, but that's part of the charm of a vehicle designed for MTV.
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Price: 4
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Ride: 10
Comfort: 10
Quality: 7
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Price as tested (including $950 destination charge): $88,295
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You just signed your first record deal and need the world's biggest, flashiest luxury SUV. It makes you feel like you're driving a mansion.
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Have no qualms about the objective of this escapade; it is solely a marketing exercise for Mary Portas who is in the process of revamping her own image after finding that like all other sectors, marketing has taken a turn for the worse along with the economic climate. Essentially, this project has little to do with grossly overpriced ladies underwear, the unemployed or helping the economy in any way, shape or form. It's all about keeping Mary Portas in employment.
Portas is re-opening the sewing room floor at a factory owned by British nightwear manufacturers Headen and Quarmby. It was one of 11 thriving textile factories in Middleton, now it is the only one that remains. Established in 1935, the factory used to employ 60 machinists and produced thousands of items a week before competition from cheap imports forced the Company to send production abroad.
In the first of a three part program the red haired lesbian, who is really a grey haired lady with a dyed bob-cut, chooses her trainee sewing machinists from around 200 applicants who had answered the heavily advertised campaign in the hope of appearing on the Channel 4 program. It is evident from the selection made that all the 'trainees' were selected, not for any ability they might possess, but for the entertainment value they clearly demonstrated in interview. This is after all a Channel 4 television program; home of 'Big Brother' and viewers find value at criticism of themselves.
Meet The Cast:-
Adrian, age 25 from Middleton
Adrian left school aged 16 with no qualifications after battling to overcome his dyslexia and the affect it had on his learning. He's always had artistic flair, loved sketching and designs and so trained as a painter and decorator at college. However, a series of upheavals in his family life meant that Adrian has spent the last few years moving about the country, and has since been unemployed for a year until joining Mary's team of trainees. Most recently he was employed by the local council as a Neighbourhood Warden, a job he loved, but was let go due to cut backs.
Andrew, age 20 from Rochdale
Young father Andrew is determined to provide for his fiancée Sarah and baby son Bryan. Andrew has never seen his parents in steady work, and wants a better life for his own family. During his childhood, Andrew and his siblings changed schools several times as his Mum moved from place to place following her break up with Andrew's father. Andrew left school with no qualifications and has never had a proper job.
Emma, age 22 from Rochdale
Emma lives with her boyfriend of seven years; she hasn't had a steady job all her adult life. She left school with seven GCSE's but has never had a particular direction in life. She is part of a generation of local girls who have been left behind has the factories closed for good. Emma loves to customise her own clothes, and wants to have proper skills so she can save up for her wedding.
Georgina, age 25 from Middleton
Single mum Georgina left school with no GCSEs. Since having her daughter three years ago she has fought hard to earn her qualifications, completing 4 GCSEs at night school. She is now planning to study for her A-levels. Before her daughter was born she worked in call centres and insurance services. Working at the factory will be her first permanent job since becoming a full time mum.
Julie, age 22 from Bury
Julie comes from a family of machinists, and left school with a passion for Art and Design. She once had aspirations to go to University but now has her heart set on sewing. Both her Mum and her Nan worked in the textiles industry. Julie recently made curtains for her Mum and is a bit of a whizz on her sewing machine, despite having no formal training. Julie was bullied during school for being overweight, and as a result she has never had any confidence, and being unemployed has affected her friendships. She wants to be proud of herself and be able to afford to buy new clothes and repay her parents for always helping her.
James, age 21 from Middleton
Former lab technician James lives with his parents and has been unemployed for a year. Despite being out of work he has aspirations to become a success and sees himself as a manager one day. He left college to complete his apprenticeship, gaining an NVQ in Engineering, which resulted in a full-time job as a laboratory technician testing composite materials for planes and other industry. He hoped to move onto bigger better things as he joined a new company, but the job wasn't what he had hoped for and so he left.
Lesley, age 35 from Middleton
The eldest trainee to join the factory, Lesley is from a family of factory workers. Her mother was a flat machinist and her father used to hand-spin cotton. Lesley's first job was working alongside her Mum as a machinist but failed to stick with it.
Lesley has had numerous jobs throughout her life, including working in a pickle factory and at Manchester Airport, but she has been unemployed for 18 months. Lesley is a passionate musician, self-taught on the guitar and always dreamed of being in a band. The Lesley Cracknell Story.
Lauren, age 24 from Radcliffe
Lauren is one of eight children and has been unemployed for nine months. She left school with no qualifications and has tried her hand at numerous jobs - from radio presenting to working as a cartoon character in a children's play centre. She has had so many jobs that she worries her CV looks like she never sticks at anything. She says that since she was 16 she hasn't really known which direction she wants her career to take.
Headen and Quarmby was founded by Lynn's parents in 1935. Lynn's nephew David now runs the company, while Lynn oversees production. She has worked at the factory for 45 years.
"We were reluctant to let our skilled girls go - we were so very fond of them. It was heart-breaking to say goodbye to them....when we had to move production abroad."
Lynn now heads up the production of Mary's Kinky Knickers and is overseeing the training and development of all the trainees.
Headen and Quarmby Staff:-
Jackie Blakeley, aged 56 From Middleton
Jackie works at the factory producing prototypes and new designs before they are mass-produced overseas. She is a highly experienced machinist and only got kept on once the production was out-sourced overseas because she is one of the few who can work every single machine. This skill is needed for when making up samples prior to production.
"It's strange being the only one left. I loved working alongside all the girls, but now it's just me on my own every day."
Jackie is now working alongside Myra to train all the apprentices as a supervisor.
Myra Parnell, age 57 from New Moston
Myra has worked as a machinist since she was 15. Since being let go at the factory she has worked evening shifts at Tesco, but desperately missed working in the factory. She was a respected Supervisor and has experience training up school leavers. She was devastated when they were made redundant (she was one of the last to go).
"It was heart-wrenching when the redundancies were made....I'd give my right arm to go back."
Myra has returned to the factory to work with Jackie supervising and training the apprentices.
In summary, the whole exercise being to market Mary Portas as a product and to keep her from the depths of unemployment and keep her marketing concerns afloat. But it will do nothing for British Industry or British workers. It serves to demonstrate the decline of British made goods and in a marketplace where one can purchase the same product for a tenth of that which Portas aims to sell her product at, just goes to show this woman is a lunatic and has not got a clue about what she is doing.
What will happen is once the hype of the program has finished, in a month or two, those whose hopes have been given a lift will be given their notice and will once more join the dole queue with the experience of being embarrassed for a long time to come after being given the chance to make fools of themselves publicly by partaking in a project designed specifically for the entertainment of the same viewers who sought such value in programs like Big Brother.
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The Salvation Army on Thursday announced it has fallen behind on its holiday fundraising goal for the 2012 Christmas season.
The McHenry County Salvation Army is fighting an uphill battle with the economy, according to Major Garry Lowder, the local commanding officer.
"The economy is making this a very challening fundraising campaign," Lowder said. "Many people who gave to us as recent as last year are finding themselves in need of our services this year."
The annual Red Kettle Campaign currently is about $25,000 below 2011, and donations of toys, food and gift cards for the Toyland Toyshop also are lower than last year, at this point in time, he said.
"We believe the reason we are lagging behind is the challenging economy," Lowder said.
The McHenry County Salvation Army continues to see an increase in the number of people applying for Christmas assistance for the very first time with the non-profit agency.
Lowder said this number is actually low when compared with the increase in individuals seeking assistance through the Salvation Army's Emergency Assistance programs.
"The numbers of people seeking our help with utility bill cut-offs and eviction notices for financial assistance continues to grow at an alarming rate," Lowder said.
There are many ways the McHenry County public can help, and get involved with the Salvation Army's fundraising efforts:
- Adopt a red kettle
- Be a bell ringer
- Make an online donation
- Collect toys or sponsor a family
More ideas can be found on the Salvation Army website, or by calling 815-455-2769.
The Salvation Army receives about 80 percent of its public support from its annual Red Kettle Campaign and Christmas Appeal, officials said. All funds collected in McHenry County stay in the county.
Lowder wants to remind those residents who can afford to give to drop donations in the red kettles, or visit the Salvation Army office at 290 W. Crystal Lake Ave., Crystal Lake.
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Andrew Petyak
New Castle News
Expectations are high for the Neshannock High softball team this year.
Coming off a season in which they captured the PIAA Class AA championship, the pressure to repeat as champions — this time in Class A — weighs heavily on the Lady Lancers' shoulders.
Fortunately for Neshannock, a star has emerged in the pitching circle.
Madison Shaffer not only has thrived as a sophomore and a first-year starting pitcher for the Lady Lancers, she again has made Neshannock the team to beat in the state.
With blazing pitch speeds and a devastating curveball, Shaffer leads a Lady Lancers' squad that surrendered just two runs through the end of last week. In the process, Shaffer has collected three no-hitters in games decided by the mercy rule.
Her efforts last week proved her consistency, as she struck out 17 batters in an eight-inning 1-0 win over South Side Beaver, threw a four-inning no hitter in a mercy rule victory against Union and concluded the week with a five-inning, one unearned run effort against visiting Shenango in another mercy rule decision.
Shaffer's dazzling performances have earned her Lawrence County Athlete of the Week honors, an award sponsored by Washington Centre Physical Therapy and selected by the New Castle News sports staff.
"She took over for a four-year starter this year. We thought she was going to be pretty good. She's still in the working stages right now," Neshannock manager Tracy Kimmel said. "I think overall, I've been pleased. I've been happy with the way she's throwing. She's a little faster and I think she's going to get faster yet.
"There's a lot of pressure on this girl. There's a lot of pressure on the kids. There's been a lot of pressure on these kids from last year. Everybody thinks we're going to run through everybody, but it's a new team and a new year. She's going to be a good leader for us."
Shaffer took over for Amanda Furst, a four-year starter and reliable presence in the circle for the Lady Lancers. The pressure to fill the shoes of her predecessor doesn't perturb Shaffer, instead, she thrives on the lofty expectations.
"Pressure's always fun to work under I think. I try not to let things get to me, but sometimes they do," Shaffer said. "We all work hard. Mentally, it's been a challenge this year, rather than just physically throwing hard. It's more of a mental game now. Preparing for the game mentally and visualizing, I've had to do more of."
The rising star spent most of her time as a freshman at third base, but she was able to see limited action as a pitcher. Not only the success, but the adjustment to the role has impressed her head coach.
"She's really just coming on as a pitcher. We really had to change her mindset from last year," Kimmel said. "It's different when you're a position player and you don't have to think about the hitting so much. I noticed this year, she doesn't seem as loose with the bat. I think that's with the pitching end of things. Your mind has to be focused on the pitching. Like I told her, she's a pitcher first and a hitter second."
The mental focus and preparation for Shaffer this season was honed in the family basement, where she spends time every day refining her pitching technique.
"Wrist snaps are really important. I do an hour of wrist snaps every day," she said. "My basement is all set up for it, so I go down there and we have a net and a couple of buckets of balls, and I'll just pitch into that."
The practice has paid off, as every time Shaffer snaps her wrist and releases a pitch, she delivers a dominating curveball that baffles hitters.
"I work really hard on the curveball. It's probably one of my better pitches and one I've really been focusing on this year," she said. "You can throw it for a strike or a ball at the plate. If you're up in the count, you don't really want to throw another strike because they're expecting it. So, it's nice to be able to have."
Shaffer developed her passion for the sport from her family. Her father, Jeff, played baseball for Riverside and her mother, Judy, plays softball in church leagues. There's another Shaffer on the way, as her younger brother, Jered, is making his way through the ranks as a seventh-grader at Neshannock.
Beyond her devastating fastball and game-changing curve, what might be the scariest thought to opposing batters is that Shaffer has all the potential and talent to get even better. She played on travel teams since she was eight, and only began pitching around her 11th birthday.
"She's only 15 years old, and we have to keep that in mind when we are critiquing her and everything in the games," Kimmel said. "That's a factor. She's still learning how to pitch. She has the speed, and when some of the other things come along, she's going to be hard to deal with. She really is."
POSITION: Pitcher
TEAM: Neshannock
KNOWN FOR: Shaffer struck out 17 batters in an eight-inning, 1-0 win over South Side Beaver, threw a four-inning no hitter in a mercy-rule victory against Union and concluded the week with a five-inning, one unearned run effort against visiting Shenango in another mercy-rule decision.
PARENTS: Jeff and Judy Shaffer
FAVORITE PRO PLAYER AND WHY: New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. "He works really hard and he's really good."
FAVORITE PRO TEAM AND WHY: New York Yankees. "They always seem to be so good and they have good team chemistry and work hard together."
FUTURE PLANS: "I want to be an engineer. My mom is an engineer and I like math and solving problems."


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I've re-entered high school. Well, in the sense that I'm all The Smiths all the time. (They are just so darn crazy awesome.) So while I was driving down for a visit with the parents, I happened to listen to "I Know It's Over." This is the song I played over and over and over and over…. after Robert told me it was over. What I love about this song is how the sadness builds. The beginning is sad enough, for sure. Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head. But the music is rather calm–a few guitar strums in the background and barely, if any, drums. But then the guitars pick up and the drums kick in. I know it's over and it never really began. But in my heart it was so real. And then by the end, even though Morrissey sings the same lines as the beginning, it's as if he's crying out this time, as if the pain has grown and grown and grown. Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head. It's as if he really can. And so could I. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I drove along on the highway. I'd lost Robert all over again…all these years later.
I wish music were still that way. Patiently building, sad lyric upon sad lyric and guitars layered on top of drums and more guitar. But it's not. It's instant gratification now. It's "bitches" and getting "fucked up." There's no "It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate. It takes strength to be gentle and kind." It's screaming and swearing and a slam of the guitar. And really, why be melancholy when you can go home to your computer and click, click, click…and find another soul mate?
Because isn't that what dating has become now? I read a blog post on how great online dating is. I just don't think so. Online dating is like music these days. There's no courtship leading to a romantic kiss or even to an epic fail. It's click, click, click…I don't like you instantly. Or click, click, click…your boobs are big enough so I'll hide behind my computer screen and send you a message full of mistakes and incorrect grammar. And I'm supposed to find my soul mate this way? Nope. Not for me. I'm with Morrissey. Not to mix song metaphors, but I want someone who'll scratch my name on his arm with a fountain pen. This means he really loves me. Not click, click, click…
All this made me think of another high school memory. There's one picture from high school that I will never forget. I still look at it, even today…that black and white group picture from senior Homecoming. We ate dinner and took pictures at one of the guy's sister's art studio, and this picture is as unique as the experience. There's a splattered canvas in the background and each couple is in a different pose. One couple is kissing while another sits side-by-side with heads tilted in like little kids. One girl is dramatically lying across her date's lap, and my date is holding me up like we're crossing the threshold of our bridal suite. These were not my closest friends. In fact, one girl I didn't even know before that night. But it was fun. My cute, cute date is holding me amongst strangers and half-friends, and we're laughing. And I loved it.
If this were a series of choices from an internet site called eHomecoming, I never would've picked this photo. Not ever. Yet it was the one that scratched its name on my arm with a fountain pen. It was a slow build into a wonderful night. And that made it perfect.
And this is why I'm on my own tonight, with my triumphs and my charms, while they're in each other's arms. I'm waiting for the song to build to an ending that makes me feel something real. Something that can't be click, click, clicked.


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In Fred Paugh's letter to the editor "Army has never referred to these weapons as assault rifles" (Sept. 18 Times-News), he states, "According to many sources, there were more people killed with claw hammers last year than were killed by AR-15s."
I have heard that claim often and finally decided to look it up for myself. FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table 8 lists murder victims by weapon, 2007-2011.
Hammers are not listed separately but are included in the "blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)" category. Comparing all blunt objects to only rifles, more murders were committed using blunt objects 2007-2011.
Comparing all blunt objects to "total firearms," or to only "handguns," or to only "firearms, type not stated" shows a completely different picture.
Murders by all "blunt objects" couldn't touch those categories. Year 2011 for example: blunt objects, 496; firearms, type not stated, 1,587; handguns, 6,220; total firearms, 8,583.
Mr. Paugh is correct in proudly stating that our soldiers are defending these United States. However the term "assault weapon" is in no way disparaging to any soldier.
I believe it's accurate to say that all those people killed whether at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, the Navy Yard in Washington, and on and on, have been assaulted to death.
If the gunmen/murderers had assaulted them with a claw hammer, club, tire iron or other blunt object; maybe at least some of them would have survived. I'd rather try to outrun a blunt object than a bullet.
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The Chevron: Mengke Bateer was the first Chinese (technically Mongolian) basketball player to win an NBA title. He's also the first to kill someone with a coconut. [Sham Sports]
The Dali: The Clippers have officially relieved Mike Dunleavy of GM duties, thereby severing all ties. [Hardwood Paroxysm]
The English: Nets fans like to use Yi Jianlian as a scapegoat, but you can't blame him for all of their troubles. [Nets Are Scorching]
The Fu Manchu: There are a lot of pressing issues facing Michael Jordan if he truly wants to be the savior of Charlotte basketball. [The Baseline]
The Handlebar: Last summer, the Pistons completely remodeled their team by adding free agents Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon. Looking back, those deals don't really seem to be working out for them. [NBA Fanhouse]
The Horseshoe: Speaking of which, Richard Jefferson is looking worse and worse for the Spurs. [48 MoH]
The Imperial: Tom Martin explains that Jordan Hill is much more than just another big man project for the Rockets. [The Dream Shake]
The Lampshade: Rob Mahoney begrudgingly explains to us commonfolk why it's not a big deal that the Mavericks are relatively poorly ranked in John Hollinger's Power Rankings. [The Two Man Game]
The Painter's Brush: Here's a look a possible candidates that Donald Sterling might be considering to replace Mike Dunleavy as GM of the Clippers. [NBA Off-Season]
The Pyramidal: Sandy Dover explains that being sent down to the D-League is not necessary as bad as the stigma attached to it, and that some notable draft busts could have been very well served with some time there. [SLAM Online]
The Toothbrush: Everyone loves a good block, and there are few in the game with more exciting ones than LeBron. Here is a look at the top 10 Lebron blocks of the season. [Hooped Up]
The Walrus: Zachariah Blott explains why Dwight Howard is the most impossible player in the NBA to gameplan for. [Empty the Bench]
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#1- Traffic is generated by participating in the community; not daily posting
#2 – Traffic is irrelevant to your blog's success anyway
#4 - Frequent posting is actually starting to have a negative impact on loyalty: [...] With too many posts, you run the risk of losing loyal readers, overwhelmed by the clutter you generate. Readers will start to tune off if your blog takes up too much of their time.
What's important to you is what you should focus on. A mistake some bloggers make (in my opinion) is trying to be too much like other bloggers and only blogging about what those other bloggers find important. Bottom line: be yourself. Sure, there are bloggers out there who's styles I admire but I'd like to think I have my own style, while at the same time learning tips on how to be a better blogger by perusing other blogs. It's also not a bad idea to find a niche and make that your predominant focus: like conservative women's issues, or immigration, etc. Note: only do this if it's something you enjoy! Don't create a niche just to drive traffic to your site unless that's what you enjoy blogging about.
I have to disagree with McQ's advice above. In fact, he is going exactly counter to what Jon and Kintz are saying.
If you want to be a top 50 Technorati blogger, you will most probably still need to post several times a day. But for the rest of us, we should think seriously about the added value of frequent blogging.
Plus, if you read point #1 that Kintz makes, he specifically notes that there is a difference between top bloggers and newer ones. If Kyle is trying to drive up readership on his blog, he probably doesn't want the same tactics that you, Jon, and Dale follow. As Kintz says in point #10,
It's possible that this guys is overrating the impact of RSS feeds, at least at present.
Daily blogging is still a good idea for that kind of readership because when they visit they see something new. When I take time off for any prolonged period, like I did for my honeymoon, my traffic takes a major hit.
What I would like are more comments so I can respond, and a regular group of people who can "bat the ball around".
Frequent posts: the number one reason I no longer visit Huffington Post. The sheer number of posts is overwhelming.
unless I have something fresh to add to the conversation, I won't post a piece on something that is already covered elsewhere.
Regular postings are necessary to some degree, but daily postings are not - especially if you don't really have anything to say and you end up forcing it, or giving a linkfest with "heh" at the bottom.
I don't worry about it. If, on any given day, I don't have anyting to say, then I don't bother. I don't get some of the monster traffic that others do, but people who know my place are pretty consistent in their interest. It works for me.
And we've about doubled our readership in a year. QED
I don't think that's the case. Also, being indexed by Google News, we may not be an ideal example.
A) first you have to write something to be picked up by Google News
B) people who come for the news have to come back for something else or you only get spikes.
We've got a pretty consistent 3,000 to 3,500 number every day (but weekends). And that is a number that has grown from about a 1,500 average about a year ago when we were also indexed by Google News.
That is simply false. After the 2004 election (when we were averaging about 4000 a day) we settled down to about 3,000 daily visits (per sitemeter). It's gone up slightly since then — May was an outlier strong month — but it's generally been between 3-4k a day since early 2005.
No, we get consistent GN traffic every day. We get spikes now and then, but GN consistently adds quite a lot to our every day traffic.
Actually we settled down to about 2,000 a day and we've built it up since then. And at one point in there we were averaging about 1,500 a day for a few months.
No we get consistent Google searches every day. We get a few Google News spikes.
1. A daily supply of solid content, preferably linking to (or least referencing) other sources.
I do it by time. In the past, speaking of about a year or so ago (give or take a few months) we used to reach 1,000 on Site Meter at about 2 to 3 pm.
Obviously being indexed on Google helps. But without content it means zip
I also think we've not rewarded that expectation on weekends and that is why our numbers are consistenly lower on Saturday and Sunday
I see no reason why that wouldn't be the same for a new blogger trying to build readership.
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The 1812 historic replica ship will dock at Harborage Marina in St. Petersburg today. The Lynx is the type of ship that helped America win the War of 1812 against the British. The ship was built to near exact specificaions of the original. The crew even wears authentic maritime clothing. It is open to the public for tours and sailing excursions.
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Sales Wrap: Trey Songz Opens His Chapter At No. 1, 2 Chainz Breaks Into No. 2, DJ Khaled Kisses Top 5
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In this week's Sales Wrap, Trey Songz leads the pack at No. 1, 2 Chainz takes a step down to No. 2 and DJ Khaled kisses the competition in the Top 5.
Leading the way this week is R&B singer Trey Songz's Chapter V at No. 1. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the soulful singer's new LP has sold 135,000 after seven days in stores.
Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz's Based On A T.R.U. Story dropped a notch to No. 2 with 48,000. With two weeks in the books, the artist formely known as Tity Boi has pushed out 195,000 units.
Miami radio personality DJ Khaled's Kiss the Ring debuted on the chart this week at No. 4. After a week on store shelves, the LP has sold 41,000 records.
Maybach Music Group leader Rick Ross' God Forgives, I Don't moved down five slots to No. 8 with 28,000. Headed into his fifth week, Ricky Rozay's latest solo offering has sold 350,000 pieces.
Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded received a one-slot boost to No. 26 with 14,000. After 21 weeks of going strong, the self-proclaimed Barbie's sophomore album has sold 640,000 units.
New York rap veteran Nas' Life Is Good moved six slots down to No. 29 with 12,000. Headed into his sixth week, Nasty Nas' long-awaited new album has shelled out 272,000 records.
Odd Future affiliate Frank Ocean's Channel Orange dropped six positions to No. 39 with 10,000. With seven weeks in the books, his new LP has moved 273,000 records.
Be sure to check back next week to see how Slaughterhouse's Welcome to: Our House performs in Sales Wrap!


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The purpose of a spiritual reading is to offer you healing, inspiration, peace, insight and guidance, on a soul level, as you are participating in the physical plane of the earth. A spiritual reading is an opportunity for you to get clarity of intention and purpose, to become more aware of the obstacles of peace, to better understand your role in serving others, to heighten your consciousness, to heal and to promote the continuity of life. As a soul you are here with the main purpose to heal and serve by perpetuating the essence of who you are: Divine Love.
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Your spiritual reading allows you to become more aware of yourself at the greatest depths of your being and it allows you to rediscover the many dimensions of your soul. Feel the connection of your eternal soul to all other souls and the infinite wisdom and love you possess.
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Spirit communication is for the purpose of sharing love. Expect tremendous healing from the messages that you will receive. Many times relationships (especially the relationship you have with yourself!) are better understood and mended through effective communication with Guides. You may have a clearer understanding and a greater sense of peace when hearing from your loved ones and/or your Spirit Guides. Many times Spirits communicate to release us from our fears of guilt, shame, worry, loneliness and hate. Spirits are very good at sharing what is in their hearts and the universal wisdom that we are all one and connected and it is impossible to be separated from one another. Spirit may also help give some suggestions about your current life situations and encourage you to forgive, serve and strengthen your love of self.
Spirit communication is NOT about telling you how to live your life, because that is your soul's journey. Spirits do not make decisions for you and tell you the results of many of your life challenges. Do not expect for Spirit to control the outcomes of your life and to make things happen for you. Your free will is your greatest gift to create the circumstances of your life.
All souls have the gift of free will and thus a Spirit cannot be willed into showing up for a reading. You can expect and ask for certain relatives and friends in Spirit to show up for the reading but Spirits have journeys of their own. If a specific loved one does not show up for a reading it does not mean that they are not present. Mediums all have different energies and may not connect with a specific Spirit too.
Many times Spirits will communicate specific, but subtle details of evidence that only you the sitter will know. It might be a date, a flower, a movie, a household item but somehow they will provide specific evidence so that you believe they are present. Once a connection is made, a message will be presented to you or someone you know. Accept the message with love and do not be frustrated if the message does not have an immediate meaning to you. Many times, a sitter must record information from the sessions and process the information or speak to others to develop the true meaning of the message. Remember to thank your friends and relatives in Spirit that provide you with love and kindness during a reading.
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A medium is an individual who can hear, see and/or feel the subtle, loving, compassionate vibration of Spirit and provide messages to you, the sitter. It is my greatest privilege to serve as an intermediary between the physical and spiritual planes and share with you the inspirational, healing, intelligent and compassionate messages from those who tenderly guide you from the World of Spirit.
A Spirit Guide refers to an entity from the higher vibration plane of Spirit that guides, encourages, heals, inspires, teaches and helps you on your life journey while you are in the physical plane. Your Spirit Guides support you as you temporarily visit the physical plane for the evolution of your soul and to heal and perpetuate love through the relationships and emotions you live share.
Your Spirit Guides are usually family members and loved ones that have crossed-over to the World of Spirit. Just as your family has physical genes that affect your physical characteristics, you also have spiritual genes that contribute to your spiritual nature. Emotions are intense within families because spiritually you are growing and developing through similar soul purposes and lessons. This gives your loved ones in Spirit an advantage to assist you with your healing and service as you experience the earth plane. You also tend to have numerous experiences with specific loved ones from lifetime to lifetime to grow and develop together as soul mates.
Spirit Guides are also usually higher evolved spiritual entities that possess great wisdom, compassion and love. Many times they appear from a certain culture like Greek, Egyptian, Native American or Roman. Angels, saints, and famous historic figures may be members of your spiritual team. Spirit Guides can go by many names. Often they connect with more than one people at a time, using identities that are comfortable to those they communicate with.
The number of Spirit Guides one has various within that person's experiences. Most people have at numerous Guides and each Guide may have a certain expertise in a certain areas of your life like relationships, soul development, higher learning, healing, spiritual development, creativity, skills, talents and emotions. Your Spirit Guides can change throughout your physical life experiences as you encounter new challenges and healing opportunities.
The type of mediumship you will experience during your reading is referred to as mental mediumship. Mental mediumship means that Geof will hear, see and feel your Spirit Guides within his mind and without using his five physical senses. At first, you will be provided evidential information from your Guides to prove their identity and then your Guides will provide inspirational information to guide, heal and inspire you.
As a medium Geof will use three main methods of obtaining the information from your Spirit Guides. Clairvoyance, or clear seeing, is a means in which your Guides will show him specific images that have literal and symbolic meanings. It is important to be alert to the symbols and images presented to you during your reading. Although their meaning might not be immediately apparent, in time the meaning of your messages will be revealed to you. Clairaudience, or clear hearing is the ability for Geof to receive psychic impressions of sounds, music and voices that are not audible to his normal hearing. The third method of communication is referred to as Clairsentience, or clear feeling or sensing. Smells, tastes, touch and gut feelings are the most common way for Geof to perceive psychic information.
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A life reading is for the purpose of providing clarity about your soul's purpose in this lifetime and past life experiences of your soul and how they relate to this lifetime. Your soul exists within the eternal mind field of God Source or what is referred to as 'universal mind'. For a life reading you will email Geof two to three questions about major life issues you are encountering. You might want to ask questions about your physical, emotional or spiritual health and/or wellbeing, relationships, careers or other issues relative to your current life. During the process of self-hypnosis Geof will elevate his consciousness to connect to universal wisdom and/or Spirit Guides to provide insight into the areas you are concerned about. As evident through the many readings of Edgar Cayce, Geof may access information about your soul from "The Book of Life", also known as the "Akashic Records". Through a process of self-hypnosis Geof will obtain information about your life relating to your questions. Issues related to karma and or past life experiences may be shared with you through a written document of the self-hypnosis procedure. You may then follow up with one final question form the life reading transcript.
As a medium, I have been blessed to experience the inspirational and peaceful World of Spirit --- it is only a graceful and delicate vibration away! It is a fantastic and insightful point of view of your eternal and universal existence. We are all mediums and we are all capable of communicating with our Spirit Guides --it is just a matter of listening carefully, feeling their presence and seeing the endless signs that are presented to us. The energy from the World of Spirit is very subtle, so it takes focused concentration and stillness to be open and to allow the feelings, words, images or messages to come through. Spirit speaks in quiet and soft whispers, with great wisdom and compassion, so listen, watch and feel their loving kindness.
When you choose a medium, remember to use your intuition to connect with a medium that feels right to you. Do not give your own personal power away and expect a medium (or your Spirit Guides) to tell you what to do or how to do it with any aspect of your life. You have the eternal gift of life and with that comes free will. Allow a reading to provide you with insight and loving wisdom so that you can determine the right decisions to make for yourself.
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