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June 3, 2006
Help me make the PC to Mac switch. A few specific questions from a complete Mac newbie.
1) Is there a WinAmp-like program of Mac OS? (I *hate* iTunes)
2) Any experience with Open Office for Mac OS? Is it a good replacement for MS Office?
3) Any indespensible Mac OS software (like the Mac version of Powertools?)
4) Mac websites/blogs that will help me get used to the new world (I know about CultofMac, theAppleBlog, MacDeveloper)
5) How on Earth am I supposed to import all my old e-mail and stuff? (I've only got Office for Windows)
6) Are there any Spyware programs I should get?
(Of course, I have extensively read the dozen similar Mac-switch questions here (thanks to those who answered there too), and just asked questions that I felt were not answered.)
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1. in 'our' defense, mac itunes is alot nicer to you than windows itunes.
1, 3 & 4.
5. Most email programs allow you to export data, and apple mail imports a wide variety of formats.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
Regarding 1, I can't say -- I'm a convert myself, but I used iTunes, and its absence is one of the reasons I moved away from Linux.
Regarding 2, No experience, sorry.
3: Depends on what type of user you are -- you don't indicate whether you're an artist, web/mail user, textie, or developer, or some combination of all four.
Given that lack of information, I recommend the following crosscut of software:
- a launcher loaded with plugins and goodness of all kinds.
- instant messenger
SubEthaEdit (too lazy to link the rest, sorry) - Text editor both collaborative and solo. Slick tool.
Transmit and Unison, both from Panic - FTP and Usenet clients second to none.
VitaminSee - One of the few good image viewers I've been able to find.
Cocktail - this is the utility suite I would recommend.
Transmission - Bittorrent client. Not super-loaded with function, but small and fast.
Growl - This one is used by many apps as a notification framework, and everyone should have it.
4: The unofficial Apple Weblog (www.tuaw.com) and lifehacker.com - it's not pure apple, but it's pretty quicksilver-boosty. Also freemacware.com for software. versiontracker and macosxhints.com.
5: Can't help you there. OfficeX might do that, though :)
6: Oh, hell yes. I recommend... Nah, can't really say. Be aware that many mac programs are prone to phoning home. I forgot a ciritical piece of software you should get, thinking of that: Little Snitch, which is analogous to ZoneAlarm's outgoing connection protection.
Hope this helps.
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1) Is there a WinAmp-like program of Mac OS? (I *hate* iTunes)
MacAmp Lite X
2) Any experience with Open Office for Mac OS? Is it a good replacement for MS Office?
No, but you might look into
. Open Office and Star Office are not good at compatibility with MS Office formats, unless you stick with Rich Text Format.
3) Any indespensible Mac OS software (like the Mac version of Powertools?)
Most of Powertools is either unnecessary on a Mac, or said utilities (file system checking) are packaged with the operating system.
4) Mac websites/blogs that will help me get used to the new world (I know about CultofMac, theAppleBlog, MacDeveloper)
is probably the best site out there to keep on touch of what's new and needs answering.
5) How on Earth am I supposed to import all my old e-mail and stuff? (I've only got Office for Windows)
If you're using Outlook,
Apple Mail
will import Outlook email and addresses. You can also use
Microsoft Entourage
, which is packaged with Microsoft Office.
6) Are there any Spyware programs I should get?
Nope. Spyware does not exist for Mac OS X, nor do binary viruses. Microsoft Office macro viruses are a possibility but most macro viruses are written specifically to do damage on Windows systems, i.e. they can't run on a Mac.
posted by
Mr. Six
on June 3, 2006
Mr. Six
, the mac virus assertion you make is not, in fact, true. New mac users (myself among them) should be aware that there is NO platform that is completely immune to viruses, especially ones that rely on social engineering to gain entry to the system.
This isn't to say that the Mac isn't a safer platform from an architectural standpoint -- the unix underpinnings of OSX provide it with a builtin level of protection against the privilege escalation attacks that make Windows as vulnerable as it is (I'd like to note, 4 years of Windows w/o virus scanner, except for annual installations and checks left me with 0 infections. Windows isn't bad if you're smart about it).
This trojan (
(discussed at MacIntouch.com)
may not fit your definition of a binary virus, but the ease of plugging new functionality into Cocoa applications that makes developing new tools and toys for OSX apps makes the difference somewhat moot.
A google search will turn up more info.
In short, OSX is safer right now by virtue of low market penetration, and is likely to remain safer even as its market share grows by virtue of a better, fundamentally multi-user design. But this is no substitute for safe practices. Asserting to new mac users that no such thing exists is foolish at best, disingenuous and dishonest at worst. Acknowledge that there is no such thing as a perfectly secure personal computer, and teach good practices instead of blindly asserting the superiority of your platform of choice.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
Mr.Six: You are incorrect that there are no
binary mac viruse
s. They're just rare.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
ChrisR beat me to it. :(
posted by
on June 3, 2006
SpecialK, what you linked to is called malware (or a
trojan horse
) not a
. There hasn't been a binary Mac virus since 1997 or so. And in any case, there is no spyware to worry about.
posted by
Mr. Six
on June 3, 2006
You just keep depending on your safety blanket, Mr. Six.
In the meantime, essential Mac software:
* Little Snitch - Tells you when something's trying to 'phone home', and will catch any of that nonexistant spyware.
* OmniGraffle/OmniOutliner - A Visio-like application that actually works, and integrates with an excellent outlining/note-taking software.
* iTerm - If you live in a terminal, you'll like this much better than Terminal.app.
* RemoteDesktopConnection - Lets you connect back to your windows computer, so you can put it in the closet where it belongs.
* if you're a PHP Developer: MAMP
* iBank - Great replacement for MS Money or Quicken to manage your bank accounts.
* Flip4Mac - Lets you watch WMV files in Safari or Firefox
posted by
on June 3, 2006
You just keep depending on your safety blanket, Mr. Six.
I'm only answering the OP's question, SpecialK. Please keep your answers on-topic.
posted by
Mr. Six
on June 3, 2006
I own 2 Macs and run two more at work, all are connected to the net. I have been using Macs since the 1991, I have never, ever, run AV software. I've never had a virus or experienced any sort of malicious behavior on my Macs. So, while there may examples of viruses and malware, encountering them in the wild is really very rare. Yeti and Unicorns are much more plentiful.
Simple precautions are a good idea (don't open attachments from strangers) but beyond that it's still pretty safe in Mac-land.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
The whole debate about Mac viruses is just silly. Yes, ChrisR is technically correct that there's no reason viruses can't be made for the Mac, but the fact is they aren't, and for now there's really no reason to worry about them. You will hear about it when a successful virus appears for the Mac. Just use your firewall (comes with the OS) and be sensible.
Can't speak to OpenOffice, but the Mac version of Office is much better than the PC version. I don't really like Microsoft applications usually (I have to use IE, PowerPoint, and Word for Windows at my current gig and hate them), but Word for Mac is actually pretty decent. I have started to try out iWork and like it so far, but don't have enough experience to comment in depth.
makes some excellent software. If you need to do a lot of FTPing, their application Transmit is just great. I used to use Interarchy but find Transmit is easier to use and just cool.
Daring Fireball
is a neat, well-written Mac site, if occasionally a little fanatical.
is a nice browser, a version of Firefox that integrates better with the Mac OS. I like Safari, but right now Camino is faster. Be aware, though, that the developers don't like plugins.
Mail.app, the Apple email client, does not do a great job with spam filtering. But you can use
and it does a great job for $25.
Good luck with switching; I have used both Windows and Macs for a very long time and OS X has just been a joy. I've always though Apple had a more sensible approach to the user interface and now Macs are powerful too.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
I've used OpenOffice.org on Mac OS X. It is slightly more of a pain than MS Office, but it's nice not to have to rely on Microsoft software.
I have installed and worked with both
and the
OpenOffice.org version
that requires you to install X11 from the original install CDs. They both have quirks. NeoOffice/J provides a decent, Office-like environment but occasionally the menus acted up with certain files. The X11 version requires X11 and launches it when you edit with OO.org. Both are very usable software programs. They also include things like change-tracking, which are essential for some projects.
I usually go with the X11 version of OO.org, because NeoOffice/J took too long to open files. But you should be okay with either.
And, if you're buying a new Mac, it will most likely be an Intel Mac, and you can use the
new version
, which I believe does not use X11, but I haven't looked into this at all yet.
I'm no expert -- just a relatively uninformed casual user -- but feel free to email if you like.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
2) Any experience with Open Office for Mac OS? Is it a good replacement for MS Office?
OpenOffice is not the most elegant solution at this point. It doesn't have that "Mac" feel to it. I've heard rumors that they are working to change that. In the meantime, there are excellent Office alternatives in
. You may also try
, as mentioned previously.
4) Mac websites/blogs that will help me get used to the new world
* Apple's
support forums
* If you have a
.Mac account
, it includes access to their free training video library. It covers everything from simple click-drag training to using iMovie and iDVD.
5) How on Earth am I supposed to import all my old e-mail and stuff?
Detto Technologies
software is spectacular. It includes a special USB cable that links the PC to the Mac and then transfers and sets up just about everything. It will even replace the desktop photo on your mac with the one you were using with your PC.
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on June 3, 2006 [
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(file sharing)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog
, as mentioned earlier
Mac Rumors
, which gets carried away with excitement at times but also has a lot of useful information
And here's a minor but cool tip to start you off with photos: Select multiple photos, drag them down to the Dock to the Preview icon (assuming you have a Preview icon in your Dock ...) -- it opens them all up quickly and lets you page through easily. I hate not having this when I use my Windows machine.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
While it is true that binary viruses could exist (and may already, if that link is accurate - I could not tell) on the Mac platform, the actual risk of malicious viruses infecting your new Mac is statistically equivalent to zero.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
Hawk Wings
- pimp your Mail.app
Pimp My Safari
Pimp My Camino
O'Reilly MacDevCenter Blog
Macworld Mac Gems
Macworld 911
Macworld Editors' Notes
posted by
invisible ink
on June 3, 2006
2) Any experience with Open Office for Mac OS? Is it a good replacement for MS Office?
Is there a reason you don't want to use MS Office for Mac? It also comes with an email client named Entourage, which would probably solve your email import issue from Win Office (I assume you mean Outlook).
posted by
on June 3, 2006
1) I like iTunes; it is significantly different than on Windows. Not to say that your dislike is invalid, but i have no advice here.
2) It's a memory hog, relying as it does on X. Works better (IMO) than NeoOffice/J, though. There are also a few non-MS word processors for ~$60 - Mellel for example - though I haven't used those. Generally, I use OO for Word documents, and LaTeX when I'm creating it.
3) Adium. SubEthaEdit if you do any coding. VLC if you watch video.
4) Tao of Mac is a good place.
6) Are there any Spyware programs I should get?
posted by
on June 3, 2006
Out of curiosity, what is it that's drawing you to the mac?
posted by
on June 3, 2006
is my most indespensible app.
Saft for Safari is good and worth paying for. VLC is great for video. Onyx is good for maintenance.
MacMentor.org is a good site for switchers.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
ruwan, welcome to the world of Macs. Enjoy your stay - in fact, you'll find out you may never want to leave ;)
Here's a basic list of fav Mac software - I second the previous posters recommendations of Adium and OmniGraffle; the only software I missed on Windoze was Trillian and Visio, and thankfully I've found other substitutes ;)
Adium: Multi-platform Instant Messenging Application
Colloquy: simple IRC client
DENIM: simple quickie web design app
Firefox: don't let the Safari obsessives get to you. Nothing beats the Fox :)
Growl or iAlert (for notifications) ; QuickSilver as well for tweaking your applications (although don't feel you have to start tweaking right away).
Iconographer (icon creator)
iStumbler (wifi locator) - very useful
JiWire Hotspot Locator - very useful as well; not specifically Mac, but there is a Mac version, and you can use it to find wifi offline
Fetch and Transit (FTP programs)
Wallet - online password app
Xjournal: A LiveJournal client for Mac.
Websites: all the usual suspects can be found at http://del.icio.us/search/?all=mac - the ones bookmarked by thousands are good.
OpenOffice is...survivable. I ended up getting Office through work, but you can do anything you need via OpenOffice. This is one suite that will improve eventually. You'll find that there is a pile of excellent Open Source apps for Mac that are optimized for Mac - look for the Cocoa reference. The Mac developers out there are creating some beautiful stuff - and OpenOffice will get there eventually.
Spyware: although technically possible, they're not a real concern at this point. Know what's going on your machine (i.e. read up about which applications you're installing), backup often, run utilities-like applications, the usual basic 'take good care of your possession' 101.
Switching - there are sites devoted to making the switch easier (Google 'switching to Mac' for starters). If you have questions, there are piles of great Mac forums out there, and Mefi is great, and feel free to contact me if any questions (I love supporting Apple products).
Like I said, welcome to the world of Apple. You'll love it here :)
posted by
on June 3, 2006
I don't want to start the virus thing again, but this:
Just use your firewall (comes with the OS) and be sensible.
is all the advice you need, notwithstanding that "be sensible" means install all the security updates from Apple when they come out.
This is done via the Software Update control panel, which I think should be set to automatically notify you of new software by default? Mine certainly is.
When it tells you you need a new version of QuickTime or iTunes, or the driver for the Motorola iPodPhone or whatever it was called, you can ignore it.
But when it says the operating system needs a Security Update, install it A.S.A.P.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
I meant to say "be sensible"
installing the updates.
Obviously it also includes stuff like not double-clicking on random files sent to you in suspicious emails.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
If you are a student, or a teacher, or the parent of a student (or a teacher?) you can get the 'Student & Teacher' version of Microsoft Office. It's really cheap (as Office goes) .... ~$150 IIRC, and you can legally install it to more than one machine. (I don't recall what the limit is, but 3 comes to mind.)
Office is valuable to have, and the S&T edition is cheap enough to be reasonable.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
3) Any indespensible Mac OS software (like the Mac version of Powertools?)
If you write code at all, TextMate is the best €39 you'll ever spend.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
I can verify, having picked up a MacBook and the S&T version of Office this past weekend, that the number of licenses you get for it is indeed 3. Pretty nice deal, all in all.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
As a matter of fact, since British people are apparently so honest that they weren't glibly buying Student & Teacher edition in as large of numbers as Microsoft would have liked and was accustomed to in other markets, it's being renamed Home & Student Edition to encourage people to buy it.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
Home & Student Edition in Office 2007
posted by
on June 3, 2006
Oh, one thing I neglected to mention in my earlier answer: the one part of Office that really doesn't work well in my experience is Entourage, the Mac version of Outlook. This is not a problem for me, since I don't like Outlook anyway, but at my last full-time job I kept a Windows machine on my desk just so I could have a functioning email client.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
Firefox: don't let the Safari obsessives get to you. Nothing beats the Fox :)
Except Opera v9.
posted by
five fresh fish
on June 3, 2006
I'll second
. I spend most of my day in it these days and I'm really happy with it. It looks really sparse when you first start using it, but it's got a lot of power underneath. Money will spent.
Firefox on the Mac is awful; if you want its rendering engine, gotta go with Camino. It's not that the Camino dev's don't like plugins, it's that plugins depend on XUL which is what makes Firefox on the Mac so unwieldy and un-mac-like. I have both installed, and do all my browsing in Camino and all my web app work in Firefox because of its excellent developer tools plugins.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
I couldn't disagree more about Firefox on Mac, and here are
some benchmarks that prove it.
I use Opera 9 mainly (like
five fresh fish
), and Safari as a secondary browser.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
I'll second Quicksilver. It will change the way you use your computer forever.
Other things I use and like on my MacBook Pro (I'm a recent switcher, like you):
Apple's Mail
SvnX (but I might switch to ZigVersion when it comes out of beta; I'm waiting for the ability to check out the root level of a repository)
AlmostVPN (actually, I don't use its VPNish functionality, I just use it for my SSH tunneling)
AdiumX (a better IM client than iChat AV, because it talks to everything-Jabber, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, yada yada).
ArtRage (draw with your wacom tablet)
Audacity (record audio from your built-in mic)
Budget (envelope-based budgeting, it's really neat)
Chmox (reads those .chm ebooks)
Colloquy (IRC)
GarageSale (selling stuff on eBay, tracking your auctions)
Mouseposé (look it up, it's super neat)
TextWrangler (for when I still needed a programmer's text editor, but didn't yet have the €39 to upgrade my expired TextMate 30-day trial to a full version.)
Unison (Usenet reader)
Transmission (bittorrent)
posted by
on June 3, 2006
* Flip4Mac - Lets you watch WMV files in Safari or Firefox
posted by SpecialK at 10:31 AM PST on June 3 [+fave] [!]
Not yet available for Intel Macs, but they're working on it.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
I vote for "anything by panic.com" - Unison for Usenet, and Transmit for SFTP/FTP. Great apps. Even Desktastic is entertaining. ;-)
macsurfer.com = great for Mac news & stuff.
I have seen a few people at work (I work in a VERY big Mac shop) try to use openoffice and it sucked. Microsoft Office for the Mac is cheap and works well.
And the virus thing? The doom & gloom sayers have been touting the "It's because there aren't as many Macs" line for years. One would expect that Mac OS X would be a HUGE trophy score and virus authors would be falling all over themselves trying to be the first to have that 0-day OS X virus. To date, it just hasn't happened, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the Mac marketshare. Nothing to do with it AT ALL.
There are no Mac worms/viruses that actually do anything. We've seen a few 'proof of concept' attempts, but nothing that has managed to do anything at all.
In all of my years working with the Mac (in very large Mac shops) I have never ever ever ever ever seen anyone with anything even close to a virus. This includes the stupid users that would double click on a land mine just to see what happened.
So, don't worry about it too much.
Oh, and if you don't like Safari, grab Firefox. Some people think Firefox on the Mac sucks (I agree) - so feel free to grab Camino, OmniWeb, iCab, or Opera. There's a pretty good list of web browsers for the Mac these days. Same with email clients. And IRC clients.
http://www.pure-mac.com <--- more Mac software than you can shake a stick at.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
There's so much good software out for the mac, you're in luck. But once you have this giant list it really comes down to personal opinion. So I'd really suggest first, get use to the programs that come on your mac. There's a lot of good stuff, and it works very well with other mac programs.
For instance:
AdiumX (a better IM client than iChat AV, because it talks to everything-Jabber, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, yada yada).
Isn't true at all, unless you need to talk to 5 different clients. AdiumX also has trouble with iSight, so in that way, iChat is better. iChat is simple, and works great. I love it.
My point is that I've used a ton of mac programs, many in this thread, and most are great. But you using them will be the only way to figure out the ones that are best suited for the way you work.
That said, I love transmit, quicksilver, notational velocity, netnewswire, omnioutliner, textmate and WebNoteHappy.
I've also been impressed with yojimbo, devonthink, hogsbay notebook, and voodoo pad, but either they're way more than I need (devonthink) or simply don't work the way I think.
Good luck.
ps. I love safari, firefox no, opera, even more no. Try them all.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
justgary has a great point. You have to try things out for yourself and see what fits your way of working the best.
For instance, I was recommended to try iTerm for a terminal because it has tabs, unlike Apple's Terminal. Well, it's nice, but really, I'll stick with Terminal + GNU Screen, which works a lot better for me.
For another example, I'm totally dissatisfied with the state of the art in Mac screencasting, Mac graphical svn clients, and Mac SSH tunneling programs. On Windows, I used Camtasia, TortoiseSVN, and Bitvise Tunnelier, respectively. I have yet to find programs that I consider equivalent or better on the Mac.
posted by
on June 3, 2006
3. A lot of text editor and word processor fanatics have snapped at me for this, but I love
Tex-Edit Plus.
I constantly use this program for writing, cleaning up uglies in Word docs sent to me, and light web coding. It's a personable and simple program, and the developer has been incredibly responsive to feedback. Mac OS X can burn data discs, but I prefer
Roxio Toast
for its features. The latest does spanning and can compress dual-layer DVDs to single layer ones.
is a free tech support community that's impressed me recently. It's fun to drool at all the stuff listed daily at
Deal Mac
6. Mac users really have no concept of spyware. The only threat that I've ever addressed was news of a trojan disguised as a JPEG file that exploited a vulnerability in Safari. The answer was to turn off "Open safe files after downloading" in the preferences. I expect the Mac may face a formidable malware threat eventually, but none have been presented thus far.
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Marathon running might be in some people's genes, according to a new study, which shows that a genetic mutation that boosts muscle endurance has spread widely in some human populations.
There are two types of skeletal muscle fibers. Fast fibers, which use sugars for fuel and do not require oxygen, kick in for tasks that require maximum force and quick action, such as sprinting. Slow fibers, which employ oxygen-using (or aerobic) pathways, power activities that require endurance, such as long-distance running. A protein called alpha-actinin-3 is made mostly by fast fibers and is implicated in their capacity for rapid force generation. About 18% of people of European descent do not produce the protein at all due to mutations in both their copies of the gene ACTN3, which codes for alpha-actinin-3. Previous studies have shown that endurance athletes such as long-distance runners have higher frequencies of this mutation, whereas sprinters and athletes in other sports that require quick muscle strength have lower frequencies.
Researchers led by geneticist Kathryn North of the Institute for Neuromuscular Research in Sydney, Australia, decided to investigate how ACTN3 affects muscle activity so dramatically. The team first created mice that lacked a functioning gene. The researchers found that the mice's fast fibers contained much higher levels of several enzymes associated with aerobic metabolism, suggesting that the absence of alpha-actinin-3 caused the fast fibers to work more like slow fibers. Moreover, on a treadmill, the altered mice could run about 33% farther before becoming exhausted than could control rodents, indicating that the ACTN3 mutation enhances endurance.
To trace the gene's evolutionary history in humans, the team sequenced a segment of DNA that includes ACTN3 in 96 people from Europe, Asia, or Africa. Earlier work had found that the frequency of the mutant gene varies in human populations, ranging from an average of 10% in Africans to about 50% in Europeans and Asians. North and her co-workers found that the region surrounding the mutant version of the gene showed less variability than did other parts of the genome, a sign of positive natural selection. The authors suggest that the mutation might have had an adaptive advantage for modern humans, who migrated out of Africa into Europe and Asia beginning about 60,000 years ago. The research appeared online 9 September in Nature Genetics.
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The D.C. DispatchYour CFIDS Public Policy ReportLobby Day attracts biggest group everOn March 21, The CFIDS Association of America conducted its 11th annual Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. Seventy-two advocates, representing 15 states, met with more than 70 congressional offices, requesting increased research funding and attention to federal activities that will boost awareness and recognition for CFIDS.This years group of advocates was the largest in Lobby Day history. Of particular note, nearly half the participants were healthy family members and/or friends of people with CFIDS (PWCs). Some participants came with an ill loved one; others came in place of a spouse, child, cousin or friend too ill to make the trip. For many years there were only a few healthy participants. This year, they helped carry the message of CFIDS to Capitol Hill, sharing a helpful perspective on how CFIDS affects families and the individual. The entire advocacy effort was strengthened by a group of this size and diverse composition.Now the work of following up on commitments made by congressional staffers and members begins. Support for the Associations requests was generally quite strong. Several staffers related personal knowledge of CFIDS through friends, family or co-workers, adding to their interest in helping push the requests through the lengthy appropriations (funding) process. Such contacts can prove invaluable in generating and sustaining support for increased research funding amid popular priorities for homeland security and bioterrorism.The Association is deeply grateful for this years and past years Lobby Day participants. Their articulate delivery of the requests and credible portrayal of the impact of CFIDS leave a powerful impression on those who have the ability to significantly aid all PWCs. Key requestsParticipants in Lobby Day 2002 made four specific requests of their elected officials:
1) The Department of Health and Human Services CFS Coordinating Committee (CFSCC) has not met in 16 months. The CFSCC has led efforts to monitor, improve and avoid duplication in government CFIDS programs. More than a year ago, DHHS announced its intention to make the CFSCC a full advisory committee, yet DHHS has still not approved the committees charter or announced a nomination process.
The CFIDS Association asks Members of Congress to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to: approve the CFS Advisory Committee Charter; publish a call for nominations; install members; and hold one meeting, all prior to the end of calendar year 2002.
2) With $12.9 million restored to the CFIDS program after the 199598 diversion of funds, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion (CDC) is branching into new and important areas of CFIDS research and medical education. To date, approximately half of the restored funds have been used, with only 18 months remaining in the payback period. We are concerned that the Presidents proposed 6.5 percent cut in CDCs budget, combined with the emphasis on homeland security research activities, may stall the agencys important CFIDS work.
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Cope, Patricia Ann (Kemper) Kamberling
Patricia Ann (Kemper) Kamberling Cope, 80, went to meet the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Services will be held at First Federated Church, 115 N. Walnut St., Lisbon, at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. Burial will follow at the Lisbon Cemetery. The family will welcome friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the church. Brosh Chapel in Solon is handling arrangements.
Surviving Patricia are her three daughters, Chris Stamy of Eden Prairie, Minn., Kim Madison of Austin, Texas, and Connie (Allan) Meier of Lisbon; three sons, Danny Kamberling, Doug (Stephanie) Kamberling of Lisbon and Jamie (Kimbra) Kamberling of Mechanicsville; sister, Barb Campbell of Cedar Rapids; two brothers, Bill (Beverly) Demory of Cedar Rapids and Jerry Demory of Denver, Colo.; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Preceding Patricia in death were her mother, Bernice A. (Hansen) Lopata; her father, Alvin Kemper; and her ex-husband, Leonard Kamberling.
Patricia was born Aug. 3, 1932, to Bernice A. (Hansen) and Alvin Kemper in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She lived most of her childhood and young adult life in the Cedar Rapids area. She later married Leonard Kamberling and the family moved to the Lisbon area to raise the children. She worked many years at Mount Vernon Steel and Wire and then at Cornell College where she retired.
Patricia was a member of First Federated Church of Lisbon, TOPS, and participated in a line dancing club which spent most of its time entertaining in nursing homes. She was an excellent quilter and loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and finding that bargain at a garage sale or craft show.
A memorial fund has been established.
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Book Description:How do children emotionally heal and regain equilibrium after suffering trauma? How do adults understand and help them in a therapeutic relationship? These questions are at the heart of Violet Oaklander's approach to play therapy and her methods for training adults to work with children and adolescents. In this text, Peter Mortola uses qualitative and narrative methods of analysis to document and detail Oaklander's work in a two-week summer training attended by child therapists from around the world.
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