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Don Stover was one of bluegrass' best-loved musicians. A benefit concert featuring Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Laurie Lewis, Chesapeake, Bill Keith, and Jim Rooney at the Somerville Theater in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1994, raised more than nine thousand dollars for Stover to undergo a brain tumor operation. A video of the event was subsequently released by Homespun Tapes. Stover was instrumental in spreading bluegrass in the northeast as a member of the Lilly Brothers, the house band at Boston's Hillbilly Ranch from 1952 until 1970. Except for a short stint when he joined Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in 1957, Stover performed with the Lilly Brothers at the club six times a week, 50 weeks a year, as well as on a daily radio show broadcast by WCOP. A performance by Stover and the Lilly Brothers on July 4, 1967 was taped and released as Live at the Hillbilly Ranch in 1996. Although the group disbanded in 1970, Stover continued to influence a new generation of bluegrass players. In addition to forming a new band, the White Oak Mountain Boys, Stover recorded a solo album, Things in Life, featuring mandolinist David Grisman. Originally released in 1972, the album was reissued in 1995. Although he initially played banjo in the clawhammer style that he was taught by his mother, Stover altered his approach after hearing a Grand Ole Opry broadcast featuring Earl Scruggs playing in the more melodic, three-finger style with Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys. During the '40s, Stover balanced a full-time job as a coal miner with performances with the Coal River Valley Boys. In the mid-'70s, Stover relocated to Maryland. He succumbed to cancer on November 11, 1996 at the age of 68. ~ Craig Harris, Rovi
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Matt Jamieson said...
I do like the question on if Airliners have keys. I used to be a ramp worker for American West (HP) in SLC a few years ago. I got to know many of the people there well and started a 'Rookie move' after a while. Although many of us worked there for the fun of being around airplanes (and aspiring to become pilots one day), there are some that come in who just need a job and have no clue about airplanes.
One particular Rookie got the adventure of 'finding a spare' key for an 737. We talked to the pilots and asked to say they lost the keys and needed a spare. Luckily, I was the ramp lead and sent our rookie up to talk to the pilot. He informed of the problem and down he came to the ramp. I stated to check with United as they fly some 737's in. On the other end, my op's guy was calling UA's op's telling him the joke. He played along, told him they didn't have any, but to check SouthWest. Although I'm unsure if my UA guy called SWA, they also told him no, and sent to Delta.
In the end, he came back 20 min's after the flight left, very upset after a mech at Delta told him 'Planes don't have keys to start. Someone's playing a trick on you'.. Needless to say, he learned something new about planes. Planes don't use keys! Also, planes don't require a sound check by 'Yelling' into the engine. Another story for another time - Thanks for sharing Kent. Love reading your chronicles.

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A vote on new bylaws at the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council meeting Tuesday offers a chance to stand up (or not) for a proposal that creates more flexible rules of order, a chance for collaborative dialogue and a way towards progress and quicker decision-making, among other things. Coming forward at this time when the VMICC is no longer officially recognized as an Unincorporated Area Council (UAC), the proposal offers a chance to change and update how our community may approach questions and issues.
I know several of the people who have signed and co-authored this motion. I know they have poured more than two years of their lives, probably more like a decade, of dedicated and passionate work to offer our community this opportunity. I hope you will find a moment during this busy holiday time to read and reflect on the issue, and as you are so moved, show up on Tuesday to discuss and vote on the motion.
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MO Legislature nears mandatory quitting time
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers are down to their final day to pass legislation before their annual session ends.
Legislators face a mandatory quitting time of 6 p.m. Friday. Several significant issues remain unresolved with fading prospects, including an overhaul of the state's tax credit programs and a proposed transportation sales tax that would go on the 2014 ballot.
The Republican-led Legislature already has passed several other priority measures. Those include an income tax cut projected to eventually reduce state revenues by about $700 million; several pro-gun measures; and changes to state labor laws and workers' compensation claims.
The Legislature defeated a Medicaid expansion for lower-income adults that had been a priority of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.
Mo. lawmakers look to renew Ticket to Work
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers are pressing to renew a program that provides Medicaid coverage to disabled workers who otherwise would earn too much to qualify for government-funded health care.
The Ticket to Work program covers more than 1,300 Missouri residents but is due to expire this August. Legislation endorsed Monday by a Senate committee would renew the program through August 2019.
The program covers disabled workers with incomes up to three times the federal poverty level, or more than $34,000 for an individual. It requires them to pay a premium on a sliding scale that tops out at 6 percent of their income.
To go to the governor, the bill still must be passed in the same form by the Senate and House before the session ends Friday.
MO House joins Daylight Saving Time pact
Missouri Residents could soon be on Daylight Saving Time all the time.
On Monday, the Missouri House voted to join the "Daylight Saving as the New Standard Time Pact." The legislation they passed says that once 19 other states sign on, Missouri will stay on Daylight Saving Time all year, instead of returning to Standard Time in the fall.
The bill must still be approved by the Missouri Senate.
Daylight Saving Time year round would mean in December, the sun wouldn't rise in St. Louis until after 8 AM.
MO lawmakers consider fining cities that ban smoking
Should local communities have the power to ban indoor smoking in public places?
A group of St. Charles County lawmakers apparently don't think so. Republican State Representative Kathie Conway has introduced a bill that would levy fines against cities and counties with local smoking bans. Seven other lawmakers from St. Charles County have signed on as co-sponsors.
The measure would force the communities to give up any property or sales tax revenues from businesses affected by the ban. The money would go to local school districts instead. Conway told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she plans to narrow that to include only bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, casinos and other entertainment-related businesses, because they're the ones who lose money because of smoking bans.
The bills opponents call it an attempt to intimidate local governments.
Only two communities in St. Charles County have smoking bans in place: O'Fallon and Lake St. Louis. St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis also have smoking bans in place. They would be subject to the fines too, since it's a state-wide measure.
MO lawmakers consider amendment to ease prosecution of child sex offenders
A 2007 Missouri Supreme Court ruling had banned prosecutors in child sex abuse cases from using "propensity evidence," which is often used to show a suspect has a proclivity to do the alleged crime. The ruling made Missouri the most restrictive state in the nation by banning such evidence as prior convictions.
Representative John McCaherty, a High Ridge Republican, filed a bill that would allow prosecutors to use prior convictions, along with findings by the state Children's Services Division indicating that sexual abuse of a child did occur, even if there were no charges filed.
The measure has already cleared the House and is now in the hands of the Senate.
MO senators outline plan to curb welfare fraud
The legislation outlined Monday would also prevent welfare recipients from using their electronic benefit card for sporting events, lottery tickets, amusement parks, zoos or museums.
Repeatedly misusing welfare money would carry a felony charge and prison sentence.
The measure would stop short of preventing welfare recipients from purchasing banned items, because electronic benefits could still be converted into cash.
Republican Sen. Will Kraus, of Lee's Summit, and Democratic Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, of University City, are sponsoring the measure.
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The State House will also give members a chance to leave early, planning only a technical session on Thursday, in which no bills will be debated.
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A third measure would call for issuing several hundred million dollars in bonds to fund improvements on college campuses and state facilities. Taxes that Missourians pay could go to paying off the bonds.
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Fulton State Hospital is in Fulton, Missouri, about 100 miles west of St. Louis.
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Painting With Glue
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Posted by ssproair on Jun. 26, 2011
yea my glue usually makes it on a girls face, then i throw glitter on it after, you know girls love sparkles!
I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, GetCent.com
At first I thaught the caption should be "Painting with glue and getting laid" but "painting with glue and being Gay" fits better.
dont know if u got it, the clue is, that it´s the face of dat chick with da orange shirt
he doesn't draw a black person, this is the portrait of Helene Seguara, the woman in orange top...
Sounds like they were lost for words at the end and started talking another language.
if he does a black person, he doesnt add the glitter right? im part black so not racist
I wanna see a the face on the custodian who had to clean all the glitter off the floor after the show.
that would have been so much better if I didn't know he was gonna throw glitter on the picture, as the performance is obviously intended
That's kinda like what I do. It's face painting, in a way, but it's definitely all-natural. Gotta try it with the glitter...
if he does a black person he uses a white sheet with black glitter or he uses a black sheet glue the outside and glitter with light color glitter. its a art skill


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AMPK-Dependent Phosphorylation of ULK1 Induces Autophagy
AMPK-Dependent Phosphorylation of ULK1 Induces Autophagy
Cell Metabolism, Volume 13, Issue 2,
Pages 119-120,
Publication Date 2 February 2011
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.01.009
Mantong Zhao
Daniel J. Klionsky
Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Corresponding author
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a highly conserved cellular energy sensor that plays a central role in metabolic homeostasis. A recent study in Science (Egan et al., 2011) identifies ULK1 as a substrate for AMPK phosphorylation, a modification required for selective autophagy of mitochondria and cell survival during starvation.


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CHANTS of 'Ronnie's unbeatable' rang around Spotland last night as Tranmere Rovers' travelling supporters saluted a landmark victory on the road to League One safety.
A fine 2-0 success over Rochdale – Tranmere's first away win in almost five months – was fully deserved and it saw Ronnie Moore extend his unbeaten run since taking over as manager to five games.
Rovers' fans had waited a long time to see their side end their miserable sequence of away-day results, with the 2-0 success at Hartlepool on October 25 a distant memory.
But since Moore replaced Les Parry at the start of the month, Tranmere's fortunes have been transformed and their followers are now beginning to look up the League One table rather than down it as their team climbs away from the relegation zone.
Victory at Spotland last night – Rovers' first there since 1986 when Moore scored the winner – was secured thanks to a goal in each half from loan stars James Wallace and Jake Cassidy.
A dominant first-half display was followed by a less assured performance in the second period, but Cassidy's late strike settled the nerves and the away side coasted home to the final whistle.
Everton loanee Wallace was at the heart of the early action, twice going close with long-range efforts.
One curled over the crossbar, while the other deflected off a defender and whistled narrowly past home keeper David Lucas' post.
Tranmere were on top in every department and the home fans made their feelings clear, with groans of derision ringing around the ground every time a Dale player made a mistake.
Ryan Brunt found himself on the end of Rovers' best early chance, but he side-footed wide after being played into the clear by John Welsh's clever reverse pass.
The visitors deservedly opened their account in the 28th minute with a classy strike from Wallace.
The 21-year-old snapped into a tackle with Dale's Jason Kennedy and advanced on goal before curling a right-footed effort beyond the despairing dive of Lucas from the edge of the box.
Rovers cranked up the pressure but were unable to add to their tally before the half-time break.
Striker Enoch Showunmi, who continued his fine recent form, went closest to making it 2-0 before the interval, heading over a left-wing cross from David Buchanan. At the other end of the pitch, Owain Fon Williams was enjoying an easy ride on his return to Spotland.


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Powers Scott K - - 2008
Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is a major contributor to the morbidity and mortality associated with coronary artery disease. Muscular exercise is a countermeasure to protect against IR-induced cardiac injury in both young and old animals. Specifically, regular bouts of endurance exercise protect the heart against all levels of IR-induced injury. ...
Nadtochiy Sergiy M - - 2007
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key pathologic event in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, and protection of mitochondrial function is a potential mechanism underlying ischemic preconditioning (IPC). Acknowledging the role of nitric oxide (NO()) in IPC, it was hypothesized that mitochondrial protein S-nitrosation may be a cardioprotective mechanism. The reagent S-nitroso-2-mercaptopropionyl-glycine (SNO-MPG) ...
Bloomer Richard J - - 2007
: We have recently demonstrated that oral intake of glycine propionyl-L-carnitine (GPLC) increases plasma nitrate/nitrite (NOx), a surrogate measure of nitric oxide production. However, these findings were observed at rest, and in previously sedentary subjects. In the present study, we sought to determine the impact of oral GPLC on plasma ...
Falkensammer Juergen - - 2007
BACKGROUND: Ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) is an emerging marker of ischemia. To investigate the applicability of IMA for the diagnosis of skeletal muscle ischemia, we examined IMA changes as measured by the albumin-cobalt binding test, in a group of healthy volunteers after standardized exercise-induced calf muscle ischemia. METHODS: A total of ...
Revascularization compared to medical treatment in patients with silent vs. symptomatic residual ...
Madsen Jan K - - 2007
AIMS: The aim was to compare the effect of revascularization to conservative treatment in patients with residual silent and with residual symptomatic ischemia following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The study was a subanalysis of the DANAMI (DANish AMI) randomized study of invasive vs. conservative treatment in patients with inducible ischemia ...
Włodek Lidia - - 2006
This exercise for students will allow them to simultaneously observe lipid peroxidation and consequent hemolysis of rat erythrocytes and the effect of sodium azide, a catalase inhibitor, on these processes. It will also demonstrate a protective action of antioxidants, the therapeutically used N-acetylcysteine and albumins present in plasma.
Janać Branka - - 2006
In addition to morphological changes, global cerebral ischemia leads to functional changes that can be assessed by behavioral examination. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the duration of global cerebral ischemia on the time course of a comprehensive set of motor behaviors in Mongolian gerbils. ...
Esme H - - 2006
BACKGROUND: Reperfusion injury is a perplexing cause of early graft failure after lung transplantation and today we know that reperfusion may be more harmful to tissues than the preceding ischemia. We hypothesized that administration of the nitric oxide donor nitroglycerin (NTG) during flush perfusion and reperfusion periods would ameliorate reperfusion-induced ...
Diagnostic accuracy of serum B-type natriuretic peptide for myocardial ischemia detection during ...
Zaid Gh - - 2007
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether serum B-type natriuretic peptide measured at rest and peak exercise and DeltaBNP contribute to the predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of exercise test in the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia. BACKGROUND: Ventricular myocytes release BNP in response to increased wall stress that occurs in acute ischemia. During ...
Delbin Maria Andréia - - 2007
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of physical preconditioning in the responsiveness of rat pulmonary rings submitted to lung ischemia/reperfusion (IR). Wistar rats were divided into three groups: Sedentary sham-operated (SD/SHAM); sedentary submitted to ischemia/reperfusion (SD/IR) and trained submitted to ischemia/reperfusion (TR/IR) animals. Exercise training consisted ...
Taylor Ryan P - - 2007
The mediators of acute exercise-induced preconditioning against ischemia-reperfusion injury are not understood. This study assesses the role of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), a reported mediator of other forms of preconditioning. Male Fischer 344 rats were divided into five groups (n = 6-7): sedentary (Sed); exercised 2 days on a treadmill ...
Heyndrickx Guy R - - 2006
Cycles of ischemia-reperfusion are ubiquitous in clinical cardiology. Depending on the duration and intensity of the ischemic episode as well as its repetition mode, several pathophysiologic syndromes have been identified, such as myocardial stunning, hibernation, and preconditioning. It remains a difficult exercise to distinguish ischemic from reperfusion damage. Production of ...
Wang Hong-Gang - - 2006
AIM: To investigate whether tanshinone IIA could improve the effect of UW solution for skeletal muscle preservation and to determine the dose range of tanshinone IIA providing optimal protection during ischemia and reperfusion. METHODS: Ischemic rat limbs were perfused with UW solution or UW plus tanshinone IIA (UW+T, 0.05, 0.1, ...
Riksen Niels P - - 2006
OBJECTIVES: We studied whether caffeine impairs protection by ischemic preconditioning (IP) in humans. BACKGROUND: Ischemic preconditioning is critically dependent on adenosine receptor stimulation. We hypothesize that the adenosine receptor antagonist caffeine blocks the protective effect of IP. METHODS: In vivo ischemia-reperfusion injury was assessed in the thenar muscle by 99mTc-annexin ...
Ascensão António - - 2007
Myocardial injury is a major contributor to the morbidity and mortality associated with coronary artery disease. Regular exercise has been confirmed as a pragmatic countermeasure to protect against cardiac injury. Specifically, endurance exercise has been proven to provide cardioprotection against cardiac insults in both young and old animals. Proposed mechanisms ...
Rippe Catarina - - 2006
This study was performed to evaluate the alterations of glomerular filtration barrier characteristics following acute renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). Ischemia was induced in anesthetized rats by unilateral renal artery occlusion for either 20 or 60 min, followed by reperfusion during 20 or 60 min, respectively, with the contralateral kidney serving as ...
Turgut Ahmet Tuncay - - 2006
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether hydrocele has any effect on the volume and shape of the ipsilateral testis and can be implicated as a cause of testicular ischemia. METHODS: Group 1 consisted of 23 patients with unilateral idiopathic hydrocele, whereas 30 healthy men constituted group ...
Lauer Michael S - - 2006
OBJECTIVES: Exercise-induced QT/RR hysteresis exists when, for a given R-R interval, the QT interval duration is shorter during recovery after exercise than during exercise. We sought to assess the association between QT/RR hysteresis and imaging evidence of myocardial ischemia. BACKGROUND: Because ischemia induces cellular disturbances known to decrease membrane action ...
Ferencz A - - 2006
Ischemic preconditioning (IPC), which is obtained by exposure to brief periods of vascular occlusion, improves organ tolerance to prolonged ischemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the threshold level of NF-kB activation in small intestine during an IPC procedure. Various intestinal IPC were performed on 20 Wistar rats ...
Rossi Marco - - 2006
The aim of this study was to investigate whether human essential arterial hypertension (EHT) is associated with modification of the skin blood flowmotion (SBF), which could be a sign of skin microcirculatory impairment. Forearm skin perfusion was measured by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in conventional perfusion units (PU) before and ...
Ganitkevich Vladimir - - 2006
Single mouse cardiomyocytes were exposed to defined ischemia. We designed chambers on glass chips with a volume of 192 pL (picochambers). After a picochamber was loaded with a single cardiomyocyte, P(O2) in the picochamber was equilibrated with that in the headspace, where it was controlled in the critical range between ...
Homola Ales - - 2006
It has been shown that global anoxia leads to dramatic changes in the diffusion properties of the extracellular space (ECS). In this study, we investigated how changes in ECS volume and geometry in the rat somatosensory cortex during and after transient hypoxia/ischemia correlate with extracellular concentrations of energy-related metabolites and ...
Dragoni Saverio - - 2006
Animal studies have shown that, as compared with unrestricted reperfusion, exposure to brief periods of controlled ischemia (postconditioning) at the end of a prolonged ischemia reduces the extent of tissue damage. We set out to test whether postconditioning can prevent endothelial dysfunction induced by ischemia and reperfusion in a human ...
Ding Y H - - 2006
We hypothesized that exercise preconditioning strengthens brain microvascular integrity against ischemia/reperfusion injury through the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-integrin signaling pathway. Adult male Sprague Dawley rats (n = 24) were studied in: (1) exercise (the animals run on a treadmill 30 min each day) for 3 weeks, (2) non-exercise. Six animals ...
Fernández José A - - 2006
PURPOSE: In reperfusion injury activation of coagulation and inflammation contribute to organ dysfunction. Activated protein C (APC) exhibits anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory properties in models of reperfusion injury. We hypothesized that APC could be cardioprotective after ischemia and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). METHODS: 20 pigs, undergoing 120 min of CPB and aortic ...
Rork Tyler H - - 2006
The peroxynitrite-mediated activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and subsequent cleavage of troponin I (TnI) in ventricular myocytes is a detrimental effect of ischemia/reperfusion injury. We hypothesized that acetaminophen, an effective antioxidant against peroxynitrite, would attenuate activation of MMP-2 and improve cardiac mechanical function. Isolated, perfused guinea pig hearts (Langendorff) were ...
Ding Yun-Hong - - 2006
Increasing evidence indicates that physical activity reduces brain damage after stroke. The purpose of this study was to determine whether exercise-induced neuroprotection is associated with improved brain integrity in stroke. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (3 months old, n=38) exercised on a treadmill, which required repetitive locomotor movement, for 30 minutes ...
Dittrich R - - 2006
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Disability, Health and Retirement in the United Kingdom
In: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms
Over the last thirty years pathways to retirement have changed substantially in the UK. They have been dominated by spells of unemployment in the late 1970s, with then an increased importance of disability spells from the mid-1980s onwards. At the end of the period the direct route from work to retirement was increasingly more common. General economic conditions seem to have been important driving forces during the entire period. In contrast changes in health do not seem to provide convincing explanations for these trends: mortality has been falling over the period without any apparent link to the share of the population reporting ill health or disability or to the number claiming benefits. We also find evidence that recent reforms have had some impact. The halting of the previous growth in the rate of in-flow onto disability benefits in the mid-1990s coincided with the implementation of a major reform. Evidence from the pilots of the Pathways-to-Work programme in 2003-2005 suggests that those moving onto disability benefits moved off these benefits faster than they would otherwise have done as a direct result of the programme.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
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Children Poems & Poems for Children Tips
Reading children poems to kids is a wonderful way to enhance their language skills and stimulate their imagination and creativity, as well as introduce them to the world of children's literature in a fun and exciting way. Below you will find some useful links to poems for children resources on the web.
Children's Poems
Robert Frost has defined poetry as "serious play." Children instinctively delight in playfulness of poetic language. It's unlikely any parent or educator ever felt that they had to force feed the children poems written by Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss or even Mother Goose. Children naturally love rhymes and word games and have special appreciation for poetic use of language. It is not going to be an exaggeration to say that all children, each one according to his level, are natural poets.
It's a fact, however, that some children are more drawn literature and the world of words than others. Sometimes all it takes is the special influence of a certain person or book at the right time, and the child's natural propensity for language is set to blossom inside. Thus develops the love of words, theirsound and meaning , their look on the page. Of course it is essential to provide all children with the opportunities to meet the right people and to be influenced bu the right books when their moment comes.
Often the primary factors determining a child's relationship with poetry is the influence of family. How many of us can still remember a song that our parents sung to us, a book that they read to us at bedtime countless times, or a favorite story.Naomi Shihab Nye reminds us to "remember the dignity of daily affirmation, whatever one does–the mother speaking to the child is also a poem." The parent's example has the primary influence on the formation of the child's mindset and attitude towards poetry. Reading children's poems frequently and enthusiastically can do much toward developing love of language and literature in children.
Teaching Children Poems
Aside from home influence, there is also the classroom, often a stumbling block for poetry. Here a lot depends on the teachers and their attitude. Though unfortunately many teachers were brought up to believe that poetry was an obscure, esoteric and inaccessible art, there are just as many who understand its intrinsic value, and make poetry for children and by the children a part of their daily lessons.
In order to teach children to appreciate poetry, read to them children's poems that they will enjoy. There are so many different kinds of children poems, that it is possible to find one for every mood and event. You will not fail with the well known classics by Shel Silverstein, Jeff Moss, Jack Prelutsky, Bruce Lansky, Judith Viorst, and others. Most kids will enjoy reading poetry about children or poetry written by children themselves.
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It's very important to encourage children to read poetry aloud, and try to recite it from memory. Poetry recital helps kids polish their reading and performing skills. A child's performance can indicate how well he understood the poem. Being the center of attention and getting the audience's approval will serve as a psychological reward for the child. Many children who aren't particularly fond of poetry will be motivated to memorize and recite children poems for the excitement of performing in front of others.
Poems for Children Resources
Today it has become extremely easy to find high quality children poems written by famous authors specifically for children. Below are some helpful links to a number of sites with collections of all different kinds of poems – serious and humorous, written for and by the children. Some poems come with audio files, others are available for free download or come in printable format.
Here is a nice collection of classic poetry for children, including such well known authors as Emily Dickinson, Albert Midlane and Samuel Taylor Coleridge :http://www.storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/index.htm.
Follow this link to Giggle Poetry, one of the modern day children's poet's, Bruce Lansky's site of funny children poems: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/.
Here is a link to a varied collection of children's poems and poems for children resources: http://www.loriswebs.com/youngpoets/.
This is a collection of original funny poems for children which can be used to introduce poetry to the younger grades: http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems.
This website offers a free collection of online poems for children resources and children's poems by the most popular poets. Among the selections are examples of classic children poems as well as modern poetry for children, including the works of May Alcot, Lewis Carrol, Robert Bridges, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Noyes and others: http://www.poetry-online.org/childrens_poetry_resource_index.htm.
Reading funny children poems with kids, or poems about things that they find interesting, will create a positive association linking poetry with pleasurable activities in the young readers' minds. Later in life, even if they don't become poetry writers themselves, these young adults will retain appreciation for poetic language and literature as a whole. Reading children poems to young kids is an investment in their future development into well rounded, educated individuals.
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The Ivy League is an athletic conference. The name carries connotations of academic excellence, but it is essentially a sports division of eight Northeastern schools. It would be silly to include California institutions such as Caltech and Stanford because they are too far away to compete against the other schools in sports. Furthermore, I don't think anyone can contest the contributions Columbia University has made to society. Unless you consider momentous discoveries in history such as the splitting of the first Uranium atom to be a "one-trick pony" kinda thing.
This is a fair, valid statement. The Ivy League is an elite clique, and means that it should be occupied with institutions that have made noteworthy contributions to the nation and world at large. To this point Harvard, Yale and Princeton have. The rest have made their respective marks of-course but they are in no way in the same league as the trifecta of Harvard, Yale or Princeton such as in terms of research, nobel laureates etc. This brings me to the point that the rest are their as maybe one-trick ponies such as sports at The University of Pennsylvania etc. So then, maybe these other institutions should rightly be stripped of being Ivy League. A thorough re-examination should be done and maybe much more deserving places such as MIT, Stanford, CalTech should be included.


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Apple's television could offer superior picture quality with advanced backlighting
Apple has explored building displays with dynamic backlight adaptation for better picture quality, particularly when watching letterboxed widescreen movies on a high-definition screen.The concept was revealed this week in a new Apple patent application discovered by AppleInsider. The filing, entitled "Dynamic Backlight Adaptation for Black Bars with Subtitles," focuses on improving picture quality when watching letterboxed content, like Hollywood movies, on an LCD display.
The application was filed just months ago, in September of 2011, and comes as rumors of a full-fledged Apple television set continue to build. One report this week claimed that Apple design chief Jonathan Ive has a 50-inch prototype set located in his secure work studio at the company's corporate headquarters.
A common problem with LCD displays is the ability to show "true" black colors on the screen. This becomes amplified when black bars are included in a video, such as when watching a letterboxed film. The difficulty of adjusting the backlight properly when the black bars are present can result in poorer quality of the remainder of the video.
Even though modern television sets are built with widescreen 16-by-9 aspect ratios, Blu-ray and DVD films, as well as those sold on iTunes, often show movies in an even wider format, leaving black bars at the top and bottom. For example, many movies are shot in Panavision's 2.35:1 ratio.
"Many video images are encoded with black bars, e.g., non-picture portions of the video images," the filing reads. "These non-picture portions complicate the analysis of the brightness of the video images, and therefore can create problems when determining the trade-off between the brightness of the video signals and the intensity setting of the light source. Moreover, these non-picture portions can also produce visual artifacts, which can degrade the overall user experience."
Further complicating picture quality and brightness is the fact that users can often view subtitles in the black bars located at the top and bottom of a widescreen film. This makes it even more difficult for the system to dynamically adjust and ensure the highest level of quality.
Apple's solution is a complex processing system that could "spatially vary visual information" on a display. This would dynamically adjust the backlight source on a screen, like a high-definition television set, in a way that would improve the picture quality.
The display would have multiple brightness settings for its backlight based on the processing of the image. For example, the "picture portion" of the screen would be illuminated by LED backlighting to an appropriate level, whereas the "non-picture portion," which would include the black bars, would have a different backlight setting.
The application describes an "extraction circuit" included in the display, which would calculate a brightness metric associated with the video signal. Then an "analysis circuit" would analyze and identify specific subsets of a video, like black bars that are shown when watching a movie.
The display would also include an "intensity circuit" that would determine the ideal intensity of the light source that illuminates the LCD display. The system could also employ a mapping function to determine optimum quality by using features like a "distortion metric" to limit image distortion.
Apple's system could also process the video signal in advance and synchronize the intensity of the light source based on the image currently being displayed.
"The system determines the intensity setting of the light source on an image-by-image basis for the sequence of video images, where the intensity of the given video image is based on the brightness setting and/or brightness information contained in the video signals associated with the given image," the filing reads. "Then, the system synchronizes the intensity of the setting of the light source with the current video image to be displayed."
The filing, made public this week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is credited to inventors Ulrich T. Barnhoefer, Wei H. Yao, Wei Chen, Barry J. Corlett, and Jean-didier Allegrucci.
Though rumors of a full-fledged Apple television set have persisted for years, they picked up once again late last year, when it was revealed that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs told his biographer that he had "cracked' the secret to building an integrated, easy-to-use television set.
"It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine," Jobs said, prompting speculation that an Apple-branded television would use Siri, Apple's voice control software featured on the iPhone 4S, as its primary input method.
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