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Nearly a century ago, racial tensions forced Mesa's black residents to live at the city's northern edge and establish a separate society with their own churches and stores.
Even Mesa's swimming pool was whites-only, forcing black children to swim in a canal.
But the residents of the Washington Park neighborhood came to have something by 1929 that even Mesa's white residents took note of — Dr. Lucius Alston.
The city's first black doctor initially practiced from his two-story bungalow whose chandeliers made it known as "house of lights."
The house remained a prominent feature until the doctor's death in 1958. It fell into disrepair and was nearly torn down a few years ago to make way for affordable housing.
Finally, the Alston House's significance has been recognized by joining the National Register of Historic Places. It's only the 25th property in Mesa with that distinction.
Few people outside of the neighborhood know about the doctor or his home, said Di-Ann Hunter, who worked across the street from the house for 20 years at the Washington Activity Center. But she said the historic designation has been a source of pride in the community and that interest in the site has grown.
"It's like a jewel that's been hidden for many years," Hunter said. "Since it's been on the registry, a lot of people are coming around and driving by, and admiring."
Mesa restored the home a year ago and leases it to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee and the Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens. The groups plan to begin using the house on a regular basis this fall, promoting civil rights while offering social services, legal clinics and hosting community events.
Attorney Phil Austin lived three doors from the Alston House during part of his childhood and said the restored house can be a center to help boost one of Mesa's poorest areas.
"It's not just a historic monument," said Austin, president of the Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens. "We see it to be a lifeblood for the community, to enhance the community and the residents of the community."
The area will also get a boost in the next year as the adjacent Escobedo Neighborhood's dilapidated housing will be torn down to make way for new housing. And this summer, the Washington Activity Center will become the site of classes offered by Edu-Prize charter school.
The Alston House, 435 N. Pima St., is northeast of the intersection of Center Street and University Drive.
Research by Mesa indicates Alston was one of just 805 black doctors in the U.S. in 1930. He treated blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans — and white people who would line up at his door in the middle of the night because they didn't want it known a black doctor treated them.
Some patients were embarrassed at the diseases they contracted and sought treatment for, said John Goodie, a founding member of Mesa's MLK committee. But other accounts show some white patients were convinced Alston was the best doctor in town.
Alston's widow, Velma, remained in the home after his death. She and their son, Lucius Jr., have since died. Lucius Jr.'s daughter gave the house to the East Valley Habitat for Humanity in 2001, and it likely would have been torn down had Mesa not acquired the home in 2007.
Despite Alston's legacy, many details of his life are elusive. Those who worked to preserve the house haven't been successful in contacting the doctor's granddaughter or other relatives, Goodie said.
"We have tried and tried, but we have not been able to come up with any photographs of him," Goodie said. "Everything's kind of far removed."
Organizers are still working to tell the story of the home, the doctor and the people who lived in the neighborhood through the decades. Hunter said there are still leads that will be followed, like finding a photo of Velma Alston.
"Unfortunately, we haven't gotten much of that information," she said. "But we will get it."
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Asian and Asian American Studies at CSULB recently received the 2004 Award of Excellence from Long Beach's Aquarium of the Pacific in recognition of its contributions to promoting Asian culture. Department Chair John Tsuchida, also a member of the California Bar, applauded the award presented during November's Autumn Festival. The trophy is on display in the department's office. It was an honor to receive such an award of excellence based on our contributions to promoting Asian culture, he said. It is gratifying for our faculty because sometimes what we do is not well known outside academia. I was pleasantly surprised that the Aquarium of the Pacific knew about our department and the job we do. It is a source of gratification for us. Tsuchida expressed his pleased surprise at the aquarium's invitation for his department to participate in the Autumn Festival along with representatives from the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities. Awards like this offer a good opportunity to establish a cooperative relationship with the community through such organizations as the Aquarium of the Pacific, he said. CSULB is one of fewer than a dozen universities in the nation that offers a B.A. degree in Asian American Studies. Furthermore, there are many universities that offer courses in Chinese or Japanese to satisfy language requirements, but not many campuses are willing to invest the financial resources to offer degrees in Chinese or Japanese, he said. Plus, I think part of the reason we received this recognition is that we have a long record of excellence here. Asian Studies has been part of CSULB since the late1960s, and the department represents a commitment by Provost Gary Reichard to offering instruction in 'less commonly taught' languages. Language courses like ours cannot survive long without administration support and we have that at CSULB. Another landmark in Asian and Asian American Studies is the inauguration in the fall of 2004 of a series of courses in less commonly taught languages, such as Korean, Business Chinese, and Heritage Vietnamese, offered in collaboration with California State University, Fullerton. These courses are available for credit to both CSULB and CSUF students, as well as to community members who may enroll through Open University. The courses will prepare international business majors for meeting new challenges in East and Southeast Asia, said Tsuchida. Prospective businesspeople will benefit greatly from their mastery of language skills. Tsuchida sees the award as representing how Asian and Asian American Studies is staying ahead of the curve in reflecting the growing role of Asia in the world economy. CSULB is located ideally between L.A. and Orange counties as well as near a major Pacific Rim port, he explained. There is a large Asian American population in Southern California and CSULB has a large representation of Chinese-American students in particular. The campus population of Chinese-American students has increased every year. There is a demand for Chinese Studies and CSULB supplies that demand. The key to maintaining CSULB's dominance in Asian Studies is keeping abreast of what the community wants. We are always looking at new things to meet the changing needs of our students, Tsuchida said. When I first arrived on campus nine and a half years ago, the department was offering instruction in Japanese and Chinese. Now we offer classes in Tagalog, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hindi and Korean. We have a very important mission to accomplish because there is so much transnational linkage between Asia and the West. |
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L'évolution du Web. Timeline: A History Of Touch-Screen Technology. 1948 The Electronic Sackbut The history of touch technology begins with touch-sensitive music synthesizers.
According to the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Hugh Le Caine's Electronic Sackbut, completed in 1948, is widely considered to be the first musical synthesizer. The Sackbut is played with the right hand on the keyboard and the left hand on control board above the keyboard. The right hand controls volume by applying more or less pressure on the keys, while the left hand controls four different sound texture options. 1965 E.A. Inside P&G's digital revolution - McKinsey Quarterly - Retail & Consumer Goods - Strategy & Analysis. Robert McDonald is a CEO on a mission: to make Procter & Gamble the most technologically enabled business in the world.
To get there, the 31-year company veteran and former US Army captain is overseeing the large-scale application of digital technology and advanced analytics across every aspect of P&G's operations and activities—from the way the consumer goods giant creates molecules in its R&D labs to how it maintains relationships with retailers, manufactures products, builds brands, and interacts with customers. The prize: better innovation, higher productivity, lower costs, and the promise of faster growth.
POST-DIGITAL. APPATHY. USAGES. You just shared a link. How long will people pay attention? How long is a link "alive" before people stop caring?
Does it matter what kind of content it is, or where you shared it? At bitly we see a lot of links, and while every link is special, we're learning a few general principles that we can share.Let's take a look at one particular story - Baby otter befriended by orphaned kittens - which was first shared by StylistMagazine on Facebook on Tuesday at 7:12am. If we plot clicks over time for this link, we see: TRENDS. Three Things The Web Can Learn from Old Media. It has become common wisdom in the tech world that old media represents an obsolete mode of thinking that should be discarded as quickly as possible.
The attitude to physical, broadcast or film media could generally be summed up by saying "Newspapers? Print books? Those things are ancient and of no use to anyone ever, amirite?" But those with a little more patience and scope know that isn't entirely true. Media is an enterprise that forms a core part of modern societies, and digital media is but a few years old.
The Interconnected World of Tech Companies [INFOGRAPHIC] The "tech world" is really more of a "tech family.
" Between digital giants' appetites for acquisitions and the tendency of their ex-employees to start new companies, it's easy to see how nearly every blip in the ecosystem is closely related. We've mapped just a few of these family ties between "Xooglers," the "PayPal Mafia", "Softies" and the many other tech connectors who have yet to be nicknamed. Mobile Devices Are Lovers In Your Pocket. Gail Chiasson, North American Editor We were recently provided with information from a BBDO-Microsoft advertising study that looked at reaching consumers through understanding their emotional connections to various devices.
At the core of the study are consumers and their relationships with screens. These are not impersonal devices but rather, personifications of their users: caring, loving, normal. Www.mitre.org/work/tech_papers/2011/11_0170/11_0170.pdf.
The 5 must-knows about how readers navigate news online, drawn from new Pew study. How do readers get to news sites?
How long do they stay once there? And where do they go when they leave? Just two months after releasing the mammoth State of the News Media 2011 report, my industrious friends at Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism have a detailed new report to answer those questions. Based on analysis of nine months of Nielsen data about the 25 largest U.S. news sites, the study confirms many truisms about online behavior but also yields some surprises. Let's start with a finding that does both, and is a topic of little previous research, to my knowledge.
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Okay, I just used the #32, I think it was, Dark Mahogany Brown, which I liked, but I just prefer this shade better. It isn't too dark for me, since my hair has red in it anyway, so this is just a step darker than the above, #32. Prettier though! I have fair skin that is yellowish and hazel eyes. This is the darkest I can go as black is too harsh. I also color my hair LESS when I stick to this shade as it's close to my natural color. NEVER had a problem using this brand. AND I love that there's no stinky fumes with this. I tried Balsam, but couldn't stick with it as the smell was too much, not to mention the color was TOO dark. The shades with Colorsilk are realistic and natural. Because I have a thyroid problem, I've lost most of my eyebrows. I now can fill them in with a slightly darker pencil and they finally look natural! With lighter hair shades, I seem to go light on the eyebrows and they never look natural. Anyway, GREAT stuff and an amazingly cheap price! I agree, it DOES fade, but it turns into what I had expected of #32: A dark reddish brown.
I have tried Natural Instincts Ebony Mocha looking for a nice dark color with a brown kick to it. It's a great color, but it started to leave a waxy build up on my hair so I started looking at other brands. I decided to give Colorsilk Brown/Black a try. I'm SO glad that I did. I left it on for 25 min. I have some greys and this had no trouble covering them. The conditioner felt like silk on my hair and rinsed out nicely. The only issue is, it comes in a little packet and I'd like to have a tube of this.
My hair came out looking gorgeous. A very dark deep brown black. In the light it is sooo pretty too. I suggest this color to anyone who is not afraid to go dark or is looking for a shade that has a warm brown kick to it.
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HG hair color! I'm an NW 15/20 with blue eyes, and I had wanted to go dark for so long, hoping to make my blue eyes and porcelain skin pop (think Megan Fox) but I was afraid of looking like Morticia Addams instead, So instead of straight black I opted for the Colorsilk 20 Brown/Black. PERFECTION. Deep, dark, near-black but with just a touch of multitonal brown/copper depth to keep the color from being too harsh. I also did my brows (I know you're not supposed to, but I just carefully swiped on with a qtip, left for five minutes and removed with a wet washcloth), and and my eyes have never looked bluer. I wish I had discovered this color years ago! All for five bucks a box! The only reason I gave four stars instead of five is I only colored this week and I don't yet know how the color will hold. But heck, for the price I don't even mind coloring every four weeks if I have to. I have fairly long hair (to the bottom of my shoulder blades) and one box was enough for my entire head)
The only minor complaints, like others have noted, is that the conditioner packet is skimpy and the gloves aren't that great. If you're coloring on the regular, just buy a big box of vinyl or nitrile gloves (Not latex, they will get brittle over time and will get porous and yucky if they come in contact with any vaseline/lotion/conditioner when you wear them). It will last forever and you'll be a much happier camper anyway, no matter what brand color you use.
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I started using this a year ago, I've been searching for the perfect black dye since i was 13 (my hair is naturally a light brown colour). back in my teenage years i did use some harsher black shades because i was going through a "goth" phase, but when i wanted my hair colour to look like a more natural black this seems to be the perfect shade for me. It leaves my hair very soft after i use it, and leaves my hair with a bit of a brownish red sheen to it in the sunlight. I love this hair dye, it's usually on sale at CVS, but if not it's usually $4 a box, not bad at all Revlon!
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I have been using this product for about 6 or 7 years. I have dark brown hair but every now and then scattered throughout is a white blond single strand. I used to get made fun of in school because people said it looked like I had gray hair so I resorted to dying it. I love this dye. I have used herbal essences, garnier... just about every drugstore box dye but i always come back to this one. My hair is very thick and half way down my back. I use 2 boxes to dye mine. I think most people could get away with one. I use the color Brown Black and it gives me great results. It does look super black for the first few days but after that fades down some to look perfect. I also really like the conditioner that comes with it. It works awesome. I use both whole packs on my hair after I dye it to get it nice and soft.
The only complaints I have are 1.) The gloves that come with it suck so I use my own. and 2)It seriously takes forever to rinse out. Other than that it is wonderful and a lot more affordable than having to buy two boxes or 7-10$ dyes. I recommend this to anyone who wants to go darker.
The only thing I have to say about the other shades are that 1) if it says golden _____ like golden brown, golden blonde etc it will most definitely come out very orange or reddish in my experience and 2.) if you are trying to go lighter this will not do it. It is ammonia free and will not lift the color from your hair well. Always go to a salon if you are trying to go lighter. At least that is my experience. Hope this helps!
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I picked this up on my last trip to the States for under 3 dollars. I had read the good reviews and was excited to try it -- I'd been using Garnier Nutrisse, which I was happy with but it faded a bit too fast. Sorry to tarnish this product's rating, but I'm not a fan. Initially, it was great; after colouring, my hair was soft, the shade looked great, etc. But it's not even two weeks later and my hair looks really dull - back to its original shade (medium brown) and feels dry. I'd even been washing my hair less and using color-safe products, so yeah. It's cheap, but if it doesn't last even a couple of weeks, it doesn't matter; not worth the hassle of dying my hair. Going back to Garnier.
I used to be a big hair color snob, first I would only go to the salon.. that got too expensive, then I tried at home kits that did bad bad things to my hair, I let my hair grow out for a whole year and tried ColorSilk on a whim and LOVE it, I've been using Brown Black for over a year now and I love the way it colors my hair. It gets every spot evenly and even though I'm a natural redhead this color actually grabs onto my hair and doesn't wash right out like Garnier, herbal essences and other ALWAYS do. This is HG hairdye, and for $2.50 a pop it can't be beat.
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This color is gorgeous! I LOVE this very dark, almost black shade on me. It doesn't make me look washed out! Like all hair dye, it will visibly run in the shower. This only runs very lightly for two or three washes (unlike all of the other brands I have tried that will run blue or purple for months at a time!!!!) This is a HUGE advantage for me as this won't ruin my towels! Unlike other Colorsilk shades I've tried, this one has amazing staying power!!!! I will continue to buy this shade and recommend it to anyone! Brown Black is just gorgeous!!!!
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I am a natural dark brunette and have been home colouring my previously high-lighted hair back to brunette for about a year.
I used this product for the first time today and I am seriously impressed, the product spreads well, doesn't smell bad and has left me hair feeling healthy and a beautiful glossy even colour. Its actually a little darker than I had anticipated, it is really close to the boarder between brown and black, and for me more on the black side but I always go a little darker initially as the colours tend to lift very quickly on my hair.
I will definitley re buy this when I next dye my hair, normally about every 3 months, I am so happy I have discovered it :-)
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I was skecptical of this product, because the price was dirt cheap, usually I get my hair dyed at a salon, but I decided to try it. I was not dissappointed, the color coverage was fatastic.
The only problem I have with this dye is that it is really runny, and be sure to rinse it out of your hair REALLY well.
P.S. I went to my salon two weeks later, and my stylist loved my hair color and started talking to everyone about it. :)
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10 Popular Security WordPress Plugins for Webmasters
When it comes to security there are two common types of webmasters. The first includes those WordPress admins who cram their blogs with every possible security plugin, while the other type are webmasters that are happily ignorant of the various web dangers including hackers, malicious code, and spam attacks who don't even imagine why they need any security plugin.
No matter which type of webmaster you are, below we have a list of security plugins any webmaster should consider for their WordPress website:
- Simple Backup – This WordPress plugin was developed to create and download backups of your WordPress website. Note: Simple Backup plugin creates a special directory in the root of your WordPress directory – usually its name is 'simple-backup' for backup files. Sometimes it's necessary to create this directory manually (in case you get an error message). Requirements: It requires PHP 5.2 or higher version, WordPress 3.3 or newer version, Linux Style Server, mysqldump (for DB backup) and tar, zip, gzip, or bzip (for compression of files).
- Ask Apache Password Protect – This is quite an unusual security plugin. Unlike other similar plugins it works not at the level of application but at the network level and does not use php to prevent attacks as it starts functioning before php. Ask Apache Password Protect was developed to stop attacks before they even reach your blog. Requirements: The plugin requires Apache web server and hosting support for .htaccess files.
- Login Dongle – Nobody will be able to log in but you. As simple as a pie! Login Dongle plugin protects your login information with the help of security question as an additional security layer. Note: Your login page stays unchanged, so attackers won't know how to guess the answer to your security question. And even if someone uses your computer and browser that fills in the login form automatically, still this person will not be able to log in! And you can install it with any other login plugin. Requirements: WordPress 1.0 or newer versions.
- Sideways8 Custom Login and Registration – This plugin was designed in such a way that you and your users never see the built-in login option, registration form, and password reset form of your WordPress. Additionally you'll be able to add some custom content to the login, forgot password, registration and password reset pages. Requirements: WordPress 3.3 or newer versions.
- Exploit Scanner – This plugin will look through your WordPress files and database to find any signs of some malicious activity. It also examines your active plugins for unusual filenames. And don't be afraid – it won't delete anything! You are the one that will make the decision! Requirements: WordPress 3.3 or higher versions.
- WordPress AntiVirus – It's an easy-to-use plugin that will automatically and regularly monitor any kind of malicious injections and warn you of any possible attacks. What is even more, it has a multilingual support. Requirements: PHP 5.1 and WordPress version 2.8.
- WebsiteDefender – WebsiteDefender plugin is another free WordPress plugin that can offer you a list of useful security options. Among them are: scanning your blog for security configuration mistakes, offering easy solutions of security issues, hiding your WP version, checking your files permissions, removing WP Generator META tag from the core code etc. Requirements: WordPress 3.0 or higher version, PHP5.
- WordPress HTTPS (SSL) – This plugin was created as an all-in-one solution (includes private and shared SSL, force SSL per page option, admin panel security and 'partially encrypted' errors solutions) for your WordPress SSL. Requirements: WordPress 3.0 or higher versions.
- Anti-spam plugin – This plugin blocks spam in your posts' comments automatically and invisibly both for users and for admins. What are its main advantages? First of all, it has no captcha; additionally, it has no moderation queues and no options. So, you can forget about spam forever! Requirements: WordPress 3.0 or newer.
- Theme Authenticity Checker – It's a plugin that can scan all your theme files and let you know if there is any suspicious or unwanted code hidden. That's a great tool for avoiding non-wanted advertising mostly, but before deleting any piece of code from your theme's source files we suggest that you contact theme author to obtain some additional information about it. Requirements: WordPress 3.0 or newer versions.
This article was contributed by Diane Parks, a Template Monster representative who is fond of WordPress themes, plugins and tutorials.
Google+ Comments for WordPress Plugin
For many years now Facebook has had a very popular login feature and also offered the ability to easily integrate blog comments using your Facebook account. These options have proven to be very popular with all types of webmasters as they provide several convenient features and also help to discourage spammy or anonymous comments.
It always surprised me that Google wasn't in this game, but the introduction of Google+ seems to offer Google the ability to offer these features to webmasters and be the ones collecting this information. According to reports, apps that support Google's login are now getting favorable search treatment and Google is starting to really push this feature. Then last month, Google announced that Google+ comment integration is now available for Blogger users. So, what about WordPress users?
Not long after the Blogger integration was announced, the necessary code was discovered to do this manually using the following code:
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Replace '[URL]' with the URL of your web page and fit the 'width'.
Link your web page to your Google+ profile to verify authorship.
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Google+ Comments for WordPress Plugin
Fortunately, the WordPress community has already come through with an easier solution, the Google+ Comments for WordPress plugin. This plugin makes the comment section tabbed by seamlessly adding tabs for Google+ Comments, Facebook, Disqus, WordPress Comments, and Trackbacks. Early reviews are promising and I manage this plugin will continue to evolve over time.
If you decide to give this plugin on your website leave us a comment and let us know how the setup went.
PSA: Massive Botnet Attacks on WordPress Installations
Over the past 24 hours it has come to our attention that a large network of over 90,000 IP addresses have ramped up their use of a brute force attack to target WordPress blog installations. According to several published reports, the botnet is attempting to gain access to WordPress installations by using the default Admin user name and trying multiple passwords. By default, WordPress allows unlimited login attempts either through the login page or by sending special cookies. This allows passwords (or hashes) to be brute-force cracked with relative ease.
Popular hosting providers CloudFlare and HostGator are reporting that the scale of the current attack is much larger than what they typically experience, with some reports claiming that they are blocking 60 million requests per hour during peak times. After reviewing our logs we've already noticed several failed login attempts using the username Admin.
What can I do to protect my WordPress installation(s)?
- If your username is currently set as Admin, change it to something custom. The easiest way is probably by using something like the Better WP Security WordPress plugin.
- Change/strengthen your password. Your password should include capital letters and symbols (%+!#)
- Install a plugin to limit login requests. We use the appropriately titled Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin, but there are several other plugins with similar functionality.
Once that is done, sit back and hope for the best!
Update: HostGator has provided additional tips.
How Using Too Many WordPress Plugins Can Kill Your Website
There are many thousands of WordPress plugins you can use for free, and there are also more you can buy for different purposes. According to WP Beginner, as of September 2012 there were more than 21,000 free plugins in the WordPress plugins repository! The question is; do you have to use all of them? You have probably seen a sidebar of a blog with a mile long list of awards and a multitude of links to other pages. Some people go as far as including hundreds of flashy widgets. If you are thinking of using several plugins, you should first learn why using too many of them will impact negatively on your readership.
They May Slow Down Your Website
This is, perhaps, the most annoying feature of using too many WordPress plugins. This slow down occurs because every plugin you use sends a server request when each of your readers loads the site. Imagine the effect of having fifty plugins when ten users are on your site. What about a hundred plugins with a thousand users? Do you really want your site to be that slow?
Some WordPress Plugins are not Secure
Just because a plugin works well does not mean that it is secure. Some plugins, especially the free ones, can be exploited by hackers who can then hack into your site. For example, users of some plugins such as WP Total Cache and WPTouch have been asked in the past to update their passwords after it was realized they were not secure. Since it is not always easy to know upfront which plugin is safe and which one is not, you will be doing a great deal of service to your site by installing only the minimum number necessary.
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10 Most Common WordPress Plugins
The viability of WordPress (WP) as a blogging tool is non-existent without the existence of WordPress plugins. These are part of the features that enable bloggers to extend the abilities of their blogs beyond their base installs. Plugins are integral in the addition of widgets. They are also useful in undertaking SEO activities. Currently, WordPress boasts of 18,000 plugins in its database. The following are ten of the most popular WordPress plugins:
1) Contact Form 7
Contact Form 7 allows web developers and bloggers alike to manage numerous contact forms. They can also undertake a customization of WP's mail contents and form. This is usually a flexible process that involves the use of simple markups. Contact Form 7 supports CAPTCHA, Akismet-based spam filtering and Ajax-oriented submitting.
2) Jetpack
This plugin uses the cloud power from WordPress.com to supercharge self-hosted WordPress sites. It boasts of numerous features that comprise email subscriptions for comments and blog posts. It also allows users to submit comments via social networks. Jetpack comes embedded with widgets that display the most current tweets while commenters can benefit from Hovercard popups via Gravatar.
3) WordPress SEO
The Yoast-made plugin allows bloggers to preview the appearance of their posts in search results. As such, they can adjust certain features of their posts to their liking. These include the title and meta descriptions. WordPress SEO also analyzes the post to check for availability of images, subheadings, meta descriptions and alt tags among others. This enables bloggers to add anything that they may have forgotten.
Its packages do not end there; WordPress SEO also creates XML sitemaps automatically before sending a notification to various search engines. Bloggers can also increase their SEO rankings. This is usually possible through the addition of links to RSS feeds.
4) WordPress Importer
Thanks to WordPress Importer, bloggers or web developers can transfer content from WP export files. Examples of such content include comments, authors, post metas and custom fields. It is also possible to import pages, custom posts, tags and categories.
Should My WordPress Site Use a Related Posts Plugin?
Related Posts Plugins are an amazing way to keep a visitor engaged on your site. By doing some magic on the backend of a site, they can make tailored post suggestions according to the content on-page. Tailored recommendations will boost average time on site, average page views, and the like. Related posts are also awesome ways to add advertisements to a site.
Unfortunately, related posts plugins can also destroy a site's performance, or bring it down entirely.
Many related posts plugins work by creating a "FULLTEXT index" on the "posts" table in MySQL. This is a mechanism to make complex queries against the content of posts. For example, "posts which contain A and B but not C or D." Usually, this means indexing categories, tags, specific keywords, and a number of other data points and querying them later.
It's a cool way to search, but MySQL wasn't built to make queries like this.
In MySQL, FULLTEXT indexes consume high loads of resources at run-time, particularly for larger sites with proportionally large databases. Under heavy traffic loads, this will slow the entire site down, or crash it entirely.
To make matters worse, when changes are made to (large) tables with FULLTEXT indexes, rebuilding that index can take hours and hours. Sometimes rebuilding will even fail, producing a corrupted MySQL table. This can happen when you do something like upgrade to the latest version of WordPress.
That was a lot of bad news. Here's the good news!
There are TWO PLUGINS that achieve "related posts" functionality, but do it off-server, so that you don't bog down MySQL.
Take a look at nrelate's and LinkWithin's "related posts" plugins. These do their calculations on their own servers and don't cause the same issues with the databases.
Nrelate has 3 different plugins based on whether you want your most popular content or related content to display, as well as if you want the related post to "fly out" at the reader. All three are available in the WordPress plugin repository. LinkWithin will make recommendations to related posts based on several factors, including title, tags, and content.
How they work
Nrelate creates its own, secure, RSS feed, and feeds your content directly their servers. This means their pinghost is added to your Update Services. So each time you update your blog with new content, nrelate gets the feed and can analyze it for related posts. Then, they use Natural Language Processing inside a database designed for search to analyze your content and make related recommendations.
LinkWithin similarly analyzes your content off-server. They have a context engine that looks at categories, tags, keywords, and a few other aspects of your content in order to make recommendations. LinkWithin used to redirect traffic through their site, but no longer. You get all the SEO juice from the links.
Both plugins accomplish the related posts functionality off-server. I'm personally a big fan of nrelate's strategy of using the RSS feed to get the content and then processing it with NLP. I was also able to speak on the phone with both developers from nrelate in the writing of the article, which indicates the support they're providing their plugin.
LinkWithin has secure processes to pull your content, and there are zero known security issues with their plugin.
When I spoke with nReleate, they talked about how their RSS feed can only be accessed with a random key that is generated when you install the plugin. They hired Mark Jaquith to build this part of the plugin with airtight security.
Image options
With nRelate, you can either show your content as one of six sizes of thumbnails, or as very simple bullets. The plugin automatically creates a thumbnail from the featured image, but you can also specify which image to use. If you don't have any images on your post, nrelate will actually pull one from their image library. You can see examples of their ads on Huffington Post and Endgadget.
LinkWithin relies heavily on featured images from your page in order to provide thumbnails. If you don't set featured images, the plugin won't show any. It also provides very customized sizing of images that are optimized for your site.
You can add your advertising networks to nRelate (they have their own ad network) and serve your ads along with the recommended content. Linkwithin does not currently support advertising.
Your css is automatically adopted by nRelate, so the thumbnails and font styling will automatically look like your design, but you can still customize things as you like.
International Languages
Nrelate is also in the following languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
Check out both of those plugins to see which one works for your needs. Both of them offer significant speed and scalability benefits to your site.
Are you using a related post plugin for your site? How has it affected your traffic? Have you noticed any performance issues?
How To Track Pinterest Pins For Your WordPress Blog
"Pinning" is a new sharing trend which has quickly become popular among online users. Apart from tweeting, sharing, digging or stumbling, pinning has gone more viral and statistics shows that Pinterest – the social platform for pinning images on an online board drives more referral traffic than Google Plus, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon and other social sharing sites except Facebook and Twitter.
If you have a website or a blog that uses WordPress as its content management system, here are a few Pinterest plugins for WordPress which you might want to use. Some of these plugins are paid but it is worth investing the money and create a lasting presence on a new and evolving platform.
Pinterest Marklet – Let Visitors Pin Images From Your Site
The Pinterest marklet plugin for WordPress lets you quickly add a "Pin it" button on your WordPress site, using which visitors can pin images, YouTube and Vimeo videos to their Pinterest account. The best part about this plugin is that you can make the Pinterest button sticky to any corner of your webpage, so the button will stick in one corner even if your readers scroll down the page. Moreover, the plugin allows you to add on-click support so you can turn any element of your page into a marklet.
The plugin supports placement through widgets, so you won't have to touch any code or tweak your theme if its widget enabled. You can also create custom buttons and customize the "Pin it" button using different sizes and color schemes.
The plugin is priced at $4 but it is certainly better to have more control over your customization, rather than using a free plugin which provides less options and no support.
Pinterest Pin It Button – Free WordPress Plugin
If you are looking for a free and hassle free way to include Pinterest social sharing on your blog, try the Pinterest Pin it button for WordPress. Unlike other premium plugin, this one is absolutely free to use and you can even choose to show the "Pin count" or choose between a horizontal or vertical layout for the button.
This plugin is ideally suited for blogs which have mixed content of all types and you want to show the Pinterest button only on specific posts that contain an image. Additionally, there is a sleek option to let the user select an image on a pop-up window, so this will come handy if your page has an array of images and you want the user to select the image he wants to pin (rather than pre-selecting the image for the user without asking).
Pinterest Pinboard Widget For WordPress
Are you a very active "Pinner" and want to showcase all or specific pins on your website? Do you have different pinboards and you want a simple way to pull your pinboards and drop them on your website? If Yes, this is the plugin you can't afford to miss.
The Pinterest pinboard widget for WordPress uses the original thumbnails from your pinboards and allows you to display them on your WordPress powered site. Once you have installed the plugin and everything is set, the plugin works in the background, pulls pins from your Pinterest pinboards and displays the same on your site's Pinterest Pinboard widget. The thumbnails are cached every 15 minutes and nothing is copied or saved on your webserver. The plugin is free, absolutely no strings attached.
Note: If you want to show Pinterest Pins from an RSS feed or want to show the pins of a specific user, have a look at the Pinterest RSS widget for WordPress. This plugin lets you enter an RSS feed or the URL of a Pinterest user, fetches the pins and displays them as a widget on your WordPress site.
WP-Pinner Tracks Pinterest Pins From WordPress
This plugin is for geeks and anyone who wants to have all the pin statistics, right within the WordPress administration area.
Enter WP-Pinner, a free WordPress plugin (still in private beta) which allows you to track Pinterest Pins right within your WordPress dashboard. Using this plugin, you will be able to measure the click through rate of the "Pin it" button, number of re-pins a specific post or page has received and how many users or readers were "reached" because of a "click", "pin", "like" or "re-pin". This is valuable data and any marketer knows how crucial metrics and stats can be.
Once you have installed WP-Pinner, your WordPress dashboard will display the name of the board, clicks, likes, re-pins and date of posts. The best part – you can schedule pins and auto-follow users who interact with your pinboards or share your stuff on the Pinterest site.
In fact, this is the only plugin which supports auto-pinning and provides valuable statistics right within your site's backend. WP-Pinner will soon go public after their private beta period is over and they will also include more features e.g detailed statistics, tracking non WordPress posts, supporting multiple Pinterest accounts and more, once they release the next updated version of the plugin.
Watch this video demo to learn more about WP-Pinner.
How to Protect WordPress from Malware Infections
WordPress is installed on so many websites now, the global reach is comparable to a company like Microsoft. Hackers, scammers, and phisherman target Windows because it's installed on millions of computers all over the world. If you're going to break into computers with malicious intent, you want the biggest target.
You will find (at times) some proponents of other popular open source CMS software (Joomla, Drupal) may try to say "WordPress isn't safe, look at all the hacked websites". WordPress is actually very stable, mature, and secure. But by it's very nature, being software, it must be maintained (or security holes appear over time). If everyone kept WordPress, plugins, and themes updated, and performed just the slightest bit of preventative maintenance and hardening, the amount of compromised WP websites would probably go down by 90%. In this article we're going to go over the basic steps of how to protect your WordPress website from malware, virus infections, and malicious code and scripts.
First let's talk about some basics you should know…
What is (website) malware?
You probably already know the word "malware" from PC's and computers. Computer viruses have been around a long time, as well as virus scanning software. With the Internet age came "spyware" (programs that spy on what you do and send the details to a remove computer), as well as "anti-spyware" computer software. You might also have hard about trojans, and key-logging software as types of computer virii. The term "malware" in conjunction with a computer means something installed on your PC in order to deliver a payload. Like installing a browser toolbar, and having it (on the backend) install a script, program, or trojan without your knowledge as the payload.
Google started tracking malware in websites a few years back as part of Google webmaster tools. Malware (at that time) was known mostly as something installed in your website designed to deliver a payload unknowingly to the website visitor (also like a virus, trojan, program, script, etc.). Now, the term is used to cover nearly any compromised website wither it delivers an actual payload, redirects the user to a rogue website, or just plain contains simple SEO spam.
How do websites get infected with malware?
If you think about the amount of WordPress websites online (more than 73 million and counting), when reports come out that say "10,000 websites hacked from ABC vulnerability" it's a small percentage in comparison to the whole. Then again, that's 10,000 broken websites that are either down, redirected, or infested with spam.
Often people have a perception that there are actual people (or hackers) trying to break into websites. That's not really the case, it's an automated process. Hackers, spammers, and criminals write scripts to seek out and search for websites with specific vulnerabilities they can use to break in. They watch the latest security holes patched in WordPress itself, as well as themes and plugins. They also look for other software with holes, such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal, phpBulletin, Simple Machines forum, phpBB, and anything else they can find. Often scripts are written to break in through one hole, and then just infect all PHP files, all sites in a hosting account, or just all WordPress installations at once.
So think about the home you live in and it's security. You have locks on the doors and windows, and if someone were trying to get in – you'd know about it right away. The bulk of websites online are in shared hosting accounts. Unless you have some alerting or monitoring installed for your website (and even if you do), the only place break-in and hack attempts are stored is the server logs. You don't know it but your website is being "attacked" night and day 24/7 hundreds (if not thousands) of times. You have no idea that something is constantly trying to break into your website. If you did – you'd actually beef up the security a bit.
Back to how the websites get infected. These automated scripts look for security holes in WordPress itself, themes, and plugins. If your website (or themes or plugins) are out of date – you might be open to one of these attacks looking for a way in. But this isn't the only way.
Another way websites can be compromised (any website, not just WordPress) is by using an insecure connection to either login to FTP, your wp-admin dashboard, or your web hosting account. Remember when we talked about computer viruses and malware? If your PC is compromised and you connect to your WordPress website, your connection information could be sent to a remove PC by a keylogger or trojan. Even is your PC is clean, if you connect to any of these by an insecure connection such as Starbucks connection, public wifi in a hotel or airport, the same thing could happen (same if your home wireless router isn't secured).
Yet another way your WP website can be infected is through your webhost itself. Maybe your account is managed with cpanel or Plesk control panel and your webhost hasn't applied the latest patches for that software. Hackers can get in through those security holes. What if an exiting employee from a webhost steals the password files (which has actually happened) – you could be compromised. What if someone external breaks into your webhost and steals your login information (which has also happened at multiple webhosts multiple times), you can also be broken into.
More often than not what we do see, are large webhosts with shared webservers where hackers break into as many sites as they can on one box at once (bad neighborhood or guilt by association break-ins). Hosts that do stupid things like leave directory indexing on by default – don't help matters much.
How to Protect WordPress from malware?
Now that you know what malware is, and how websites get infected, it's time to find out how to protect your own website from malware (infections). While we can't give you complete step by step instructions, we can give you some great points to follow which will make your website more secure and hardened than it ever has been.
- Reset your password(s): regularly reset your WordPress admin, FTP, and web hosting control panel passwords every 30-60 days. Be sure to use a 12+ character strong password from somewhere like strongpasswordgenerator.com. Never use the same password at multiple websites or for multiple accounts.
- Update everything: as previously mentioned, be sure to keep WordPress itself updated, and all plugins and your theme as well at all times. Check to see if your theme has an update available if you purchased it from a developer or a theme house. Have it reviewed by a competent WordPress developer once per year for vulnerabilities if it was custom coded.
- Remove unused and outdated items: The worst security holes are the ones that you forget about. Always remove all themes and plugins that are unused and inactive. In addition be sure to remove (or at least have an expert check out) any plugins that haven't had an update in 12-18+ months or more.
- Get rid of common WordPress elements: Your WordPress installation shows what version you are running in the meta generator tag of every HTML page it displays sitewide. Use a security plugin like Secure WordPress or Better WP Security to suppress this from being displayed in your public pages. You can also remove, hide, or limit access files like readme.txt which also display WP version information.
- Limit Access: Limit and give admin access to only those with a "need to know" basis within your WordPress website. You should be able to count full site admins on one hand (preferable one or two fingers). Give the rest lesser user roles as needed.
- Setup alerting and monitoring: There are all kinds of free services (some by web hosting companies) that will alert or monitor you if your website is down (or if certain pages have changed in content)
- Register with Google Webmaster Tools: If you register with Google Webmaster Tools and they find malware in your website, they will notify you via email. Keep in mind (in our experience) by the time they notify you, your website could have been infected for days or weeks (or longer)
- Monitor changed files: There are many free plugins that will monitor your website for changed files, Better WP Security is one of them.
- Update wp-config security salts: Since before version 3.0 the wp-config.php file of every WP installation has contained "security salts" and a URL to get random ones to update the file with. Be sure to update your wp-config file.
- Install and configure a security plugin: Setup and configure an all-inclusive security plugin, something like Better WP Security or Secure WordPress
- Setup and test a backup solution: By all means, make sure that in the event something does happen you have a disaster recovery plan. You can use a free plugin, premium solution, or web based service to backup your website to an offsite location for recovery in case you are hacked, or something at your web host goes down. This is even protection against issues if you upgrade WordPress or plugins and a conflict takes your website down. At least with an option like this, if you are taking regular versioned backups, you can easily revert to the last known good version
With just these few bullet points, your website security can be improved by nearly 95% (or more).
Don't Build WordPress Plugins Into Your Themes
A couple of weeks ago, I read a post on WPLift "Build A Plugin (Twitter Widget) into your WordPress Theme)" which in turn was inspired by a post on WPCandy from a couple of months ago "How to create your own WordPress functionality plugin".
The WPCandy post was advocating that theme designers should stop bundling WordPress plugins and other functionality which limits how easily users can switch themes, something which I feel is absolutely a good idea. But that's not what I want to talk about in this post — I want to focus specifically on the issue raised in the WPLift post — building plugins directly into themes.
The post shows you how to add the DP Twitter Widget into your theme; it's literally a case of copying a pasting the plugin's code into your functions.php. In fact it's so easy that there's no reason not to build every single widget and plugin you can think of under the sun into your theme, right?
Not exactly.
Unfortunately it's a little more complicated than that and for the rest of this post I'll set out exactly why that's the case.
Firstly, the second you build a plugin into your theme, you're assuming responsibility and are obliged to support the plugin, so if anything breaks in future updates, you'll need to be able to fix it. Say the plugin used Ben's timthumb and updating was an absolute necessity, the onus would then be on you to provide the update by offering an entire theme upgrade rather than just a simple plugin update independent of the theme.
Second, what's the point? The functionality you're providing already exists and unless you're significantly changing the plugin, I'm struggling to see the point of just duplicating functionality. Sure, you get to brag about how your theme has thousands upon thousands of built in widgets and it makes everything really fun and it'll do everything you've ever wanted, but by just adding a plugin that already exists into your theme, you're just adding something I can do already by installing plugins. Plus, I'll not lose everything in two years when I decide I need to overhaul the look of my site! And hey, there are sites like mine out there which show you how to do things like building a WordPress powered email newsletter without plugins anyway!
I'm not just wagging fingers from the rooftops — this was a mistake I made when I launched my ill fated theme site, WPShift nearly two years ago. At the time having a ton of functionality in a theme was the way to go and we made a decision that we would go down the route of essentially just bundling plugins with the theme.
I'm glad to say this isn't all the range any more, so please don't do it, it's just making a mess in the long run.
WPTouch: Creating a WordPress Mobile Theme
Thanks to the huge success of the iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, and other mobile devices, Apps have become all the rage. The problem for many webmasters and WordPress users is that most smaller WordPress websites/blogs can't afford to have a custom app developed for their WordPress site.
Of course, thanks to beauty of the open source nature of WordPress, WordPress users have access to all sorts of great WordPress plugins. I recently found myself debating whether or not to develop an app for WordPress Hacks and decided that first I would look into what free WordPress plugins were available. My goal was simply to find one which would display a WordPress blog to mobile browsers in a mobile friendly format.
Based upon roughly 2 million downloads plus great reviews, far and away the best plugin I've found to accomplish this is one called WP Touch. For those that haven't heard of WP Touch, this WordPress plugin automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, and will display this theme when your WordPress blog is viewed from an iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, Palm Pre, Samsung and BlackBerry Storm/Torch mobile device!
The admin panel allows you to customize many aspects of its appearance and deliver a fast, user-friendly and stylish version of your WordPress website to mobile visitors, all without modifying a single bit of code or making any changes to your standard WordPress theme. The mobile theme also includes the ability for visitors to switch between WP Touch view and your site's regular theme if that is what they prefer.
If you are looking for a more feature-rich product, I discovered that users can also purchase a Pro version of WP Touch which includes a slew of new features like more style, color and branding customizations, themes, 10 languages, more advertising options, web-app mode, and even iPad support.


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Why I Love Being A House Husband
By Stu Gray
We are a team. Both my wife and I are the "breadwinners." We don't lean on just one of us to make our household run. We are parents and business owners. All of the dollars we make go into the bank and help us pay our bills. When one business is slow, the other picks up slack, or we figure out how to earn more or cut back. It is a team effort. We've found that by collaborating on our work, we learn to work better as a team.
We both participate in the life of our son. When I was growing up, most of my time with my dad was spent visiting the office and talking to him on the phone while he worked. Don't get me wrong, my dad was a part of my life as much as he could be. Yet, his obligation to a 9 to 5 job limited that family time. Because I'm a stay-at-home dad I take my son to school. I have been to several class outings, swim lessons, soccer practices and games that I might not have been able to experience if I was working 9 to 5. Dear Wife: You Make Me A Better Father
During this recession, many fathers are choosing to stay at home with their kids or work at home. While some traditionalists look at this trend and decry the end of traditional values in relationships, I am happy with my decision to work at home and spend more time with my son. By participating in my son's life I am allowed to be the father and husband I want to be and I can't think of better traditional values to uphold.
Of course this takes sacrifice. You may have to downsize and not be living in the biggest house on the block. You may have to work as a team to make enough income to support your family. Is it worth it? Absolutely! At the end of your life, are you going to care about the trinkets that you bought or the years you lost never getting to know your kids or your spouse?


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11 Now the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation), | 11 When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. |
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Holman Christian Standard Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Is this Rose Tawny or Tawny Rose? Either way, I picked it up yesterday and I love it. This LL seems to go with most lippies and I really like the fact that is is basically a neutral pink. So far, this one is the closest I have come to replacing my beloved Flush that Benefit decided to dc.
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Clinical utility of PKD2 mutation testing in a polycystic kidney disease cohort attending a specialist nephrology out-patient clinic
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ADPKD affects approximately 1:1000 of the worldwide population. It is caused by mutations in two genes, PKD1 and PKD2. Although allelic variation has some influence on disease severity, genic effects are strong, with PKD2 mutations predicting later onset of ESRF by up to 20 years. We therefore screened a cohort of ADPKD patients attending a nephrology out-patient clinic for PKD2 mutations, to identify factors that can be used to offer targeted gene testing and to provide patients with improved prognostic information.
142 consecutive individuals presenting to a hospital nephrology out-patient service with a diagnosis of ADPKD and CKD stage 4 or less were screened for mutations in PKD2, following clinical evaluation and provision of a detailed family history (FH).
PKD2 mutations were identified in one fifth of cases. 12% of non-PKD2 patients progressed to ESRF during this study whilst none with a PKD2 mutation did (median 38.5 months of follow-up, range 16–88 months, p < 0.03). A significant difference was found in age at ESRF of affected family members (non-PKD2 vs. PKD2, 54 yrs vs. 65 yrs; p < 0.0001). No PKD2 mutations were identified in patients with a FH of ESRF occurring before age 50 yrs, whereas a PKD2 mutation was predicted by a positive FH without ESRF.
PKD2 testing has a clinically significant detection rate in the pre-ESRF population. It did not accurately distinguish those individuals with milder renal disease defined by stage of CKD but did identify a group less likely to progress to ESRF. When used with detailed FH, it offers useful prognostic information for individuals and their families. It can therefore be offered to all but those whose relatives have developed ESRF before age 50.
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- The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/13/79/prepub
- Title
- Clinical utility of PKD2 mutation testing in a polycystic kidney disease cohort attending a specialist nephrology out-patient clinic
- Open Access
- Available under Open Access This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
- Journal
BMC Nephrology
- Online Date
- August 2012
- 10.1186/1471-2369-13-79
- Online ISSN
- 1471-2369
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
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- Authors
- Caroline Robinson (1)
- Thomas F Hiemstra (1) (2)
- Deborah Spencer (2)
- Sarah Waller (3)
- Laura Daboo (3)
- Fiona E Karet Frankl (1) (2)
- Richard N Sandford (1) (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Academic Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, CB2 0SP, UK
- 2. Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
- 3. East Anglian Medical Genetics Service, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK


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Fashion editor Jillian Mercado has made a name for herself behind the camera, but she appears just as at ease in front of one in Diesel's new spring ad campaign. The edgy 26-year-old blogger, who has spastic muscular dystrophy, poses in her wheelchair in the ads, which demonstrate how easily anyone, regardless of body type, can rock Diesel clothing, Mercado said Tuesday. "Diesel is a company where everyone can wear it. You don't have to look like a model to wear it. And I feel like these photos just show that," she said on TODAY. "Every photo that they release, someone can relate to it. And that's rare in the fashion industry, to be able to relate and say, 'You know that's me in that photo, through that person.'" From TODAY
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"…I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2013 as National Disability Employment Awareness Month. I urge all Americans to embrace the talents and skills that individuals with disabilities bring to our workplaces and communities and to promote the right to equal employment opportunity for all people…." Click Here to read the full article.
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The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) has issued a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) entitled Redefine Disability, airing now on cable networks carried by Comcast's Xfinity TV service nationwide. Featuring four young adults with various disabilities, the PSA challenges Americans to appreciate the positive aspects of disability. In addition, the PSA encourages viewers to join with AAPD in breaking down the outdated stereotypes confronting many people with disabilities.
Earlier this year, the Obama administration passed a bill that requires all public schools to allow students with disabilities to participate in school organized sports. (Read more about the new law here). Once the law was put into effect, some schools were concerned about their ability to remain competitive in sports after the inclusion of students with disabilities. Others, such as Germantown High School in Memphis, Tenn. embraced the change and have benefited from the inclusion of student athletes with disabilities. After being approached with a request from a local parent named Maureen Andrews, Germantown High's basketball coach, Wes Crump, made a spot on the team for Maureen's son, David Andrews, a Germantown freshman born with Down syndrome. At the time, no one, not even David's parents, could have predicted just how important David would become to the basketball program. In an article about David, coach Crump stated, "Maureen wasn't asking for anything other than David maybe getting a sweat suit, team shoes, and for him to be on the bench with the team…" But now, "…He wears number 40. He leads the pregame chant. He swishes threes…" (Read full article here)
David's story is impressive, moving and inspiring. However, it's not entirely unique. More than 700 miles away, a similar story recently unfolded at Van Hoosen Middle School in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Owen Groesser, a 13 year-old basketball player who was also born with Down syndrome, made ESPN' SportCenter highlights by shooting two three-point baskets in the last two minutes of the final game of the season. Owen's performance has made him a YouTube sensation and a shining example, alongside David Andrews, of the competitive contributions student athletes with disabilities can bring to their teams. If they're just given the opportunity.
Education Week: On Special Education is an online news source which focuses specifically on issues in special education. With an archive of hundreds of articles, organized by subject (ADHD, Autism, Down Syndrome, Early Intervention, etc.) this is a great resource for keeping up with current events in the world of Special Education.
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The Seattle Mountaineers of the American Basketball Association have signed former Lee University point guard Tyrone Caldwell for the 2014-15 season.
The 6-foot-1 guard played at NCAA Division I Austin Peay State University for three seasons before transferring to Lee to play for coach Tommy Brown during the for the 2011-12 season.
Caldwell enjoyed a stellar career at Clarkesville High School where he was a Class AAA Mr. Basketball Finalist and averaged 19.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game as senior. He was nominated for the McDonald's All-American team.
In 2008-09, Caldwell signed with Austin Peay and started parts of three seasons for the Governors, leading the team to three appearances in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
The ball-hawking guard transferred to Lee (at that time an NAIA power) for his senior season, and helped direct the Flames to a 20-9 record and a seventh consecutive appearance in the NAIA's national tournament. Caldwell averaged 10.9 points per game and shot more than 41 percent from 3-point range and 82 percent from the free-throw line. He dished off 136 assists in 29 games for the Flames.
"I am very excited to sign a player of Tyrone's ability. He brings an unselfish demeanor to the court and possesses terrific court vision with great decision-making capabilities. He has strong fundamental skills, a great ability to get to the basket and is a winner," said Mountaineers coach Donald Sims. "We needed to bring in a player with these qualities to quarterback our team."


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Bigelow to Build Inflatable Room for the ISS
SpaceX, Boeing, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevadasome of the biggest names in aerospace, newcomers or old guard, are competing to build new spacecraft and rockets to carry astronauts to the International Space Station now that NASA no long flies the space shuttle. But Bigelow Aerospace, founded in 1998, actually wants to add on to the station itself.
The company builds inflatable orbital habitats, more like balloons than the angular metal modules that make up the space station. For years Bigelow has floated the far-out possibility of combining multiple inflatables to create a hotel in spacelodging for space tourists who aren't content to simply see the great beyond from the cabin of a plane. NASA, however, has recently announced it plans to Bigelow's inflatable rooms as add-ons for the ISS.
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Miami Heat step up to challenge of Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks in 102-88 victory
MIAMI, Fla. - President Obama apologized earlier for his absence.
Jeremy Lin? He was present but hardly his typical presence.
Amid a playoff atmosphere at AmericanAirlines Arena, the Miami Heat motored into the All-Star break with a 102-88 victory Thursday night over the New York Knicks.
Not this time, not with the unceasing focus of the Heat defense. The breakout point guard closed with eight points on 1-of-11 shooting, three assists and eight turnovers.
"It's not a specific plan," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of how the Heat defended Lin. "What we wanted to do was treat him with the adequate respect he deserves."
Instead, it was more of a case of a statement victory by the Heat's Big Three, with Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James leading the way.
James closed with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Wade added 22 points, with Bosh leading the way with 25.
It was the Big Three at their Big Three collective best, the first time all three all have scored 20 in the same game.
"It was good to see we played to our identity," Spoelstra said. "We were active, disruptive, aggressive."
With center Joel Anthony clearing up any defensive lapses at the rim with his five blocked shots, the Heat extended their winning streak to eight, all by at least 12 points, as they now head into the All-Star break, their next game not until next Thursday's start of a three-game western swing against the Portland Trail Blazers.
With celebrities in place, from Jimmy Buffett to Floyd Mayweather, the Heat made it 19 victories in their last 22 games behind a stout defense that forced 15 first-half turnovers and then limited the Knicks to 4-of-15 shooting in the third quarter.
"We certainly are not getting into the conjecture (of) are we peaking," Spoelstra said. "It's about playing to your potential, trying to improve. And we don't know what our ceiling is."
The Heat pushed their lead to 14 in the third quarter, with their signature sequence an Anthony block of a Lin shot and then a Shane Battier 3-pointer on the other end that produced a 75-62 Heat lead.
"Joel Anthony is one of the cornerstones to what we do," Spoelstra said.
The Heat took an 80-66 advantage into the fourth quarter.
Despite spending much of the day in the area, including an address at the University of Miami, President Obama was not among the high-end crowd.
"In another life, I would be staying for the Knicks-Heat game tonight, then going up to Orlando for NBA All-Star weekend," he said at the University of Miami. "But these days, I've got a few other things on my plate. Just a few."
The Knicks now clearly also have a few things on their plate, namely an opponent that swarms Lin, forces turnovers and is able to step up defensively when needed.
At times Thursday, it could have been argued the Heat possessed the game's two best point guards, with Norris Cole offering a solid, 10-point effort off the bench after starting point guard Mario Chalmers found himself in foul trouble. It was Chalmers' early defense, however, that set the tone.
Lin wasn't the only Knick who struggled. Carmelo Anthony shot 7 of 20 for New York, with Knicks power forward Amare Stoudemire committing six of the Knicks' 19 turnovers.
Yet it was Spoelstra who said his team could use some time off now.
"This has been about a three-week push for us and it's a good way to end before the break," Spoelstra said. "I think everyone in that locker room need a handful of days."
The Heat came out with furious defensive pressure, particularly smothering the pick-and-rolls the Knicks were running with Lin. But despite forcing nine first-quarter turnovers, the Heat were only able to take a 24-20 edge into the second period.
The Knicks kept up the turnover binge in the second period, with those 15 at the intermission, but still were able to stand within 51-47.
Lin and Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire each had six first-half turnovers, the most by a player against the Heat in a first half this season, but New York was able to hang close with fierce defense and three first-half 3-pointers from backup forward Steve Novak.
"We played a team with more time, they are going to improve," Spoelstra said. "They will continue to get better.
"We have to get better, as well. We can't stay where we are."
The Heat's seven blocked shots over the first two periods were their high for a first half this season.
It was the second of three meetings this season and the second of two at AmericanAirlines Arena. The Heat won the first meeting 99-89 Jan. 27, when the Knicks were without Carmelo Anthony, on a night Lin was not utilized.
The Heat entered having won 8 of the previous 10 meetings, with the season series to conclude April 15 in New York.
The Knicks were without Josh Harrellson (wrist), Iman Shumpert (knee) and Bill Walker (elbow).
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