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The MBS market has seen a great deal of movement in the past two months and it has had a huge impact on mREIT investors. Since May 1st the Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF (NYSEARCA:MORT) has taken an 11% hit, and industry leaders Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) and American Capital Agency (NASDAQ:AGNC) have endured 14.8% and 22.6% drops respectively.
MBS premiums have dropped dramatically across the board since that time, with lower coupons taking a beating (30-year 3s were off more than 3% in Q2 at recent lows). AGNC's approach seems to have in many ways exposed it to the worst of this drop, as they operate at a reasonably high leverage for the mREIT sector and have generally held lower coupon securities when compared to their peers in order to mitigate CPR risk. Their well documented approach to leverage TBA positions during QE3 also doesn't make a positive case for their Q2 performance.
With AGNC likely to announce their quarterly dividend in the next week or so, and with so much uncertainty as to where exactly their portfolio stands, we are going to break down what we know about AGNC's position based on their Q1 figures and try to get a range on where book value is, along with how the recent events may impact the dividend.
MBS Portfolio Depreciation
Exactly how much depreciation have we seen in the MBS market? Well, that depends on the coupon we are looking at but things have been down across the board. From their peak in late April to their recent bottom fair value for 30-year FNMA 3.0s have dropped 4.65%. To give some context, this is larger than the respective boost they saw from bottom-to-peak prices over the August-September timeframe in 2012 when the QE3 was announced (that boost was about 3.9%). During this period the 30-year FNMA 5.0s have given up only about 1%. We will take a look at AGNCs MBS portfolio at the end of Q1 to get a feeling for how they were positioned going into Q2 and what rates are the most relevant.
Source: Page 23 of American Capital Agency Q1 Shareholder Presentation, Retrieved June 9th, 2013.
If we look at page 6 of AGNCs Q1 presentation, we have the fair value of these securities as of 3/31/13. If we map that to the most recent pricing (market close Friday 6/7/13), we get the following drops.
30-year MBS | ||||||
Coupon | 3/31/2013 | Holdings | 6/7/2013 | -Δ | -Δ% | Projected Fair Value |
3.0 | 103.11 | 6506 | 100.00 | 3.11 | 3.016% | 6309.77 |
3.5 | 105.58 | 17496 | 103.1875 | 2.39 | 2.266% | 17099.53 |
4.0 | 106.61 | 18857 | 105.25 | 1.36 | 1.276% | 18616.45 |
4.5 | 107.73 | 5385 | 106.75 | 0.98 | 0.910% | 5336.01 |
5.0 | 108.34 | 737 | 107.71875 | 0.62 | 0.573% | 732.77 |
5.5 | 109.08 | 263 | 108.25 | 0.83 | 0.761% | 261.00 |
15-year MBS | ||||||
Coupon | 3/31/2013 | Holdings | 6/7/2013 | -Δ | -Δ% | Projected Fair Value |
2.5 | 103.75 | 5720 | 101.6875 | 2.06 | 1.988% | 5606.29 |
3.0 | 105.17 | 1837 | 103.8125 | 1.36 | 1.291% | 1813.29 |
3.5 | 106.03 | 6497 | 104.9375 | 1.09 | 1.030% | 6430.06 |
4.0 | 107 | 7729 | 105.6875 | 1.31 | 1.227% | 7634.19 |
4.5 | 107.67 | 780 | 106.5 | 1.17 | 1.087% | 771.52 |
*Holdings and Projected Fair Value Figures in Millions |
So we see that before accounting for the $27.3B in TBA positions, the portfolio AGNC held at the end of Q1 will have lost around $1.28B. Since we don't have a breakdown of what coupons the TBA positions are based upon, we could assign the weighted average depreciation rate of AGNC's portfolio to the respective bundles of 30-year and 15-year TBA positions. That however, would be a considerate projection as the TBA positions are more likely to center around lower coupons than the portfolio average (the purpose of taking the TBA approach is based on the QE3 purchases, which are related to 3.5% coupons and lower and the idea that these coupons were going to continue to have high volume buyers). Due to this, we will break the projection into two scenarios; the first where the TBA positions are marked down at the weighted average rate of depreciation (1.86% for 30-years and 1.36% for 15-years), and one where they are marked at a lower coupon rate (the 3.0% depreciation rate for 30-years and the 2.5% depreciation rate for 15-years). Between the two scenarios, we get a range of depreciation between $1.72B and $1.97B.
Interest Income
The slight differences here matter more in terms of realized income and the range is not extremely broad. As of 3/31/13 the net spread on AGNC's portfolio including TBA positions was 1.71%. After the recent rate spike, CPR will almost certainly come in lower than projected. Also, as rates rise mREIT spreads will go up as portfolios are repositioned. Despite this, the first half of the quarter saw rates fall slightly and in order for the spread to rise AGNC has to reposition their portfolio and sell lower yielding securities off (at this point that would almost certainly require selling them off at a loss). The 'as of 6/31/13' figure might look better if current trends continue, but it's unlikely AGNC has seen large improvements in their spread figure in the past two months.
Beyond simply determining their portfolio spread, it is also relevant to recognize that with the decrease in book value due to portfolio depreciation, they have to decrease the size of their portfolio to maintain the same leverage. Since that net spread will apply to a smaller portfolio, the bottom line figure will be a bit smaller. Let's place our spread projections between 1.7% and 1.9% and their average portfolio value between $90B and $100B. Those figures would mean AGNC has earned between $329M and $294M in interest income to this point (would project to yield $475M and $425M respectively for all of Q2).
This aspect, although potentially the most important, is not easy to predict by looking at the March figures. The smaller numbers allow management to be much more fluid with how they hedge and how much they wish to allocate to each strategy. For example, in Q1 AGNC nearly doubled their swaption portfolio through acquisition of new securities. Also, it's harder to estimate the current price of these underlying securities (particularly the swaptions) since we don't know exactly which figures the holdings are based upon and how responsive they have been to rate changes.
We could use AGNCs projections on hedges and NAV based on rate change from their quarterly presentations, but the fact is that MBS have been harder hit than treasuries recently so this could produce significant errors that make the outlook appear too positive. Regardless, any assumptions about the hedge portfolio's performance to this point during Q2 may be extremely erroneous and lead us down the wrong path about AGNC's true position. This leads us to offer a large gap between best and worst case predictions after looking at past quarter performance and deriving what we can.
Through Q1 we saw a rise of 9Bps on the 10-year treasury, 5 Bps on the 5-year treasury, and a drop of 1 Bps on the 2-year Treasury. Between unrealized and realized gains on hedging activities including swaps, swaptions, and other treasury positions the net effect only resulted in a few million in gains. Thus far in Q2 we've seen roughly 30 Bps moves in the 10 and 5-year securities and a 5 Bps move on the 2-year treasury. With a large percentage of AGNC's hedge portfolio following an option profile of high responsiveness to extreme gains along with the potential for AGNC to have increased their swaption holdings further as they have seen their MBS position weaken, we feel it's safe to assume that this area has performed well even with the moderate but not extreme shift in treasury rates. To be safe we will set our worst case at $200M in gains and our best case at $600M in gains. This would be roughly in line with between 10% and 35% of MBS depreciation.
Our Book Value Estimate and What it Means
If we apply our best case conditions and our worst case conditions we get the following figures for quarterly losses to this point:
Those losses imply the range on current book value to be $25.21 - $26.94
That's a relatively large range, but the significant information it tells us is that currently AGNC ($25.56 at close 6/7/13) is likely trading roughly in line with book value.
What All of This Means For the Dividend
The most important figure for the dividend is the taxable income figure, which only includes the realized items on the balance sheet. This includes interest income, any closed out MBS positions, and any expired or closed out hedge positions. For Q2 our projections suggest between $1.20/share and $1.07/share in interest income.
There is no basis to project with any confidence what percentage of the MBS portfolio's losses AGNC will realize in order to reposition given the current environment (or what profitable hedges they might realize to offset these losses). What we can observe however, is that losses on the TBA positions will hit the books when they settle as they did in Q1, and even with the uncertainty regarding which coupons those positions are centered around, the average depreciation rate (best case scenario) of basis losses on those TBA positions amounts to $445M (the worst case being a whopping $695 or $1.75/share). This will almost certainly put AGNC in the red for Q2 taxable income before any losses are realized to reposition the MBS portfolio or gains are realized on hedges.
Going into the quarter AGNC held $430M in undistributed taxable net. Approximately $253M (~.64/share) of that was taken in 2012 and by mREIT regulations must be paid out in dividends declared before September 15th 2013. Beyond that however, even though the outlook for the net spread figures is good going forward, the dividend will be assessed with either no taxable income or potentially taxable losses for the first half of 2013 in addition to unrealized losses on the basis of their MBS portfolio going forward.
Management may choose to realize gains on hedges and minimize realized losses on MBS in Q2 with the expectation that rates will turn back down significantly. Even in this case however, the current dividend would nearly deplete their undistributed taxable net income (which is something they may not be able to avoid in our worst case scenarios, even if the dividend is cut).
It is extremely unlikely that AGNC will over-distribute, especially with book value falling as it has. Our outlook suggests it is extremely likely that taxable losses will position AGNC to assess the current quarter's dividend with the expectation that less than $1/share of taxable net income will be on the books before the dividend is paid out. This means the dividend cut will be significant regardless of where book value stands. Based on our figures we would estimate that the dividend will likely be cut to $0.65-$0.95 depending on how management has handled this quarter.
This is a rough time period for all mREITs, American Capital Agency in particular. Management has a proven track record of strong performance over the past few years, however as even Gary Kain stated during recent conferences, the markets did not perform as they expected in a QE3 environment. Based on our figures, AGNC is likely to be trading somewhere between a 1% premium and a 5% discount to current book value. Also, given the taxable income figures, the current dividend of $1.25 represents a significant premium to what can be expected for 2013 performance at this time, and we expect a reduction to between $0.65/share and $0.95/share in Q2. If our projections are correct, those interested in opening or extending long positions in AGNC may see a buying opportunity after the dividend is announced in the near future as our figures are somewhat lower than current consensus projections. Those who currently hold exposed long positions may want to consider a hedging strategy prior to the announcement.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I hold offsetting derivative positions related to AGNC that are net short. I may alter my positions over the next 72 hours primarily based upon AGNCs Q2 dividend announcement. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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By Francis Allan L. Angelo and Tara Yap
THERE is a need to improve port facilities for pump boats plying the Iloilo-Guimaras route for the comfort of stranded passengers in case boats are barred from traveling due to bad weather.
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ONE of the search and rescue vessels (SARV) of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) needed rescuing after it suffered engine trouble amidst giant waves off the coast of Antique Wednesday.
BRP Davao del Norte (SARV 3504) lost contact Wednesday morning after it helped rescue the crew of cargo vessel M/V Ma. Lourdes which sank three miles off Bisay Island in Caluya, Antique.
M/V Lourdes, which was loaded with more or less 22,000 bags of cement from Iligan City, was en route to San Jose, Romblon when it was battered by big waves.
BRP Davao del Norte, which is based in Romblon Island, has 12 crewmembers, according to Commander Harold Jarder, PCG-Iloilo station chief.
Army air assets and Navy ships helped search for Davao del Norte. It was later found near Boracay Island following an aerial survey by the Air Force.
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Jarder said the ship suffered power failure after it was battered by big waves.
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THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will strictly regulate transporting of firecrackers from Iloilo to Guimaras and Negros Island onboard ships.
Commander Harold Jarder, PCG-Iloilo station commander, issued the order as part of safety measures on ships and pump boats plying Guimaras and Bacolod City.
Jarder warned firecracker manufacturers against transporting pyrotechnics on board sea vessels as these pose grave dangers to the lives of other passengers.
The PCG head said firecracker manufacturers and traders should secure permits from the Police Regional Office (PRO-6) before moving their goods on board ships and pump boats.
Despite the permits, Jarder said they will still regulate the volume of firecrackers to be loaded on ships to avoid sea accidents.
The Arevalo district is considered as the firecracker capital of the city and province of Iloilo because of the large number of pyrotechnic factories located mostly in households.
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
COMMERCIAL ships can go on their usual routes even if public storm warning signal (PSWS) No. 1 is hoisted in their ports of origin and destination.
This is the new regulation issued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) national headquarters in response to the qualms of shipping lines whose vessels are stranded every time PSWS No. 1 is raised in parts of the country.
HPCG Memorandum Circular No. 07-08 superseded interim MC No. 06-08 which barred all ships of any tonnage from sailing in case PSWS No. 1 is hoisted.
But in MC No. 07-08, which was issued in September, only sea vessels of 1,000 gross tonnage and below will not be allowed to leave the port during signal No. 1.
Commander Harold Jarder, PCG-Iloilo station chief, said once MC No. 07-08 takes effect, ships with more than 1,000 GT, which includes passenger and cargo vessels, can now sail despite storm signal No. 1.
"This regulation is more on the economic side because the Coast Guard does not want to hamper the movement of passengers and commercial cargo. We already saw what happened in the last two typhoons when thousands of passengers were stranded even if the storm was weak," Jarder said.
But if the storm signal is raised to No. 2, all ships will be prohibited from sailing, Jarder said.
Jarder said the new regulation will take effect after it is published in a newspaper of national circulation.
But even before the MC No. 07-08 is implemented, the municipal government of Buenavista, Guimaras has asked the Coast Guard to exempt pump boats plying Guimaras-Iloilo route from the regulation.
The request is in the form of resolution passed by the Buenavista municipal council last November 12.
Jarder said he referred the resolution to their higher headquarters "and it is being seriously considered by the Maritime Safety Services of the PCG."
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Jarder said there are times when PSWS 1 is raised "but the seas are calm and there are no strong winds which can be safe for pump boats to sail."
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TROPICAL depression Quinta has claimed the lives of 13 persons in Western Visayas while several others were injured after several boats capsized amid giant waves.
The death toll of the ill-fated passenger motor banca Rolev V (not Role 4 as earlier reported) which capsized in Brgy. Bagongon in Isla Tagubanhan, Concepcion, Iloilo rose to 12 while two others remain missing.
The Iloilo Provincial Police Office (IPPO), Philippine Coast Guard and the municipality of Concepcion continue to search for the two missing passengers.
The banca sunk amid big waves caused by tropical depression Quinta which passed northern Panay area Thursday afternoon.
A total of 31 passengers survived and rescued by emergency responders.
Rolev V was ferrying a total of 43 passengers who went marketing in Concepcion town proper when it capsized.
The 12 fatalities were identified as Leonil Villaran, 30, Antonia dela Cruz, 50, Juanito Musico, 71, Shiela Olano, Miriam Salundagit, 60, Carmen Padrillan, 71, Aida Libre, 55, Frenz Cedric Depositario, 4, Lila Bilano, 61, Jethniel Flores, 3, Regine Caberoy and Adam Clark Villaran.
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One crewmember of the Roxas City-based fishing boat remains missing while the rest survived unscathed.
A total of seven passengers were injured after M/B April Joy, M/B Jona 1 and Nonoy Mike capsized off Carles and Batad.
Governor Niel Tupas said the provincial government will extend financial help to the families of the fatalities.
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Members of the Amity Volunteer Brigade found Saturnino Gonzaga's body after searching for the construction worker for two hours. His body was caught by a fisherman's net several kilometers from the shore.
Some 30 families were left homeless after their houses were destroyed by a tornado in Barangay Catabla, Talisay City.
The Negros Occidental provincial disaster management division said 59 homes were also damaged by the tornado that struck the village at the height of the storm.
More than 20 families from different villages in Bacolod City, who are residing along riverbanks, also evacuated their homes after their houses were hit by strong flood waters.


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Sharp to start LCD production for the Apple iPhone 5S next month
Other companies in the region are said to be already mass producing the screens for the phone. Those companies include Japan Display, which is a company made up of the display producing capabilities of Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba, and LG Display. In the meantime, Sharp's performance over the last few years can be described as "faltering" which has forced the once mighty Japanese electronics firm to seek cash infusions from companies like Foxconn and Samsung.
The Apple iPhone 5S is expected to keep the same 4 inch display as on the iPhone 5 but will add a fingerprint sensor, a faster A7 processor and have iOS 7 pre-installed. Rumored problems with the fingerprint sensor are said to be the main reason for a delay in the release of the phone. Also expected out later this year is a low-cost version of Apple's iconic smartphone to be produced for emerging markets like China and India. On Monday, parts supplier ETrade said that it had received word that such a device is planned for launch sometime this year.
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1. darkkjedii (Posts: 14475; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Apple you owe us at least 4.5 minimum, and it should be bigger than that. I for one am not buying an iPhone 5 rehashed.
4. tedkord (Posts: 6522; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Hey, DJ. I tried the ATT Galaxy S4 today. It was OK. No lag or stutter. But I'm still gonna wait and see what the Note 3 brings. It just didn't feel like enough of an upgrade over my s3. (But the screen was gorgeous)
9. darkkjedii (Posts: 14475; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I think the screen is unbelievable Ted. Thanx for the response bro, the 32 gig s4 goes on sale Friday.
5. YouGotTrolledSon (banned) (Posts: 41; Member since: 25 Nov 2012)
it's such a shame that Apple's iPhone 5s certainly won't have that 4.5 inches display. Maybe in iPhone 6 but definitely not iPhone 5s. I guess it's time to move on. Welcome to Android world where you can have whatever you want. :)
10. darkkjedii (Posts: 14475; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I'm already part of that world bro. You're rite tho
7. InspectorGadget80 (Posts: 6975; Member since: 26 Mar 2011)
Yet Apple will never grow another inch or 5" say to least
3. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Yes it will be the same iP5s with:
Higher Ppi
Maybe a true A15 Cpu
12, or 13Mp
Let's no wait and see™
Will be selling mine for the new one.
But how the hell can, will you tell the difference of il5, ip5s, what a joke©
6. joey18 (Posts: 574; Member since: 20 Jul 2010)
for me is not the screen size my last gs3 nice firts days but after poor battery laggy slow data so i sold then iget the iphone 5 more than one year no problems i know is boring ui but is not phone big or small bcs after than one month the phone get boring and you wan to go back for your last phone
8. kozza3 (Posts: 594; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
i wish there were factories like this in the US. its so frustrating
13. tedkord (Posts: 6522; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Didn't I read that Samsung was opening a cpu factory somewhere in the US? And Apple are assembling some Macbooks here as well?
Its a start.
12. tedkord (Posts: 6522; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
An alternate headline could be, "Sharp restarting iPhone 5 LCD display production for iPhone 5s."


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Philosophical gardening and strange fruit
The thing is, there never is a year when everything grows and produces a wonderful crop, so it's best to grow a variety of the different crops and there's bound to be a few that do quite well. There will probably be one or two that surpass all expectations. You could call it Biodiversity, I'm going to call it Philosophical Gardening.
Here's an example . . . Gooseberries.
Some years, well actually most years, they are a bit tricky to get to crop well. If it's warm and a little bit humid the bushes get mildew and the fruit get covered in a horrid fungal bloom. Then, as if that isn't bad enough, the leaves suddenly disappear! Munched, seemingly overnight, by a marching army of Gooseberry Sawfly larvae.
This year (while we've all been hiding indoors, keeping warm and sheltering from the storms) our 'Invicta' Gooseberry bush has been flourishing, growing big spiny new shoots, lush shiny green leaves and lots and lots of fruit. Untroubled by mildew and wriggly maggots, the fruit have swelled and the branches hung down under the weight of hundreds of plump green bristly berries.
On Saturday afternoon I decided to pick all the Gooseberries from our single bush, the yield was 2.5 kilos! I sat in the shade and while listened to the Wimbledon commentary on TuneIn Radio on my iPhone, I nubbed the Gooseberries.
Spending all that time looking at Gooseberries, made me realise what strange little fruits they are. What was the flower stalk is that thin olive-green stem ending in a tiny trumpet shape; the fruit bit is like a green balloon, the remains of the dry shriveled petals are still attached to the end opposite the stalk.
I put one half of the Gooseberries in the freezer and with the other I made Gooseberry and Elderflower jam (River Cottage recipe as shown here). It smelled gorgeously flowery as it cooked.
I put a dozen Gooseberries aside to be 'life models' . . . I wanted to record how Gooseberries, which you'd think are as similar as peas in a pod, are actually each unique. I remembered what one of my art college drawing tutors used to say as he paced behind us during life classes, "first, the strange shapes; the strange shapes".
At the end of the day there were five jars (and a bit over for Sunday breakfast) of beautiful, complex, sharp, sweet, Gooseberry and Elderflower jam. A jam of such distinction really deserves some scones and clotted cream!
And here are the strange fruits . . . each one a little different from the others.
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I just started to (seriously) grow my own this year, so I can confirm that its been interesting! But never the less, so enjoyable, and now I'm truly hooked! But even so, i've had no major casualties, and at least when Radishes bolt they have nice flowers :)
Always enjoy reading your blog!
KatieGreat post! You're right, this has been a less than propitious year in which to be first-time allotmenteers, as our experience here in Newcastle testifies. However, even with weather as grim as it has been, there have been some small but important victories - broad beans for us - which keep you trucking on. I love the watercolours. ps, if interested, we've just started a blog recently at patchygrowth.blogspot.com . Lee.
ReplyDeletewhat a good question of Terry's...I have no idea why they are called Gooseberries - perhaps the resultant jam or compote goes beautifully with goose!
I spent hours topping and tailing gooseberries for my mother when i was a child. Her gooseberry crumble was heavenly - oozing with butter and brown sugar. No tartness there.
A beautiful post - inspiring & informative.I usually leave the gooseberries till they are as plump as plums then squash them in my mouth and discard the skins. They taste like Kiwi fruit - deelish. One of my bushes has been sawflyed this year but the goosegogs are hanging on regardless. Love your paintings of them - I must admit I have never really looked at them that closely - maybe I will now.
ReplyDeleteHi Terry - I've been trying to find out why 'goose' berry... no one seems to know! All sorts of possible derivations and mispronunciations of German/Dutch/French names! Geese don't eat them. BUT Gooseberry Sauce (made like Cranberry Sauce) just happens to be very very good with roast goose (and mackerel).
Hi Ailec - I think you should start with gooseberry ice cream ;-)
Hi Diana - the labels use a scan of the watercolour. I should have made up some in smaller pots for presents.
Hi Katie - good luck with the veg growing... btw love the name of your blog!
Thank you Lee - I love broad beans! Waiting for my Crimson Flowered BB pods to get bigger.
Hi Gabs - gooseberry compote is indeed lovely with roast goose... but apparentlyt it's not the source (sic) of the name.
Hi Elaine - plump very ripe gooseberries are a rare treat, aren't they?! I'm impatiently waiting for my Hinomaki Red dessert gooseberries to ripen.
Hi Poshyarns - thank you, I'm pleased with my gooseberry painting too... I must do more watercolours! Maybe I've been inspired by the rain.
Hi Jason - grow lost of different stuff! a good plan.
Hi Ocean Breezes - it seems that in North America a fresh gooseberry is a rare fruit! As Elaine said, when ripe they are a little like Kiwi fruit. When under-ripe they are very very tart, but with added sugar they make a beautiful conserve, pie, crumble, tart, ice-cream... etc. A good Sauvignon Blanc wine is often described as tasting of gooseberries.
Hi Penny - my Elderflower Champagne is in a big pan 'fermenting' or whatever... no fizziness yet :-/
Yes Gooseberry and Elderflower is a match made in heaven - ice-cream is especially good!
Hi Dom - me too! Those Hinomaki Red dessert gooseberries need a little sunshine to make them perfect! What will you be making with yours?
xxGreat post Celia accompanied by some great comments too. Of course I now want to know why they are called gooseberries and why on earth we also call them'goosegogs'. Will have to try and find out if only to assuage my curiosity. We gave up on them a couple of years ago after they were decimated by the dreaded sawfly but that jam looks yummy and makes me wonder if they don't deserve a second chance!
ReplyDeleteHi Lesley - this article sort of sums up all the other ones I've read about the derivation of the name 'gooseberry'
Some years the sawfly strikes but I think that the February weekend when we had -16C and -12C may have erradicated them!!!
The lovely thing about gooseberry jam is that it always sets perfectly! It's worth adding a few gooseberries to strawberry jam - improves the set and also the flavour ;-)
xI posted about gooseberries the other day too, but not remotely as interestingly and without the pretty watercolour illustrations.
Your jam looks and sounds divine. Happy eating :Doooh that jam does sound delicious and I love your illustration of the different-ness of gooseberries!
ReplyDeleteGooseberries are wonderful and remind me of picking them from the bushes at the bottom of my Grandad's garden. Then we used to sit on the step and nub them.
Each year in gardening is different isn't it - and next year will always be better won't it?!This post has my mouth watering for the remembered taste of 'scrumped' goosegogs, usually eaten before the were ripe and always raw - I just love tart flavours.
The watercolour is superb as are your labels.I love your labels Celia. I don't have a gooseberry bush but I usually aquire some from a friend to make jam. My veg beds are looking very sparse this year though and things are only just starting to grow... except for my fennel which is going mad!
ReplyDeleteCelia, your watercolors of the various ways that gooseberries can present themselves are so lovely.
I'd read about gooseberries for many years before a friend actually bought and brought me a little container of these beautiful, delicious translucent globes from the Union Square Farmers Market here in New York.
They were all I had imagined and more. Lucky you to be able to actually grow them in this 2012 strange weather year.
Grand to save from for later and make that delish jam for ... now!
(I also did some studies of my gooseberry gifts back then, and now you've reminded me to seek them out soon at that Farmers Market.
Let me also mention that I sent one of your Blackberry Hen cards to my printmaking brother for his birthday card, and he was so delighted!
xoHello Celia. I've just discovered your blog and love the informative posts and the wonderful illustrations. I, too , love gooseberries. I planted a bush last year on our newly acquired allotment. In the first year, we had a handful of fruits, but this year, before we could get our eager hands on them, they were savaged first by mildew and then by sawfly and only two fruits survived. Oh well 'C'est la vie' !
ReplyDeleteThese labels are very cute! It will be very nice to get a jar of this jam out and put some on a toast - perfect breakfast.
Our gooseberries are still too hard, but you have just inspired me to make some new labels - last year I drew some using colour pencils, but this year I might get my watercolours out.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
K.What a wonderful post - I'm celebrating my first crop of gooseberries this year (though nowhere near as many as you!) and you've caught their curious loveliness perfectly :-)
ReplyDeleteI love Gooseberries, especially in a jam or pickle. I have spent the last couple of years taking hardwood cuttings in order to multiply the number of plants we have in the hedgerow @ the bottom of our yard. This year I believe we will have a bumpercrop.
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The office of the Oregon Secretary of State of reports the results of a mock election. On Tuesday, over fifteen thousand Oregon middle and high school students joined millions of young people across the country in voting on selected candidate races and ballot measures that appear on the November 3 general election ballot.
Measure 58 passed by 76%!
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In a column that I can only describe as lurid as well as misinformed, Mona Charen, nationally syndicated columnist, evokes the terror of the rape birthmother who has no choice but to be freshly put at the mercy of her tormentor by the opening of "all birth records". Huh? By releasing the original birth certificate to the adoptee??
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This morning's NBC Today Show on attacked OR's Measure 58 (The Adoptee Rights Measure) using a "rape birthmother" in the shadows claiming that Measure 58 passing "would be like being raped all over again." Chief Petitioner Helen Hill was attacked both by commentator Matt Lauer and by Mr. Hunsaker, an adoption attorney/adoptive father, on the claim that M58 "violates promises of birth parent confidentiality." Birthparents were said to need "protection" from adoptees. Scary, shameful bastards that we are. Is this a positive adoption story?
Matt Lauer of the NBC Today TV program introduced the piece on Measure 58 with the following words:
"On the ballot in Oregon is a controversial measure that would allow adults who were adopted to obtain records about their birth parents. Needless to say, many parents who gave up children are concerned about their right to privacy."
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The Seattle Times ran an article by Amalie Young of the The Associated Press, Bid to ease birth-parent searches under fire, which raises the specter of a birth mother who was the victim of rape.
And the mother fears her daughter will now go looking for her father - bringing a rapist back into their lives.
"It's really frightening, and I can't tell you how powerless I feel," said the woman, now in her mid-40s, who wouldn't give her name.
Shea Grimm, Measure 58 spokesperson, responds:
It's disgusting that the opposition would use birthmothers in this manner in their bid to hide the past illegal and unethical adoption practices of some OR adoption agencies and attorneys.
Neither Measure 58 in Oregon nor any open records law puts these women in danger. The names of men who raped and impregnanted women do not appear on the birth certificate of individuals unless the birthmother choses to name him and put him there.
In the case of the tragedy of a rape and subsequent pregnancy, the media has ignored the fact that is just as painful for the adoptee to learn they are a product of rape as to be a victim of the initial crime. Adoptees and birthparents have been handling these complex and painful situations for decades as they have searched for and found each other. The government has no business hiding the facts of birth from any of its citizens in the name of protecting others. Adoptees are not the criminals, here, and they shouldn't be punished for something over which they had no control.
Records have been open in most of the free world for decades, as well as in Alaska and Kansas. There have been no instances of rape victims being terrorized, in fact birthparents widely support the effort to unseal records, despite what you hear in the media.
Since this article was written by the Associated Press, it may appear in your local newspaper. If it does, please write a letter in response to it! Or--
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Oct. 22, 1998
Ellen Goodman, nationally syndicated columnist, writes in her column The right of adoptees to know their roots, "it no longer seems right for the state to be the keeper of the keys to anyone's identity. Oregon is the place to begin closing down this social experiment."
Ellen Goodman is a syndicated Boston Globe columnist whose columns appear in newspapers all over the US. If this column appears in your local paper, write a supportive letter to the editor! Or--
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Oct. 20, 1998
The Headlight Herald, ignoring evidence to the contrary, worries about a possible negative impact on adoption.
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Oct. 20, 1998
The Eugene Weekly listed this issue as a Moral Quandary, worrying about birthparent confidentiality.
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Oct. 16, 1998
The Medford Mail Tribune couldn't decide which side to take, so they presented arguments on both sides.
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Oct. 14, 1998
The Willamette Weekly came out with strong support for Measure 58 in an editorial opinion, saying
Ultimately, this measure forces us to weigh an adult adoptee's right to his true birth certificate against a birth mother's right to privacy. We come down squarely on the side of the adoptee.
No argument, in our mind, can reverse the strongly held feeling that an adult should have the right to his birth certificate. What that adult does with it is his business.
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Oct. 9, 1998
Amazing! The Oregon branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has recommended a no vote on Measure 58. Why? Not on any substantive grounds, but because the issues raised by this measure are too complex for the voters to comprehend, and should be left to legislators!
What do you think, citizen? Let the ACLU know your thoughts! Especially if you cared enough about civil rights to be a member.
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Oct. 8, 1998
An AP wire story by Charles E. Beggs about Measure 58 was picked by the San Francisco Chronicle.
The SF Chronicle has distribution all over northern California. Here's an opportunity to educate California readers about Measure 58. Only letters to the editor of less than 250 words will be considered for publication. Please provide your name and telephone number along with your letter. You will be called if your letter is being considered for publication.
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Oct. 7, 1998
The author of an editorial in the Eugene Register Guard, Respect adoption privacy, believes "many women sought and received a promise of confidentiality in adoption", and thus opposes Measure 58.
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Oct. 5, 1998
An edited version of the Boston Globe article appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, continuing the rising nationwide interest in this issue.
They ask you to include a legible name, address and daytime phone number, and sign all letters and faxes.
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Oct. 5, 1998
The Boston Globe did a front-page story on the Measure 58 campaign on October 2! Oregon voters could open door to adoptees' past. It's a very good article, people. Please everyone, write and voice support. Let's hope that more adoption professionals get off the fence and start supporting the measure more unequivocally now.
However, the Globe then printed an editorial opposing Measure 58 based on "the needs of some parents to keep the door latched on the past."
Please rebut this argument by writing to the Globe today!
Note: Letters to the Editor of the Boston Globe are limited to 200 words. Please remember to include your full name, address and phone number on all correspondence.
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Sept. 29, 1998
I'm so glad to give you some good news in the midst of all these idiotic editorials being printed by Oregon regional newspapers.
A letter in response to the Oregonian editorial of Sept. 23 was highlighted today, and placed in a prominent place on the opinion page of the Oregonian. In my opinion it is one of the finest letters I have ever read, and I am thrilled this is the one they picked. This birth mother has been working hard for us down in Southern Oregon since the first months of the campaign.
I think this woman deserves major thanks. If you would like to thank her for this incredible letter: here is her info:
Pat Florin
541 482 2512
536 Elkader, Ashland Oregon 97520
Sept. 28, 1998
Hello, sharpen your pencils! The esteemed and thoughtful editorial board of the Grant's Pass Daily Courier has printed the worst editorial I've ever read in my life.
Please respond (this is a cakewalk, guys, what part CAN"T we respond to? Remember to include your name, address, phone number and the date of the editorial in your responses.
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Sept. 23, 1998
The Oregonian printed an editorial, "Oregon must keep its word", coming out against Measure 58 on grounds of implied promises of confidentiality which must never be overturned.
Please write your letters in support of Measure 58 and debunking the false notion that the reason for closing records was to promise birthmothers permanent anonymity from their offspring. Ending lies, shame and permanent secrecy in adoption is good for adoption.
Please take the time today to respond via email and postal mail, and fax if you can. Please remember to include your full name, address and phone number on all correspondence.
Let's not be silent!
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Sept. 16, 1998
The Willamette Week ran a very good front page story by Patty Wentz on Measure 58, Bastard: Adoption in America one person's struggle to be treated like a legitimate adult. An accompanying sidebar, Keeping Secrets , details the argument of opponents to Measure 58 who say access to your parents' names is a privilege, not a right --
"I don't think it's a decision an adoptee should be able to make on the spur of the moment," says Deras. "Anyone could say, 'Gee, I've got my 12 dollars. I want my birth certificate.'"
Imagine that!
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Sept. 2, 1998
"Dr. No Strikes Again", appearing in the Willamette Week, reports Governor John Kitzhaber's announcement of his opposition to Measure 58, based on a feared adverse impact on relinquishments. The Governor seems to be unaware that this is a false fear. Educate the man, change his mind. Please don't be argumentative; please make a quality argument in favor, good manners especially intact.
The Governor's Office welcomes citizen comments:
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- Governor's Citizen Representative Office at (503) 378-4582, 24 hours, TTY (503) 378-4859
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- Governor John Kitzhaber
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Salem, OR 973103. Web-based Electronic Correspondence at http://www.governor.state.or.us/governor/mail/mailform.html
August 26, 1998
A news story titled Birth of a Notion in the Willamette Week documents the rise of interest in Measure 58 from adoptee rights supporters all over "who view Oregon as the next battleground for their civil rights."
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There are three pieces in the Albany Democrat-Herald to respond to. The first and last aren't so good, Respond particularly to the negative ones, but please write in response to all three.
First, a letter to the Editor from an adoptive parent who feels Measure 58 is not a good idea. See if you can debunk his misconceptions
Wed, August 5, 1998:
Letter to the Editor: "Birth-record initiative could do much damage"The second is absolutely wonderful, written by the newspaper's EDITOR, and placed in the Editor's column.
Fri, July 31, 1998:
Opinion: Birth Certificates are a matter of JusticeThank Hasso Herring!!! He has been a steady supporter of ours, and he is a well-liked public figure in Oregon who appears frequently on Public Television news interviews and talk forums. He deftly includes the edges of the civil right's issue in plain, unthreatening language, which is remarkable, really, for a public figure who is not in the triad. He has a big following so be very KIND to him!!!
Now for the other letter, written the day before. Slam away.
Friday, July 30, 1998:
"Initiative measure would open up adoption records"Thanks for your help! Let the letters roll! I'm sure they will print some. Address comments to the article by Hasso Herring and/or Chris Beggs to:
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See some sample letters written in response to the above.
Thanks, Helen
July 20, 1998
An Oregonian article today titled "Three initiatives make ballot with dollar duel" made the "silly mistake" of getting Measure 58 all wrong:
Measure 58, which would require that a copy of the original birth certificate be given to adopted children, garnered $94,880 in contributions ...
You'd think political writers would be able to distinguish between laws affecting children and those affecting adults, wouldn't you? They probably didn't mean any harm by it, they just got sucked into the same patronizing, infantilizing attitude toward adoptees that has been codified in the law for so long, and that Measure 58 is directly targeted against. Be sure that they will be receiving letters to the editor pointing out such an elementary oversight.
Contacting The Oregonian to provide your feedback is easy; see the contact information at the bottom of this page.
July 9, 1998
On Friday July 9, 1998, the office of the Oregon Secretary of State confirmed that Measure 58 had indeed qualified for the ballot. The Adoptee Rights Initiative succeeded in gathering well over the 73,261 signatures needed to place this issue on the statewide November 3 ballot.
March 22, 1998
The Oregonian published a feature article about the efforts to get Measure 58 on the ballot and the reasons behind it.
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Expressions of trust
popular .
In the movie "The Social Network," the story line contrasts the speed with which Mark Zuckerberg develops and launches a university-wide site against the terse e-mails he uses to stall the Winklevoss twins for weeks. By limiting contact to e-mails, the movie shows how Zuckerberg kept the twins thinking he was still working on their project when he'd already moved beyond their original idea.
The lack of communication between the main characters of the movie highlights one of the reasons personal meetings remain popular in an age of almost instantaneous electronic contact: people like seeing the other person's face to gauge the information not being shared over the phone or in the printed word. One study has found that people would willingly invest their money with someone who has a bad reputation if his/her facial features conveyed the message that he/she was actually trustworthy.
A forthcoming study in which researchers tracked mock stock transactions done in person, by video, by audio only or through text chatting showed that people were far more likely to lie about stock information in text-only interactions. The investors in the experiment had fewer complaints of being deceived about the transactions if they had interacted through video, on audio or in person.
In an effort to learn more about how facial features can evoke a sense of trust, a recent study from researchers at the Charles University in the Czech Republic focused on eye color to see what role it plays in determining trustworthiness. They asked over 200 students to rate 80 photos of men and women on a scale from very trustworthy to very untrustworthy. The images shown featured only people with either brown eyes or blue eyes.
The researchers then digitally altered the same 80 photos so that the blue-eyed people were now brown-eyed and vice versa. A second set of students then rated these images on the same scale.
The results showed that the brown-eyed images were considered more trustworthy than the blue-eyed images, an attention-grabbing partial finding. The team then analyzed the images they had used to try and figure out the underlying reason behind the emphasis on eye color. They identified similar face shapes and other features that suggested that these factors were the real reasons for the trust rating rather than eye color.
"Although the brown-eyed faces were perceived as more trustworthy than the blue-eyed ones, it was not brown eye color per se that caused the stronger perception of trustworthiness but rather the facial features associated with brown eyes," the team wrote in their paper which appeared on Jan. 9 in the journal Plos One. "It seems that relatively smaller eyes and a smaller mouth with downward-pointing corners are the facial traits that cause the lower perceived trustworthiness of blue-eyed males."
The Czech researcher's findings echo the results from an earlier British study that suggests cartoon villains have similar facial features for a reason. Consider that many of these characters have angular features and triangular faces that end in pointed chins. The researchers noted that people perceive the downward triangle shape of the villains' faces as threatening.
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What's the Fuss About FOSS?
Part 1: An Intro to Free and Open Source Software
If you take a look at some of the comment threads that have taken place on this blog, you're bound to find some posts by readers talking about "open source" software. For example, Tom Hoffmann recently posted comments on the need for an education-friendly, open source blogging tool. But what exactly is open source, and why should you care about it? This week, I'll be exploring the issue in two blog posts, with a little assistance from edtech guru David Thornburg, who's just published a book on the subject. Today's post will focus on the basics of free and open source software (FOSS).
Before we go any further, it's necessary to start with some definitions. There's a lot of confusion out there when it comes to open source, because the term is often applied rather liberally to various types of software.
Perhaps the best way to do this is to begin by explaining what isn't open source. Take a look at your computer's desktop for a moment and see what software you've got laying around. Chances are you'll see titles like Microsoft Word, Apple iMovie or Adobe Acrobat. What do these titles have in common? They're all proprietary, commercial software. In other words, they're tools that have been published by companies that wrote the software and control how it can and can't be used. If you happened to be a programmer and wanted to improve one of these tools, you couldn't, unless you worked for the company that published it. In other words, the software comes to you as-is, and if you want to change them, you just have to hope that the company makes those changes for you in the next software release.
Meanwhile, these tools generally have something else in common - you can't share them without violating the company's copyright. As any school technology coordinator will tell you, just because you've bought a single copy of MS Office or Apple's Final Cut Pro doesn't mean you can go around installing that one copy on every computer in your school district. Companies expect customers with lots of computers to buy licenses that cover usage on all of those computers. Otherwise, it's considered software piracy.
So here we have two issues: with most proprietary software, you can't edit it to your own needs, and you can't share it. This is where open source software comes in. By "open source," they mean that the underlying program, or source code, that allows the software to run on your computer is open for you to access and edit. On the surface, this may not seem relevant to most of us, since not everyone has the programming skills to go inside a computer program and adapt it. But the Internet changes everything, because it allows teams of programmers from all over the world to work together, creating and improving software on their own, often without any financial or corporate backing. Even non-techies are able to offer their input as these programmers build and tweak new software.
Take a look at the website known as SourceForge.net. This is an online community where over a million computer programmers are working on more than 100,000 open source software projects. They're designing all sorts of software, ranging from operating systems to Web browsers to telephone PBX exchanges. Open source tools, by their nature, are collaborative efforts, building software based on the needs and desires of the people designing them. For example, the Mozilla Foundation has served as a platform for programmers to work together and create an open source Web browser and email client - Firefox and Thunderbird. Each time a new version of these tools gets released, it includes new features and improvements based on input from everyday users.
The open source movement can be very politically charged. For many open source advocates, there's a strong anti-commercial tone to their work. For others, it's about the creative opportunity to work with other programmers and design software that fills a particular niche, or provides an alternative to commercial software. Either way, the result is a massive online community of programmers producing countless software titles independent of the commercial software industry.
So open source software is the same as "freeware" or "free software," right? Not exactly. A lot of people associate open source with software that doesn't cost anything. In many cases, open source software is indeed freeware, in the sense that you can download it without having to pay for it. But there are plenty of open source tools that aren't free. Take RedHat Linux, for example. RedHat is a company that sells a version of the open source operating system known as Linux. While it's easily possible to find free versions of Linux available over the Internet, RedHat is able to sell their version of Linux because they offer customer support and other value-added goodies. Yes, it's still open source in the sense that the underlying source code is open for all to see and tinker with, but they're not exactly giving it away either.
And then there's the idea of "free software." Sounds like it should mean the same as freeware, right? Wrong. Because the "free" in "free software" doesn't imply zero cost. Instead, it implies freedom: freedom to share, freedom to do what you'd like with it. The free software movement is the brainchild of Richard Stallman, a programmer and activist who has spent the last quarter century fighting for the public's right to control their own software destinies. "Free software is a matter of liberty, not price," writes Stallman. "To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech', not as in 'free beer.'" It's about your freedom to use software any way you use it, change it, share it. And it doesn't have to be non-commercial in nature. "You may have paid money to get copies of free software, or you may have obtained copies at no charge," Stallman continues. "But regardless of how you got your copies, you always have the freedom to copy and change the software, even to sell copies."
The free software movement has four basic tenets, which in its irrepressible hacker style, are numbered zero through three rather than one through four:
- Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program for any purpose.
- Freedom 1: The freedom to study and modify the program.
- Freedom 2: The freedom to copy the program so you can help your neighbor.
- Freedom 3: The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.
To the uninitiated, this may sound just like open source. There are definitely similarities, but the differences are strong enough that the open source folks and the free software folks often see themselves as separate movements. But it many ways they're complementary, which is why I prefer to discuss them as part of a broader movement referred to by many as FOSS - Free and Open Source Software. There are different species of software that fall under this category, but they're all part of a broader genus of tools that embrace openness, collaboration, limited (or no) cost and a liberal interpretation of how they can be shared.
How is FOSS relevant to education? In my next post, I'm going to tackle this question in an interview with award-winning author and edtech advocate David Thornburg, who's just published a book called When the Best is Free: An Educator's Perspective on Open Source Software. To be continued…. -andy
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Good job, Andy. I think that covered the territory pretty well.
Good stuff. Just a plug for those who don't know—there will be a "hands-on" Open Source Lab at NECC 2006 in San Diego where you can play with lots of great Free and Open Source Software programs. It's in the Sails Pavilion, and we'll have 45 computers available. There will be a birds-of-a-feather meeting on K12 Open Source Thursday, as well as an informal dinner afterwards for those interested in
continuing the dialogue…
David Thornburg will be speaking in our presentation area at the Open Source Lab, as will several other Open Source / Web 2.0 folks. We are going to have a booth just devoted to Moodle, and one to Blogs and Wikis.
Also worth noting the shared roots of Open Source Software and Web 2.0. 1. Many of the Web 2.0 applications started as, or still run on Open Source Software or as Open Source Software. Blogs and wikis, two of the easiest tools to start using and applying in educational environments, largely run as Open Source. 2. Both foster collaboration. 3. Many of the same individuals are involved in both technologies, and Tim O'Reilly would say that they represent the same trend—the commoditization of software.
Another aspect of this issue is the long-term viability of non-proprietary file formats, and users' ability to continue to work with their own data - images, video, text - without having to pay for upgrades to do so.
Good overview of Open Source. Although the term has been in front of K-12 for years, many teachers are still quite confused about the meaning of "free" and actually distrust its use.
I teach Open Source in an Emerging Technology course and feel the problem is that teachers do not know anything about Open Source. The other issue is that school tech personel do not care to share this type of information with either teachers or students. Once teachers are exposed, they see the possibilities and recommend their schools look at Open Source as a money saving proposition.
It would be my hope that FOSS, OpenSource and the Freeware community would have better public relations to put these resources in teachers and students hands.


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Open Brain Surgery With Brachytherapy For Malignant Glioma
- Open brain surgery with brachytherapy for malignant (mah-LIG-nant) glioma (gli-O-mah) is done to remove a tumor (lump) from the brain. The brain is made up of neurons that transmit and receive signals, and glial cells that support and nourish neurons. A malignant glioma forms when glial cells become cancer. The glial cancer cells grow and divide without control or order. These cancer cells often make too much tissue and affect other nearby structures in the brain. During an open brain surgery or craniotomy, you may be either asleep or awake. Caregivers will do a craniotomy by drilling a hole or removing a part of the skull to expose the brain. During the surgery, brain mapping may be done to check the activities in the different areas of the brain. These include areas of the brain used for speaking, moving, seeing, smelling, and understanding.
- Your caregiver may also need to do stereotaxy to remove your malignant glioma. In a stereotaxy, scanned images of the brain will show pictures in three-dimensional (3-D) views. During brachytherapy, radioisotopes (radioactive chemicals), sealed in a container or catheter (tube), will be placed in the area where the glioma was removed. The container, which may include a smaller catheter, seeds, balloons, or wafers, will constantly release medicine to the brain. This medicine may kill cancer cells that were left or have spread to other areas in the brain. You and your caregiver will decide if this type of surgery is right for you. With open brain surgery with brachytherapy, the malignant glioma may be removed, and the symptoms it causes relieved.
- Keep a current list of your medicines: Include the amounts, and when, how, and why you take them. Take the list or the pill bottles to follow-up visits. Carry your medicine list with you in case of an emergency. Throw away old medicine lists. Use vitamins, herbs, or food supplements only as directed.
- Take your medicine as directed: Call your healthcare provider if you think your medicine is not working as expected. Tell him about any medicine allergies, and if you want to quit taking or change your medicine.
- Antibiotics: This medicine is given to fight or prevent an infection caused by bacteria. Always take your antibiotics exactly as ordered by your healthcare provider. Do not stop taking your medicine unless directed by your healthcare provider. Never save antibiotics or take leftover antibiotics that were given to you for another illness.
- Pain medicine: You may need medicine to take away or decrease pain.
- Learn how to take your medicine. Ask what medicine and how much you should take. Be sure you know how, when, and how often to take it.
- Do not wait until the pain is severe before you take your medicine. Tell caregivers if your pain does not decrease.
- Pain medicine can make you dizzy or sleepy. Prevent falls by calling someone when you get out of bed or if you need help.
- Learn how to take your medicine. Ask what medicine and how much you should take. Be sure you know how, when, and how often to take it.
Ask for information about where and when to go for follow-up visits:
For continuing care, treatments, or home services, ask for more information.
- Your caregivers will tell you when the sutures or staples in your head will be removed. If you have a catheter in your head, your caregiver will tell you when to come back so that it can be removed.
Eating well with cancer and cancer treatment:
Good nutrition can:
- help you feel better during treatment and decrease treatment side effects
- decrease your risk of infection
- help you have more energy and feel stronger
- help you maintain a healthy weight and heal faster
Wound care:
When you are allowed to bathe or shower, carefully wash the incisions with soap and water. Be gentle when cleaning your wound so the catheter in your head will not be moved or fall out. Afterwards, put on clean, new bandages. Change your bandages any time they get wet or dirty. Ask your caregivers for more information about wound and catheter care.
- You have a fever.
- You have chills, a cough, or feel weak and achy.
- You have dizziness, nausea (upset stomach), or vomiting (throwing up).
- Your bandage becomes soaked with blood.
- Your skin is itchy, swollen, or has a rash.
- You have chest pain or trouble breathing that is getting worse over time.
- You have questions or concerns about your surgery, condition, or care.
- You have a fever, stiff neck, or eye pain, especially when looking directly at lights.
- You have pus or a foul-smelling odor coming from your incision.
- You have a severe headache that does not go away, even after taking pain medicines.
- You suddenly cannot see, talk or think clearly.
- You passed out or had a seizure (convulsion).
- Your face is getting numb or you cannot move your arms or legs.
- Your symptoms come back or become worse.
- You suddenly feel lightheaded and have trouble breathing.
- You have new and sudden chest pain. You may have more pain when you take deep breaths or cough. You may cough up blood.
- Your arm or leg feels warm, tender, and painful. It may look swollen and red.
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