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Filmmaker Casey Neistat Asks iPhone 5s Line-Waiters "Why?" In New Video
Casey Neistat returns to take another questioning look at Apple—and its fans—in his new six-minute documentary.
Casey Neistat's unique approach to telling stories about (and for) corporate giants has helped him take a number of his web videos and/or commercial projects viral. (He once took the entire production budget for a commercial for Nike Fuelbands and used it to travel the world with a friend, turning in his video travel diary as the spot.) But his latest video, "The Dark Side of the iPhone 5s Lines," sees the independent filmmaker/documentarian/etc go back to his roots. Ten years ago, Neistat and brother Van had a viral video smash (years before YouTube) that took on Apple with "iPod's Dirty Secret," a clip that exposed the dark side of the then-ubiquituous device (the battery's life was only 18 months), and parlayed that into his now-successful career.
"The Dark Side of the iPhone 5s Lines" isn't as provocative as Neistat's last shot at Apple—this one alleges no wrongdoing—but it does examine the Cult of Apple by talking with the people who wait in line for hours/days/weeks for the device to ask them "Why?" Some of the answers make sense ("Someone is paying me to do this") and some of them are kind of sad ("I love the i... I dunno... Um..."), but none of them are particularly shocking—the dark side, it seems, is really just that people who line up for iPhones don't always have good reasons, and they have to sleep outside while they wait. In that regard, Neistat is actually a bit late to the phenomenon, given that Samsung had a similar idea in 2011, but he does capture the feeling that probably accompanies actually being in that line pretty effectively.
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iphones and droids are for peasants.
This might have been a good concept in the beginning, but there was no real story being told here. That is, of course, unless you count putting Beck's "Loser" on top of the people he is making out to be losers. Nothing new. Nothing clever. Nothing creative. It's too bad, too; I'm sure there were people there who had stories worth hearing, but all effort was put on making fun of people.
(For the record, I think this line sitting thing is just as absurd as Casey Neistat does.)
When I saw the number of people in line, I asked myself the same question. Is it that serious over a phone?
Not very compelling. Wow, look … we're making fun of these folks.
I can't imagine spending days or weeks on a sidewalk for any product, service, or event. That said, there isn't anything new, clever, or particularly creative here.
If this is the best idea you can come up with, Casey … you're far more worthy of ridicule than any of these people.
Made with an Iphone?
According to his Wikipedia page, the filmmaker, Casey Neistat, has done ad work for Google in the past.

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By On the occasion of our 20th anniversary
Why Do Mexis Like Wrought-Iron Fences?
By Gustavo Arellano
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Photo by Keith MaySunset Beach, the roughly 1.5-mile strip of unincorporated county land bordered by Seal Beach (to the north), Huntington Beach (to the south) and Huntington Harbor (to the east), is one of only three U.S. towns without mail-delivery service. Its beach-loving residents pick up their mail from a P.O. Box at the small, centrally located post office, where the bulletin board is littered with quaint fliers reminding residents of upcoming events such as "Bill Dodson's 90th birthday" and myriad pancake breakfasts. But it's not all Mayberry. Coexisting somewhat peacefully with locals who have been there forever (who are involved in endless local committees; own big, fat, beautiful houses on the water; and don't really mind the proliferation of cops patrolling the area) is a vibrant, young, possibly "seedy" Sunset Beach: tattoo parlors, massage parlors, psychics, dive bars, a 24-hour diner with a line spilling out onto its patio, and a nightclub that consistently books some of the county's best bands. And then there's that weird house that looks like a water tower (1 Anderson). What the hell is it? Local lore has it that the guy who lived there years ago used to host "out of hand" Monday-night football parties during which the neighbors would "look the other way." Titillating!
THE SUNSET ALSO EATSCaptain Jack's. Opened June 25, 1965, this steak and seafood restaurant serves 53,000 pounds of Alaskan king crab per year—more than any other restaurant in the U.S. It prides itself on consistent quality and hearty portions. The bar is one of the few that still use the "Super Well," meaning that if you order gin, you get Bombay, and if you order vodka, you get Absolut. 16812 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-2514.Harbor House Caf�. This 24-hour diner is a local institution that serves consistently good food. As it's incredibly popular with the late-night crowd, be prepared to wait for a table. 16341 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-5404.
THE SUNSET ALSO EATS RAW FISHTsunami Sushi. Mondays and weekends are a scene, but fans of the food (sushi, sashimi and tepenyaki) swear by it. Happy-hour specials daily from 5 to 6 p.m. and all night on Mondays. 17236 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-5806.Daemon's Japanese Restaurant. Men in the office claim this is more of a scene than Tsunami's, which is weird because I didn't think there could be more of a scene than Tsunami's. Daemon's is for Japanese-cuisine-loving porn stars, strippers, hot guys, and the people who like to hang out with them. 16232 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-4862.
THE SUNSET ALSO GETS SHIT-FACEDTurcs. Icy, unfriendly, divey in the best sense of the word (if by "divey" you mean to convey the kind of place where the bartenders ignore you), Turcs, named for dearly departed owner Turk Varteresian, has been around for 53 years and caters to both young and old. And it has pool tables! Local lore has it that the owner once put up a big sign that said, "Welcome to Sunset Beach—World's Largest Yard Sale" before being pressured to take it down. Local lore also has it that Varteresian made his money from the movie Ben Hur, and no, we don't know what that means either. It's local lore, for chrissakes! Quit asking so many questions! 16321 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-2311.King Neptune's. Big aquariums, military whatnot mounted on the walls, intriguing bathroom covered in so many buttons you feel like you're trapped in a sewing box. Live music on Fridays Saturdays, too. Yo-ho-ho! 17115 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-4878.Mothers Tavern. Small biker bar with a hearty selection of fine bikers. 16701 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-2381.
THE SUNSET ALSO LISTENS TO LIVE MUSICLotus Lounge. Formerly 13th Floor and before that Josie's, the leopard-print-decorated Lotus Lounge hosts punk, rock, punkabilly, rockabilly, etc. two nights a week and other crazy, clubby-type stuff on the other nights. And the Lotus features an excellent soundman named Pot Roast. Open 2 p.m. to midnight every night of the week. 17208 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-2200.
THE SUNSET ALSO GETS INKAmerican Beauty. Complete "custom, hot-rod lifestyle" tattoo shop featuring tattoo artists George Totten, Skully, and Long Beach Dub All-Stars lead singer Opie Ortiz. 16860 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-9317.
THE SUNSET ALSO RENTS KAYAKSSunset Kayak Rentals. Perfect for the person in Sunset Beach who wants to rent a kayak. 16873 Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-5537.
THE SUNSET ALSO FOLLOWS YOU AROUND IN AN UNMARKED CARSunset Private Investigations. Located in a pink bungalow but run by a real detective. Looks like something out of a cheesy beach crime movie. 16511B Pacific Coast Hwy., (562) 592-6230.
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Human Revolution - Ending(s) and story (Big spoilers, duh)
I know this is the right decision. It doesn't help.
Eliza spoke of choice, of letting the world choose its own path. It's not my responsibility to choose for them. In a way I'm still choosing. I'm choosing to snuff out the lives of hundreds of people, choosing to cover up a momentous event. Yet what else can I do?
Should I play along with Sarif, in gratitude for all he's done for me? He gave me my life back, twice. I like him, even if I've never considered him a friend. But he hid from me things he had no right to hide, whatever his reasons (am I doing the same now?). Above all, he lost me. He lost me when he told me - told ME of all people - that he wasn't creating super soldiers. I can't allow him to lie to the world, to continue unchecked. For all the good this technology does, I can't help but be scared of where it may lead.
Deep down, I agree with Darrow. I have to stop what he's doing here, I can't justify his actions, but the fact of what he's done today can't be argued with. Augmentations are dangerous, they place too much power in the individual. Taggart told me, so did many other people, that augmentations would change me, that they change human nature. I dismissed them as narrow-minded, but I'm living proof. I've killed so many people to get here, this point where I'm deciding the future of humanity. I've stolen because I could, stolen from total strangers for no other reason than their possessions were useful to me. The social implants are the worst of all. Does "human nature" still hold meaning if I can sway someone to act against their nature with a few chemicals?
I know I'm still human. I like to think I've acted for good. But I can no longer deny that augmentation has changed me for the worse. Humanity must find its own path ahead. I can't be trusted to decide the future, and neither can Taggart, Sarif or Darrow.
The biggest criticism I can level at Human Revolution is it doesn't push the boundaries of gameplay out like the original did. It's like an exceptionally good tribute act, it ticks all the right boxes but doesn't stray from its comfort zone. But it does something the original never managed to - it makes me seriously think about the decisions I'm making. I care about its characters, I care about its world and about the problems it presents. I don't empathise with fictional characters easily, but it put me in the shoes of Jensen, I felt like I was choosing as him rather than as an analytical player behind an empty RPG hero.
I was feeling a little disappointed as I reached the end. The boss fight didn't help. Three buttons to press, three distasteful options, taking me out of the illusion and back at my keyboard. Then Eliza offered the 4th option, and it hit me like a rock. I knew I had to do it, but it upset me. It was genuinely hard for me to walk down that final corridor. I haven't cared that much about a game since Planescape: Torment.
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Yep the same ending I went for. It seemed like it was going to where Deus Ex 1 was, with three outright horrible endings, but I'm glad Deus Ex: HR had that 4th option.
Granted, I did feel a bit terrible when I remembered that meant killing the awfully nice LIMB clerk and those other people with Sarif and Taggart that had little to nothing to do with their camps.
And lets face it: You're a tool if you went for any of the other three options.
I chose the Taggart ending. Augmentations help people, they save lives. But on the other hand you have corporations like Sarif and such, who use the technology to create harmful tools and who try to make a profit from the suffering of others. Restrictions are necessary to ensure augmentations really are beneficial for mankind. It's not a perfect solution but still better than nothing.
I was tempted by the kill-em-all option but I played non-lethal and it simply felt wrong killing everyone in the station.Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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I'm reluctant to see the other endings, because I suspect the writers interpretation of the outcomes would disappoint me. Taggart talks sense and moderation, but he's not someone I'd trust. I don't think he'd want to share power with Jensen, he'd do away with him as soon as he'd got what he wanted.
Before I was presented with the last option, I was going to go with Darrow, but I'm not sure what exactly I'd have been doing there. I wasn't sure if the choice was simply broadcasting his confession, or whether it was enacting his plans of destruction. I didn't want the latter, and I wasn't sure if the former would have resulted in total abandonment of augmentation, which is what he wanted.
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I went with "darrow's" at first, simply because it was the only one where you give people the truth.
I found the idea that you're letting humanity decide by deny access to information it needs to make the decision pretty creepy.
Yep the same ending I went for. It seemed like it was going to where Deus Ex 1 was, with three outright horrible endings, but I'm glad Deus Ex: HR had that 4th option.
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I went with Sarif's ending. Humanity may choose to evolve, but I don't think that means we would destroy those who didn't. They make it sound like it would be homo sapiens v. neanderthal, when it would actually be more like The Rest of the World and The Amish.
As far as corporations using augmentations to harm people, well, that's where government regulation comes in. Obviously, we would have to outlaw things like lobbying and PAC groups for that to turn out well, but restructuring political funding policies and slapping leashes on corporations seems more reasonable that any of the other options.
When I came into the last room, I saved and pressed each button to watch the cutscenes.
I never thought there was a big decision to be made because there was none. Whatever you choose, it has no consequence to the game itself. It would have been okay if during the course of the game you made choices that fleshed out an Adam Jensen that actually had an opinion on these issues come time to press a button, but like this it just feels tacked on and irrelevant.
The endings just feel lacking compared to the previous games. There is no merging with an AI or throwing the world into a dark age, even the crazy endings of Invisible War were better. Every consequence that your choices could have had are left to your own imagination because the game is too afraid to step on the toes of the original's lore and instead chooses to wax on about human augmentation and freedom and power and morality. I'm not interested in that.
There's also the issue of the presentation leading up to the decision. That weird human-powered AI came completely out of nowhere for me. Why would you use this AI to "hack the signal"? Why is her chip rejected? Why is the boss battle such a confusing mess? The game throws those things at you in the last couple of minutes and doesn't bother explaining anything, leaving you to pull together the scraps of vague foreshadowing left throughout the game to make sense of this last room.
There are other things that bother me about the ending, like how the addition of (slightly anachronistic) Eliza feels like handwaving the issue of the impact a singular broadcast could have, so she just spreads your decision to all media (or none).
This all seems pretty harsh to say about a game I liked up to that point, but the endings really irritated me a lot.
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I played first the option to destroy the facility, and let humanity search his own solutions. After watching the video, I am happy with it.
- Lie to people and tell then that "extremist did". I hate lies, and the world is big and diverse. You never knows what wrongs things you could be helping by extending lies. Is better to tell the truth, so the good people is informed. I don't want this option (sarif one).
- Darrow's,.. 'science is bad for you, lets go hippy!". I say no. Science help us, save lives and make our life bearable. We live longer and better thanks to science. Tools are part of us, tools are our phenotype!. Whatever is the solution, It sould include augmentations. I don't want this option.
- Sink the facility, and let people search the truth. It was my best options, since I don't want to build something on top lies or build against augmentations and science. I think 99% of people is good, and on the end is the good people that win. Is a slos process but ultimatelly it prevails.
One button was not on for me, so I don't know what option represents. (Taggart?)
Uhm, I only got two choices in the end, Sink the station, kill everyone who knew anything and let humanity make its own choice or broadcast darrows message and augmentations and advanced technology will be shunned for the foreseeable future. I noticed there were two more buttons to push, but they weren't active for me.
It's the ending I chose. Sarif's move for limitless augmentation and Darrow's ban of everything scientific were two sides of the same crappy coin and having restrictions on such powerful technology is something I'd personally see an eye to eye on. The fourth option didn't really seem like it would solve anything, but looks like it's the likely canon ending simply because of that.
Not massively related to the ending itself, but what was up with that supersecret hidden Hangar 18 email? I got the (possible) reference to the grays but other than that its crypticness flew over my head.
mrpier: did you speak to Taggart and Sarif in the Panchaea after you got their SOS messages?
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I don't think I even got their SOS-messages. Will have to check the saves when I get home.
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Oh, no wonder I didn't realise that then. What a disappointment, I was thinking it was some sort of awesome foreshadowing and instead it's just metal :(. How disappointing.
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I liked the ending so much I wrote a blog post on it.
And here that blog post is! http://themachination.net/blog/human...-me-something/
The endings don't give closure, and they don't have any consequences in the game. That's not the point: The choice isn't about the game, it's about you. It's meant to make you decide what you think about Human augmentation - the issue the game's been hammering into you for about for thirty-odd hours.
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Well, it can lead you to the water, but it can't make you think. Neither can anything else, of course.
What really makes me wonder, Human Revolution seems to receive outstanding reviews and it seems that it also sells very well, and with that comes naturally the thought of making a sequel. But where to put it? A prequel to the prequel seems unlikely, considering that HR is only 16 years in the future (even though it's an alternative timeline). A "Human Revolution 2" is the most likely option, I think, but that would be not particularly exciting because of the foregone conclusion. The most interesting option would be to set it after the Omar ending of Invisible War. A post-apocalyptic world, scavenging augs from others or something like that.Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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I don't think this is a problem,has can pick any timeline, or even do a "reboot".
Think Assassin Creed... you can put your conspiracy as back in the past or forward in the future as you need it.
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Who is Adam Jensen dad? is he created in a laboratory with his magic genes?
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Flanked by two-year students studying diesel engine technology, Corbett released the book Tuesday at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Earth Science Center near Williamsport.
Corbett says the 73-page guide will provide business people and local government officials with information about the state's resources and programs. It is billed as a demonstration that Pennsylvania is a good place to do business, with attributes such as diverse energy sources.
Corbett, a Republican, is running for a second four-year term in the Nov. 4 election and a key theme of his campaign will be his efforts to improve the economy.


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Cervical Annular Tear
Spinal discs are composed of two parts, the annulus fibrosus and the nucleus pulposus. The human spine is divided into three regions, the cervical (neck), the thoracic and the lumbar regions. A cervical annular tear is a tear in the annulus fibrosus of the disc in the cervical region. Specifically, an annular tear is the opening in the outer wall of an intervertebral disc. It can result from the natural degeneration of the disc over time as part of the aging process, or from a traumatic event. A disc can bulge, thin or weaken to the point that an annular tear could develop. However, if the gel-like nucleus pulposus extrudes through the opening, a herniated cervical disc can be the result.
Interestingly, a cervical annular tear exhibits no symptoms. In fact, the cervical spine can contain multiple herniated discs and remain asymptomatic. An annular tear usually causes inflammation resulting in localized neck pain. But, when the inner disc material extrudes into the spinal canal and places pressure on a nearby spinal nerve, the potentially debilitating symptoms associated with disc herniation arise. These symptoms can include:
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Most cervical annular tears heal without treatment. If herniation exists, the body is capable of resorbtion of the nuclear disc material. A physician might recommend symptomatic treatment, consisting of non-surgical, conservative therapies that have proven to be very effective in managing the symptoms of a herniated disc. These treatments can include everything from pain medication and physical therapy, to hot/cold therapy and exercise regimens. However, if you've tried conservative treatments for weeks or months with little relief, contact Laser Spine Institute today. As an alternative to conventional open spinal procedures, our orthopedic surgeons perform a variety of minimally invasive procedures to address the cause of symptoms. These more effective alternatives to traditional open neck and back surgery have helped tens of thousands of patients recover their spinal health.


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A few weeks ago I wrote my first two gems and released them on rubygems.org. The first one about I will talk today is messie. I often want to crawl web pages in tiny little projects I do, so I thought: "Why not write a gem that I can use for every project and that handles crawling of web pages in an abstract manner".
By now, messie is still < 1.0 (currently 0.3.2) so it shurely isn't perfect yet, but it already has a lot of features that might be very useful to you.
- set your own User Agent header
- set other custom headers via a fancy API
- messie will follow a HTTP redirection max. 3 levels deep
- HTTPS is supported
- get the full HTML or just a text version
- records the response time of the page
- get a array of links on the page to continue crawling recursively
- enable caching support (304 Not modified)
- read binary data and convert it to text (e.g. PDFs)
Try it!
To install it, just use gem:
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Read the README.md at github.com to get on from here. If you need help just file an issue on github or fork the repository and send me a pull request, I'd be happy about it :)


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You may have heard the news that late Wednesday afternoon the so-called Hate Crimes Bill, HR-1913, passed the U.S. House with a vote of 249 - 175. Around 5 p.m. a motion to reconsider was agreed to without objection.
I believe that this is a real blow to our liberties as outlined below. We must get the word out to as many people as we can so that this is defeated in the Senate, since President Obama has said that he will sign the bill rather than veto a similar bill as President Bush did.
I also want to call our intercessors to pray because this is much more than just a political battle. I believe this is also spiritual warfare.
On Tuesday Robert A. J. Gagnon sent out an interesting letter detailing why Christians need to be proactive in fighting this hate crimes bill. You can read it below.
Support for a "hate" bill that enshrines "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" into federal law (note that it is not yet so enshrined) does not mean merely that you oppose hateful, violent acts against persons who self-identify as homosexuals, transsexuals, and cross-dressers. Laws are already in place protecting persons who identify as homosexual or transgendered. They are the same laws that protect all of us from violent physical or verbal attacks. read more


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Well, perhaps I misunderstood. There certainly isn't source code to use Andriod 4.4 on the Nook as B&N never intended that. However some android developers might be able to take the most recent source code, which I posted, and figure out a way to make a new version of Android run on it. (I personally think 4.4 would be a real stretch, but if somebody could figure out the eInk driver situation, 2.3 might be a possibility.) I don't know if the source for the eInk drivers would be in the source code (I doubt it) but if they are, someone might be able to use this.
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The Peoria Christian School Principal and owner of three Apples of Gold Centers for Learning is the November winner of the Ulrich Ford, Lincoln, Mercury Radio Teacher of the Month. Elizabeth Hoksbergen, who also teaches language arts at Peoria Christian says that it is an honor to be chosen as the teacher of the month. She says that she is very passionate about teaching and doesn't think of it as work, but something she felt like God called her to do. Hoksbergen thanked her support system at home saying she couldn't do it without the help of her husband and five kids. If you would like to nominate someone for the Ulrich Ford, Lincoln, Mercury Radio Teacher of the Month, email us with their name, school and reason why they should be chosen to firstname.lastname@example.com
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In Texas, Obama is less popular than poison ivy.
Just as she appears to be tightening the gap, she meets with Obama. That won't help her.
"But her campaign hit a hurdle earlier this year when a Dallas Morning News article highlighted some inaccuracies in her life story—in particular, the article found that Ms. Davis's then-husband had paid for her law school tuition and took care of the children while she was at school. Ms. Davis has spoken extensively about her difficult upbringing, describing herself as a single mother living in a trailer by the age of 19 who proceeded to put herself through college and Harvard Law School, where she graduated with honors."
Bet she's part Indian / Native American too.
this is all part of the mainstream MSM elite media attack on her personal character. when will they stop using their neofascist marxist Alinksy chicago style tactics?
Wendy Davis is only about 8 points behind the Republican and more Texans are ready to change parties.
Did Obama and Davis have a competition for who could tell the biggest whopper?
I am not sure whether to describe this meeting as an act of desperation or the kiss of death.
good greif
are we really interested in a person with zero experience and one issue? are we reduced to that? all pols suck! can i get back to work? bb
I will be changing parties. Wendy is the best of the two
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I am making my first trip report...just so people know I really do go on trips. How do I do it? Do I really have to upload ONE photo at a time? In the mean time, here is me ready to go in Le Bourg-d'Oisans...fresh off the Tour of the Vanoise with time to spare. I used the Cicerone guide. I followed the main route as described by Reynolds until the last day when I somehow managed to follow the GR54C variant. This is impossible to confuse! I walked out of a refuge, sleepless, on auto pilot. This was unfortunate as it made the last day a very tedious walk instead of what would have likely been one of the best days of the walk. Only one other issue...I was physically assaulted by the guardien at Refuge du Pré de la Chaumette. I used the refuges for both shelter and food. I completed the walk in 10 days, 2 of which were just a few hours of walking.Please advise: What is the best way to upload some photos? I will try to put some commentary with the photos.
Edited by backpackerchick on 06/03/2013 08:36:56 MDT.
Uploading photos - one at a time ... sighAssault: this should have been reported immdiately to both the police and the CAF, with witnesses.Cheers
Roger:This was one of the most remote huts in the region. While badly shaken, I was not injured. I did not want to sacrifice days of my walk. I was more than a day away from any potential gendarme encounter. I did not want to face an interrogation in French. This region does not cater to foreigners. I very much doubt the gendarme was interested in coming to Refuge du Pré de la Chaumette to take a report from a UK national. And I wanted to finish the walk. I reported the incident to the CAF office in Grenoble after the fact. I also had photos of a blocked fire exit...I think CAF was more interested in the exit! I have photos of the perpetrator...stay tuned for my "report". I might devote a separate thread to the Pré de la Chaumette incident...with photos of course.So I load all the photos the same way I did the photo above... like this...And keep posting to see what it looks like and editing with commentary. A self portraitI have a new respect for everyone who has made an elaborate trip report here!
Edited by backpackerchick on 06/03/2013 06:38:00 MDT.
The photos are in chronological order. I will add some commentary later. (It is a work in progress.) There is much discussion about a very short portion just outside Bourg d'Oissans being "dangerous". This is it. While you would not want to fall off here, I think it's way overrated. I broke one of my walking sticks the second day. I slipped and fell on it...snap...shit! I tried to find solace in the flowers on the way down from Col de Sarenne. Black Diamond Ultra Distance Trekking Pole -- really quite fragile. Lunch in Besse-en-Oisans where I took stock of my broken walking stick and attempted a repair.The occasional hiker. Surprisingly few people for the end of July. The weather was excellent. Entering Vallouise
Edited by backpackerchick on 06/03/2013 08:38:10 MDT.
The route leaves and reenters the Ecrins National Park at various points. Refuge de Vallonpierre. A marvelous setting and a wonderful salad. Vegetables! Typical signage. The GR54 uses the familiar red and white swaths. The paths within the Parc national des Ecrins use a red, white and blue swath...the French flag. Where there is overlap of routes, there is potential for confusion. There are no true route finding challenges. My broken stick. A segment splintered on one side of the joint. I approximated the ends of the affected segments and splinted it with duck tape applied vertically. I then wrapped duct tape around the stick. This held surprisingly well. The stick did not fail. Gîte d'étape le Béranger. An EXCELLENT dinner with fine conversation. A bright cheerful dorm room to myself. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Valsenestre The path approaches Col de la Muzelle.I walked during the end of July. The flowers were spectacular. For the most part, there were few people. On the weekend, there were more people. In the more remote sections, I might encounter 5 people in a day while walking. Naturally, the readily road accessible portions of this walk are more heavily used.FINISHED. I would not put this walk high on my list. I finished it because I started it. There IS some beautiful scenery. Some fantastic days. Out of commission for 18 months with a very difficult thoracic spine injury and then a long illness, I had set aside 2 weeks to walk the Tour of the Vanoise, an absolutely brilliant walk! (I will post some things from that walk too.) I finished the Vanoise in 1 week. I was thrilled that I could do this again. I realized that I had time to do the GR54 as well. So this walk was a bonus.
Edited by backpackerchick on 06/03/2013 08:42:00 MDT.
Guide Book: Reynolds (Cicerone) Map: Rando A6 Ecrins Compass (carried, not used) I used the refuges and gites so I did not carry much. I will make a few notes here. I will try to answer any questions. I feel like I could have survived a night out in the cold with my gear in an emergency. I didn't notice the weight of my pack. Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 2Sock: Smartwool PhD outdoor light quarter sock x3Gore Bike Wear Gore-tex socks -- I used these heavily on the glaciers in the Vanoise the week before. I don't think I used them on this walk. I wear them over my my wool sock. I can tuck my pants into them. Sticks: Black Diamond Ultra light z-poles -- snapped one falling against it. Pack: Osprey Talon 33. Not filled anywhere near capacity. Pants: lululemon Studio pant/Lululemon Camp pant (whichever not used in day, worn at night)Shirt: Ibex Indie Half zip hoodyPanties: Patagonia Barely Hipster, Ibex boy short (whichever I didn't use in the day, I used at night) Bra: Nike Pro RacerbackHat: Patagonia Bucket -- very light from several years ago (the newer versions are heavier material)Patagonia Sun Glove -- doesn't sufficiently cover thumb SunglassesNote: I cover the skin instead of using sunscreen. Cooler and cleaner. Rain Gear: Mountain Hardwear Stretch Cohesion Jacket, Mountain Hardwear Stretch Cohesion Pants, Mammut DryTech shell mittsInsulation: Patagonia Ultralight Down Sweater -- must have left it in a hotel room in grenoble, arrived home without itSmartwoool Microweight long bottoms and long sleeve half zip T-neckT shirt -- Icebreaker Tech T Mountain Hardwear Power Stretch Glove Icebreaker 200 double layer beanieHalf UV Buff Patagonia Barely Bra -- not the new ones! I think they were designed by a man. Crocs Cleo II -- Never again. Used in refuges and for lunch breaks. Probably most serious risk faced on trip! I will carry the weight of the classic croc even if it IS heavier than my hiking shoes. Rab Silk Mummy liner iPhoneCamera -- Panasonic Lumix ZS10 -- thought walk would be more technical so wanted small one handed camera. Wish I had taken LX5. Nothing remotely technical on GR 54 in summer. Gorilla pod -- the thin one First Aid Kit (incl. sturdy reflective survival bag and a "Mega Warmer")Toiletries I think that's about it...off the top of my head. I have weights on this stuff if you want a weight on an item.
Edited by backpackerchick on 06/04/2013 21:23:42 MDT.
Thanks for the TR and pictures, a nice adventure.
Wonderful photos, Hartley, thanks for the trip report. Glad to hear you were able to take care of yourself and get out of a bad situation!
For the time of doing the TR. especially like that it is an international location that I can add to my growing list. Lets see some more!
You can do all the text of the report in a separate word program, note the pics you want to place in the text and where, then paste the whole thing on the site, then go through and insert the pics where you marked them in the text. This way you can edit the whole report at your leisure. Inserting the pics is the tedious part. Nice trip in a beautiful country.
Thank you for the nice comments. It's a pretty rough attempt. Thanks for the advice on using this format. I need to get the photos from my phone and my camera in the same album/project/whatever and then order them chronologically so I can figure out where the photos were taken! I'll work on it. I will post some photos of the Vanoise soon. IMO, that should be at the top of everyone's list.
I did another walk, finishing a couple days before I started the GR 54. Tour of the Vanoise (Figure 8 as detailed by Kev Reynolds).http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=78148A plug for an AMAZING walk!!!
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... was an amazing view from the park of the harbour itself. On the walk the path is behind the posh houses that sit on the bay of Vaucluse. It was as if we were in their back garden. The walk luckily wasn't too gruelling but was pretty hungry afterwards as ...
Meeting up with the London Contingent.
... (who shared Pianist duties with me in Britannia) we all arranged to meet up. Katie Rushforth organised for us to visit Watsons Bay with a view to walking around the peninsula, visiting the lighthouse and reaching The Gap for sunset. We dawdled a bit ...
Sunset and ocean
... . Also machten Kevin und ich uns alleine auf den Weg yu Watsons Bay. 1 Stunde Busfahrt. Aber immerhin mit sch�ner Aussicht. Angekommen am Watsons Bay setzten wir uns zuerstmal an den Strand und a�en was, bevor wir anfingen, die Gegend zu erkunden. Ein ...
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BJC HealthCare Selects ZeOmega to Provide Population Healthcare Management Platform
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FRISCO, Texas – February 18, 2014 – ZeOmega Inc., the premier provider of software solutions for population healthcare management, today announced that BJC HealthCare has selected ZeOmega's Jiva™ population healthcare management software to enhance coordination and improve patient engagement for more than 20,000 patients in the BJC Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Based in St. Louis, Mo., BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the country.
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Set aside any historic value this bridge has (and it has a lot) and just look at the beauty/aesthetics of this bridge. This bridge is everything that makes a truss bridge spectacular. Featuring both Parker approach spans and a Pennsylvania truss main span, its truss configurations and complex bracing system form a complex geometric art based on triangles that is in turn complimented by the soft, graceful curves of the top chords on the bridge. The complex geometric art form of the bridge is only furthered by the extensive v-lacing and lattice present in the built-up beams used on the bridge. The bridge's design makes it seem larger than it is, when you stand on the deck and look up at the elaborate network bracing, which at the tallest part of the truss is three panels high. The design of the bracing system makes driving across this bridge feel a little like a tunnel, as the number of sway panels mean that the overhead sway bracing merge together to create a tunnel-like feeling, which only makes the bridge feel all the more large and impressive. The bridge is set upon beautiful stone piers, set against the beautiful cliff that forms the river valley on the western side river.
The Hulton Bridge should also be considered to have great historic significance. First, it is noteworthy for having a Pennsylvania truss configuration, which is an uncommon truss configuration. The bridge is also noteworthy for its vertical endposts. However its greatest source of significance is that not only is it a Pennsylvania truss, the Hulton Bridge's main 505 foot channel span is currently the fourth largest Pennsylvania highway truss span in the Commonwealth. If PennDOT moves forward with a plan to demolish the Donora-Webster Bridge, the Hulton Bridge would then become the third largest. Also, it is worth noting, that among the seven largest Pennsylvania truss spans in the Commonwealth, five of them, including the Hulton Bridge, are slated for demolition and replacement, or have already been demolished since the significance of the Hulton Bridge was considered by PennDOT. These doomed bridges include the Masontown Bridge, and the Donora-Webster Bridge. The now-demolished bridges include the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge and the Tunnelton Bridge. The loss of these bridges is devastating for Pennsylvania's heritage, however their demolition also drastically increases the rarity and significance of the Hulton Bridge.
The Hulton Bridge is also significant for its use of pinned connections. Although a later example of pinned connections, all surviving examples of pin-connected truss bridges should be considered significant because the technology has not been used in bridge construction since roughly 1920 and is a rapidly disappearing technology. Also, the use of rivets and built-up beams (as well as the attractive v-lacing and lattice that form the built-up beams) while not yet rare on today's roadways, are also antiquated construction methods not used in modern construction for decades, and thus this technology is disappearing from today's roads at a steady rate.
For a bridge of its age and size, the Hulton Bridge also retains good historic integrity. Certainly, there have been rehabilitations and repairs over the years that did replace some rivets with bolts and other such alterations, but the reality is that the bridge is on the whole unaltered, retains its original design and retains the vast majority of all its original material.
Other technical facts about bridge: Navigation Vertical Clearance: 50 Feet (15.2 Meters), Vertical Clearance for traffic: 14 Feet (4.3 Meters). Previous rehabilitation dates: 1991, 2000.
The awarded contract for building the truss bridge was $269,371.86. At least one person was killed during the building of the bridge. A June 16, 1909 notice in Engineering and Contracting stated the following:
Victor O. Friday, a. member of the Friday Contracting Co., Fitzsimmons Bldg, Pittsburg. was almost instantly killed on June 9. at Hulton, PA... where his firm is building the piers and shore abutments for the new Oakmont bridge across the Allegheny River. Mr. Friday was standing under a derrick which was raising heavy stones from a barge when the boom of the derrick broke and, falling, struck him before he had time to move from the spot on which he was standing. He was 32 years old and was a son of the founder of the above firm.
HistoricBridges.org has repeatedly attempted to communicate and work with PennDOT to try to develop win-win scenarios where a historic bridge can be preserved, while also ensuring that the needs of a functional infrastructure are met in a cost-effective and safe manner. Unfortunately, these efforts have not reaped any positive results. HistoricBridges.org continues to welcome any opportunity to work with PennDOT to develop preservation solutions for the historic bridges of Pennsylvania, and hopefully PennDOT will have a change of heart and join many other states in the Union that have a strong commitment to historic bridges. In the meantime, the rate of historic bridge demolition in Pennsylvania, coupled with the significance of those bridges being demolished is absolutely agonizing to witness.
Unfortunately, with this bridge, PennDOT has not shown any willingness to consider preserving this historic bridge, with the possible exception being if a third party was willing to take ownership of the bridge. The problems with the bridge, as PennDOT perceives them, are concerns that the bridge will develop structural deficiency in the future and also being functionally obsolete (not wide enough for traffic volumes). Certainly, the bridge is indeed functionally obsolete, since the bridge backs up with traffic frequently and has a relatively narrow roadway width. However the bridge is not in very bad shape structurally. Its condition suggests that rehabilitation is far more appropriate than demolition and replacement. A well-designed, comprehensive rehabilitation could likely yield decades of continued vehicular use, and perhaps a century of use for non-motorized traffic only with only average maintenance costs. As such, HistoricBridges.org believes that two scenarios are appropriate for the bridge. One would be to build a one-way bridge next to the historic Hulton Bridge and convert the historic Hulton Bridge into a one-way bridge as well, to form a one-way couplet of vehicular bridges. The other alternative would be to construct a new two-way bridge next to the historic Hulton Bridge, and preserve the historic Hulton Bridge in place for non-motorized use only.
Unfortunately, PennDOT has done what they so conveniently seem to do with nearly every historic metal or concrete bridge in the Commonwealth, and they wrote off all preservation alternatives and jumped right to the cookie cutter scenario of building a new two-lane bridge next to the historic bridge, and then demolishing the historic Hulton Bridge even though its not in the way of its replacement. This scenario is very wasteful because it involves the demolition of a historic bridge that could easily be left standing next to its replacement, either for non-motorized use, or completely closed and abandoned to stand as a look-only historic landmark.
A serious problem with PennDOT's process is that when they research the rehabilitation of a historic bridge like the Hulton Bridge during their consideration of alternatives, they fail to hire a firm with proven experience in developing a historic bridge rehabilitation. As a result, they get cost estimates and life expectancy estimates that are grossly inaccurate and not favorable for the historic bridge. Not only do these poorly designed rehabilitations and cost/life estimates reduce the likelihood that PennDOT will choose to rehabilitate the historic bridge, they also needlessly scare away potential third parties who might otherwise be interested in taking ownership of the historic bridge upon completion of a replacement bridge. Further, PennDOT has recently been claiming that their modern replacement bridges will last 100 years. They often present this claim to the public in a way that makes it sound like the new bridge will last 100 years without hardly any maintenance costs, while also claiming that maintaining a historic bridge will be very costly in comparison. This is very misleading because the fact is that the only way any bridge serves traffic for a century is if it is maintained and rehabilitated as needed throughout its life. New bridges will require maintenance over their lives too. Further, PennDOT may be overestimating the quality of their new bridges. Pre-stressed concrete bridges built between the 1950s and the 1980s are already falling apart and requiring replacement in many cases. Further, bridge inspection manuals warn inspectors that pre-stressed concrete (the preferred modern building material) must be carefully inspected because the tendons that give pre-stressed concrete its strength can deteriorate extremely rapidly (more rapidly than traditional reinforced concrete) when even the smallest cracks develop in the concrete. Also, claiming that modern bridges can last 100 years when the methods and materials used in modern bridges (like pre-stressed concrete) have not even been invented for 100 years yet, is a bit premature and should not be the deciding factor that condemns a historic bridge. Also, if a rehabilitated historic truss bridge has high maintenance costs down the road, it is likely because the initial rehabilitation was of poor quality. The key is to start with an initial rehabilitation that carefully repairs any deterioration, not doing a quick fix patch job, then future maintenance costs should be far more reasonable.
The proposed replacement bridge as illustrated PennDOT below is extremely ugly, compared not only to the existing historic Hulton Bridge, but the additional sparkling historic bridges that the nearby City of Pittsburgh has beautifully preserved. At the same time, it would be a gross waste of money to have tried to design a nice looking modern bridge. Beauty simply does not happen in modern bridge construction anymore. Only by the preservation of the existing historic bridge could the future see beautiful bridge at this location. It is assumed this replacement will no longer be called the Jonathon Hulton Bridge, since to do so would be extremely insulting and would not honor one of the first landowners in the Oakmont area. HistoricBridges.org suggests the bridge might be named the Projectile Vomit Memorial Bridge.
Pennsylvania's Historic Bridge Inventory remarks that the Hulton Bridge should be considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (meaning it would normally be considered "officially" historic by the U.S. government) as a contributing structure to a potential Allegheny River Boulevard Historic District. This fact was either ignored or dismissed by authorities, allowing them to bypass the federal Section 106 process to consider alternatives to demolishing and replacing this bridge. Furthermore, all of the above listed areas of high historic significance of the Hulton Bridge were completely ignored by PennDOT and the PHMC. In other words, this extremely rare and significant bridge was interpreted as not historic! Such a finding would normally be interpreted to be absolutely insane in any other state. Here in Pennsylvania, the finding was not challenged by any authorities. Finding the bridge not historic made life a lot easier for PennDOT and the PHMC, since they did not have to do Section 106. It is unclear why PennDOT would be so desperate to avoid Section 106. All it involves doing is involving the public and considering whether there are any "feasible and prudent" alternatives to demolishing and replacing the historic bridge. Even for bridges that are not historic, it would seem sensible to consider whether an extremely costly demolition and replacement project that will greatly disrupt the environment is truly required, or if the proposed plan is the best way of going about it. However no serious consideration of alternatives was given. Only a token glance at one or two possibilities for preservation were considered and quickly dismissed.
Until the moment that the trusses of the Hulton Bridge are knocked into the river or blown up, it is not to late to save the Hulton Bridge. HistoricBridges.org strongly believes that the Hulton bridge is an extremely strong candidate for preservation in place next to its planned replacement bridge, where the historic bridge can serve non-motorized traffic.
Allegheny County Council has demonstrated that they have a long-term interest in having a non-motorized crossing of the Allegheny River in this area. The Hulton Bridge is the perfect bridge to serve in this capacity. Currently serving heavy vehicular traffic with no posted weight restrictions, this is a bridge that could likely be converted for non-motorized and pedestrian use with reasonable initial and long-term costs.
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Paramedics would take the person to the emergency room, call in a cardiologist and then head to the cardiac catheterization lab.
Today, CMMC has a different protocol in place. Doctors say the hospital is the first in Maine to train paramedics to read an EKG and to activate CMMC's cardiac team if they believe the person is having a heart attack.
"We've had people arrive at the hospital," says Dr. William Phillips, the Director of Cardiology at CMMC, "and if the interventional cardiologist is present the patient will literally keep moving directly from the ambulance bay right to the cardiac cath lab."
There, the cardiac team--which is on call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week--can do a catheterization to find the blockage and hopefully, fix it. Doctors say they're able to open an artery within twenty minutes of the patient arriving at the hospital instead of what was once ninety minutes or more.
EMS Director, Dr. Kevin Kendall, says in these cases time is of the essence.
"Just like when you have that golden hour in trauma care," says Kendall, "you have the golden ninety minutes in cardiac care where time is muscle and the quicker you get the patient to the cath lab the more of that myocardium, the heart muscle, you save."


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NI intros Guitar Rig 4 Pro, Komplete 6 bundle
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Guitar Rig 4, Komplete 6
Native Instruments has announced several updates to its line of virtual instruments and effects applications, Guitar Rig 4 Pro and Komplete 6. Guitar Rig 4 Pro is the latest version of the company's professional guitar studio which provides tools for tone-shaping and emulating amp sounds, with more than 250 ready-to-play guitar sounds. New features include a redesigned preset browser for simpler search functionality, two additional tube amp models, and a new Control Room module with for speaker emulation. The update also comes with new cabinet and microphone modeling functions.
The Control Room module allows users to mix and match a maximum of eight phase-aligned studio microphones per cabinet, and is designed as the basis for the advanced speaker emulation. A dedicated master-effects section now enables stage configuration to include global equalizers, overlapping delays and reverbs, along with true stereo processing.
Users can also expect to see additional controller assignment and host automation functions, enhanced sound quality for pitch-based effect modules, and support for the company's Rig Kontrol 3 pedal board.
Komplete 6 is the company's latest software bundle for professional musicians and producers. The update delivers the most recent Pro versions of Absynth 5, Guitar Rig 4 and Kontakt 4, which consist of over 7,000 individual preset sounds. Komplete 6 has removed Akoustic Piano, B4 II and Pro-53 from the software package, while adding Elektrik Piano to the Kontakt factory library.
Both Guitar Rig 4 Pro and Komplete 6 are scheduled to be released in October 2009, with Guitar RIG 4 Pro priced at $200 and Komplete 6 available for $560. Users upgrading to Komplete 6 from version 2, 3, 4, or 5 only have to pay $170. Native Instruments will also be offering a limited-time upgrade for customers who have any version of Kontakt or Reaktor, which will allow then to purchase Komplete 6 for $340 until December 31st. The company also plans to have other versions of Guitar Rig available in the future, such as Guitar Rig Kontrol and Guitar Rig Session.


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November 30, 2015
Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- Two counties in Ohio's northwest corner are leading the state in unemployment.
Numbers released by the state today show that Williams county had a jobless rate of 17.1 percent in May.
Neighboring Defiance county followed, with unemployment of 16.1 percent.
Fast-growing Delaware county north of Columbus had last month's lowest unemployment rate, at 6.7 percent.
Officials said last friday that the state's unemployment rate rose to 10.8 percent in May, the highest since october 1983.
Toledo had the highest rate among the state's largest cities last month, with unemployment of 14.3 percent.
Cleveland Heights was at the other end of the scale, at 7.2 percent.
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"Using Invented Spelling to Provide Evidence of Early Writing Development in Primary Grades"
In recent years researchers have been exploring the benefits of interpreting students' invented spellings to indicate their developing awareness and knowledge of the English language. Invented spelling, also referred to as developmental spelling, is a beginning writers initial attempts to associate sounds with letters. "The fundamental idea is that invented spelling provides a direct clue to a child's current understanding of how written words work" (Invernizzi & Abouzeid, 1994, p. 156). The closer one looks at children's experiments with writing, the more one understands about the major principles of the writing system they are trying to master. As children advance in literacy, their spelling demonstrates a more complete understanding about the organizational patterns of words and will become more conventional. This paper is an effort to encourage individuals to use children's invented spellings as a way to understand the skills children are developing at all stages of invented spelling. It should be looked at as a measurement of growth and not uninformed mistakes.
Recently, invented spelling has become a popular form of assessment in many classrooms. Early learners, such as kindergarteners, may formulate some brief but precise messages which are intended to express a message. This form of creative writing demands that the child pay close attention to the details of print. Neuman, Copple, and Bredekamp (2000) agree that worrying about making a spelling error and feeling dependent on the adult to supply all spellings inhibits children's engagement in writing and active listening for the sounds in words that is so useful for budding readers.
Asselin (2001), Bloodgood (1991), and Sipe (2001) stated that traditional spelling instruction and assessment is very different. Usually teachers delayed writing until children could spell conventionally. They thought learning to spell was separate from both learning to read and developing vocabulary. Spelling was taught through rote memorization. Since teachers tend to teach how they were taught, this traditional form of spelling instruction continues in classrooms. The problem with this teaching method is that memory is not a sufficient tool to make spelling meaningful and lasting. Bear (1998) stated that "Children's brains are not cameras. We cannot "teach" spelling by trying to get kids to take better pictures of words so that their mental images are clear and precise" (p.222).
Many teachers continue to use traditional spelling instruction because invented spelling has gotten a bad name in many classrooms. Routman (1993), Gentry (2000), and Harwayne (2001) all agree that this bad reputation is due to certain misconceptions surrounding invented spelling's use. Research (Neuman, Copple, & Bredekamp) has actually shown that using temporary invented spelling contributes to children's success as readers and writers because it draws their attention to the sounds of letters and parts of words (2000). Many educators assume that if they encourage invented spelling in the classroom, they are not allowed to interfere with children's writing. Even though the results may lead to students writing more and more often, they believe that much of children's work is illegible, sloppy, and filled with misspellings of basic words. Routman (1993) wrote that this leads to teacher and parent frustration. He goes on to say that invented spelling recognizes that learning to spell is developmental and teachers should not expect students to get it correct immediately. Teachers can and should help children some of the time with spelling but must recognize and respect that language develops gradually. Learners need a lot of time and practice to take risks, make mistakes, and do plenty of reading and writing.
Realistically, educators should expect some of the words in invented spelling to be spelled correctly. For example, a kindergartener should be able to write the words I, me, and my conventionally. The International Reading Association and The National Association for the Education of Young Children designed a position statement that addresses such developmental spelling and points out that by second grade, children should be moving toward conventional spelling and editing their writing products so that their own spellings are used only in drafts (Neuman et al., 2000). The problem is that when teachers don't continually model the reading and writing processes, provide many opportunities for guided practice, and help kids discover and notice features of words, some kids have trouble with reading and spelling. Invented spelling does not mean that anything goes. Routman explains that, "Its purpose was to free kids up to write" (1993, p.37).
Many supporters of invented spelling think that by communicating better the controversy may end. Gentry argues that "teachers must convey which skills and knowledge children should be acquiring at young ages and how invented spelling is balanced with developmentally appropriate instruction for conventional spelling" (2000, p. 325). He continued to explain that in his findings negative attitudes often change once parents have a better understanding of how developmental stages of invented spelling inform instruction and enhance assessment of literacy skills. Harwayne (2001) created a parent-teacher workshop on invented spelling in order to explain predictable attempts of early writing. She then had parents use their understanding of developmental spelling by reading pieces of children's early writing. They displayed the pieces on a bulletin board with explanations of learning based on the child's spelling strategies.
Average childen who enters school may be able to write part or all of their name but this is usually about the limit of their practical skills in written language. Some children enter knowing much more while others have not progressed beyond the circles and random forms of early drawing. Dahl (2003), Asselin (2001), Ganske (1999), Bear (1998), Invernizzi & Abouzeid (1994), and Clay (1975) have all researched the developmental stages of spelling and have developed various models that convey development. In general terms, the earliest stage of development children's spelling range from random marks to the use of actual letters, but with no sound-symbol correspondence. In the next stage, children acquired a concept of word. Spellers begin to recognize that letters have sounds that are used to represent sounds in words. In the third stage the learners are able to provide a total mapping of letter-sound correspondence; all of the surface sound features of the words being spelled are represented in the spelling. The fourth stage is when children adhere to basic conventions; vowels appear in every syllable, and spellers begin to learn root words and common prefixes and suffixes. Finally, in the last stage spellers have knowledge of basic rules and show an extended knowledge of word structure. The development through the five stages just described illustrate Clay's findings (1975) that the core of known words build in writing, and as high-frequency words become known, these provide a series from which other words can be composed by taking familiar bits from known words and getting to new words by analogy.
In order to achieve the goals of literacy, children must be taught strategies for recognizing and writing words. Dahl (2003) described five spelling strategies children should be taught. The first strategy is visualizing. Children may remember words from books, picture words in their mind, or try alternative spellings (picnic/picnik) to visualize if a word looks right. The second strategy is when children make connections with words. They do this by using word families and analogies; could/ would, and starting with patterns they know. Children can also build words, for example, adding an ending to work to make it working or worked. The third strategy is focusing on sounds. Children can sound out words or chunk sounds together (br, sh). Reflecting words is the fourth stage. Learners can verify their spellings and correct errors by checking with resources. The last stage is when children combine information. They can use multiple strategies or a routine of strategies to arrive at a word. Past research supports these strategies by labeling good spellers as those who use visual imagery, break words into parts, and use active monitoring (Asselin, 2001). These findings show that children who engage in writing and are manipulating the units of written language are gaining some awareness of how words can convey spoken messages.
Educators must be aware of the developmental stages of learners and teach them spelling strategies to help children improve on skills they have not yet mastered. In order to do this, teachers must analyze students' invented spellings in order to inform them where each individual child is at and what they need to review. By understanding children's mistakes are not random errors but rather attempts to use rule-governed principles of sounds, teachers can understand the logic and complexity behind invented spelling and guide individuals with appropriate word-study activities that focus on spelling features that are appropriate to students' current level of competence. Also, by analyzing children's inventions with spelling, teachers can identify groups of students with similar instructional needs. Pinnell and Fountas (1998) described quality literacy program as one where "teachers use systematic observation and assessment to identify children's understanding and to inform teaching" (p. 15). Once the teacher is informed, they can then act.
After a teacher identifies features of correctness, features that are absent, and features that students use but confuse, they need to intervene. For early learners, one way to help guide children's writing to be more conventional is through interactive writing. This is when children dictate their invented spellings and a teacher acts as a scribe and records exactly what they said. By doing this Button (1996) explains that it increases children's participation in the act of writing and helps them attend to the details of letters, sounds, and words while working together on a meaningful text. This is one form of modeling conventional spellings to children.
Another way for teachers to guide student's spelling to become more conventional is through mini lessons called "word studies." A word study is a broad term that applies to a wide variety of word activities and games. They involve using categorization sorts and word-play activities that help student investigate word patterns and become knowledgeable spellers so they do not need to rely solely on memory. When the teacher identifies a group of children with the same misconceptions in their spellings, a word study can enable learners to explore and practice the elements they are trying to understand.
Mechanics would not read instructions to learn how to change a tire if they have already attempted and shown that they have mastered that skill. The same idea applies to spelling instruction. Why review word endings with the whole class when more than half of the students show evidence of doing it correctly in their writing samples. A teacher should instead encourage children to write continuously over time in order for him/her to assess skills that need to be taught for that individual child. There is a significant chance that others in the class have the same misconceptions and small groups can review strategies that they need extra help. Children's invented spellings are red flags for teachers to interpret skills that are mastered, misconceptions, and skills not yet reached. It provides evidence of a child's developmental stages and growth over time. The research supports the conclusion that educators need to use this invaluable record to help guide instruction and understand writing development. Teachers should ask themselves where lessons are coming from, the next section in the plan book or from assessments of children's ability. Then ponder the question, "What method of instruction would be more beneficial to the children?" My prediction is that the most beneficial instruction will be from one designed around children's current knowledge.
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Button, K., Johnson, M.J., & Furgerson, P. (1996). Interactive writing in a primary classroom. The Reading Teacher, 49 (6), 146-154.
Clay, M.M. (1975). What did I write? Beginning writing behaviour. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
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Dahl, K.L., Barto, A., Carasello, J.C., et al. (2003). Connecting developmental word study with classroom writing: children's descriptions of spelling strategies. The Reading Teacher, 57, (4), 310-319.
Gentry, J. R. (2000). A retrospective on invented spelling and a look forward. The Reading Teacher, 54 (3), 318-332.
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I go oh-so protective when you feel bad or sad.
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The facts and truth you have no fear in stating.
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Mad, my sister, something you'll always be.
I love you sis, my spamming-genius best friend,
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Until you see someone you love get unstable.
Then you pounce, claws out, snarling and death glares flying,
You save your loved ones from falling and crying.
Sis, you're amazing and I love you dearly,
As you can tell this poem will never explain it clearly.
You are so caring and loving, protective and sweet,
You don't even realize it, you don't see.
Argh, I just love you so much,
Mad, my sister, of you, I can never have enough.
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