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We are so thankful for the outpouring of advice that has flooded in for us to share with the Autism Speaks Community. Who better to give advice than you all, the people that know best! We have heard from people on the autism spectrum, parents, siblings, teachers, therapists, and beyond. Your advice has been broken down into categories, and we will post accordingly!
It gets better! Take one day at a time and remember that there can be a wonderful future for these kids. Love them and support them as much as possible. –Leann
The best advice I can give a newly diagnosed family is to have a plan, be consistent, and take it one day at a time. And always remember, everyday is progress! –Whitney
Although you need to plan for the future, don't get unnecessarily "worked up" worrying about all the various "what ifs." Narrow your worries to immediate concerns. The "what ifs" may never materialize. Trust in yourself that you will never accept the way someone tells you to do something as being the "only way"! I have found the best result in everyday life has come from "thinking outside the box". You must put yourself in their shoes and feel, smell, see, hear what they do and then you can address the situation. – Kimery
Be ready to deal with what comes in the future. –Joy
We rode the train to our local zoo and when I corrected my son as to which side to get off the train he had a huge tantrum, lots of people staring it was horrible. I told his teacher about the incident and she said, "Lora, you can't let what other people think EVER bother you, they have no idea what you are going through so just forget them!" The next time we went to the Zoo my girlfriends asked if I wanted to "avoid" the train and after a moment I said, "No. I want to go straight to the train". I am not putting him in a bubble." He never had a problem with the train since. Live your life and don't let other's stares or commentary get you down. Their judgment, their problem. –Lora
Be patient, go with the flow, seek the best therapy you can find, and love them through it all. –Sharon
Sometimes you just need treat them like they are normal… they act up discipline them, they do something great give them a kiss and show them all the time they are loved… –Marlene
I am not a parent but I do work with kids with autism. Just remember treat them with respect and treat them as you would any kid. –Debbie
Be your child's own "job developer"! When it comes to your son/daughter, who knows them better than you do? Think expansively when considering an workplace area that may best suit their needs, and then network, network, network! Never give up! –Ian
It isn't a sprint. It's a marathon. Think about the big picture. -Robin
December 26, 2010 at 3:39 am
We applied to the division of Vocational Rehabilitation for assistance in helping my son transition to a job and/or college after high school. He was accepted and they have so far been great… we are getting some concrete answers regarding what skills he needs in order to transition. We applied when he was 16. Some areas have a school to work alliance program called SWAP or something similar to apply to..
December 26, 2010 at 5:03 am
I am going threw a very heard time right now. My son was diagnosed last month . I am getting a second opinion . I hav done tremendous researc he does not show these red flags or symptoms . I do not know why children speciality hospital did this . Is it a money making scam ? i am getting second diagnosis . So I do no think im biased or in denial . However , do you thing any child with a little speech delay or motor skills delay is diagnosed to b autistic is right ? 10 out of 100 kis in nj diagnosed . this is not right .
December 27, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I remember when my son was going through the process of being diagnossed. I also sought out a second oppinion. 10 out of 100 kids is a really high number, and it doesn't seem right. But here are a some things that may help you in your search for what is really going on with your son: Does he make eye contact? Does he respond to someone when they call his name? Does he have any interest in playing with other children? Does he play with toys the way they are ment to be played with, or in his own way? Any one of these things on its own doesn't add up to autism, but coupled with a speech delay, it might. I just want to reach out to you and say, don't be afraid of an Autism label. If it is inaccurate, he can always be reevaluated later. Right now, the services he will recieve will help him out with whatever delays (speech, ect…) he may have. I know that this is really hard and really scarey, but you have a whole community of people who know exactly what you are going through.
December 27, 2010 at 9:34 am
Lora,I read your post and it brought me to tears.Something very similar happened to me and it helped hearing other people feel the way i felt that day. Thanks!
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In a country where only 17 percent of the population is fully literate, reports of radically improved children's reading and numeracy skills on Makira in the Solomon Islands bring cheer — and an expectation that a World Vision-supported education program will be a model for similar projects throughout the Pacific.
An Australian academic study gave top marks to an early childhood education project that has radically improved children's reading and numeracy skills in a country struggling with chronic illiteracy.
Only 17 percent of the Solomon Islands population is fully literate, according to a 2007 study — one of the lowest levels in the Pacific.
The successful Makira early childhood development program — the result of a partnership between World Vision, the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education, government, and beneficiary communities — looks set to become a model for similar programs throughout the Solomon Islands and the rest of the Pacific.
The project saw the establishment of more than 130 community kindergartens on the island of Makira, including locations in some of the most remote communities. Its goal was to improve the education of 2,000 children.
An impact study report on the program released by academics from Australia's Murdoch University found children from Makira province were far ahead of children from Central province, who have yet to benefit from such kindergartens.
Reading accuracy scores averaged at 79 percent in Makira, compared with 2 percent in Central province. A multiplication and division concept test yielded an average score of more than 65 percent in Makira, versus less than 40 percent in Central.
Although Central province does have early childhood centers, they are concentrated in the larger population pockets and lack community involvement in their operation. Children from remote areas seldom attend.
Libby Lee-Hammond, associate professor of early childhood education at Murdoch, says that the involvement of local people and their ownership in the project plays a big part in the success of the kindergartens at Makira.
"I was really taken with the community involvement in producing materials for the kindergartens, including miniature carved boats, baskets, and shell collections for counting and other mathematical experiences," she says.
"The materials and learning environments I observed would be the envy of many Australian teachers."
She noted that one teacher used part of a plant to successfully create paint brushes.
"It made me realize how much waste there is in Australian schools, buying materials that could actually be sourced from recycled or local materials for a fraction of the cost. This would also be a more sustainable approach to resourcing schools," she says.
The academics' findings were backed up by feedback from parents. One parent expressed delight that her children were able to read when they were still very small.
"In the past, reading is a level we reach when we are older…even today, some of us [adults] do not even know how to read as yet."
Thank God for new access to education for childen in the most remote regions of the world. Pray that education would provide an escape from poverty for these chldren.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Today's Writing Prompt: Friend
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- Divenita said...
I was in class 12 when a friend and i had fought about a silly issue. she felt i ignored her and i was adamant saying i did not.
We did speak for days.
finally, i made a card for her and she was extremely happy with my gesture. I said maybe i was looking at you but thinking something else.
- January 5, 2012 at 6:30 AM
- Barbie and Ken said...
Since I do not have to live with my friends, conflicts are never a problem.
- January 5, 2012 at 7:07 AM
- Carrie said...
"I wish that I had Jessie's(boy) girl" theme is exactly the kind of occurrence between myself and girlfriend of mine.
Mentioning to her that I had a new boyfriend was a recipe to include herself in our activities:
Practically camping out on my couch(even when he & I were in my room after going out), and insisting that she had "history" with him for a muddled occasion meeting him at a mysterious party he didn't remember.
For me, this put another trust barrier between me and having healthy friendships with other women.
Unfortunately, the guy was even more clueless than a wet mop- even after telling him point blank that my friend was very interested in him and that I wasn't going to stay around and watch, or clean up the mess.
They ended up together in a volatile relationship for a few years and boy, was I glad to get rid of them both!
Years flew by- recieved an email from her as if nothing happend. Two years ago the same guy got back in touch with me and explained how the entire thing was unfair to me and he was stupid not to speak up and keep me. I'm not a man competitive woman- I figure if any man is that confused, I'll dump him.
I dated that same guy again; he was so jealous of me- walked out on him again. I'm not regetting seeing him again-he's a genuine guy-he just needs more direction. History does repeat itself, but sometimes you just have to experience it to realize that I'm worth so much more.
- January 5, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- Snellopy said...
My best friend and I had a falling out due to her constantly sniping about my wife. Eventually, words were said by her, and she had a falling out. In the end, I had to choose between my mate and my wife - with the obvious winner being my spouse. That person is dead to me now, which is a real shame, and sometimes tricky as we work at the same place.
- January 5, 2012 at 10:48 PM
- Amapola said...
River without water
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Forever friends
- January 6, 2012 at 9:04 AM
- buddhafulkat.com said...
Unfortunately I lost a friend recently, mainly because she never really listens when I talk or gives me the benefit of the doubt - she listens to a small piece of it, makes assumptions about what I mean and then either gets mad or defensive. It's exhausting.
Once she makes an assumption, she won't listen to any further explanation because she is too busy stewing in her own thoughts.
A true friend listens with their heart, gives you the benefit of the doubt and doesn't need an explanation from you.
- January 9, 2012 at 1:46 AM
- Kanchan Agarwal said...
Her name is Karunya and the first one I instinctively thought of reading the word 'friend'. We have been friends since we were 15. We went past our nascent tiffs caused in the group we called ours. We don't spend as much time as we used to but even seven years later, we are still the best knowing we have each other to fall back upon. And I wish for my children to look at how easily we resolve our differences. I love you Karun.
- January 27, 2012 at 2:43 AM


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For seven years, walkers and runners have made their way through the mountains of Tucker County to the town of Davis for the Run For It 5k Run/2k Walk. On Saturday, the leaves were at their peak and the weather was beautiful, making for a perfect day for the charity event.
The town came alive as more than 1,000 participants lined up, closing the main road. Walkers, runners, children in strollers and pets all joined in the excitement.
The annual charity event is held in conjunction with the Leaf Peepers Festival. Arts and crafts, live music, a chicken BBQ and a children's bouncy house was all part of the excitement.
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A group of musicians play their instruments as they walk through Davis Saturday as part of the Run For It 5k Run/2k Walk.
Run For It provides opportunities to raise funds and awareness for community causes. Participants can run or walk, while philanthropists can sponsor teams or the event even if they don't compete.
Race sponsors build the purse, with the top sponsor this year being the Bernard McDonough Foundation with $25,000.
An all-time high of 40 different teams raised money for various causes, including cancer awareness, libraries, humane societies, church groups and a school playground, among others. More than $70,000 was awarded this year.
Development Director Diane Hinkle said, "Even though this is organized and put on by the Tucker County Foundation, it wouldn't be made possible without the volunteers, team captains, event staff and the race sponsors."
Alice Fleischman, from East-West Printing in Davis, designed the t-shirts for the event. She was part of a group of walkers who played music as they began their walk through town. First-time participant Ben Quarles of Davis played his guitar as they walked along and said they are a group of musicians who just get together and play. They said taking part was a very impromptu decision and they had a lot of fun.
The youngest "racer" was 7-week-old, Finn Cyr from Davis. He was carried by his father, Jason, who said the baby was getting off to a good start.
"It's just a good event to get out and support the community," Jason Cyr said. This will probably be the first of many races for his son, he said.
The first runner who made it back to the finish line was 21-year-old Alison Kimble from Morgantown. She was not with a team, but said, "I just love running."
Kimble also was last year's first place winner and said that she would "definitely do it again."
Committee Chairperson Anne Brown Wardwell said, "It's just an amazing event that draws everyone together and encourages support for their charitable causes."
Tammy Smith with the Belington Public Library said she was grateful for this event.
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Hannibal-LaGrange University's Division of Nursing and Allied Health held its annual pinning ceremony on Friday at the Parker Theatre in the Roland Fine Arts Center. Twenty-eight nursing students received pins and several received awards or scholarships.
During the ceremony awards were presented. Recipients are as follows
HLGU Endowed Nursing Scholarship: Rachel Buster
Dellafaye Martinson Scholarship: Jessie Griffin
Division of Nursing Award: Marie Echelmeier
Donnie Webber Memorial Award: Ceshia Baur
Missouri League for Nursing Award: Tina Craven
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The welcoming reception Thursday set for Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's deputy for science and technology, has been canceled due to the "trickle down effect" of the government shutdown.
Sponsors of the event — Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the East Tennessee Economic Council — will reschedule the reception later.
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First Black EPA Administrator Jackson steps down
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Martha, Breckenridge
Don't throw them away! Good news is your old Christmas lights can be recycled locally. Lowe's has a well-labeled drop-barrel right by the entrance where you can drop your old lights. The report from Lowe's is that they have had to empty this big barrel twice in the last week alone because so many Summit County citizens are recycling their old lights. Yay us!
If you are thinking, why bother, don't these lights just get thrown away? Think again. Your old strands of lights are actually recycled. A recycler chops them up and separates them into their reusable components, including plastic, glass, copper and brass. It's true that sometimes this activity does take place in China. Lowe's was unable to confirm where their recycling operations occur. In some cases, the separated plastic mush will become pieces of footwear! The crafty among us might argue for up-cycling those lights into something crafty and cute like a wreath display. But I'm not one of them. We can't all be crafters.
In case you were wondering, this is not one of those Eartha's where we advocate for not buying new things or just saying no to twinkly pretty sparkly stuff made of disposable parts. Those are great earth-friendly arguments (Scrooge). But just this once we'd like to say go ahead and get your whimsical twinkle on, in fact an evolutionary biologist at Binghamton University in New York recently released a study that correlates neighborhoods that have great Christmas lights with high social capital.
"It turns out," says Dr. Wilson, "that this urge to decorate your house is an expression of neighborliness. Some of the best neighborhoods literally glow more brightly."
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4) They are cost prohibitive. Just kidding. The price of LED bulbs has come down so much that they are now about even with incandescent bulbs at about seven bulbs per dollar.
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Simon Says: 'Toughen Up'
University of Rochester's Simon Business School has a new message for prospective students: Toughen up.
It's not that the business school is calling its students weak. Rather, it's branding itself as a school that will toughen up students and prepare them to handle a competitive business environment after graduation.
"It's not an accusatory statement, it's an emboldening statement," says Keir Meisner, executive director of marketing and communications at Simon. He says the school is positioning itself more as a coach to an Olympic athlete than a drill sergeant—intense, but supportive.
Simon hired marketing company Moon Brand to help with the rebranding effort in the spring, and the firm's first task was to research how other schools identified themselves. The conclusion: "They were virtually indistinguishable from each other," says Richard Moon, the consultancy's founder.
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Simon's old tagline was "Where thinkers become leaders."
The taglines and mission statements of other elite schools are "very narcissistic," conveying the message that if someone attends that particular school, "the world will be your oyster," says Simon Dean Mark Zupan.
But recruiters aren't looking for people who feel entitled. They want to hire self-starters willing to put in some effort.
Moon interviewed employers, students, faculty and graduates as it built the new brand message. The tagline received unanimous approval from the faculty, administrators say, and resonated with students.
Simon's new marketing materials feature successful professors and alums, as well as students explaining why they're "toughening up."
One ad pictures economics and finance professor Jim Brickley with the line, "Toughen up. Because to be the best you have to learn from the best." Another shows finance professor Toni Whited with the line, "Toughen up. Because business is competitive."
Meisner says Simon was struggling to set itself apart from the pack, and needed to better attract "the right students" to the school. Simon's full-time M.B.A. ranked No. 50 in BusinessWeek's latest program ranking, a seven-spot slide from the prior installment and well below its top-30 standing in the early 2000s.
Meanwhile, the school–which offers M.B.A.s and specialized master's programs in Rochester and New York City–will also refer to itself as the Simon Business School instead of the Simon School of Business. Zupan says the new moniker is "more active," and "it puts us in good company" alongside the likes of Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School and London Business School.
Meisner declines to say how much the initiative cost, though he says the school is "certainly putting dedicated resources to it." Simon will roll out a new website and marketing material and double its digital advertising presence in coming months.
The full impact of the rebranding effort won't be known until a few classes of new students enroll and hit the job market.
Zupan is stepping down as dean at the end of this year, and a successor hasn't yet been named.
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The Laurie-Sunrise Beach Rotary Club is holding a "Round-Up" at The Stables of Cannon Smoked Saloon on Hwy. 5 in Sunrise Beach.
The fundraiser supports the club's many community projects.
Doors open at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27. A buffet dinner with chicken, steak, salad, rolls, baked potatoes with cheesecake for dessert will begin at 5.
There will be a silent auction, live music by the Helen Russell Band and "horse racing" throughout the night starting at 7. A cash bar will also be available.
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- It's time for GOP to play some offense
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- Foxes investigate their own henhouses
- Sam Neill case reads like tale of fiction
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- Progressives owe the GOP an apology
- Still headed to Greece in a handbasket
- Obama turned to gutter politics for win
- You can sense the desperation in the air
- Don't try to run that game on us again
- Political mendacity is running rampant
- It looks like Holder is hiding something
- Obama's campaign shots miss their marks
- Climate-change scientists cling to illusions
- For some, allure of socialism is powerful
- Shuler often votes against key jobs bills
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This firewall support should be built right into the OS. But since it's not, Snitch is a great program to have. It will be even handier if the Spyware problems facing all desktops starts to get out of hand on the Mac.
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Amazon is apologizing for a prolonged disruption last week that affected Netflix (NFLX) and other companies that use the e-commerce giant's cloud-computing services.
"We want to apologize," Amazon said in a statement posted on its website. "We know how critical our services are to our customers' businesses, and we know this disruption came at an inopportune time for some of our customers. We will do everything we can to learn from this event and use it to drive further improvement."
In its lengthy apology and summary of events, Seattle-based Amazon said that the service disruption began on Dec. 24 at an East Coast data center and affected its Elastic Load Balancing Service. Although only a fraction of customers were affected, those who were "saw significant impact for a prolonged period of time."
Many Netflix users, for instance, were unable to access their online content during the disruption, irking customers who wanted to watch movies and TV shows on Christmas Eve.
Amazon provides cloud-computing services, including storage and computing power, to many well-known websites including Yelp and Pinterest.
Although Netflix quickly restored its service after the Christmas Eve glitch, the video subscription service ran into new problems Monday. According to Bloomberg, Netflix said that some customers were unable to access the DVD portion of its website because of a technical problem.
The company's streaming operation hasn't been affected, Bloomberg said, citing Joris Evers, a spokesman for Los Gatos-based Netflix. The company is working to fix the problem, he said.


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SAN JOSE -- The biggest challenge on the ice for Sharks rookie Tomas Hertl has been how fast things happen in the NHL.
"Everything is much quicker. I give a pass to somebody and then suddenly I get hit," the 19-year-old Czech Republic native said Monday through interpreter Roman Jedlicka. "In the Czech league, I have much more time for everything."
Still, in two games, Hertl has done enough to generate Calder Trophy talk as a potential rookie of the year and has left a first impression that San Jose made good use of its first-round pick in the 2012 draft.
Playing on a top line with Joe Thornton and Brent Burns, Hertl has not looked out of place. His two goals tie Patrick Marleau for tops on the Sharks, his three points give him a share of the scoring lead with Logan Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. And at 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, the perpetually smiling Hertl has shown he can dish out hits as well as absorb them.
Off the ice, the challenges seem more problematic.
His English is limited, and that has kept previous attempts to talk with him brief. But during an exclusive interview Monday, Hertl talked at length through Jedlicka, an announcer with TV NOVA sport in the Czech Republic, about his path from Prague to San Jose.
Life might not be as easy as it looks for a teenager who could earn more than $1 million each of the next three years.
Take wheels, for example. San Jose is not an easy city to get around in without a car. Yet Hertl is without one.
"I don't have a car, and I can't rent one because I am not 21 years old. I don't know if I can buy a car, because I am still fighting for my spot," Hertl said.
Still, he is resourceful, bumming a ride to practices at Sharks Ice with goalie Alex Stalock, as both live in the same downtown hotel.
The Sharks like what they have seen from Hertl so far, but coach Todd McLellan stresses it is a long season.
"We have 80 games left," the coach noted. "He's never played 80 games in a season."
Adjustments already have had to be made because of that language barrier.
During Saturday night's 4-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes, McLellan had to burn his timeout during a power play to explain how he wanted Hertl to handle a faceoff in the Sharks zone.
Hertl made the leap to the Sharks after two seasons in the top Czech men's league.
There, comparisons had been made to Jaromir Jagr, whose 1,688 points in the NHL top all Czech players.
One website even staged a photo shoot with Hertl and his girlfriend in an identical pose as Jagr and his girlfriend when the now 41-year-old forward was about the same age.
Hertl knows that comparison isn't legitimate -- "It's a long way for me to be like Jaromir Jagr. He is a Czech hockey legend."
But Hertl does acknowledge he has patterned one aspect of his game after the player who was his childhood hero.
"Both of us have big bottoms, and I just try to use my big bottom as Jagr does," said Hertl, referring to Jagr's ability to both protect the puck and hold off defenders with his derrière.
Hertl wore No. 90 in the Czech league. He didn't pick a No. 48 jersey with the Sharks; it was simply handed to him. He thought about asking for a new number at some point, then changed his mind.
"If I am successful with 48, I don't have reason to change it," Hertl said. "It's not important what number is on my jersey. For me, what's important is I have the jersey on myself."
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4th of July is upon us and it ushers in the season of outdoor late-night parties, BBQs with friends, and a desire to be in the sunshine. Fireworks are always a plus, if they are used following the proper directions and laws, but nothing beats throwing a good outdoor party and BBQ with some college friends. It's a great way to wind down from school or a good escape from the daily grind of summer school – if you are as lucky as this writer is.
Although rain is just as likely as sun in my college town, my friends and I are planning a little 4thof July BBQ celebration just in case. To save some money on decorations, and put it toward the more important food and beverage necessities, we like to shop at Walmart, The Dollar Store, or Target.
Because of the recession, it's cool to save a few bucks here or there for a party to spend some time with good company. If you have a dollar store nearby, it's a great place to pick up table settings, patriotic plates, napkins, serving platters, etc. You can also possibly pick up brand name sauces there as well as chips and salsa for a great price! The Dollar Stores usually have BBQ accessories, mood lighting and glassware.
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It was a harsh wakeup call. People around our area were woken up by a strong thunderstorm. In some places, that storm dropped enough hail to cover the ground like snow. In addition to the hail, the storm brought heavy rain, lots of lightning and strong winds. Places in eastern Ontario County were among the hardest hit by the weather.
In his eighty years, Nicholas Legott had never seen a hailstorm in Geneva like he saw Thursday morning. He certainly did not expect to be shoveling hail out of his driveway.
Legott said, "The force of the hail hitting the house. It wasn't just that. It was coming down in buckets. It was unbelievable."
Just Wednesday, Legott and his family were ecstatic about how well their new garden of organic tomatoes and peppers were doing. Now, they are a shredded, icy mess.
Vegetable growers, like Eric Hansen, of Hansen Farms in Stanley, suffered a similar fate, but on a larger scale. Monday's heavy rains left behind mud that made it tough to get into the fields. On Thursday, the many acres of pumpkins and a good chunk of his cabbage crop were torn apart by the hail. At one point, his hail covered fields looked like an icy winter wonderland in the heart of summer. Now that they are torn apart, not only will they be hard to salvage, they are also now prone to disease.
Hansen said, "Anytime you expose this tissue, you're open to lots of diseases. The plants will survive. The concern is if it will ever yield any marketable head of cabbage."
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A 21-year-old Bradenton man was killed Thursday night when a car turned in front of the motorcycle he was driving, causing a crash, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 5:15 p.m., as the victim, Adrian Cuebero, was traveling west on Cortez Road on a 2003 Yamaha, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
As the man approached 30th Street West, a 1996 Ford Explorer driven by Gilbert Burgos was heading eastbound on Cortez. Burgos turned the Explorer left, directly in front of the motorcycle, troopers reported.
The motorcycle hit the Explorer, throwing the victim from the bike and into the hood and windshield of the SUV, according to reports. The victim, who was wearing a helmet, was transported to Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, but died of his injuries.
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BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese scientist says that humans used to eat pandas.
In a newspaper interview, Wei Guangbiao says prehistoric man ate the bears in what is now part of the city of Chongqing in southwest China.
Wei, the head of the Institute of Three Gorges Paleoanthropology at a Chongqing museum, says many excavated panda fossils "showed that pandas were once slashed to death by man."
The Chongqing Morning Post quoted him on Friday as saying: "In primitive times, people wouldn't kill animals that were useless to them" and therefore the pandas must have been used as food.
But he says pandas were much smaller then.
Wei says wild pandas lived in Chongqing's high mountains 10,000 to 1 million years ago.
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A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of your heart is blocked for a period of time and part of the heart muscle is damaged. It is also called a myocardial infarction (MI).
Angina is pain or pressure in the chest. It occurs when your heart muscle is not getting enough blood or oxygen. You may feel angina in your neck or jaw. Sometimes you may notice only that you are short of breath.
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10 Facts Restaurants Don't Want You to Know
Going out to eat may be fun, but don't expect it to be healthful -- at least, not when restaurants are pulling tricks like these to make you eat (and spend!) more and more
What can we say? We like restaurants. They make regular meals feel a little fancy. It's nice to get gussied up and have someone cook (and clean up) for us. And while it's possible to eat healthy meals for reasonable prices at restaurants, it's not easy. Why? Because restaurants don't exactly want you to eat healthy meals at reasonable prices.
Click here to see 10 ways restaurants make you eat more.
"The restaurant industry has spent millions of dollars and years of research to understand human behavior and how it can subliminally get us to order more and eat more," says Erin Palinski, RD, CDE, CPT, a registered dietician and author of the forthcoming "Belly Fat Diet for Dummies."
After all, the more you eat, the more money they make. But don't worry -- we uncovered these 10 tricks that restaurants use to overfill your belly (and drain your wallet) so that you'll have the facts the next time you go out to eat.
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If I see a place that doesn't use dollar signs, I skip ordering food there entirely.
by veryvanilla Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 09:46PM Report as inappropriate
Interesiting,never knew that red and yellow stimulate you to eat
by cindy11052 Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 06:45AM Report as inappropriate
Too many calories
by LittleBunny Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 05:41PM Report as inappropriate
Nice information
by EricaF123 Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 02:47PM Report as inappropriate
i never eat out anymore, it's just too unhealthy!
by LittleBunny Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 08:41AM Report as inappropriate
WOW, i should pay more attention! I never even gave a second thought to some of these tips! I will now. thank you!
by danny54f Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:43PM Report as inappropriate
Also, combo meals seem wasteful. If you are not interested in ordering a beverage or a side item, it seems senseless to pay more for food you don't want ... and probably don't need.
by robyne00 Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 02:36PM Report as inappropriate
Eye opening article. I was aware of the colors influencing hunger, but I did not know about playing loud music to make you rush to eat your meal. Interesting how the menus showcase the more expensive items as well.
by robyne00 Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 02:31PM Report as inappropriate
Applebees? Seriously? I should think twice before going out for dinner...
by lilas Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 03:11PM Report as inappropriate
I'm starting to feel like I should just stay in my house all day and raise my own farm animals and plant my own garden...
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Already a hit in the United Kingdom, Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan is both a poignant love story and a lyrical, evocative depiction of the immigrant experience in early 20th century America. Set in the 1920s, Kerrigan's novel tells of a young Irish woman who must choose between her new life in New York City and her husband back home in Ireland, brilliantly capturing these two vastly different worlds in the process. Readers of historical fiction, as well as fans of the novels of Frank Delany and other Irish themed works, will adore their time spent on Ellis Island.
Sweethearts since childhood, Ellie Hogan and her husband, John, are content on their farm in Ireland—until John, a soldier for the Irish Republican Army, receives an injury that leaves him unable to work. Forced to take drastic measures in order to survive, Ellie does what so many Irish women in the 1920s have done and sails across a vast ocean to New York City to work as a maid for a wealthy socialite.
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Hayden Nicole Parsons of Tulsa and Justin Michael Combe of Shawnee announce their engagement and upcoming wedding June 15, 2013, at St. Stephen's United Methodist Church in Broken Arrow.
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In 1993 a bulletproof vest saved the life of North Augusta Public Safety Officer Jamie Turner. Today, other Aiken County officers are safer in Jamie's honor. News 12 is on your side with how these vests change lives.
"First shot striking me in the chest, knocking me to the ground," Turner said.
It was a shot that nearly killed North Augusta Public Safety Office Jamie Turner 12 years ago.
Jamie's mom, who welcomed him home from the hospital in 1993, thanks God today he wore a bulletproof vest.
"When I was working and I saw a police officer I'd go up and pat his chest and I'd ask him where's your vest? It saved my son's life," said Shirley McCarey, Jamie's mom.
In Jamie's honor, In-Vest, a Columbia-based charity, gave 10 bulletproof vests to Jackson, New Ellenton, Wagener and Burnetown's police departments.
"And our mission is to make sure every officer in America will be properly outfitted with a bulletproof vest," said Michael Letts, In-Vest founder.
The vests are big gifts to the small agencies whose budgets are tight. They cost up to $1,000 each and must be replaced every five years.
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In Michigan, if it flies, spins, makes a loud bang, or leaves the ground, it's illegal. The state only allows toy trick noisemakers, toy smoke devices, sparklers, certain cone and cylinder fountains that shoot showers of sparks and toy snakes.
Barry Gaukel, assistant fire marshal for Lansing Fire Department, says a change in their ordinance has cut down the sale of illegal fireworks. Retailers are now being held more accountable.
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Lindsay Lohan is back in a tailor-made Lifetime movie (see what I did there?) about Elizabeth Taylor's rocky relationship with her fifth (and sixth) husband, Hollywood icon Richard Burton (played by True Blood's Grant Bowler).
"Lohan and Bowler not only do they look like Taylor and Burton," producer Larry A. Thompson told The Hollywood Reporter, "but their acting together and chemistry really says to you that Liz and Dick live again."
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HOUSTON – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team (2-4) sealed their first road game of the season, Saturday, cruising to a 65-45 victory over Houston Baptist (0-6) in the final day of the Husky Classic, Saturday evening, in Sharp Gym. The Islanders were powered by three Islanders in double digits and 30 points from the bench.
After falling to Texas Southern yesterday 63-54 in the first game of the Classic, the Islanders bounced back to have their best performance of the year, in a game which saw all of the Islanders tally minutes.
Sophomore Marquesha Anderson-Sparks paced the Islanders with a career-high 14 points on 4-of-10 shooting including 3-of-8 from behind the arc and 3-of-4 from the charity stripe. Senior Myeisha Myles posted her second double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 boards on 4-of-6 shooting. Junior Jessica Jammer tallied her fifth consecutive double-digit game with 12 points, two assists, one block and one steal.
The Islanders shot 38.2 percent from the field (26-68), 27.3 percent from behind the arc (6-22) and 46.7 percent from the charity stripe (7-15). The Islanders scored 23 points off of the Huskies 22 turnovers and 32 points in the paint.
Shanice Steenholdt led all scorers with 20 points and 15 rebounds in 34 minutes of play and Devyn Weymouth chipped in 15 points and seven rebounds in 40 minutes of play for the Huskies.
HBU took the lead on the opening tip with Joselyn Pugh's jumper at the 19:19 mark, before the Islanders took the lead for good on a 13-0 run capped by four different Islanders. Jammer, Myles, Huff and Gregory all added buckets while Myles and Huff chipped in points from the charity line.
The Islanders went on another run with 5:39 to play with a Jammer jumper to take the 28-15 lead. Jammer's pass inside to freshman Trish Amboree extended the Islanders' lead to 15 with 5:14 to go in the half. Myles' rebound and put-back in the paint off an Amboree miss gave the Islanders a 32-15 lead. A steal by Ambree and layup in the paint capped the Islanders' 8-0 run.
The Islanders went into the half leading 44-22, marking their biggest lead of the season. Anderson-Sparks led all scorers with 11 points on 3-of-5 shooting from behind the arc. Myles added six points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Jammer chipped in eight points and two assists on 4-of-5 shooting. Alisa Roberts added six points on 2-of-4 shooting from three-point land to go along with four rebounds. The Islanders shot 44.7 percent from the field (17-38) with 24 points coming from the bench and 18 in the paint.
In the second half, the Islanders extended their biggest lead of the game to 30 with 6:29 to play. Anderson-Sparks' jumper in the paint jumpstarted the run at the 11:31 mark and Roberts' pass down low to Myles in the paint gave the Islanders a 57-32 lead. Amboree's three and Jammer's jumper capped a 10-0 run to give the Islanders their biggest lead, 62-32.
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The Transylvania County Sheriff's Office has identified a woman who died in an early morning fire on Nov. 25.
Sherry Reddekopp lost her life in the blaze that destroyed her home at 35 Meadowlark Lane in the Sapphire community, according to Lt. John Nicholson.
The home was fully engulfed when fire and rescue workers arrived. Emergency workers discovered a body inside the house while putting out the blaze.
Nicholson said investigators are waiting on a forensic autopsy to be completed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Surfer, 'spiritual seeker' is L.A.'s king of compost
"Look at this soil," Wynbrandt says with excitement as his fingers open, revealing his secret recipe for compost: decomposed dairy cow manure, alfalfa, yarrow, camomile, stinging nettle, oak bark, dandelion and valerian flowers. "I'm an alchemist."
As further proof that compost is to gardening these days what grass-fed beef and gluten-free gourmet foods are to the world of cooking, the Wynbrandt compost heap photographed by the Los Angeles Times would later sell through word of mouth for $1 a pound. Beyond his emerging role as one of L.A.'s kings of compost, Wynbrandt also leads gardening workshops and teaches classes on how to make better soil — all the more impressive given the fact that just three years ago he was a gardening novice.
His journey began in 2009, when, as a 32-year-old surfer, teacher, musician and self-described "spiritual seeker," he returned home after traveling for four months in Central America and moved back in with his mother in West L.A. Looking through her kitchen window, he had an epiphany.
"I wanted to become more self-sufficient and know where my food comes from," he recalls. He wanted to grow his own food free of pesticides and other chemicals. He wanted to become a farmer.
"He had never planted anything in his life," says his mother, June Wynbrandt. "He might have put an avocado seed in a jar when he was young, but that's about it."
Still, Steven attacked the shade-covered, weed-choked yard with a vengeance. When six trees needed to be pruned, he donned bike helmet and rock climbing harness, climbed 30 feet high and cut the branches himself with a chain saw. Eventually he had four trees cut down completely to bring in the sunlight needed to grow food. ("That was very difficult for him," his mother says.)
For three weeks, he worked 14 hours a day, filling his neighbors' green bins and selling the cut logs he accumulated. He stripped the leaves from the trees and added them to a compost bin the size of a bedroom he built in the side yard. He brought seaweed from the beach and secretly collected 3,000 pounds of food scraps from a raw vegan restaurant at midnight for three months. The alchemy was underway.
Asked if carting 300 wheelbarrows of manure to his backyard and making 25,000 pounds of compost might be viewed as obsessive, Wynbrandt responds: "I'm not obsessive. I'm just doing it right."
Once his clay soil was amended with his homemade compost, Wynbrandt attended gardening workshops and tapped the knowledge of others, including the Westside Permies, who help people grow edible gardens. He attended lectures by veteran farmers such as Jack McAndrew, a Pacific Palisades, Calif.-based authority on biodynamic farming, an approach that fuses agriculture with spirituality.
Wynbrandt says his roots in Judaism and his years at Humboldt State University deeply influenced his stewardship for the Earth.
"There is a Hebrew phrase, Tikkun olam," he says. "It means 'Heal the world.' That's what I'm trying to do."
Wynbrandt eventually grew more food than he ever thought possible. On 3,000 square feet, more than 20 crops spill out of 13 beds, each 15 feet long. Walk the aisles now and you will find cabbages, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, leeks, collard greens, onions, carrots, asparagus, even quinoa. Over the summer, he grew more than 200 pounds of Brandywine tomatoes along with heirloom and Sun Gold cherry tomatoes. Around the perimeter of the garden, he planted 26 fruit trees — navel orange, pomegranate, avocado, peach, dragonfruit and fig among them — to create a sound barrier from the traffic on nearby Overland Avenue.
"He is unusual," says McAndrew, 77. "He's a very special human being. He has great enthusiasm to learn. I brought a load of manure over to his house and taught him how to make biodynamic compost. Now he's made 15 tons. In the last six months he has accomplished what it took me 10 years to learn."
Last month Wynbrandt prepared a Thanksgiving salad of baby greens, Swiss and golden chard, arugula, red winter kale, Bull's Blood beets and romaine lettuce — all from his garden.
Wynbrandt shares his surplus with friends and family as well as with the Sova food pantry in West Hollywood, where his mom volunteers.
Wynbrandt's suggestions for home gardeners is simple: "Grow what you love to eat. Seek people in your neighborhood and microclimate, and find out what they have grown with success. Consult the UC Extension planting schedule and try to use the best compost you can, whether you make it yourself or not."
It's advice that worked for him, and now when June Wynbrandt looks out her kitchen window, she is blessed with a spectacular view of a garden that can sustain her. "It's more than beautiful," she says. "It's magical."
Compost has become a hot commodity among organic gardeners. Steven Wynbrandt makes and sells his own using biodynamic methods. Biodynamic gardening dates back nearly 80 years, to when Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner's lectures were published in "Agriculture Course."
Although many gardeners (and scientists) roll their eyes at a spiritual farming movement that takes cues from the cosmos, Wynbrandt says he has seen the benefits of a system that views the farm as a living, breathing organism.
For those who want to try composting on a less cosmic scale, we surveyed other pros for thoughts on key ingredients and equipment you need — or don't.
Dale Newman, Dale Newman Design, Santa Monica, Calif.:
"I take all of my kitchen scraps — fruit, vegetables, coffee grinds, tea bags and paper towels — and put them directly in the ground. I use a cheap black plastic 5- or 15-gallon bucket from the nursery, cut out the bottom and place it in a big hole in the ground. A saucer on top keeps the rodents out. I also add plants from the garden, but not weeds because the temperature will not get high enough to kill them. When the compost gets to surface level, I cap it with about 6 inches of soil and then pull the tub out. You can then dig a new hole and start over in another location that needs amending. Composting directly in the ground encourages worms by attracting them to the food."
Kathleen Ferguson, Kathleen Ferguson Landscapes, Los Angeles:
"At home, we've had the most success with the worm composter from the Worm Factory. We place it right outside our kitchen on our deck. My two kids love it." www.wormfactory.us
Elizabeth Low, Elow Landscape Design and Build, Mar Vista, Calif.:
"I wasn't crazy about the tumbler from Gardener's Supply because it was producing way too much compost. I had enough compost for my entire neighborhood. Patty Lee at F.K. Nursery in West L.A. told me to use sardines and raw eggshells to grow vegetables instead of compost. Dig about 10 inches down and plant six sardines under each plant and then put soil on top so it doesn't attract raccoons. It works great. This year we had our best tomatoes yet."
Christy Wilhelmi, Gardenerd, Los Angeles:
"The bin that I love is the Biostack from Smith & Hawken (no longer in production). It's basically three frames that stack on top of each other with a lid. It makes turning the pile easier. You're not turning a huge bin; it's simple and straightforward. The more you turn a pile, the more you are exposing it to bacteria and fungi so there are new surfaces for it to break down faster. The city of Los Angeles used to sell them for $45, but now they just sell the Earth Machine, which is a fine machine too. Some people like to put their food scraps in the freezer and then later puree them and bury them in the ground." (Go to san.lacity.org, click on "Solid Resources," then "Recycling," then "Backyard Composting.")
John Lyons, the Woven Garden:
"What I encourage people to do if they don't want to compost is to dig a trench and put the raw materials in the trench and cover it with soil. You can really amend stubborn soil that way. It decomposes very quickly. There's a very good book on composting by Rodale, 'The Rodale Book of Composting.' The only secret to composting is to get the carbon to nitrogen correct and keep the pile moist but not wet."
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Washington, D.C.—September 25, 2001— The Propane Education & Research Council (Council) this month unveiled a series of new content sections on its Web site — www.usepropane.com — in a continuing effort to provide homeowners and businesses with important information about the many advantages of using clean-burning, reliable, efficient propane to meet their energy needs.
Two primary sections cover issues related to manufactured housing. The first addresses issues important to industry representatives, including manufacturers, dealers, marketers and others involved in the production and sale of manufactured homes. Topics in this section include an industry overview, benefits of propane, safety, and detailed information on propane appliances and equipment available for manufactured homes.
The second major section focuses on issues of interest to homeowners, such as the advantages of using propane appliances like furnaces, water heaters, ovens, ranges, clothes dryers, grills, and fireplaces. It also describes the process of obtaining propane service.
"The manufactured housing industry represents an important partner in the propane industry's quest to increase the safe use of propane," said Roy Willis, Council president. "Manufactured home builders and buyers have questions about energy needs and choices. Now they have a new place to look for information related specifically to propane use in manufactured homes," added Willis. "The propane industry is confident that, as the strong case for propane use is made, that more builders will recommend and more buyers will select propane for their energy needs."
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Delcie Light has been married for 53 years to Bill Light. They have three grown children: Christiane is a V.P. at Universal-NBC in California, Bill is an attorney in Manhattan Beach CA, and Jim lives in Devils Lake and owns and operates Computer Clinic. The Light's enjoy 8 grandchildren.
Delcie earned a B.S. from NDSU and a M.S. from UND. She has taught people from 3-73, but mostly teenagers for 25 years at DLHS.
She enjoys family (including a dog and two cats), home, flowers, watching kids and critters, travel, living in North Dakota with 4 seasons, reading, writing, researching (the wonders of a computer!), and genealogy.
Preparing for school to begin another year is exciting for me, even though I retired in 1996. I can't resist looking at the displays of notebooks, binders, back packs, folders. Do kids still use spiral bound notebooks? I read that some schools hand out electronic notebooks and I-pads.
Calculators are used in many math classes. In my experience, kids can't make change, add, subtract, multiply or divide with their brains, and have no idea how to figure out how much carpeting a room would need, or how many quarts in a gallon. Heaven help them when they run out of batteries or the electricity goes off.
The marketers continue to expand the stuff kids desire. I'm seeing tee shirts and sweat pants with school names, water bottles, jewelry imprinted with school or team names. Just getting a new shirt or pair of jeans is not satisfactory---they must sport the current fashionably expensive brand. Do you ever wonder who makes these "rules" about fashion? I heard on TV recently that orange is the new black! Oh dear---I only like orange on fruit!
In my day---don't you hate that phrase?---we were fortunate to get a new pair of shoes when school began, and if we had grown, we needed a new pair of high top canvas shoes for "gym class." Even calling it "gym," sounds like a foreign word (it is from the Greek). We girls had to wear uniforms in gym---ugly things. Ours were light green. They required washing, starching, and ironing! Starching? Ironinig? More alien concepts today. We also had to take showers after gym" which we all hated. It was long, long ago, when girls were modest and easily embarrassed. (More foreign concepts?)
When we reached junior and senior high, we bought our own books. That was a fun time as we bargained for used books and sold our old ones. We learned market and trading skills doing that. Having to purchase "new books was a hardship for many families.
As a teacher, back to school prep was a time to tidy up my classroom, organize the reading material, put up posters and bulletin boards, make seatinig chars, and make general plans for the year. Daily lesson plans were done weekly.
I am a long way from being a student and being a teacher, but I remember both experiences vividly. It is fun to attend reunions, but a shock to learn how many classmated are no longer living. It is rewarding to see former students enter the larger world, and come home successful. It is rewarding to know our own children are responsible, competent, self-supporting adults, homeowners, raising families of their own.
Time and the river meander on...one grand child has graduated from college; two will be enrolling in college this fall; another will graduate from high school and one from junior high next spring. One will be a 10th grader, one in 8th grade and one in 7th. Life is good when the current flows on and deposits us where we are supposed to be....


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Iggy Pop Gets Crowd On Its Feet at Tibet House Benefit
It was an evening of unexpected collaborations during the Tibet House US benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall Tuesday, with Iggy Pop flailing his arms on stage with New Order, and Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens piano-playing with the National.
The annual concert and gala, curated every year by composer Philip Glass, raises funds for the Tibet House US, a non-profit organization that promotes Tibetan culture and is led by prominent Buddhist scholar Robert A. F. Thurman (Uma's father).
Other unique music collaborations during the concert – some for the first, and only, time – were Robert Randolph and the Patti Smith Band; and Iggy Pop with violinist Tim Fain and Mr. Glass. New Order also played with poet Mike Garry, while Patti Smith performed a poem with her daughter, Jesse Paris Smith.
During Iggy Pop's performance with New Order, some audience members of the sold-out Carnegie Hall couldn't help themselves, standing up to dance along to Iggy's antics. More exuberant fans ran down the aisles and crowded the stage — but Iggy didn't stage-dive, and he didn't go shirtless (he wore a sleeveless vest).
"It's been 25 years and we've done this so many times, people know how we do it," Mr. Glass said at the after-party, held at Gotham Hall. "Everyone has eight or nine minutes, we have one day to rehearse, there's no personality issues. Everyone comes because they want to do it – we could never afford to put this concert on if we had to pay for everyone."
Toward the end of the concert, Ms. Smith gave a moving performance of "Perfect Day," dedicated to the late musician Lou Reed and his surviving wife, Laurie Anderson.
"Lou Reed was an activist. Of course he was a great, great songwriter and people remember the music, but what they don't know is he was tireless. He did so many benefit concerts," Mr. Glass said, adding that Mr. Reed got him involved with Occupy Wall Street and tsunami relief.
Young, spiky-haired Mr. Muhly was energetic at the party, having performed with Mr. Glass, The National and Sufjan Stevens on stage earlier. He had arranged The National's song "Vanderlyle" for a string orchestra on their album, and performed the arrangement live with them for the first time. "I have to say, I love playing with them. They're such good musicians and it's so easy to just lock into it," Mr. Muhly said.
Mr. Muhly, who is now writing choral music, an opera and a piece for the Philadelphia Orchestra, said as an undergraduate at Columbia, he was fascinated by "the Western academic obsession with Southeast Asia and South Asia."
"The Western Tibetan obsession is something I'm totally obsessed with, without actually being obsessed with Tibet," he said. He then spoke intelligently about China's relationship with Tibetan culture and how it has evolved in recent times.
Fellow Columbia graduate Aaron Dessner, a member of the band The National, recounted taking classes with Mr. Thurman, who teaches Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies there. Calling Mr. Thurman a "magnetic, I would almost say intoxicating" professor, Mr. Dessner says he's read all his books.
"When we started playing music years later, we were asked to perform at the Tibet concert, and that's something we're fully behind," he said. "There's just a lot of goodness around the whole organization."
His twin brother, Bryce Dessner, added that Mr. Glass has been a mentor to him. "The two of them [Messrs. Glass and Thurman] have such an incredible presence and are a beautiful way in to learning about Tibet and the cause they are supporting," he said.
During the party, Mr. Thurman and socialite Arden Wohl — one of the benefit's chairs along with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Chuck Close and Uma Thurman — auctioned off a guitar signed by all the artists who performed.
The winning bidder, John Miller, paid $7000 for the guitar – money that will support the Tibet House.
"Everyone should live free in the world and this is what this is all about," Mr. Miller said. "And by the way, these are great artists and it's a good buy. (Laughs)"
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