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Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:39 p.m.
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Terrebonne Parish officials postponed action Wednesday on an ordinance that would enable law enforcement to hold business owners accountable for selling synthetic drugs.
The council voted to take no action at its meeting and plans to hold a public hearing on the measure Nov. 28 in the Government Tower in Houma.
Council member Greg Hood, a retired Houma Police officer, said he's met with state officials in Baton Rouge and with federal Drug Enforcement Agency representatives to make sure the proposed law's language is up to par.
"I've spoken with state Rep. Lenar Whitney, (R-Houma)," Hood said. "She is going to be helping me with the occupational licenses."
The new ordinance, if approved, would grant the parish authority to revoke business owners' occupational licenses if they are caught selling designer drugs such as bath salts.
Hood said he plans to meet with District Attorney Joseph Waitz Jr. again this week to put the finishing touches on the proposal.
Council members said the ordinance is needed because even though federal and state laws make it illegal to sell or use synthetic drugs, manufacturers of the drugs have evaded the law. They change the chemicals used, making their version of the bath salts legal and provide a loophole for stores to sell them.
By being vocal, the community can help speed the process to make sure this ordinance is passed, Councilman John Navy said.
"We have to protect our most precious resources, and that is our kids," Navy said.
Councilwoman Christa Duplantis shared the sentiment.
"These drugs are ruining our children," she said. "I'm a little ashamed that this whole room is not filled with people backing us. I want these businesses shut down."
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Last week text messaging celebrated its 20th anniversary. It was on December 3, 1992 that British engineer Neil Papworth said "Merry Christmas" to a Vodaphone employee via SMS (short message service).
Now, "texting" is the preferred method of communications for a great many people, especially teens who, according to Pew Research Center, prefer text messaging to all other forms of communications
But recent data suggest that text messaging may have peaked. In Sweden, where text messaging has long been popular among adults as well as teens, the number of messages has declined during the first half of 2012 from 9.2 billion to 8.1 billion. There are similar declines in the United States and the United Kingdom.
In its place, people are using alternative messaging systems, including services like Kik and Whatsapp that use the Internet instead of the carriers' SMS systems. With these services, users avoid having to pay carrier text messaging fees and have a wider choice of devices, including tablets, the iPod touch and -- in some cases -- PCs. Google's (GOOG) free Google Voice service allows you to send and receive text messages via the Web or through a smartphone app using your phone's data plan instead of via the SMS system.
Last week Facebook jumped on the SMS bandwagon with a new Android app that will initially be available only in India, Argentina, Australia, Argentina, Indonesia, South Africa and Venezuela. Facebook's new Messenger mobile app lets users send messages to friends via SMS for free through their data plan whether or not the friend is using the app and even if their friends don't have a smartphone. An old-fashioned "feature phone" will do.
What's particularly interesting about this new product is that users don't need a Facebook account. You don't even need an email address. Instead, you can sign up with a phone number. This is an important point for many people in the developing world who have phones but no access to a computer. And the service dovetails nicely with another Facebook product, "Facebook for Every Phone," that the company rolled out last summer. That app, which works with more than 2,500 feature phones, allows users to access their friends' News Feed, their Inbox and even to view and share photos and find friends from their phone's contacts.
Facebook, which already has more than a billion users worldwide, is anxious to expand its reach even further. When I was in Kenya last year, I learned that people in that country can access Facebook from their mobile devices without having to pay data charges. Most Kenyans have pay as you go plans that require them to pay for data by the megabyte, so being able to "reverse the charges" when it comes to data enables them to participate in what would otherwise be a cost-prohibitive service.
The roll out of this messenger product is part of Facebook's commitment to mobile. In its third quarter earnings release in October, Facebook disclosed that 604 million "monthly active users" were accessing the service via mobile devices, a 61 percent increase over the previous year. About 14 percent of Facebook's third quarter income (about $150 million) came from mobile.
The company recently revamped its iOS and Android apps, and just last week unveiled a new photo sync service that automatically uploads photos from a smartphone to a private holding area that users can access via the web. The service is off by default, but once you enable it in the app, any photo you take via the Facebook app (plus the last 20, you've already taken) is automatically synchronized to your account.
But don't worry about accidentally posting embarrassing photos. Even though the photos are synced, they are invisible to all but yourself until you decide to share them. If you do share them, you can select the audience, which can range from the "public" to friends of friend, friends only, specific friends or lists or even "only me."
Despite these safeguards, some privacy advocates worry that it will vastly increase Facebook's access to photos of users and their friends, which often contain location information.
There are also concerns that Facebook could use facial recognition technology to identify people in the pictures, even if users don't tag them with the names of their friends. Facebook has policies in place to safeguard this data, but there is always the possibility it can be misused in the future either by the company, by governments or by hackers.
Given the vast amounts of other information stored about us by banks, insurance companies, airlines, phone companies, governments and other institutions, I'm not especially concerned about this. But it's one more aspect of "big data" that consumers and policies makers need to think about as we move forward.
Disclosure: Larry Magid is co-director ConnectSafely.org, a nonprofit Internet safety organization that receives financial support from Facebook. Contact Larry Magid at firstname.lastname@example.com. Listen for his technology chats on KCBS-AM (740) weekdays at 3:50 p.m.


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The Carter wrote:There hasn't been much talk about this course lately. Just wondering what was going on with 8 and 9.
Also what condition is the course in overall?
The basket is still gone on 8. However, there have been a couple of improvements. There's a nice big sign/course map by the first tee. The tee pads on the lower holes were finally poured. The creek is down so it's pretty easy to cross, but the bridge between 9 and 10 was washed away. There's a tree in it's place with a couple rocks but it's not the easiest walk across the water. Besides the missing basket it's about as playable as it's ever been.


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How Technology Can Improve the Future for My Daughter
This guest post is by Susan Schober. Susan is a 4th year Ph.D. Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics student at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering and a mother to a young daughter with autism.
Eva and I
I was searching for answers to my questions. Will she ever speak? Will she have a normal life? What can I do to help? What caused this thing called autism? What about her future? I read tons of books and searched the internet for some kind of direction. I felt totally lost. Helpless. Confused. Sad. I was even embarrassed to tell people. In fact, only people I absolutely trusted knew my secret: my three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Eva, was diagnosed with non-verbal autism.
After Eva's first birthday, which was filled with presents, laughter, and friends, she came down with a fever that lasted for two weeks. Her words and eye contact left at this time, never to return. Her big beautiful brown eyes developed a glassed-over look. Where was the little girl with the rosy cheeks that smiled and giggled constantly? All that remained was an unresponsive child that stared at our ceiling fans or at the leaves blowing in the trees. She acquired weird habits like her love of collecting anything plastic, especially gift and credit cards. More recently, she became obsessed with computers and anything electronic.
Her current fascination is fine with me though, as I myself am a Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering (EE) at the University of Southern California (USC). At USC, I am completing my doctorate in Ultra-Low Power Radio Frequency/Analog Integrated Circuit Design.
The Diagnosis
One of the first challenges occurred when Eva was one and a half years old. She was referred by the Regional Center of Orange County to OCKids for a diagnosis. It was pure luck that Eva was to see Dr. Pauline Filipek, who is a specialist in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Dr. Filipek's nurse, Teri Book, who would eventually become a great friend, was in charge of scheduling the barrage of tests – which including blood work, EEGs, EKGs, hearing, vision, ultrasound for gastrointestinal issues, and genetics – that followed to get a more accurate picture of what was going on. The official diagnosis came in a 40-page report a few months later. I read it over and over with tears in my eyes.
Eva's Early Start program started soon after. Her therapies included physical, speech/language, Occupational Therapy (OT), and Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). My mom would always joke that Eva had a full-time job as her work schedule would last 25-30 hours a week, on average. It was hard seeing her frustrated, but we stuck with the program. She slowly learned basic sign language and worked with the PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) to organize her daily activities.
On one of her follow-up appointments with Dr. Filipek, the doctor tried to get Eva to look in her eyes. This was no easy task. However, Filipek would not give up and finally Eva gave in. Eva looked in Dr. Filipek's eyes for a brief second, and cracked a big smile—the first smile in a year. I almost fell out of my chair. Dr. Filipek whipped around and looked me square in the eyes and said, "There IS a little girl in there wanting to get out. It is OUR job to help her." That was all the fuel I needed to start my quest to find a way to help Eva overcome autism.
The Class
It was by chance that I met Professor Olga Solomon and found that USC had a wide variety of research interests in helping those with ASD. That chance came in September 2009 in the form of an email forwarded to the Electrical Engineering Department at USC's Viterbi School of Engineering where I study. That email was titled: "SEMINAR: Enhancing and Accelerating the Pace of Autism Research and Treatment: The Promise of Developing Innovative Technology by Matthew Goodwin." When I received that email, I did a double take. It was addressed to my USC account and it said the word "autism." I thought by accident I had gotten one of my many autism related newsletters or therapist's emails in the wrong account for some reason. But when I read it for the third time, I realized that yes, there was a scientist coming to USC to speak about integrating engineering techniques into research on autism. I thought it so strange and beautiful. I had to go.
At the end of this eye-opening seminar, Dr. Solomon announced that she would teach a class in the Spring 2010 semester titled "Innovative Technology for Autism Spectrum Disorders" funded by Autism Speaks. The course would unite the fields of engineering, occupational science, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology to give a full view of the technological advances in the world of ASD. Every week, the students would read articles about ASD science and technology, blog about the readings, and invite the authors to present their research in the class. The course was too good to be true. I believe I was the first person to sign up.
The students came from a mix of backgrounds, including engineering, computer science, and occupational therapists. I struggled with being open about the fact that I was a mom of a daughter with autism. When it was my turn, I blurted it out. This was the first time I had ever told people I did not know about Eva's autism and it was therapeutic. This small action opened the door for me to use my engineering background coupled with the knowledge that comes with being a parent of a child with ASD. I was so happy; I was not embarrassed anymore. I was here because of my unique experience and my desire to help and to find answers and solutions.
The first few weeks were dedicated to making sure the students had a strong foothold in what ASD was and what current methods exist to aid those with autism. The first speaker was Portia Iverson and we read about her experiences raising her son with autism through an excerpt from her book "Strange Son." I was so touched by the passage that I wrote in my blog that I was going to buy the book and finish reading it.. The class day came and I received the most touching gift: Dr. Solomon obtained a copy of the book and had Portia sign it for me personally. I read the book in two days.
Each week following the first, the class had wonderful speakers; these included my favorites: Shri Narayanan – a well known Electrical Engineer who deals with speech and signal processing techniques, Skip Rizzo – a Virtual Reality (VR) guru, and Gillian Hayes, who works in pervasive computing for ASD. After each talk, I made every effort to speak with the lecturers in order to ask questions and broaden my knowledge. Most importantly, I wanted to say "thank you" and shake their hands. I had such an overwhelming feeling that in order to solve the puzzle of autism, every approach, story, and effort was an important piece to be considered in the autism equation.
At the end of the semester we worked in teams with mixed backgrounds to develop an innovative idea to apply to the field of autism. My group's project was to develop an interactive VR and pervasive computing program to help diagnose children with autism living in rural areas where there are not enough resources or doctors on-site to make a diagnosis. We collectively wrote a grant proposal which, if accepted and funded, could be applied to disaster areas like that of Hurricane Katrina or Haiti. Using technology such as video and wireless sensors to gather data (including heart rate, sound, and body movement), the VR system could be set up in a remote area and used by a doctor or trained therapist at another location to make an initial assessment for a child suspected of having autism. This, in turn, would allow that child to receive an accurate diagnosis, including a recommendation for therapy or medical attention as needed. Not all families are as lucky as I was to live in an area with access to top doctors, therapists, and research facilities dedicated to autism. Hopefully, with a portable system like the one proposed, costs, such as travel expenses and doctor fees, can be greatly reduced and children suspected of having ASD can receive effective treatment quickly.
Looking Forward
Now that the class is over, I can look back and confidently say I am so grateful for the experience and connections I have made though the semester. The autism technology course has opened a whole new world for me. I signed up for the class because it intrigued me for the obvious reasons. I wanted to know more about autism and what was out there that could possibly help heal my daughter. What Dr. Solomon's course gave me was a basic, yet solid understanding of autism and a way in which I could personally contribute my engineering skills and unique background to forming innovative technologies to improve the lives of individuals with ASD. Looking forward, I would love to continue to further my research in ASD technologies using both my insight as an engineer and a mom of a child with autism.
June 24, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Susie and Eva are awesome! Best of luck as you continue to figure out this difficult disorder.
June 24, 2010 at 8:05 pm
We just stared our three year old with neuro biofeedback and wow progress central! I am interested in learning more about Eva that is so wonderful! Oh we live in Florida and Sophia our daughter does the feedback at CNS Wellness in Tampa.
June 24, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Susan- I am the father of an autistic child and a mechanical engineer. I know there are many children with autism who have parents with technical abilities and have wondered why some type of organization could not be founded in which we could use our abilities to try and invent better technologies for use by our kids. as an example, Zac browser is an attempt by the grandfather of a child with autism to help children with autsm surf the net- and there are many more folks out there like you and me who would likely donate our skills if sources of funding research were available- anybody else have an idea how e could pull that off?
June 25, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Hi Richard! Thank you for the nice comments. I actually had the same thought, as there are many parents who are engineers, scientist, mathematicians, and/or musicians that have a child (or children) who are on the autism spectrum. One of the great books my father (who is also Electrical Engineer) showed me was: "The Einstein Syndrome" which came out of Stanford. Here is a link to the book:
There are some great facts in there including that Einstein and and the awesome physicist, Feynman, did not talk till after the age of 4. In my class there is another child who's father is an engineer, and every time we see each other at parent-teacher meetings, him, my dad, and I have lively discussions about this. If you have any ideas or know an organization (hey I'm totally in if you want to a co-founder of one with me!) dedicated to people like us who have an autistic child, let me know!
September 7, 2011 at 12:11 pm
We at Foothill Autism Alliance http://www.foothillautism.org are trying to put together a panel of speakers for our November meeting centered on the issue of new technologies esp the iphone and ASD. We would love to have you and your team speak to us. Ours is a group of volunteer parents who arrange educational talks and social events for our community, and as such, I have an 11 yo moderately functioning son. Many thanks for all you do.
June 25, 2010 at 1:56 am
Thank you for sharing your heart and thoughts with us. Susie and Eva will make a positive impact in so many people's lives. I say this not because I know them personally, but because of the characters these ladies are.
June 25, 2010 at 8:40 am
Portia Iversen's book, "Strange Son" is singularly my favourite book over our family's journey these past 6+ years.
Odd that this book taught me more about my son than any other at first glance, as I have a very "high functioning" son – but not odd when you finally understand that I do not have a visual processor. Our VB therapists, me, etc. where frustrated with his difficulties completing puzzles, etc. (which made no sense when everything you read tells you your child is supposed to be visual).
Reading her book was like peeling a fascinating onion (I like onions :) ). I credit her with helping me to comletely understand my son, to close the loops of understanding.
But her book wasn't only fascinating re: visual/verbal. What really floored me (as if that wasn't enough)… was the politics of science (and has allowed me to understand the bias from one university to the next – forget DAN!s, etc. – I find the politics/divisions between different university camps to be truly fascinating).
I too have become a science junkie. Largely, due to the fact I am married to a university research scientist/prof – in a totally unrelated field – who has challenged me – and my decisions every step of the way – "prove it." So, I've been reading, reading, reading every day – and still do.
But Portia Iversen, has taken this academic interest to a whole other level (besides of course, the organization and drive to start CAN with her husband). Her knowledge and understanding is staggering. Portia Iversen is MY HERO. And she always has been since the day I read her book (I have you beat, I remember reading through the night and finished around 4:00 am).
And to you, Susan… thank you. You will make a wonderful contribution to our community. Thank you.
June 25, 2010 at 4:33 pm
We began using SMARTBOARDS in our special day class pre-K-1st(primarily ASD students) two years ago with some very good results. Has anyone else been doing so and would like to share strategies or results?
June 25, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I wish this course could be made available to all parents and teachers.
June 25, 2010 at 9:47 pm
You have a beautiful daughter! I'm so sad as in January, we had to admit our son to both a crisis center and now a care home as we could not keep him at the home. He not only has "No Fear of anything", but he has no sense of Danger. He can hop a 6′ fence like you or I could step over a brick. I love him, I miss my baby (even though he's 12) and even though he's considered one of the top 2 most difficult cases of Autism at our Northern California branch of Kaisers, if there's anything, just anything we can participate in to help him, may I (we) please? Thank you Ms. Susan and thank you all for any research what-so-ever.
Love from I don't know how to fix my broken heart,
– Pauline
June 26, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Hi Pauline,
I am so sorry for all your hardships. Autism is sometimes really difficult. I can understand as Eva is super independent and has to be watched every minute. Just stay positive. I wish you the best.
June 26, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Bonnie:We started using visual schedules and social stories with my son who has ASD. But I recently came across a program for the iphone, ipod touch, or ipad, called iprompts. It is an app that you can do visual schedules, or choices, and set timers. And you have access to millions of pics and can add your own from a computer. I don't have an iphone, or the others, but am going to get 2 ipod touches for both of my ASD high functioning children, ages 5 and 11. They are currently testing an autism specific app that looks great too. Look up ipromts on YouTube and there is a video about how the app has worked well not just for ASD kids, but other special needs kids as well.
Susan: Thank you for all the valuable information, and books that I can check out. I have a son, age 5 and a daughter, age 11 on the spectrum. Both are high functioning, and my daughter wasn't tested until age 10, after my son was diagnosed at age 3. (my husband had recognized that he had autustic characteristics by 6 months, so we had done some early intervention on our own very early, which helped him very much.) I had never heard of autism before, and sure wish I had recognized earlier my daughter exhibited autistic characteristics. Because she is very smart she learned to adapt over time, which left her just short of an official diagnosis, and I was told yes she is ASD, but had adapted well enough we can't give an actual diagnosis, but she needs some help. Without an actual diagnosis it is hard to find help. Any ideas on how to help an 11 yr old with autistic type issues who is brilliant intellectually, yet delayed socially in many ways? I have all kinds of knowledge about early intervention, and such because of my son, but the help I get for him, would be difficult to apply to her.
Also, with my son, we used a variety of things to help him. As you know you will try about anything to help your child out of the "fog" of autism. We use ABA, picture schedules, and social stories. We make games out of learning information. We have used Teach 2 Talk and Teach 2 Play videos and Chipper Chat. We also took him off of milk, and switched to soy milk, which suddenly I had a child with an imagination and that talked much more. We were about to implement the "autism diet," and make huge changes in what our family ate in order to possibly help our son more, when a friend of ours who didn't know our son was ASD, called my husband. They were talking about life, and turns out we both had ASD kids. His child was non verbal, while ours was verbal. He told us about a nutritional product they tried that worked really well for their son. After a month of use they started noticing positive changes in behavior, and after 4 he said, help mom. We agreed to check it out, and ended up trying it. After about a month we saw significant behavior changes as well. After another month, his ability to say sentences without getting stuck and repeating himself over and over almost disappeared. He has been on it for almost a year and now is flying through ABA programs, has no gut issues anymore, and is more and more a typical child. He still has a few "quirks" but is amazingly better. And the best part was we didn't have to take away most of the foods he would eat, to help him, as he would only certain foods. It is called Reliv. Two "shakes" a day, and we use The Classic, Innergize, Fiberstore, Arthaffect, and ReversAge. We make the shakes with all different juices, and soy milk, with whatever flavor of sugar free syrup he wants. Its just total nutrition, good for you even if you don't have health issues. It isn't a cure, but combined with early intervention, ABA, PT, ST, OT and structured lifestyle with consistant parenting, we have come a long way from the kid who wouldn't talk more than a word here and there, and wouldn't let anyone touch him, and showed no affection toward anyone. It has been hard work, but worth every bit, when my son comes up to me and wants a hug and kiss and says I love you mom. If you want to check out Reliv, they have a website: http://www.reliv.com. Explains the science behind the products and who the scientists are. One is the man who was involved with developing Enfamil formula.
I really enjoyed your story of you and your daughter, and have some new avenues to check out. Thanks for all you do to help other families with ASD kids.
June 26, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Hi Sandra,
Since Eva is so young, I am still gaining a lot of experience raising her. To possibly help you understand your children better since they are on the high functioning side, I would highly recommend Temple Grandin's book (which we read from in the class I mentioned in my blog above):
I learned some great things from this book, for instance in the class, we read an excerpt then did a comparison with all the students to see how they really thought: in words or in pictures (as a majority of ASD individuals do). Weirdly enough out of everyone in the class, I was the only one that thought in pictures. I actually remember perfect pictures of things when I bring them up in my head (this probably helped a lot in circuit and my Organic Chemistry course). Here is an example of an Autistic individual, Stephen Wiltshire, who did not talk till he was 5 (an amazing story):
It is unfortunate that she cannot get the official diagnosis she needs and I recommend getting a second opinion if at all possible so you can know better how to proceed.
One more recommendation could be music therapy. This could probably help your children greatly.
I wish you luck!
June 26, 2010 at 2:15 pm
I wish you all the best with the important work that you have decided to take on here in applying communications and VR technology toward people with autism. You have a beautiful daughter, and she is blessed to have such a caring and resourceful mom.
Three Cheers!
June 26, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Thank You! :)
June 27, 2010 at 12:05 am
Can't wait to see what comes of your work, especially with regards to reaching out to more isolated autism families – whether rural/remote or expatriate.
My son has had lovely success with his iPad, with general ed/play apps for kids as well as those for kids with autism. We've been thrilled.
I really like iCommunicate for icon-based retrieval of social phrases he's working on, Stories2Learn for making social stories (there's a video of one of his stories in the link below), and First-Then Visual Schedule for, well, you know.
Always a fan of technology, and looking forward and outward,
June 27, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Really glad to hear about this project for you and other students at USC. I can't imagine a program such as that without the input of a true parent of a child with autism. They were so lucky to have you and your family experience coupled with your professional expertie. Parental input and family experience are perhaps the most important aspects of any technology solutions venture for ASD. Is there a place where one might find references for the foundational research behind this project?
I am happy to hear that technology solutions are continuing to be researched and created for ASD. There has been are a real evolution in ASD-specific software programs and virtual reality approaches. What is great is that they use what appears to be the research-based and identified preferences of people with autism for electronic media that touches the heart of both their over-selective quality of thinking that brings them such joy and focus to become experts on topics from the minutiae to the grand. Also, these technologies incorporate the visual aspects of learning as you mentioned above.
Did your group use any video-modeling concepts in the development of the projects? Also there are some software programs, a few developed by programmer/developer/parents of children with autism, which might good for future projects to take a look at and as a source for more ideas.
What a wonderful experience! Congratulations.
June 27, 2010 at 2:21 pm
I owe everyone an apology. Thank you for your recognition Susan and I apologize to all other parents with our beautiful children for being such a downer. I gave my son 12 years of pecs, sign-language,(direct hit via communication), structure, etc. I'm thrilled to see other people find "Happy/Educational" tools for their sweeties. I'm thrilled to see other children prosper. I've always told my husband "It's so nice to hear happy". Hearing people/general public laugh during these tough economical times. In this case? It's nice to "Read" happy. God bless you all. With my utmost respect, – Pauline
January 17, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Susan, I was just browsing my maiden name, and I was thrilled to find your article on autism. I have a 14 year old autistic grandson. Most of the time my son and I are the only ones who are able to interact with him. I met Zach when my son started dating his mom, and Zach was five years old. He could not talk. Zach and I spent hours talking into mirrors and fans. He can now talk but our conversations are somewhat limited by his interests and mental ability. A swimming pool allowed him to work on language and physical problems. Zach is loving and has a sense of humor and pride. My (his) problem is that he sometimes gets frustrated, violent, oppositional, and very upset. Sometimes I know what triggers these spells. Sometimes they just start at random moments. I wish I could stop this behavior. Any hints?
March 31, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Hi Susan! I just saw your post and think you are so awesome for being such a great mom. Professor Solomon who taught the class I mentioned has been involved with using dog therapy with autistic children. Maybe it would be possible to try this out with your son? She highly recommended to me North Star (http://www.northstardogs.com/autism.shtml) dogs for my daughter in the next few years. We had a speaker come in and describe the amazing work they have been doing with trained dogs to help autistic children who display behavior disorders. I wish you lots of luck! Stay Strong!
January 18, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Research into educational uses of technology as well as electronic media preferences of those autism, has revealed that many folks with autism learn better (evenly, functionally and with generalization of knowledge) and more quickly when they watch video examples of play routines, skill steps, and even social exchanges as opposed to strictly natural environment teaching (people showing, doing, telling, repeating, etc.) It may be that with video examples, one can be engaged in a preferred format and selectively attend to it and learn without distracting sensory input. There are many software programs available that might help though they may not be individualized enough for your young man. See Carol Gray of Social Story fame with Mark Shelley, father and computer software developer, teaming on the DVDs called StoryMovies which are video social stories. If you go to http://www.dttrainer.com/files/storymovies-handout.pdf, you will be viewing a description of them at the DTTrainer website of Karl Smith also a software engineer and father of a child with autism. He produces software that offers a supplemental and alternative discrete trial learning platform with rewards, data collection and customizing capabilities as well as "video-modeling." I believe he has created or is working on social examples for video-modeling. Of course, Michelle Garcia Winner has developed the most recent stateoftheart in understanding social thinking for more higher functioning ASD or Asperger syndrome. However, her principles and approaches are quite fundamental to thinking social on many levels. There are DVDs available to learn more at her website: www. socialthinking.com Yyou might also want to see the Teach2Talk DVD series using videomodeling http://www.teach2talk.com/teach2talk-social-skills-series.html. hope these resources are helpful. This blog and the links offered have been very helpful to me. :)


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Beyonce shocked the music world recently by delivering a "surprise" new album just in time for the holiday season. Yet, the biggest surprise is the album's mediocrity.
Her eponymous fifth album might be the weakest offering in her catalog. It's not even as strong as 2011's "4," which fell far short from being an overall great album.
As one would expect, the production values definitely sparkle. Plus, Beyonce's vocals are often excellent. Both of those elements are best witnessed on the album's third track, "Drunk in Love."
What "Beyonce" lacks, to a nearly shocking degree, is memorable songs. That doesn't mean that there won't be hits -- Beyonce does, after all, have the Midas touch. Yet, the songs are nauseously self-absorbed, and rarely in interesting ways, and the writing leans too heavily toward cheap thrills and easy gimmicks. All of those things can be found in such forgettable tracks as "Blow" and "No Angel."
She often shoots for fierce, in cuts like "Partition," but the result usually comes across as forced.
Also, the guest stars add very little to the album. That includes the guest spot by hubby, Jay Z, on "Drunk in Love." (OK, so the guest appearance by daughter Blue Ivy on "Blue" is sweet.)
In all, it's a nice stocking stuffer for fans (especially to see the videos). Yet, it's certainly not one of Beyonce's best.
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Formating a drive (to EXT3) with gparted
Well, I've shown you how you can upgrade your HDD in the various Humax PVRs, but with the newer ones the filesystem is the Linux FS EXT3, and with bigger than 1TB drives the box can not format them.
So here's a quick post to show you how I formated my 1.5TB drive with Ubuntu and gparted (to complete my disk upgrading post).
The nice thing about Ubuntu is that it includes the GParted disk utility. It is graphical so easier to use than the CLI.
As you can see from the screengrab above, when I fired up gparted and selected the right HDD from the pulldown (highlighted in the red box), I can see the the HDR T3 started partitioning the drive – the first partition being 1GB in size… (This led me to the suspicion that it might have been able to format the whole drive given enough time. It might have taken it a lot longer than the 25 mins or so for me to doing to this by hand, however.)
So first thing to do is to complete the first partition by formatting it in EXT3 filesystem.
Select the right partition (here /dev/sdb1) and pull down the Partition menu, selecting Format and then ext3. Click on Apply to perform the action. A pop-up will ask you to confirm what you want to do.
Next thing to do is to divide up the second partition into two – remember the original HDD's configuration? – three partitions: start partition 1Gb, end partition 10Gb, middle partition rest of disk.
Select the second partition, and click on the 'Partition' menu option at the top, select 'New' from this menu. A pop-up should appear like the screengrab above. First uncheck the 'Round to cylinders' option (A). Type '10240' into 'Free space following' text box (B). When you tab away from box (B), the value of box (C) should be the remainder of your HDD. Simple! Remember you want to create your filesystem in the EXT3 format, so select that from the pulldown (D). Click on the Add button when finished.
You can now apply the changes to the HDD as you like it to be, or you could 'format' the third partition as EXT3. No changes will be made until to click on the 'Apply' button at the top, and confirm that you want to make the irreversible actions.
When gparted has finished it will give you a summary of actions made:
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In the United States, more than 1.1 million people are living with HIV and 15.8 percent of those are unaware they are infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, multiple medical advancements have taken place since 1981, when the CDC identified the first five cases of HIV/AIDS. Since anti-retroviral treatments (ART) were approved in 1995, HIV/AIDS-related deaths in the United States have dropped by 83 percent, resulting in a 32 percent decline in HIV/AIDS-related hospitalizations, improving overall care and reducing the cost burden. According to a University ofChicago study, HIV/AIDS patients today live 15 years longer than in the 1980s.
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Currently, biopharmaceutical companies are focused on improved treatment regimens, more effective therapies and preventive vaccines that are either in clinical trials or awaiting review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The 44 medicines and vaccines in the development pipeline include 25 antivirals, 16 vaccines and three cell/gene therapies. Examples include:
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Norumbega closed with a flourish to gain his first career stakes victory on Saturday at Belmont Park, edging favored Micromanage by a neck to win the 126th running of the Grade 2, $500,000 Brooklyn Invitational, the first graded event on Belmont Stakes Day.
Ridden by Joel Rosario, the gray son of Tiznow ran in fifth through the early going of the 1 ½-mile race, traipsing through fractions of 24.16, 48.73, 1:13.41 and hitting the mile in 1:37.87 before giving way. Cat Burglar then seized a narrow lead before being overtaken by Micromanage, but Norumbega closed stoutly to get up in the shadow of the wire.
His winning time for the 1 ½ miles was 2:27.13.
"I had a really good trip and my horse ran great," said Rosario. "I just followed the other horses around and was aware they weren't going too fast in front of me. When I asked him, he had plenty to give me. The other horses tried to get out a little, but he dug in, and it all worked out great."
Sent off at 10-1, Norumbega returned $22.40 for a $2 win bet as he scored his first win of the year. Prior to the Brooklyn, the Stuart Janney color-bearer eighth in the Grade 3 Ben Ali at Keeneland Race Course and second to Micromanage in the Grade 3 Skip Away at Gulfstream Park. Overall, he is now 4-3-1 from 13 starts.
"The slow early pace wasn't a big concern," said winning trainer Shug McGaughey. "He had been training really well and we expected him to run a big race. We're not sure where he'll go next because it's tough to find another 1 1 /2-mile race."
Micromanage was a half-length ahead of Cat Burglar.
"I didn't have any excuse at all," said Javier Castellano, aboard the beaten favorite. "I just got beat today. I had a beautiful trip. In the beginning of the race I saved all the ground, and turning for home I just let him go. He gave me the best run of his career but, unfortunately, he just got beat by a better horse today."
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Whether it works or not, Yellow Medicine County Commissioners have elected to offer a $10 bounty for coyotes killed within county lines for the second consecutive year from December 1 to April 1.
Following the passage of state legislation legalizing the practice, YMC commissioners joined those of Swift and Chippewa counties last year in legally offering the bounties for the first time since 1965 in response to a drop-off in deer numbers attributed to coyote predation.
In what was considered a down year for coyote hunting due to the limited snow cover, the county paid $1,100 in bounties on 110 coyotes. This year, bounty payments will be capped at $2,000 total.
During initial budget discussions at their September 11 board meeting, County Administrator Ryan Krosch had omitted the bounty program from the 2013 budget as a cost saving measure before board member concensus saw it reinserted.
Echoing the official stance of the Minnesota DNR, which views the bounties on any species as ineffective and costly to taxpayers, Krosch noted that, "I don't personally believe they work. Everybody who shot them would have shot them anyway."
In 2004, Yellow Medicine County led several neighboring counties in issuing bounties on coyotes, but after Yellow Medicine County had paid out bounties on 103 coyotes, the state informed them that the practice was illegal and the program ended.
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•At the recommendation of YMC Family Services Director Peg Heglund, commissioners voted to enter into a Purchase of Services Agreement with Debra Griebel, CPA, to provide expert advice and possible testimony for child support cases.
Heglund said that at times in child support cases a parent will use deceptive financial practices to hide their finances, depressing the amount of child support that they are required to pay. Griebel's expertise would combat this, as she would be able to unravel such practices.
Services are to be paid for at a rate of $50 per hour plus telephone and gas expenses, with a total cost of no more than $300 per case, unless authorized by Heglund.
•The YMC Board decided to re-up on a three-year contract with the University of Minnesota Extension 4-H Coordinator position that is currently occupied by Amelia Ryan.
The county pays the $52,000 salary for the position, which will see a roughly $1,000 increase in 2013 and 2014, though the 4-H Coordinator is considered an employee of Extension.
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Wow, i need to find something else to do next summer. There was pretty good swell up until and on Memorial Day and then all of a sudden it just went flat all summer except for some wind swell here and there. Now its all picking up again around Labor Day.
I know this always happens but this year just seemed a lot worse than the last few. Hurricanes need to start sooner like in July next year.


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In this fifth installment of my series on better patch design, I thought I would take a much-needed break from all the theory and synth jargon, and instead focus on some creative Thor synth ideas. I can almost hear the collective yawn after reading the last few articles. So let's spice it up with a few videos that showcase some of the concepts we've talked about, but more importantly, let's just have some fun fiddling around in Thor.
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PARKERSBURG - With the Mid-Ohio Valley's various holiday light displays in full swing, local officials believe the attractions have a positive impact on the local communities.
Parkersburg's Holiday in the Park program at City Park and Southwood Park began Nov. 17, while the Belpre Holiday Lights Festival opened Saturday night with its annual parade.
The exhibits will be on display nightly through the end of December to celebrate the Christmas season.
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The "Eight Maids a' Milking" exhibit from the "Twelve Days of Christmas" is featured in the Holiday in the Park exhibit at City Park in Parkersburg. (Photos by Jeffrey Saulton)
Since the displays are set up in public parks and other areas where people can walk or drive through, Mark Lewis, president of the Greater Parkersburg Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, said there is no hard data about attendance numbers or other data. However, his sense is that the displays are a positive attraction for the area, another holiday activities that people coming to the area can find to do and enjoy.
"It's a very positive thing for the communities to have," Lewis said, adding the fact that the local displays are volunteer-driven is another positive sign.
"Our many all-volunteer organizations do so much in the community," he said.
While hard numbers and data are scarce in some areas, Lewis said he would like to change that in the future. In the next year, he hopes to do some surveys at some of the local events and attractions in the Parkersburg area to gather that information. He believes it will be very helpful in showing how those things impact the local area and can help with marketing them to bring in more visitors.
"I think it adds to the spirit of things," Jeri Knowlton, executive director of the Marietta/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, said of the local displays.
Knowlton doesn't have any specific data on the displays' impact on local tourism, but said they are all part of the holiday experience for many people.
"It's an important part of the holiday spirit and people would miss it if it wasn't there," she said.
Knowlton said she is glad to see the trend continuing in Marietta, citing this year's project by ReStore Marietta to install candy cane lights in downtown Marietta. That display opened Saturday evening with a lighting ceremony.
"People will love to have that new element," Knowlton said.
Holiday in the Park is a collection of Christmas lighting exhibits at City Park and Southwood Park. The displays are sponsored by local groups, individuals and businesses and have included a fire breathing dragon, kids playing marbles, the American flag and a fire truck. Approximately 100,000 people visit the park during the Holiday in the Park program, according to organizers.
The annual Belpre Holiday Lights Festival began unofficially on the night before Thanksgiving, as the holiday lights were turned on for the first time of the season. The festival officially began Saturday with a night-time parade featuring all units illuminated with holiday lights.
Belpre will be filled with dozens of light displays on exhibit throughout the city, its parks and neighborhoods through the end of the holiday season.
Belpre Mayor Mike Lorentz said he doesn't have any numbers about the display's impact, but he and his wife volunteer several times each season during the lights festival. He sees many people come back again and again to tour the lights and see what the volunteers have done.
"I can't think of a project in town in the last 20 years that has had such an impact on the city," he said, citing the volunteer aspect of the program as one of its most positive factors.
The Holly Days Light Festival in Vienna will open Monday with a lighting ceremony at Jackson Memorial Park at 6 p.m. The lights in the park and throughout Vienna will be on display until the end of the holiday season.


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The man many consider to be America's foremost business philosopher has been sharing his success principles and strategies for more than 39 years, with more than 6,000 audiences and over four million people worldwide! He is the author of over 25 books, audio programs, and videos. Jim has been hailed over the years as one of the most influential thinkers of our time.
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I was really disappointed, it was more of a summary of what he will discuss if you attended a seminar. Lots of one liner on a bunch of topics. I wouldn't buy another title of this kind.
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good points but sleepy and boring presentation I can't imagine staying awake during his live talks
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"Art of Persuasion is Communication"
It's Jim Rohn, if you have listened to any of his presentations - then you already know it's going to be a transformational source of knowledge and therefore among the top 5 of my fave audiobooks.
The Art of War, both books address communication and persuasion in order to achieve goals....
His skill at making a presentation personal, something that cannot be achieved when reading...
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I dont like listening to Jesus stories, if I did then I would read bible. I wish I could get my money back because I didnt learn anything at all.
"Jim Rohn Live on any topic is amazing!"
I've listened to this one over and over and always learn something new. a must have audio!
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This reminded me a religious figure talking about his ideas in Church rather than the book than I was hoping to get about "Persuasion" It was irrelevant to the topic and misleading ...
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What everyone should know about communication - thank you Jim Rohn for always telling it like it should be. One of my all time favorites!
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One of the nest Jim rohn presentations Iv heard in years. an absolute must have
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This is supposed to be a book about the art of communication. Mr Rohn simply rants in abstract terms. He should have:
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2. Given clear examples with "how to" instructions.
Yes, a bit. Fortunately I first listened to "how to win friends and influence people", so I know there are good books out there.
No one, he is an excellent narrator, with passion, and varied energy and pace. It's simply low grade content that no one could have saved.
Confusion at first, then contempt, then disappointment.
Just saying "do this", "don't do that" and using generic examples is a rant, not an education.
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Omaha Girls Rock expands camp
* Registration for the 2014 Omaha Girls Rock camp is now open to girls ages 8 to 18. The camp, which will take place at the Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St., is also offering two camp sessions. Campers can sign up for camp July 14th to 18th or July 28th to August 1st. Applications can be submitted online at omahagirlsrock.com/camper-registration.
* Digital Leather unveiled a new song "Lately", as well as the cover art, from their upcoming split LP with Wisconsin two-piece The Hussy. The release features artwork by Digital Leather member Todd Fink and is due out May 6th on Southpaw Records. Digital Leather will also appear as part of the unofficial Goner Records showcase in Austin, Tex. during the South By Southwest music conference Friday, March 14th.
* Local dreamy garage-pop duo Killer Blow has both a new song online and a new video available on YouTube. The video clip is for "Doll", while another new song "Convent Dropout" is streaming online at soundcloud.com/killerblow.
* Omaha natives 311 will headline a new music festival, which will put the spotlight on a host of local Omaha, Lincoln and Council Bluffs bands. The Grassroots Music Festival will take place Saturday, July 12th at River's Edge Park in Council Bluffs. The show will also commemorate the 20th anniversary of 311's album, Grassroots. Tickets for the event go on sale March 11th and can be purchased at the Hive Rock Club, 1207 Harney St., or via Ticketmaster.
* The Big Deep will celebrate the release of their second album, Echoes on the Little Blue, Friday, March 7th at the Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. The roots-rock/indie rock band recorded the album on a farm in Endicott, Neb. The band will be joined at the release show by Rock Paper Dynamite and Michael Wunder & the Uninspired.
* Lincoln experimental indie act UUVVWWZ crafted a new video for "Broad Sky Blues", off their 2013 album the trusted language. The video, directed by Harrison Martin, features Chelsea Richardson, a friend of UU singer Teal Gardner, crafting the song's chorus into American Sign Language and then teaching the gestures to a group of people. The video can be viewed on Youtube.
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djay is a very cool application. It lets you do lots with your music. djay is great for parties, hanging out with friends, or just plain fun. djay integrates with iTunes so you have all you iTunes music right at your fingertips. djay lets you scratch and mix your music many different ways. You can use a mouse, keyboard, the MacBook's touchpad, a MIDI device, or the controller made especially for djay called Spin. With djay, you drag the song you want to play from the sidebar and it starts spinning. You can move the needle, scratch the record, and a bunch of other features like looping, cue-points, transitions, and skipping. You can even record your masterpiece. djay is the best way to mix and mash your music. There are tons of features waiting to be discovered. I highly recommend djay. Try it out. You will not be disappointed.
Was having alot of fun at a house party with this, until it stopped mid session, asking me to register, in my half-drunken state i whipped out my credit card cause i knew i had to have this immediately.
and unlike something things, I woke up next morning and didnt regret i bought this.
Love it. Finally a beautifully designed, intuitive AND feature-rich DJ app. I don't think this has been there before.
I downloaded and tried this. It's great but unfortunately NOT FREEWARE.
love it, use it, made some good mixes with it - great stuff
very fun app and for free
the artwork on the turntables is dope! I love it
there is a video on youtube showing the stuff
Needs more updates! I want to scratch forward AND backward!
THANK YOU GOD! now i can finally get rid of that blasted classic dk app i had.. and classic, too, the little devil. works really well. scratching "kind of" works, but you have to spin forward, not backward. sure would love a main volume control but no biggie. it is good.
Liked it a lot, but it keeps pulling out the wrong album art for songs, which is confusing.
App works for me. Neat to be able to "scratch" an album. The ability to move the virtual arm/needle across the album is really a sweet touch. Excited to see where this goes...
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team struggled to find an offensive rhythm on Friday night as Texas State earned a 6-1 victory to open the Southland Conference weekend series at Chapman Field. The second game of the series will be another 6 p.m. start on Friday, with starters Adam Hoelscher and Colton Turner getting the nod on the mound.
The Islanders are now 12-17 on the season, with a 5-8 mark in league games. Texas State improved to 19-10 on the year, 7-6 in Southland contests. Starter Tim Keller was tagged with the loss, giving up five runs on five hits and five walks with three strikeouts. Keller was cruising early, but struggled after a 25-minute delay caused by the sun setting over the right field fence.
Both pitchers were strong early on, as Keller matched Texas State's Travis Ballew through three innings. The game went scoreless until the top of the 4th, when after the long sun delay, the Bobcats got three runs in the inning to take a 3-0 lead.
In the top of the fifth, they added two more runs to extend the lead to 5-0 as Keller was knocked out of the game, and Matt Danton came on in relief. The Bobcats finished the scoring in the sixth with a single run to make it 6-0.
The Islanders struggled to get the offense going on Friday night, managing just four hits while striking out 12 times against Ballew, one of the top pitchers in the Southland Conference.
The only run of the game for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi came when Stafford Brantley led off the eighth with a triple that one-hopped the wall in right center, and came home on a Marc Damon sacrifice fly to center to make it a 6-1 game.
Jonathan Gonzales made his first appearance as a pitcher this year, coming out for the top of the ninth and getting the first two batters before surrendering a bloop single to center field. The Islanders picked off the runner at first to end the inning and send it to the bottom of the ninth.
In the bottom half, the Islanders were unable to get anything going, as Jordan Lee walked and stole second with two outs, but was unable to get any further, as a ground out ended the game.
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Twenty-nine new members were inducted into the Jackson High School Chapter of La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (The Spanish Honor Society) Oct. 24, bringing the total number of members to 63.
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New member Diana Madrigal performed "El Viajero," a song composed by Roberto Sierra, about her native México.
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Set 1: BOAFBirds of a Feather, DestinyDestiny Unbound, Horn > GinBathtub Gin, Sleep, BOTTBack on the Train, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, WotCWalls of the Cave
Set 2: Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party -> BowieDavid Bowie, Round Room > HoodHarry Hood
Encore: Contact, Mexican Cousin > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
· Do You Feel Like We Do and San-Ho-Zay teases in Tweezer
· The Horse tease
· San-Ho-Zay tease in Back on the Train
Noteworthy Jams: Bathtub Gin (highly recommended), Back on the Train (highly recommended), Tweezer (highly recommended), David Bowie, Harry Hood
Average Song Gap: 74.06
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Phish broke out two long-shelved tunes: the first Destiny Unbound since November 15, 1991 (796 shows) and the first Soul Shakedown Party since February 20, 1997 (270 shows). Back on the Train and Tweezer contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. Tweezer also included a Do You Feel Like We Do tease. Trey teased The Horse prior to Round Room. This show was officially released on CD as Live Phish 02.28.03.
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Selected opinions and commentary about vulnerabilities, software assurance, and related topics by the CVE List Editor.
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Of course, Power is also known for doing "fine work" in football as well! After a LEGENDARY 94-62-3 ($20,528) NFL season last year, he is already an *AMAZING* 21-8 w/ ALL football (CFL/Arena/NFLX) YTD!
1* Pittsburgh (8:10 ET): This is a revenge spot for the Bucs. Given the 3.5 game deficit they currently face in the NL Wild Card race, it's something they must take advantage of. Their opponents (Milwaukee) come in riding a four-game win streak, but that's only served to drive the price down to a point we can now exploit. Great price on the better team tonight.
Prior to last Saturday, the Pirates had yet to lose a start made by Chad Kuhl. He came in w/ a 6-0 TSR. Despite allowing only three runs (one unearned) to Miami, he took the loss in a series that did not go well for Pittsburgh. But I'll certainly take Kuhl over Milwaukee's Wily Peralta, who checks in w/ a 6.00 ERA and 1.738 WHIP over 16 starts this year. Last time out, Peralta was roughed up for four runs in six innings at Seattle. He was a big underdog in this spot, so there looks to be tremendous value in going against him here. The Pirates offense ranks sixth this year in on base percentage.
The Brew Crew have not lost since the last time Peralta started, but I don't put a ton of stock into a sweep of the Rockies. It is unfathomable to me that Pittsburgh is just 17-64 its L81 games here at Miller Park, but remember that includes some real 'lean years' here in the Steel City. I really like the road team at this price. 1* Pittsburgh
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KINGS BEACH, Calif. — Placer County will hold its second Community Workshop for the Tahoe Basin Community Plan Update from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, at the North Tahoe North Tahoe Event Center.
According to a press release from the county, Wednesday's workshop will help local resident groups assist the county in developing future zoning and development standards and design guidelines for North Tahoe.
There are four county working groups representing four Plan Areas which encompass the Tahoe Basin Community Plan boundary within Placer County's portion of the Tahoe Basin:
• West Shore Plan Area, which includes Homewood, Sunnyside and Tahoma.
• Greater Tahoe City HPlan Area, which includes Tahoe City, Lake Forest, Dollar Hill and the Tahoe City Gateway.
• North Tahoe West Plan Area, which includes Carnelian Bay and Tahoe Vista.
• North Tahoe East Plan Area, which includes Kings Beach and Brockway.
An initial workshop session was held in May. Then, each Plan Area Team identified a community vision statement and community/design themes for their area. According to the press release, the vision statements will be used to help draft the development standards and design guidelines aimed to also help guide land use development over the next 20 years.
"The willingness of sometimes opposed groups to work together to create a strong, sustainable vision for their communities was heartening," said Placer County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Jennifer Montgomery, in a statement. "The Community Plan update is the best opportunity for local residents and business owners to work with the county to develop a long-term plan for their neighborhoods that is crafted and supported by the individual communities."
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shagrath wrote:It's likely due to the nature of the Mpeg PS stream produced by mencoder (video with subtitles), not very well acknowledged by the samsung I guess (see earlier posts). Without subtitles, tsMuxer is used to produce a MpegTS stream. So I guess the TranscodeVideo=MPEGTSAC3 setting is your best chance by now
gustavoas wrote:PS3MS was my last hope on streaming video with subtitles to my Samsung A850 (that do not support subtitle natively)... the movie playback stop is the only real problem (not nice to have) I have now...
gustavoas wrote:I assume MPEGAC3 and MPEGTSAC3 are the only options available in PS3MS to the TranscodeVideo option, right?
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The Reds have signed Jonathan Broxton to a three-year, $21 million contract, giving the NL Central champions a potential closer.
Broxton came to the Reds last July in a trade with Kansas City and was part of their push toward the playoffs. He filled in as the closer when Aroldis Chapman came down with a tired shoulder and had four saves in six chances overall with a 2.82 ERA, impressing the Reds.
Broxton's deal pays him a $4 million base salary in 2013, $7 million in 2014 and $9 million in 2015. There's a club option for another year at $9 million with a $1 million buyout. He also got a limited no-trade provision.
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Bend cellist Billy Mickelson has been called the "cello magician" and the "mad cello scientist," but mostly he's just a very versatile, full-time, touring cello soloist.
Over the years, he's played sideman in hip-hop bands, heavy-metal bands and folk bands, but it's his solo work that pays the bills.
Mickelson is on the last leg of a five-month, solo tour through the United States and Europe in support of his most recent album, "Cascadia," released in October. He'll play at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Caldera Tap House, 31 Water St., Ashland. The cover is a $5 suggested donation.
Mickelson's music is next to impossible to peg, even for him. He describes it as having Mediterranean, American folk, Middle Eastern and hip-hop influences. "I do cello looping, so I beat the cello to make rhythms and then loop bass lines and sing," he says.
Oceanic and cinematic themes appear regularly in his soothing soundscape, which he frequently performs for yoga events.
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