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—I have been requested by Dr. H. Braun of Zwickau to make known to English readers of his work on local anesthesia certain changes in technic that have been evolved in his service. The request comes, no doubt, because I was responsible for the translation into English. In the book, the method for paravertebral anesthesia used for producing anesthesia of the neck has proved to be dangerous and therefore inapplicable. Another method suitable for all operations in the anterior and lateral triangles of the neck has been substituted for it. In an operation on the larynx, an additional injection is made in the thyrohyoid ligament in order to block the superior laryngeal nerve. The following is the technic of local anesthesia in operations in the neck described by Prof. Dr. D. Kulenkampff (Zentralbl. f. Chir.48:1262 [No. 35] Sept. 3, 1921)."Härtel and Geiger showed how
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LeAnn Rimes Should Be Ashamed of Herself with This
10/20/2013 8:00 AM PDT, by Emily Trainham
What you're looking at right here is a photo of LeAnn Rimes that she actually thought up, had someone else take for her, and posted on Twitter. As you can see, she's posing on a truck, and the side reads "Wrecker Service." Get it? As in homewrecker? As in ha ha, she cheated on her husband with a man who had a wife and two children? Isn't it so cheeky and charming and delightful?
I think she thinks it's OK because when she posted the photo, she said "DON'T OPEN w/o A SENSE OF HUMOR," like anyone who would look at it and think it was dumb or distasteful wouldn't be able to have those thoughts because hey, she warned you, right? Wrong. So, so wrong. It's this kind of thing that makes it so impossible to like LeAnn: why couldn't she just not do this? She's already had the affair, she already made that bad choice, why can't she just stop making bad choices? Why does she have to keep aggravating the situation?
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And now, Mr. Freeze Singing 'Let It Go' From Disney's Frozen
Don't fight it. You knew this was inevitable. Honestly, we're surprised it took this long.
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In the DC Comics' story arc Night of the Owls, a band of almost immortal assassins known as the Talons descend upon Gotham City to wreak havoc.
It's official. We're sick of winter, with its never-ending crapstorm of flurries, ice, and flurries and ice that melt into disgusting brown puddles. Then again, we could have it worst. These sentient slush piles could have our world in their icy cold grips.
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An extended preview for Young Justice, Cartoon Network's Justice League in training show, has hit the web. Watch Robin battle Mr. Freeze, Speedy take on Icicle, Aqualad fight Killer Frost, and Kid Flash tangle with Captain Cold.
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AIKEN, S.C.---Latina Turner is glad to be back in school this week. She says she's always been a pretty good student, and that's what got her a scholarship to USC-Aiken.
"I'm really grateful for it. I mean I worked and I received it, you know with my 4.0 GPA. So I was really grateful for it," the junior said.
She has the Life scholarship, which is funded by the South Carolina Education Lottery.
At USC-Aiken, before the lottery, tuition was $3,558 and the Life scholarship gave recipients 2,000. Tuition is now $7,006 and the scholarships are worth $5,000.
That means before, students paid about $1,500 out of pocket. Now, they pay about $2,000.
"Tuition has increased not because of the scholarship, but because of a result of state funding cuts," said Virginia Hudock, the Chief Financial Officer at USC-A.
She says the school now receives about a million dollars less from the state now than they did in the 2000-2001 school year.
With tuition nearly double what it was seven years ago, students without the scholarships may find it hard to pay the cost of education.
"It's not the magic bullet for all of higher education," the CFO said.
She says tuition will probably go up even more next year. Just how much it goes up depends on the state government, and how much money it gives to schools.
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Every person has cancer cells in their body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached detectable size.
When the person's immune system is strong, the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing the diet to plant based will strengthen the immune system.
Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract, etc., and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidney, heart and lungs, and so on. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars, and damages healthy cells, tissues, and organs. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However, prolonged use of chemo and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemo and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to different sites.
Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells. Some whole food supplements build up the immune system to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other synthetic supplements add additional acidity to the body. Vitamin E is known to cause apoptosis, or cell death of healthy cells.
Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. By exercising daily and deep breathing you can help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
Stop Cancer Cells From Growing:
An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding them with the foods they need to multiply.
Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and are harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey, Stevia, or Agave nectar, but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. A better alternative is sea salt or Fort Braggs Amino Acids.
Milk causes the body to produce mucus and makes us acidic, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus and acid. By cutting off milk, and substituting with unsweetened rice or almond milk cancer cells are being starved. Dr. Brian Clement says the number one cause of cancer is "Dairy". Read "The China Study" to further understand.
Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, to people with or without cancer.
Avoid any kind of coffee and caffeinated tea that have caffeine and high acidity. Green tea is a better alternative if you need caffeine or try alkalizing Teeccino. Water: best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
A diet made of fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a fruit help put the body into an alkaline environment. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees& F, (40 degrees C).
"There is not a single population in the world with a high meat intake, that does not have a high rate of colon cancer" ("Diet For a New America" by John Robbins pg 253)
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
Tools of Characterization
Character Analysis
We're going to go out on a limb here and say that George's last name probably refers to John Milton's Paradise Lost, which includes the Biblical stories of Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. George and Lennie's loss of the mythical dream farm sounds to us a lot like Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden, while George and Lennie's relationship is almost an inversion of the story of Cain and Abel, where Cain kills his brother—but not out of mercy.
Lennie Small's name is even more straightforwardly symbolic. Lennie is obviously not "small" physically, so his name is something of a joke to the people that first meet him. But he is small in another way—he's small of mind. The contradiction between his name and his size is similar to the contradiction that we see in his behavior: he wants to be gentle, but he just ends up killing the things he loves.
And then there's the unnamed women: Curley's wife. She was no name, because she's just an object, someone else's "property." Curley's wife can only be seen in reference to her husband, who (supposedly) owns and controls her body, and by extension, her. With a name, the men might have to relate to her as a person, but there's no need for that kind of social nicety. Like the unnamed "boss," Curley's wife is only important to note for the limited role she plays as Curley's wife.
Speech and Dialogue
The language of the characters is meant to represent the way normal, working class ranch people of Depression era America would speak. Most vocabulary is of an everyday kind, except for words particular to farm equipment and jobs (like skinners, swampers, and buckers). In the dialogue, Steinbeck uses slang, vulgarities, and non-standard terms ("ain't," "would of," "brang," and so on) to convey an authentic sense of the characters. The idiosyncratic speech patterns, obscenities, and casual lingo ("she's a loo loo," "Curley's got ants in his pants") help recreate a particular time, place, and social strata that make the book sound real.
It's interesting to note that everyone in the book seems to use rather similar language. The boss doesn't speak with any more refinement than the ranch guys. Lennie, though he's slow, isn't less able to communicate with words than others. Even Crooks, who is constantly made separate because he's black, speaks just the same as anybody else. It's almost as if Steinbeck puts language to work as an equalizing force: as long as a man can speak for himself, his story is as important as any other.


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The Politics of Judicial Opposition
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Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol 166, p. 88, 2010
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Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-112
Existing studies of judicial decision-making have found that elected judges are more likely to dissent and to oppose judges from the same party. These findings are explained by elected judges having stronger preferences for risk or being more independent. In this paper, I offer an alternative explanation: judges' efforts to be retained should yield different patterns of opposition among judges facing reelection and reappointment. I test my hypothesis using data from four years of state supreme courts decisions. Estimation results from probit models and mixed effects nested logit models suggest that judges' retention concerns are important influences on their opposition voting.
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- Introduction
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- Microsoft SQL Server Defined
- Microsoft SQL Server Features
- Microsoft SQL Server Administration
- Microsoft SQL Server Programming
- Performance Tuning
- Practical Applications
Professional Development
- Becoming a DBA
- Certification
- DBA Levels
- Becoming a Data Professional
- SQL Server Professional Development Plan, Part 1
- SQL Server Professional Development Plan, Part 2
- SQL Server Professional Development Plan, Part 3
- Evaluating Technical Options
- System Sizing
- Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan
- Anatomy of a Disaster (Response Plan)
- Database Troubleshooting
- Conducting an Effective Code Review
- Developing an Exit Strategy
- Data Retention Strategy
- Keeping Your DBA/Developer Job in Troubled Times
- The SQL Server Runbook
- Creating and Maintaining a SQL Server Configuration History, Part 1
- Creating and Maintaining a SQL Server Configuration History, Part 2
- Creating an Application Profile, Part 1
- Creating an Application Profile, Part 2
- How to Attend a Technical Conference
- Tips for Maximizing Your IT Budget This Year
- The Importance of Blue-Sky Planning
- Application Architecture Assessments
- Business Intelligence
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The Importance of Blue-Sky Planning
Last updated Mar 28, 2003.
As data professionals, most of us are quite busy with the day-to-day operations of our respective platforms. You may be in charge of not only SQL Server Instances, servers and architectures, but also other data platforms and perhaps even other "information distribution systems" like SharePoint or integration suites. In fact, the "Day to Day" or operational work is so essential and time consuming that we often don't have time to think of much else. Most of us don't have jobs that allow us to only focus on what is new and cool we have to provide a value to our organizations beyond what is coming next, so we often don't think that much about it.
But it's important that we do. In a moment I'll talk more about that, but the first thing to focus on is finding any time at all to devote to new technologies and trends. I have a few tricks and tips that I've learned over the years that have helped me to do that, and I'll share what I've learned.
Staying Ahead of the Tidal Wave
I use a variety of methods to help me deal with the pressure of ensuring that my systems stay up and running. The first thing I ensure is that my systems are running using the best practices, with the exceptions carefully documented. There are a lot of sources for this information, from Microsoft corporate websites to various blog entries, whitepapers and other resources, all the way to checklists and tools like the Best Practices Analyzer and SQL Server 2008 (and higher) Policy Based Management. The reason I focus on this so much is that by ensuring I'm following the best practices to begin with I don't generate as many problems, especially ones that will take a lot of time to correct. It's no guarantee, of course, but it does help.
Just after I audit my systems and protect those using best practices, I look into automation. Automation is simply finding a way to have the computer take care of tasks on a scheduled or event basis. The key here is looking for any task that has repetition involved even if some things change. Which brings me to the next strategy...
I try and leverage as many tools as I can. The first set of tools I leverage are the ones included with SQL Server. There are automation tools from SQL Server Agent to SQL Server Alerts, and PowerShell and others even in the Windows platform that will respond to events or work on a schedule. Understanding where these fit and then implementing them with proper error correction and logging can free up an amazing amount of time.
Another strategy I use to gain time actually takes a little time education on the current product. I find that the more I know about the product I'm working on, the more efficient I am with it meaning the faster I can do a task, and the fact that I do it "correctly" means that I have to spend less time fixing problems or optimizing a badly running function. that buys me more time to squeeze a little forward-thinking in.
Why Perform Blue Sky Research and Planning
If you follow the steps above, you may be able to find a little time to study for "Blue Sky" projects. And just what does that mean?
"Blue Sky" is a term that means projects involving upcoming (or even nonexistent) technologies that you may never get to implement. It's asking yourself (and your team) the question "If we had an unlimited budget and time to do things the way we wanted to, what would we do?" or "What are some of the most trendy companies even those outside our area doing to make their organization better?"
It's important to realize that you always have to keep the servers going, the organization running, and costs low. But thinking in new ways, even ways that don't apply directly to your systems, has a lot of benefits. It allows you to find things that do apply to your situation that you might not have thought of before. This kind of thought process, called "lateral thinking," is also sometimes called "out of the box," since you're no longer thinking in ways bound by the previous way you did something before.
This importance isn't just limited to new ways of problem-solving. By investigating future trends, you can help your organization prepare for the future, which helps with budgeting and forecasting as well.
This is all strategic-level work. That means you're not focusing on the parts that work on a day-to-day basis, but on long-term goals which assumes, of course, that you have some long-term goals! If not, then blue-sky research is a great way to get some.
And there is another, less tangible reason to do blue-sky planning. It's fun! Most of us are technical "geeks" meaning we really enjoy learning, playing with and using new technology. As part of the benefits for putting in long hours and thinking deep thoughts, a little time to play with the new technology is simply a benefit for the technologist that can end up being a benefit for the organization. As trivial as this sounds, allowing my team to stay on the cutting edge is something I worked hard at as a manager. It can actually draw top talent to your efforts.
I've had to carefully budget my time for learning new things. Once again, even with all of the efforts of automation and best practices there is still a significant amount of work to do just to keep operations running. But when I do find a little time, I try and spend it in a concentrated effort on new and exciting technologies.
Resources for Blue Sky Research
I've found that there are quite a few resources available to help me learn new technologies many, in fact most of them free. While there are many sources (which I'll explain in a moment), the first place to start is with a Virtual Machine.
That's right the first thing I do is to install a Virtual Machine (I use Virtual PC, but VMWare or Xen are fine as well) and then either download an evaluation copy of the operating system I want to work with or use a legal copy I have for this purpose. I want to ensure I have a place to install and work with the latest technology so that I don't ever corrupt my production or even development servers. This also allows me to make rapid changes and return to a point in time for the operating system.
Which brings me to the first resource I rely on for new technology research, particularly in the Microsoft world. The Microsoft Developer Network, or MSDN, has a "subscription" that you can buy for a yearly fee that gives you a certain number of legal licenses for most Microsoft products (not games) for development and evaluation purposes. The MSDN Library is available online for free, but this offering does have a cost. For what you get, however, it's well worth the money, and most places I've worked pay for a subscription for most of the developers. There are other benefits with this subscription, including having those legal licenses for operating systems and of course SQL Server. You also get early access to the Beta or Community Technology Preview (CTP) releases of Microsoft products.
Of course, Microsoft isn't the only game in town. Many vendors have a similar offering, so you should investigate the vendors you're interested in. Some of the vendors also have beta or CTP-like offerings, so make sure you research each vendor's site and plug into those.
Along with the MSDN site, I also visit the Microsoft Research website, and others like it such as IBM's Research Centers.
I also frequent the major news sites, in their technology and science areas. I follow Twitter and FaceBook feeds of important scientific and technological people, and I also watch many of the TED videos you are watching those already, are you not?
I attend as many conferences as I can. Some of these are local and free, others are in distant locations and cost money. Whenever possible, I try to present what I do know at one of these, which not only makes me learn more but makes the event less expensive.
Finally, there are several Web sites and Journals I follow. InformIT has several vertical technological areas that I don't specialize in, so I try and keep a close eye on those as well, especially in the topic headings. After all, they will have the same mix of operational and future technology discussions that we have in the database world. The journals I read are the ACM "Queue" magazine and Microsoft's Architecture Journal, among others.
So as you can see, there's a lot out there to help you if you'll take the time to do a little blue-sky research on your own.
InformIT Articles and Sample Chapters
Technology forecasting a great article from 2001, The Future of Technology, by Cooper Smith is here.
Books and eBooks
A great example of things you can learn about the future and blue-sky planning are in the book Innovate the Future: A Radical New Approach to IT Innovation, by David Croslin.
Online Resources
And then there's Gizmodo one of the sites I follow to find new and sometimes strange technology stories.


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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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THOMSON, Ga. (WRDW) -- It's a night for tears in a McDuffie County town. An entire community is hurting after a 7-year-old boy drowns in a pond close to his home.
"A child has been lost. Anybody would [cry]," neighbor Beth Smith said, wiping away empathetic tears.
Smith was on her way to her own home to help with the search when she found out the boy she'd be looking for had drowned.
"We were going to look. We have several ponds, and we were going to look. And I grabbed a bottle of water. I thought..." Smith said as she trailed off into tears.
Jeremiah Parker-Ngoy Kalume, 7, was found in a pond on Old Milledgeville Road and Wrens Highway shortly before six after he went missing just hours before. He's one of a quadruplet.
Searchers pulled him out of the water and tried CPR at the scene. Doctors tried again at the hospital but had no luck.
Smith didn't even know the boy, but that doesn't stop her tears.
"I mean you lose a child, that's just lost. I didn't know him, but that's still a child," she said.
The pond sits less than a mile from where the child lived. As the community searched together, now they'll mourn together.
"When you're in a community, everybody cares," Smith said. "I wish they hadn't found him. I wish he'd just still be sitting somewhere."
GBI is assisting the McDuffie County Sheriff's Office with the investigation. We're also working to learn more about this 7-year-old.
He was pronounced dead at University Hospital McDuffie, Morgan said.


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Denial For Hire: Willie Soon's Career Fueled by Big Oil, Coal and Koch Money
Brendan DeMelle | June 28, 2011
By Brendan DeMelle • Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 06:03
Willie Soon, the notorious climate denier who has made a career out of attacking the IPCC and climate scientists, has received over $1 million in funding from Big Oil and coal industry sponsors over the past decade, according to a new report from Greenpeace.
The Greenpeace report, "Dr. Willie Soon: a Career Fueled by Big Oil and Coal," reveals that $1.033 million of Dr. Soon's funding since 2001 has come from oil and coal interests. Since 2002, every grant Dr. Soon received originated with fossil fuel interests, according to documents received from the Smithsonian Institution in response to Greenpeace FOIA requests.
The documents show that Willie Soon has received at least $175,000 from Koch family foundations (Soon is a key player in the Koch brothers' climate denial machine, as Greenpeace documented previously), $230,000 from Southern Company, $274,000 from the American Petroleum Institute, and $335,000 from ExxonMobil, among other polluters.


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Time to Intervene?
A New York Times' article on autism highlighted the challenges of obtaining an early diagnosis and treatment for parents who are facing a second child who is at risk for ASD. The story follows a family who has a diagnosed 5 year old son and a 7 month old baby boy who is showing signs of departing from a normal developmental trajectory, especially his interactions with other people.
The story is an excellent portrayal of the challenges and successes of a family living with autism and features two scientists engaged in the Autism Speaks' High Risk Baby Siblings Research Consortium, Sally Rogers, Ph.D. and Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D. The ability to distinguish autism from variations in development that lead to an otherwise normal outcome is limited at the early ages, but research is finding new ways to identify the earliest signs of autism risk. Since the best bet for a good outcome is early, intensive behavioral intervention, identifying these early signs are extremely valuable.
The story highlights the Early Start Denver Model, an intervention approach developed by Rogers and Geraldine Dawson, Autism Speaks' Chief Science Officer. This intervention method, which was evaluated in a controlled trial, can be used with children at risk for ASD as young as 12 months of age.
While early intervention methods for toddlers with ASD are becoming increasingly available, there are still many families that have difficulty accessing early intervention services. Autism Speaks is working to disseminate research that has been established as best practices while simultaneously pressing for more research in needed areas. Our partnership with the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) has helped to broaden the participation and scope of this important study of early risk factors. In terms of intervention, Autism Speaks' support of the Toddler Treatment Network is focused on both the dissemination and further research needs in young children identified with autism. At the same time, our continued advocacy for ending insurance discrimination for behavioral health services for children with autism (www.autismvotes.org ) is essential to our goal of providing every child with autism the services they need and deserve.
By strategically investing our scientific resources in areas of need and advocating for families, Autism Speaks seeks to improve the outcomes for those struggling with ASD today and to lessen the struggles for those who will be diagnosed tomorrow.
In Their Own Words – The Rescue of My Son
This "In Their Own Words" essay was written by Evelyn Halka, who has a son with autism.
Jacob was born into our family four and a half years ago. He was a beautiful baby, big blue eyes, beautiful face, sweet little fingers and toes. Jake was also an easy baby to nurse who responded well by gaining weight on schedule. He was easy to amuse, he loved his musical toys, he loved the TV, he loved to watch the fan, and he loved the baby swing. We proudly marked the calendar with all of his development and accomplishments. We felt Jake was right on track; he rolled over, sat up, crawled, stood, walked right on schedule. He babbled, waved, and clapped and would say mama and dada.
Slowly like a season, things began to change. There are so many common explanations. Boys develop slower than girls, he had his big sister talking for him, and sometimes it takes longer for the second child. I was not worried at first, not until other skills started to slip away. I hadn't seen him wave bye-bye as much, the clapping? Where had that gone? It was sneaky, it wasn't a date you could put your finger on, but the sounds slowly started disappearing until there was nothing left. He was focused on objects; he played for hours with colorful toys in particular. Jake really was becoming less and less interested in us. I felt like I just became a way for Jake to get what he wanted. He would pull on me and my husband and bring us to the area of what he wanted. He started to have trouble sleeping; he would wake up crying often throughout the night and then be up at 3 or 4 a.m. for the day. Jake would no longer tolerate being restrained in any way, no high chair, no stroller, and no shopping carts. Jake started to do unsafe things, jumping off of anything he could, climbing and jumping. If he became upset he would bang his head against the highchair. He started to be very selective about what he would eat eliminating almost everything until we were down to about four foods. We would call him and he would not look at us. We could not get him dressed, bathed or teeth brushed without a fight, he could not be directed into any activity. The sounds were gone, the sleeping was gone, the waving, the clapping, pretty much all of the things that Jake was, were disappearing. Finally, Jake was gone too.
I called early intervention at the advice of my sister. After meeting with early intervention, an evaluation determined that Jake was delayed in all areas, and was a candidate to be evaluated by the Autism CATCH team in Chester County, Penn. Jacob was eligible for early intervention and received special instruction, occupational therapy, and speech in our home until he reached age three. He was evaluated by the CATCH Team and was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. It was recommended and approved that he attend the TOT preschool class provided by the ARC of Chester County.
Slowly the special instruction we received began to change my family's life. My everyday battles were meet head-on with interest, respect, empathy and experience. My husband and I were willing participants in my son's therapy and our son's teacher truly become our teacher, and we learned to get to Jake with her help. A strong focus on picture exchange communication lead the lessons and slowly with helpful modification made by our instructor, Jacob began to communicate his wants to us. Slowly his frustrations began to become less. Through pictures, sequences and stories my son began to participate in his life, he finally found the words he needed. At this time we also began to receive wraparound services, and behavioral support in our home. The combination of the therapies began to fall into place. This was the beginning of his breakthrough.
Jake's participation in the TOT program was a pivotal turning point in his story. Once Jake began the TOT program he was again becoming the son I once knew. He received OT, speech and special instruction in concentrated, individualized form in this classroom six hours per week. He absolutely blossomed and rose to the challenges he had in his life with this help. The program attacked problems and everyday battles, leaving us with the sense that we could lead a fulfilling life with my child and sanity intact. Going out into the community in various ways gave Jake so many skills. He is able to be examined by a doctor, a dentist, get a haircut, play at a playground, eat at a restaurant, shop in a store, and go to the library! I would never have imagined that we would ever enjoy any of these activities with our son. I feel like we were blessed to have Jacob in this program, and that he would not be where he is today without it. Jacob's progress is remarkable, and been achieved because of this amazing program and the staff that provides it. I can not stress enough how instrumental it has been in my sons recovery.
Jacob is now four and a half and speaks in complete sentences. He attends a developmentally delayed class room and is doing very well. He will brush his teeth and sit at the table and even clean up his plate and his toys. Jacob sleeps through the night and now calls me "mommy," my husband "daddy," and his sister and dog by name. He is a pleasure to be around and I am grateful for all the amazing people who have blessed our lives and helped us along the way to get where we are.
Every child who is slipping away unto himself should have the chance that Jacob had; I hope that these services can be maintained and expanded to meet the demands of this epidemic. I am forever grateful for the RESCUE of my son, Jacob William Halka.
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to email@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
In Their Own Words – Autism Remission?
This "In Their Own Words" essay was submitted by Orfa De armas of Seattle, Wash. who has a son with autism. Orfa's writing can be read in English and in Spanish on her blogs.
I breathe autism.
I eat autism.
I drink autism.
I live to fight it and to win the battle.
So why am I so speechless? I should be celebrating today's news and jumping up and down with joy. Why do I feel so confused when we've kicked autism in the butt so early in the game?
Today, May 19, 2010, marks the end for us of two long years of early intervention under the guidance of the University of Washington Autism Center. We moved across the country in 2007 so we could get on a waiting list to obtain an early diagnosis for our son, Frankie, and to learn the next step for this lifelong journey. Today, we got more than what we had been hoping for; besides a tentative label for his forehead reading: PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified) we also got the news that he was no longer considered autistic, per se. In order to explain this better, we were told that if our kid had cancer, he would now be in remission – so, we needed to watch it, keep it in check, be aware there could be a regression if a big crisis would arise, if stressful situations involving big changes or social challenges ever took place. But for now, it's all good … it's all too good.
So, if this analogy is right, does that make Frankie an autism survivor?
Personally, this information creates a big paradigm shift for me. I have spent the past 30 months learning to accept the reality of Frankie's autism and brainwashing myself to deal with it for life. Ever since we contemplated the possibility that our youngest son had autism, I was scared of the unknown. I made it a point to know. I promised myself that if I knew enough, or in my case, more than enough, I wouldn't be scared to take on the fight. I've always believed that ignorance holds you back and that knowledge is power – so that's what I did: I learned. Autism became my thing – I learned to listen, I learned to process, I learned to research and I became a pro at it. Name the website of the month, I knew it. Name the event of the week, I knew it. I was informed and on top of it. I gave the early intervention of my child the highest priority in this family. Our lives revolved around the parent training sessions, the intervention schedules, the evaluations – everybody was on board and there was no other way. No long vacations were allowed; we had sessions in the middle of snowstorms, hail and rain – not a minute went to waste. The efforts paid off but the reward was more than we bargained for.
Then, why on Earth am I so shocked at what I heard today?
Perhaps I'm shocked because I never really expected to win the battle?
Perhaps because now I'm left without a purpose, without a mission?
Maybe because at one point this became more about me than about Frankie?
Is it because I feel that we belong in the autism community and we will have no identity left once we are out?
I'm not sure of the reasons of why I feel so surprised at what the future holds for Frankie. The truth is that I just wished for him to survive and now I'm told that he can thrive and this is hard to process. I am, once again, scared, but this time I'm scared to take on this new reality and truly enjoy it because it seems so unreal. Could it be really happening? How did it happen? What did we do differently? Why can't this be the outcome of every family living with autism? What is that magic ingredient we found without knowing?
So many questions are dancing in my head and are making me dizzy but one thing remains very clear to me; the sky is the limit when you reach for it and there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Our tunnel was shorter than other families' tunnels but it was indeed a tunnel and it was very dark. But the light at the end is so bright, I might need to wear my shades all day long!
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
When it Comes to Intervention for Autism, is Earlier Better?
Guest Staff Blogger: Alycia Halladay, Ph.D.
This was one of the major questions addressed at the International Meeting for Autism Research Meeting this week. Researchers from around the world – the U.S., UK and Canada, presented their research on the effects of early intense behavioral interventions to treat, and sometimes prevent, symptoms of autism spectrum disorders. Both parent training and clinic-based models were assessed. In many cases, a mix of both was used. While one study found that parent training alone was not effective in improving the symptoms of autism, a group in Canada found that parental training in applied behavioral analysis in children as young as 19 months, together with participation in the intervention process allowed parents to feel more empowered, independent, and reduced stress levels. Another randomized clinical trial in children screened and enrolled as young as 12 months showed that targeting social communication skills increased communication at follow up and decreased hypresponsiveness to sensory stimuli, possibly reducing symptoms of anxiety in children at risk for autism.
Early Behavioral Intervention may not only lead to improvements in functioning (as many as 50 percent of those enrolled in one study went on to a more mainstreamed school system) but also produce long lasting improvements. At the Kennedy Krieger Institute, using a 10 hour/week, 6 month classroom based curricula focusing on shared affect, shared affect and joint attention compared to an intervention protocol that did not target these behaviors, those in the treatment group showed improvements on more aspects of functioning, and these improvements lasted 2-6 years after starting in the study. An additional study at the University of Washington reported follow up data from the Early Start Denver Model, which is a comprehensive protocol targeting cognition, motor, language and social domains. Looking at what may have affected improved outcome using this model, researchers found that while individuals with less severe autism were more responsive to intervention, both those with mild and severe autism, and those who had high and low IQ at the start of the study all showed some response to treatment. What was exciting about the Early Start Denver Model was a presentation by a researcher at the University of California Davis who is adapting the training and implementation of the protocol using a web-based application, providing live 2-way interaction to families that lived miles, or thousands of miles away from a treatment facility. This affords more flexibility and accessibility to families on waitlists for early intervention treatments.
So is earlier better? The scientific consensus is yes, but what does "early" mean, and in what settings? The research is promising and encouraging, but more needs to be done, not only in identifying candidates for early intervention of autism, but in delivering evidence-based interventions that will be beneficial for the entire family.
The conference continues through Saturday. To read complete coverage from IMFAR, please visit http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science_news/imfar_2010.php
My Five-Year-Old Child Does Not Talk … Will He Ever?
This guest post is by Connie Kasari, Ph.D., a Professor of Education and Psychiatry and the Center for Autism Research at UCLA.
This is the question and the worry for a quarter to about half of all parents of children with autism. Research studies tell us that children who can talk by the time they turn five years old have better outcomes. But is this age marker meaningful, and what does it mean exactly?
The extraordinary success of early intervention programs has been shrinking the numbers of children who remain nonverbal. Still many children develop slowly, becoming late speakers if at all. What do we know that helps these children?
Late speaking children were the subject of a recent review paper, which was selected as one of Autism Speaks' Top 10 Scientific Achievements in 2009 (Pickett, Pullara, O'Grady & Gordon, 2009). The authors found 64 studies involving 167 children who learned to speak after age five. Several important observations were noted. First, the authors found that while most children who learned to speak were between five and seven years some children learned to speak for the first time at age 13 years! The majority of children learned single words, but some were able to speak in sentences. Finally, the numbers they report are probably an underestimate of actual cases since researchers often exclude children who are nonverbal, or under-report late speaking children. Therefore, it may be harder to learn to speak after age five, but it is clearly not impossible.
What types of interventions are helping children to speak? Several approaches look promising. Both behavioral interventions and ones using augmentative and alternative communication devices (AAC) seem to work. AAC approaches (examples include PECS, sign language and speech generating devices) do not seem to inhibit the development of spoken language (Schlosser & Wendt, 2008); however, for many children the use of AAC allows them to become communicators without reliance on spoken language. Thus, AAC interventions need to be adopted more often and studied.
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the most common approach to teaching children with autism; however, the results of intensive training have not always improved spoken language. A promising hybrid behavioral and developmental intervention focuses on 'joint attention', nonverbal gestures that develop before children learn to speak with words, and involve the sharing of attention between a person and an object or event. Preschool aged children who received a joint attention intervention made greater language gains than children receiving traditional applied behavior analysis interventions (Kasari et al, 2008) but it is not clear if similar interventions will work with older children.
At UCLA we are beginning to test out whether a joint attention intervention will be effective for children who are nonverbal and older than five years. The study is an Autism Speaks funded High Risk, High Impact study for Characterizing Cognition in Nonverbal Individuals with Autism (CCNIA). This multi-site study involves researchers from UCLA, (Connie Kasari) Kennedy Kreiger Institute (Rebecca Landa) and Vanderbilt University (Ann Kaiser). We are comparing our joint attention intervention with a focus on spoken language (using Enhanced Milieu Training; Kaiser, Hancock & Nietfeld, 2000) to an intervention involving the use of a speech -generating device. A unique aspect of this study is the use of an alternating treatment design, recognizing that children may need a sequence of treatments for best response, or may respond better with one treatment versus another. This design is called a SMART design (sequential multiple assignment randomization trial –SMART; Murphy, 2005). Our goal is to determine the most effective intervention for increasing communication competence of children who are nonverbal, recognizing the variability in characteristics of these children, and the individualized nature of their response to treatment.
So the good news is that language development CAN progress after age five, but stay tuned for more research!
Kaiser, A. P., Hancock, T. B., & Nietfeld, J. P. (2000). The effects of parent-implemented enhanced milieu teaching on the social communication of children who have autism. Journal of Early Education and Development [Special Issue], 11(4), 423-446.
Kasari, C., Paparella, T, Freeman, S.N., & Jahromi, L (2008). Language outcome in autism: Randomized comparison of joint attention and play interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 125-137.
Murphy SA. (2005) An Experimental Design for the Development of Adaptive Treatment Strategies. Statistics in Medicine. 24:1455-1481.
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Schlosser, RW, & Wendt O (2008). Effects of augmentative and alternative communication intervention on speech production in children with autism: A systematic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology • Vol. 17 • 212–230.
5|25: Celebrating Five Years of Autism Science Day 24: Early Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
In honor of the anniversary of Autism Speaks' founding on Feb 25, for the next 25 days we will be sharing stories about the many significant scientific advances that have occurred during our first five years together. Our 24th item, Early Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders, is from Autism Speaks' Top 10 Autism Research Events of 2009.
Although previous studies have found that early intervention can be helpful for preschool-aged children, interventions for children who are toddlers are just now being tested. As 2009 came to a close, the results were unveiled for the first controlled study of an intensive early intervention appropriate for children with ASD who are less than 2½ years of age. Published in Pediatrics, results of this study showed that a novel early intervention program was effective for improving IQ, language ability, and adaptive behavior in children as young as 18 months.
The intervention, called the Early Start Denver Model, combines applied behavioral analysis (ABA) teaching methods with developmental 'relationship-based' approaches, thereby blending the rigor of ABA with play-based routines that focus on building a relationship with the child. Children in the study were separated into two groups, one that received 20 hours a week of the intervention – two two-hour sessions five days a week – from University of Washington specialists. They also received five hours a week of parent-delivered therapy. Children in the second group were referred to community-based programs for therapy. Researchers closely monitored the progress of both groups.
At the beginning of the study there was no difference in functioning between the two groups. At the conclusion of the study, the IQs of the children in the intervention group had improved by an average of close to 18 points, compared to only 7 points in the comparison group. The intervention group also had a nearly 19-point improvement in receptive language (listening and understanding) compared to approximately 10 points in the control group. Whereas only one child in the community-based intervention group had an improved diagnosis, seven of the children in the intervention group had enough improvement in overall skills to warrant a change in diagnosis from autism to the milder condition known as 'pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.'
While the youngest children in the study were 18 months old, this particular intervention is designed to be appropriate for children with ASD as young as 12 months of age. Given that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all 18- and 24- month-old children be screened for ASD, it is crucial that we are able to offer parents effective therapies for children within this age range. This new study strongly affirms the positive outcomes of early intervention and the need for the earliest possible start.
Did you know?: To encourage research in early intervention, at the end of 2006 Autism Speaks funded a set of multi-site randomized trials to investigate the efficacy of different early intervention techniques in toddlers who show early signs of autism. From this effort a Toddler Treatment Network (TTN) was born to establish the groundwork for collaborative studies that can incorporate different aspects of these various intervention approaches. The TTN investigators have also been collecting and sharing information on a variety of best practices, including how to build partnerships with local communities. Importantly, all studies are testing interventions that can be implemented outside the clinic, with the aim of decreasing the time between parent's first concern and initiation of treatment.
5|25: Celebrating Five Years of Autism Science Day 5: Diagnosis at 14 Months
In honor of the anniversary of Autism Speaks' founding on Feb 25, for the next 25 days we will be sharing stories about the many significant scientific advances that have occurred during our first five years together. Our fifth item is Diagnosis at 14 Months.
In a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that autism can be diagnosed at close to one year of age, which is the earliest the disorder has ever been diagnosed. The study, which evaluated social and communication development in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) from 14 to 36 months of age, revealed that approximately half of all children with autism can be diagnosed around the first birthday. The remaining half will be diagnosed later, and their development may unfold very differently than children whose ASD is diagnosable around the first birthday. Early diagnosis of the disorder allows for early intervention, which can make a major difference in helping children with autism reach their full potential
Researchers examined social and communication development in infants at high and low risk for ASD starting at 14 months of age and ending at 30 or 36 months. Half of the children with a final diagnosis of ASD made at 30 or 36 months of age had been diagnosed with the disorder at 14 months, and the other half were diagnosed after 14 months. Through repeated observation and the use of standardized tests of development, researchers identified, for the first time, disruptions in social, communication and play development that were indicative of ASD in 14-month olds. Multiple signs indicating these developmental disruptions appear simultaneously in children with the disorder.
The current study reveals that autism often involves a progression, with the disorder claiming or presenting itself between 14 and 24 months of age. Some children with only mild delays at 14 months of age could go on to be diagnosed with ASD. The researchers observed distinct differences in the developmental paths, or trajectories, of children with early versus later diagnosis of ASD. While some children developed very slowly and displayed social and communication abnormalities associated with ASD at 14 months of age, others showed only mild delays with a gradual onset of autism symptoms, culminating in the diagnosis of ASD by 36 months.
If parents suspect something is wrong with their child's development, or that their child is losing skills during their first few years of life, they should talk to their pediatrician or another developmental expert. This and other autism studies suggest that the "wait and see" method, which is often recommended to concerned parents, could lead to missed opportunities for early intervention during this time period.
To read the complete story, including the signs of developmental disruptions for which parents and pediatricians should be watching, please click here http://www.autismspeaks.org/inthenews/landa_study.php.
Update since this story was run: Members of the Baby Siblings Research Consortium, a collaboration between Autism Speaks and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, have now published multiple scientific studies demonstrating that early signs of autism can reliably be seen as early as 12-14 months of age. This improved understanding of the early signs and symptoms of autism has permitted development of new measurement tools to both quantify and diagnose autism symptoms earlier than ever before. For example, the Autism Observational Scale for Infants or AOSI was published by Autism Speaks' grantees in 2008 and is currently a part of many protocols involving early autism diagnosis and intervention. It has been shown to accurately detect autism as early as 12 months of age. In addition, a modification of the ADOS, called the ADOS-t, was released in 2008 to enhance the clinical diagnosis of autism, indicating a range of concern for children as young as 12 months of age. Both tools are huge advances in the field of diagnosis, allowing for reliable early detection and placement in appropriate intervention services.


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Kia Ora! WP e-Commerce Plugin RC4 is now ready for download. Assuming that there are no major issues then we intend to launch 3.7.6 early next week. Probably Tuesday Morning 7th April NZT.
RC4 Track Notes
- A few nice presentation changes in wp-admin (courtesy of Dan "the Godfather†Milward)
- More head bashing fixes to Shipping and 'same as billing'
- Awesome new filter for gateways added by Lee Willis
- Had to remove the last of Chris Newtons cart class patch because it was breaking flat rate shipping, it now works perfectly.


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For any aspiring webtrepreneur, time management and production optimization are, perhaps, the main obstacles to overcome in order to be successful. With an enormous workload, it is too easy to get bogged down with tedious, repetitive tasks and lose focus on your desired plan of action.
In a previous Connected Internet post, Track Your Part Time Gigs With Side Job Tracker, gili had mentioned some great tools for time/project management. Well, in addition to Side Job Track (SJT), Basecamp and Microsoft Project, I've got some additional tools built by Smile On My Mac, specifically made for the Mac user, designed to help you stay on top of your schedule while maximizing your time and efforts.
Smile On My Mac has six main products for your consideration- disc label, browseback, photoprinto, PDFpen, pagesender and textepander. Now, obviously, some of these tools are lagniappe but, of the six, four are perfect for efficient production and geared towards saving you hours of time and loads of energy.
First on the list for review is browseback. With browseback, users can forget about bookmarking and simply sift through thumbnails of every page previously visited, using keywords to search for content. In addition, with browseback, you also have the ability to share the web pages you visit(ed) by quickly sending a PDF to numerous locations.
Next up for your usage is PDFpen. With PDFpen, you have the ability to combine pages from several PDF files together, sign your electronic faxes/emails, open and edit PDF files quickly and easily, augment just about anything that you can do in the interface and even create your own PDF forms.
And, for all of your sending needs, pagesender has got you connected. With pagesender, if you can print it, then you can fax it and you can email it. Use pagesender to fax fast by simply entering the number, clicking print and dusting your shoulders off (dusting your shoulders off is not required but it is sometimes included:)). You can even fax to multiple locations (i.e. all of your customers at once). pagesender also offers scriptable solutions for faxing invoices from FileMaker Pro.
Last, but certainly not least, is my favorite piece of software from Smile On My Mac called textexpander. I don't know about you but, I find myself typing email after email, over and over again, aways looking for eaiser ways to create and respond to emails. With textexpander, you just save snippets of your regularly used text strings, images and even custom signatures, type in your saved abbreviations and save hours of time and countless keystrokes.
You can also protect yourself (and your time) from typos by adding some common typos/misspellings as triggers and textexpander will automatically correct them for you. In addition, you can insert HTML code with a few keyboard clicks by creating abbreviations for common HTML tags and utilizing the free, TextExpander Snippet Files.
Just a few tips and tools to keep you on the ball and better prepared for the more important/necessary endeavors that come with the typical business lifestyle. Set your game plan, make use of the tools available, stay disciplined and focused and, perhaps, delegate some tasks so as to free up more time for your intended focus. Of the software applications listed above, textexpander makes the most sense for me. I love the concept and I love the abilities. Honestly, it should be called Text and Time Expander because it will certainly free up your time by expanding on your email text for you.
With regards to this post, the only other topic for discussion that I can think is, "What tools does the pc have that are comparable to these tools for the Mac?" and/or "When will tools like these be available for the pc?" Your thoughts, comments? Which tools do you like to use?


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The Town of Chester will begin accepting public input into a major review of its Comprehensive Plan. As with all master plan documents, the plan determines the type of construction allowed in development zones around the town.
A Comprehensive Plan Committee will be all ears at their visioning meeting 7 p.m. April 8 at Town Hall. To view the Town's 2003 Comprehensive Plan, go to http://www.thetownofchester.org/ChesterOnline/ComprehensivePlan.aspx.
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Bringing Your Own Computer to Work Builds a Following
More companies are starting to give employees greater control over the computers they use in the workplace, according to a new report out Monday from Gartner.
The research firm says respondents to a recent survey of 528 information-technology managers at large organizations say that, on average, 10% of workers at their companies use employee-owned notebooks as their primary work PC. The respondents predicted that figure will jump to 14% by mid-2010, Gartner says.
In its survey, Gartner defines employee-owned notebooks as machines that workers either purchase with their own money or with an allowance that their employers provide to them. In either scenario, employees gain the flexibility to pick a computer that meets their particular needs and preferences – whether for an ultrathin Windows laptop or a Macintosh – rather than a standard-issue corporate machine selected for them by the company.
The Gartner figures suggest the IT liberation movement, chronicled at some length here, is gaining ground, but is still facing resistance from many companies. Opponents of employee-owned computers say such policies introduce unacceptable security risks and costs into the workplace, creating technology anarchy by forcing IT departments to support a bewildering array of software and hardware. Of the respondents to Gartner's survey, all of whom were at companies with more than 500 employees in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, 48% prohibit the use of employee-owned devices outright.
For employee-owned computer programs to work, Gartner says companies still need to have plans for managing the devices, for example by installing "virtual machines" on the devices that contain standard work software in a secure environment. While a set-up like that can cost an employer more than issuing a standard notebook to employees, Gartner says "this is more than compensated for by the greater worker satisfaction and potential increased productivity" from employee-owned notebooks.


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News 12 First at Five, March 6, 2008
AUGUSTA, Ga -- 10 men arrested in a February sex sting went before a judge this morning. They were facing charges for soliciting public sex with other men at Pendleton King Park and the Augusta Canal.
The 10 men, ranging from 41 to 81,were charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct for solicitation and now a two know their sentence and families at the park are starting to come back
Malinda Overstreet playing with her granddaugher Kiersten at Pendleton King Park. It's their first day back since a bust that sent 8 men to jail for soliciting public sex, not far from where families like the Overstreets play. "They should be ashamed. Very much ashamed."
Two more men arrested the same day at the Augusta Canal; all 10 in court Thursday thanks to vice investigators like Tony Hyatt
Gardner, "Did any of them seem remorseful?"
Hyatt "No, not at all."
Hyatt says the men arrested were retired family men and business men. "A lot of the men appeared, seemed to be older men, married, retired, family people--not loners."
Francis Delong,a 59-year-old married man who worked as an insurance company salesman plead no contest.
Hyatt "Men were approaching officers"
Gardner "And asking?"
Hyatt "Asking for different types of sexual activities to be preformed."
60-year-old Lee Inglett also plead no contest.
The other 8 men now going to trial, including 81-year-old William Hinson who was charged in another sex sting bust at the park in 2004.
Also going to trial, 41-year-old James Martin, a former physical therapist at Trinity Hospital who investigators say has lost his job since the bust.
Then there is Harry Taylor, a 43-year-old with an extensive rap sheet, convicted of aggravated assault in the 80's and charged with aggravated child molestation in 2006.
But despite all of this, Malinda says she still feels comfortable at the park.
"It's a good place to be. More parents should bring their children out to this one. Don't just shun it."
Inglett and Delong were given the maximum fine, $1,000, and sentenced to ten hours of community service. The men were also banned from any city park for the next six months.
No word on when the other 8 men will go to trial.
For the two men who plead no contest..the judge handed down the maximum fine- 1 thousand dollars..and sentenced both to 10 hours of community service and banned them from entering any city park for the next six months
No word on when the other 8 will go to trial.


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The Iraqi parliament is scheduled to meet on July 13 in a fresh bid to start forming a new government to deal with a rising Sunni insurgency.
The parliament elected in April met for the first time on July 1 but failed to agree on nominations for the top three government posts.
The UN special envoy to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on July 13 towards naming a new government.
The White House said U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talked on July 12 with Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, and discussed the need to form a new government and peacefully resolve territorial disputes.
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His government's inability to prevent the attack, let alone roll back the militant advance, has sparked doubt in Iraq and abroad over his ability to hold Iraq together and lift it out of the crisis.
Al-Maliki's opponents, and even many of his former allies, accuse him of trying to monopolize power and alienating the Sunni community.
Al-Maliki has so far refused to withdraw his candidacy, and points to his State of Law bloc's capturing the most seats in April elections to claim he has a mandate.
On July 12, Iraqi troops supported by Shiite militiamen battled Sunni militants who had seized at least partial control of a military base outside the town of Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers north of Baghdad.
To the west of Baghdad, the government airlifted some 4,000 volunteers to Ramadi to boost their forces trying to defend the city from militant attack, said General Rasheed Flayeh, the commander of operations in Anbar province.
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Art Exhibition previously on at The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA in New York, United States. Published by anonymous on Wednesday 27 May 2009.
Joseph Beuys (German, 1921-1986) is considered one of the most important German artists of the post-World War II period. Highly provocative and always controversial, he was the leading figure among those who in the early 1960s reinvented a thriving avant-garde after the long period of Nazi repression.
Among the 16 works in the gallery is a new acquisition: a set of five vitrines, accompanied by two wall objects, constituting a mini-museum of works made between 1948 and 1982. Around 1970 Beuys decided to present small-scaled sculptures in freestanding vitrines like those found in natural history museums. The vitrines put forward the idea of sculpture as something to be studied as much as admired, much as their contents dramatically re-define parameters of beauty. The vitrine format has now become as synonymous with Beuys's sculpture as his signature materials, fat and felt. Organized by Ann Temkin, Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art.
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Skip to comments.Romney Is Wrong on Wright
Posted on 05/19/2012 12:29:28 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
According to the Times, the Romney team has decided not to assail Obama's "likability," for fear personal attacks will backfire with independents.
Message to the Republican establishment: do not muzzle those of us who want to focus on Obama's troubling history with angry Marxists, black and white, including Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers. This is not about race. It is about knowing who Obama is, understanding what he has already done to our country, and what he is capable of doing.
The issue of Rev erend Wright is not peripheral, it is central. It gets to the heart of the differences between conservative and progressive views. Democrats have won on the field of character assassination -- they have defamed and destroyed respect not simply for Republican candidates, but for all Republican voters. When Republican party leaders refuse to inform the public about the hateful, radical character of the liberal/progressive agenda for America -- so visible in Wright and Obama -- we are hobbling ourselves, and we will lose the bigger fight, which is about identity, core beliefs and values.
We're not supposed to investigate who President Obama is by looking at the people whose advice he sought and beliefs he respected, the people he hired and the people who hired him. Instead, we're supposed to kowtow to false and despicable accusations of racism against Republicans.
We're not allowed to comment on the behavior of someone if his skin color is black? I find that racist. I prefer to see all men as equal. How can you have a fair election contest with a black candidate under those conditions, where only the white candidate can be vetted? I want a media that vets Obama as thoroughly as they vet Romney.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
They abuse us almost as much as the dims abuse the blacks!
Romney may very well snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, he's quite capable being the moderate to liberal he is.
Here's a little advice - If you're going to support Liberal Romney as the republican nominee the very least you could do is hold his feet to the conservative fire!
Here comes McCain II!
Don't worry. The Super PAC's will do all the dirty work. And as a supporter of McCainFeingold, Obambi will have only himself to blame.
"....the Romney team has decided not to assail Obama's "likability,"...."
Shades of McCain in 2008.
Be prepared for the election outcome to be similar in 2012.
If Romney lacks cojones, perhaps he should send Newt out to fight for him!
The real reason for the anti-Wright campaign fizzling is that the super-pac donor who was going to fund it is a guy named Joe Ricketts, the father of Tom Ticketts who is the owner of the Chicago Cubs, who is in deep negotiations with the City of Chicago for funding renovation of Wrigley Field. The Rahmfather waved no-no with his little stump finger and the whole thing ground to a halt quite quickly.
I doubt he is McCain II (other than the RINO part). Romney isn't going to risk it now as thinks are looking pretty good and nobody outside of gurus are paying attention now anyway, but we've seen what a nasty, fact twisting SOB Romney can be with his back against the wall. I have no doubt that if it looks like Romney is going to lose, Romney will throw everything at Obama to tear him down. His history doesn't show the weakness in that areahat was so predictable with McCain.
You just don't get it —— Romney has allowed now for the media to control what is off limits on what Romney and his people can potentially say in the future. How many times will the Team Obammy and the media ask Romney:
"Do you condone or will you condemn what these conservatives are saying about Obama here since you condemn the Rev Wright issue?" or "You can't go there, since you said that you wanted to be 'above the fray' on issues like Rev Wright right?"
So while Romney is walking around saying "Obama is a nice guy but just in over his head, the left and the media will be ripping Romney with all of the dirty tricks in the book on his faith, business and character and demanding that if Romney wants to be honorable, he like McCain can't go into certain areas or fear being looped together with the racists and fear-mongers
Here comes McCain II!The sickening part is that McCain really is feeble-minded but Romney (though a leftist) is (at least I thought) somewhat bright. But he's not acting very bright. Following in the footsteps of the feeble-minded is not very bright at all.
Not to mention the fact that McCain in 2008 proved the value of white flags in a campaign: valueless.
His Romney really that stupid or does he just want to lose?
I think the way the Romney camp ought to handle it is not to attack Jeremiah Wright as hateful and racist, but to expose the Black Liberation Theology that he preached. I have heard those that have researched it say that BLT is nothing but thinly veiled communism. Barack Obama willingly sat in those pews for 20 years, apparently accepting and agreeing with that ideology . . . and he went to work foisting it on the American people when he became President. It shows in the policies he has adopted, the people chosen for his administration, and in the regulation he is poised to adopt if re-elected.
America will learn about Romney and polyamory
and Romney's belief that he is a coming diety
along with Romney's ineligibility ... in October.
Until then, Milt HAS to protect Obama, as he
has in 2007, and in 2008, and in 2009, and in 2010.
Romney has only one target: Any conservative in his way.
The folks screaming for Romney to go after the Wright issue are not focused on what will win this campaign. Obama's cruddy economy is what will bring our Dear Leader down.
There are plenty of underlings, talk radio and grassroots folks to keep the Wright issue alive. Romney needs to stay above that fray and hammer on the economy-—which he has, non-stop.
As I have stated earlier, before it's over said and done Romney will be apologizing to 0bama.
If one is looking for principled conviction, it "ain't gonna" be found with Romney!
RINO Romney is a coward and a liar.
I will vote for Newt....
Gee, this reminds me of another campaign,...a recent one,...now who was that?????? I can't remember his name but he has a very fat blonde daughter with a big mouth. I remember he got kicked in the nuts in the general election because he actually preferred losing to a mulatto. Very strange. Just can't remember the name of this idiot. maybe it will come to me.
Wolfman, that post shows that you don't know a thing about the RINO GOP! Romney will GLADLY lose if it means not having to get his hair mussed up. Too much Kool-Aid Wolfman!
Thanks Vintage Freeper for posting this:
Thanks Bigtigermike. 57states/mymuslimfaith ping.
Excuse me, not to put to fine a point on it, but I believe the young lass in question was calorically-challenged with a propensity to share.
Most everyone is missing the point here. Romney is vulnerable on his psuedo Christian Mormonism. Romney staying on the down-low with Rev. Wright might sideline his Mormon issues to some extent with BHO. If not, he can always surrepticiously unleash the superpacs with the 'Wright Stuff'. Smart move, not set in stone.
Barack can always out-Christian Romney Mormonism with tons of black Christian pastors vouching and stumping for him!
Romney is smart not to play the 'Christian card' if he can avoid it!
In 21 National polls Romney is only leading in 4, how's his strategy working out for him?
Have we learned nothing from 2008? Since we have a big liberal wimp as our nominee again, apparently not.
So will I. The McPain endorsement was the kiss of death for Romney. Hey!!!!! Anyone hear us out here in the WEST?
We got people here who think the cold-eyed, heartless Bain "vulture capitalist" Romney is too timid to stick the knife when and where it will do the most good? That is a sign of stupidity and ignorance.
The attribution to the usual tired, futile beltway consultants rings false to me. Anyone who wants to take turds like Steve Schmidt at his word, please line up outside and wait for further instructions. If Romney thought losers like him and Karl Rove had anything to offer, he'd have hired them by now.
Can I be your friend? You are pretty smart.
Once there was a time when freepers looked askance at "news" sources like the Slimes. Now they just slurp and grin and ask for more. 'Scusting.
Step aside, Wimp, and allow real Americans to speak their minds about the Marxist Punk. Bob
Barack Obama Sr. had 3 wives at the same time, so I doubt that the Marxists will go there. Bob
BTW, I've said it before. Too many FReepers are playing checkers, while BO is playing chess.
Clearly you haven't read my posts. I can't stand Romney and I doubt I am going to vote for him, but he is a nasty SOB that would say/do anything to be president and I do not see him rolling over.
Oh, I have no doubts he will govern as a liberal, but his campaign will be ruthless. Either he isn't at the point where he needs to bring Wright, which may be the case because noboby is paying attention, or his research says it won't help him. I do think Romney is to the left of McCain, but his campaign isn't going to roll over like McCain's. Romney would crawl over burning coals to be president.
Maybe Romney's a taqiyya practicing muslim too.
I am guessing the Chicago machine may have found something pretty damaging (maybe Mormon related) , and they came to one of those so called "gentleman's agreements". Romney is too nasty of a campaigner to just let this slide.
My theory is Romney isn't interested in bringing Wright in because he thinks (wrongly) that if he takes a stand against pointing out Obama's religious perversions then later there will be a similar reaction from Obama regarding the coming attacks on Mormonism.
Romney, in the end, cannot stop independent groups or journalists (real journalists, not the ones you see on local or most network TV news shows) from tying BO to JW.
comment of the week.
Like I said, prepare for McCain II
Can I be friends with y'all?
He is McCain 2 in that he's a RINO, but there are differences. McCain is a RINO by virtue of his extremely low IQ (he thinks he's a conservative but isn't bright enough to handle 4 syllable words like 'conservative'). Romney is a RINO because he's absolutely devoid of principles and so far RINO has served his goals of personal power.
McCain is a RINO because he's feeble-minded. Romney is a RINO because he's a con-man.
We need a "friend" button.
Did you bring me a Diet Coke?
Right! Romney is really a liberal!
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Definition of vocalese in English:
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A style of singing in which singers put words to jazz tunes, especially to previously improvised instrumental solos.
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- 'Things Will Never Be the Same' begins with haunting choral samples before bursts of static and tendrils of looped guitar squall converge on distorted vocalese to form a final glistening drone.
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