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On the recommendation of Gear Patrol's list of "100 Best Books for Men: The Definitive Men's Library" I recently read (just finished it today) The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, the Victorian novelist and poet. I knew it was a classic, and I had a vague idea of a story about an Indian brave who escapes to the city but in the end learns the value of tribal living; boy was I wrong. It is a flowing third person narrative about country folks living on a rural heath in Eighteenth Century England. I mention the third person aspect of the book because Hardy brilliantly utilizes that voice in creative ways unknown to most books. The only other time I have been floored by 3rd person omniscient storytelling is in one of the Master and Commander books by Patricky O'Brien. In the book, Captain Jack Aubrey and a woman are fox hunting (on horses of course); suddenly, as they are about to jump a hedge the perspective changes to that of the horse Captain Aubrey is riding. Hardy is no less creative with his omniscient narration power.
He considered himself a poet and it shows in his prose. Here there is no Hemmigway choppy brevity, but lovely colorful accounts of landscapes, weather, people and events. He delves into psychology, but avoids spending the entire story in the brains of his characters as many modern novels do. It isn't too long, and the story is riveting, sad but morally astute and correct. It is a masterpiece of Victorian literature and worth the read.
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Live music, cultural demonstrations, painted faces. That and more on tap this weekend
Published: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 2:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 2:43 p.m.
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The Community Calendar is a sampling of area events, meetings, exhibits and announcements throughout Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
For a complete list of events, visit www.bigfunonthebayou.com.
If your event is not listed here, you can add it for free at our online events-listing site, www.events.bigfunonthebayou.com. Just visit the site, create an account and fill in the blanks to let people know what you have planned. Whether you're a church group or an artist with an exhibit, let others know here.
You can also mail listings to The Courier, P.O. Box 2717, Houma, LA 70361 or the Daily Comet, 104 Hickory St., Thibodaux, LA 70301; fax it to 857-2244 or 448-7654, or email it to firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com. Please include the event, time of event, date of event, where the event is taking place, the address of where the event or meeting is taking place and a contact phone number for information. For information, call 857-2200.
Local artist Mary Boudreaux was selected as the Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's Artist of the Month for October. An exhibit of her work is on display throughout the month. Boudreaux began painting in 1967, taking art lessons with well-known primitive artist France Folse, of Raceland, and local artist Dottie Billiu. After joining the Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild, she attended workshops taught by well-known and accomplished artists. She also shared her talent with students she taught in classes. She exhibited a painting along with two of her students in the window of Lord & Taylors on 5th Avenue in New York City. She also has exhibited paintings for a few years at Nathan Art Gallery in New Orleans and also for two years at Jean Braggs Gallery. Her artistic endeavors include learning to wood carve to help teach her eight sons a relaxing hobby. She carved decoys and entered them in the Decoy Festival in Maryland. She earned a first-place finish in the Novice Division. Boudreaux continues to paint and help others as best as she can. Her artwork is represented in numerous collections locally and nationally.
Admission: Free.
When: Throughout October. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
Where: Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's Downtown Art Gallery 630, 630 Belanger St., downtown Houma.
Information: www.TFAG.org or email email@example.com.
The Bayou Playhouse's next production in its sixth season is John Doucet's "Torn Page." The Cajun comedy/drama from the author of "Tant Que Durera La Terre" features Randy Cheramie, Suzanne Hebert, Juliana Pennison and Travis Resor. Perry Martin directs this play set in a small south Louisiana town in the 1950s about a high school athlete that leaves to play at "le grand collège" upriver in Baton Rouge.
Admission: $21.50-$25.
When: Sept. 27-Oct. 20.
Where: The Bayou Playhouse, 101 Main St., Lockport.
Information: 1-888-99-BAYOU, email email@example.com or visit www.bayouplayhouse.com.
Anniversary celebration
Thibodaux restaurant Flanagan's will celebrate 30 years of existence Oct. 18-19. The restaurant will have happy hour 3-6 p.m. Oct. 18 featuring music by Brent Melancon. Alumni bartenders will serve drinks, regular menu items and items from the restaurant's original menu. The restaurant will hold a block party at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 outside the restaurant. It will feature music from David Bernard, Steve Junot and The Groove. There will also be food and games as well as a big screen TV to watch football.
Admission: Free.
When: Oct. 18-19.
Where: Flanagan's, 1111 Audubon Ave., Thibodaux.
Information: Dina Fremin at 447-4713.
Annual fair
The annual Knights of Columbus fair features live music from Junior Lacrosse, Tet Dur, RH Sound Factor, Blue Eyed Soul Revue, Hwy. 315, and Nonc Nu and the Wild Matous. The three-day festival also includes Cajun food, auctions, carnival rides, children's activity and more.
Admission: Free.
When: Oct. 18-20.
Where: Behind the club home, 1331 Dr. Beatrous Road, Theriot.
Information: Shawnee Bearergard at 879-2393.
Art fair
St. Matthew's Episcopal School's annual fundraiser, Just Kids at Art, lets children and their families explore their creative sides with hands-on projects.
Admission: Free.
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 19
Where: St. Matthew's Episcopal School grounds, 243 Barrow St., Houma.
Information: 872-5573.
Fall festival
The annual Laurel Valley Fall Festival features arts and crafts, Cajun lunch, cultural demonstrations, exhibits and more.
Admission: Free.
When: Oct. 20.
Where: Laurel Valley, 595 La. 308, Thibodaux.
Information: Paul Leslie or Danny Foret at 446-7456 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Circus coming to town
Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars will perform two shows. The all new edition of the "Worlds Largest Circus Under the Big Top" continues the tradition of entertaining American families for more than a century. The fair will include pony rides, elephant rides, face painting and more.
Admission: Ticket prices vary.
When: Oct. 21-22.
Where: Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd.
Information: www.gotothecircus.com.
Get spooked
The fifth annual "Night at the BOO-Seum" features trick-or-treating, games, hayrides, toddler train rides, a Jean Lafitte treasure dig and more. There will be food and drinks sold. The event is a fundraiser for the Bayou Country Children's Museum.
Admission: $5 in advance and $7 night of event.
When: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 25.
Where: Grounds of Acadia Plantation, 211 Rue Betancourt, Thibodaux.
Information: 446-2200 or 859-0072 or visit www.bccm.info.
French food
The 40th annual French Food Festival includes live music, dancing, live auction. art show, Cajun market, petting zoo and the Mid-South Pro Tour Bull Riding challenge. This annual festival features more than 20 local specialty dishes including shrimp boulettes, crawfish etouffee, alligator sauce picquante and more. The French Food Festival also includes an old-fashioned carnival midway complete with games rides and cotton candy.
Admission: Free.
When: Oct. 25-27.
Where: Larose Civic Center and Regional Park, 307 E. Fifth St.
Information: Jasmine Ayo at 693-7355 or visit www.bayoucivicclub.org.
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The water is receding, but North Loup's flooding nightmare is far from over.
"It was all the way up to main street," said Jim Goodrich, chairman of the North Loup Village Board. "[It was] running down main street about 8 inches deep. Basically, half the town was under water."
Two dams in north central Nebraska broke on Saturday. One was in Loup County, the other near North Loup.
Region 26's emergency manager says when the Bredthauer Dam near North Loup broke, and a surge of water caused major flooding in the small town.
That surge has since passed the community, but the saturated ground is still causing big problems. Residents were digging out plugged culverts on Sunday in hopes of getting the water to start flowing away from their homes.
The Red Cross is providing assistance and going door-to-door to assess the damage to homes.
"[It's] mostly flooded basements," said Bob Ferguson, a Red Cross volunteer. "There are a few cases where the foundation has started to collapse."
Ferguson said that as of early Sunday afternoon only about two homes volunteers had been to had water in their living areas, but they expected to find more as they got to the harder hit side of North Loup.
Goodrich said they had tested the water and found it was still safe, but the potential for water problems remains.
"Our sewer system got flooded yesterday, and we're trying to rectify that situation," he said. "We're telling people to use minimal water and not to distress the system any more than they have to, so we've set up portable outhouses all over town."
The Red Cross has set up a shelter at the Scotia Community Center for residents in need. A shelter has not been set up in North Loup because of the sewer problems.
Sara Geake will have more from North Loup tonight on 10/11 News at 10.


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Al-Qaida-claimed attack in Yemeni capital kills 50
ADEN, Yemen — Militants stormed the Defense Ministry in the heart of Yemen's capital Thursday, killing 52 people, including at least seven foreigners, in a suicide car bombing and assault by gunmen. The brazen attack claimed by al-Qaida's local branch in Yemen follows a rise in U.S. drone strikes in this key American ally in the Middle East.
The two-stage operation came as the defense minister was in Washington for talks. The U.S. military increased its regional alert status after the attack and is "fully prepared to support our Yemeni partners," a senior U.S. defense official said.


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The Russian developers of the Optimus keyboard noted that the Art.Lebedev Studio will begin accepting pre-orders for the Optimus keyboard in December 2006 while the estimated ship date is sometime after next spring. The keyboard's designer, Artemy Lebedev, has continually delayed the keyboard for a number of different reasons since its official announcement last January. The interesting looking keyboard immediately garnered attention from users because of the keyboard's ability to allow users to customize every key for a number of different purposes.
The Optimus keyboard and Optimus mini three are both innovative keyboard concepts that have faced long delays that have left possible consumers frustrated. DailyTech posted an article in May that noted that there was no expected launch date for the full-size Optimus OLED keyboard – it looks like the outlook hasn't gotten any better. However, Lebedev has since dropped the OLED component from the keyboard, instead opting for backlit LCD keys.
While not being able to deliver with the Optimus keyboard, Artemy Lebedev has posted a blog about the Upravlator, the company's "new keyboard." With the company's track record with its previous products, we're not holding our breath.
quote: Optimus-113 Pricing I know that many people are trying to guess or calculate the price for the upcoming Optimus-113 ('big') keyboard. Some went as far as dividing the 160 US$ price tag for the mini three by three and multiplying it by at least 100 to get the fugure. Well, they're wrong. Mini keyboard actually uses very large keys about the area of four keys of a standard keyboard. Optimus-113 will use smaller screens with a resolution of a standard icon on a desktop - 32x32 pixels. The price for the shipping unit remains withing range of a good mobile phone (but not $20,000 or $5,000 as some people may think after shopping for another Vertu). And we had to make one very important decision during the engineering: we will not use OLED screens for the Optimus-113 . Another important thing: all keys will be replaceable.


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Digital Presentation - Rarely seen outside of Japan, OCEAN WAVES is a subtle, poignant and wonderfully detailed story of adolescence and teenage isolation. Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude vacillates wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. When Taku joins Rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships.
OCEAN WAVES was the first Studio Ghibli film directed by someone other than studio founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, as director Tomomi Mochizuki led a talented staff of younger employees in an adaptation of Saeko Himuro's best-selling novel. Full of shots bathed in a palette of pleasingly soft pastel colors and rich in the unexpected visual details typical of Studio Ghibli's most revered works, OCEAN WAVES is an accomplished teenage drama and a true discovery.
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Today was a more challenging day than yesterday. I woke up at 4am and ran 4 miles on the treadmill and then again tonight I ran another 2 miles on the treadmill. I have been researching the many varities of running programs and have decided to try out 2-a-days every other week. I may regret this but I feel that it will improve my VO2 capacity.
My left hamstring was a little sore after my run this morning and tonight as I was running on the treadmill I could feel my right calf muscle tighten a bit. I did some stretching and used my marathon stick to "roll out" so hopefully that will take care of it.
I had a bananna and yogurt for breakfast, chicken dinner for lunch, and for dinner I had some left over barbecue chicken pizza.
Overall I feel really good today. No ailments to speak of yet. I'm 32 days out from Surf City Half Marathon. My goal is to get in at LEAST one more long run...I would prefer 2 more..... Weather permitting I plan on getting in an 11 miler this weekend. I have noticed the start of a sore throat which concerns me a bit but I am trying to stay positive and healthy.
Happy running everyone!
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Apple Faithful: No Reason to Freak Out; Shares Rebound
The Apple faithful can come out of the bunkers: Everything is back to normal this morning. Apple shares are bouncing back sharply after suffering their longest losing skid since October.
Shares recently rose 3.1% to $598, a welcome reprieve for the stock after it suffered five straight days of declines. A few Wall Street analysts are out this morning beating the bullish drum, which is helping the shares rebound.
UPDATE: The Apple rally has accelerated this afternoon. As of 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time, shares rose 4.3% to $605.17, recapturing most of yesterday's decline.
"We would view weakness as a buying opportunity," said William Power, an analyst at R.W. Baird, in a research note this morning.
He notes potentially weaker-than-expected Mac sales in the company's upcoming quarterly results — expected April 24 after market hours — may have contributed to the stock's recent declines.
But he's not overly concerned. He expects iPhone sales will show continued strength and the iPad 3′s "strong early momentum" will drive overall results.
Other analysts remain equally upbeat. In a research note last night, Abhey Lamba at Mizuho Securities expects Apple will report strong quarterly results, with the iPhone being the primary source of upside.
"We remain buyers of the stock despite strong year-to-date performance," says Lamba, who has a $700 price target on Apple. "Momentum in its key product segments combined with the upcoming initiation of dividend should help the stock performance."
Meanwhile Raymond James initiated coverage of Apple with a "strong buy" rating, citing a plethora of reasons long-term growth investors should own the stock. "Apple has the unique characteristics of a large cap, liquid equity investment with a meaningful dividend, and tremendous growth characteristics," the firm says, adding shares could hit $800 over the next year.
The recent drop in Apple shares, which accelerated yesterday, has sparked a broader debate about whether Apple is at the beginning of what could be an even larger decline. The stock is up nearly sixfold since March 2009, and its upward march has been largely unchallenged until now.
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Vera Held not only participated in the September 18, 2013 Habitat build, but, with the generous participation of 248 sponsors, she was Women Build's top 2013 fundraiser, raising $9,683.
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In this Q and A column, communications coach Vera Held explores with Good News Toronto readers important aspects of courage that surface in our personal and professional lives.
Q: Our managers, supervisors and their teams badly need to bond. Do you have any good strategies for team building?
A: Involve your company with an organization like Habitat for Humanity (habitat.ca and in Toronto torontohabitat.ca). One thousand women from the ages of 16 to 88 built six new townhomes in Toronto's west end for Women Build: September 18 to 28, 2013. These homes will go to six low-income families in the spring of 2014 and help 35 men, women and children. Company teams from Telus, Clorox, Go Transit, Aecon Construction, Toronto Police and others participated in the 11-day build. Teammates worked as a group, simultaneously bonding and learning new technical skills like drilling, electric sawing, staircase building and more. Throughout the year, Habitat Toronto offers build opportunities for company teams in exchange for sponsorship. Check Habitat's Facebook page for some stellar team photos.
Q: Our primary business is focused on the fax, which is limited to the medical and pharmaceutical industries. But in the next decade, this confidential referral fax that doctors and pharmacists currently rely on will die out. Our business will evolve, but most likely also die out. What can my colleagues and I do to better accept this harsh reality?
A: Change is the one constant we have in business and in life. To survive in the business world, companies and their employees need to adapt. Change is abundant in multiple business sectors: journalism, accounting, printing, research, manufacturing, photography, food, automotive and more. The traditional newspaper business, for example, has been in decline for a decade. Creativity, perspective and acceptance are key to adaptation and survival–and the less hungry you are the better. Explore your options to best prepare for a safe emotional and financial journey as you transition to either a new business model or to an altogether new business.
Q: My business partner who works at another location is being difficult about a $20 courier charge. Disbursements fall under his domain in our Letter of Agreement. As I don't need the item, I refuse to pay for the courier. Nor will I go to his place to pick it up. Should this battle of wills be happening over $20?
A: Don't let him derail you with his petty and cheap attitude. This is a red flag, so carefully evaluate and watch for this behaviour in other business areas. Immaturity is detrimental to a respectful, long-term relationship. And what does it say about his integrity and ability to stick to the contract? It's been my experience that folks who try to take advantage in one business area rarely hesitate to apply their own set of rules to other business situations. Be vigilant and protect all that you've worked for.
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|Tokyo, November
20, 2001 --- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that its new joint venture
company in China, Sundiro Honda Motorcycle Co., Ltd., has begun production
of a new 125cc motorcycle. A commemorative ceremony to mark the foundation
of the company was held as well as a lineoff ceremony for the jointly developed
M-LIVING motorcycle ('WanLiXing' in Chinese).
Sundiro Honda was established as the result of a merger of China Tianjin Honda Motors Co., Ltd, Hainan Sundiro Motorcycle Co., Ltd, and their motorcycle related subsidiaries. The annual sales target of the new company for 2002 is one million units.
M-LIVING is designed to incorporate the major attributes of the GL125 and CG125, both well-known business motorcycles in the Chinese market, as well as the renowned characteristics of the Honda brand - engine durability, superb fuel economy and emissions technology that meet forthcoming regulations.
The new motorcycle, to be sold at an affordable price of 5,500 yuan (80,000 yen), will be an ideal means of transportation especially in regional cities and agricultural districts where motorcycle sales have increased drastically in recent years. The annual sales target for M-LIVING is 96,000 units.
Honda President and CEO Hiroyuki Yoshino attended the foundation ceremony and said: "This new company has begun with big dreams in the world's largest motorcycle market, where the economy is growing at a tremendous rate. I am excited by the energy displayed by this new company. It reminds me of the spirit we at Honda experienced in our early days. I am convinced that this new joint venture will provide customer satisfaction in China by offering a wide range of motorcycles that reflect the ingenuity of all three partners ."
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The Chinese motorcycle industry, with stable and continuing growth as well as an aggressive increase in exports, will account for 13.5 million units in 2001.
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Let me start off by saying that I am considering skipping my workout tonight. You see, Mal and I had plans to go to the YMCA, but he has no clean socks… and I am just about out of clean sports bras, which means: laundry time! (We just put in 4 super-duper full loads of dirty laundry!!) I know it's kind of a lame excuse, but sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do. I am, however, still contemplating a workout in our apartment building gym downstairs. Feel free to give me a little push! 😉
I didn't eat much of a snack this afternoon (apple + tea), so when I got home from work, I was famished! We had a bunch of random leftovers in the fridge, so I decided to combine them all into a veggie burger quesadilla.
First, I nuked a veggie burger in the mircowave to make it soft. Then, I mushed it up and spread it over half of a whole wheat wrap. Next, I topped the mushy veggie burger with leftover brown rice, black beans, and shredded cheese.
Like so…
Finally, I popped the whole thing into our Griddler for a couple of minutes until the cheese was melted to perfection! 😀
Veggie burger quesadilla with organic whole carrots cut into "sticks"…
(I'm so DONE with baby carrots!)
For tonight's dessert, Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with Barney Butter spread on top are on the agenda! Can you say, "holy yum"?
Afternoon Snack
My afternoon snack was an apple (pictured below) and a mug of Hot Cinnamon Spice tea, which was AWESOME!!! I'm in love! It reminded me of cinnamon-flavored gum, but it tea form! I love, love, love it!
Check out my new Foodie Blogroll mug! I've been looking for a new mug (that doesn't spark in the microwave) to keep at work, and this one arrived just in time. I love the bright red tomato on it! Although, I do sort of wish it was a carrot! 😉
I didn't eat lunch at my desk today! Yay! Lunch was a rice and bean mixture with steamed spinach, peach yogurt, an Adora disk, two Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, and H20 from my Sigg. (I ate the apple with my tea at snack time.)
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Video: This is a failure of the justice system, says district attorney
Grand jury fails to indict drunk driver in fatal pedestrian accidentUPDATED 8:45 AM EDT Aug 16, 2013
Family and friends of a local woman hit and killed by a drunk driver are still reeling after learning the man who killed the young mother of three will not stand trial.Video Transcript
AND FRIENDS OF A LOCAL WOMAN HIT AND KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER... ARE STILL REELING AFTER LEARNING THE MAN WHO KILLED THE YOUNG MOTHER OF THREE WILL NOT STAND TRIAL. ASHLEY POISSANT WAS JOGGGING IN MAY WITH FRIENDS ON PERRY MILLS ROAD IN CHAMPLAIN WHEN 85-YEAR- OLD RON TROMBLEY HIT HER. STATE POLICE SAY HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT. THEN AT THE END OF JUNE, TROMBLEY WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER, NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE AND DRUNK DRIVING ALONG WITH OTHER CHARGES. STILL A CLINTON COUNTY GRAND JURY DID NOT FIND ENOUGH REASONABLE CAUSE TO INDICT HIM. NEW AT 6 STING 35.02 :05:14 BECHARD It's simple. He was drunk. He was driving. He was on the road, and he killed somebody. IT'S SOMETHING ANGELA BECHARD...CAN'T WRAP HER MIND AROUND. 35.02 BECHARD You know, how does he walk away from it? SHE WAS JOGGING WITH 27-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY POISSANT THE NIGHT SHE WAS KILLED. ACCORDING TO NEW YORK STATE POLICE, ANGELA'S CLOSE FRIEND AND THE YOUNG MOTHER OF THREE WAS RUN DOWN BY THIS MAN, 85-YEAR- OLD RON TROMBLEY. Police say HE WAS DRUNK...HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT CAME IN POINT-ONE- TWO... WELL OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT. 39.20 :12 BECHARD an instant nightmare that nobody asked for. It's a lot to take in and I was in complete shock. STANDUP 19.37 :13 Not only was Trombley drunk...when he came around the bend on Perry Mills Road, New York State Police and the District Attorney say he saw the women jogging along the side of the road before the accident. That's why they say it was so unusual a grand jury chose not to indict him on any charges including manslaughter and drunk driving . 25.12 :05:09 SHANNON RIZZOTTO/JUSTIC E FOR ASHLEY That's like saying to anybody that goes down the street it's okay to drink and drive and kill somebody and you'll get off with it. It's fine. You know and that's not acceptable. It's not acceptable here. It shouldn't be acceptable anywhere. THAT'S WHY SHANNON RIZZOTTO CREATED THE JUSTICE FOR ASHLEY FACEBOOK PAGE...AND A PETITION ON CHANGE DOT ORG...MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SIGNED ON.. 28.05 :06 RIZZOTTO If our legal system was par with where it should be this wouldn't have happened and this guy wouldn't be sitting at home enjoying his life while this family is grieving it just wouldn't happen that way. SHANNON PLANS TO TAKE THOSE SIGNATURES TO CLINTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANDY WILEY... 50.09 :04 ANDY WILEY The justice system failed on this case.. HE ARGUED THE CASE IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY...HE SAID ALL THE EVIDENCE WAS THERE. 47.58 :10 I just think that the grand jury may have held us to a higher burden of proof than they're required to do in this matter. 35.36 :17:19s BECHARD Everybody is wondering why? How? What happened, you know? And then it just opens up more wounds and it's more stressful and you get more angry. I don't know it just doesn't make any sense. Where's our justice system? WILEY SAYS THERE IS A STILL A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR POISSANT'S SUPPORTERS. HE PLANS TO ASK A JUDGE TO LET HIM BRING TROMBLEY'S CASE IN FRONT OF ANOTHER GRAND JURY. IF THE JUDGE AGREES AND THEY INDICT TROMBLEY, HE WILL HAVE TO STAND TRIAL, BUT IF NOT TROMBLEY WILL BE A FREE MAN. POISSANT LEAVES BEHIND A HUSBAND AND THREE YOUNG SONS...HER FAMILY DID NOT WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY BECAUSE OF A PENDING CIVIL SUIT AGAINST
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SIKESTON - Bonnie Jean Happe Gereau, 75, died Dec. 31, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Born Sept. 21, 1928, in Farrenburg, she was the daughter of the late Jake C. and Esther Farrenburg Happe. Before retiring, she had been a bookkeeper for Arthur Rubloff and the American Thread Co. in Chicago, Ill., and for Harold Hosta in Troy, Ill.
On Dec. 13, 1957, in Chicago, she married Robert Iver Gereau who preceded her in death on Jan. 8, 1976.
Survivors include: two stepsons, Francis Gereau and Michael Gereau of Fenton; two stepdaughters, Sharon Rupert of Waukegan, Ill., and Bobbie Gereau of Imperial; five brothers, Melvin Happe of Phoenix, Ariz., Billy Jake Happe of Winter Haven, Fla., Fred Happe of Wappapello, Don Happe of Tulsa, Okla., and Dick Happe of Sikeston; seven sisters, Wilma Dallas of Cornville, Ariz., Annette Rizzo of Mission Oaks, Fla., Alice Happe and Betty Kelley of Sikeston, Barbara Krebs of Wappapello, Joan Clark of Redding, Calif., and Judy Kay Hoffmaster of Somers, Mont.; and two stepgranddaughters and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, T.C. Happe; and one sister, Sue Happe Kenney.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Lee Fansler, pastor of the Sikeston Community Church, will officiate.
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Jeers — to backers of two ballot measures that would allow Oregon's first nontribal casino to be developed in the Portland area, for calling it "The Grange," a name that evokes a wholesome, rural community gathering place. Slick promotional materials have been showing up in voters' mailboxes, prompting confusion from those, especially in this part of the state, who aren't following the campaign.
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OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) -- More details are emerging about yesterday's deadly shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
Authorities say 40-year-old Army veteran Wade Michael Page walked into the suburban Milwaukee temple without saying a word and opened fire with a 9mm handgun that was purchased legally. They say he killed a woman and five men before being shot dead in an exchange of gunfire with a police officer.
The police chief says that officer was shot eight to nine times at close range. He's in critical condition.
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OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) -- The police chief of a Wisconsin city where a gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple says the six people killed ranged in age from 39 to 84 years old.
Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards released details about the victims of the Sunday shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin during a Monday morning news conference. He says those killed included a 41-year-old woman and five men. The gunman was later killed by police.
Edwards says two other men wounded in the shootings remain hospitalized in critical condition, along a police officer shot by the suspect.
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Liz Edwards remains in critical condition at a Wichita hospital, days after she was hit by a pick-up truck while riding her bike near Medicine Lodge.
"I have no doubt she will bounce back, she is a fighter," said Liz's husband Brett Edwards.
Brett Edwards talked for the first time since the accident, in hopes it will prevent other bicyclists from being hurt.
Liz Edwards was riding her bike Monday night along Isabel Road east of Medicine Lodge. She was going north, and so was the pick-up driver.
He told investigators the sun got in his eyes and that he never saw liz before he hit her going 50 to 60 miles an hour.
"She rides it just about everyday, same time," Brett Edwards said. "You want people to know that you are sharing the road too, the next person may not be as fortunate as she has been so far."
Brett has been by her side at Via Christi St. Francis hospital ever since Liz was air lifted there Monday night. She's sedated, and dealing with multiple injuries.
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Brett knows Liz has a long road to recovery ahead, and he still doesn't know her long term prognosis. Still he has faith she will make it through this.
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January 30, 2009
Kristof Tallies Madoff's Swindler's List
Writing in The New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof detailed how much money foundations lost in the Madoff Ponzi scheme.
A friend of Kristof's compiled the most detailed list so far of the dozens of family foundations and private philanthropies invested with the New York crook. Their assets, worth billions, are now worth bupkis.
The real losers here, Kristoff notes, are the thousands of worthy charities that were the beneficiaries of these foundations' largesse:
Interestingly, the PDF list is grouped more or less by geographical area: LA, Florida, New York, etc. It reads like a travelogue of Madoff's journey through the Jewish communities and country clubs of America.
In LA, the victims are (relatively) few but the damage is enormous:
Katzenberg Foundation, Marilyn & Jeffrey
The Wunderkinder Foundation
Chais Family Foundation
This list does not break down the damage to smaller foundations whose monies were invested with Chais,
which would seem to include the $18 million exposure of the Jewish Community Foundation
[NOTE: According to the Jewish Community Foundation's PR company, the Foundation had no money invested through Chais. In a Sunday morning e-mail to me, Gerald S. Freisleben, president of the PR firm of Foley/Freisleben, stated:
He added that the JCF posts an FAQ about its exposure in the Madoff scheme on it's web site:
The Madoff Affair does reveal, as Kristof points out, a lack of due diligence on the part of these foundations and/or their accountants:
There is a need, as we have written, for greater transparency and accountability in the way Jewish non-profits invest.
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A new seven-member panel will be formed to oversee implementation of the city's recently approved Climate Action Plan. Fremont City Council voted 4-0 Nov. 13 to approve formation of an Environmental Sustainability Commission.
The approval comes after an initial July 17 referral from Mayor Gus Morrison, who suggested the commission's first order of business, if approved by staff and the council, could be to help develop a new Climate Action Plan, a complementary document to the Fremont General Plan 2035 aimed at helping the city reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020.
Morrison added he thought such a commission would replace the recently dissolved Fremont Environmental Services Commission, which the city disbanded due to lack of issues to discuss.
City of Fremont staffers reported in July the former commission had only met five times since 2008. But Morrison said a new kind of commission could have more topics to discuss with the development of a Climate Action Plan.
At the time, city staff said more analysis would be required to consider the commission's feasibility.
At an Oct. 16 council meeting, staff said creating a new commission would require hiring a part-time employee.
In light of a new budget surplus, staff recommended forming the new commission as an ad hoc committee comprised of existing staff members to save the city money.
However, Morrison, Vice Mayor Anu Natarajan and Councilman Bill Harrison argued further research into forming a new committee that was not ad hoc would be the right way to go.
At the Nov. 13 meeting, staffers recommended formation of the new commission, and said a new commission would need to be established through a new ordinance.
Staff said it could also seek input from the new commission on the implementation of specific sustainability programs.
In addition, commissioners could act as community "ambassadors" for sustainability, encouraging other community members and organizations to take actions to reduce their environmental footprints. Staff added the commission would develop an annual work plan to align the scope of its efforts with available resources.
Staff further recommended a commission of no more than seven people, comprised of students from a Fremont school; a representative from the Fremont business community; a representative from an environmental organization; and a representative from the development/construction industry. Remaining seats would be open to community members at-large, staff said.
This structure would provide balance between businesses and residents, and would ensure commission discussions and recommendations would reflect a diversity of opinions. Once formed, the commission would meet on a quarterly basis.
The cost in staff time would vary depending on the frequency of meetings and the amount of preparation required.
Commission members would be recommended for appointment by the mayor subject to council confirmation.
Councilwoman Sue Chan suggested the new commission be given the ability to monitor activities from regional agencies in charge of air quality and sea levels, among other sustainability strategies. She also suggested not limiting student board members to those who attend Fremont high schools, but give an opportunity to local college students as well.
"A lot of kids are interested in environmental issues... and we might be able to benefit from their expertise too," she said. "I don't know what was meant by Ôstudent' when we said student board member, but perhaps we could expand that beyond K-12 students."
At the Oct. 16 meeting when the commission was last discussed, Morrison suggested including a student board member after he researched a similar panel in Oak Park, Ill.
That commission had a local high school student on the panel, and Morrison said Oak Park appointed the youth to get teens and youngsters involved in the Chicago area environment.
"(Oak Park) feels (a high school student) adds to their discussion," he said. "Generally, kids in high school are more enthusiastic about the environment."
Staff is expected to introduce an ordinance establishing the new commission at the council's Jan. 8 meeting, and a second reading formally creating the panel would happen Jan. 15.
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KITTERY, Maine — Police are investigating a burglary of an undisclosed amount of money at the TD Banknorth ATM on Route 1.
Kittery police were notified at 2:24 p.m. by a maintenance person for the company that services the ATM. The machine is located in an alcove by Noel's restaurant in the Kittery Premium Outlet Center.
Police Chief Paul Callaghan said Monday the burglary occurred at some point in the past.
The FBI Portland office has been notified and will provide assistance to Kittery police, who will lead the investigation. Callaghan declined to provide any further details, including how much money was taken.
Specific details of the crime are not being released to protect the integrity of the investigation, police said.
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Airborne transmission of Ebola unlikely, monkey study shows
No evidence found of macaques passing deadly virus to each other
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Monkeys do not pass Ebola to one another through the air, researchers report. The result confirms observations of human outbreaks: Infection with the deadly virus requires contact with bodily fluids.
The study follows up on a 2012 report that raised concerns Ebola might be able to spread by air (SN: 12/15/12, p. 12). That study, led by infectious disease researcher Gary Kobinger of the Public Health Agency of Canada, found that macaques contracted Ebola when housed in cages near a pen containing piglets infected with Ebola. The animals never touched. The researchers said the finding meant that the virus probably floated to the monkeys' cages as a fine airborne spray of particles shed by the pigs.
Pigs seem to give off more aerosolized viral particles than other species, says Derek Gatherer, a viral evolutionary biologist at Lancaster University in England. "If it's going to spread by aerosols, then pigs are the species to do it," he says.
But he doesn't think the researchers definitively demonstrated airborne transmission of the Ebola virus. Virus-laden droplets of water could have splashed from the pig pen to the macaque cages when the researchers washed the pig enclosure, he says.
Pigs probably aren't a source of Ebola outbreaks. Few have even been found to carry Ebola. Pigs in the Philippines have been found to carry Reston ebolavirus, a species of Ebola that does not cause disease in people. No African pigs are known to be infected with Zaire ebolavirus, the cause of the current epidemic.
Even if pigs can transmit the virus by air, they may be unique in the ability. The new study, published July 25 in Scientific Reports by Kobinger and a different group of collaborators, found no evidence that sick macaques could give the virus to healthy monkeys through airborne particles.
The researchers placed two rhesus macaques infected with Zaire ebolavirus in cages near two uninfected cynomolgus macaques. The animals couldn't touch, but no special shielding protected the uninfected monkeys. The infected monkeys died after six days. Meanwhile, the cynomolgus macaques remained free of Ebola for the entire 28 days of the experiment, well beyond the six to 16 days it takes for symptoms to appear after catching Ebola.
Since December 2013, this largest ever outbreak of Ebola has killed at least 932 people — more than half of the 1,711 people infected — in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Those infected include two American health care workers who treated people with the deadly disease. The two sick Americans, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, have been transferred to Atlanta for treatment in an isolation facility at Emory University Hospital.
Fabian Leendertz, an epidemiologist and disease ecologist at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, says that the outbreak is spreading by human-to-human contact. The people who are dying are mostly women who care for the sick, their children and people who touch dead bodies during funeral rituals, he says. Health care workers are also at risk.
But Ebola is not nearly as easily transmitted as many people assume, he says. Even if an infected person were to hop on a plane and fly to the United States, Europe, or elsewhere, Leendertz says, tight health care measures would ensure that Ebola "will never get far."
H. M. Weingartl et al. Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates. Scientific Reports. Vol. 2, November 15, 2012, p. 1. DOI: 10.1038/srep00811.
J. Alimanti et al. Evaluation of transmission risks associated with in vivo replication of several high containment pathogens in a biosafety level 4 laboratory. Scientific Reports. Vol. 4, July 25, 2014, p. 1. DOI: 10.1038/srep05824
T. H. Saey. Ebola may go airborne. Science News Vol. 182, December 15, 2012, p. 12.


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Myeloma (cont.)
What Are Medical Treatments for Myeloma?
Standard first-line (primary) therapy for myeloma involves combinations of corticosteroid therapy and immunomodulatory agents, with or without chemotherapy drugs. Supportive-care medication is frequently given in conjunction with such treatment. Sometimes radiation therapy is added for people with significant bone damage.
Chemotherapy is the use of powerful drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy is a systemic therapy, meaning that it circulates through the bloodstream and affects almost all parts of the body. Ideally, chemotherapy can find and kill cancer cells throughout the body.
Unfortunately, chemotherapy also affects healthy cells, which can result in side effects.
Immunomodulatory drugs such as thalidomide (Thalomid) and lenalidomide (Revlimid) can cause some other side effects. These include the following:
A person taking thalidomide or lenalidomide must observe strict precautions about the risk of these agents to a person who may become pregnant as they can cause severe birth defects.
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials refer to the studies that have been done and are ongoing in both community centers and major research centers in the U.S. Clinical trials have led to the advances in the treatments of all forms of cancer, including multiple myeloma.
New therapies and novel ways to administer known therapies are continually under investigation for the treatment of multiple myeloma. These novel therapies come about as a result of favorable performance in earlier, monitored, national multi-institutional studies. Usually, a clinical trial is offered to patients in order to extend and confirm the earlier results of such studies. In order to receive such new therapies, a patient would have to agree to treatment by enrolling in a clinical trial.
Ideally, the treating hematologist/oncologist will belong to a clinical trial network that provides up-to-date therapy and instant analysis of ongoing data. Patient enrollment in any clinical trial involves agreeing to a particular treatment plan that is exquisitely detailed by the physician and other members of the treatment team. A written protocol is provided to the patient and includes a fully detailed/informed written consent document.
The protocol, and its associated consent form, details the medications, all known side effects, and alternatives to treatment should there be failures in therapy or patient refusal to participate. As noted, the patient is fully apprised of the potential benefits and risks associated with such treatment, and consent is obtained in the presence of the treating physician and very likely other members of the treatment team.
Alternatively, a hematologist-oncologist may refer a patient to another institution to receive investigational treatment or intensive treatment, which may be otherwise unavailable at the current institution, such as stem cell transplantation.
The best care of a patient is on a clinical trial in the opinion of the experts in cancer care in this country.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. It is considered a local therapy, meaning that it should be used to target areas of the body involved by myeloma. A radiation oncologist plans and supervises therapy.
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DEAR AMY: I have been happily married for 21 years. Communication is great, we rarely argue and we spend a lot of time together. We have two teen daughters.
Unfortunately, I have a major problem. I am consumed by lust. I was faithful the first 15 years of marriage, but for the past six years I have had intimate affairs with 23 (and counting) women in their 20s. I hook up with them on "sugar daddy" websites.
Thankfully, this action on my part has not caused any financial burden or STDs. I have considered seeing a sex therapist, but I think my urges are too strong to fix. A recent example: I was shopping and came upon a hot 20-something. The second I saw her, my heart rate doubled and I had butterflies in my stomach. I started to approach her for a potential date, but she walked away.
Believe it or not, I am a Christian and a churchgoer. I have remorse over my behavior but can't stop it. Sometimes I think it would be best if I simply filed for divorce.
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DEAR HOPELESS: Divorcing your wife will not diminish the hurt you are causing -- it doesn't even touch the damage you are doing to yourself (and others).
You sign your letter "Hopeless," which illustrates the personal hell of an addiction that is consuming you. The description of your physical sensations and intention to approach a stranger in a store for sex puts you in the predator category. This compulsion is personally and spiritually degrading. It also is in direct conflict with your stated personal values.
There is help for you, but you need to be honest with your wife, admit your powerlessness over this and seek professional help and treatment.
DEAR AMY: I have (or thought I had) a great friend named "Carol."
When my verbally and physically abusive ex-husband and I broke up last spring, I told her about it. She was sympathetic, telling me I should go to the police and that he deserves to be in jail. The ex is unrepentant and insists he beat me because I should have "respected him more."
Now Carol works with this creep and is singing another tune. She brought him up in conversation, and I asked her not to talk about him around me. She then told me they were friends and that his name was going to come up from time to time, so I should get over it.
Am I missing a rule of office etiquette that dictates that you need to be friends with the office wife-beater?
Is this girl missing a major empathy switch?
DEAR HEALING: Yes, I'd say your friend's empathy switch is faulty.
You cannot control who other people choose to associate with, but it is reasonable to ask a friend to leave your abusive ex out of the narrative. In refusing your request, "Carol" is telling you that you don't control her and that she will do and say as she pleases. Now it's up to you. If you can't adjust, then I'd say it's a friendship deal-breaker.
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White House Eyeing Karen Dynan of Brookings for Treasury Post
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration, looking to bolster the economic team under new Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, is considering the nomination of a top Brookings Institution economist to a senior Treasury post, people familiar with the matter said.
Karen Dynan, a co-director of economic studies and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, is under serious review by the White House to be assistant secretary for economic policy at Treasury. The post was recently vacated when Janice Eberly returned to her teaching post at Northwestern University.
The assistant secretary for economic policy has a broad portfolio, advising the Treasury secretary and White House staff on changes in economic conditions and helping design policy recommendations on a range of matters, from housing to labor.
At Brookings, a Washington think tank, Ms. Dynan, who earned her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, has focused on issues such as consumer spending and saving, household debt, and foreclosure prevention, among other things.
Before joining Brookings in 2009, Ms. Dynan spent 17 years at the Federal Reserve, working on issues like macroeconomic forecasting, household and real estate issues, and the policy response to the financial crisis. At the Fed, she was a senior adviser in the division of research and statistics.
She is one-half of a Washington power-wonk couple. Her husband is Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf, who served as deputy assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy in the Clinton administration.
Ms. Dynan and a Treasury spokesperson declined to comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
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[LOA] Abstracting Abstraction
July 24th, 2012 by Dan Meyer
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As I mentioned previously, I find the verb "abstract" way more interesting than the adjective "abstract." The adjective is often used critically and defensively ("Ugh. Algebra. Too abstract.") whereas the verb represents a milestone in human cognitive development and a skill that grows more and more precious in the modern workforce. How many skills have a shelf life of thousands of years? (A: Not typesetting.)
So let's define the verb:
Abstraction is a process or result of generalization, removal of properties, or distancing of ideas from objects.
To take away; remove.
Let's stipulate, then, that abstraction requires a context and a question.
If you're going to remove stuff, there has to be stuff to remove. (A context.) If you're going to remove stuff, you have to have some purpose that tells you to remove this stuff but not that stuff. (A question.)
Then you're on the ladder. As you go up the ladder you turn the context into something that excludes the noisy richness of the context but which is much more useful for answering your question. As I looked at all the times my students have abstracted in math class, I saw that the tasks and questions we confront and their order look a lot like this:
We debate the context on the level of experience and intuition. We make predictions. We compare different examples of the context until we understand which of its aspects are common and consequential to our question and which aren't. We give those aspects names. We decide how to represent them. We decide what to do with those representations. And then we abstract other things in the same context.
If my mind were "light and deft and beautiful" as a monkey in a tree, I'd stop abstracting abstraction here, step down a few rungs on the ladder, and concretize this abstraction of the process of abstraction with an example. That's next.
2012 Sep 26. William Carey passes along this succinct definition from Barry Mazur (2007):
This issue has been with us, of course, forever: the general question of ab-straction, as separating what we want from what we are presented with. It is neatly packaged in the Greek verb aphairein, as interpreted by Aristotle in the later books of the Metaphysics to mean simply separation: if it is whiteness we want to think about, we must somehow separate it from white horse, white house, white hose, and all the other white things that it invariably must come along with, in order for us to experience it at all.
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on 25 Jul 2012 at 4:24 am1 MARY KIM SCHRECK
Your mind is indeed "light, and deft and beautiful"…this was a delight to read and consider and apply to my field of English literacy as well as to math. I am currently an educational consultant and author. I give workshops all over the country on engagement, creativity, and literacy. I always refer the math teachers I meet to your blog as well as your TED presentation. As someone who has only agonizing memories of Algebra II in high school, I find your work an oasis.
on 25 Jul 2012 at 5:56 am2 James Key
Two contrasting attitudes:
non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand"
math person: We abstract *in order to understand.*
Part of our job is to teach people this latter mentality.
on 25 Jul 2012 at 3:09 pm3 Steve Thomas
An Alternative definition: "Abstraction reduces information and detail to facilitate focus on relevant concepts."
In there they also list learning objectives (See some below):
Learning Objective 5: The student can describe the combination of abstractions used to represent data.
Learning Objective 7: The student can develop an abstraction.
Learning Objective 8: The student can use multiple levels of abstraction in
Learning Objective 9: The student can use models and simulations to raise and answer questions. [P3]
Evidence for Learning Objective 9: Student work is characterized by:
9a. Use of models and simulations to generate new understanding and knowledge.
9b. Use of different levels of abstraction to represent phenomena.
9c. Use of models and simulations to formulate, refine, and test hypotheses.
9d. Use of simulations to facilitate testing of models.
In thinking about this I am thinking of using some "worked examples" with the kids where I walk them up and down the ladder. And then perhaps ask them to explain (or facilitate their explanations) of the abstractions used in video games.
This is from csprinciples.org: Learning Objectives and Evidence Statements (found here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B60yN79VbSzTNTJiMTM5NDUtMDNhOS00ZjVhLWIxYWMtZWMxNjQzYzk5ZDFi/edit)
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NEW DELHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament will begin examining the CAG report on the Adarsh housing society scam from Monday. The report had named two former chief ministers -- Ashok Chavan and Sushil Kumar Shinde --and top Army officials for flouting norms for the housing society.
Officials from the defence ministry are scheduled to brief the PAC, headed by BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, on the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society in Mumbai. The CAG, in its report tabled in Parliament on August 9, had found that rules were subverted to benefit relatives of politicians, public servants and senior service officers, including former Army chiefs Gen Deepak Kapoor and NC Vij.


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Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder characterized by melanocyte destruction and loss of pigmentation. Vitiligo has a higher prevalence of autoimmune disorders.1 Little is known about the atopic comorbidities associated with vitiligo. We hypothesized that the proinflammatory state in vitiligo may contribute toward atopic disorders.
We previously reported a high prevalence of skin symptoms in vitiligo, such as itching or burning.1 We hypothesized that a subset of symptomatic patients may actually have a history of eczema and atopy. We conducted a prospective epidemiological study to elucidate these points.
This prospective online-questionnaire based study was approved by the institutional review board at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. The survey validation and distribution were performed as previously described.1 Two distinct questionnaires were created for adults with vitiligo and parents of children and adolescents with vitiligo (eTable [Supplement]). Questionnaire items were developed to determine novel risk and prognostic factors for vitiligo. The a priori aims of the questionnaire included identification of comorbid atopic disease in vitiligo.
Data processing and statistical analysis were performed with SAS statistical software (version 9.2; SAS Institute Inc). Current age and duration of vitiligo were divided into quartiles for statistical analysis owing to wide skewing.
Logistic regression models were constructed to examine associations between clinical parameters and atopic disease, with specific etiologies as dependent variables. The independent variables were self-reported body surface area (BSA), duration of vitiligo and itching or burning of skin. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) were calculated by including sex, age, and race/ethnicity in multivariate models. Linear interaction terms were tested and only included in final models if significant (P < .05). Correction for multiple dependent tests (k = 38) with the approaches of Benjamini and Hochberg2 yielded a critical P value of .03.
A total of 2848 patients started the survey, of whom 2763 completed it (a 97.0% completion rate). There were 2645 diagnosed as having vitiligo by a physician, including 2273 adults and 371 children and adolescents. The patient characteristics are listed in Table 1.
A total of 1635 patients (61.8%) reported a history of at least 1 atopic disease. The most common etiology was hay fever (48.2%), followed by atopic dermatitis (AD) (24.0%), food allergy (18.2%), and asthma (17.8%). A history of any atopic disease was more common in those older than 40 years (P ≤ .03) and patients who were multiracial or of "other" race/ethnicity (P = .03), but was less common in Indians (P < .001). There was no association between sex and history of atopic disease (P = .44).
Atopic disease was associated with vitiligo involving a BSA of at least 76% (aOR, 1.47 [95% CI, 1.10-1.97]; P = .009) and itching or burning of skin (aOR, 1.64 [95% CI, 1.38-1.96]; P < .001) but not duration of vitiligo (P ≥ .04). Among patients who had an atopic disease involving a BSA of 76% (aOR, 1.57 [95% CI, 1.12-2.18]; P = .008) and itching or burning (aOR, 1.48 [95% CI, 1.20-1.83]; P < .001) were associated with higher odds of multiple disorders compared with those who had only 1 atopic disease.
In a subset analysis, a BSA of least 76% was associated with AD (aOR, 1.71 [95% CI, 1.26-2.31]; P < .001), hay fever (aOR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.03-1.79]; P = .03), and food allergy (aOR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.03-1.79]; P = .03) but not asthma (aOR, 1.21 [95% CI, 0.85-1.71]; P = .30) (Table 2). Itching or burning was associated with all 4 atopic diseases (P < .001).
The present study found higher prevalences of atopic disease in vitiligo compared with previously established prevalences in the general adult population (AD, 3%3; asthma, 8%4; hay fever, 24%5; food allergy, 5%6). These results are consistent with those of a previous study of 59 patients with vitiligo that found increased rates of asthma, hay fever, and positive results from skin prick and radiosorbent allergen testing.7 Similarly, a Chinese study of 6516 patients with vitiligo found a higher prevalence of asthma in familial probands.8
History of atopic disease may be helpful to predict which patients with vitiligo will experience progression to extensive disease. There are several possible explanations for the association of vitiligo involving a BSA of at least 76% and itching or burning with atopic diseases. The proinflammatory state of AD may predispose toward melanocyte destruction, while scratching of pruritic AD lesions may koebnerize vitiligo. Alternatively, there may be a common genetic mutation(s) that predisposes to both AD and vitiligo. One such example might be vitamin D receptor polymorphisms that are associated with generalized vitiligo and severe AD.9 Filaggrin mutations are thought to mediate severity for patients with alopecia areata and with AD and should be explored in vitiligo.10 This raises an important question: does atopy predispose toward vitiligo or do the 2 diseases merely coexist?
This study has several strengths, including being prospective with a validated survey instrument for vitiligo. However, it is limited by the lack of a control group without vitiligo. A large randomized sample of healthy patients with minimization of bias should be used for controls. However, that is a very ambitious undertaking, beyond the scope of this pilot study, and will be the subject of future studies.
Corresponding Author: Jonathan I. Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, Department of Dermatology, St Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center and Beth Israel Medical Center, 1090 Amsterdam Ave, Ste 11B, New York, NY 10025 (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: February 22, 2013.
Published Online: June 5, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4228.
Author Contributions: Both authors had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: J. I. Silverberg.
Acquisition of data: J. I. Silverberg.
Analysis and interpretation of data: Both authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: J. I. Silverberg.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Both authors.
Statistical analysis: J. I. Silverberg.
Administrative, technical, and material support: N. B. Silverberg.
Study supervision: N. B. Silverberg.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01401374.
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KOLKATA: The CPM state committee on Wednesday recommended expulsion of its state committee member and former MP Anil Basu from the party. The party's central committee, which will meet in Delhi for two days from June 9, will take up the issue and announce the decision.
In February this year, the CPM state leadership had dropped Basu from the party's state committee. On April 30, Basu was suspended for three months from the party for his alleged involvement in a financial scam over purchase of medicines by the CPM-run Hooghly Zilla Parishad.