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A Dedicated Sharpening Bench -part 6- Cutting the Top and building the Under Carriagecomments (10) December 9th, 2009 in blogs
With the frame assembly dry fit and the bench surface placed into the leg joinery, I carefully place the granite insert on top to establish its permanent location. My initial thoughts were to install it off to one side but after laying it on the work surface and imagining how it would function in daily use, I decided to center it. This decision was based on the under carriage bracing system and the drawer hanger locations. I also felt that it would be more comfortable centered while in use and may keep the bench a little more balanced. So now that I know where I want to place it I carefully lay out and scribe around the perimeter.
Once I have the lay out complete it's time to start thinking about just how I'm going to make this cut-out! My first thought is to use my frame saw and after drilling a pilot hole through the oak, dis-assemble the saw and thread the blade through the opening as you would on a scroll saw. I proceeded to do this and made the first long rip cut down the front of the piece but hit a wall when faced with the cross cuts. The frame saw only has a 6" throat so it wouldn't work for the cross cutting.
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• Part Two: A Flat, Square Benchtop
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1" oak is a challenge at the best of times and the light blade of the frame saw was really pushing it. I decide to use my Japanese ryoba saw, this is the one without a back and has both a rip and cross cut tooth configuration. I use a brace and bit and bore a series of holes along the cut line to fit the ryoba and get things underway. In the next shot you can see the first rip cut at the rear and the holes drilled to allow the blade of the ryoba to pass through.
In a power tool shop this procedure wouldn't be a big deal, maybe a jig saw would suffice or even a table saw with the piece placed over the blade and then carefully raising it up through the work. In my shop however, a little trial and error and I'll have the cut out complete. The ryoba works its way through the oak. Some people have a hard time with pull saws binding and teeth breaking but if you don't force the cut and let the saw do the sawing, even on this hard white oak it's a relatively easy task.
It's not pretty but it worked! I'll clean up the inside edges next.
Again with a nice wide chisel I carefully work my way around the area taking small bites. I begin from the underside and chop down a little more than half way. I flip the piece over and finish the job from the top where its seen. I have a corner chisel and this is a perfect application for it. These are a kind of specialty item that you could indeed live without but they do come in handy from time to time.
I dry fit the granite and note any tight spots along the edges. I mark them and remove the slab to slowly and carefully pare away the 'fat' to achieve a perfect fit.
Now that I have the surface cut-out complete I turn my attention back down to the frame and dimension the final rear stretcher. This 2" oak is placed at the rear top and the back of the work surface will sit on it when complete. So again with the mortise chisel I chop out the cavity.
The tenons in the oak are off set to allow for the dado I'll plough out next. This groove will hold the under carriage cross pieces, both the granite insert supports as well as some drawer hangers.
My plough plane is the perfect tool for the job.
With the frame joinery finally complete, I'll start to lay out the components for the granite supports. These are made from some hardwood offcuts I had, in this case some birch and walnut and I dimension them so that when installed the granite will sit slightly proud of the surface. When I say slightly proud, I mean no more than the thickness of a standard sheet of writing paper. The back of the supports will sit in the dado we just cut into the top, rear stretcher and the front will be screwed and joined into two recesses on the underside of the front apron.
I begin as usual by laying these out.
I approach this like I would with chopping a half blind dovetail, clearly scribing the edges and the depth of the cavity. The main difference between this and a dovetail is the dovetail is usually chopped into the end grain of a board while this is running along the grain. Care must be taken to insure I don't chop too deep and split the piece. I begin my making some saw cuts to establish the outer edges and then with a chisel begin removing the waste.
In a power tool shop this procedure could be easily accomplished with a router and a jig so with that in mind I'll get mine to complete the cut-out.
Gotcha! Did you really think my router would have a 'plug' attached? Taking shallow passes, I work my way down with the router plane until I reach my desired depth.
Then with a chisel I clean up the corners and dry fit the supports. I'm looking for a nice tight fit- how tight? With the apron clamped in my face vise I'm able to press the supports down into the openings and with out any support they're able to sit proud without sagging or falling out.
I'll re-assemble the bench top pieces and dry fit the granite supports.
When I'm happy with the fit and the depth of the components are well established, I'll take my awl and mark for some screw holes. I need to make all of these pieces removable for times when I want to re-surface the bench top. This is also why the front cross member on the tool tray is also removable. My vintage hand drill with a modern counter sink bit enables me to drill and countersink in one pass.
From here I begin laying out and measuring for the drawer hangers. They will also sit in the rear apron dado and are cut for a snug fit. The two inner hangers will need to be shaped to fit around the profile of the granite. I approach this as I did when removing the waste on the underside of the feet. I make a series of saw cuts to establish the depth and then chisel out the waste.
In the next shot you can see the shaped drawer hanger in the fore ground and the side example in the rear. These will also recieve a dado for the drawers to hang in.
To add some added insurance that all of these pieces do what I'm hoping they'll do (and that's holding a heavy granite slab and two drawers tightly to the bottom of my workbench) I'll add some pocket hole screws that will secure it up into the bench top. A pocket hole jig is a useful tool in the hand tool woodshop but is usually associated with power tools.
Here, with a special bit chucked into my brace I can easily drill the holes and am ready for a final dry fit. You may notice at this point I only had two of the four drawer hangers installed; truth be told I wanted to see if this system would work and when it did I went back and made the two for the left hand drawer.
I was planning on showing the frame glue up in this post but looking at its length I think I'll save it for the next one-
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Get yourself some "super magnets" -- I saw them at Michael's craft store, about $4 for a dozen small ones.
Drill shallow holes of a size to fit the magnets snugly, in the top surface (probably will need a carbide drill), deep enough that the magnets will sit flush or a bit below the surface of the granite. Set them in with epoxy or silicone, being sure to alternate the polarity.
That done, you can use thin strips of steel, held down by the magnets, to clamp the paper in place.
Posted: 8:02 am on November 3rd
Actually, the surface plate won't be used for the scary sharp system- I use water stones for my sharpening. The plate will be used for a few things- first would be when flattening and checking plane soles for true. A piece of 220 grit wet/dry paper is all that's needed. That same method can and no doubt will, be used for flattening my water stones as well. Having a true 'flat' surface in the woodshop is important for other referencing as well. Thanks for the links - that's a great deal for granite plates ! Wish I found them before I purchased this one. cheers-
Posted: 1:56 pm on December 11th
The 9x12x2 plate (#SW640-0100) is $14.95 and the 12x18x3 plate is $24.95. They have a free shipping code (PFSNOV) until the end of December.
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I appreciate the comments- thank you !
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Posted: 7:13 am on December 11th
as for the granite, yes- it is a precision plate accurate to ±0.0001" overall (not 0.001" but 0.0001").
all the best-
Posted: 7:18 pm on December 10th
Being a novice without powertools or the room for them it's great inspiration to see you make such lovely stuff using hand tools alone. I can't wait for your book to arrive.
Is the granite plate you use a precision surface plate?
Posted: 5:56 pm on December 10th
sharp tools is the secret and this bench will help me keep them that way !
all the best-
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"The Knitters Bible" has a LOT of info in it and some projects...all sorts of stuff...it's well worth it...I wish i had gotten it long ago...that would be my suggestion. if u go over to the book section of knitpicks.com and if they have that selection, they often have this dealy where u can look at some of the pages in the book....oops...here we have my edit.....i just went to KP and looked thru the pages & it doesn't even come close to showing the 'overall' vibe that i get from the book, it just showed some projects...but there's a lot of how to...from easy to advanced
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if your answer is all of the above i would imagine that knitters bible would come pretty close to fulfullment, in my humble opinion
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Obama says US will deal harshly with violators of Iran sanctions, Reuters
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Thomas Friedman says that Secretary of State "Kerry and President Obama are trying to build Israelis a secure off-ramp from the highway they're hurtling down in the West Bank that only ends in some really bad places for Israel and the Jewish people."
Let's Bet on Peace in Middle East — for Sake of Israel, JTA
"This opportunity may not come again in our lifetimes, and the cost of failure will be unfathomably high, for both Israelis and Palestinians," writes Rabbi Sharon Brous. "Let's help John Kerry succeed – let's help Israelis and Palestinians succeed – by amplifying the voices of hope and possibility. Let them hear our cry and our call in Washington, Jerusalem and Ramallah: We stand with you in the fight for peace."
Israeli artists to John Kerry: We support your peace efforts, Haaretz
An Arab-Jewish group representing well-known Israeli cultural figures like author David Grossman and actress Gila Almagor has sent a letter of support to Kerry, urging him to continue his efforts to bring peace to the region.
Erekat: Netanyahu needs to prepare Israeli people for peace deal terms, Ynet
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Prime Minister Netanyahu must prepare the Israeli people for the terms of a peace deal with the Palestinians, which he said the prime minister has still not done.
Naftali Bennett walks out of European Parliament chief's speech, Haaretz
HaBayit HaYehudi MKs on Wednesday walked out of a speech in the Knesset by European Parliament President Martin Schulz, when he spoke, in German, about Palestinian freedom of movement and access to water.
EU envoy: Relations with Israel depend on outcome of peace talks, Jerusalem Post
The EU Ambassador said that the future of Israel-European ties depends on the outcome of peace talks.
Lifting Gaza blockade 'out of the question,' senior Israeli officials say, Haaretz
Israel will not lift the blockade currently imposed on the Gaza Strip, senior officials at the Prime Minister Office said on Wednesday, a day after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that lifting the siege be a condition for signing a reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey.
AIPAC in Disarray After Iran Sanctions Setback, JTA
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Would-be bakers could learn the tricks of the trade at a demonstration event on Monday (February 3).
Jordans Mill hosted the first in a series of monthly baking demonstrations, with red velvet cake the recipe of the day.
A crowd of spectators gathered around the cafe baking hatch as soux chef Sharon Edwards demonstrated how to make the cake.
Sharon and other chefs at Jordans will be carrying out the demonstrations on the first Monday of the month, with bread-making the subject of the next one.
The idea came about after former BBC Great British Bake Off winner Edd Kimber visited Jordans to put on a similar tutorial last summer.
Toby Frost, business development manager at Jordans, said: "Edd came down for a private demonstration here which went very well, and it got us thinking about running future events for Jordans customers.
"We source local ingredients as far as possible for the food we serve here and the demonstrations are very much about the 'field to fork' approach to cooking and sourcing ingredients."
Visitors who attend the demonstrations are given recipe cards and are welcome to take notes during the displays, as well as trying the finished products.
To give spectators a chance to see how red velvet cake is made but also try it, Sharon made a batch of smaller cakes that she could cook fairly quickly so they would be ready to eat by the end.
She showed customers how to make and apply icing and how to mould the icing. She also talked about the extra decorations that can be added to the top.
Toby added: "The distinct redness of the cake can only really be seen when it is cut into with the larger version, so it made sense to make the smaller cakes that people could try them and also see the colour.
"Hopefully people can go home and try the recipe out for themselves now."
The next demonstration will take place on Monday, March 3 at 3pm and everyone is welcome.
For more information about Jordans Mill and the attractions there see www.jordansmill.com.


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This course is part of a series that looks at Documentary Editing from the point of view of 3 different editors in 3 different editing applications. For more insight on editing documentary projects, take a look at Documentary Editing with Avid Media Composer and Documentary Editing with Final Cut Pro X.
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It's time to start our finishing process, and I wanted to quickly go over what are the steps included in this part of the process. First is the online edit or conform, and we don't actually need to do one of these in this case. Online edits only take place when you've edited at a lower resolution, and now you have to conform to the actual resolution of the piece. This is happening less and less frequently, but it absolutely is a necessary step in finishing if that is your workflow.
Audio mix is probably--no not probably-- definitely the most important step here. There is just nothing more distracting than when you can't hear what someone saying in a video. Color correction really should be done on all video pieces, if nothing else then to just smooth out the differences between different cameras or lighting conditions and shooting on different days. It's subtle, but good color correction can lend a cohesiveness to your whole piece. There's also pieces that get creative color correction and dream sequence or something along those lines, but that's less frequent in documentary.
And then we want to take a final look at all of our graphics. In this case, all of our graphics are built, but we want to look at them again, and in particular, look at them at full quality to see if there are any small improvements to the actual composite. One more thing about finishing before we really get into it. Sometimes these jobs get farmed out to specialists in audio, color correction, and motion graphics, and sometimes usually dependent on budget and schedule, one person does this work inside Adobe Premiere Pro.
In this case, I'm going to take the latter approach, and I'm going to do this work inside Premiere Pro. That's what's fitting for this project. Okay, let's take a look at the piece and evaluate it for finishing against these specific steps. Here we are in the piece, and we watch a lot during this course. So I'll let you watch the whole thing down, and then we'll talk about some things that I noticed. Okay, are you done watching? I watched, too, and I want to show you some of the things that I want to highlight during the finishing process.
Certainly, there are some clear opportunities for mix. We know that it's going to be a priority to mix the voice so that it doesn't interfere with the music. So places like here where we introduce our chef in the restaurant, listen for a second. (male speaker: It makes you want to cry with how dedicated he is--) So there and throughout the piece, certainly we have to mix music against voice so that voice can always be heard, but that's a typical part of mixing.
A little more interesting are some areas that I consider natural sound opportunities. We've already spent some time on the nice bird noises here, and I would say the goal at the beginning is just to get this all to work together when we transitioned into the music and into BD's first bite. So listen not so much to the bird noises, but to the audio transition, and that's something that we'll spend some time working on. (video playing) (male speaker: My name is BD Dautch, and I--) Just the very beginning of the piece, and I want to make sure all that audio hits just perfectly.
Somewhat similar are other opportunities where that sound helps drive the content and the story forward. Here is an example with the truck noise. At moments like this, I want you to really hear that natural sound. It's creating texture, and in this case, a moment of transition as we move from the farm to the market, and the audio helps with this along with the visual. So I want to pump this moment up. (video playing) So those are some of my audio goals, and there's a few other of those natural sound places, including the Farmers Market where I really like that textural sound.
When I look at color correction, my goals are similar: I just want some balance here. So we've already noticed that this shot at the beginning, although we liked it aesthetically, is awfully rich in color, almost feels fake in a way, and I want it to seem real and then a lot of times it's just transitions from shot to shot. So a good example would be later on at the Farmers Market, you can see some different lighting conditions as I go through these shots, and when I transition here from where BD is in the shade to where Owen is in the sunlight, I want to cut down on that jarring feeling of, oh, that looks like a different place and time.
Watch how it's looking now, and then we'll work on it. (male speaker: We're serving our local customers our local product--) So that's one thing color correction can do is just cut down on that jarring edit between different lighting conditions. And finally, we want to look at graphics, in particular our animations. We've already programmed these, and I just want to take a final close look at them. I want to look at them in full resolution and possibly actually look at them in a compressed output just to see if this noise in the photo, when it's moving is it holding up okay in the final analysis? Sometimes these things sort of fall apart during the process, and we want to make sure that it looks crisp.
And similarly, the title we've worked on quite a bit, but I think there's room at least to play with the composite, that is exactly how the text elements lay on top of the video. We won't do this until after we color correct the video, but then I want to take one more look playing with things like Opacity and Transfer mode on the title on top of the image. Last thing on my mind is just to check, do we need any other graphics in the piece? And there's something to consider which is lower-third graphics, that's traditionally how we would identify everyone who speaks in the video, so we could identify BD, but probably not until he actually appears, which is here for the first time, and then certainly we can identify John Downey, and then we have a couple people who speak at the Farmers Market.
As I watch the piece, considering lower-thirds, I came to the conclusion that they're just not necessary in this piece. We have two main characters, but they're clearly introduced, that's BD and Downey. Then we have these two chefs that just appear for a moment, and the style of interview is so quick that as a viewer we're not asking, who is that? So my judgment call--and of course, I'll run this past the client--is that identification in a lower-third style is just not necessary in this piece.
So there's our evaluation, and it really pays to take the time to look at the piece carefully and decide, what are my goals during finishing? In this case, graphics work is very light, color corrections pretty light, but we have some interesting audio goals. It will be different in your pieces, but taking this moment will really pay off later when you're in the trenches.


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Schmelzer completed graduate level courses in business administration and holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from Eastern Washington University. She has also earned an associate's degree from South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Wash., and has taken courses at Spokane Falls Community College.
While working toward her associate's degree at South Puget Sound Community College, Schmelzer had the opportunity to participate in the Study Abroad program in Germany and The Netherlands.
Schmelzer said she valued the opportunity presented by a community college to expand her horizons on an international level.
"I also think my experience interacting with staff and students at a community college will help me connect to the campus and community here," said Schmelzer, who is also an avid outdoorsman and a member of the Spokane Mountaineers Board of Directors.
Schmelzer began working as the coordinator of the Study Abroad program and international recruitment for Eastern Washington University in 2002. In that role, she implemented marketing strategies and coordinated the recruitment of all study abroad students and programs.
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This week I had the wonderful opportunity of making presentations at state reading conferences in New York and Florida. The New York conference was held in Brooklyn and it was sponsored by the Reading First program. The Florida conference took place in Orlando, and it was part of their state effort, Just Read, Florida! I was impressed at the size of both meetings (more than 1000 teachers, coaches, and adminstrators attended each meeting. Lots of energy and commitment.
In New York, I made two presentations, one a breakout on reading comprehension instruction and the other a keynote on how to improve reading achievment for older readers (Grades 4-12). In Florida, I did a couple of breakouts on how to lead reading improvement efforts using my pyramid and I keynoted their Intervention conference and spoke about the basic principles of success in interventions.
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Disseise, "seisin" ("the possession of land or chattels"), and "seize" are all 13th-century words derived from the Anglo-French word seisir, meaning "to put in possession of." That's the original meaning of English "seize" as well. ("Seize" can also be spelled "seise" in that sense.) The Magna Carta (the great charter of liberties, originally written in Medieval Latin and signed in 1215) is perhaps the most frequently quoted use of the word disseise: "No free man shall be … disseised … except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land."
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Middle English disseisen, from Anglo-French disseisir, dis- + seisir to put in possession of — more at seize
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Anglo-French disseisir to dispossess, from Old French dessaisir, from des-, prefix marking reversal + saisir to put in possession of
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What does "Service Stability System" warning message mean on the dashboard?
The stability system is basically an addition to your abs brake system. It operates by adding additional sensors such as a steering wheel position sensor and a yaw sensor and is designed to determine if the vehicle is losing directional control. It can apply braking to specific wheels in an attempt to correct if the vehicle is sliding or losing traction. If the stability system light is on, then the system is disabled for a failure. It can be disabled for several reasons. If the abs light is NOT on as well then it is likely not a wheel speed sensor failure. It can be a steering wheel position sensor or yaw sensor. It can also be disabled due to an engine control fault such as a misfire that will disable traction control. Do you have an abs light on or check engine light as well? If not, the most common cause is generally the steering wheel position sensor. However I would recommend having the system scanned for fault codes so at least we know exactly what part of the system the failure is in.
Yes it can. The wheel speed sensor is part of the front hub bearing assembly. If the wheel speed sensor signal is irratic or drops out, it will disable the stability system. Generally there will be an abs light on as well.


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The Woodlands is celebrating Independence Day all day long tomorrow, beginning with a 9 a.m. parade, free swimming at local pools at noon, a charity rubber duck race at 3 p.m. and the Red, Hot & Blue Festival and Fireworks Extravaganza at 6 p.m. in Town Green Park and along The Woodlands Waterway.
The fireworks, presented by BBVA Compass, will begin at dusk – weather permitting – and will be simulcast on Sunny 99.1 FM.
The best fireworks viewing will be at Town Green Park, Waterway Square and along The Woodlands Waterway, according to the festival website. The festival also features live music, face painting, performers, games, food vendors and hot dog and watermelon eating contests. Learn more at www.redhotblue.org.
Meanwhile, fireworks of any kind – including sparklers – are prohibited from being sold or used within the boundaries of The Woodlands Township.
The theme of this year's holiday parade is "The Lone Star: Brightest of Them All" and will be kicked off by 2008 graduate of The Woodlands High School Kelley Peters singing the National Anthem at Market Street. The parade will start and end at The Woodlands United Methodist Church, 2200 Lake Woodlands Drive in The Woodlands. The parade will follow around the Town Center area through the Market Street shopping district along Grogan's Mill Road to Lake Robbins Drive through Market Street to Lake Woodlands Drive. The parade should be finished by 11 a.m. according to its schedule at www.4thofjuly.org.
From 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., free swimming for residents of The Woodlands will be offered at each of the 13 open swimming pools in eight different villages.
The grand prize of the MCEA Great American Duck Race, which starts at 3 p.m. on July 4 at the Rob Fleming Aquatic Center, is a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro convertible, sponsored by Buckalew Chevrolet in Conroe. More than 100 other prizes will also be awarded to the first 100-plus ducks that finish the race. The race consists of 6,000 rubber ducks racing through the pool's lazy river, located at 6535 Creekside Forest Drive.
The annual fundraising event helps assist local residents with rent or utility assistance, food, clothing and prescriptions.
MCEA will begin notifying winners as of July 7 and all winners will be listed on www.MCEA-TX.org by the week ending July 11. Call 936-539-9211.


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Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture and psychology.
Solomon's most recent book, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing so. Solomon's startling proposition is that diversity is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, multiple severe disabilities, with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, the experience of difference within families is universal, as are the struggles toward compassion and the triumphs of love Solomon documents in every chapter. Woven into these courageous and affirming stories is Solomon's journey to accepting his own identity, which culminated in his midlife decision, influenced by this research, to become a parent.
Solomon's book, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (Scribner, 2001), won the 2001 National Book Award for Nonfiction, was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, and was included in The Times of London's list of one hundred best books of the decade. A New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback editions, The Noonday Demon has also been a bestseller in seven foreign countries, and has been published in twenty-four languages. The New York Times described it as "All-encompassing, brave, deeply humane… a book of remarkable depth, breadth and vitality… open-minded, critically informed and poetic all at the same time… fearless, and full of compassion."
Andrew Solomon: A lot of the time parents are profoundly unprepared for the differences that their children will manifest and they experience those differences almost as some kind of an assault on them and on the integrity of their household. And then they need to make the leap to thinking, "If my child is different in this way, not only does my child have an identity as a deaf person or a dwarf, I have an identity as the parent of a deaf person or as the parent of a dwarf."
The parents have to go well outside of their comfort zone. This wasn't an identity that they sought. This wasn't an identity that they wanted but it is fundamental to their identity. So I think of the mother if Dylan Klebold, one of the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre, and how she described being on a train and starting to talk to a stranger. And she said, "And I knew I had to tell him who I am. And who I am forever now is Dylan's mother." There's a sense that these parents are profoundly changed by the identity conditions they confront.
There's a sense that the child has to learn an identity but the parents also have to learn an identity. And identity as the parents of this child. And often the child leads them in strange directions and it's difficult for parents to get the balance right because they also need to be leading their child and leading their child is the essential task of parenthood. And yet they need to be led by their child and that's not the task of all childhood though it is the task of much of childhood.
I think there's often a conflict between what the parent thinks will be for the best and what the child thinks will be for the best. And sometimes the parents need to get outside of the reality they have which is the reality of conceiving of themselves as fairly normal and anticipating children who will be fairly normal and confront the fact that they are no longer in that life. That they have a different life instead. It's a substitution. It's a new reality for them. And the adjustment, the shock of that, can be incredibly difficult. It forces them well outside of their comfort zone. And in the process of getting outside of their comfort zone and listening and expanding in those ways, they realize how to be empathetic with their own children. And that is the cornerstone of being a good parent.
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Stamford -- As she filed out of Steve Obsitnik's speech last week at the Edgehill Health Center, Susan Miller wondered aloud, "He's a Republican, right?"
Maybe that's not the tag line Obsitnik had in mind in his bid for the 4th Congressional District seat against Democratic incumbent Jim Himes -- but it may work, at least in Miller's case.
"I'm a Democrat," she said. "But that doesn't mean I wouldn't vote for him."
A Navy veteran who is now a successful businessman in the telecom industry, Obsitnik, 45, is a first-time candidate for political office. The Stamford native, who now lives in Westport, is branding himself as an independent, moderate Republican who isn't afraid to vote his conscience.
He hopes that independent stance wins the votes of unaffiliated voters -- and even some Democrats like Miller.
"I don't agree with everything in my party," Obsitnik told the group of seniors in Stamford. He added that he wasn't a "career politician" and would limit himself to eight years in office. "That's what I believe we need more of in Washington."
Obsitnik's bid is an uphill battle in a district that voted to re-elect Himes by more than 6 percent in 2010, a year many freshmen Democrats were vulnerable. About 35 percent of voters in the 4th District are registered Democrats, 26 percent are Republicans, and 39 percent are either independent or unaffiliated, according to the most recent data available from the Secretary of the State's office.
"Himes is in the driver's seat," said Gary Rose, a professor of political science at Sacred Heart University. But at the same time, Rose said he considers the 4th Congressional District to be a "swing district," given a sluggish economy and restlessness among many voters with the status quo in Washington.
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and Wharton School of Business, Obsitnik has an educational background in engineering and technology. He met his wife, Suzanne, at Wharton, and spent time in Silicon Valley helping commercialize Siri, the popular voice-recognition technology that re-defined the iPhone. The couple moved back to Connecticut with their two daughters in 2005, and Obsitnik later started the company Quintel, which manufactures more efficient antenna systems for AT&T and Verizon.
Chris Shays, who recently lost a Republican primary Senate bid to Linda MacMahon and who held the 4th District congressional seat until he was narrowly defeated by Himes in 2008, said that business background is a huge advantage.
"He's a very credible candidate who could win this race," Shays said. "I think Steve would have won last time [in 2010] if he was a candidate. ... I just think people would draw some comfort that Steve has been a successful businessman." (In 2010, Himes defeated former state Sen. Dan Debicella.)
That background did resonate with many at the Edgehill Health Center, a nursing home in Stamford. And Obsitnik showed himself to be quick on his feet, moving seamlessly from talking about education to poverty, to immigration, relations with Israel and health care. He may have been too quick, in fact. As he answered one audience member's question about Medicare, he spoke so fast that his campaign communication director, Amanda Bergen, began waving wildly at him from the back of the room.
As he answered questions, Obsitnik was careful to paint himself as center-oriented in this district that has been home to moderate Republicans for much of its history. Himes bucked that trend when he swept through the region in 2008 on the coat-tails of President Obama.
Consistent with the House Republicans' stance, Obsitnik says he would repeal Obamacare -- the term used by the GOP and many Democrats for the Affordable Care Act -- but he says it should be replaced with a better alternative.
Obsitnik parts ways with the GOP when it comes to immigration. He said border security is important. But as the child of a father who immigrated from Czechoslovakia and was later an ambassador to the Slovak Republic, he added, "We should be finding ways to bring people in and let them contribute as opposed to not."
Obsitnik said he's got an open mind about the DREAM Act, a controversial law that would give thousands of undocumented young people a chance to attend college and work toward citizenship. Obsitnik said he finds that the bill, opposed by most Republicans, has some "shortcomings," but said, "I'm not afraid to talk about it." He told seniors at the Stamford nursing home that college graduates with degrees in engineering, math and science should be put on a fast-track to citizenship if they find employment.
Democrats say Obsitnik's positions on health care and the tax code are too vague. Asked how he would reform the tax code, Obsitnik provided few details except to say that the corporate tax rate of 39.5 percent is "the highest in the world" and needs to be lower.
"Some of his answers to questions in interviews have been a little murky," Rose said. "People have criticized him for not being real clear...and I think that's probably intentional."
Obsitnik is following the GOP's party line on the issue of the recession, blaming Democrats for the unemployment rate.
"The most important social program is a job," he says over and over again.
While the demographics of Fairfield County and the 4th Congressional District have been shifting toward the Democrats, Rose said all bets are off in this election, given the state of the economy. And Obsitnik's "outsider" status, though it makes him a newcomer to the political scene in Fairfield County, could be helpful.
"The notion of the outsider is actually advantageous these days," Rose said. "I'm sure that there are some people that simply are so fed up with the gridlock that any outsider could be acceptable."
Obsitnik shrugged off that status in an interview, saying, "I'm not sure if it hurts me or helps me." Predictably, fundraising heavily favors the incumbent. As of June, Himes had raised more than $2 million in campaign contributions, while Obsitnik has raised less than half that, with 16 percent coming out of his own pocket.
The biggest challenge for both candidates, Rose said, is appealing to their base while also pulling in moderates. In the past, Himes has run as an "independent" Democrat for the same reason.
That may also be why Obsitnik was the only federal GOP candidate in Connecticut to attend Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's recent fundraiser in Greenwich, Rose said.
Bergen, Obsitnik's campaign manager, said he attended because "he believes that if somebody presents an idea, whether it's a Democrat or Republican, it's worth sitting down and talking it through."
The 5th District race and the U.S. Senate campaigns have been more of the focus for political analysts and pollsters this election season. But because of the moderate nature of both Himes and Obsitnik, the lack of enthusiasm from Obama voters compared to past years, and new energy in the Romney campaign, the 4th may very well be a battleground as well.
"There's not a lot of space between Himes right now and Obsitnik," Rose said. "So in many ways, it could come down to who's able to get his base out the most; and then who's able to convince voters that either the status quo is better, or maybe it's time for some change."


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When I grew up, my mom was self-employed and had her own home office with a large desk in the basement. Meanwhile my dad, who had a regular job, turned the broom closet into a tiny office for himself. It was the highlight of every house tour. Dad eventually joined the basement office, but the broom closet with its small corner desk remains the place where my parents store their paperwork until this day.
Desks have this tendency to take up space, they easily gather clutter, and generally don't blend in well. When you are short on space you have to be creative. If a home office desk isn't a major priority and if you don't happen to have a broom closet, room in the basement, or an unused nook in the kitchen, you might want to look at some of the options below.
Standing Desk
We have previously written about the health risks associated with sitting and how standing desks can benefit your health. Turns out a stand up desk can also help you save space.
How It Saves Space:
- no chair needed
- requires less depth
- can be installed like a shelf on the wall
Bonus Points:
- can help improve your health
- some easy and affordable DIY models available
- switching from a sitting to a standing desk takes time getting used to
Wall Mounted Desk
A wall mounted desk is an ultimate space saver. Without the legs in the way, your room looks more spacious and cleaner. Now you only need to hide your nasty cable clutter.
If you are into recycling, you will love this DIY fold-up pallet desk.
This floating corner desk is another DIY project. You will find shelves in any home improvement store and they can be adapted to whatever space is available in your home. Be sure to choose sufficient depth for a sitting desk.
How It Saves Space:
- no legs in the way
Bonus Points:
- can be adapted to any space, including corners
- can be designed as fold-up desk
- floats above ground and eases cleaning
- requires tools and handicraft skills for mounting
Mobile Desk
A small space often demands flexibility. If your home doesn't allow for a permanent desk installation, consider getting a desk you can move around the house. Your options include a tiny laptop table, a small desk on rolls, or a compact leaning desk that can be placed wherever you have wall space.
Unfortunately, the website which originally featured the DIY laptop desk pictured above was taken down. For now you can access instructions here, courtesy of the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine. There are several pricey commercial versions of this desk, such as the Quello Table by Phil Procter or the Wallflower Desk by Jonas & Jonas.
The Koloro Desk is a designer piece from Torafu Architects. Basically, it's a box on an improved sawhorse. The piece is modular, meaning the box can be set up on any surface. Add rolls to its feet and you can easily move around the entire desk.
How It Saves Space:
- small form factor
- can easily be moved out of the way
Bonus Points:
- no installation required
- some models can be built for cheap
- constant struggle with cables
- no permanent space for desk accessories in some models
Secretary Desk
Flexibility is great, but it isn't necessarily convenient. If you desire a desk with ample space to store work utensils, a small office hidden in a cabinet, aka secretary desk, might be just the thing.
The Flat Mate Desk is an ultra thin modern secretary desk that takes up only .09 square meters when closed. Due to its folding design, you can expand a respectable desktop, which provides sufficient space for your work. Hidden in its lower back is a slim storage space, accessible via side flaps.
This playful interpretation of a secretary desk leaves more room to play for your kids.
This interpretation of the classic secretary desk offers a generous amount of desk space, while looking like a regular cabinet when closed. I would choose a slightly more comfortable seat, though.
How It Saves Space:
- cabinet form factor
- desktop folds up when not in use
Bonus Points:
- conceals clutter
- potentially offers space for storing ring binders and accessories
- desktop might not be as robust or durable as that of a regular desk
- desk needs to be cleared for folding up
There is a creative desk solution for every home, regardless its size. When decorating small spaces to perfection, you might want to go with a fold-up desk to conceal the potential clutter. To stay flexible, a stylish file cabinet on wheels paired with a mobile desk could be a great solution for a mobile home office.
What is your favorite desk and what does your desk look like right now?
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By Tim Anderson
L oren "Totch" Brown lived in the Thousand Islands
region of the Everglades his whole life. His fascinating
autobiography, Totch, A Life in the Everglades (
University of Florida Press, 1993), relates his adventures, and its cover
depicts him propelling a strange little boat with a push pole.
It's called a "pit pan" and is now on display at work hard. If you want a boat you can take a nap
Smallwood's store in Chokoloskee, Fla. (florida- in, you need something like this.
everglades.com/chokol/smallw.htm). Rolled up in the bottom of the boat is Totch's
When the water was too deep for the push pole, mosquito net or "skeeter bar," so named
he used a paddle, and when the water was too shal- because it's where the insects go to drink and
low, he dragged or carried it. socialize. It's a rectangular mosquito net just big
He made many such boats for hunting alligators enough to not touch the person sleeping under
over the years. Despite its crude appearance, this is it. In the old days, gauze, cheesecloth, or any
a very elegant boat. It is burdened with no unneces- open weave fabric was used. The net is held up
sary features. You can carry it and you can sleep in at the corners by sticks. If it rains, a tarp just big
it. That makes it a magic carpet to freedom. enough to keep the rain off goes over that.
In designing boats, people get hung up about the A boat can be part swan, part guitar. This boat
speed of the boat rather than the speed of building is a box with no lid. Start your boat-building
the boat, and they forget that to go fast you have to hobby by building this one.
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Book your room at Best Western Plus Sutter House
Get an overview of this hotelSacramento motel in Downtown Sacramento, walk to Historic Governor's Mansion
Best Western Plus Sutter House is in the heart of Sacramento, walking distance from Cesar Chavez Park and City Plaza Park.
This motel is within close proximity of Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and Sacramento Convention Center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 96 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include complimentary newspapers and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in a common area.
Satisfy your appetite at the motel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Sacramento? This motel has facilities measuring 312 square feet (28 square meters), including a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Best Western Plus Sutter House1100 H Street Sacramento CA 95814
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Hotel Amenities
The motel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Event facilities measure 312 square feet (28 square meters). This Sacramento motel also offers an outdoor pool, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Best Western Plus Sutter House is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 312
- Conference space size (meters) - 28
- One meeting room
- Computer station
- Restaurant
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Free breakfast
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 96
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Television in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- Smoke-free property
- Free self parking
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Refrigerator (on request)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Iron/ironing board
- Pay movies
- Hair dryer
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Cable TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds available
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Best Western Plus Sutter House has a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed (service dogs only)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Only service animals are allowed
Optional extras
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per stay
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Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not served at this property.


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It's finally here!
The off-road industry has been talking about it for months. Arctic Cat has been testing it for even longer. And let me tell you, it's been worth the wait. This thing is WICKED.
Best in it's class all around and a thrilling heart-pounding ride make this UTV an obvious choice for your next side by side.
Not convinced?
With the most horsepower and biggest engine in it's class, the Wildcat offers a ride like no other.
It's rear suspension has an unheard of 18 inches of travel- 4 inches more than it's next closest competitor. Along with it's comfortable seats, it offers a smooth ride even over the deepest of holes.
The engine is mid mounted as is the radiator to bias the weight to the back for superior traction.
"The Wildcat has no equal. Period," said Claude Jordan, President and CEO. "Our customers asked for a high-performance side-by-side, and we happily responded with a no-compromise, pure-sport hot rod that redefines what's possible with a production off-road vehicle."


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TV Review: 'Damages'
It took only one season, but "Damages" has become the television equivalent of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
Wait. That's a little harsh, isn't it? Sorry, "Damages." Allow me to explain.
After "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable," it became impossible for Shyamalan to trick his viewers anymore. Part of the problem was that his movies were getting progressively worse, but audiences were also catching on to his games. Anticipating the surprise of Shyamalan movies became so simple that I guessed the twist in "The Village" based on one viewing of the teaser trailer and all of America had guessed the twist of "The Happening" -- You know... That it sucked -- before it was ever released.
The question became, "Hey Shyamalan, what else you got?"
And the answer has been, "Ummmm... Nothing."
The team behind "Damages" hasn't hit a Shyamalan-esque slump with the early episodes of the second season, but it remains to be seen if they've raised their game to meet the level of a viewership trained to assume that every character has double and triple motives and that half of the characters are lying to each other, half of the characters are lying to the audience and another half (it's a tricky Venn diagram) are lying to themselves. If you aren't careful, it's entirely possible for unpredictability to become predictable.
As I said in my list of the spring's 15 most anticipated TV events, "Damages" got a bit of a pass in its first season. The first three or four episodes were deliciously twisted and twisty and the last couple episodes tied everything together well. In between, though, viewers had to plow through seven or eight episodes that offered red herrings, filler and Zeljko Ivanek's Emmy-winning highlights. "Damages" isn't the first show to suffer from that degenerative condition known as "24" Syndrome, but it remained to be seen how it would evolve to meet the challenges of a second season.
Premiering on Wednesday (Jan. 7), "Damages" begins from a point of darkness. The Frobisher case may ultimately have been a big win for Patty Hewes and associates, but it didn't come without a cost. Formerly bright-eyed young attorney Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) is still mourning her dead fiancee and grief counseling doesn't seem to be helping. She's also still working with the FBI to take Patty (Glenn Close) down, but that process may take longer than expected. Ellen is haunted by bad dreams, but she may be better off than Patty, who's literally seeing ghosts. The show is called "Damages," but based on the psyches of its leads, it could be called "Damaged."
Both women are about to become involved with men who may be good for the series' drama, but probably won't be good for their well-being. Daniel Purcell (William Hurt) a man from Patty's past, shows up asking for a favor, but soon has to put his life in Patty's hands. Meanwhile, Ellen is attracting the interest of a man from her counseling group. He looks friendly enough, but since he's played by Timothy Olyphant, he's bound to be a bit off-kilter.
It's Purcell who puts the season's plot in motion, but there are enough tensions simmering that Ellen and Patty would probably be able to keep things interesting even without the addition of murder and some very high level (and hot-button) corporate misdeeds.
As if that isn't enough, Arthur Frobisher's demise at the end of the first season? Well, let's just say that viewers may have written Ted Danson's character off a little prematurely. No more spoilers from me on that front.
As they did last year, series creators Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler and Daniel Zelman have structured the season around a framing device. Six months in the future, we find Ellen sitting down, seemingly at a bar but maybe not, with a mystery person. Their conversation -- one-sided, as only Ellen speaks -- involves the importance of telling the truth and let's just say things escalate quickly. Since everybody on the show is lying, the mystery will be who Ellen's talking to, which lie she's peeved about and what happened in six months to get us there. I'm not sure it's quite as instantly compelling as last year's framing device, with Ellen, covered in blood, being arrested, but few things would be.
Even when last year's storytelling unspooled in the middle, "Damages" was still compelling for its New York City texture and for Glenn Close's performance at the center of it all. Steely and entirely unpredictable, Close instantly made Patty Hewes one of TV's great characters and watching her play off of Ivanek and Danson was something to savor. Close may have been given an even better foil this season in her "Big Chill" co-star Hurt. In the season's first three episodes, the two titans of '80s cinema (eight Oscar nods in the decade between them) are mostly circling each other, pawing around, insinuating, pushing buttons. Even if I'm skeptical that the show's writers will be able to play out a season with more consistency than last, I have total confidence that at some point Hurt and Close are going to tear into each other. And I can't wait.
There are also early signs that Bryne may be evolving into a better foil for Close as Ellen becomes a more worthy opponent for Patty. Last season, Ellen was becoming increasingly less innocent, but it was necessary for Patty to steamroll her. This season's version of Ellen may have already become more vicious and feral than her mentor. In fact, with Patty showing hints (only hints, mind you) of weakness, this could be a big season for Ellen and Byrne looks ready to handle it.
She'll be helped by Olyphant, instantly a stronger young male presence than any of last season's interchangeable characters.
Oh and did I mention that Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden shows up in the second episode? And that she looks fabulous and appears to have unexpected ties to several characters?
It's really an embarrassment of riches.
As our heroine is advised in the second episode, ""You have to be careful, Ellen. Everyone is looking to play an angle." That's even more true on "Damages" than in ordinary life. What that means is that from minute one, you're playing a guessing game and, not to toot my own horn, several plot twists that I guessed in the first episode have already played out as seeming shocks by the third episode. Since more of "Damages" fans are more passionate than I am, I'm guessing I won't be the only one suddenly working from ahead. Do the "Damages" producers still have enough tricks to keep the drama satisfying? If not, I'll keep watching just for the actors.


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Senior Designer, Caitlin Kinkead, received a Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design from George Washington University and her Bachelor of Arts in Historic Preservation from Mary Washington College. Caitlin brings her experience designing higher-end commercial hospitality spaces to LGD.
Caitlin's organizational skills and keen attention to complex details allow her to manage residential and commercial projects simultaneously. She enjoys transforming spaces to maximize functionality and is particularly deft at incorporating varying and contrasting textures into the overall design scheme.
Caitlin is NCIDQ certified, a competitive marathon runner, and the proud owner of one Oscar Le Frenchie http://instagram.com/oscar_le_frenchie


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NIEHS and Autism Speaks Partner to Find Answers
On September 8, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and Autism Speaks organized a brain-storming meeting in North Carolina entitled "Autism and the Environment: New Ideas for Advancing the Science". Researchers, scientists, and parent advocates from within and outside the field of autism were invited to participate. Over the course of the day, the group's objective was to share novel ideas and unique perspectives in identifying and overcoming the primary obstacles to progress in the field of environmental health research in autism. From these discussions the group was charged with identifying the best opportunities for accelerating research aimed at understanding the role the environment plays in the risk for autism. What made this meeting unique from others is that autism researchers with expertise in the unique challenges of discoveries in this disorder were invited together with experienced, senior researchers in other disorders with known genetic and environmental risk factors. This included schizophrenia, Parkinson's Disease, and breast cancer. For example, Dr. Caroline Tanner described the sequence of scientific discoveries that led to the conclusion that Parkinson's Disease has both environmental and genetic causes, and how researchers are using this information to better understand how the two interact. Dr. Tanner commented that, like autism, Parkinson's Disease is associated with gastrointestinal problems, noting that such problems often occur before the onset of the motor problems that are characteristics of this disorder. Other scientists pointed out how both epidemiological evidence and basic science discoveries have suggested that early immune system challenges, such as maternal influenza, can influence fetal brain development, resulting in an increased risk for schizophrenia. Another feature of the discussion was the broad, inclusive nature of environmental factors under consideration, as well as how basic science and epidemiology can work together in parallel, rather than sequentially, to identify and validate suspected environmental targets.
The meeting was broadcast live via webcast and a summary report will be shared with the public and the NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee for further consideration and comment. Ultimately this report will offer guidance in setting priorities in future environmental research in autism. Some of the suggestions included taking advantage of a variety of existing epidemiological studies the use of newer technologies for data collection of personal environmental exposures – such as sensors that can be worn on the body that are currently under development. Existing epidemiology studies that may not currently include autism as an outcome may be able to be built upon by adding autism as an outcome and gathering additional information on exposures of particular interest In addition, representatives from the National Toxicology Program presented approaches using bioinformatics and high throughput technologies to quickly screen for a variety of environmental exposures of interest. Because autism is complex, the assay may not be simple, and the group stressed the importance of basic research in science to help inform the process. This includes high quality, well designed research in cell biology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and genetics. Genetic research will continue to be essential to better understand how individuals with certain genotypes may be vulnerable to specific environmental exposure and to provide clues into the biological systems that are affected in autism. The new findings in genetics with regards to copy number variations are going to be essential to identify biological pathways that may be affected by specific environmental exposures.
As autism is a disorder with multiple symptoms and multiple etiologies, both big and small ideas, short and long term projects were identified for further consideration. Please check the Autism Speaks website for updates on this meeting and plans to follow up on the ideas presented. More information about the agenda and the participants can be found here. We will post a link to the full meeting once it is available.
Community partnerships for research and solutions
This post is by Leanne Chukoskie, Ph.D. Dr. Chukoskie is the Asst. Director Science Communication and Special Projects at Autism Speaks and Asst. Project Scientist, Institute for Neural Computation, UCSD.
Having not previously interacted with the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), I didn't know what to expect. I must admit a tendency to equate the National Institutes of Health with the pinnacle of ivory tower research and a somewhat "stuffy" perspective on science. I could not have been more off base in describing the inaugural meeting of the Partners in Environmental Public Health (PEPH).
The initiative aims to bring together academia and community stakeholders as partners in improving environmental health, and this was clearly a charge that the leadership and participants took seriously (read a description of the meeting). The passion of the people participating in this meeting was palpable. Many of the community organizers and research partners in attendance have been seeking solutions for local environmental problems for years. Spontaneous applause and whoops from the audience erupted in response to community-empowering comments or discussion. This wasn't your typical scientific conference! After each discussion session, the moderators had to actively intervene to end the questions and suggest that the conversation continue over the next break, lest we get horribly off our time schedule.
At the meeting my colleague, Alycia Halladay, and I conversed with other public health advocates about what we and other organizations are doing to disseminate research findings to members of the community. How were we learning what issues concern the community most? How do we use that information to address those concerns? How are we delivering scientific information about autism to the public and are they "getting it"? These other groups wanted to learn from us, and we from them.
We learned about an exceptional program that trained portreros (trusted communicators in the local Hispanic community) in various aspects of environmental science understanding using hands-on science demonstrations. The portreros then met with other members of their community to convey needed information about local environmental risks surrounding a superfund clean-up site. Could we develop the resources to train our team of volunteer Science Ambassadors at Autism Speaks similarly?
We also heard an important presentation from Michael Yudell, Ph.D., M.P.H. of Drexel University who spoke about communicating autism research findings to the public in a clear, direct and useful manner. Citing the history of how "blame" has been used by different ways and different groups to identify the causes of autism, Dr. Yudell offered recommendations for improving the dissemination of research based on a meeting organized at Drexel last year
It is in meetings like this is where the rubber meets the road. There are so many areas of opportunity for autism, which is one of NIEHS' priority areas of investigation, including opportunities for organizations and other community advocates to partner with academia and apply for grants. Most importantly, however, this initiative enjoys ongoing support from the government.. We look forward to making the most of the opportunities offered and working with you, the autism community, to make the changes we need most.


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The pre-kindergarten classroom on the Providence campus of CCRI is operated by Ready to Learn Providence (R2LP), a school-readiness initiative with the vision that all young children will be healthy and ready to learn. The classroom is one of 13 Pre-K sites in seven cities and towns funded by the Rhode Island Department of Education to demonstrate the value of high-quality early care and education. Aligned with the Rhode Island Early Learning Standards, the curriculum offers children a stimulating and playful environment in which they can explore and learn.
The Pre-K program is available at no cost to parents. Children, selected by lottery in August for the upcoming school year, must be 4 by September 1. To be eligible for the Liston Campus classroom, children must be residents of Providence.
The R2LP Classroom at CCRI, which accommodates 18 children, holds a five-star ranking from BrightStars, the state's quality rating and improvement system. A head teacher fluent in English and Spanish, an assistant teacher and members of the R2LP AmeriCorps program staff the classroom. To learn more about the program, please visit http://r2lp.org/pre-k-classroom/.
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His Big Event: As president of the nonprofit that maintains and manages Central Park, Blonsky oversees all events that take place there. And this year brought an especially large-scale production: artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005," an art installation of 7,503 steel gates suspended with orange fabric throughout the entire park in February. (Perhaps you heard?) The art piece and tourist attraction generated $254 million in visitor spending over its 16-day run.
How It Finally Happened: Blonsky first met with the artists in 1997, when Michael Bloomberg, a trustee of the conservancy at the time, first expressed interest in the installation. But the project was deemed too destructive to the park. "But fast-forward a couple of years, Mr. Bloomberg becomes Mayor Bloomberg, and a couple months after he was elected, it came to us again," says Blonsky. "It was a significantly different project; one that we felt with the proper planning, we could move forward." In September 2002, Blonsky flew to Leavenworth, Washington, to see Vince and Jonita Davenport, the chief engineer and director of construction, and project director, respectively, of "The Gates." "They had 16 of [the gates] set up in their front yard. I spent a few days testing them, backing a car into them to see how they would deform or crack, doing a wind tunnel test with a big fan. At that point, we were confident that it was something we could accomplish."
How They Went Up: Preliminary work included mappingout the park into 75 sites, and assigning 75 of his 250 staff membersas counterparts to the Davenports' 75 site project managers. "My staffis there to make sure that what they were doing was to our agreedsafety standards." "It was just 10 days before installation thateverything was distributed to locations throughout the park, where thena week before, the gates would actually start being assembled anderected," Blonsky says.
His Other Responsibilities: Of the park's $25 millionannual operating budget, only 15 percent comes from the city. The restcomes through donations, making Blonsky, 46, responsible for an intenseamount of fund-raising, some of which comes through site fees paid byprivate event hosts like JPMorgan Chase for its annual corporatechallenges. "We're making the park more open and more useful for morediverse and varied uses than it's ever been," Blonsky says.
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By Jordan Holland
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WATERFORD - The Eastern Lady Eagles showed why they are the second-ranked team in Ohio Division IV Thursday night as they dominated the Waterford Lady Wildcats 75-44 to clinch at least a share of the Tri-Valley Conference-Hocking Division.
The Eagles' defense, along with some mental errors by the Wildcats, forced Waterford into 28 turnovers in the game. Waterford had seven of those turnovers in the first quarter and 15 in the first half which helped Eastern pull ahead by 20, 42-22, at halftime.
"(Eastern's) intensity on defense causes a lot of pressure," Waterford head coach Jerry Close said. "We were able to get past it a lot and either fumble it away or make a pass and fumble it out of bounds. We've just got to get better under pressure.
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No. 2 EASTERN 75, WATERFORD 44
Eastern 19 23 17 16 - 75
Waterford 14 8 10 12 - 44
Taylor Palmer 0 0-0 0, Laura Pullins 2 0-0 5, Jordan Parker 3 0-0 8, Hannah Bailey 0 0-0 0, Jenna Burdette 12 1-2 28, Katie Keller 1 4-4 6, Lindsay Hupp 0 0-0 0, Hannah Barringer 0 0-0 0, Alia Hayes 0 0-0 0, Maddie Rigsby 4 2-2 10, Erin Swatzel 7 1-2 18. TOTALS: 29 8-10 75. 3-point goals: 9 (Burdette 3, Swatzel 3, Parker 2, Pullins 1).
Sam Farley 0 0-0 0, Lakin Tolson 1 0-0 3, Mariah Starkey 6 3-3 15, Hannah Dailey 2 0-0 4, Taylor Hilverding 3 1-2 7, Dani Drayer 3 2-4 10, Maddy Sury 0 0-0 0, Randee Seevers 1 0-0 3, Regan Porter 1 0-0 2, Cassie Reed 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 6-9 44. 3-point goals: 4 (Drayer 2, Seevers 1, Tolson 1).
Team stats
Eastern: Shooting: 29-60 (48.3 percent); 3-point shooting: 9-23 (39.1 percent); Rebounds: 25 (Pullins 7, Burdette 6); Assists: 14 (Parker 4, Burdette 4); Steals: 16 (Pullins 5, Burdette 4); Blocks: 8 (Swatzel 4, Keller 3); Turnovers: 15.
Waterford: Shooting: 17-48 (35.4 percent); 3-point shooting: 4-12 (33.3 percent); Rebounds: 19 (Hilverding 4, Drayer 4); Assists: 8; Steals: 9; Blocks: 2; Turnovers: 28.
JV: Waterford 27, Eastern 22
Next games: Eastern at Belpre Saturday; South Gallia at Waterford Saturday at 3 p.m. (Senior Night)
"We've got to get rid of the unforced turnovers and learn to settle down."
The Wildcats also had no answer for Jenna Burdette, who scored 28 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists.
Burdette scored 14 points during a 23-8 second quarter run which helped the Eagles put the game out of reach.
Mariah Starkey led Waterford with 15 points. Eastern held Waterford's top two scorers, Dani Drayer and Regan Porter, to 10 and three points, respectively, in the contest.
Eastern's Erin Swatzel and Katie Keller combined for seven blocked shots to help limit Waterford's inside game.
"(Eastern's) post players definitely hurt us," Close said.
Hannah Dailey scored the first four points of the game to give the Wildcats the early lead. Later, Jordan Parker assisted Maddie Rigsby on a basket and then put in a bucket of her own to give the Eagles their first lead of the game, 6-5.
Taylor Hilverding made a layup off a nice feed from Randee Seevers to put Waterford back on top, but Burdette scored three straight points to put Eastern ahead 9-7.
Mariah Starkey hit a jumper and Drayer knocked down a 3-pointer to give the 'Cats their final lead of the night, 12-9, as Parker and Laura Pullins answered with back-to-back treys.
After Burdette and Hilverding traded buckets, Keller made a pair of foul shots to put the Eagles up 19-14 after one quarter.
Rigsby nailed a jump-shot to open the second period before Burdette poured in seven straight points to open up a 14-point lead, 28-14, for Eastern.
Starkey momentarily stopped the bleeding with a layup, but Burdette fired right back with another triple.
Later, Drayer intercepted a pass and took it the length of the court for a layup followed by two free throws from Starkey to cut Eastern's lead to 37-22. Burdette, though, stretched the lead to 20 by making a layup and assisting Swatzel on a 3 just before the end of the half.
Hilverding opened the third quarter with a layup, but Eastern responded with 11 unanswered points, led by a pair of 3-pointers from Swatzel, to go up by 29, 53-24.
The Wildcats were unable to rally back as Eastern completed the season sweep of its conference rival.
"The good news is we wouldn't have to play (Eastern) again until regionals," Close said.
"We've got a lot of things we need to work on between now and next week."
Eastern went 29-for-60 (48.3 percent) from the floor compared to Waterford's 17-for-48 (35.4 percent).
Waterford fell to 11-7 and will look to bounce back against South Gallia on "Senior Night" Saturday. Eastern's next contest will be at Belpre Saturday as it will try to pick up its 20th victory of the season in 21 tries.


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The key for diabetes is keeping carbohydrate intake consistent throughout the day. Oatmeal is a healthy, carbohydrate-rich food that is beneficial for heart health and can fit in a healthy diet. You want to work with your healthcare provider on how many carbohydrates you need in a day. The American Diabetes Association recommends 45-60 grams of carbohydrate at a meal (3-4 carbohydrate servings). One half cup of oatmeal, without added sugars, contains about one carbohydrate serving (15 grams). If you add to Tablespoons raisins, that is another carbohydrate serving.
The benefit of carbohydrate counting is you have flexibility about what you eat as long as you stay within your recommended carbohydrate intake. But choosing carbohydrates that are nutritous, like oatmeal (and other whole grains), fruits and dairy, is important for a healthy diet. If you need help, see a diabetes educator for more assistance.
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Three important targets on poverty, slums and water have been met three years ahead of 2015, says this year's Report. Meeting the remaining targets, while challenging, is possible ─ but only if Governments do not waiver from their commitments.
6 Reduce child mortality
Where do we stand?
Progress on child mortality is gaining momentum.
The target is to reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under five years old mortality rate, from 93 children of every 1,000 dying to 31 of every 1,000. Child deaths are falling, but much more needs to be done in order to reach the development goal. Revitalizing efforts against pneumonia and diarrhea, while bolstering nutrition, could save millions of children.
Annual rates of reduction in under-five mortality, by region, 1990-2000 and 2000-2010 (Percentage).
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- Globally, deaths within the first month of life fell from 32 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 23 in 2010.
- Since 1990, in the developing regions, the mortality rate of under-five years old has declined by 35 percent, from 97 deaths per 1,000 births to 63.
- Sub- Saharan Africa has doubled its average rate of child mortality reduction from 1.2 percent a year during 1990-2000, to 2.4 percent during 2000-2010.
- Sub-Saharan Africa suffers though a higher neonatal mortality rate (35 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2010) than any other region, and has recorded the least improvement over the last two decades.
- Children in the developing regions as a whole, are twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday as children in the richest 20 percent of households.
- Sub-Saharan Africa had a 85 percent drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2010.
The 8 Millennium Development Goals
- 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- 2 Achieve universal primary education
- 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
- 4 Reduce child mortality
- 5 Improve maternal health
- 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
- 8 Develop a global partnership for development
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