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Earlier this week, Sony released a new N'Sync greatest hits album called "Essentially N'Sync." (The members of N'Sync apparently didn't know that their label would be releasing the album, but that's another story.)
When I read about the album release, I had a flashback to 14 years ago, when the ridiculous "Bye Bye Bye" video featuring the N'Sync guys strung up like puppets played on MTV every hour or so.
In the flashback, I'm 15 and at a sleepover with my two best friends from high school, Kate and Rachel. "Bye Bye Bye" is on TV, and the three of us are trying our best to do the wave-wave-wave, bounce-bounce-bounce moves (you know what I'm talking about).
When I listen to that song now, it still makes me want to get up and dance, and a lot of my coworkers at Health feel the same way. Here, we've compiled our favorite late '90s and early '00s boy band hits into a Spotify playlist that's sure to get you moving. Queue it up for your next run or workout—nobody has to know what's playing in your earbuds!

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Published: August 11th, 2012 at 2:05 pm ET
August 4, 2012 report in the Hokkaido Newspaper translated by Fukushima Diary:
Professor Hiroaki Koide, Kyoto University Reactor Research Institute, during July 29, 2012 lecture at Doshisha University: According to government's research, Tokyo area turned out to be as contaminated as radiation controlled area like in Fukushima. Millions of people are living in radiation controlled area, where I work with a small nuclear reactor.
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Ball taken, gone back to Heimatland
"Immigration to my country harms me, it harms my family, it harms my people. Whoever invites or welcomes immigrants to Europe and Germany is my enemy," says bioinformatician Gangolf Jobb, who has responded to the Syrian migrant crisis by revoking the license for his Treefinder software, one tool (among many) that help measure and visualize the evolutionary distances between organisms. [more inside]
RMS says Windows, OS X, iOS and Android are all malware
Should you trust an internet of proprietary software things? - "Richard Stallman, known for his instrumental role in the creation of Linux, has written an opinion piece arguing that nearly any operating system you might use today can be considered malware, and that goes for popular mobile platforms as well as desktop operating systems." (via; rms previously)
For a GNU dawn! For freedom!
The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty: Maria Bustillos profiles Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Movement and author of the GNU Manifesto, which was published 30 years ago this month: The GNU Manifesto is characteristic of its author—deceptively simple, lucid, explicitly left-leaning, and entirely uncompromising… Stallman was one of the first to grasp that, if commercial entities were going to own the methods and technologies that controlled computers, then computer users would inevitably become beholden to those entities. This has come to pass, and in spades… "With software," Stallman still frequently observes, "either the users control the program, or the program controls the users."
Twenty Years of Ultra-Violence
Twenty years ago tonight, id Software uploaded Doom to an FTP server at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completely changed the video gaming industry. [more inside]
Free as in free to laugh at you, not with you
MooGNU is a copyleft alternative to nyancat Created by GNU/linux fans who are unable to enjoy the original because of "legal issues" MooGNU is a copyleft version of Nyancat, except obviously it is a GNU and has a slightly less catchy song.
Quivera, a fairly complete Unicode font
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝓪, 𝓪 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆𝑻𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝓪𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝓪𝒊𝒏𝒔 10,000 𝒄𝒉𝓪𝒓𝓪𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝓘𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓭, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓪𝓰𝓮 (𝔲𝔫𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝕮𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔢).
"Here is Quivira, a free TrueType font that contains 10,000 characters. If you have it installed, you can read this message (unless you're using Chrome)." [more inside]
"Here is Quivira, a free TrueType font that contains 10,000 characters. If you have it installed, you can read this message (unless you're using Chrome)." [more inside]
Free as in Free.
"If you buy bus or train tickets for me, do not give my name! Big Brother has no right to know where I travel, or where you travel, or where anyone travels. If they arbitrarily demand a name, give a name that does not belong to any person you know of. If they will check my ID before I board the bus or train, then let's look for another way for me to travel." Richard Stallman's rider. Via.
Hello everybody out there using minix
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
With these words, an unknown hacker named Linus Torvalds released Linux into the world, 20 years ago this year. [more inside]
With these words, an unknown hacker named Linus Torvalds released Linux into the world, 20 years ago this year. [more inside]
My dentist keeps telling me to FLOSS
Do you like manuals? Do you like Wikis? Do you like open source software? Check out FLOSS Manuals for wiki-fied manuals for popular and fun open source software, including PureData, Inkscape, Blender, Ardour, among others. Taking a page from programmers, the group endorses "book sprints", where creative writers, editors and artists work closely together to complete an online book in a short, intense burst of effort.
The Story of Linux
Revolution OS [1h25m Google Video] is a 2001 documentary which traces the history of GNU, Linux, and the open source and free software movements. It features several interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs (and hackers-cum-entrepreneurs), including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf. [more inside]
The R Project for Statistical Computing
R is quickly becoming the programming language for data analysis and statistics. R (an implementation of S) is free, open-source, and has hundreds of packages available. You can use it on the command-line, through a GUI, or in your favorite text editor. Use it with Python, Perl, or Java. Sweave R code into LaTeX documents for reproducible research. [more inside]
The software patent cold war is getting less cold
[Patent Lawsuit Filter] On Wednesday Sun Microsystems announced a counter suit against Network Appliance, wherein they will draw on their "defensive portfolio" which is "one of the largest patent arsenals on the internet". They are going to be requesting a permanent injunction to remove all of NetApp's filer products from the marketplace, and also seeking monetary damages (half of which they've pledged to donate to the Software Freedom Law Center and Peer to Patent Project). Last month, NetApp sued Sun for patent infringements in ZFS. Earlier this month in Texas, the first ever patent infringement lawsuit against Linux distributors was filed. [more inside]
The Hippest Sounds on Earth
John Coltrane. Thelonious Monk. Hank Mobley. Lennie Tristano. Blue Note. Impulse. Riverside... In other words: jazz. Now three fans in Japan -- a country that has always appreciated America's gift to music even more than the US itself -- have created The Jazz Discography Project, a bare-bones, open-source, astonishingly exhaustive database of the hippest sounds on the planet. For aficionados, just reading an ASCII entry for long out-of-print stuff like A Message from Garcia, featuring a young and then-unknown musician named Bill Evans who would later reinvent his instrument, is thrilling.
The Rise And Fall of Maui X-Stream
Bogart not the OSS Open Source is cool. Not only is it free-for-you, but you're also entitled to commercialize it as long as you follow some fairly simple rules. Software company Maui X-Stream seems to have run afoul of not just one OSS project but many, cobbling together entire product lines out of free software and branding them as their own -- and then heartily denying it. (More Inside)
Anyone who ever spent any time on the Domain-Policy mailing list before NetSol shut it down without warning a year or more back (it was starting to look evidentiary, you see, and they didn't want to get sued...) will be familiar with much of what's in this Salon piece about John "Gnu" Gilmore, CORE, ICANN('t), and the Great Domain Registration Fiasco.
Peru goes GNU.
Peru goes GNU. And I quote: "You may have heard about this if you watch the free software news, but I just want to repeat it for anyone who hasn't. The Peruvian government has introduced legislation requiring government offices to use free software; Microsoft is unhappy; and a member of the Peruvian Congress has written a response which I highly recommend reading, in which he explains in strong terms why it's out of the question for the government of a democratic nation to use proprietary software."
Let's stop wasting US$ 78 billion a year.
Let's stop wasting US$ 78 billion a year. Is software development really this inefficient? Aside from the main theme, there is also an interesting statement from a CIO towards the end of the article. "Those folks [involved in the open-source movement] are very knowledgeable, very good at what they do, and they're producing really great code," [...]
Cyber Patrol hacker sells out for one dollar
Cyber Patrol hacker sells out for one dollar < I made my political point and just don't want further annoyance... ...Mattel initiated legal action in e-mail subpoenas in mid-March and Skala and Jansson removed cphack from their sites, but not before urging computer activists to copy and distribute it.... ...Nevertheless, some mirror site operators think open source software protections make the issue moot. The court cannot impose an Internet ban because cphack was released under the GNU General Public License... > perhaps you've seen this--the final decision will be interesting with repect to free speech and the GNU GPL. something to watch anyhow.
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This weekend we had an important family event. It brought us all together and united us once more. We laughed and we played and forgot our cares. It was joyous to watch the kids as they played games with their Uncle, who is extremely exuberant. He wrestles with all of them and comes up with exciting games to engage their interest and to entertain. In fact, he is so popular that the nieces and nephews fight over him (I don't blame them. He is a lot of fun).
It is times like these that help me reflect on the necessity and importance of human relationships for our health. We need others. It is vital to form strong family bonds of love. The world can be a cruel place, but inside our homes it can be a wonderful safe haven from the storms of life. My parents learned at a young age the importance of forming lasting family bonds as both of their dads died the exact same year. My father was ten and my mother seven.
Getting together as a family floods my mind with memories and fills my heart with deep gratitude for those that I love dearly. A great way to spend time together is to cook a lot of fabulous tasting food. Here is a recipe that can be doubled, tripled, or increased to the amount that is required to feed a herd. These Hawaiian Haystacks are all natural, gluten-free, dairy-free, and a crowd pleaser. The entire family will rave over it and ask for the recipe!
- Brown Rice
- 4 cups homemade chicken broth or all natural gluten-free chicken broth
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 3/4 tsp pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp of sea salt if using all natural broth or 2 tsp sea salt if using homemade broth
- 2 cups shredded chicken
- 2 celery ribs
- 2 long carrots
- 4 TBSP cornstarch
- 1/2 cup water
In a large pan, combine the broth, milk, pepper, thyme, chicken, and salt. (The shredded chicken can be cooked in a slow cooker or on top of the stove. On top of the stove, cover with water and boil for 45 minutes. Remove from heat and shred.) Grate the carrots and dice the celery. Add them to the mixture. Stir well. Bring the mixture to a boil.
Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes. While the sauce is simmering cook the brown rice according to package directions. (I cook 1 1/2 cups of rice to feed 7 people. I usually begin cooking the rice when I start this recipe, since it takes 45 minutes as well)
After the sauce has simmered for 45 minutes, combine the cornstarch and water. Mix well to avoid any clumps. Add to the sauce and thicken. If the sauce is not thick enough, make another mix of cornstarch and water. Slowly add to ensure that it does not get too thick. Once the sauce has thickened, pour over rice and enjoy. Add whatever toppings excite your taste buds.


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New Multimillion-Dollar Education Investment in Southeast
Doranna Tindle | 12/14/2012, 3:27 p.m.
While the District of Columbia's traditional public school system plans to shutter 20 public school buildings, Friendship Public Charter School is opening a new school building on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast. Friendship is the region's largest nonprofit public charter school operator, overseeing six charter school campuses and five traditional public school campuses in underserved communities in the District and Baltimore.
Friendship Tech Prep Academy currently serves students from the sixth through the 10th grade, and the new state-of-the-art facility being built will enable the additiion of an 11th-grade next year and a 12th-grade the following year. This will significantly expand the number of students served in the high-poverty neighborhood where our school is located--from 200 students when we opened, to 620 in two years' time.
As a public charter school, we are free to invest in school infrastructure and instruction, without reference to the traditional public school system. This independence means that we design our own school culture and curriculum. Charters are now a big part of Washington D.C.'s public education scene, educating 43 percent of children enrolled in the District's public schools. Friendship is an important part of this educational offering, educating 11 percent of all District charter students.
Tech Prep prepares our students for higher education and the career of their choice by ensuring they master the skills, knowledge and tools needed for success in the 21st century green global economy. The focus of the school is Engineering, Computer Sciences and Environmental Education, and it will cater to students who seek a college education.
Every 11th- and 12th-grade student will be dual enrolled at Tech Prep, and in college, at no cost to themselves--important in this low-income community. Students will earn both a high-school diploma and credit toward a bachelor's or an associate's degree at the university level.
Friendship raised the funds for the new building through public charter school revenue bonds purchased by a variety of major institutional bond investors and money managers who have invested in similar charter school projects nationally. We received some of the lowest interest rates of any comparable charter school transaction since 2008. We were fortunate to partner with Robert W. Baird & Co., our lead underwriter, Turner Construction, and Architecture Inc. in Reston, Va.
Our investment represents an important contribution to the regeneration of the Ward 8 area that our school serves. Tech Prep's new campus will be located at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Milwaukee Place, on the site of an abandoned McDonalds. It enables us to renovate the existing campus--which formerly housed a boys and girls club--and to add an auditorium, a cafeteria, a gymnasium and a playground in the new building, which the current facility lacks.
Our new campus will be directly adjacent to the former St. Elizabeth's Hospitality property, which is about to become the new Department of Homeland Security headquarters, bringing 26,000 new jobs to the local community. We hope that Tech Prep's STEM--science, technology, engineering and math--emphasis will enable us to forge new educational and corporate partnerships, benefiting our students and preparing more Southeast D.C. youths for STEM careers.
We also aspire for Tech Prep's student performance to match that of our public charter high school, Collegiate Academy. Based in Northeast D.C., Collegiate has a 91 percent on-time high-school graduation rate. That is 35 percentage points higher than the average for D.C.'s traditional public high schools. More than revitalizing a long-neglected neighborhood-we also are positioning even more of its young people to become successful college graduates and career professionals.
Doranna Tindle is the principal of Friendship Tech Prep Academy.


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Hulk HoganTerry Gene Bollea
- Birthdate: 08/11/1953 (age 63)
- Height: 6'7"
- Weight: 302 Ib
Hogan enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980...
On The Concept: "It's going to be Jimmy Buffett's [Margaritaville] times 10; Hooters times 10. It's a logical extension of the Hogan brand, with my image and likeness. We're looking for something like Winter the Dolphin. In 36 years I've become so tangible to the public, and not just Americans. We have a chance to have an international draw."
On his role: "I see myself almost like a general manager, creatively. I play a fake general manager on Impact Wrestling. But this is for real."


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These are both immediate from the definition of the radical of an ideal. Do you understand the definition? Have you tried to write down precise statements of (1) and (2) in terms of that definition? That's essentially all this problem calls for.
Hello experts,
Given that there is a commutative ring R and 2 ideals I and J, also given that I is included in J
I need to prove
1) radical of I is in radical of J
2) radical of radical of ideal I = radical of ideal I.
Please give me a detailed answer, I need it urgently!!!!
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Edgar W. Bowlin papers, 1956-1961
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Bowlin, Edgar W., b. 1923
Painter, Sculptor
Active in Blountville, Tenn.
Collection size: 27 items.
Collection Summary: A brief biography; a résumé; a typescript of a speech delivered by Bowlin on October 12, 1956 at the unveiling of his statue of Andrew Johnson; a list of sculpture by Bowlin; comments of his sculpture, PLEASED BOY; four photographs; and clippings and other printed material.
Biographical/Historical Note: Sculptor and painter (Blountville, Tenn.)
Donated 1961 by Edgar W. Bowlin.
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One of a kind cyanotype contact print of a feather on hand torn bright white Rives BFK 300 gsm paper by Matt Shapoff. 6" square (15.2cm).Combining a 19th century iron based photographic process with modern design, Matt Shapoff creates his solar generated blueprints on acid-free fine art paper, at his indoor/outdoor studio on Peconic Bay. Each print is a unique exposure from an original digital image. Cyanotype prints are created by exposing photosensitized paper in the sun.Signed by the artist. Ready for mounting in the frame of your choice. Shipped in a protective cello envelope with a product information card about cyanotype photographic prints.All images are © Matt Shapoff, all rights reserved.
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"Handmade On Peconic Bay":http://hmpb.us is an eco-conscious design lab dedicated to creative experimentation, mixing 19th century printmaking with 21st century digital design. Inspired by natural curiosities, Matt and Cynthia Shapoff create one of a kind modern vintage photographic prints, upcycled framed art, handmade paper goods and accessories. Find us on "Facebook":http://www.facebook.com/handmadeonpeconicbay


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October 18, 2012 | Vol. 110, No. 42
The USCG Cutter Chandeleur arrived in Juneau last week. It is the newest addition to the Coast Guard fleet in Southeast.
Southeast Alaska received a new Coast Guard cutter last week.
Coast Guard Sector Juneau personnel welcomed the crew of the USCG Cutter Chandeleur during a ceremony at the Buoy Deck in Juneau on Friday, Oct. 12.
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Homeless shelters reaching a crisis
Homelessness is increasing in cities across America. Social service programs are reporting an increase in requests for food, housing assistance, and shelter space. While the economy in the Washington area is stronger than other regions in the country, the area is not immune from homelessness. Foreclosures, increasing demand for housing and shelter services, and the lack of affordable housing have contributed to the homeless crisis.
The increase in demand has put a strain on local shelters. Year around, there are approximately 1,402 emergency shelter beds for single adults in DC and 128 emergency shelter units for families. According to the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, approximately 16,000 people are homeless in Washington, DC over the course of a year, one of the highest rates in the country. The number of DC homeless families increased by 25 percent in 2008, and more than 200 families remain on the waitlist for emergency shelter.
Why are there so many homeless in DC? As many of us know, living in the DC area can be very expensive. In the District, a worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.55 would have to work almost 135 hours a week in order to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at fair market rent is currently costs $1,288 per month. Also, welfare benefits and food stamps often do not cover the basic needs of families.
Homeless advocates argue that Mayor Fenty has ignored the lack of emergency shelter beds by primarily focusing on the Housing First program. The goal of the Housing First program is to move the homeless immediately from the streets or homeless shelters into their own apartments. Individuals and families are also put into contact with social service programs to provide further stability. While the program has had promising results in other cities, the District has decreased the number of emergency shelter beds as it moves towards the Housing First program, putting many families and individuals at jeopardy until the program is fully ready. The wait for emergency family shelter is approximately 6 months and the closure of Franklin Shelter has further decreased the number of bed for homeless individuals, especially in downtown DC.
The D.C. Right to Housing Campaign (a collation of activists and nonprofits including the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, National Law Center on the Homeless and Poverty, and Bread for the City) is calling on Mayor Fenty and the DC Council to address the homelessness crisis by:
- Increasing homeless assistance funds to ensure no one is without safe and adequate shelter.
- Tracking the unmet demand for shelter to determine the adequate number of beds needed as required by the Homeless Services Reform Act.
- Improving and monitor shelter conditions.
- Maintaining an adequate emergency shelter safety net while moving toward a Housing First approach to ending homelessness.
Homelessness is the result of the convergence of several factors including housing market dynamics, housing and welfare policy, economic restructuring of the labor market, and personal difficulties such as mental illness, substance use, and health problems. Homelessness will not go away overnight, but it is time for the District to help end the revolving door of homelessness.
As a long-time DC resident (and a life-long resident of cities in general), I'm more than a little sick of the baseline assumption that "fixing homelessness" is the sole responsibility of urban areas.
When municipalities like suburban Maryland and Virginia have anything *near* the number of services for the indigent and mentally ill that the District provides, then we can talk about how "the District needs to help end the revolving door of homelessness."
These are not DC's homeless. These are the *region's* homeless. And DC already carries an unfair share of the burden. Any effort that DC makes in this direction should be tied *directly* to beds/services provided in the 'burbs.
The days when The District was some sort of catchment basin for every manner of social ill in the region is over.
Absolutely, we should gather as much data as possible.
Furthermore, there is a real crisis NOW and it will take time for a regional effort and shared burden.
Yep, we're at forty years now and counting.
Look, this is the same mechanism we've seen that's created such horrors as DCPS: Suburban municipalities dump their social ills on the cities; City social services are completely overwhelmed in trying to cope with the concentration of the needy; Suburban municipalities take the money they would've spent on things like the homeless and indigent students, and spend it on aquatic centers, lovely little libraries, and walking malls.
Oh, and best of all, suburbanites get to blame the cities for the ills they've exported.
Meanwhile "A first round of cuts to the D.C. budget wasn't enough to close a newly increased budget gap, it seems, forcing Mayor Adrian Fenty to propose a new round of measures to deal with a $666 million shortfall over the next two years. The Post reports that Fenty has proposed cutting 250 more city positions, selling a bus garage, moving money from special funds to the general budget and taking $188 million in federal stimulus funds and $125 million from the city's rainy day reserve. The moves are expected to leave a $63 million shortfall for 2010. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071602787.html)"
When the urban area has 10x the amount of homeless as the 'burbs, then yea, it is the responsibility of the city to do something about homelessness.
And how is it a regional problem? What does Virginia have anything to do with DC bums?
It's not Virginia's fault that DC has such bad income inequality. Kinda ironic considering how Democratic of a city it is...
At just $428 a month for a family of three, TANF (welfare) *never* covers the basic needs of families. Budgets are tight for the 1/3 of TANF recipients that are lucky enough to be in subsidized housing, and simply impossible for everyone else. Providing adequate income supports to these families would almost definitely slow the alarming rate of growth family homelessness.
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I don't think there are any reliable stats (or stats of any kind) on place of origin, but it makes sense on a basic level that if you're homeless you want to live in a place where lots of places are within walking distance, where other places are accessible by bus or metrorail, and where there are probably a good number of jobs. Like in cities.
It's precisely these "average" newly homeless whose numbers will rise during a recession. Chronic homelessness due to mental illness, drug abuse, etc. is not going to be as affected by the broader economy since most of these folks didn't have jobs to begin with.
It's not cherry picking to point out that the high cost of housing here means many people are stretched to the max already just to pay rent - so there is less safety net if anything goes wrong.
First off, let me say that I'm all for DC increasing shelter space and providing more funding for homeless services. Other factors such as medical care (especially psychiatric care) and helping people stay in their homes should also be the top focus among officials.
Having said that, I do think that this is a regional and national problem that should not be dumped onto DC alone. Cities tend to be centers for homelessness because urban areas traditionally provide easier access to public services, better transportation, and increased employment opportunities (remember, many homeless people are the working poor). Foreclosures, a leading cause of this recent rise in homelessness, are also higher in far-flung exurbs where public services and transportation are much more difficult to obtain. Therefore, it is probably safe to say that many of DC's homeless are from elsewhere.
The Homeless Emergency Response Workgroup and like organizations should focus on a regional response to the problem of homelessness. Does Montgomery County have space in emergency shelters? Can Prince George's help provide mental health services? Can Loudon County, with the area's highest foreclosure rates, help provide resources for its residents that suddenly ended up on the streets of DC? Veterans make up 23% of the nation's homeless; can the federal government and the VA do more to help treat and house those who defended this country? I admire the dedication of those who work on behalf of the homeless. However, writing a letter to the mayor and city council of a single city to demand better services is not going to solve this problem.
MPC: "And how is it a regional problem? What does Virginia have anything to do with DC bums?"
DC bums are in fact a very small portion of DC homeless. Most homeless are the working poor and increasingly more are families. This is Virginia's problem as well because its likely that people end up in DC (and other urban areas) for all the reasons I mentioned above. I completely agree with ibc.
Isn't it good for Virginia that you guys are suckers enough to care for the bums? We'll cry all the way to the bank, thank you very much.
It will take a while for IZ to result in more affordable housing units, and they are not targeted at the visibly homeless people we see in the city but at people making 50-80% of AMI (so in the high $30s and up for single folks), but having more income-targeted units will free up other units for lower-income people, and create more mixed-income blocks and neighborhoods.
IZ won't be a cure-all, especially for people who need housing plus some pretty intensive services, but it's a good step in the right direction
No, working class is not average, they are below average. The "average" household income in metro DC is over 40k a year, what you are lamenting is people going from near poverty to poverty. Those people should not be wasting their money on $1300 a month apartments. As you point out, on average half of the 2 bedroom apartments in DC proper cost less than $1288 a month.
"Average" people do not know anyone who goes from living in a $1300 a month apartment to living in their cars when they lose their jobs. They do, however, know people who have to make sacrifices, including giving up living in homes and neighborhoods they have worked very hard to afford. It does not make sense to say, "darn, I can't afford my rent controlled Cleveland Park 2 bedroom anymore, but I'd rather live on the streets than in a studio in Congress Heights." And if you do, you aren't the person these services are designed for.
from the article: "living in the DC area can be very expensive" which implies that it also *can* be more affordable. I take issue with housing advocates of all stripes that think those with the smallest incomes need to be in "average" housing stock. It defies the logic of what "average" means.
Aside: does anyone know the median price points for DC rentals? studio, 1 br, 2 br?
There aren't a lot of affordable apartments that are of decent health and housing standards, and where kids won't get shot at or be recruited into a gang. In normal cities, jobs would tend to migrate to more affordable areas, helping to balance out the effects of income disparity. Like Aspen, CO, which invested in large-scale city financed housing for its low-income workers, DC is not a normal city.
In the meantime, I don't think it's too crazy for parents to stretch as far as they can to provide their children with a safe home.
Finally: Fair Market Rent is not the average price of DC rent, nor do 1/2 of 2BR apartments in DC cost less than $1288 (if only!) FMR is defined by HUD as "the amount that would be needed to pay the gross rent (shelter rent plus utilities) of privately owned, decent, and safe rental housing of a modest (non-luxury) nature." So the prices, or even existence, of luxury housing do not affect this figure, and it tells you nothing about average or median rents.
And Aspen,CO is about as far away from normal as you can get. But I suppose your world must look different than mine, I'm not a Limousine Liberal (ASPEN?! Seriously!?). And anyway your example is of housing moving towards jobs, not jobs towards housing. Aspen is a tourism economy, has service sector housing become a tourism draw?
Lastly, it doesn't really matter if Fair Market Rent is $1288 or $288 if you have no savings and no job prospects either will be a long road to tow. So blaming the high housing costs in DC (or Aspen) wont do much good.
If you'll read more carefully, I was saying that NEITHER Aspen nor DC is a normal city. Both are largely single industry towns (albeit different industries) with employment that by its nature can't move to cheaper suburban areas. In response, Aspen has had to build subsidized housing since service workers were commuting from two hours away.
"Limousine Liberal?" I've never even been to Aspen. I did not realize that simply reading about a program in a given city makes one a frequent, wealthy visitor there. I think I'm going to check out some books about urban planning in Fiji and wait for my free plane tickets to arrive in the mail.
BTW, I used to live in Northeast so I am well aware that the entire quadrant is not hazardous to life and limb. But I didn't see too many 2BR apartments in the three figure range in Brookland, either.
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NBC will team with resident producer Mark Burnett (The Celebrity Apprentice, The Voice) for A.D.: Beyond the Bible, the working title for the follow-up to the cable miniseries The Bible by Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey, the network said yesterday.
"NBC is thrilled to bring this highly anticipated sequel to Mark and Roma's The Bible to network television," Jennifer Salke, the network's president of entertainment, said in a statement.
The Bible made history on a different network: History. The cable network scored big with the 10-hour miniseries, which premiered in March to 13.1 million viewers and wrapped up on Easter Sunday with almost 12 million, according to Nielsen. Since then, Burnett has hinted that a follow-up was in the works.
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"Our new series, A.D.: Beyond the Bible, is another massive project and a major commitment, but it's a story that has to be told. It's a story that changed the world. We look forward to making this an enormous television event on NBC," Burnett and Downey said in a statement.
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President Obama just wrapped up his first trip as President of the United States to Latin America. He had to cut his trip a little short due to the crisis in Libya and the decision to intervene, but he was still able to hit all his planned stops in Brazil, Chile and El Salvador.
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President Obama spent the weekend in Latin America as he kicked off his Latin American tour in Brazil before heading to Chile today.
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A novel liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method was developed and validated for quantification of topiramate (TPM) and its metabolites 10-hydroxy topiramate (10-OH-TPM), 9-hydroxy topiramate (9-OH-TPM), and 4,5-O-desisopropylidene topiramate (4,5-diol-TPM) in plasma and urine. The method uses 0.5 mL of plasma or 1 mL of urine that is extracted with diethyl ether and analyzed by LC-MS. Positive ion mode detection enables tandem mass spectrometric (MS/MS) identification of the aforementioned four compounds. Calibration curves of TPM, 4,5-diol-TPM, 9-OH-TPM, and 10-OH-TPM in plasma and urine were prepared and validated over the concentration range of 0.625 to 40 μg/mL using TPM-d12 as an internal standard. Calibration curves were linear over this concentration range for TPM and its metabolites. Accuracy and precision ranged in urine from 83% to 114% and 4% to 13% (%CV), respectively, and in plasma from 82% to 108% and 6% to 13%, respectively. The applicability of the assay was evaluated by analyzing plasma samples from a healthy subject who received a single oral dose of TPM (200 mg) and urine samples from 11 patients with epilepsy treated with TPM (daily dose between 100 to 600 mg) alone or with other antiepileptic drugs. Only TPM was detected and quantified in the plasma samples, and its concentration ranged between 0.7 and 4.3 μg/mL. The concentrations of TPM and 10-OH TPM were quantifiable in all urine samples and ranged from 20 to 300 μg/mL for TPM and from 1 to 50 μg/mL for 10-OH-TPM. The metabolites 4,5-diol-TPM and 9-OH-TPM were also detected in all urine samples, but their concentrations were quantifiable only in 4 patients. An unidentified peak in the chromatograms obtained from patients' urine was attributed to 2,3-O-desisopropylidene topiramate (2,3-diol-TPM). Due to a lack of reference material of 2,3-diol TPM and the similar MS/MS spectrum with 4,5-diol-TPM, the calibration curves of 4,5-diol-TPM were used for the quantification of its isomer 2,3-diol-TPM. Based on these determinations, the apparent 2,3-diol-TPM-to-TPM concentration ratio in patients' urine ranged from 0.05 to 0.51 and the 10-OH-TPM-to-TPM ratio ranged from 0.02 to 0.17. In conclusion, a novel LC-MS method for the assay of TPM and four of its metabolites in plasma and urine was developed. Its utilization for analysis of urine samples from patients with epilepsy showed that the method was suitable for analysis of TPM and its metabolites in clinical samples. Two quantitatively significant TPM metabolites (10-OH-TPM and 2,3-diol-TPM) and two quantitatively minor metabolites (9-OH-TPM and 4,5-diol-TPM) were detected and quantified in urine samples from patients with epilepsy.
Topiramate (TPM;Fig. 1) is a new antiepileptic drug (AED) that has been approved worldwide in more than 100 countries as adjunctive therapy for refractory partial onset seizures. Additional indications approved in many countries include adjunctive therapy for primary generalized tonic–clonic seizures and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and monotherapy for refractory partial onset seizures and newly diagnosed epilepsy in adults (1–4). It is currently being evaluated for its effect in various neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
TPM is characterized by linear pharmacokinetics over the clinically used dose range, a low oral clearance (22–36 mL/min) that in monotherapy is predominantly through renal excretion (renal clearance, 10–20 mL/min), and a long half-life (19–25 hours), which is decreased by coadministration of enzyme-inducing AEDs such as phenytoin (PHT) and carbamazepine (CBZ) (4–9). The absolute bioavailability or oral availability of TPM is 81% to 95% and is not affected by food (6). The clinically relevant TPM plasma concentration range has been found to extend up to 33 μg/L (4). Although TPM is not extensively metabolized when administered as monotherapy, with a fraction metabolized (fm) ∼20% (4,10), its metabolism to various inactive metabolites (Fig. 1) is induced during polytherapy with CBZ and PHT, and its fm increases appreciably (5,8,9,10). During concomitant treatment with CBZ or PHT, TPM oral clearance increases twofold, and its half-life decreases by approximately 50%. These changes may require TPM dose adjustment when PHT or CBZ therapy is added or discontinued (5,8,9). Such an increase in total body clearance implies that the formation clearance(s) of metabolite(s) through inducible pathways (cytochrome P450-mediated oxidation and glucuronide conjugation) may be increased by as much as 10-fold. Nevertheless, there is no information in the literature on quantitative contributions of individual metabolic pathways of TPM.
This lack of information may be due to lack of: 1) synthesized TPM metabolites that can be used as reference material (10,11), and 2) a sensitive and specific assay for the quantification of TPM metabolites in urine or plasma. Consequently, the aims of the current study were to (1) develop a sensitive and specific liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method for quantification of TPM and its metabolites in body fluids, and (2) apply this assay to the quantification of TPM and its metabolites in the plasma or urine of healthy subjects and patients with epilepsy.
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Women's rights activists and advocates want equality for women in every single field. If a woman is not present on board anywhere, it is a prejudice environment that they sense. Not having a woman on Facebook's board of directors is something that has not been done deliberately. It just is that way. But for women's rights activists it is important that one be there be show equality toward women and prevalence of a fair environment. When it comes to Facebook's user base, women make up 58% of it.
Recently, Mashable reported that Facebook's New York City office was poured in with around 58,000 petitions asking that women or at least a woman be allowed a seat on the board of directors of Facebook. The deadline to do so that Facebook faces is before it goes public, which means only a few months. The strong statement of such a demand is being made by an online community, Ultraviolet, focused on expansion of women's rights to fight off gender-bias everywhere. Now, it is just the petition. Their next planned step is a demonstration soon.
There is no doubt that women do add value to everything. It is not just about social networking and online media. If successful, this campaign might just prove to be a pioneer in making others make women count. They won't then stop just at Facebook. Other companies, whether online or out there, they can be the next one to be demanded such an obligation of providing women's rights on their board of directors. After all, you can't ignore more than half the population.


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Meet Team Stella
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Owner + Floral designer +Planner
Hi, I'm Jessica! I'm a lover of all things sparkly, a huge fan of cherry almond cupcakes and ORGANIZED to a fault. I love to laugh and I'm obsessed with weddings. But more importantly, I'm obsessed with helping couples create a unique, one of a kind wedding, while also helping them to keep their sanity (and actually enjoy their engagement!) I'm a born people-pleaser and I love the thrill of finding someone the perfect linen, putting together a flawless timeline, or helping someone track down the perfect detail to complete their day.
My favorite part of the wedding day is the end of the night when we get to hug the bride & groom—I love seeing countless hours of planning turn into a successful, seamless event! I tear up during ceremonies, I'm a sucker for a good first dance song, and above all, I absolutely LOVE what I do! I have a degree in public relations and have had my hand in planning events since 2002. Since opening Stella Event Design in 2007, we've helped over 300 amazing couples plan weddings along the lake shore! I live in St. Joseph with my techie husband Josh and our very adorable son, Rory.
Mary Beth George
Event Coordinator
Hello there! I'm Mary (known to some as Beth) and I'm a funny, flan-loving event planner! I've been working with Stella Event Design since 2008 and I love the thrill of helping couples plan their perfect day! I love weddings because they represent all that we want to be a part of–love, unity, beauty and family. My mother's pearl ring is my prized possession, and I adore sushi, raspberries, rain storms and confetti cake. I love the relationships I get to build with my couples, keeping them calmed, focused and excited about their big day. I have a degree in counseling from Great Lakes Christian College and a passion for working with people. When I'm not at a wedding you can find me relaxing in my hammock, reading, or spending time with my husband BJ and sons, Liam and Simon!
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Aaron Douglas papers, 1921-1973
Douglas, Aaron, b. 1899 d. 1979
Painter, Muralist, Illustrator
Active in Nashville, Tenn.
Collection size: 4 microfilm reels.
Collection Summary: Biographical material; letters; prints, drawings, sketchbooks; drafts of lectures; printed material and reports concerning the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity; teaching notes; bills and receipts; exhibition catalogs, clippings and other printed material; and photographs of Douglas and his works of art. The papers mostly concern Douglas' years at Fisk and the development of the art department, and the management of the Stieglitz art collection.
Among the correspondents are Charles Alston, Claude Clark, John Cowles, William Dawson, Jeff Donaldson, Cedric Dover, David Driskell, Mary Beattie Brady of the Harmon Foundation, John Davis Hatch, William C. Haygood of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and Walter Pach.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, muralist, illustrator; Nashville, Tenn.; b. 1899; d. 1979. Leading painter of the Harlem Renaissance. Chairman of Fisk University Art Department, 1937-1966.
Lent for microfilming 1991 by Special Collections Department, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee.
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With a stay at Onong Resort in Siladen Island, you'll be on the beach and close to Bunaken National Park. This beach hotel is within the region of I.R Soekarno Bridge and Ban Hin Kiong.
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Building fences
July 24, 2013 —
Visitors to the popular river spot, Skinners Falls, will notice a change this summer. Surrounding the field near the parking lot is now a fence, and there is now a $1 fee to get inside. The field, which one can walk through to get to the path that leads to the rocks down by the falls, is private property owned by Rick and Lisa Lander of Landers River Trips.
Skinners Falls is a favorite river location for locals and visitors alike. The land surrounding the falls is owned by three different parties. The field is privately owned by the Landers, the Lothian House and surrounding area is owned by Mary Lou Lothian of Lou's Tubes, and the parking lot, launching area and beach near the top of the falls are owned by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and managed by the National Park Service (NPS). Visitors can still access the NPS launching area and beach for free.
Sean McGuinness, Superintendent of the NPS, said there are issues with trying to get all of these entities to work together. He cited problems like broken glass and garbage being left down at the rocks, which NPS rangers and interns pick up though no one is formally responsible for garbage removal. He said, "Each one isn't such a big deal, but all combined together is diminishing the experience for the visitors, guests and residents that come here to enjoy that really nice recreation site on the river."
The Landers installed the fence and had someone collecting fees beginning on the July 4th weekend. Lisa said that the fee was put in place to help cover the cost of garbage removal from the field. At the edge of the field, before the path begins, there are garbage cans. The problem is that these garbage cans quickly fill up and garbage piles up around them because visitors to the falls do not take it with them. Lisa said that last year they took the cans away in the hopes that visitors would have a "pack-it-in, pack-it-out" attitude, but instead they just left the garbage on the ground where the cans used to be. Lisa said that the amount of garbage is "tremendous" and they are the ones who have to pay to remove it. The fee is a "response to solving a problem that we have." The Landers also provide bathroom and trash facilities.
The cost is a $1 entry fee for each person, $5 for a car load, $10 for tube rentals and a $5 launching fee. Lisa said, "I feel bad about it. It is just a necessity right now. Unless we can come up with another plan, it is what it is." The fee is a point of contention within the community, and some people are angry about it.


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Southview 79, Bowling Green 66
Sarah Klepzig did the inside damage with 26 points while Karyn Stanley helped from the outside with 20 — including three 3-pointers, as the Cougars built a 20-6 lead after the first quarter in girls basketball play on Tuesday.
Lauren Huntsman and Emily Westphal each added 12 for Southview (4-2, 4-1).
Bowling Green (3-4, 1-4) was led with 20 points from Tyanna Smith while Hannah Williford added 16.
Hailey Maas chipped in 11 in the loss.
Northview 65, Maumee 39
Northview jumped out to a 14-5 lead after one quarter and built up a 34-18 edge at halftime as the Wildcats (6-2, 4-2) used a balanced offensive attack to earn an NLL victory.
Kendall McCoy led Northview with 19 points, including three 3-pointers. Maddie Cole added 16 points and Kendall Jessing and Maddie Fries scored 10 points each.
Maumee was unable to gain ground in the second half as Northview outscored the Panthers 23-7 in the third quarter.
Evyn Kachenmeister led Maumee (0-7, 0-4) with 13 points.


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Pete Rose Bats, Coaches For Florence Freedom
By Mike Perleberg
Pete Rose takes a pitch during his one at-bat during an appearance for the Florence Freedom on Tuesday, September 3. Photo courtesy Florence Freedom.
(Florence, Ky.) – The Hit King returned to the baseball diamond Tuesday night.
Former Cincinnati Reds player and MLB career hit leader Pete Rose was an honorary first base coach in the Florence Freedom's home game against River City at UC Medical Center Stadium in Florence. While Rose has been banned from Major League Baseball since 1989, the Freedom are a member of the unaffiliated Frontier League.
Rose, now 73, led off the game with an unofficial at-bat in which he took three pitches and was then subbed for by a pinch hitter. He then coached at first base for the rest of the evening.
Although Rose never played of for the Frontier League team, his number 14 was retired during the 7th inning.
Despite a loss – Florence fell to River City by a 3-2 final score – fans in attendance said it was a game they won't soon forget.
14 retired by the @florencefreedom in honor of the hit king. Rose for the hall #reds pic.twitter.com/ZqeYoaXTlr
— Cincy Fan Zone (@cincyfanzone) September 3, 2014
pete rose coaching 3rd base at the @florencefreedom game #reds pic.twitter.com/Qf9VPFSNBF
— Cincy Fan Zone (@cincyfanzone) September 3, 2014
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The Greenwich Academy softball team clinched its second straight FAA regular season championship, while Greenwich High remained undefeated in boys and girls tennis and boys and girls golf. Here's today's stars.
Hannah Staab, Greenwich Academy softball: The junior left-hander struck out five in a complete-game three-hitter for the Gators, who routed St. Luke's, 21-0. GA clinched the FAA regular season title with the win.
Stephen Pastore, Greenwich High School golf: Pastore shot a 37 for the Cardinals, who outshot Fairfield Warde, 156-172.
Brooke Nethercott, Greenwich High School girls golf: Nethercott carded a 40 as Greenwich beat Danbury, 187-213 and downed Staples, 187-192.
Zach Niklaus, Greenwich High boys tennis: Niklaus played at first singles for the Cardinals and recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win in the team's 7-0 triumph against Trumbull.
Claudia Kesala, Greenwich girl tennis: The sophomore didn't drop a game in sweeping her opponent at first singles for GHS, which topped Trumbull, 6-1.


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Udupi: Mother and son killed in truck-car collision at Tenka Yermal
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje / Inchara UdupiDaijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Feb 1: In tragic incident, two persons lost their lives when a truck rammed into their car at Tenka Yermal here on Friday February 1.
The accident occured at around 7.30 am.
The deceased have been identified as Joy Sebastian (53), and his mother and Eli Kutti (73). Joy's father Davelcia Sebastian (80) is said to be critical.
They were travelling in their Innova car from Kerala to Hebri. The truck was plying from Udupi to Kerala.
Joy and his mother Eli died on the spot.
The family, originally from Palam in Kottayam, Kerala, had settled down in Someshwar-Hebri.
Padubdri police have registered a case.


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Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
General Questions
- What assistive technology is available and how do I borrow it? A complete list of devices can be seen in the Equipment List. Requests for devices can be made by you, a family member, friend or advocate, or someone who is helping you with your assistive technology needs (e.g., a therapist, teacher, rehabilitation counselor). Go to How do I Borrow to see the borrowing procedure.
Device Loan Request Form
- Why do borrowers have to complete a Device Loan Request Form? The Device Loan Request Form is used to let the staff of Pennsylvania's AT Lending Library know exactly what devices are being requested, and gives us information about who will be using the equipment.
- Why don't you have a way for people to complete the Device Loan Request Form on the web? The law requires that we have an original signature on file. However, the form may be printed from the website. In addition, a "shopping cart" option is now available in the Equipment List, to fill in the device inventory code, name and replacement value on the form for you.
- What address should I use for delivery? Devices may be shipped to the recipient, to a friend or family member, or to a service provider. Just remember that the whoever signs are the "responsible party" in Section 4 of the Request Form is responsible for the device from the time it is accepted from United Postal Service (UPS)! If the delivery is being made to a large facility with many departments and offices, it is important that the address be as specific as possible. It is sometimes helpful to check with the "mailroom" to find out what procedure should be followed to assure delivery and pickup.
- Why does the borrower have to sign the Device Loan Request Form in two places? It is important that the borrower understand his or her responsibilities when borrowing assistive technology devices, some of which are quite expensive. Software companies whose products are in the inventory want borrowers to know that copying or distributing loaned software is against the law. The signature for the Release of Liability is to make sure that none of the parties involved in the administration, supervision, or operation of the AT Lending will be sued regarding any damages, injury, or losses that occur in connection with a device loan.
Delivery and Pickup of Devices
- Why can't I get an exact date for delivery or pickup? UPS provides delivery and pickup service for the AT Lending Library. They require a three-day "window" for all shipments. When you are notified of an approximate delivery or pickup date, that date will usually be the first day for delivery or pickup.
- How do I pack up the device for pickup? Every device has an inventory list enclosed in the shipping case or box. Please compare that list to the items in the case to make sure nothing is missing. Make sure that devices are well-padded and firmly situated in the case, particularly fragile items. For kits that have many components or are difficult to pack, there may be a photograph in the kit that shows how items should be packed for shipment. If the items were not adequately packed, borrowers may be liable for damage that occurs in return shipment.
- I don't have a shipping label to send something back – should I contact UPS? No. When the UPS driver comes, they will have a label, or call tag for each of the packages being picked up.
- Is there a charge for unsuccessful UPS attempts at delivery or pickup? There is no charge to borrowers; the AT Lending Library is charged for shipping. Borrowers can help the AT Lending Library contain shipping costs by following the delivery and pickup instructions carefully.
- Who should I contact if there are problems with delivery or pickup? Contact your ATRC first, and they will get in touch with the Circulating Department at the Hiram G. Andrews Center in Johnstown.
Suggesting a New Item
- What if the AT Lending Library doesn't have the item I need?If the item you want is not in our Equipment List, you can suggest a new item.
- How are decisions made about what items to order for the AT Lending Library? One of the guiding principles of the AT Lending Library is consumer responsiveness. Our goal is to make sure that the AT Lending Library contains items that are needed and wanted by Pennsylvanians with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians. One of the ways we make this decision is to look at the items that are most frequently requested and those which have a waiting list, and then order more of those items, or similar items.
- What criteria are used when reviewing suggestions for new additions to the AT Lending Library? First, the item must meet the federal definition of an assistive technology device. (See What is AT?.) As a result, you may notice that the AT Lending Library contains some items which are "generic" (e.g. items designed for the general public) as well as highly specialized items which would only be useful to people with disabilities. Another principle guiding us is the consideration of items that are useful to a range of people: Pennsylvanians of all ages, with different disabilities, and with needs for improved functional capabilities for a variety of tasks and in a variety of settings.
- What are some things you would not add to the inventory, and why? Consideration is given to the size and weight of an item (is it something that can be shipped?) and whether or not it is something that would need to be installed. For example, although a stair glide is certainly an assistive device, it is really too large to ship and it is an item that must be physically installed in a home. We also must consider hygiene in making some determinations, as we are not equipped to sterilize items. As a result, items like bath chairs and talking glucometers are not available. Although some eating utensils are available in the Helping Tools kits, these are meant for demonstration purposes only. In addition, we do not have items used primarily for mobility (e.g. canes, walkers) because of potential for injury if these are improperly recommended or used.
- How often are items ordered? An effort is made to order items throughout the year, to reduce waiting lists for items and to make sure the flow of new devices into the AT Lending Library is continual and responds to the needs of borrowers. Lending Library staff review new suggestions periodically, at least every other month. If you have made a suggestion, your suggestion will be acknowledged and we will let you know whether or not the item(s) will be ordered.
Borrowing Software
- What considerations should I keep in mind when I am getting ready borrow software from the AT Lending Library? You will need to know whether or not you have a PC (IBM compatible, with Windows operating system) or a Mac (Apple computer). The descriptions of software in the AT Lending Library contain information about what platform and operating system version is needed. Most of the software will come on a CD, but there are still a few programs available that come on a floppy (3-1/4") disk. Unless your computer has a floppy drive, you will not be able to use that particular version of software. You will also need to look at any space, processing or sound requirements needed to run the software.
Also, consider whether there are additional software and hardware items that you will need to fully access the program. Examples of these items may include keyguards and special keyboards (like "Intellikeys"). If items like that are needed, be sure to include those items on your request form.
- What does it mean when the item description says the software must be "pre-loaded?" This means that due to licensing or other restrictions, we cannot send you the actual software CD, and the software will be pre-loaded onto a laptop computer. So, if the description says "pre-loaded" you must also add a laptop to your request form.
- What do I need to know about my responsibility when borrowing software? Be aware that IT IS ILLEGAL TO COPY OR DISTRIBUTE ANY SOFTWARE YOU BORROW THROUGH THE AT LENDING LIBRARY! In the "Borrower's Responsibility and Liability" section of the request form, the borrower signature means that they understand this, and agree to REMOVE any copies of borrowed software from their computer. Like other items in the AT Lending Library, software is LOANED to enable borrowers to try assistive technology. Our agreements with the software manufacturers (also called a "license") reflects this usage.
Helping Tools
- What is the "Helping Tools" training? "Helping Tools" is a train-the-trainer program to teach people how to teach others about the scope, benefit, and potential of assistive technology. Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology has developed several Helping Tools training curricula to date, focusing on different areas of assistive technology. Contact your ATRC for more information about Helping Tools trainings.
- Can I borrow a Helping Tools kit if I haven't attended a training? Yes. The Helping Tools kits can be borrowed by anyone, although the selection of items is targeted for demonstration purposes rather than for trial use by a consumer.


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Associated Wholesale Grocers here last week named Steve Dillard vice president, corporate sales development. He will assume the former responsibilities of Bill Lancaster, who retired from AWG at the end of July after founding the department in 1988 and serving as vice president. Dillard joined AWG in 1974 and worked his way up through a variety of positions, most recently serving as vice president of education and training, and special projects. In his new position, ...
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