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Having beaten Liverpool in the 1950 FA Cup Final, Arsenal entered the decade firing on all cylinders. In 1952, the Gunners came within just three games of securing the League and Cup 'double'. The team had a remarkably stable and solid look to it. Goalkeeper George Swindin and defender Walley Barnes played virtually every game, and the experienced Joe Mercer, Alex Forbes, Don Roper and crowd pleaser Jimmy Logie gave Arsenal a solid look.
The responsibility of scoring goals fell to Doug Lishman and Cliff Holton. In late '51, Lishman hit a purple patch, and netted hat-tricks in three successive home matches, and the League title appeared within the Gunners' reach. Yet by April, the team began to run out of steam, due, in no small part, to a string of injuries. Ray Daniel broke his arm in a disappointing 0-0 draw with Blackpool, and Lionel Smith sustained a serious knee injury in a defeat against Bolton. The real nail in the coffin came when Joe Mercer was rested against West Brom and Albion ran out 3-1 winners.
In the Club's final league game of the season, with Arsenal needing to win by seven clear goals at Old Trafford to lift the title, United thrashed Whittaker's men 6-1 and took the title to Manchester. Thanks to victories against Luton in the quarter-final, and a replayed semi-final against Chelsea, Arsenal reached Wembley to face holders Newcastle.
The flesh may have been weak (Lishman, Daniel and Logie were only just passed fit) but the spirit remained strong, despite Barnes's knee injury leaving Arsenal with just ten men for 55 minutes. With Holton and Roper down injured, Newcastle's George Mitchell crossed the ball for George Robledo to power in a header, and the exhausted Gunners had no answer. Joe Mercer later spoke of his pride at how hard the Gunners fought, and promised to deliver silverware the following season.
The 1952/53 season didn't start especially well. When Sunderland came to Highbury and won 3-1 in January, the crowd voiced its displeasure. One anonymous Gunners star told a Daily Mail journalist that he was "ashamed of the crowd and considered them the most unsporting collection in the country."
Arsenal continued to play inconsistently, as did their nearest rivals Preston and Wolves, but plugged away. With just two games remaining, the Gunners could seal the title with a win at nearest rivals Preston. Tellingly, Arsenal had garnered 52 points from 40 games, the lowest number of points any potential Champions had gained at that stage of the season.
The nervous Arsenal lost 2-0 at Deepdale, succumbing to the brilliance of Tom Finney, and left themselves needing to win the final game of the season at home against sixth place Burnley, in order to pip Preston to the big prize.
The match kicked off at the early time of 6.30pm on Friday, May 1, and the action was frenetic. After six minutes, Burnley's Des Thompson put the Clarets ahead against the run of play. Midway through the first-half, Arsenal found their attacking rhythm. Forbes – courtesy of a huge deflection – equalised and two minutes afterwards, Logie ducked out of the way to allow Lishman ("I just smacked the loose ball as hard as I could. It was the greatest moment of my life when it went in," he explained) to put Arsenal 2-1 up.
Just before half-time, Jimmy Logie pounced from five yards out to snaffle a poacher's goal. At the interval, the rain poured down, and after the restart, Burnley proved they weren't dead and buried. If they won, they would finish fourth – no mean achievement for a team which had laboured around midtable until March. Five minutes into the second-half, the Clarets' Billy Elliott pulled the score back to 3-2.
At that point, the Arsenal players attempted to shut up shop – a risky strategy with 40 minutes left. Don Roper recalled: "The ball weighed about twice as much as it did at the start of the game due to the wet pitch. Every time you kicked the ball, your whole body ached. I had a knee injury, and at one point I thought I'd collapse with pain when the ball caught me on the side. It later turned out I'd torn a ligament, but these were the days before substitutes, so you had to carry on.
"Jimmy (Logie) and Pete (Goring) were virtual passengers by now. They could barely walk, and so we just stuffed them behind the ball. We had no option but to stand firm in the final half hour".
Tom Whittaker couldn't stand the tension. He walked out and poured himself a double brandy. Roper explained: "It was just unbearable to watch. A single Burnley goal would have finished us, because there was no way we could have summoned the energy to come back at them. By now we were all defenders, and we knew that one careless tackle could be curtains for us".
Finally at 8.01pm, the referee blew his whistle. Arsenal had won the title on goal average, by 0.099 of a goal. Gunners fan Harry Wright recalls: "The rain had eased off, and the sun was trying to break through. The sky was red, which I thought was very symbolic. All the scarves and the rosettes were being thrown up into the air. Most of us invaded the pitch in search of the Arsenal players. My friend chaired Joe Mercer off the pitch. Some of the players like Jimmy Logie couldn't get off the pitch. They just stood and chatted to fans. It was fantastic."
Don Roper recalled: "What a shame there were no TV cameras. I still often think of what we achieved that night. I'm proud to be part of such a backs to the wall display. To me, it sums up what it's like to play for Arsenal. And to do it in front of our own supporters too. Marvellous!"
It was just as well that the players and fans lapped up the celebrations. Tom Whittaker's health was starting to fail, as had Chapman's and Allison's before him. The following year, the Gunners had a (by their high standards) disastrous season, and tailed in in 12th place, and at the end of the 1954/55 campaign, laboured into ninth spot.
The job of keeping Arsenal at the very top was proving an intolerable strain on Whittaker, and something had to give. There wouldn't be another Highbury night like the one against Burnley for another 17 years.
- Joe Mercer's distinguished Arsenal career ended when he collided with team mate Joe Wade and was stretchered off during a league match at Highbury against Liverpool in 1954
- In April 1951, the annual Highbury clash between the Boxers and the Jockeys saw floodlights rigged up and deployed for the first time
- Arsenal played their first floodlit Highbury match in a friendly against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Around 40,000 showed up to watch a piece of Arsenal history


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FOREST EGG: A new tree top walk in the Bavarian Forest National Park takes visitors 1.3 Km along a path that gently winds to the top of a wooden tower around three ancient fir trees. The 44 metre tower is shaped like an egg and allows visitors views of the surrounding forest and to closely inspect the firs at the centre. Wooden fences and transparent nets keep visitors safe, while integrated rope bridges and other challenges are available for the more adventurous. You have to wonder what effect reducing overall available light will have on the ancient firs in the middle and what authorities will do if the firs die. Bavarian Forest National Park explains. Video here.
FLIPPING ROBOTS: Do you think of yourself as a speed-reader? You won't be able to match the Japanese BFS-Auto scanning robot though, with its 250 pages per minute. The book sits on a stand while an automated flipping machine turns the pages. Meanwhile high-speed sensors determine when the pages are least deformed so that high-definition cameras can capture images at 400 pixels per inch.
Finally, software matches the page image with the data from the sensors about the page's deformation and corrects the image. Now, that's the way to scan books. Ishikawa Oku Laboratory details. Video here.
TVS TO TRANSPORT: Cathode ray TVs contain leaded glass, which is a problem when it comes to recycling. The UK firm Sweeep Kuusakoski is able to reclaim about 1 Kg of lead from each set though, after a British inventor came up with a furnace to do the job. The furnace heats the glass to over 1,000C. The lead falls to the bottom at that heat, and the glass continues through a process that turns it into roading aggregate. Much of the recycled lead is used for car batteries. Who'd have thought TVs could go from transporting us figuratively to literally? BBC finds.
MOTORCAR BUILT FOR TWO: Honda's new Micro Commuter vehicle is almost ready for production. It weighs less than 400 Kg, is around 125 cm wide and 2.5 metres long. Meant as a short-distance electric commuter vehicle, it's designed to carry a driver and one other adult or two children up to 100 Km. The battery recharges in less than 3 hours. Real-world testing begins next year. The crucial question though: is there room for the dogs? Gizmag elaborates.
PHONE ON THE RUN: It's an emergency but your cellphone has run out of juice. Now what? Don't throw the phone away in disgust. Researchers at Virginia Tech are working on a piezoelectric charger for just that scenario. They found that zinc oxide might do the job: shake the phone for a few minutes to create enough charge for an emergency call. Just drop the phone in your pocket while you run from the scary monsters. Gizmodo has further info.
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Who feeds their new bees? I was under the impression i didn't have to feed them, but am wondering what opinions are...?
Who feeds their new bees? I was under the impression i didn't have to feed them, but am wondering what opinions are...?
new bees on undrawn frames will likely need to be fed. My advice would to be to feed them as long as they will take it. They will only have a few months to draw comb. The amount that they draw will limit the amount that they can store.
If you feed your bees as long as they will take it, right on into the flow, you better be on top of swarm management.
As soon as they backfill the brood chamber with sugar syrup, they'll make some queen cells, and half to two thirds of your bees will swarm.
As frames get drawn out, add more frames to keep them busy, and keep feeding as long as they are drawing comb.
Feed them until the comb is drawn, and there is a band of syrup around the edge of the brood...if the frame is all brood, no nectar/syrup, look at the next frame or two toward the outside.
They'll have a frame w/ pollen and nectar/syrup facing the brood frames... as long as they have that, they have what they need.
All year long, the bees are working towardt he goal of swarming in the spring.
To prepare, they make a bunch of new bees (brood) so the hive can survive, they make some queen cells, back fill the brood nest (fill the brood cells with syrup/nectar), and when the queen cells are sealed, swarm, leaving only 1/2 to 1/3 of the former population behind.
>>Usually<< bees will stop feeding when nectar flow stops.
If you just don't stop feeding as long as they take it, you'd better be on top of swarm prevention.
When the honey flow starts, stop feeding until/unless you need to during a nectar dearth.
A package or swarm that has no stores is in a precarious position. If it rains for two weeks straight they will starve. Maybe even in a week or less. I would feed until they have some capped honey. I've never seen bees stop taking feed when they were taking it already. I have seen them ignore it in a flow, but once they are working it, they work it until it runs out or they swarm. With a package they will often swarm from constant feeding with not enough bees to succeed...
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Thanks. I live in central northern CA. Its not gonna rain for several months...we pretty much have something blooming all year. I did have a food source for them and they ignored it. Ill make sure to keep an eye on them. Thanks!


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France: adoption for all?
The French Socialist government is currently preparing a draft bill that would allow same-sex couples to get married. A separate bill would allow them to adopt children.
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Albertans Seek Pipeline Safety Investigation, Launch Spill Tipline
Carol Linnitt | July 16, 2012
By Carol Linnitt • Monday, July 16, 2012 - 13:21
After three major spills in Alberta occurred over the span of one month, questions are surfacing regarding the integrity of the province's aging pipeline infrastructure. Last week, a collective of more than 50 organizations from Alberta called upon Premier Alison Redford to initiate an independent inquiry of pipeline safety.
In an open letter sent to the Premier, representatives from a cross-section of landowners, farmers, environmental organizations, health and labour groups and First Nations asserted that "Albertans deserve assurances that our pipeline infrastructure is safe, and that appropriate regulations and oversight are in place."


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Mar 26, 2013 at 8:25 pm #1300943
Maia JordanBPL Member
@maiaLocale: Rocky Mountains
Companion forum thread to:Mar 26, 2013 at 8:38 pm #1969962
Travis LeannaBPL Member
@t-lLocale: Wisconsin
What gloves do you wear while packrafting? I've been rafting in calm water with air temps in the low 40s and my fingers have nearly frozen off with neoprene gloves. Albeit, they were thin and have since upgraded to 3.5mm neoprene gloves. I've not tried these new gloves yet.
What pack are you using in the photos?Mar 27, 2013 at 6:58 am #1970060
HkNewmanBPL Member
@hknewmanLocale: Western US
Looks like a fun spring activity but is there a limit depending on the streamflow at certain water level gauges? At a certain speed (think it was 1300 cu ft/sec on the Gila), kayaks, canoes, and regular rafts become dicey as the current takes over. The width of the stream/river makes a difference too, so wondering if there's a formula to take all these hydrology factors into account (besides just a trial run downstream on a known watercourse).Mar 27, 2013 at 8:43 am #1970099
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@davecLocale: The West Slope
HK, most all USGS gauges will have a flood level for the given stream. When you get to 90% of flood things tend to get pretty interesting/pushy, conditions with which a packraft deals poorly.
The tricky part is all those small, ungauged streams which are only runnable in a packraft, and only runnable when they're close to flood. I try to catch those after the peak of spring runoff, as the flood helps clean out all the debris felled and left behind by winter.Mar 27, 2013 at 10:20 am #1970140
Jean-Francois JobinBPL Member
except the neck closure system,the stowaway is still dry after some expeditions?Still satisfied?Mar 27, 2013 at 11:21 am #1970172
Ryan JordanAdmin
@ryanLocale: Rocky Mountains
@t.L. – I rarely take gloves backpacking between about April and September unless I'm doing a high mountain trek, so any gloves I take for whitewater packrafting are always with an eye towards maintaining paddle sensitivity and control. In the winter, I use neoprene Toasters (NRS), and in the spring, I use the NRS Hydroskin gloves. The latter are my favorite.
I like barehanded for short runs, but cold hands on longer backcountry runs is pretty miserable.
The orange packs are the old ULA Arctic Dry packs, now called the "Epic". I've mostly switched over to HMG packs (Porter 4400) for packrafting due to better durability and comfort while trekking. The Arctic/Epic are pretty uncomfortable with loads more than about 35 or 40 lbs for me.
@hknewman – every waterbody is different. Huge floods on the Yellowstone River below Livingston can be really fun big water to packraft. The same flood through town would be suicidal in packrafts. For tiny creeks, you need a lot of water. Like Dave said, I like to catch runoff after the peak, because wood *tends* to be cleaned out, but this isn't a hard and fast rule. I start keeping my eyes peeled, and rafting, once water levels start to rise.
@jfjobin – Very satisfied with the Stowaway. I still crave seat, elbow, and knee patches.Mar 27, 2013 at 11:26 am #1970174
Travis LeannaBPL Member
@t-lLocale: Wisconsin
Ah yes. I have the Hydroskin gloves as well and was using those when my fingers got dangerously cold. I'm still not sure why they did.
I have the NRS Natural Gloves, which as you know are basically the same as the Toaster Mitts but with fingers. I'm hoping that these will be a good improvement in warmth. I don't packraft in the dead of winter, so the Natural gloves will be used on early spring and fall trips.Mar 27, 2013 at 4:05 pm #1970263
Steven McAllisterBPL Member
@brooklynkayakLocale: South West US
The pictures show paddles that are kinda heavy compared to some of the paddles I've used.
Werner, Lendal and others offer much lighter options and Lendal in particular offer three and four piece paddles, for a more portable backpacking option?Mar 28, 2013 at 6:02 am #1970412
joe newtonMember
@holdfastLocale: Bergen, Norway
Can you tell me what dry bags you guys are using in the photos? They look like they pack 'flatter' than the usual dry bags with oval bases.Mar 28, 2013 at 6:05 am #1970413
Chris WBPL Member
@simplespiritLocale: .
Those orange ones that came with the Arctic packs were the Pacific Outdoor Pneumo (LTW version I believe). I don't think they're made anymore though.Mar 28, 2013 at 6:11 am #1970415
joe newtonMember
@holdfastLocale: Bergen, Norway
Thanks Chris. Any recommendations for a similarly shaped dry bag?
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text: I know that it is best to move hives at nighttime or when it is cold. Today I had to move 24 hives 300 feet away (property owner's demand). Will I lose all my field bees or will they find the hives? I have moved bees 25 feet before and they found the hive. In your experience how far can you go before they will be lost forever?


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I finished my first cut-out, in a utility room of a local motel. I got a ton of bees, honey, and honey comb, but brood was spotty and all I found was capped brood - I saw no eggs or uncapped brood. I could not locate a queen either. I suspect there is not one.
The guy who called me stated he had tried spraying to kill them and there were thousands of dead bees littering the area. I am guessing he might have killed her with a lucky shot of bug spray a few weeks back.
I did get enough bees to start an 8 frame deep and a five frame nucleus - both packed full of bees. I have enough honey to feed back to them now so that winter should not be an issue either. I guess I need to buy a couple of queens. Darn shame, as I was wanting her genetics. I am almost positive that these bees are carnies that escaped from someone. They look and act identical to my own carnie hive.


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By Kylee Coffman
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Yanina Shevchenko, Ph.D. student at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and President of OSA's Ottawa-Carleton Student Chapter. We discussed her research and her new career-focused column in Optics and Photonics News (OPN). Always active in the OSA community and busy balancing a million different projects, this female scientist is one to watch!
You are in your third year of a Ph.D. program at Carleton University, where you are working under supervisors Dr. Jacques Albert and Dr. Maria C. DeRosa. What is the focus of your research and what has been your biggest challenge?
My Ph.D. research has been very interdisciplinary from the moment it was started. I am working on developing surface plasmon resonance biosensors in the Advanced Photonics Components Lab at Carleton. In two projects that I am doing for my Ph.D., I have to apply a sensor platform for measuring different chemical and biological processes. For these particular projects, we have been collaborating with colleagues in the department of chemistry, and from the onset it has been challenging to form bridges into the worlds of chemistry and biochemistry because my background is primarily in photonics. Although this experience has been quite difficult, it has also been incredibly stimulating and interesting. I always wanted my research to be applied in the biomedical field, so I am very thankful that I had this project for my graduate research.
You received your bachelor's degree in engineering and technology at Saint-Petersburg State University in Russia, the country where you grew up. Has it been difficult studying at universities in two different countries (Russia & Canada) with different science cultures?
Without a doubt, it was a very useful experience to study in two countries with very different educational systems. It was not particularly easy for me to adjust immediately from one system to the other, but it was an experience that has allowed me to develop a well-rounded education, and I would not exchange it for anything. There are obviously advantages and disadvantages in both systems, but the exposure to both can provide you with a very fresh perspective. Sometimes students hesitate to move to a different country in order to continue their education, especially if doing so requires them to learn a new language. I would suggest taking the risk because the advantages of traveling to a new country while starting work in a new field is definitely worth all the trouble.
What do you hope to accomplish after obtaining your Ph.D.? Do you think the current economic climate will have an impact on your degree and/or career opportunities?
If we look at the statistics, we can find that only 20-30% of Ph.D.s stay in academia as researchers, and less than 50% remain in the R&D sector. These are very strong numbers indicating that the majority of students will have to apply themselves somewhere else. During any scientific Ph.D. program, students have the opportunity to develop very strong analytical and problem-solving skills that are required by the nature of research itself; these abilities are key for finding employment in other fields. There are numerous examples of people going into industry (R&D and sales), starting their own businesses, and positioning themselves in consulting and science communication roles. I have not completely decided what I am going to do. I know that I enjoy the intellectual challenge of doing research, and I hope that, after my Ph.D. studies are completed, I will continue to be driven by the challenge.
I first heard about OSA chapters during my undergraduate studies in Saint-Petersburg, and I thought it would be great to get involved, given the opportunities that OSA provides to members of the student chapters. When I started graduate studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, I saw that the Ottawa-Carleton Chapter was looking for new executive board members, and I decided to take that chance.
I think that student involvement with OSA chapters is beneficial in many ways, but mainly it provides the opportunity to meet with peers and discuss research in an informal atmosphere. To sustain an active chapter, it is important to have members who have a sincere interest in being involved, while also ensuring that the group environment is welcoming to all, and that the topics discussed are relevant to the student's research.
My involvement with OSA over the last three years has exceeded all of my expectations. I have participated in and helped organize several conferences-which in turn helped me to grow as a researcher. By taking part in the activities organized by OSA, I have had the chance to get involved in the Young Professionals program and have since started working on the 'Career Focus" column in OPN. Last but not least, I have met numerous students from different countries, many of whom have become very good friends. Overall, I would definitely recommend the student chapter experience to anyone who has an opportunity to be involved in one.
That's very exciting news about your column in Optics and Photonics News (OPN)! Can you please tell us more about the focus of this new career-focused column?
This is a very exciting project that was started earlier this year. After speaking with several students at the OSA Leadership meeting last October about possible career prospects for recent Ph.D.s, I learned that Optics and Photonics News magazine was starting a new initiative aimed at exploring various career-related issues. The main idea was to create a column in OPN that would be of interest to Ph.D.s, postdoctoral fellows and everyone else who is interested in further career development.
The column will focus on different career options for professionals with science and engineering backgrounds, internships, interview tips and the use of social media tools for job searches. I plan to finish my Ph.D. next year, and my work on the column in this context has been undoubtedly useful in terms of identifying new career prospects and speaking with people who chose different career paths. The first column appears in the July/August issue of OPN, so be sure to check it out. I encourage anyone who has an interest to become involved by contributing an article, raising points for discussion, or starting their own blog on OPN's website. I find the OPN editorial advisory committee and staff to be exceptionally welcoming of new ideas, and this is a great way to become engaged with the OSA community.
You are also the founder and vice president of the Women in Leadership Foundation Club at Carleton University, which you started in 2008. What is the main mission of this group? Being in a younger generation of scientists, do you see a change in the traditionally male-dominated field of science? Do you have suggestions for how female scientists can support each other's career and development?
My experience with the Women in Leadership club was very good; it helped me meet with students from other departments, and that in turn allowed me to understand the gender issues occurring in other areas of study. Disregarding the field of study, it became immediately apparent that all fields need more role models, mentors and support networks. I think it is important to have someone who not only inspires you, but who also helps to shape your future career path. Currently there are considerable changes occurring in the field of science, and women in graduate and postdoctoral studies are part of this recent push for change. Although there has been quite a lot of progress on this issue, there are still so many outstanding issues that need to be addressed, such as the salary gap between male and female colleagues (which is characteristic to many fields), and, more important, understanding that women usually take on the biggest part of the household load at home.
Amazingly enough, during your many years of studying, research, and volunteering, you've also managed to develop so many hobbies like yoga and your art school studies. You must be a master at time management. What is your advice for balancing one's professional and personal life? Do you have any new interests you'd like to share?
I wish I could say I am very good at time management, but I think this is where I definitely could learn more from someone else. Through my graduate study experience, I came to the realization that time management is one of the most useful skills that graduate students can learn and utilize while at school. I think the key is to prioritize and always try to improve upon your existing skills. I also noticed that, if you work on something that you find very interesting, you will exceed your own expectations and will always find extra hours to complete the project.
You're an active presence on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, GroupSite, and LinkedIn. Have you found technology to be a useful tool for connecting to other scientists? Who are your favorites to follow on Twitter?
Very often people ask, "So, what is in it for me? What can I get from spending time on these social networks?" It definitely takes time to sustain your presence on all social media websites and the benefits of being there can seem somewhat subtle. One of the main reasons why I use them is that they enable me to connect with like-minded people around the world. In general, one's circle is limited to people from the same school, to colleagues, to people living in the same city and maybe to people attending the same conferences. With the help of social media, you can go beyond your already established network and meet people who you would not normally meet or approach.
I really enjoy using all kinds of social media tools, but probably my favorites are LinkedIn and Twitter. On Twitter, I mostly follow OSA tweeple, some of the personal branding experts and various science news outlets. I would definitely recommend that people at least try social networks; it can be a lot of fun and lead to unthinkable opportunities.
A few of Yanina's Favorite Follows on Twitter: @Brandyourself, @Scientist Coach, @PolymerPhD, @OSASC, @kikilitalien, @MsEditor, @KyleeCoffman, @keithferrazzi, @MacleansMag, @PostDocsForum.
Kylee Coffman (email@example.com) is OSA's Education and Membership Specialist.
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One of the great joys of parenting is listening to your child learn to speak. However, for some, this process causes concern, frustration, and social isolation.
"I couldn't wait until Cooper could talk. Now, every time he speaks I'm a nervous wreck," admits Susan, a mother of a seven-year-old child that stutters. "Everyone kept telling me he would outgrow it (stuttering), but he didn't. Soon after his fifth birthday, I knew I had to get help."
Learning to speak isn't easy. Speech requires rapid and intricate movements of the tongue, lips, jaw, vocal cords, and teeth. In addition, precise timing of the muscles for breathing and sound production is necessary to a child's ability to speak. Many factors can interrupt these processes.
Most children will speak normally by the time they enter kindergarten, but some will continue to have a speech or language disorder. A speech disorder occurs when a child has difficulty putting sounds together to form words. Stuttering is one of several speech disorders that cause disfluency in a person's ability to speak.
Stuttering is characterized by a repetition of sounds or syllables, usually at the beginning of words. For example, "Mommy went to the s-s-store", or "That ba-ba-baby is crying." These repetitions and prolongations are often accompanied by tightness in the speech muscles, changes in the pitch or volume of the voice, and facial expressions of fear. Frequent occurrence of such behaviors is considered stuttering.
This type of disruption in the flow of speech most often develops between the ages of two and five when a child's vocabulary is developing at a rapid rate. However, as a child begins to reach school age, stuttering becomes less evident.
The Speech Foundation of America has identified the following criteria as warning signs of disfluency associated with stuttering:
There are multiple reasons a child will stutter and several practices that may worsen an existing stuttering problem.
As a parent, if you are concerned about your child's speech, ask your pediatrician for advice and a referral to a speech-language pathologist—a professional trained to test and treat individuals with speech, language, and voice disorders. This is especially appropriate if your child's stuttering persists for more than six months.
Early identification and treatment of speech and language disorders is important to improving communication skills. The goal of early intervention therapy is to build a foundation for fluent speech by helping the child to view speaking as easy and enjoyable instead of difficult and dreadful.
Many children outgrow stuttering without therapy. However, it is difficult to determine who will and who will not. If the nature of the problem is associated with a physical tension of the speech muscles, it is less likely to be outgrown.
At this time there is no cure for stuttering. However, early intervention and continued therapy can control the stuttering, resulting in a normal flow of speech. Most therapy programs will focus on specific speech techniques as well as the psychological issues associated with stuttering.
As a parent, you play a significant role in your child's speech and language development. The way you communicate with your child is important. A child who stutters needs extra patience and encouragement. But the results are worth it!
Here are a few tips to keep in mind when having a conversation with your child:
Share these tips with the child's siblings, teachers, and caregiver.
The more you understand your child's stuttering, the more you can help. With patience and understanding, you can help eliminate much of the frustration and anger associated with stuttering, and encourage your child's communication.
The National Stuttering Association
The Stuttering Foundation
Canadian Stuttering Association
Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research
Stuttering. KidsHealth website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/ears/stutter.html. Updated October 2010. Updated July 2013. Accessed December 24, 2013.
Stuttering info. National Stuttering Institute website. Available at: http://www.nsastutter.org/stutteringInformation/generalInformation.html. Accessed December 24, 2013.
Last reviewed December 2013 by Michael Woods, MD
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#931 Fri 04 May 12 8:24pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
I wonder what 'fructose friendly' means.
We tried Bob's Red Mill pizza crust mix and liked it. It makes two pizzas - about 15" square and was easy to mix and spread. It's still not like regular pizza dough, but it didn't have any offensive qualities and was nicely crisp.
#932 Sat 05 May 12 8:44am
Re: THE gluten-free thread
Some people, from the little information I've gleaned, have an issue with high fructose foods. So I find a lot of my gluten free foods are also fructose friendly (I assume they mean low fructose). It doesn't matter to me but I often get thrown in with dairy free (there is logic in that) and vegan
I also like the old time bakery gluten free pizza bases, it's just a bit easier than making up a mix. Though the lauke bread mix can be used.
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#933 Sat 05 May 12 10:17am
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- Member Occupation Admin Officer & Mum
- From Queensland, Australia
- Member since Sun 14 Mar 10
Re: THE gluten-free thread
TWR - have you ever used the Lauke bread mix to do pizza dough?
I love the bread that it makes and I've made an amazing damper with it and my mum made me piklets the other day for breakfast and they turned out superbly.
Had a bit of an embarrassing moment last night - had made a stunning looking apple pie for my girls night in dinner at a friends place and I must have misjudged the blind baking because the pastry was dry. AND I accidentally used SR flour.
Note to self: Never cook pastry when tired. It. Doesn't. Work!
#934 Sat 05 May 12 12:33pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
I have, there is a recipe on the side of the pack. I put it on one of the non-stick baking papers on a try because it's quite liquid. It's fine but I find the pre-made bases easier.
The lauke mix works well in my breville bread machine (has a gluten free setting).
How do you do the damper? I've got some new honey which would be great on damper.
Ah, tired baking, not a good idea.
#935 Fri 15 Jun 12 11:06am
Re: THE gluten-free thread
Cauliflower pizza crust thread http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewto … 44&p=1
Could be a gluten free alternative
#936 Fri 15 Jun 12 1:34pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
I sometimes buy Udi's pizza bases. I like the convenience. The mix makes almost double the quantity, which makes it about half the price and I kind of like having that large pizza for leftovers.
#937 Sun 15 Jul 12 11:41am
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- Member Occupation Being Fabulous
- From Liverpool
- Member since Sun 10 Oct 04
Re: THE gluten-free thread
Just to let you know I made Jamies Amazing Indian Dosa yesterday and the pancake worked out perfectly gluten free! I just replaced the plain flour with Doves Farm gluten and wheat free flour and I added a teaspoon of xanthan gum.
Really pleased now I have the perfect gluten free pancake recipe!
I've put a photo on my blog on this site.
#938 Wed 08 Aug 12 1:44pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=78136 a thread on gluten free bread
#939 Wed 12 Sep 12 10:21pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
Glad to hear about the dosa recipe working out Gravy Queen. I'm going to try it when I can get back into the kitchen.
MrP's made the Wegman's grocery store brand of gluten-free brownies twice now. They come out with bands of chocolate throughout the brownies that give them a wonderful texture and taste. We both liked them very much. I believe the price was about $4.99 and fills an 8" X 8" pan. You can cut them small, they are that rich and very nice with the addition of walnuts.
#940 Tue 18 Sep 12 12:10pm
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Country life brand of gluten free bread has just been re-released and I think it tastes a whole lot better than it did before.


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Spartan Race at Fenway Park
About 8,000 people registered for the first ever Spartan Sprint Time Trial obstacle course at Fenway Park for Nov. 17 and 18. Though the organizers couldn't use the grass, they took advantage of almost every other part of the stadium and created a 2.8-mile course complete with spears, weights, jump ropes, rocks, and plenty of barriers. Brian Duncanson, a co-founder of the Spartan race, said they are already starting to plan next year's race at the historic ball park.
By Alli Knothe, Boston.com Correspondent
Bethany Stone of Rhode Island got her face marked before the race. This is the second time she has participated in a Spartan Race and said the cold is often the hardest part.
"I want to get the whole course so you can see all the parts of the stadium you wouldn't normally see on a regular day,'' said Leanne Rizzitano, of Randolph, who strapped a camera normally used for skiing or snowboarding to her head for the race. This is the fifth time she has competed in the race and she plans to participate in the Fenway course again next year.
After 30 warm-up "burpees,'' (a combination of a pushup and a jump) competitors entered the Fenway Park obstacle course. About 10 people were released each minute for 15 minutes and then organizers waited another 15 minutes before releasing another wave of people.In total, there were about 6,000 participants.
A man jumped over a barricade as soon as a group ran up the ramps near Gate A in Fenway Park.
Racers ducked under ropes soon after the starting line. The race included more than 20 obstacles, but unlike the normal Spartan courses, it was without mud and fire.
Racers ran on the tops of picnic tables set up as an obstacle at the historic ball park.
Participants carried heavy stones at the area under the Budweiser sign near right field as part of the Atlas Lift station.
Team "legen– wait for it, wait for it –dary'' named and dressed for the show "How I Met Your Mother, "carried 35-pound buckets of water up about three flights of stairs near Gate D.
From bottom are: Catyn Piver, 25, Dave Blum, 26, and Bob Niccoli, 26.
A race volunteer rooted on two women doing "burpees'' as part of the Atlas Lift challenge.
A racer paused to catch her breath in front of Fenway's jumbotron after completing the Atlas Lift challenge.
A racer bound over a barricade set up behind the seating area off of the first base line in the stadium.
After a nice long run up and down and across the bleachers, participants had to row 500 meters in two minutes or do 30 burpees.
The participants pulled 65-to 85-pound weights up to the rafters.
About 65 percent of the participants are men, Spartan co-founder Brian Duncanson said. To get the course right, Spartan race had to make "several field trips'' to the park. "They had never done anything like this before,'' he said.
A volunteer watched as participants went back to their days of high school gym class.
If they weren't tired enough after climbing up ropes and pulling weights, participants scurried up sets of "ladders'' that leaned up against the concrete beams near Gate D.
A man got up after rolling under a barbed-wire barricade near Gate D in Fenway Park.
To avoid doing more burpees, participants had to throw the spear and make it stick into the hay. A volunteer said that about 15 percent of people were able to do it.
After the spears, racers had to maneuver across a climbing wall without falling down to avoid doing more, you guessed it, burpees.
Participants didn't have to do hop scotch, but after a javelin throw, climbing a wall, throwing a baseball into a barrel, they jumped some rope.
"If you don't have a hop in your step you're gonna have about 82 of them now,'' said Laura Ciccone, a volunteer at the course. She said most people weren't too happy with her when she told them to put a band around their legs and hop all the way to the top of the staircase. "Follow the rules and you will be in fact hard core,'' she told them.
Sisters Courtney, 24, (right) and Julia Doyle, 19, of New Hampshire, carried 50-60 pound bags of sand through the outfield bleachers. Several participants said that was the hardest part of the course.
Fifty-four-year-old Neal Bobreuff, an attorney from Connecticut, said he has been a Red Sox fan since 1967 and was in full uniform as he ran the course.
Justin Bragan, 28, of Swampscott, climbed an obstacle in front of the Green Monster.
With the end in sight, participants climbed a structure in the outfield.
A man raced to the final two obstacles before the finish line. With the top competitors finishing in about 30 minutes, the average person crossed the finish line within an hour to an hour and 15 minutes, Duncanson said.
For the second to last obstacle participants had to jump onto or over a block 10 times before they could continue on.
Before entering the last obstacle, Matt Deangelis, of Virginia, said hello to his children, 4-year-old Michael and 2-year-old Lola. He ran the race with his wife, Lindsay, as well as family and friends while other members of the "Deangelis clan'' cheered them on.
The last obstacle was a team of large men trying to deter the participants from finishing.
A volunteer held up one of the medals awarded to every racer who crossed the finish line.


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Pema Chodron
Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery for Westerners in North America. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and The Places That Scare You.
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The PA AG has posted a newly signed Reciprocity Agreement with Florida. The wording has changed. It now states:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall give full faith and credit to a valid Concealed Handgun License issued by the State of Florida to legal residents of the State of Florida;
PA already had a signed agreement with FL and now they have signed a new one. PA has been in a running argument with residents of PA carrying in PA with a FL Non-Resident Permit/License. Mainly in Philadelphia is where this has been coming up. But from the new agreement PA will no longer Honor the FL Non-Resident Permit/License. FL no longer puts the Address of their Permit/License holder on the Permit/License so your state issued ID will tell them your state of Residence. You can read the new agreement here:


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UTSA students: Miss Fiesta San Antonio Second Princess Justine
Marmolejo (left) and Miss San Antonio Priscilla Garcia show
their Roadrunner at Fiesta UTSA. (Photos by Mark McClendon)
UTSA royalty celebrate Fiesta San Antonio 2008
(April 24, 2008)--Priscilla Garcia, a San Antonio native and UTSA junior, is Miss San Antonio 2008 and will represent the city as she competes for the title of Miss Texas 2008 in July in Fort Worth. She made an appearance at the recent Fiesta UTSA and will participate at Fiesta San Antonio and other events.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Garcia is a communication major with a concentration in public relations. She is an honor roll student and a member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. In spring 2007, she won the "UTSA Idol" singing competition.
Garcia was crowned Miss San Antonio 2008 on April 29, 2007, to serve as an official member of Fiesta Royalty. As a part of the Miss Texas program, she serves as a mentor to girls ages 6-12 with the Alamo Princess and Lone Star Princess programs. As Miss San Antonio, Garcia speaks often on prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, shares her passion for music, and promotes the Miss Texas and Miss America programs.
Garcia graduated from Incarnate Word College Preparatory High School in San Antonio and was nominated for "Who's Who of American High School Students." She was a member of the all-state choir and madrigal group for three years, and as an Incarnate Word madrigal, met and performed for President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. She was awarded scholarships to Our Lady of the Lake University, University of the Incarnate Word, UTSA and the American Music and Dramatic Academy in Hollywood, Calif.
Garcia currently is touring the country with Positive Force, a group that promotes drug and alcohol abuse prevention, higher education and making healthy choices. She has been a part of the tour for five years as a back-up singer and dancer for international recording artist Patsy Torres.
She has performed as a vocalist for 13 years. Her first performance was at age eight when she entered the San Antonio Parks and Recreation "Our Part of Town" talent competition. At nine, she won first place as a vocalist. She was crowned San Antonio Junior Miss Recreation Queen 1997. In 2005, she was a Miss Fiesta finalist and scholarship recipient.
Garcia performed at the Capitol in Austin for Governor Rick Perry, sang in San Antonio for Prince Albert of Monaco, was selected by director Gregory Nava to dance beside Jennifer Lopez in the movie, "Selena," and sang with LL Cool J and Cool and the Gang. Most recently, she was the opening act for recording artist Frankie J at the "Dr. Pepper Unmistakable Concert" in San Antonio.


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Updated Jan 14, 2013 - 11:57 pm
Tebow in Arizona…let the crazy rumors begin
Brace yourselves.
The most talked about athlete in the country, Tim Tebow, is in Arizona.
And since the Arizona Cardinals are still recovering from some of the worst quarterback play the National Football League has seen in some time, Tebow's mere presence will spin into ridiculous speculation that he's coming to save the franchise.
Slow down.
Tebow is in Arizona, but he's simply working out at Paradise Valley Community College in north Phoenix.


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Crazy!! But that's how it gooooes… Millions of people, liv– Oh. Sorry. I thought I had broken myself of that habit.
So anyway, this week's tossing it out there revolves around mental breakdowns!
Because this blogging stuff is I was watching a certain movie that shall not be named until I post about it tomorrow (don't want to give away the surprise) about a Ballerina who is performing Swan Lake and who starts to go a little cuckoo. I know, I hate keeping you in suspense, but come back tomorrow! You can find out what movie I was talking about then!
But it got me thinking that people going crazy has been done in movies a lot… and that it would be a good one to talk about. Not so much "Rain Man", "I am Sam", "Happy Jack" mental disorder now… I'm talking "The Shining", "The Amityville Horror", "Full Metal Jacket" going crazy movies!
Doesn't have to be full movie. Can just be a part of a movie, or a really good scene or two maybe if you like. Big fan of Richard Dreyfuss losing his shit in "What About Bob?" hit it. Big fan of "The Room"? "You are tearing me apart Lisa!!" Hit it. (In fact, bonus points for "The Room")
Let me hear it!! What are you favorite movies and movie moments about people going off the rails?!


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Service dispatching software is used to automate the procedure of dispatching employees, vehicles or equipment to customers. Dispatch software is geared towards the field service industry and enables service providers and service technicians to work remotely. Dispatchers use this software to enhance their ability to assign the correct employees, vehicles and services to clients and to manage the schedules and availability of their resources.
Key features of dispatch software include client and service information logging; call taking and routing; work order management and job scheduling; inventory management; job allocation and customer qualification; route planning, quoting and job estimating; and electronic signature capture.
The call taking features of service dispatch software allow you to gather pertinent information from your customer and match this with instantly available, up-to.date information on resources and availability. These business apps provide you with instant visual overviews of all service call activities and current customer sites and equipment assets.
The software keeps you abreast of service history, agent interaction history, warranty, contract coverage, RMA number and site equipment assets. This information is automatically updated and can be converted to a work order or an authorized product repair.
Scheduling tools form a key component of scheduling software. They allow you to schedule jobs by specific time slots and dates using shared calendars. You can also calculate and plan routes using integrations with common mapping tools.
Team scheduling is another common function of service dispatch software, along with the ability to track the progress of multiple jobs at once and in real-time. Many dispatch applications will also feature the ability to create invoices, proposals, and tax and income reports to send to clients.
The majority of dispatch software will hook up to a technicians mobile device, such as iPad or iPhone, allowing for instant communication and rapid dispatch. Auto-dispatch features can be set up to allocate specific job types to preferred technicians on a repeated basis, minimizing dispatchers work load.
Dispatch software will also provide reporting features that give valuable insight into the success of your dispatching efforts. These tools can be used to identify trends by measuring average time on call, service success and technician performance.


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This is the tale of a 19th-century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528.
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT by MARK TWAIN is one of my favorite classic novels and one that should still have a lot of impact on modern readers.
As a comedy, it doesn't disappoint. Twain's satirical nature oozes from every page. However, reading it only as a comedy is a huge disservice to the work. Aside from the message of the book in relation to the political environment of its own time, there are two, broader underlying themes that I think keep this book from becoming dated.… (more)
Language: English
Published in: 1889
Word count: 117,533 words (≈ about 8 hours)
Source: Project Gutenberg
Copyright: Public Domain
Time travel is the concept of moving backwards and forwards to different points in time, in a manner analogous to moving through space. Additionally,...


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Meeting: Class War - The Corporate Takeover of Public Higher Education
Public education is under bipartisan attack in the U.S., driven by a pro-corporate political agenda that seeks to privatize education, increase student debt and bust unions. Learn how these policies are hitting City College of San Francisco and other schools serving low-income students, and how you can help faculty, students, staff and the community fight back.
A tasty buffet lunch with vegetarian options will be served at 1:00pm ($8 requested donation to benefit BAFSP).
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not nat'l broadcast...so what's happening?
not nat'l broadcast...so what's happening?
NFL Championships : 1927 1934 1938 1956 Super Bowl Champions: XXI XXV XLII XLVI
so how did Amar'e look? I know that Melo dropped 45 on 'em and we still ended up losing...
NFL Championships : 1927 1934 1938 1956 Super Bowl Champions: XXI XXV XLII XLVI
He looked rusty as expected. He finished with 6 points, 1 block, and 2 Turnovers in 17 minutes. He was 3-8 shooting with 2 nice dunks.
Nice bounce back win for the Knicks against SA. Defense picking back up now that they're getting some big bodies back in Camby and Stat.
All Hail The New York Giants!!
do i need to requote myself or should i just go off the top of my head? let's see....
dantoni is a horrible coach that is reliant on elite level point guard play. the knicks had tony douglas and mike bibby as their point guards to start the year.
the lockout and no training camp hurt the knicks more than most other teams because the roster was completely different than the year before. plus dantoni was constantly changing the rotations due to all the injuries plus simply trying to figure out what worked.. the roster completely changed when the knicks traded for melo, and then again completely changed in the offseason when they acquired chandler among others and let billups and others go. the lockout led to teams having little to no practice time to get better.
melo was hurt for a good portion of the year. he was also surrounded by a cast of scrubs for the most part. JR smith came over mid season, lin and novak emerged when melo and stat were hurt, stat's brother died in a car accident. the list goes on and on.
i said multiple times coming into this season, that this year would be the true defining season to see if this knicks team can be legit contenders. the reasons were simple. the knicks signed some good point guards in kidd, felton and pablo... as well as other good pickups like brewer, camby, rasheed, etc. the knicks finally had a full training camp and preseason with the roster in tact, but most importantly they finally had a competent coach that knew how to play to his players strengths.
the second woodson took over as coach you could see the difference, he is a good coach that holds his players accountable.
sorry if i seem like i'm attacking you but i saw you in essence say that how well the knicks are playing this year proves that you were right about them being a disappointment last year under completely different circumstances, which is nonsense. i forgot to even mention fields lol. the knicks backcourt for the early part of the season was douglas/bibby and fields/shumpert. you're not winning many games with that backcourt regardless of who you have up front.
i feel great about the fact that i defended carmelo and stood by him and stated several times that i was not worried about him at all going into this year. meanwhile haters such as yourself criticized him every chance you got and wanted to blow up the team and start over and rebuild through the draft. thankfully our GM isn't as irrational as some of the so called fans out there. i've seen a few of your posts bashing eli too so i guess you just get off on putting down the far and away best players on your favorite teams.
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rondo out for tonight's game for bumping into a ref lol
i hate the celtics like i hate the eagles. i hope for good blowout win in the first 3 quarters so we can rest our guys in the 4th.


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Interesting blog bashing the CEH cert
What's your opinion about he CEH cert?
As for my opinion, it all depends on how you approach to studying for this cert. I've used ethicalhacker.net and its member's recommendation and advice and learned a lot so far. I have taken the self studying approach and have read couple of books related to ethical hacking besides the CEH courseware and I've also set-up a virtual lab at home, and I'm glad to say that I'm having a blast. Like Don have said it before, it is important to study more than one resource for any given certification.
I know that the CEH is heavily focus in hacker tools, but it is essential to know what the hacker are using as their arsenal for attacking their targets. Look at it this way, I'm a security analyst and studying for CEH has helped me detect and identify tools that hackers might be using against our clients. For example, one of our client was being hit by a high amount of syn-ack packets coming from interesting ports without ever sending syn packets to initiate the connection. After reading about different scanning options in Nmap, I could, as an initial analysis, speculate that the attacker is performing a "idle scan" whereby spoofing the IP of our client's machine for reconnaissance purposes against the target host that is sending the syn-ack packets, thus making our client a victim of a third party effect. Without having prior knowledge of tools that hacker uses, I probably couldn't make such an assumption. Remember, to catch a hacker, you got to think like a hacker.


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—MoJo news teamNov. 7, 2012 12:27 AM
With multiple networks now calling Ohio for the president, Obama will return to the White House for four more years. Stay tuned for more soon from MoJo's David Corn, reporting from Obama campaign headquarters in Chicago.
On social media tonight there is much chatter about the 47 percent; Romney's infamous comments to rich donors, revealed in the video published by MoJo back in September, marked an inflection point in the race by many counts. Watch the video here and read the full transcript here.
Kate SheppardNov. 7, 2012 12:06 AM
Virginia's next senator, Tim Kaine.
In an Senate race that pitted two former governors against each other in Virginia, Democrat Tim Kaine has eked out a win over Republican George Allen.
Kaine, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, won one of the most expensive Senate matches of this election. The race attracted more outside spending than any other in the country, topping $52 million. (That's beyond the $32 million that the campaigns themselves spent.)
Allen sought to reclaim the Senate seat he held from 2001 to 2007, when he lost to Jim Webb, a Democrat that served as the Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan. That loss was largely attributed to a viral video in which Allen was seen calling a Democratic tracker the racially-loaded term "macaca." Mother Jones' reporter Tim Murphy chronicled Allen's comeback attempt earlier this year.
Andy KrollNov. 6, 2012 11:43 PM
Call her Comeback Claire.
Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill engineered one of the most stunning reversals of fortune in the 2012 election cycle, defeating Republican Rep. Todd Akin to claim another six-year term in the US Senate. At her campaign's outset in the summer of 2011, McCaskill was largely seen as the weakest Democratic senator on the ballot anywhere in the country. But ultimately it was McCaskill's gritty campaign combined with Akin's eyebrow-raising comments about rape that sealed her victory on Tuesday and denied Republicans a must-win seat if they hoped to reclaim the Senate majority. In an interview with a local TV station in mid-August, Akin claimed that if the rape of a woman is "a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
Akin's "legitimate rape" comment ignited a political firestorm, angered women everywhere, and flipped Missouri's US Senate race on its head. Akin later said he "misspoke," but the damage was done. Powerful Republican groups like the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rove's American Crossroads super-PAC, its affiliate Crossroads GPS, and other outside groups pulled their money out of Missouri. So damaging were his comments that a chorus of Republicans demanded Akin drop out of the race. Rove even joked about Akin's murder at the Republican National Convention in August.
Akin stood firm. "The people of Missouri chose me to be their candidate," he told ABC in late August. "And I don't believe it's right for party bosses to decide to override those voters."
But Akin, like fellow rape-gaffe Republican Richard Mourdock in Indiana, never recovered from his "legitimate rape" comment. Despite regaining some of his political and financial support, he trailed McCaskill by 6 percentage points heading into Tuesday's election in RealClearPolitics' polling average.
McCaskill's win, like Sen. Sherrod Brown's in Ohio, shows that outside money isn't so useful when it supports a weak candidate. McCaskill faced tens of millions in attacks from super-PACs and dark money groups—to no avail.
The Missouri Senate race marks yet another disappointment for Republicans. They were supposed to send McCaskill packing. But they couldn't muster the candidate to get the job done.
Adam WeinsteinNov. 6, 2012 11:23 PM
Ladda Tammy Duckworth is the child of a gun-loving World War II vet and a Thai immigrant of Chinese descent. She lost her legs piloting a Blackhawk helicopter through an insurgent attack in Iraq. In January, using prosthetic legs, she will step onto the floor of the US House of Representatives as the first combat-injured female member of Congress in the history of the United States.
Duckworth was elected to the House on Tuesday by voters in Illinois' 8th District, unseating Joe Walsh—a loud, brash tea party freshman whose tough talk on fiscal matters was belied by a personal history that included delinquent child support and a condo foreclosure. The deep-blue state Legislature had redistricted the 8th into a Democratic-friendly mix of affluent Chicago suburbs and immigrant strongholds; Walsh—who'd only won election in the tea party wave of 2010 by 290 votes out of more than 200,000 cast—was basically abandoned by national Republicans. It didn't help that Walsh called the president "a tyrant," and at virtually every opportunity dismissed Duckworth's military service and yelled at constituents.
In his place, Capitol Hill receives a favorite of the Democratic establishment; Duckworth is a former Obama assistant secretary of veterans affairs, a solid blue vote, and an impossibly upbeat personality headed to a fractious and frozen Congress. But in the Illinois 8th, a major waypoint for Midwestern industry and infrastructure, she pushed local issues: manufacturing, jobs, and social programs for the underprivileged. "My strength is in finding ways to make the government work for the people," she told me this summer, "finding waste, or money that is not being properly used…or finding opportunities that are out there and making them work for the community."
But before she heads to Washington, Duckworth has an extra stop to make next week: On November 12, she'll gather with old Army buddies in St. Louis for her "alive day," when they celebrate surviving the attack that took her legs. She'll reunite with the copilot of her fated helicopter, Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Milberg, who beams when he thinks about Duckworth's future in Congress—even if they don't always see eye-to-eye on politics. "Too many people, military people included, are too willing to have a pity party. Man, there's no time for pity parties—look at this gal," he said. "I look at her and I think: 'What have I got to be cryin' about?'"
Tim MurphyNov. 6, 2012 11:20 PM
Alan Grayson, the bomb-throwing Florida Democratic congressman who was tossed out in the tea party wave of 2010, is going back to Washington. After moving to the newly drawn, deep-blue 9th congressional district after redistricting, Grayson is easily topping his Republican challenger, lawyer and perennial candidate Todd Long, by double digits.
Grayson, who served just one term in Congress before losing to GOP Rep. Dan Webster, carved out a reputation in Washington as a progressive capable of exploding at any moment on nearly any issue. Among other things, Grayson said that former Vice President Dick Cheney has blood "dripping from his teeth," called a female lobbyist a "K-Street whore," said Rush Limbaugh was "more lucid when he was a drug addict," and warned "Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick."
But if you expected Grayson to tone down his act during his two years in the wilderness, you obviously don't know anything about Alan Grayson. On Sunday, he wrote on his Facebook page that, "Sometime between now and Tuesday, they'll say that an Obama victory means the Mayan Apocalypse, 45 days later, and only Mitt Romney/Todd Long/whoever can save us from that. They just keep pushing that big, red PANIC button, over and over and over again."
Grayson's bombast could be exhausting at times, but as my colleague Andy Kroll noted in 2010, he was also a voice for issues even Democrats tended to ignore:
In the recent foreclosure debacle, which introduced regular Americans to "robo signers" and "foreclosure mills," Grayson was a leading voice demanding investigations and highlighting the most glaring problems with the foreclosure pipeline. His pressure, combined with dozens of other members of Congress, helped to spur a nationwide probe involving by all 50 state attorneys to scrutinize into banks' alleged wrongdoing in the foreclosure process.
In the recent foreclosure debacle, which introduced regular Americans to "robo signers" and "foreclosure mills," Grayson was a leading voice demanding investigations and highlighting the most glaring problems with the foreclosure pipeline. His pressure, combined with dozens of other members of Congress, helped to spur a nationwide probe involving by all 50 state attorneys to scrutinize into banks' alleged wrongdoing in the foreclosure process.
If GOP Rep. Allen West holds on to win, Florida can probably lay claim to the two members of Congress most hated by the other side.
Stephanie MencimerNov. 6, 2012 11:12 PM
Bruce Majors, candidate for DC Delegate to US House
We probably don't need an exit poll to say with some confidence that DC real estate agent Bruce Majors has lost his race against incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton for the ever-so-powerful job of DC Delegate to the US House of Representatives. Majors is best known for his 15 minutes of fame two years ago when he wrote a guide advising people visiting DC for a Glenn Beck rally to stay away from subway lines that serve predominantly poor black areas. That earned the scorn of everyone from Rachel Maddow to Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who said he thought Majors was "scaring white people." He was an unlikely challenger for Norton's job. A tea partier, libertarian, professional Internet troll, and gay rights advocate who has given thousands of dollars to Democrats in years past, Majors has been a fixture in local city politics for a couple of decades.
He ran against Norton mostly with his own money, and didn't ever have much of a shot of winning. But he seems to have an ulterior motive for his campaign: securing a permanent slot on the DC ballot for the Libertarian Party. It's a laudable goal. When it comes to local politics, DC is a one-party town. Virtually every city office is held by a Democrat or a Democrat pretending to be an independent to win a seat on the city council, where the law requires two seats to be held by people of a different party. If Majors wins 7,500 votes from the city's libertarian/Republican/Ron Paul voting block, the Libertarians won't have to spend a small fortune every two years to get on the ballot, and DC voters might have another choice, even in races as meaningless as the DC delegate race.
The DC delegate election is one of the more depressing features of voting as a DC resident. Those of us who live in the nation's capital suffer from taxation without representation in the US Congress. Voting for Norton is just a reminder of that second-class status. The 22-year incumbent gets to attend congressional hearings and hang out with real members, but she doesn't actually get to vote on anything outside of committees. Yet every two years, she raises hundreds of thousands of dollars, mounts a campaign, a fringe candidate makes a stab at running against her, and we pretend it's a real exercise in democracy.
Kate SheppardNov. 6, 2012 10:53 PM
Update: Sen. Claire McCaskill has won her reelection bid against Todd Akin in Missouri.
In the hotly contested Senate race in Indiana, Democrat Joe Donnelly pulled out a win over Republican Richard Mourdock.
Mourdock, who had the backing of tea partiers in the state, demolished longtime Sen. Richard Lugar in the Republican primary and was widely favored to win the general election. That is, until he stated in a debate in late October that if a woman becomes pregnant from rape it is "something that God intended to happen." It was only one of many ill-advised rape comments this election year, but it came close to the election—and had an immediate, significant impact on Mourdock's poll numbers.
Donnelly is a moderate Democrat who has served two terms in the House. His campaign aimed to win over moderates from both parties who had supported Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate, by painting Mourdock as an "extreme" right-wing candidate. Mourdock certainly furthered that impression with his rape comment last month.
But the thing is, Donnelly also holds relatively extreme anti-abortion views. Last year he cosponsored and voted for the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" that would have restricted federal funding for abortions even more than the Hyde Amendment already does. He also supported early versions of the bill that would have redefined rape as only "forcible rape"—which would exclude statutory rapes, cases where a woman is drugged or drunk, date rapes, or when the victim has limited mental capacity.
Given his own views on abortion, that Donnelly won the race largely because of Mourdock's comment on the subject is pretty remarkable.
Tim MurphyNov. 6, 2012 10:44 PM
Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren (right) with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Two years ago, Elizabeth Warren told David Corn that she'd rather stab herself in the eye than go back to Washington. On Tuesday, the Harvard Law professor and creator of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ate her words, knocking off Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass) in one of the most closely watched—and at times nastiest—races of the 2012 cycle. Warren's win isn't just a case of a Democrat winning in Massachusetts; perhaps no candidate, President Obama included, inspired as much enthusiasm from progressives across the country. (She raised more money than any other Senate challenger in the country, much of it from out of state.) NBC News called the race shortly after polls closed in Boston.
Warren did it largely by sticking with what made her a political star in the first place—a fierce defense of the social contract, which led Republican to dub her "Matriarch of Mayhem" for her support of Occupy Wall Street:
For Republicans, a what-might-have-been remains the campaign finance truce Warren and Brown agreed to, which barred outside groups from buying TV ad time in the Bay State (per the agreement, any independent expenditure would have to be offset with a chartiable donation from the campaign). Given the extent to which Republican outside groups outspent Democratic groups in 2012, that bargain almost certainly ended up working in Warren's favor. It also meant that the fiercest attacks on Warren's character—hitting her, for example, for identifying as Cherokee at Harvard—came from Brown himself, eroding his largely positive image in Massachusetts.
For the 53-year-old Brown, this is likely not the end of his political career. With Sen. John Kerry rumored to be a top choice to replace retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, there's a possibility a new seat could open up as early as December. In that case, Brown would be a heavy favorite for the Republican nomination, and with a comparably weak Democratic bench in the state, stand a decent shot at getting his old job back. Alternatively, with Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick term-limited after 2014, he might just opt to try his luck closer to home.
This post was originally published based on inaccurate reports that the race had been called for Warren. The race has since been called by CBS and NBC.
Josh HarkinsonNov. 6, 2012 10:38 PM
As I've previously reported here, Florida has been beset by massive delays at the polls due to shortages of key voting equipment such as ballots and ballot scanners, and understaffing at polling places. Now comes this shocking video from Video The Vote, showing a voting line snaking around the block in Miami. It should be noted that, as of 6:40 EST, the Florida presidential race was insanely close. NPR was reporting a 500-vote difference.
Andy KrollNov. 6, 2012 10:36 PM
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Republican super-PACs and dark-money groups hurled everything they had at Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)—upwards of $40 million in outside money, according to the Brown campaign. Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS, the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity, the US Chamber of Commerce, you name it: The heavyweights in the GOP big-money universe blitzed Ohio with TV ads, mailers, and billboards bashing Brown and supporting his opponent, Republican Josh Mandel.
But Brown didn't buckle. Instead, he defeated Mandel on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race at 9:23 p.m. EST.
Brown's defeat deals a blow to the GOP's hopes of reclaiming control of the US Senate. (Democrats controlled 53 seats heading into Tuesday's election.) A year ago, the Republican Party and powerful outside groups ranked Brown alongside Democrats Jon Tester of Montana and Claire McCaskill of Missouri as vulnerable incumbents ripe for ousting. The road to a Republican Senate majority ran through Ohio, Montana, and Missouri, as well as contested states like Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, and North Dakota. That's why GOP groups invested tens of millions of dollars in beating Brown and electing Mandel. In Ohio, Brown has left with them nothing to show for it.
Mandel, Ohio's youthful treasurer and an Iraq war veteran, proved no match for the gravelly-voiced Brown. He was dogged by missteps and mini-controversies throughout his campaign: stubbornly refusing to take a position on the US auto bailout, racking up a miserable attendance record for boards on which he served, even confronting a Democratic tracker in the presence of a reporter and then misleading the public about it. At one point Mandel had amassed more "Pants on Fire" ratings from PolitiFact Ohio than any other candidate in Ohio.
Despite all the money poured into defeating Brown, Mandel never took the lead in the race. The closest Mandel got was a 3-point deficit in early September. Heading into Election Day, Brown led Mandel by 5 percentage points, 50 percent to 45 percent, in RealClearPolitics' polling average. Mandel's lackluster support could have something to do with his refusal to stake out a position on the auto bailout. The bailout saved tens of thousands of jobs in Ohio, a state that's home to car plants and auto suppliers, and the bailout itself was a salient issue in both the Brown-Mandel Senate race and the presidential race. Brown voted for the bailout and openly touted his choice throughout the campaign.
Brown's victory puts the Senate Democrats one seat closer to keeping their slim majority. It also serves as a lesson: Even a staggering amount of political money can't always propel a subpar candidate to victory.
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Well, hey, they look really good to me. It is going to be a pretty sight to see.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Well, hey, they look really good to me. It is going to be a pretty sight to see.
Wow!! This is very cute. Keep on cutting those triangles...this is going to be a beauty! :-) Laura
This does happen. Sometimes one fabric might be a bit lighter weight and this can be the result. If it bothers me to much I use a 'pigma pen' in a matching color and run it along the offensive stitching and they magically disappear.
EDIT: Just saw the pic'. AWESOME
no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
Wow! That will be a beautiful piece.
diidn't notice - but do you set your seams first? that means that you press the seam flat just as you sewed it...before opening up the fabric to press the seam allowance to one side. The "setting" process makes the thread sink into the fabric and tightens it up a bit, making it a cleaner look when you press to the side.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement and advice...all duly noted in my little note book. most appreciated.
Those long rows are hard to handle. Try stitching 8 of the triangles into a rhombus and then join the rhombus blocks.
Very pretty and looking good. Personally, every time I drop by the QB I find little tips and learn techniques that make my quilting life easier...there's also a lot of encouragement and large dollops of humour, which is pretty fantastic when you are a "lone quilter". Anyway...nice one ruby2shoes....keep us updated and happy piecing.
Ohhhhh, rhombus...never thought of that! Thanks. Work is finished for the week, OH is away for the weekend so it's just me, the dog, a bottle of red and the rotary cutter!!!!! Hehehe, even have a television set up in the sewing room and a swivel chair so I can swivel from sewing machine, to cutting mat, to lowered ironing board and iron. My idea of perfect laziness and enhanced production! I just have to remember to keep the garage door shut so no-one thinks I'm at home when they call by for a visit...shhhhhhhh!
Spent the afternoon cutting and sewing more triangles and this time I shortened my stitch length by half a measure and was more particular and careful when pressing my seams including "setting" them as suggested. My pieced triangles look more uniform/neater and stitches aren't showing between pieces so as I sit back for a cup of tea, a piece of chocolate and some inane t.v before going to bed I thank you all muchly!


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Located within walking distance to Broadway centre, with its Cinema complex and shops, Sydney Uni, and only 2 km from the city, this 1 bedroom apartment is perfect for Sydney visitors.
It has a rooftop terrace with a pool and fully equipped gym and sauna, balcony, and air-conditioning. There is a double sofa bed to accommodate two extra guests.
This apartment is on a quiet street that's within easy walking distance to the harbor, the Rocks, and botanical gardens, and a little bit more ambitious walking distance to Darling Harbor. Other than the ferries, you'll hardly need public transportation at all to see the major sights. It's a beautiful apartment, best suited for singles or couples.
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The apartment is clean and perfect for 2 people, with 4 people still in order. The kitchen is fully equipped.
Great location, 5 minutes walk from the Central Station.
Key collection takes place at a different location, but worked smoothly and very fast.
The landlord "Peter" is very friendly and helpful.
Das Apartment ist sauber und perfekt für 2 Personen, mit 4 Personen auch noch in Ordnung. Die Küche ist voll ausgestattet.
Super Lage, 5 Minuten zu Fuß von der Central Station entfernt.
Die Schlüsselübergabe findet an einem anderen Ort statt, funktionierte jedoch reibungslos und sehr schnell.
Der Vermieter "Peter" ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
I realized that I had to go to another place to collect the key after I arrived the accomodation. The owner said that he already gave me the email to inform the imformation.but I have never get the email. I SWEAR!!
AND YOU HAVE TO PAY EXTRA as cleaning fee.
It has been pleasurable to stay in this apartment which allowed us to have a great holidays. The balcony opens on a quite street which is very pleasant for a meal in fresh air. The air conditioning is quite and effective and the glass sliding door sound proof. so city noises hasn't been an issue.
The gym is well equipped and with a sona room. The pool and spa were very cold (sept) and the BBQ out of order.
Make sure you address all your enquiries at Wundu as you are not clients of the building management team. We were supplied with linen for 2 even we had booked for 4 guests.
Overall, good value for money.
Close to transport and many parks, lovely bakery around corner and convenient store with internet.
Very clean & good location. Only problem was setting timer on oven as power had been off. (Push first two buttons and last together)
Would consider staying here again.
The apartment is very good situated nearby central station. We could easyly get to all places we wanted to visit. Everything we needed was there. But it was not very comfortable to get the key at a different place far away, where the lady couldn´t tell us the way to the apartment. It is only possible by going by taxi. Nevertheless we enjoyed our stay very much.
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We had a great stay at his condo before our cruise. It was just as advertised and anything we needed was only a phone call away.
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The price was rather high and for this, in our opinion all details shoud be perfect (like dishwashing machine must work correctly, all lights should work, no broken chairs).
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A tilt table test is used to evaluate the cause of unexplained fainting (syncope). During a tilt table test, you lie on a table that moves from a horizontal to a vertical position. Your heart rate and blood pressure are monitored throughout the tilt table test.
Your doctor may recommend a tilt table test if you've had repeated, unexplained episodes of fainting. A tilt table test may also be appropriate to investigate the cause of fainting if you've fainted only once, but another episode would put you at high risk of injury due to your work environment, medical history, age or other factors.
Doctors use a tilt table test to help diagnose the cause of fainting. During the test, your blood pressure and heart rate are monitored. You begin by lying flat on a table. Straps are put around your body to hold you in place. Then, the table is tilted to raise your body to a head-up position — simulating a change in position from lying down to standing up. This test allows doctors to evaluate your body's cardiovascular response to the change in position.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression. Transcranial magnetic stimulation may be tried when other depression treatments haven't worked.
With TMS, a large electromagnetic coil is placed against your scalp near your forehead. The electromagnet used in TMS creates electric currents that stimulate nerve cells in the region of your brain involved in mood control and depression.