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Dragons and Diving in Komodo National Park
Trip Start Jan 07, 2009
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It all began with a 4 day/3 night boat trip heading East from Lombok to Labuan Bajo, making stops on many islands along the way, including the famous KOMODO ISLAND! :) So I had no idea what to expect from this trip, because the price was so reasonable that I truly wondered what I would get for that price...but it turned out to be alright in most ways. Probably not actually the safest, but I made it so it's all good. lol. So when I signed up for such a long boat trip, I had my fingers crossed that there would be some cool people on the boat because well, I was going to be stuck with them for four whole days in a small space. But alas, you can't control such things and it was a very quiet group of people that didn't particularly mesh that well. There were two other solo backpackers who were cool, and then there were 3 british guys who didn't seem to care to talk to others, two really really young british guys, and a quiet austrian couple...At least we had our crazy guide Adi to liven things up a bit and make people talk. Oh the crazy Indonesian guys on the boat. Crazy crazy guys, sometimes bordering on inappropriate, but at least entertaining. Indonesian guys are just crazy in general though. Sometimes it does get to be a bit much and it can be frustrating, but mostly it is funny. (Basically, it's almost impossible for me to sit alone in a cafe here, an Indonesian guy always has to come talk to me...harmless enough though.)
Anyway, we were kept quite busy on this boat trip! We stopped to snorkle at many islands...probably did about 2 or 3 hours of snorkling every day! Some of this snorkling was even better than the scuba diving I had done in Thailand! It was even better because for the second and third day we didn't even see a single other boat anywhere, so it really felt like we had all these amazing coral reefs to ourselves! One day we took a short but very steep hike to the top on a mountain on one of these islands and had the most amazing view I have ever seen in my life. Absolutely brilliant! (See, you can tell I have been hanging around irish and english people when I start to call everything "brilliant" and "lovely" instead of the canadian "awesome"!) Anyway, all these places that I can't describe and to which photos can't do justice have convinced me that Indonesia is my favorite place I have been so far. the best!!!!
On the second night the boat had to keep sailing through the night because we had a lot of distance to cover. So far, the sea had been calm and flat and easy and comfortable, but this time we were heading further from shore and it was very...very...very...VERY rocky! I don't think anyone was able to sleep. I spent a lot of the night wondering if it was safe, and on many occasions was terrified of the fact that I hadn't seen any lifejackets on board because I felt like there was a chance we might need them. Seriously, it was insane, we were sleeping on the covered top deck of the boat, and I was getting sprayed from the waves all the way up there. Yikes, it was scary. But when I woke up from my half-asleep state, there was the most perfect sunrise I have ever seen, and the sea was calm again, so it was alright. :) We made it through the night......
One of the highlights of this trip was getting the chance to see the infamous KOMODO DRAGON, the huge carnivorous lizard that only lives on the archipelago of Komodo National Park, of which we visited two islands: the largest is Komodo Island, and the second largest is Rinca. We did a hike on both islands, but were only able to spot the dragons on Rinca. There were a few lazy ones that hang out near the restaurant, but we saw quite a few in the park in the wild, which was much cooler. They are just so unique...it's one of those crazy animals that I probably thought were very cool when I was a kid and loved reading Owl magazine. :P
Eventually we arrived in Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores, and I was quite ready to have a shower and get the salt out of my hair after four days...four days that just flew by, actually! Labuan Bajo itself is a bit of a strange place. It has beautiful sunset views over the islands...but the town is such a mess! Even though there isn't much to do, I decided to take a day off to just hang out, and I'm glad I did, because in the evening a few of us from the boat met a cool local guy, Francisco, who offered to show me around the next day. We knew he was a cool guy when he said he was from a town "not in the Lonely Planet", and he could speak 5 languages "mais pas francais". He spent 2 years in Europe and one year in New Zealand...I haven't met many Indonesians who travel so much! He had quite the crazy stories about these trips and his first experiences abroad. I think my favorite was his description of his first camping trip. With his limited english, he thought that camping was a place, and they were going "Camping". So he was like "Is Camping nice?". And then his description of what he saw when he arrived at the campsite was "a woman making spaghetti and a man drinking a beer with no shirt on"...and I think I laughed at that description all night. But maybe you had to be there to understand why this was funny. But it was.
Anyway, he very kindly gave me a good tour of Labuan Bajo. We went to some caves, but forgot to bring a flashlight, which sort of ruins it. After going through just maybe 40 metres of tunnels, we came to a bigger part of the cave with many tunnels, and I was so scared that we wouldn't be able to find the right path to get back out that I chickened out and we never got to the end of the cave...but it was still cool. Then we drove to some smaller villages in the mountains, where I had a very nice view! Then at dinner we got him to order us to "real" Indonesian food, which probably wasn't actually on the menu. It was quite nice. :)
But the best part, without a doubt, was the diving I did yesterday in the waters of Komodo National Park. WOW. There is no diving that can compare to this diving. It was perfect on every level. Firstly, I got on the boat and it was full of solo backpackers of the coolest kind...(why couldn't they have been on my 4 day boat trip??) All very cool, down to earth people, who were very enthusiastic about diving. I think half the group was Canadian, which proves that Canadians are the coolest. :) Anyway, after a 2 hour boat ride back out to Komodo, we got our first dive briefing, which made it sound quite crazy. The currents out there are very intense. We had to jump off the boat and make a descent as quickly as possible, or else we would get swept up in the current and have to swim against it...which is not really doable. (Actually, apparently last year a group of divers got swept up in the current and ended up very very far away, and ended up on Rinca, fighting off Komodo dragons for two days until they were finally found. After doing this dive, I can believe that this can happen.) So we made the decent and landed in the most intense and beautiful corals I have ever seen, way more colorful and plentiful that I have ever seen. There were so many fish and so much going on that I didn't know where to look!!! At some point in the dive though, there was a current that goes around a big rock for maybe 100 metres (more? I'm not sure) and there is no fighting it, you just have the let it carry you. It's the first time that I've experienced that, so it was a bit terrifying to feel like you can't stop even if you wanted to, but once around the big rock it calmed down a little bit, and I felt better. The second dive had an even crazier dive plan, and involved even stronger currents, but I think it was even more impressive than the first dive! At one point, a strong current pulled us through a small passage between two walls that were covered with bright orange soft corals (and always tons of fish), and it was just amazing. I guess you can't really describe a dive though, so I'll stop trying. We did a third dive as well, which was much more mellow. The sea was completely calm and there were no currents on this dive site, so basically the description of the dive was just "there's a big rock, we're going to dive on it", and it was all very mellow. We saw lots of whitetip reef sharks, and got to hang out with them for a while. We saw lots of dolphins from the boat, and some of the group saw one during the dive, but I missed it. Sad to have missed the dolphin. :) We made it make to town around 6PM and everyone went to the bar with the good sunset view to keep talking about diving and traveling, and it made me wish I could know this cool crew of people for more than just one day, but alas I had booked my flight the next morning.
It wasn't a very tough call to chose to fly back though, because the other option was to be on a bus for 3days/2nights...and doesn't cost that much less than a flight, so this morning I took my very scenic flight to Bali, and tonight I'm on a night bus heading towards Java! Oh so much to see and do in this amazing country!


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#11 Mon 03 Nov 08 5:38pm
Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Hi Rohroh
Now's your chance to get your butt back into shape. You've got 7 weeks before Christmas to make real dent into your weight. Combining the exercise and healthy food together should give you a real good chance of shedding a few pounds.
Good luck.
#12 Mon 03 Nov 08 5:41pm
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Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Hi Jamie! I sometimes walk for hours each day and need something to counter all that walking. Any suggestions? I will use equipment whenever hotels offer health spa's, I'm on the road a lot and could use a regular routine for times when I don't have access to a gym, but could do something in my room. I am a little reluctant to touch the floor, but can feasibly get an extra towel or something to put down in most places. At home, at least I can use a mat and I wash the floor regularly.
#13 Mon 03 Nov 08 7:28pm
- Forum champ Occupation Duty Free Lancome and Fragrance sales
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Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Hi Jamie, thanks so much, those few tips are very easy for me to do and will follow your instructions... I feel the pain already Looking forward to your future posts
#14 Tue 04 Nov 08 12:15pm
Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Hey MsPablo,
I have just posted 15 exercises which you can do when you are on the road. Some of the exercises do get you to get down on the floor especially the ones where you are working your abs, however most are done standing up.
See the post "top 15 exercises"
#15 Wed 05 Nov 08 10:07am
Mrs Gibba
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Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Hi guys
Just to let you know that week one of wearing the pedometer I averaged 6419 stes per day. Hope to raise that this week by 325, so that by the end of the 12 week plan I average the recommended 10,000.
This week I aim to get the increase by better using my lunch hour at work (also hope that my back will be a lot better and that I feel like moving)
Mrs G
#16 Sun 09 Nov 08 12:42am
proud mom
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Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Jaimie I wonder if you can suggest some exercises for a bad back.... my shoulders, neck and lower back ache purely due to the fact I cannot relax or unwind and I am very tense and wound up...
I am finding it extremley difficult to wind down from things and maybe exercise is the key to getting that release...
If you can help that would be fantastic
Thanks in advance
#17 Sun 09 Nov 08 12:57am
- Forum champ Occupation Fibre Artist / Single Mum
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Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
TheFitnessCoach wrote:
Hi Rohroh
Now's your chance to get your butt back into shape.
dog has been walked so much it nearly refuses to go near the door...will try some of your tips from now til Christmas...might even measure before and after...eek
#18 Tue 11 Nov 08 2:04pm
Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Hi Proud mum, there is alot you can do do help for your bad back. A good soak in the bath is a good start and also if you can, treat yourself to a massage. That will really help your muscles to relax and the therapist can work on those muscles that are storing all your tension.
Meditation, yoga or Pilates are also great ways to allevaite tension and aim to take your mind off those things that are making you tense.
Specific strength exercises might actually make things worst however I do have some really good lower back and shoulder strengthening exercises you could try. On the post "top 15 exercises" there are some abdominal, lower back and upper back strengthening exercises, especially the one Y W T. Give them a go.
best wishes
#19 Sat 15 Nov 08 6:43pm
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Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
As a website designer i spend most of my days in front of the computer screen, not getting any exercise is a daily routine for me. but at the same time because i work from home i also look after my 9 month old daughter whilst my wife is at work... have you got any ideas for 'around the home' exercise that i can do between work and looking after my daughter without spending a fortune on equipment. ?
I will be honest and say that I am also a pretty heavy smoker ( I know, it gets worse - I have tried and failed to quit on more than one occasion, with professional help and without ) so my lung capacity is obviously suffering too.
also because i live in a flat ( i know i am making it a little harder now ) I cant really do anything that will annoy the neighbours below me,
I would appreciate any ideas you may have..
thank you
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#20 Sun 16 Nov 08 9:23am
Mrs Gibba
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Re: Jamie Baird - The Fitness Coach
Stepometer update: last week averaged 7,003 steps. That was above my target for the week. This week, I'm aiming for 7,300. Have noticed when doing this on days when I've not done much in the day, reconsidering how I get about in the evening, for example I walked a mile to relatives for diner on Friday rather than getting G to drive me (he was going out elsewhere that night, and it would have been a mile in the wrong direction, plus an extra mile for him to get back in the right direction). I like that, as it is good for the environment too.
The only annoying thing is that cycling doesn't appear to register anything, and I cycle each day to the train station, plus yesterday jumped on my bike to visit friends rather than walk or drive.
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Washington University School of Law is a long-standing leader in negotiation and dispute resolution education. At Washington University, we believe that lawyers must be versed in negotiation, problem-solving, collaboration, and creative dispute resolution to practice successfully in today's world.
Washington University's innovative Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program (NDR) is coordinated by Karen Tokarz, Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law and Public Service, director of the Divil RIghts & Community Justice Clinic and director of the Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program. Tokarz is an expert in dispute resolution and clinical education, and highly respected civil rights mediator, who regularly teaches Negotiation, Mediation, the Civil Rights & Community Justice Clinic, and the International Justice & Conflict Resolution semester externship.
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In addition to Tokarz, the NDR faculty includes Professor Rebecca Hollander-Blumoff, nationally recognized scholar on procedural justice and law and psychology in the context of dispute resolution, who teaches Negotiation, Advanced Negotiation Seminar, and Law & Psychology. The NDR faculty also includes Professor Ann Shields, a former civil litigator, who teaches Negotiation and coordinates, the Pretrial Practice & Settlement course; Professor Peter Joy, criminal litgation specialist, who teaches Trial Practice and Procedure; Professor Leila Sadat, international law expert, who teaches intrnational human rights; Professor Scott Baker, widely respected law and economics expert, who teaches Game Theory and the Law Seminar; and other full-time and part-time faculty members with expertise in negotiation, arbitration, mediation, business, economics, and international dispute resolution. [View NDR Faculty]
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"Negotiating is a key skill for lawyers in almost every area of practice," Professor Hollander-Blumoff says. "By teaching students to approach negotiation through careful, critical analysis, we provide them with a skill set that makes them more effective across the board. I am delighted that we are able to introduce all of our first-year students to some of the basic analytical tools of successful negotiation."
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The Negotiation & Dispute Resolution program collaborates with the award-winning Clinical Education Program, Trial & Advocacy Program, and Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute to provide students with an outstanding legal education. Washington University upper-level students may participate in clinics, externships, and summer internships in which they engage in negotiation and dispute resolution in domestic and international venues, including the Civil Rights & Community Justice Clinic (housing court mediations, mortgage foreclosure negotiations, and consumer mediations at the Better Business Bureau) [view article]
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- 2016-17 1L and LLM Client Interviewing & Counseling Competition winners with Celine Aka, JD '17(far right), board chair.
- 2014-15 1L and LLM Client Interviewing & Counseling Competition winners with Ian Cooper, JD'15, (far right) and Claire Sabourin, JD/MSW'16 (far left), board co-chairs.
- 2014-15 1L Negotiation Competition winners with Professor Ann Shields (third from right), faculty advisor.
- 2015-16 Representation in Mediation Competition Team, with regional winners, Elliot Reaven and Sarah Rockefeller (fourth and fifth from right), and coaches Mike Geigerman (far left) and Colleen Jones (far right).
First-Year and LLM Law Students Competitions (intraschool)
Upper-Level Students Competitions (interschool)
- ABA Negotiation Competition – one credit
- ABA Representation in Mediation Competition - one credit
LLM Degree in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Attracts Graduate Students from U.S. and Around the World
The law school's Masters of Laws (LLM) program in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution (NDR) is one of the most robust NDR LLM programs in the country, drawing students from the U.S. and across the globe. The NDR LLM students hail from the U.S., Australia, China, France, Italy, Indonesia, Macao, Columbia, Camaroon, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. The school graduated its first cohort of 16 NDR LLM students in 2014-15, and a second cohort of 16 in 2015-16, plus one Masters in Legal Studies (MLS) student, concentrating in NDR. The school is on course to graduate 16 NDR LLM students in 2016-17, with three Masters in Legal Studies (MLS) students concentrating in NDR. The new NDR LLM degree program joins the law school's existing LLM programs in Intellectual Property & Technology Law, Taxation, and U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers, and an online program in U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers, @WashULaw.
"The addition of an LLM program in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution demonstrates our commitment to the principles of negotiation, problem-solving, collaboration, and creative dispute resolution and practice," says Professor Ann Shields, director of the Pretrial Practice & Settlement course, one of the most popular courses in the curriculum, with 16 sections per year.
"It is a sign of progress in the practice of law that our new LLM graduate program has attracted so many applicants in its first two years," adds Tokarz. "Today, negotiation and mediation, not litigation, are the principal modes of dispute resolution in virtually every legal field in virtually every country in the world. Our LLM in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution will prepare graduates for careers as skilled negotiators, advocates, mediators, arbitrators, diplomats, ombudspersons, policymakers, and business leaders in local, national, and international arenas."
JD and LLM students must complete 15 NDR credits for the LLM degree in Negtotiation & Dispute Resolution and can take advantage of the law school's extensive curriculum in negotiation and dispute resolution. [click here to view curriculum] Students also may take negotiation and dispute resolution courses in the Olin School of Business and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Full-time JD students may complete the LLM with a concentration in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution in six semesters, with a part-time option also available. To receive the joint degree in six semesters, current JD students must complete 15 NDR credits and 94 total credits. For more information on the law school LLM programs, go to http://law.wustl.edu/adr/index.aspx?id=1169, or contact Michael Koby, Associate Dean, International & Graduate Programs, email@example.com, 314-935-7557.
- Fall 2014 Entering LLM, MLS, and JSD students concentrating in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution (NDR).
- The first NDR LLM students celebrate their graduation in December 2014: Nathan Lawler, now a solicitor at Barry Nilsson in Brisbane, Australia; Emmanuelle Ruen, President d'Audience, Conseil des Prud'hommes, Paris, France; Josh White, a solicitor at Thomson Geer in Brisbane, Australia; and Mark Crapo, an associate at Hawkins, Parnell, Thackston & Young in St. Louis.
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" I plan to use the advocacy, policy making, dispute resolution, and diplomacy skills
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Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program Hosts Scholarship Roundtables
Washington University School of Law is a leading source for negotiation and dispute resolution scholarship through the "New Directions in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution" scholarship roundtables, hosted by the Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program, in conjunction with the Washington University Journal of Law & Policy. The scholarship roundtables bring to the law school academics and practitioners at the forefront of negotiation and dispute resolution scholarship, teaching, and practice from around the world, with the goal of generating cutting-edge scholarship in the field. The roundtables are open to LLM Negotiation & Dispute Resolution students.
New Directions in Community Lawyering, Social Entrepreneurship, and Dispute Resolution, the product of the fall 2014 scholarship roundtable, is on-line (volume 48) and features the following authors and articles:
- Susan L. Brooks & Rachel E. Lopez (Drexel) - "Designing a Clinic Model for a Restorative Community Justice Partnership"
- Deborah Burand (Michigan) – "Resolving Impact Investment Disputes: When Doing Good Goes Bad"
- Charles B. Craver (GW) – "The Use of Mediation to Resolve Community Disputes "
- Heather Scheiwe Kulp & Amanda L. Kool (Harvard) - "You Help Me, He Helps You: Dispute Systems Design in the Sharing Economy"
- Alicia E. Plerhoples (Georgetown) – "Social Enterprise As Commitment: A Roadmap"
- Paul R. Tremblay (BC) – "Transactional Legal Services, Triage, and Access to Justice"
New Directions in Global Dispute Resolution, the product of the fall 2013 scholarship roundtable, is on-line (volume 45) and features the following authors and articles:
- Charles Craver (GW) - "How to Conduct Effective Transnational Negotiations between Nations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Business Firms"
- Ken Fox (Hamline) - "Mirror as Prism: Reimagining Reflexive Dispute Resolution Practice in a Globalized World"
- Mary Anne Noone & Lola Akin Ojelabi (LaTrobe) - "Ethical Challenges for Global Mediators: An Australian Perspective"
- S. I. Strong (Missouri) - "Beyond International Commercial Arbitration? The Promise of International Commercial Mediation"
- Nancy Welsh (Penn State), Andrea Kupfer Schneider (Marquette) & Kathryn Rimpfel (Penn State) - "Using the Theories of Exit, Voice, Loyalty, and Procedural Justice to Reconceptualize Brazil's Rejection of Bilateral Investment Treaties"
New Directions in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution, the product of the fall 2011 scholarship roundtable, is on-line (volume 39) and features the following authors and articles:
- Jennifer Gerarda Brown (Quinnipiac) – "Deeply Contacting the Inner World of Another: Practicing Empathy in Values-Based Negotiation Role Plays "
- Art Hinshaw & Jess K. Alberts (AZ State) – "Gender and Attorney Negotiation Ethics"
- John Lande (Missouri) – "Teaching Students to Negotiate Like a Lawyer"
- Bobbi McAdoo, Sharon Press & Chelsea Griffin (Hamline) – "It's Time to Get It Right: Problem-Solving in the First-Year Curriculum "
- Jennifer W. Reynolds (Oregon) – "On Commitments"
- Andrea Kupfer Schneider (Marquette) – "Teaching a New Negotiation Skills Paradigm"
- Stephan Sonnenberg & James L. Cavallaro (Stanford) – "Name, Shame, and Then Build Consensus? Bringing Conflict Resolution Skills to Human Rights"
New Directions in NDR & Clinical Education, the product of the fall 2009 scholarship roundtable, is on-line (volume 34) and features the following authors and articles:
- Beryl Blaustone and Carmen Huertas-Noble(CUNY) - Lawyering at the Intersection of Mediation and Community
- Economic Development: Interweaving Inclusive Legal Problem Solving Skills in the Training of Effective Lawyers
- Kimberly C. Emery (Virginia) - Assisting Indigent Families in Conflict: A Pro Bono Test Drive for a Family Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic
- Jeff Giddings (Osgoode) - Why No Clinic is an Island: The Merits and Challenges of Integrating Clinical Insights Across the Law Curriculum
- Paul Holland (seattle) - Lawyering and Learning in Problem-Soving Courts
- Jonathan M. Hyman (Rutgers) - Four Ways of Looking at a Lawsuit: How Layers Can Use the Cognitive Frameworks of Mediation
- Carol Izumi (Hastings) - Implicit Bias and the Illusion of Mediator Netrality
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Bashir helps a group of eccentric genetically engineered Humans who are visiting him try to make a useful contribution to the Federation; the Dominion offers to sign a truce with the Federation.
Lieutenant Karen Loews, a Starfleet psychiatrist, brings four genetically engineered Humans to Deep Space 9 looking for help from Dr. Bashir. The group hasn't been as lucky as Bashir, and every one has strong social disabilities (mania, bipolar disorder, catatonia, etc.). The group consists of the hostile and hyperactive Jack, the seductive Lauren, the child-like Patrick, and the completely unresponsive Sarina. Even if they have ambiguous feelings for "mister productive member of society" at first, they eventually accept Bashir as one of them.
During a dinner party hosted by Captain Sisko, Bashir discusses with the rest of the station's senior staff the group as well as the issues surrounding genetic engineering and his wish to help the group become normal members of society. The feedback he receives is divided: while the others agree that while they shouldn't be blamed for what their parents had done to them, it is felt that they should indeed be limited in what they are allowed to do, such as joining Starfleet, lest other people be encouraged to do the same thing. Sensing an uneasy mood, Sisko brings up Damar's upcoming speech, and the officers all agree that, whatever he says, it'll likely be bad news for the Federation. They are interrupted when Jack breaks into the com system to contact their new friend about an annoying high-pitched noise. Back in their quarters, Bashir confirms what nobody else can hear and Miles O'Brien soon arrives to fix the problem with some unexpected help from Patrick.
While Bashir and O'Brien are in the room they hear Damar, now leader of the Cardassian Union, broadcasts a speech, and not wanting to miss it they watch it on the room's viewscreen. The transmission captures the group's attention, and they are quickly enthralled by it, making very accurate guesses about who Damar is even though they know nothing about him. Bashir and O'Brien are astonished at the speed with which the group is able to deduce much of Damar's story based on only the one speech. They become very interested in the matter and quickly go through all the database material about Cardassia and the Dominion. Grabbing the opportunity, Bashir convinces Captain Sisko to let his new friends assist the peace talks between the Dominion and Starfleet on the next day. The group proves very useful at uncovering a move by the Dominion to acquire a strategic planet that would allow them to produce ketracel-white. Sisko even agrees to send the information, and the analysis behind it, to Starfleet Intelligence.
In the meantime, Bashir goes to Quark's with O'Brien after the group notices that the chief seems to miss his friend, especially since his wife is off-station. Bashir proves difficult, walking the wrong side of the thin line between super-intelligent Humans and "uncomplicated" (as he qualifies O'Brien), "slow" people.
Later, back with the group, Bashir attempts to cheer them up by announcing that Starfleet has granted them access to classified information, but he is welcomed by a new and devastating projection. According to them, the Federation will be defeated and eventually rebuild from a rebellion against the Dominion. Since it seems inescapable, the best move would be to surrender immediately to prevent the loss of life. With that in mind, Bashir tries to convince Sisko to take the appropriate action, but the captain refuses point-blank to accept this and passes on the projections to Starfleet without his endorsement knowing they'll be rejected.
Bashir goes to Quark's and tried to explain the analysis to O'Brien, but the chief agrees with Sisko. Quark tries to point out at a dabo table that even when the odds are against you, you can still win, and you can enjoy the hope of winning.
Bashir explains the situation to the others, and tells them Starfleet has rejected the recommendation to surrender. Jack suggests they can save billions of lives by contacting the Dominion by themselves and giving them the classified information on Starfleet battle plans. Bashir objects, so they disable him.
Damar is complaining about the peace talks. Weyoun tells him he has just received a communication from an anonymous Federation source promising them some very valuable information.
Back on Deep Space 9, Bashir regains consciousness. He is tied up. Everyone but Sarina is gone, and Bashir realizes they have probably gone to meet the Dominion representatives.
Fortunately he is able to convince Sarina him to help him prevent them from committing treason. He catches up with the group on the way to the secret meeting and takes back the classified information.
Damar and Weyoun are waiting in Cargo Bay 2 for the meeting when Odo walks in. He tells them no one else is coming, and offers to escort them back to their quarters.
In the group's quarters, Bashir tells the group Sisko has decided not to press charges, but they will have to go back to the Institute. Jack is still furious. Bashir then explains that even when probability is not on your side, one person can still change the course of history. He uses the example of Sarina's helping him – as one person, she changed the course of history in a way that Jack hadn't predicted. There's always an element of uncertainty. As such, the Federation is willing to bet nine hundred billion lives.
Bashir and O'Brien meet in the bar, and the chief says it must have been a hard decision for him. That wanting to save lives is what makes him such a good doctor. Bashir says he feels the whole thing was his fault – he just wanted to prove the group could make a contribution. O'Brien assures him they did and then leaves to go on duty.
Bashir starts playing dabo, making risky bets – and wins. Just then, O'Brien calls to let him know that a certain group of passengers is refusing to board their transport unless the doctor comes to see them.
In the guest quarters, Bashir says he didn't think they'd want to see him again. Lauren kisses him. Patrick asks if Bashir will come visit them. Bashir says yes, he'd like that. He tells Sarina she did the right thing. Jack asks if he will listen if they do come up with a way to defeat the Dominion. Bashir says yes, he can't think if anything he'd like better. Jack says, "Good, good. Let's go then." Bashir calls O'Brien to beam the four to their transport.
Memorable quotesEdit
"Did you hear that? He used the passive voice transitive."
"Since when can you speak Dominionese?"
"Since this morning."
- - Jack and Bashir
"They're going to cut us open, see what makes our biologically-enhanced brains tick!"
- - Jack
"There are rules, don't talk with your mouth full, don't open an airlock when somebody is inside it, and don't lie about your genetic status!"
- - Jack
"Surrender to the Dominion. Not on my watch!"
- - Sisko, when Bashir, Jack, Patrick, Lauren, and Sarina come up with casualty projections for the current war
"It's not our place to decide who lives and who dies! We're not gods!"
"Maybe not, but we're the next best thing."
- - Bashir and Jack
"You're welcome to play your little "we're all friends here" act with me. But I wouldn't try it on Captain Sisko. He's not in the mood."
"We're on a mission of peace, Major. Maybe he should get in the mood."
- - Kira and Damar
"Well, I'd love to stay and chat about our impending doom but..."
- - Bashir, when he is called away from dinner to deal with Jack
Background informationEdit
Story and scriptEdit
- This episode originated in Ira Steven Behr's desire to probe deeper into Bashir's genetic enhancements, not his 'abilities' per se, but the implications of those abilities; "I was never totally comfortable with our discovery of Julian's genetic engineering. It was one of those revelations that did not seem quite authentic to me. We'd had to work backward to get it. So I felt we needed to do something to help that idea along." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- The story line was based on Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation Trilogy. Asimov based his work on issues raised in Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and the basic plot involves a scientist (Hari Seldon) who develops a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory which he uses to calculate that galactic civilization is doomed to fall, leading to 30,000 years of darkness and barbarism. Seldon, terrified at this prospect, takes action to attempt to minimize the oncoming "dark ages" to only 1,000 years, but his plan fails to foresee that the actions of a single individual could render his predictions invalid. Psychohistory is based upon mass action, and it can only predict the future when dealing with large groups, predicting trends in large masses of people, which is why Seldon is unable to take into account the actions of individuals – when it gets down to individual people, the variables become so vast as to be impossible to calculate, so the predictions become unstable. In the novels, a character called The Mule, who has psychic abilities, becomes intimately involved in events, and directly influences their outcome, something which Seldon's psychohistory could never have predicted. This is exactly what happens in the episode: the savants make large scale predictions based upon mass action, but they fail to take into account the actions of one single individual, who comes to directly affect everything they have predicted. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- In René Echevarria's first draft of this episode, the savants were a think-tank that had been recruited and trained by Starfleet Intelligence. They had been sent on an intelligence mission to Deep Space 9 and they were to operate under the supervision of Bashir. However, because the story called for the characters to be somewhat neurotic, the idea that Starfleet had entrusted these people with such sensitive information quickly became absurd, and Echevarria changed the plot so they were sent to Deep Space 9 not as intelligence consultants, but simply for counseling. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Echevarria's second draft had the episode begin before the savants arrive, and featured a lengthy scene where Bashir finds out about the personality of each one, but Echevarria realized it was better to introduce the characters by showing their idiosyncrasies in action as opposed to telling the audience about those idiosyncrasies. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- The character of Jack is based upon Dean Moriarty (who was based on Neal Cassady), one of the main characters of the 1951 Jack Kerouac novel On the Road, a wannabe philosopher who talks a mile a minute. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Of her performance as Sarina, actress Faith C. Salie says "I was told to behave pretty much catatonic. Anson told me, 'There's a lot going on in your mind, because you're genetically enhanced, and you're brilliant, but you can't facilitate it because your body doesn't know how.' I created a switch in my brain that I could turn on and off to make everything become hazy around me, so that it seemed as if an amalgam of voices and sense were coming at me and that it was overwhelming." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Of his performance as Jack actor Tim Ransom says "I figured he's the equivalent of a guy who drinks forty cups of coffee a day." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Of her performance as Lauren, actress Hilary Shepard Turner says, "She was described as being obsessed with Bashir, and very va-va-voom, but I decided to make her a little Hannibal Lecter-ish as well. It was director Anson Williams' idea to never have Lauren stand up. The only time I ever stood was when I danced with Bashir." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Of his performance as Patrick, actor Michael Keenan says, "He's essentially a child, so I just played him that way. Children have instant access to their emotions and they don't filter anything, so that's what I did." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Of his scene speaking the Vorta language, Jeffrey Combs commented "That was very strange. I had to work hard too for that very tiny little bit. It's very hard to speak a language that's totally made up, and yet keep the cadence and sensibility of an actual line in English. Because what they did is they played it once in English and then they replayed it in Vortanese (or whatever it is), and I had to really concentrate to get that the way I worded it. They gave me syllabic words, and it was up to me to break it down into the phraseology that I did. It's interesting how the brain works. I really, really had to hang in there and run it by rote. It's easy to memorize words and phrases and strings of thought when it's your native language, but when it's a nonsensical group of syllables, it takes a lot more brain juice to make it seem very easy and conversational". ("Double Act", Star Trek Monthly, issue 43)
- The music played at the "party" is Johann Strauss the Younger's An der schönen blauen Donau, more commonly known in English as "The Blue Danube", a waltz written in 1867, and later featured in VOY: "Renaissance Man". The dance sequence was originally supposed to be far more elaborate than that seen in the final episode, and was to include a lengthy crane shot, but neither Alexander Siddig nor Hilary Shepard Turner were able to dance properly, and in the end, the shot was scrapped. The dance sequence was choreographed by Laura Behr. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- During pre-production of this episode, there was a great deal of discussion as to where to set it, i.e. where to have the savants. The script specified that they were to be in the wardroom, but from a practical point of view, shooting several scenes with five characters in a such a relatively small location, was not desirable, so it was agreed to move the scenes to somewhere else. It was Steve Oster who suggested the cargo bay, because "we thought we might be saying something about Starfleet's treatment of these people if we put them in the cargo bay." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- This is one of Alexander Siddig's favorite episodes; "People ask, 'Was that a comedy or a drama?' "Statistical Probabilities" was like that, not quite one thing or the other. The humor came out of the misery and angst captured by those wonderful actors. And I enjoyed the fact that Bashir served as a kind of pinball throughout that show. He was just battered about." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Siddig also admires the episode for its political engagement; "The episode touched on a couple of political issues in terms of whether or not you can incarcerate people like this. I think the commentary that came out of Bashir's mouth was right and called attention to the fact that double standards happen in society. We do put good people away, like the Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps during World War II. The group in this episode seemed like lovely people, and Bashir showed some vulnerability in the fact that he understood their plight. They might not have been misfits if they had not been put away for such a long time." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- This is the first of two episodes to be directed by Anson Williams. The second is "It's Only a Paper Moon".
- Jack, Lauren, Patrick, and Sarina reappear in the seventh season episode "Chrysalis". Indeed, the writers only conceived of that episode because Sarina never spoke in "Statistical Probabilities", and they were interested in developing her character a little more. Originally, she was supposed to have a few lines in this episode, but the scene in which she spoke (when she untied Bashir) was cut for time.
- Observing Gul Damar's broadcast, Jack references William Shakespeare's plays Henry IV, Part II ("Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.") and Macbeth ("Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more!' Damar does murder sleep.")
- Luther Sloan references the events of this episode in "Inquisition" and again in "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges".
- Damar becomes leader of the Cardassian Union in this episode.
- Interestingly enough, the group's predictions about the Romulans entering the war and the Cardassian Rebellion would later come true. However, the Romulans were brought into the war through the action of just two individuals, Garak and to a lesser extent Sisko.
Video and DVD releasesEdit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.5, 1 June 1998
- As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection
Links and referencesEdit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf
- Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax
- Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko
- Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir
- Nana Visitor as Major Kira
Guest stars Edit
- Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun
- Tim Ransom as Jack
- Jeannetta Arnette as Karen Loews
- Hilary Shepard Turner as Lauren
- Michael Keenan as Patrick
- Casey Biggs as Damar
- Faith C. Salie as Sarina Douglas
Uncredited co-stars Edit
Stunt double Edit
- Brian Hite as the stunt double for Tim Ransom
References Edit
adjutant; advisor; Alpha Quadrant; Bashir, Amsha; Bashir, Richard; Bashir, Singh el; Blue Danube, The; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian Empire; cormaline; coup; cube root; dabo; darts; DNA resequencing; Dominion; Dominionese; Dukat; Earth; Eugenics Wars; Federation; genetic engineering; Holna IV; "Institute"; Jem'Hadar; Kabrel system; Kabrel I; Kabrel II; Kandora champagne; ketracel-white; knight; mizinite; mole people; murder; mutant; neck; O'Brien, Keiko; Obsidian Order; passive voice transitive; plagiarism; power coupling; Quark's; Romulans; Saber-class; Shakespeare, William; shorthand; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Intelligence; statistics; Steamrunner-class; surrender; sympathetic vibration; "There's a Hole in the Bucket"; three-dimensional chess; Tora Ziyal; treason; tricorder; Yeager-type; yridium bicantizine
External links Edit
- "Statistical Probabilities" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "Statistical Probabilities" at Wikipedia
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The Burren Hostel (Sleepzone)
Our facilities include all en suite rooms, free Internet and Wifi, free parking, excellent self-catering kitchen and dining room, beautiful TV and reading room with great selection of books of Irish interest.
Directly across the road from:
- The Roadside Tavern where the traditional music sessions are legendary;
- The Burren Smokehouse - which is one of Ireland\\\'s leading producers of gourmet salmon
- The Wild Honey Inn which is serving the best pub food in Clare right now
All Sleepzone hostels are consistently amongst the top rated hostels in Ireland on Hostelworld.com and regularly receive outstanding reviews in Let's Go, Guide du Routard, Rough Guides, Lonely Planet and others.
(Please note: There are no ATM's in the town of Lisdoonvarna and not all pubs/restaurants accept credit card.
Reception is usually open:
From 9.00am to 12.00 noon
From 6.00pm to 10.00pm
If you will arrive outside of the above times please ring the hostel in advance
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- Adaptors
- Bar
- Bicycle parking
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Card Phones
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Currency Exchange
- DVDs
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Late check-out
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Meeting Rooms
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pool Table
- Postal Service
- Reception (limited hours)
- Steam Room
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Towels Included
- Washing Machine
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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An easy and enjoyable way to travel to The Burren Hostel is with Galway Tour Company. The bus collects at Sleepzone Galway City every day at 9.45am, does a tour of The Burren, and you can \'Jump Off\' at The Burren at about 2.00pm. When you would like to return to Galway City you can simply \'Jump On\' again, complete the tour of The Burren and return to Galway City by about 6.00pm. Discount tickets are available at Reception at Sleepzone Galway City.
This tour includes a two-hour stop at the Cliffs of Moher, as well as stops at Dunguaire Castle, Poulnabrone Dolmen and Kilfenora Cathedral.
From Shannon Airport:
On exiting the airport take the N18 to Ennis. From Ennis take the N85 to Ennistymon and from Ennistymon take the N67 to Lisdoonvarna. Sleepzone -The Burren is on the left side approaching the town (just past the Kincora Hotel).
From Galway City:
Take the N18 southwards from Galway. In Kilcolgan take a right turn onto the N67; go through Kinvara and then on to Ballyvaughan where you turn left heading towards Lisdoonvarna. At the town square take the right turn and The Burren Hostel is 100 meters up on the right hand side (just past The Burren Smokehouse). Journey of 40 miles (1 hour +).
Bus Eireann offers connections to Lisdoonvarna from:
Galway at 10.25 and 17.55 Mon-Sat and at 10.25 only on Sun;
Limerick at 09.35 and 17.35 Mon-Sat and 19.15 on Sun;
Ennis at 10.25 and 18.25 Mon-Sat, 12.25 and 19.55 Sun;
Shannon Airport at 09.20 and 17.20 Mon-Sat, 08.55 and 11.20 Sun;
Dublin at 07.00, 12.30, 13.00 and 14.00 Mon-Sat, 07.00 and 15.30 Sun;
Dublin Airport at 06.00 and 13.00 Mon-Sat, 14.35 Sun;
Doolin at 08.45 and 13.45 Mon-Sat, 10.40 and 13.45 Sun;
Lahinch at 11.05 and 19.05 Mon-Sat, 13.05 and 20.30 Sun;
The Cliffs of Moher at 11.15, 13.30 and 19.15 Mon-Sat, 13.15 and 13.30 Sun.
For further details check out www.buseireann.ie
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Visiting Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona felt like a sometimes-surreal glimpse into an indie rock myth: the breezy stages surrounded by the Mediterranean sea, dreamy pop bands playing at sunset, hip European music geeks speaking all different languages, late-night punk and electronic sets raging until 5 am. Now in its 11th year, Primavera has grown into an ultimate destination for music fest enthusiasts, a reputation validated by this year's line-up — a mix of big-name headliners (the Cure, Jeff Mangum, Wilco), '90s legends (Mazzy Star, Archers of Loaf, Refused, Yo La Tengo), plus dozens of new and upcoming acts.
My experience at Primavera started on Thursday evening with Pegasvs, a Spanish duo comprising Sergio Pérez García and Luciana della Villa, playing through a captivating set of dark, dreamy Krautrock-inspired electro-pop from their debut homonymous LP, released this year by the Barcelona-based Canada Records. It was easily one of my favorite sets of the fest. One of the unique aspects of Primavera is that — despite the festival's enormous scope, internationally diverse line-up, and huge headliners — it makes space for some Barcelona bands. There were several Spanish bands billed on the fest (Pegasvs, Beach Beach, Aliment) and an entire section of vendor stalls dedicated to local record labels like Canada, La Castanya, Familic, and more. Another local highlight was Barcelona garage-rock band Mujeres, which any fan of Thee Oh Sees or Black Lips ought to check out.
Recently at music festivals I've found myself conflicted between reunions by '80s and '90s indie legends and younger, emerging bands. Primavera Sound made it easy to find a balance between nostalgia trips and new-music discoveries. For the former, the All Tomorrow's Parties stage was the spot: Lee Ranaldo, Mudhoney, Dirty Three, Shellac, the Pop Group. Friday night, the reunion of slowcore pioneers Codeine, who are playing their first shows in 18 years, was made more epic by the view from the way top of that particular stage's coliseum-style seating, overlooking a sea of thousands of festival-goers juxtaposed with a vast view of the actual sea.
Of the festival's eight or so stages, I spent a good deal of time between ATP and those curated by Pitchfork and Vice. In the former's zone, Olympia quartet Milk Music impressed with their grungy high-energy rock, huge '80s guitars, and generally likable West Coast vibes. Grimes played the tightest performance I've seen by her, and Denmark's Iceage upped the punx overall. Trash Talk somehow managed to make a festival setting feel like a basement show (one member literally climbed up the rafters during their post-midnight set), and on the last night, Washed Out played a super smooth 3 am set as a four-piece. Belfast, Ireland's Girls Names played their stand-out '80s-inspired jangly dream pop at sunset on Saturday night. I was so impressed that I went to see them again on the day after the festival, playing a Primavera-presented showcase at a park in the middle of Barcelona's city center, full of orange trees and monuments.
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An individual who is certified by an accredited HERS Provider to inspect and test a home in order to evaluate each of the minimum rated features established by RESNET and prepare a comprehensive HERS rating according to Chapters One and Three of the RESNET Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating.
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A home energy rating involves an analysis of a home's construction plans and onsite inspections. Based on the home's plans, the Home Energy Rater uses an energy efficiency software package to perform an energy analysis of the home's design. This analysis yields a projected, pre-construction HERS Index. Upon completion of the plan review, the rater will work with the builder to identify the energy efficiency improvements needed to ensure the house will meet ENERGY STAR performance guidelines. The rater then conducts onsite inspections, typically including a blower door test (to test the leakiness of the house) and a duct test (to test the leakiness of the ducts). Results of these tests, along with inputs derived from the plan review, are used to generate the HERS Index score for the home.
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Concussions: What to Do
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When you injure yourself, it's usually obvious. If you scrape your knee or break your arm, there will be bleeding, bruising, or swelling to show that some part of your body has been damaged.
But when you hurt your brain — what doctors call a brain injury or concussion — there's often nothing to see. That can be a little scary because brain injuries can be far more serious than a scrape or broken bone.
People hit their heads all the time — during sports, car accidents, and falls. Most of the time, the injuries aren't serious, but it can be hard to know for sure. That's why every head injury should be treated like a serious injury until a doctor says it's not.
Signs of a Concussion
If you hit your head and think you might have a concussion, see a doctor right away.
How do you know when it's time to call a doctor? Here are some signs you might have a concussion:
- You feel dizzy after bumping your head, and it goes on for more than a couple of minutes.
- You have a headache that goes on for more than a few minutes.
- Things look blurry or you have trouble focusing.
- You throw up or feel like throwing up.
- You have trouble with balance and coordination (things like not being able to catch a ball or walk in a straight line).
- You have a hard time concentrating, thinking, or making decisions.
- You have trouble speaking or you say things that don't make sense.
- You feel confused, sleepy, grouchy, sad, or emotional for no reason.
You don't have to pass out to have a concussion — in fact, most people who get concussions don't pass out. But if you do pass out after hitting your head, you need to get checked out.
Sometimes a concussion is an emergency. If someone you're with has any of these problems, call 911 or get the person to a hospital emergency room right away:
- The person passed out and can't be woken up.
- The person has seizures.
- The person's speech is slurred.
- The person seems to be getting more confused, restless, sleepy, or agitated.
- The person has thrown up more than once.
- The person has a headache that gets worse or won't go away.
What Will the Doctor Do?
If you have any worries about a head injury, don't take chances — get medical treatment. An undiagnosed concussion can lead to brain damage and mental disability, while proper treatment will help you recover.
To diagnose a concussion, the doctor will ask how and when your injury happened. He or she will want to hear about your symptoms; for example, if you have a headache or trouble focusing. The doctor might ask questions to test your memory and concentration ("Who are you?"/"Where are you?"/"What day is it?").
The doctor will check your nervous system by testing your balance, coordination, nerve function, and reflexes. To look for problems around the brain, doctors sometimes order scans like CT (CAT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
If a concussion is serious, a doctor might send you to a hospital for treatment. Otherwise, the doctor will teach you how to take care of yourself at home. That usually means getting plenty of rest and avoiding some activities. What you can and can't do depends on your concussion, but you might have to stay home from school or limit the schoolwork and homework you can do.
Sports Concussions
If you hurt your head while playing a sport, stop playing immediately. Your coach should take you off the field. But if you don't have a coach, or your coach doesn't pull you from play, take yourself out of the game.
If you're skiing or snowboarding, get the ski patrol to help you down the hill. If you're skateboarding or biking, stop riding. Don't take a chance on hurting your head again.
A second head injury can lead to a condition called second-impact syndrome. Second-impact syndrome doesn't happen very often, but it can cause lasting brain damage and even death.
The First Few Days
If you hit your head but didn't see a doctor, be on the lookout for signs of a concussion. They can take a few days to show up. If you notice signs of a concussion, even if it's been a couple of days since you hit your head, see a doctor right away.
Here are some of the things that might be signs of a concussion if they've been happening in the days after a head injury:
- headache
- dizziness
- feeling sick or throwing up
- difficulty with coordination or balance
- blurred vision
- slurred speech or saying things that don't make sense
- feeling confused and dazed
- difficulty concentrating, thinking, or making decisions
- trouble remembering things
- feeling sleepy
- having trouble falling asleep
- sleeping more or less than usual
- feeling anxious or irritable for no apparent reason
- feeling sad or more emotional than usual
If a doctor sends you home to get well instead of to a hospital, stay alert for danger signs. Here are some signs of a serious problem:
- You have a headache that gets worse quickly.
- You feel like you're getting more and more confused.
- You keep vomiting.
If you notice these problems — or any other changes that worry you — always call the doctor.
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US Airways Pushing Hard for American Airlines Merger: Report
Despite being lampooned by the CEO of American-Airlines-parent AMR (AAMRQ) as small potatoes, U.S. Airways (LCC) is trying hard to merge with the airline, the Wall Street Journal reported.
US Airways has been speaking to creditors and union advisers connected to the bankrupt airline, trying to convince them that a merger would create cost savings and possibly save union workers from having to accept big cuts, the Journal says.
AMR has said it wants to exit bankruptcy as an independent company, and the company's CEO even ridiculed the idea of a US Airways deal a couple of months ago, calling it "a small company very strategically limited, I would argue."
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I heard an interview with Georgia Weidman the other day on the PaulDotCom podcast about her SMS/botnet project (which is really cool by the way), then yesterday watched an interview with her on Hak5 at Schmoocon (again, talking about her SMS/botnet project). I found her website only to find more goodies! She helps run a hacker space called Reversespace and lately they've been holding classes to teach people Metasploit following Offensive Security's "Metasploit Unleashed" (something I've been trying to find the time to sit down and go through). They're uploading all the videos and slides to the grmn00bs.com website. I wasn't able to find an easy way to link them all with a single link (they're not all categorized under one category), so simply scroll down and you'll find week 1.
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Thought 3-D Was Cool? Welcome to Augmented Reality
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No longer will we have to settle for the environment that someone else has chosen for us. Instead, we can simply switch it up with a mere thought or swipe of a virtual keypad and have it become more suited to our tastes. As the technology becomes more prevalent, major questions begin to form for society about the impact this has.


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The tendency for men to resort to their primordial caveman tendencies when they are without women for an extended period of time.
Us guys went camping in the wild last week, and after a couple of days we were doing some serious neandering. Tom caught a 10" trout with his bare hands. Dick killed a squirrel by throwing a stone at it, and Harry started a fire by rubbing 2 sticks together.
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Mobile apps and daily visual activities can encourage children with dyslexia to participate in reading exercises, says Lenin Grajo Ed.M., instructor of occupational science and occupational therapy at Saint Louis University.
"Reading has always been looked at as a skill you should be able to master," Grajo said. "My approach basically focuses on participation. I look at how much you like doing a task rather than how well you can do it."
Dyslexia is a learning disability, in which children have a neurological disorder that causes their brain to process and interpret information differently. But with the help of educators and therapists, kids with dyslexia can develop and enjoy reading and writing activities, and build confidence.
Children with dyslexia usually dislike highly-structured reading tasks, and therefore avoid taking part in reading activities. But with the latest technological innovations, kids with dyslexia have started using tablet and smartphone apps that make reading and writing more fun.
"This is the multisensory approach that makes books very interactive," said Grajo, who got his training in assessment of dyslexia and reading difficulties at Harvard University. "If you ask a child with dyslexia to read a book, they will say they can't. But through these apps, children actually like doing these reading activities."
Some of these interactive books have a built-in camera and recorder that engage kids. These apps play a big role in developing a child's reading, writing, spelling, studying and organizing skills, which eventually increases their self-confidence in the classroom, Grajo says.
Grajo says that parents and teachers should also incorporate arts and crafts into routine activities as kids with dyslexia are often instantly attracted to them. Instead of asking a child to read a book, he suggests involving them in a playful activity that includes lots of visuals as well as some reading and writing. For example, parents can create a treasure hunt for their children and ask them to read the clues to find the hidden items. Another way to encourage children to read is to cook with them. Parents can read the recipes with the kids and make cooking a fun process.
"Through these exercises, the child is reading without realizing it. This is the occupational performance approach to dyslexia," Grajo said. "When you realize you enjoy doing something, you participate in it more and become better with it."
The apps and routine activities form a strong foundation for dyslexic children, which enable them to develop their own strategies to read and write as they begin to like these activities.
"Once they are confident, they feel they can do these tasks without the help of a parent or teacher," said Grajo. "As therapists, we are empowering and enabling them to be able to do what they couldn't do earlier."
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It is what's on the inside AND outside that affects consumer enjoyment of drinking milk.
by Abby Huibregtse, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
The old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" could be used to describe fluid milk packaging. Milk packs nine essential nutrients and is part of a healthy diet for children and adults. No matter what shape or form the packaging comes in, the health benefits of milk are the same.
However, an unappealing package, in both appearance and how it affects beverage quality, impacts people's purchasing and drinking decisions.
In our Hoard's Dairyman March 25 Editorial (page 200), we stated that the dairy industry needs to take advantage of the opportunity we have every day to encourage milk consumption through school lunches. That can be done through more appealing packaging and offering a product students enjoy.
A recent example of this happened in Wisconsin, when three milk processing plants placed bids to supply milk to 13 school districts in the southeastern part of the state. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., based in Carlinville, Ill., topped the two other companies and secured the contract last week.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., did not have the lowest bid; in fact, they came in $35,000 higher than the most affordable milk contract option, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. However, the decision was made not only on price but also flavor, service, package appearance and other criteria.
In blind taste tests, students chose the Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., products over the others. When one of the 13 school districts changed milk vendors this year, they saw milk consumption drop 10 percent, the result of a different milk source that didn't appeal to the students. This further supported the decision to sign a milk contract based on students' preferences. You can read the full article "Kids taste buds seal school milk deal" at http://on.hoards.com/schoolmilk.
This echoes research done by the National Dairy Council several years ago. They found that milk had an 18 percent unit increase and a 37 percent volume surge when plastic bottles were used and flavored milk was offered in schools.
There is no doubt that all three milk plants that placed bids had a good, healthy product, but the flavor and packaging helped win over the taste buds of the students. Rather than letting this be a disappointment, hopefully it spurs a healthy competition between these milk plants and others to continuously improve the products they supply. Changes inside and out, in quality and packaging, could help reverse the current trend of declining fluid milk consumption and, in the end, the entire dairy industry can come out ahead.
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Hope College senior Chelsea Wiese of Rochester (Rochester Adams HS) has been presented the NCAA Elite 89 award for maintaining the highest cumulative grade point average among all of the competitors in this year's NCAA Division III swimming and diving championships held in Indianapolis from March 21-24.
The Elite 89 award is presented to the top scholar-athlete at each of the 89 NCAA championships held over the year.
Wiese is an accounting major. She has maintained a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average. Co-captain of the women's swimming/diving team, Wiese was the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) champion in the 200 and 400 yard individual medley events. She is a member of Hope's relay team competing in five events at the national championship meet.


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This four-hour course has been designed to teach and evaluate the evidence-based resuscitation skills of the newborn. Critical skills will be taught from preparing necessary equipment to airway, chest compression's, umbilical lines, medications, and special considerations. These skills will be evaluated during simulated deliveries followed by debriefings. The goal is for participants to develop optimal knowledge and resuscitation skills in accordance with current American Heart Association (AHA) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations.
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