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Wednesday at midday, walking across Nathan Phillips Square, I noticed the absence of something. The resounding gong of the bell on the clock tower at Old City Hall at noon — a dependable sound in a world of change — failed to sound.
I craned my neck to look at the red sandstone tower, past the gargoyles, way up to the face of the clock. The hands had stopped at 10 minutes to six.
What gives?
It appears that, like some of our citizens, the old clock does not appreciate the cold.
On Wednesday morning, Doug Kozak, supervisor in facilities at Old City Hall, contacted John Scott at his company, Scotiabell, in Hamilton. Founded in 1922 by Arthur Scott (John Scott's uncle), Scotiabell maintains tower clocks across southern Ontario. On Thursday, Mr. Scott, whose trade is tintinnabulator, climbed the tower and restarted the clock, one of only four of its kind in the world, at 1:15 p.m.
Andrew MacLeod, a maintenance worker at Old City Hall, works in a small office on the ground floor by the sally port, where prisoners arrive for court hearings. Amid the statuary, books, photos and plants in this crowded office is a wall filled with keys. Some of these keys open the doors to the Old City Hall clock tower.
On Friday morning, Mr. McLeod leads us to an elevator and presses "1" and "3." "Wait for me on the third floor," he says. "I have to go clean up a coffee spill in a courtroom."
A minute later he arrives. We walk to the building's south end. Mr. MacLeod unlocks a door painted industrial green. "You are about to step back in time," he says.
Behind the door survives part of the building that has not changed since Old City Hall opened in 1899. A narrow wooden staircase rises into the gloom. We clump up flight after flight, 174 wooden stairs in all, to a door.
The clock tower is unheated, and no panes cover its windows: just grilles to keep out pigeons. The January wind whips right through. Here hang the bells of the clock tower, the largest as tall as a fridge and cast with the coat of arms of the City of Toronto.
"Let's keep going," says Mr. MacLeod. We tackle the 50 steps of a steel spiral staircase. Then we ascend another 30 stairs.
We arrive at a spacious room built of wood, brick and steel, and painted white. Light pours in from the faces of the four clocks, one on each side of the tower. In the room's centre is a glass box, about the size of a passenger van; inside the box whirs the movement of the clock.
"Gillett & Johnston, Clock Manufacturers and Bell Founders, Croydon, England, 1900," reads a plaque on the clock.
There is something religious about this relic from the empire.Up here in the clock, it feels as though, well, time stands still.
And yet it moves. A bewildering array of cogs and gears and rods and paddles click and spin in sequence. Attached to the movements are rods. One floor up, four rods jut out to the faces of the clock. More rods run down to hammers, which strike the big bell, on the hour.
"I never get tired of coming up here," says Mr. MacLeod. "It's such a beautiful piece of machinery."
The clock, meticulously cleaned, glimmers like a new penny. And Mr. Scott says there is life left in it yet.
"It's an old system," he says. "It's completely mechanical, except they electrified the winding mechanism."
On Thursday, Mr. Scott found the malfunction: a piece of the clockworks about "half the size of a pinball game paddle."
"One of the cogs on the remontoire didn't catch on the little pin," he explains. He believes condensation got into the clockworks, and then our cold snap caused the malfunction. "The cog is a little finicky," he says.
When the weather warms, Mr. Scott will need to stop the clock for five or six days, "take the cog off and refurbish the bushing." Then he plans to oil up the works. "I've come across some really nice lubricants."
This is comforting news.
"A clock basically tells the well-being of a community," notes our tintinnabulator. "If it's working, it shows everyone that this community is OK."
As we descend, we pass the big bell. A hammer the size of a banker's box smites the bell 12 times. It is noon in Toronto, and all is well.
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Cynthia "Cindy" Jane (Bellis) Renfro
December 23, 2011
Cynthia "Cindy" Jane (Bellis) Renfro was born July 30, 1958, in Kansas City, Mo., to Mary Wilson and Harvey Bellis. She died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.
She is survived by sister Brenda (Norman) Kogan, of Missouri; daughter Heather (Kevin) Koble, of Kansas City, Mo.; son Michael (Rachael), of Illinois; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Cindy lived in Craig for several years. She worked for Diamond Cab service and as a bartender at the Popular Bar for 10 years. She worked for Walmart and the laundry.
Cindy enjoyed life with her many friends and will be greatly missed.
A celebration of her life took place Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at the Popular Bar.

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U.S dollar strengthens as stimulus hopes fade
Overnight market activity shows investors have entered a price discovery phase ahead of Friday's Jackson Hole conference, prompting losses across the risk spectrum and a stronger greenback. Markets are assessing each incoming data pulse in the context of the whether the Federal Reserve will launch a third round of quantitative easing, prompting a 'bizzaro world' scenario where good news can lead to losses across risk related assets as market lower the chances further Fed stimulus.
After finding some bids in the domestic session, the Australian dollar resumed a downward trajectory overnight, crossing the downside of 103-figure to 5-week lows of 102.75 US cents. The Euro outpaced its risk counterparts but remained capped under the weight of a stronger greenback. U.S equities also reflected the declining odds of QE3 with the DOW and S&P losing 0.81 and 0.78 percent respectively.
Although incoming data points show the U.S recovery remains tepid at best, bright spots across some leading indicators suggests the Fed may be reluctant to imminently launch QE3. Recent reports on retail sales, GDP, and housing all point to a slightly stronger than anticipated recovery and there's a sense some of the softer incoming data points could be worse. U.S economic data overnight showed personal consumption rose 1.6 percent in annual terms, falling from 1.8 percent in July. Personal income rose 0.3 percent in July to match estimates and June's growth and spending edged up 0.4 percent from a flat reading in June. Weekly jobless claims were unchanged at 374,000 for the week ending August 25, edging slightly higher above consensus estimate of 370,000.
Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart also prompted a dulling of stimulus expectations overnight, stating in an interview with CNBC that additional easing is a "close call" while adding "I am not overly concerned with the longer-term costs of more action but at the same time I see limited benefit from more action." The effectiveness of further stimulus has been brought into question in recent times given borrowing rates remain near to record lows. This suggests that while QE3 may provide a superficial boost or short-term sense of euphoria for markets, it's unlikely to directly influence structural issues such as the high rate of unemployment. With U.S mortgage rates in some cases as low as the 3-4 percent region, it's clearly never been a more cost effective time to borrow, but given the housing bubble and subsequent global economic crisis, high unemployment and low credit worthiness has made the dream of owning a home illusive for many U.S citizens as lenders maintain conservative risk profiles. This suggests further Fed stimulus may be of only superficial assistance at best.
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At 100 years, Panama Canal Zone history celebrated in Florida
By Letitia Stein
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) - The 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, hailed at the time as one of the world's great wonders, has inspired a celebration in central Florida to showcase the experience of the U.S. canal workers behind the engineering feat.
Vintage photographs, rare maps and vibrant indigenous textiles are highlights of a museum collection assembled by the Americans who lived and worked in the Panama Canal Zone, a 436-square-mile (1,139-sq-km) area that spanned both sides of the shipping channel connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Their contributions, as well as Panama culture, are the focus of three days of events beginning on Friday at the University of Florida in Gainesville, which has acquired one of the largest and most diverse collections of Panama Canal history in the United States.
"The centennial is important because it brings to life a great achievement of the United States," said Joe Wood, 77, who lived in the canal zone until he retired to Florida and helped found the museum collection. "It would have been considered the moon shot of its day," he added.
Built by the United States in a 10-year construction effort after a failed French dig, the 48-mile-long (77-km-long) canal opened on Aug. 15 1914, instantly becoming a vital global trade route.
For much of the century, the canal zone was operated as sovereign U.S. territory by a proud community of "Zonians," as many called the Americans living and working there. They had their own schools and housing, manning the canal and a series of U.S. military bases, yet many also embraced Panama's culture as their own.
"Being a Zonian is something to be proud of," said Richard Wainio, the former Port of Tampa chief executive who spent most of his life there. "Americans who were brought up in the canal zone absolutely loved Panama."
Like many of his fellow Zonians, 64-year-old Wainio settled in the Tampa Bay region after leaving Panama, which took over the canal and the U.S. bases at the end of 1999. Continued...


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The Soul is the Size of Elsewhere:Brooklyn and Development
September 9 - October 3, 2009
In the fall of 2007, on a brilliant autumn day when the sky seemed to go on forever, far past the Narrows where container ships from all over the globe enter and exit New York harbor, a group of colleagues and I were seated outside at Tatiana's, a cafe on the Brighton Beach boardwalk. We were talking about many things related to Brooklyn and to our work at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY's only seaside campus. Augmenting our vision with super-charged Russian Baltika beer, we started thinking about the borough as a "virtual space," a zone of ideas or imaginative transformations as much as a material or physical place.From this initial, happy-hour conversation came the conference Dreamland Pavilion: Brooklyn and Development, which is to run from October 2-3, 2009 at K.C.C. Making the conference a reality challenged our initial conceptions of Brooklyn and our own place (individual and institutional) in it, moving our focus from virtual realities to changing actualities. Our own composition as a planning group also changed, becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and including members of Kingsborough's faculty in English, History, and Political Science. We discovered that development was a more concrete way to address our borough's present challenges, linking that present to multiple pasts and possible futures. While we each had individual ideas of what the conference could be, we also shared a collective vision: to create a temporary space in which academics, artists, designers, activists, and ordinary people could come together and explore the complexities of our borough.The current exhibition, "The Soul is the Size of Elsewhere": Brooklyn and Development, is a direct outcome of that collective vision. In it we bring together four different cultural producers, as divergent in their methods and goals as they are convergent in their desire to link artistic or design work with the communities in which that work is produced, circulated, experienced. Each of these individuals or groups represents the creative social vision that makes Brooklyn that most stimulating of paradoxes: a global locality. The ship traffic that those of us who work at Kingsborough view every day from our classroom windows-arriving from and departing to the four corners of the world-is as global in its reach as our student body itself, richly diverse in language, background, viewpoints, and ideals. But that traffic is largely invisible to many inhabitants of our city, and if our campus is a microcosm of Brooklyn's population, so is Brooklyn a microcosm of the larger globe in the first decade of a new century.Engaging these relationships, our participants ask some of the most basic and far-reaching questions that can be posed by creative work: In what ways do art, architecture, and design not simply represent a world that already exists, but actually participate in the creation of that world, acting not simply as a mirror but as a means of transformation? How do these different kinds of work challenge our ideas of representation, allowing viewers to take an active role in the creation of meaning in cities?Development has become a highly polarizing word for many people, at once authorizing what it is also meant to explain: matter-of-fact changes in the way the borough looks or acts. In very different ways, the artists and designers participating in this exhibition explore the often conflicted meanings of Brooklyn's transformation-particularly its significance at the level of local communities-and the concept of development itself. Our belief is that the resulting collision of different techniques, points of view, and process-oriented projects will allow viewers to reconsider their own relationships to the communities in which they live and work. From Bill Kontzias' photographic portraits of his Ft. Greene neighborhood to Brooklyn Exchange's examination of development in the downtown triangle formed by Fulton Mall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Atlantic Yards, and from Guy Ambrosino's transformative use of material from the Atlantic Yards to Proteus Gowanus's interdisciplinary exploration of creative processes generated by the Gowanus Canal neighborhood, this exhibition actively engages our contemporary moment by connecting it to Brooklyn's past and future. In doing so, "The Soul is the Size of Elsewhere" is about the potential of art, architecture, and design to stimulate discussions about the kinds of future cities we want. We wish to make the processes of urbanism visible, or more specifically, to make hidden political and social processes visible, and to give viewers a chance to understand how specific places and their respective histories are often in tension with many current development projects. Finally, we provide a critical examination of development as it is or has been defined in contemporary and historical terms. The exhibition title is taken from the Hindu Upanishads, reflecting the difficulty of translating the meaning of existence or identity into spatial terms (How big, in other words, is "elsewhere"? What is the relationship between "elsewhere" and "here"?), but also the necessity of doing so if we are to connect our ideas to material forms, forms that are simultaneously the impetus to and the possibility of further reflection upon those ideas. But the basic point, perhaps, is that to view the works in this exhibition in all their diversity of conception and realization, their dialogue of concept and practice, is to experience the very participatory forms of development in which that word continues to have a living heart, critical and transformative.
Eben WoodJune-July 2009Searsmont, ME and Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn ExchangesCommunications and Design students, Pratt Institutewith Professors David Frisco and Meredith TenHoor
Proteus Gowanus Artists In This Exhibit: Kevin T. AllenLeah BeefermanMeg BelichekDavid EustaceMichael KoehlerYael KrevskyJeanne Liotta (video of Gowanus Bubble shown above)James Walsh
SculptureGuy Ambrosino
PhotographsBill Kontzias
This exhibition was presented in conjunction with the Dreamland Pavilion Conference, which was held at Kingsborough on October 2 and 3, 2009.


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Algae - Help me
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Its been 3 weeks since I setup this tank. But Algae is just growing everywhere... on the driftwood, plants, tank and the substrate. Not sure on what type of algae it is and how to control it. Its all over my x-mas moss and its frustrating that I need to deal with this within 3 weeks of starting this hobby. Please help.
Tank Size: 90 x 36 x 50 cm
Light: 4x39w T5 HO. 8 to 9 hours daily.
CO2 : Pressurized. 1 bubble / second. 8 hours (same as light but 30 mins before)
Fertilizer: Adding 25 ml of JBL Ferropol on alternate days.
Staghorn and diatoms. Diatoms are very common with new setups. They go away on their own. Staghorn can be removed by hand but typically appear in low flow areas. You definitely have too much light. ~160W for a 42 gallon tank is overkill. Obviously, would rather look at PAR but chances are, you got too much light. CO2 at 1 bps is pretty low, see how far you can push it but do so slowly. Also do like 3-4 WC weekly for the next 3 weeks.
Also I just found out that I'm doing a big mistake.
Actually I'm using 100% RO water. I didn't mix any tap water to it. Only fertilizer that I was using is Ferropol which may not be enough I believe. I already lost 6 neons.
Any help how to restore sanity would be highly appreciated.
1. Should I mix 50% tap water to the RO water for next water change?
2. What the fertilizers that I should add apart from JBL Ferropol?
You can mix tap woth RO to remineralize the RO water. How much? Depends on the tap water ph, gh, kh and what water parameters you want for your aquarium. You can also remineralize with baking soda and something like GLA GH booster.
You also have too much light. Try cutting to two bulbs with the others for a quick noon burst for an hour or so, but no more. At 1 bps is your drop checker lime green? If not, maybe increase your CO2. I have a 55 gallon and run 4-5 bps. I also only have a 3 bulb fixture. So i run less light and more CO2, and no algae. If your tank is still really bad, maybe it would be easier to empty it and clean your plants with an H2O2 dip. You can then add proper water with clean filters and a better understanding of your initial mistake. Another thought is the "One Two Punch" Algae treatment discussed and explained on this forum under the Algae thread. You first add H2O2 to entire tank folled by Seachem Excel. I havent tried but it appears to work great for entire tank treatments. Can be hard on some fish and inverts though. Also would recommend dosing Seachem Excel daily. Excel is proven to help control most types of algae.
Not familiar with your ferts. I use dry ferts purchased from GLA. Macros/micros dosed every other day, alternate days. EI Dosing.
Finally, are you doing regular water changes? Good tank hygein is always helpful. I change 50% weekly, sometimes even more. This is required for EI dosing, but also helpful regardless.
Normal dosing of Excel will help. Increase CO2 so it won't get back. Read this post: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=59628
Thanks puopg, Dx3Bash & Bubba_Shrimp.
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When a clown anemonefish gives birth, where do the baby fish go?
the baby fish goes to live in the coral reef until they are old enough to venture out on their own.
Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "clown anemonefish babies" to get this source:
Here is its information:
Anemonefish babies: Anemonefishes form permanent pair bonds that sometimes last for years. The male usually selects the nest site, often a bare rock near the sea anemone which he clears of seaweeds and other rubbish. The female eventually helps out. After the female lays on the site, the male scrupulously guards and cares for the eggs, keeping them well aerated and clean. The female helps out sometimes. Larval fish that hatch from the eggs drift with plankton for 8-12 days before settling to the bottom and changing into a juvenile fish.
How does the baby fish find an anemone host? Some species apparently follow chemicals released by the anemone, others find one by sight, for yet others, it is apparently simply by chance. One study suggests the fishes use the smell of leaves from the rainforest to find their way to a suitable habitat. Even so, this is not the end of the problems for the young fish. If the anemone already has resident Anemonefishes, the new fish is usually bullied by the residents and even may be driven away.
In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.


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Program Division
Inmates who have been of good behavior and have met certain criteria have opportunities to participate in inmate work crews, work release, inmate helper programs, and in-house programs. During the past decade, inmates have provided over one-quarter million dollars' worth of labor to non-profit agencies in projects, such as cemetery clean up, brush cutting, painting, roadside cleanup, and more. Inmates have helped restore buildings, such as the Curran Homestead, the Bangor Historical Society, Eastern Area Agency on Aging, Boy Scouts of America (Camp Roosevelt), libraries, schools, and fire departments.
Education Program
The Education Program currently makes roadside signs at reduced rates to help communities mark their roads in compliance with the 911 standards. For more information about our 911 signs, please go to our TRIAD page.
Through a partnership with Bangor Adult Education teachers at the jail help inmates achieve their GED through the Plato learning system. Sixteen inmates earned their GED while incarcerated at PCJ during 2012.
The Penobscot County Jail was the recipient of the Governors service Award Recognizing thousands of hours of inmate labor to the community. Since 1989 the jail has completed an alternative OUI program where inmates paint and clean schools for reduced sentences. Over 133,000 hours of inmate labor has resulted in this program yielding over $1,197,717.43 savings to the community.
The sheriff has two inmate work crews that provide free labor to municipalities and non-profit agencies in Penobscot County. In addition inmate helpers work in the jail providing for cleaning, sewing laundry, etc. Combined, these programs resulted in over 56,000 hours of free labor to the taxpayer ($421,110.00) in 2012. Requests by municipalities and non-profit agencies can be directed to Programs Supervisor-Sgt. Laura Lebreton 947-4585. This schedule fills quickly.
Alternative Sentencing Program
The Alternative Sentencing is a Restorative Justice/Jail Diversion program where non-violent, sentenced offenders (most often those with OUI charges) serve the equivalent of their sentence at a safe, non-jail location. Inmates stay on-site and perform 7-8 hours of community service per day and attend 2-3 hours of substance abuse and cognitive behavioral education each night.
Offenders sentenced to 3 days will attend the First Offender program for a total of 48 hours. All other offenders will attend the Second Offender program for 7 days. Offenders must be sentenced to 14 days or less to qualify for the program and be approved for participation by Volunteers of America at least 30 days before the program start date.
All programs have a fee for participation. See our Fee Schedule below for pricing and email Brandee Trask for more information: firstname.lastname@example.com
Offenders bring their own bedding, clothing, and personal care items. Beds and food are provided. All program sites are heated, with hot water and approved kitchens.
Any questions about this program please call Brandee Trask at (207) 941-9450 or email her at email@example.com
Penobscot County Alternative Sentencing Program Rules
- You may not leave your assigned area without permission from staff.
- No smoking, except in outside areas with staff supervision. 48 Hour only programs have NO SMOKING ALLOWED.
- No possession of contraband i.e. alcohol/weapons/drugs/pornography
- You must report for all head counts.
- You must not interfere during head counts.
- You may not refuse to follow reasonable directives from staff.
- You must take your medications only as they are prescribed.
- You must be respectful to all staff, educators, and other participants.
- You must attend all scheduled education.
- You must participate in daily community service.
- You must shower at least once daily.
- You may not enter opposite gendered sleeping areas.
- You may not enter the kitchen area without permission from staff.
- You may not attempt to exercise control over another participant or staff.
- No touching, hugging, or other physical contact between participants, with the exception of handshakes.
- Phone calls will be made during free time only. Phones will be held by staff in a lockbox until phone time.
- Lights on and wake up are at 6:00 AM.
- Lights out is at 10:30 PM
Any infraction of the above rules could result in my being returned to the county jail in the county I was sentenced. I also understand that I may be required to fulfill the entire sentence I was given, absent the good time allowed for ASP participation if I am returned to jail.
If I become ill or injured during the service of a sentence through the Alternative Sentencing Program, I may be responsible for medical expenses incurred.
In the event of an emergency, I authorize Volunteers of America, or their representative, to contact an emergency contact person of my choice.
Alternative Sentencing Programs Fee Schedule
48 Hours/First Offender Program (Sentenced in Penobscot County): $200
48 Hours/First Offender Program (Sentenced in any other County) $250
7 Days/Second Offender Program (Sentenced in any County): $475
Money must be received at least 30 days prior to the program start date. A late fee of $25 will be charged to anyone making payment after the cutoff date. Payment arrangements are available; please email email@example.com for more information.


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Media giant Viacom has told YouTube to remove more than 100,000 video clips from its site.
In a written statement provided to vnunet.com, Viacom accused YouTube and its parent company Google of knowingly profiting from stolen material and repeatedly breaking promises to filter out copyrighted video.
"Virtually every other distributor has acknowledged the fair value of entertainment content and has taken deliberate steps to concluding agreements with content providers," said Viacom.
"YouTube and Google retain all of the revenue generated from this practice, without extending fair compensation to the people who have expended all of the effort and cost to create it."
A Google spokesman told vnunet.com that the company will comply with Viacom's request.
But the search giant added: "It is unfortunate that Viacom will no longer be able to benefit from YouTube's passionate audience which has helped to promote many of Viacom's shows."
Viacom's holdings include Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks, DreamWorks and Comedy Central. The company stated that YouTube had served over 1.2 billion streams of its copyrighted video content.
YouTube has already run into trouble with Viacom over its content, and was obliged to remove several Comedy Central clips late last year.
YouTube is also under fire from a Japanese copyright group which had previously requested the removal of 30,000 videos. YouTube executives are scheduled to meet with the group next week.
Viacom said in the statement to Google that it did not oppose the online distribution of its clips and that it would be open to an agreement that allows its clips to remain on YouTube.
But Viacom wants control over the content in what it called "a fair and authorised distribution model".
YouTube said that it has a strict policy of removing any copyrighted material at the request of the owner.
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Take a Moment to Put the Phone Down.
I'm completely guilty of this, and I guess as I head into 2014 I am challenging myself to do more of this: Put the phone down, and live in the moment.
We live in a society dominated by always being "connected" to the point we barely speak to one another when we're out a bar or hanging out a friend's place!
This video gives you a little perspective...I challenge you as well to put the phone down too!
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Distributed multi-domain network survivability
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21092
Distributed multi-domain network survivability
Xu, Feng
Ghani, Nasir
Committee Member(s)
Shu, Wei
Jordan, Ramiro
Bridges, Patrick
Jordan, Ramiro
Bridges, Patrick
University of New Mexico. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
LC Subject(s)
Computer networks--Reliability.
Internetworking (Telecommunication)--Reliability.
Internetworking (Telecommunication)--Reliability.
Degree Level
Wireline backbone networks have evolved to support many different end-user bandwidth services, including private leased lines, packet voice, high-definition packet video, virtual private networks (VPN), etc. From a functional perspective, these networks are usually comprised of different technology layers and segmented into multiple domains, each managed by its own authority and operating under its own policy. However, as business/mission-critical demands and stringencies continue to grow, there is a pressing need to improve network/service survivability (reliability) across multiple operating domains. Indeed, this is a very challenging problem owing to the obvious scalability and confidentiality limitations across domain boundaries. As a result, multidomain survivability schemes must be able to operate in a distributed, decentralized manner. In addition, new recovery provisions are also needed to handle large-scale "catastrophic" events causing multiple correlated failures, e.g., natural disasters, power outages, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) attacks. Overall, a wide range of survivability solutions have been developed over the years, albeit mostly focusing on single domain settings. Broadly, these schemes can be classified as pre-provisioned protection and post-fault restoration type strategies. Namely, the former types offer fast recovery and single-failure resiliency guarantees via the pre-allocation of backup resources. Meanwhile, the latter offer more latent nondeterministic recovery via post-fault path re-routing. In general, both of these strategies can be extended across domain boundaries to achieve multi-domain service recovery. However, most existing proposals in this space only study protection-based approaches and do not incorporate end-to-end resource efficiency or backup diversity concerns. Further treatments for multi-failure recovery are also lacking. In light of the above, this dissertation proposes a range of solutions to improve distributed multi-domain survivability. First, a new protection scheme is proposed to achieve improved end-to-end path pair diversity (resiliency) with reduced routing overheads. This solution is then augmented with probabilistic considerations to handle more challenging multi-failure scenarios, i.e., as arising during catastrophic events. In particular, this solution incorporates both resource efficiency and failure risk mitigation concerns. Finally, a novel post-fault restoration scheme is proposed to achieve multidomain failure recovery using joint intra-/inter-domain crankback signaling. The performance of all of these proposed solutions is also evaluated using discrete event simulation and appropriate comparisons made versus existing strategies.
July 2012
multi-domain network
network survivability
pre-provisioned protection
post-fault restoration
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Speaker Quinn Wants More Protection for Community Gardens
Community gardeners still have reservations about the new rules the Department of Parks and Recreation has drawn up to regulate them. Under the rules, the Department can close a garden that has gone into default. But gardeners and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn say its not clear what that means. They are asking for more specific rules about when a garden's protected status is in jeopardy and more community participation in the default process, which can turn gardens into property for real estate developments.
The proposed regulations replace ones established in 2002 that expired in September. Advocates say the old rules provided more protection for gardens. There are about 600 community gardens on city-owned land across the five boroughs. The new rules only apply to the less than 200 gardens overseen by the Parks Department GreenThumb program.
Members of the Community Garden Coalition say they also want the chance to send in new volunteers to rescue a garden when the city find that it is "in default."
Karen Washington is director of the Community Garden Coalition. She spoke to reporters in front of City Hall before testifying at a City Council hearing today. "To make sure that if there is a garden in default," said Washington, "that not only the gardeners know but the coalition knows that it's out there so that we can help in some way to preserve that garden."
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told reporters she likes most of the rules, but still feels they would allow whoever is mayor to shut down a garden and turn it over to a real estate developer for arbitrary reasons. She says that was the problem in 2002 when Rudy Giuliani was mayor. "Our job now is to keep pushing," said Quinn, "where we can reach agreement with the Bloomberg administration, terrific; where we can't and we have the power, we will pass legislation."
The council doesn't have to approve the new community garden rules but could try to block them if the administration doesn't change them.
Quinn agrees with the Garden Coalitions request for more transparency and consistency for rules governing gardens. She and Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito said they also support creating a web site that will provide information to the public and include gardens owned by other city agencies besides the Parks Department, in an open and transparent manner.
Gardeners also want an advisory group that can work with gardens in default to correct the problems. They want a review panel that includes gardeners to hold evidentiary hearings and advise the Parks Commissioner about gardens in default.


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Where on earth do you buy the bracket with arm? I can't find anything online anywhere
Where on earth do you buy the bracket with arm? I can't find anything online anywhere
Just go to a VW dealer and order it there. Any VW dealer can order the part for you, they don't even need to know what a Phaeton is.
Yikes, looks like I'm going to get raped on that one. Definitely going to take it to my mechanic first to see if he can loosen it up with the grease first. Worth a shot!
If you are in the United States, you can get a quote from any one of several VW dealers who sell parts over the internet at a discount price. I am not familiar with them, because I live in Canada, but I know some other forum members have purchased parts from these companies and seem to be happy. I think one of the larger companies is called "1st VW Parts" or similar.
Personally, I don't think it is worth your while to attempt to repair the part you presently have - the problems are caused by corrosion, which implies that material is missing. Plus, the assembly is not meant to be taken apart, it is unlikely you will succeed in getting it back together (and working within an acceptable tolerance) even if you do get it apart.
It seemed to work for Vipa. I have nothing to lose by trying. If it's screwed, then it's screwed one way or the other!
The repaired wiper link arm connection is still working fine...
Well looks like mine went on me today as well, called the Dealership to see what they can do in order of a discounted rate for the replacement, waiting to hear back will advise on the results.
Fixed mine on my own with the new bracket/arm. Could not fix the siezed one at all. I even tried to hit it with a hammer and it would NOT BUDGE! Incredible that a 7 year old windshield wiper could sieze up that badly. I contacted VW north America about it and they seemed to be oblivious to this issue. Probably because of the fact there are so few phaetons out there. If it happens to you, be sure to call them up!
I finished replacing the wiper arm linkages on both sides. My problem now is that while the passenger side blade moves in the correct pattern (full range of motion and stops where it should), the driver side seems to not move in the correct way (not quite full range of motion and stops before it is in the true down position). Anybody know how to fine tune the motion? Thanks...Jay
It would be of great help if any of you could post photos of your windshield wipers in the "service" position for me (photos in the down position would also be beneficial). I was able to mark the up position of the driver side before replacing the linkages but wasn't able to get the passenger side back in position to mark it. When I secure the wiper to match my "up" mark for the driver side, though, it seems to stop too high in the down position. Thus, the range of motion seems to be shorter than before (not achieving full range). Also, I have set the passenger side blade to stop almost pointing to the driver side blade when in the up "service" position. This helps reduce the amount of unwiped windshield area in the upper driver side view but I am afraid it is not really correct. The passenger side blade does return to a full down position, though. I hope this isn't too confusing to follow but any photos or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...Jay
Would anyone know which fuse drives the passenger side wiper motor?
Quite a job to replace just one fuse, to be honest!
Normally, one uses a diagnostic scan tool to determine if the fuse is blown or not. The scan will report if the fuse is blown... no dis-assembly is necessary.
Could someone repost pictures?
Michael post #1 of this thread with original pictures:
Hello Everyone:
There have been a few reports recently of failures due to corrosion within the mechanism that operates the windshield wipers. As most of you know, the Phaeton has two entirely separate and completely independent wiper mechanisms one for each side of the windshield thus it is possible for one side to fail and the other side to continue to operate. Unfortunately, unless the side that fails happens to be in the parked position when it fails, the remaining functional wiper blade will foul against the failed blade, so the outcome is the same no windshield wipers.
The failure appears to be caused by the round shaft that the wiper arm attaches to corroding within the aluminum (or other white metal) casting that contains it. There is an o-ring at the top of the round shaft where it enters the casting, and a bushing at the bottom, but it seems that liquid is somehow managing to get past these seals and into the middle of the casting. If you drive in an area where roads are salted in the winter, this water will contain salt, and the eventual result will be corrosion. As the ferrous metal shaft corrodes, friction within the casting increases, and eventually the fuse for the affected side wiper motor will blow. When the fuse blows, the wiper stops wherever it may be, and that is the end of your driving in the rain.
I am going to advise our friends in Dresden about these failures (my VW dealer has encountered three different Phaetons with this kind of failure this year, including my car), and perhaps they can come up with some kind of test based on wiper motor current draw that we can use to determine if a problem is developing, for the purpose of taking action before the sudden failure. I think that the probability of encountering such a failure is directly linked to the amount of salt or brine that is used on your roads during the wintertime, how long winter lasts in your area, and how much you drive in the winter. In other words, I kind of doubt if Don in Scottsdale will be affected, and at the other end of the scale, I think there is a high probability of failure for cars registered in the Province of Quebec.
The purpose of this post is to provide a little background on the failure, explain what happens, and provide some guidance to technicians who have to replace the mechanism.
Below is a photo of a Phaeton showing what it looks like after the fuse blows on the passenger side wiper. The wiper stops dead wherever it may be when the fuse blows, and typically, this will interfere with the operation of the remaining (functional) wiper. This is Chriss car.
What it looks like when the fuse blows
I suppose if you just happened to have a spare fuse handy, you could wait a few moments for the wiper motor to cool down, then put the spare fuse in, and you might get a few more wipes before the spare fuse blows. For all practical purposes, though, once the fuse blows, you are toast... the corrosion has caused the mechanical load on the motor to reach a point where the current required to operate the wiper is excessive, and the only solution is to replace the wiper mechanism. It is not uncommon for both of the blades to be damaged as a result of the fouling of the remaining functional wiper blade against the failed wiper blade, thus, you will probably need to replace both blades as well.
Below is an illustration that shows the left and right side wiper blade mechanisms. Normally, these parts are not visible, they are covered up by the cover that goes over the air intake plenum, aft of the engine. These assemblies consist of the motor, the casting and linkages, and a few nuts and bolts.
The motor itself is usually unaffected by the failure (the fuse protected it), thus the part you need to replace is the casting and linkage.
Left and right side wiper drive mechanisms
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Hi Michael,
Happy to see you again.
Was anything decided concerning your thousands of photos ? Needing to rehost them every xx months is such a waste of your precious time and energy...
Once more, none of the photos I put for free on photobucket since many years ago has ever disappeared or been removed by photobucket. Why don't you use photobucket ?
I'm not affiliated with photobucket, and there are probably other sites that offer the same kind of service. I'm only advocating this site because I have experienced that none of the photos I put on it ever disappeared.
Hi Pierre:
I do use Photobucket now. In the past, I used two 'Volkswagen specific' photo hosting sites (HostDub and later a site operated by OEM Plus) that have now shut down.
I have an account with Photobucket, costs about $50 a year (a free account won't support the bandwidth needed by the forum), I will use that in the future for all photo hosting, including re-hosting.
Where would i buy the replacement bracket with operating rod and crank arm from and recommendation ?
Here is some additional information about how the windshield wiper system on the Phaeton is controlled:
Pheaton Windshield Wiper System - Description and Overview
Some information for decoding the diagrams:
CAN means Controller Area Network.
30 means terminal 30, which is battery supply voltage.
31 means terminal 31, which is ground.
Archival Note - Related discussions:
Detailed Instructions for operation of the Windshield Wiper & Washer System (also contains windshield cleaning recommendations from VW)
Wiper Blades - How to change them
Washer Fluid - Buy premium stuff, or the el-cheapo stuff?
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Hi Everyone,
As you all may recall a while back my passenger side wiper had stopped working. Turned out it was due to the corrosion that has been outlined in the post earlier.
Well I experienced another wiper failure, only this time it's on the driver side. Now one major difference between two incidents is that while the passenger wiper had failed I could still operate the driver, headlight washers and windshield washer.
In this instance I am unable to utilize anything, one could argue that it may be a safety feature to prevent the passenger wiper from smacking in to the stuck driver but not sure.
Any checks I can do before heading it back to the shop, or would this be pretty much the same issue only on the driver side.
As usual your input is always welcomed and appreciated.
Hi Uday:
My guess is that the passenger side wiper is a slave (subordinate) to the driver side wiper, and as a result, the control module will allow the driver side wiper and other wiper-related elements to continue to work if the passenger side wiper is not in the appropriate position, but not the other way around.
The replacement process is more or less the same for both wiper arm pantographs. While you are having this done, clean out the air intake plenum at the same time, because it is really easy to get access to that plenum once the wiper arm assembly has been removed. See this post for more information about cleaning out the plenum: Cleaning Air Intake Plenum and Sunroof Drains.


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I think you will like your SR9, I love mine. Give it a good cleaning before you take it to the range to get all of the factory gunk out of it and you will be fine.
hey guys,
newbie here to handgnforum...i just put a brushed stainless SR9 on layaway..i plan on using this gun to take my CCW class and use for everyday carry...this looks like a great forum and enjoy other forums like archerytalk and huntingnet...
I think you will like your SR9, I love mine. Give it a good cleaning before you take it to the range to get all of the factory gunk out of it and you will be fine.
oh yeah you will like it for sure. ive had mine for a few months and i love it
Any of you guys that have put 300~400 rounds through your SR9 have the barrel peening issue??
I have 2 SR9's no peening on either of them. One has 2K rounds and the other probably up to 1K rounds now. These kind of things take on a life all there own on the internet. The SR9 is a very nice weapon, congrats I hope you enjoy your new gun!
Welcome from North Central Texas.
I think you'll like it here.
Congratulations on your new gun.
Sweet lookin'
I have been thinking of getting this gun as just a gun to keep in the car. I don't like to leave an expensive piece in the car that will get weathered and its a ruger, it can handle the abuse. Every Ruger I have had no matter how neglected or how bad the weather it was exposed to it always worked which is why I own several of their riffles.
I have never used their hand guns though. I have been seeing alot of mixed reviews. Most of the reviews from people who actually own the gun seem to love it with a few exceptions but the majority of the people I have seen bash it have never even held one.
I am curious to see an un-biased review on this gun as I am honestly unsure of what to think of it any more.
I own 2 SR9's I also own a large variety of other hand guns. Different brands, diferent styles, no revolvers however. I think I can give a very unbiased opinion of the SR9's that I own. I can not however garantee it will hold true for every gun Ruger produced nor can I say anyone else will have the same level of satisfaction or regret that I have. I can unbiasedly eveluate the gun and probably answer most rudimentary questions concerning the SR9.
First why 2 of them? When I bought the pistol I wanted an inexpensive polymer handgun that was High Cap and still very thin with a nice qualty finish, that felt good in my hand. There wasn't anything close to filling those categories better then the SR9 IMHO. I took it to the range with my 2 sons and my oldest (24) really liked it. Light weight, he shot it like he had owned it for years and he thought it looked cool too. I told him when he bought his first home I would give it to him as a house warming present. My other son (21) gave me the look and said hey I like it too dad, so I bought a green and black one for when he buys his home. Until then I will break them in for the boys.
The gun is light weight at 26.5 oz it is 1.25 inches wide 7.55" long and 5.5" tall. It has a plolymer frame and reversible backstraps so the grip can be adjusted to fit larger or smaller hands without carrying extra backstraps around with you. Good simple idea. the grip is textured nicely it allows you to hold your weapon firm and securely with out getting your hand eaten up when you pull the trigger. It is actually very fun to shoot! To take it down to clean it or inspect it for the legendary penning problem can be done with one hand and in 30 seconds. You do not have to pull the trigger to remove the slide. Very easy to take down and put back together, very easy. NICE. the slide is stainless steel not High strength carbon, not nickle plate, Stainless. The finish is very nice. The sights ar both dovetailed and the rear sight is adjustable. It really has nice sights for a shooter. A little large to conceal but not to large with proper clothing. I carry one of the SR9's about once every 2 weeks. I dont have too, I just like to. The trigger is a bit gritty when it is new but smooths out somewhere between 200 and 400 rounds. I really don't remember I just know it happened. The trigger pulls pretty good, not like a 1911 or a Baby Eagle, but pretty nice for a plastic trigger. I am not crazy about a plastic trigger but I can not give you a rational reason for that it just the way I am.The mag release button on one of the guns stuck for a while and I had to do a little work on it to get it to work right 100% of the time. Iit does now and I almost forget it happened. I did fluff and buff the barrel and the feed ramp on both guns. I do it on every handgun I own weather they need it or not. Because I like using my dremel, I like the way it shins up the steel, and it smooth the feed ramp so nicely I cant believe anyone wouldn't do it. I don't think either gun needed it to function but I don't know because I did it on day one when I cleaned the packing oil away. the Silver SR9 has 2000+ rounds througjh it and has not failed to feed any brand or and bullet I have run through it. The Green one has just over 1,000 rounds and I am happy to report the same. There is a large variety of holster available for the gun and it shoots hole right where you point it. I would not buy a second one for my sons if it weren't a gun I trusted 100% It will after all be protecting my future Grandchildern one day.
If you are getting it for a truck gun your Truck will thank you!!!!! You may be surprised how much you actually shot it, I always say it has the pistol hat trick
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- breaks down to clean very easy
- shoots holes right where you point reliably
It isn't my favorite handgun or the most expensive one I own. I do shoot it very well and when ever I go to the range, one of them is always in my gun bag.


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In the first game of the doubleheader, Campbell used five innings with multiple runs to win 15-3.
Four Camels earned two hits in the game, and Clayton Brown led all batters with four RBI.
The only time CU trailed came in the first as the Kinghts knocked in one run. The Camels quickly answered in the bottom of the inning as Elijah Trail and Michael Felton batted in Ben McQuown and Brent Graham.
In the first, McQuown stole two bases, and added another in the fourth to up his season total to 22.
Campbell put the most runs across the board in the sixth inning, posting five to make the score 13-1. Brown tripled to right field to bring Trevor Lane, Michael DeLucia, and Trail across, and also scored on the same play on a Knight throwing error.
Heath Bowers earned his third win of the season on five innings pitched with seven hits, one earned run, five strikeouts and one walk.
For Fairleigh Dickinson, Eric Anderson led with three hits and three RBI. Joe Borelli was credited with the loss after pitching 2.2 innings with five hits, five runs, four earned, and four walks.
To sweep the series, CU scored runs in six innings to win 10-4 on 11 hits.
Three Camels batted in two runs apiece in the outing. Felton, Trail, and Brown put across six total runs. Lane added one RBI of his own to total seven in the game.
After the Kights scored one run in the first and second innings, CU took the lead for good in the bottom of the second. Brown reached on a fielder's choice, bringing in Olson and moving Ben Fish to third. Fish then scored Campbell's fourth run on a passed ball.
In the third inning, Felton knocked a solo homer, his second of the year, to left field, bringing the score to 4-2 in favor of the Camels.
McQuown stole two bases, bringing his total for the series to five and his season total to 24, leading the nation.
Hector Cedano picked up his third win of the season on four innings pitched with seven hits, one earned run, a walk, and three strikeouts.
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Good morning Robyn, Right
Good morning Robyn,
Right now, there is no way of marking all forums as read. However, I'll pass along the suggestion, as I think it is a good one.
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Supported Accommodation for Young People 16-25: Outline
M3 is a scheme which offers an alternative to hostel provision in that it provides accommodation in a home environment to homeless young people aged 16 to 25. This accommodation is provided throughout Rossendale in the homes of providers who offer a room in their homes, along with some level of support for the young people. People from all walks of life will provide this accommodation, which will be as varied as the people who form the network.
People accepted as providers will have undergone Criminal Records Bureau checks, as will all members of their household. In addition part of the induction process for providers includes training in homelessness issues, equal opportunities and confidentiality. The accommodation offered will have been inspected and Health and Safety checks conducted. M3 aims to assist young people to live independent lives, and to encourage, support, empower and develop them as they mature. They will be treated with respect and dignity and encouraged to make choices. They will be encouraged to develop day to day life skills, leading to greater independence and helping them to take control of their own lives. The Scheme is open to young single people aged between 16 and 25 who are either homeless or in unsuitable accommodation.
M3 Move-On supports up to 8 units of families, aged 16-25yrs, and their children throughout East Lancashire area.
The units will be leased out as fully furnished and equipped placements, according to the needs of the family. The placements are Health & Safety checked. Individuals will engage on the resettlement project for approx twelve to eighteen months. During that time regular home visits will be conducted to monitor progress being made, and to advise and guide accordingly. The Senior Project Worker will engage and attend arranged appointments in order to advocate for and support individuals.
Training is offered to all young people on M3 Move-On around the following issues:
- Rents & Arrears
- Dealing with neighbor nuisance
- Introduction to home safety
- Health & well being
This training is not optional, as M3 Move-On has an agreement with landlords committed to the B-with-us choice based lettings scheme. Young people taking part in this training will be supplied with a reference which will assist them with locating permanent accommodation for their own families. We have negotiated that young people taking part in this scheme will be given additional priority on the Housing register.
Suite 2, St Johns Court, Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Lancs, BB4 7PA
Office Tel: 01706 216600
Email:email@example.com Web Site: http://www.rossendalem3.org/
Stepping Stone Project's Dispersed Housing Project accommodates 16-25 year olds, in fully furnished shared houses (with lockable bedrooms) and single person accommodation within the Hyndburn, Rossendale and Pendle areas. The scheme aims to provide secure, supported accommodation to young people, and is ideal for anyone that would like to live independently but who would like support around developing skills necessary to maintain a tenancy
The supported housing provides 18 one bedroom flats with 4 studio apartments and accommodates 16-25 year olds in their own tenancy with support. The scheme aims to provide secure, supported accommodation to young people, and is ideal for anyone that would like to live independently but who would like support around developing skills necessary to maintain a tenancy.
The projects create a supported living environment that practically prepares young people for independent living prior to them securing their own tenancy within the community. Alongside resettlement work, motivation and confidence building the scheme gives young people a taste of being a positive neighbour, housemate and citizen.
How do I get dispersed or supported housing?
Applicants are accepted from young people themselves and any agency. The young person will be invited to an interview to discuss their support needs. If accepted they will then be placed on a waiting list and contacted when a suitable vacancy arises.
Redfearn House, Ings Avenue, Rochdale OL12 7LH Telephone 01706 359600
or email firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
or visit Stepping Stones website
SafeSpace, No.1 Queen Street
SafeSpace Rossendale is a supported housing project for young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. It aims to enable young people to progress to independent living and move to secure permanent accommodation wherever possible.
The project is staffed 24 hours a day and tenants are supported in a variety of ways, such as improving daily living skills, budgeting, meal planning and being a good tenant. Help is also available in improving employment skills, using community resources and finding suitable permanent accommodation. SafeSpace staff work closely with other support agencies and can refer to specialist agencies if necessary.
Telephone 01706 212894
AvailabilityMon - Fri 10am - 4pm
Further Information
Contact: Housing Options Team
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Telephone: 01706 252555
Fax: 01706 873577One Stop Shop, Newline, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 0BB


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This is my first year homeschooling. My daughter is 5 1/2 and we are doing "kindergarten." We are using the reading program "Little Angels" and I really like it. She is doing great job sounding out words. She knows all her letters and the basic sounds they make.
The problem I am having is with writing. If I show her how to write a letter, she does a good job writing it. However, she is not retaining memory of how to write different letters. She's also mixing up capital and lowercase... even though if I were to point to a letter and ask her if it's capital or lowercase, she would get it right.
An example- today we tried out first test. All she had to do was write the capital letter next to the given lowercase letter. I couldn't believe how she struggled with this! I finally gave up and decided we would do some practice writing.
I wrote a lowercase P on the first line (we were using the big lined kindergarten paper), and she proceeded to write about 10 beautiful lowercase p's. But when she moved on to the next line, she couldn't do it anymore. She had medium sized p's kind of floating in the middle, she had tiny little p's squished between the dotted line and bottom line.... I mean, she JUST WROTE 10 great p's! How did she forget from one line to the next?
Is this normal? Is this a sign of a learning disability? She does have some "issues" and is "different" from other kids.... It's so frustrating. I'm trying to be very laid back. We aren't using any set curriculum (although I do have the lesson plan for the reading program). We only do about an hour and half or so of school 3-4 days a week, where we are actually sitting down. Other than that, I try to incorporate learning into everyday activities. She's a bright kid. She taught herself all her letters, numbers, colors, and shapes before she turned 3. In some ways, her memory is extraordinary. But she can't remember how to write a letter from one line to the next....
But now I feel like I'm doing it all wrong. And my patience is so thin some days that I just have to call it quits and try again the next day. I've also got a 3 year old and a 1 year old.... Sending the kids to school is not an option, so I have to get this right. Any help would be appreciated.
Corrie, "trad" Catholic, wife to DH and Mom to DD (4/07), DS (2/09), DD (2/11), DD (4/13), two angel babies.
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Some kids (my oldest) seem to strongly tie writing letters to reading. So, when her reading was just starting, she struggled with writing, just like your daughter. Once she was reading more fluently, her desire to practice her writing exploded.
Writing uses a different part of the brain. It makes so much sense to adults that if one recognizes lower case and upper case, one should be able to answer correctly when writing them on a quiz. It makes so much sense to adults that one could copy a letter underneath on the next line as easily as one could write next to it, but that's not the case. You could attempt to copy a more complex drawing yourself, and you will find that there are places that it's easier to copy it, and places where it isn't so easy. Why this is true, I can only guess. It could be where the eye could easily keep sight of both the letter and what she is writing, or it could be something to do with how the brain puts information together, I don't know.
So, I might continue with letter recognition like you are doing, but focus on pre-writing skills--shapes to strengthen the hands, but not so specifically letter-oriented. Wait until she feels a bit more comfortable reading, then try writing letters again.
Continue to be flexible--she might never really jibe with the exercises you've been doing, but might enjoy projects that involve labeling or writing letters to loved ones. At that age my girls both wrote the most when making signs for all the farms and zoos they created out of blocks, scarves and their animals.
ETA: One of the things I am discovering as a parent and a HSer is how much we adults take for granted. Before our children started dropping food on the floor over and over again we might have thought, well, of course things fall to the ground. But for babies this is a new discovery. And what we assume is one skill is actually two or several. We also learn that some kids (ours!) can make this painfully obvious!
"She is a mermaid, but approach her with caution. Her mind swims at a depth most would drown in."
One idea would be to make forming letters more kinetic and tactile and fun for a while and then intersperse some actual "writing activities" when moments present themselves or the time seems right. Also, it might make sense to just focus on lowercase letters since those are the vast majority of the letters we ever write in our life. She will learn uppercase eventually but there's really no need for it do be done in conjunction with lowercase, especially if it lowers everyone's stress level
Make play dough or salt dough and form letters with rolled out pieces of dough
Pour salt or fine sand into a tray or cookie sheet with sides and use your finger to write out letters
Spray shaving cream on the kitchen table or floor (or on a tray) and again use your finger
"Paint" letters with a chubby brush and water onto wood, or the sidewalk, and watch them fade away
Using regular shaped pretzels, see what letter shapes you can create by strategically biting off bits of the pretzel. I think my dd has done over half the alphabet!
I'm sure there are many other fine ways to go about this process; feel free to be creative!
Writing letters in the sand on a beach lets kids write them REALLY BIG!!!! And amazingly perfect....
That's why I think separating letter writing for perfection from shape-writing for strengthening little fingers can be helpful. Drawing shapes can be about the practice, and not the visual result, and she can focus on learning to command her fingers without the judgment of comparison to a real letter. You know how little kids "write" whole pages of scribbles to look like writing? They may not be writing, but they are building the muscles that will allow them to.
Also, while it's helpful at times to use the double-lined paper for proportioning letters properly, it might not be enough room for unfamiliar muscles to make the shape well. So, let her write on plain printer paper as well, and let her write as large or as small as she needs to form the letter well.
At this age, the goal is building an attitude of "I can do this!" Taking the time to cultivate this will pay of in a big way down the road. She needs praise for dedicated *effort*, because just the fact that you have a daughter who loves sitting down with you to do her work is precious--something that many HSing parents on this board would give their left ear to have.
"She is a mermaid, but approach her with caution. Her mind swims at a depth most would drown in."
One of the reasons kindergarteners need to do some much writing in school is because there are 25-30 of them in the class and the teacher needs to be able to assess what they know, where their strengths and struggles are, and doesn't have the time to sit with each kid individually everyday. It means that k's are pushed to write often before they are really ready or before they can be super successful. It is one of the things that I like about homeschooling for kinder (our future is more up in the air than I would like). I don't need ds to write to show what he can do because he can just tell me.
For example, ds is great at doing math, but can't form most numbers. He can recognize numbers and read them but he can't write them. Sometimes he wants to do equations but he can't write the answers. He can tell me the answers and I know he understands the addition or subtraction and that the thing he actually struggles with is the handwriting. It is such a benefit for him because he is able to conceptually work on his level even though he can't physically do it. If he were in a regular kinder classroom his teacher probably wouldn't know that he can do the math that he is capable of because he wouldn't have a way to show it.
Wow! Thank you so much for the replies! I feel a lot better :) We are going to take a break from writing for a few days, and stop doing the repetitive exercises indefinitely. I love all the ideas for the different ways to practice writing letters... much more fun than sitting and writing on lined paper.
Again, thank you so much!
Corrie, "trad" Catholic, wife to DH and Mom to DD (4/07), DS (2/09), DD (2/11), DD (4/13), two angel babies.
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I didn't read the previous responses too closely but saw some great tips. While I homeschool now (my dc is older), I taught K for many years. Things I found worked well were lots of movement activities that engaged the whole body. We would use our arm, our foot, our ear, our tongue, even an extended pointer finger to write letters in the air and talk as we did it about how the letter was formed. We would say the alphabet and touch different parts of our bodies for how tall a letter is (a-touch waist, b-touch head, c-touch waist, d-head, e-waist, f-head, g-toes...etc). We would make letters out of things like play dough or in things like shaving cream or sand. We would take construction paper, draw the letters on, then have the kids glue something tactile to it (so corn kernels on C), then let the kids use that to run their fingers over for practice. Anything fun that provided the repetition needed to learn the letters and their formation without it being strictly workbook practice or tests.
From my own kids, I learned that some things come super easily and others can be a real challenge. Dc1 learned if she was shown once. Dc2 [who has motor planning problems] taught me that doing things carefully with the same steps each time often makes a big difference. So as an example teaching lower case i as- "Start at the midline, draw straight down, stop at the base, pick your pencil up and make a dot just above"- every time the same way makes a big difference in how quickly he would learn.
Sounds normal! mixing up letters is very common in kindy and writing is something you start but really doesn't start to take off until 1st or even 2cd grade. Keep practicing and she'll get it.
Ak Hippie mama Yamia DSD '03 DS '07 DS2 '09 & DS3 '12
DD loved making giant (like seven foot long) masking tape letters on the floor and walking or skipping them. We just did a few, I think N, R, and S? This was right around the Olympics, so she pretended they were a balance beam. I just thought it would be a fun, different way to explore, but the reversals stopped instantly--for her it must have been the exact piece she needed.
Writing and math facts seem to be the two biggest "Are they doing enough?" question for homeschooling elementary.
My two cents on the writing, for my kids anyway, is that as they move into and through elementary, I want them to be putting together a scaffolding. Writing is a process, and it does get more effortless (or, at least, the writer has more experience filling a blank paper with words, and more reason to trust that this time also the words will come in time) with practice, and there are discrete pieces that facilitate the process. IMO the trick is finding ways that feel authentic and manageable for the child, working on the pieces if the whole is overwhelming, and trusting that the pieces will come together when the skill and developmental level is there.
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