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The Number One Thing to Stop Doing to Become More Effective
We all have this crazy love-hate relationship with our To-Do list, right? (Ok, for many it might be straight-up hate or profound avoidance.) I get it because I talk to clients about it every day.
But there's one major problem with how most of us approach our to-do list: We become obsessed with getting it ALL done ASAP! We start creating "Dream Lists" of 15-20 things that we are determined to complete today. Then, we only knock out 4-6 of them because other things get in the way, and we feel frustrated and depressed. Does this sound familiar?
If so, then I'm going to tell you the one secret that can immediately shift that destructive and disempowering pattern in your life. Even better, it's something for you to STOP doing…Stop confusing your "Master List" for your "Today List."
1. What is your "Master List"?
We all have dozens, if not hundreds, of things on our plates. Writing them down allows you to reflect and prioritize your actions. Capturing those tasks in one consistent place (a notebook, software app, etc), establishes the beginning of your "Master List."
Your "Master List" is the one place where all your actions live. It's where all those possible actions hang out until you're ready for them. But, it's not what you work from during each day. Trying to work from your "Master List" will feel crazy overwhelming because it will, and should be, never-ending.
In the best of all possible worlds you will still have a to-do list on the day you die. Having the list is a sign that you've stayed engaged in your life all the way to the end. In other words, having a list is a GOOD thing.
"The only thing more important than your to-do list is your to-be list. The only thing more important than your to-be list is to be." – Alan Cohen
The types of tasks on the list may evolve over time, but having a "Master List" is every bit as important as having a calendar to remind you of when to show up for the dentist or that lunch date with your friend.
2. What is your "Today List"?
If your "Master List" is where all your actions live until you choose to complete them, then your "Today List" is the SHORT selection of the items that are your priority for today. This list should have no more than four items on it.
Just four tasks? (And I do mean tasks, not projects. Actions that you can complete in 5-30 minutes.) This might sound like horrifying levels of under-achievement. But, things are going to come up. That call from your client, that urgent email response, the last minute errand for your kid's homework. New tasks show up in our lives constantly each day.
When we choose our four priority tasks intentionally each day, then we can both keep ourselves focused and leave space for the urgent things to arise without knocking us off course or making us feel overwhelmed.
What I teach my clients is that your four daily tasks include: your "Inspired Action" and 3 bonuses. Your "Inspired Action" is a commitment that you're making to yourself. This one item, come hell or high water, will get done before the end of the day. Once that's accomplished, then the other three items are your next top priorities.
If you get through all four tasks on any given day, then celebrate! Seriously… 3 minute dance party, at least. When you're done celebrating, then you can decide if you want to go back to your "Master List" and choose another task to power through. Or, you can leave space for inspiration, flow, or other activities as they arise. You'll likely choose what works based on your energy and schedule for the day.
"Make each day your masterpiece" – John Wooden
When you stop confusing your "Master List" for your "Today List", then you increase your ability to focus and decrease your persistent sense of overwhelm. It's one of the simplest, and fastest tricks to immediately improve your effectiveness each day.
Have you been confusing your "Master List" and "Today List?" Please share with us in the comment section below!
Erin your article is so nice…but what is the most important thing for continuing to make a "master list" daily? I try it many times but never continue it for long.
Hi Vicky,
It's a habit that's rather like getting use to writing all your appointment info in your calendar every day. It takes practice. But, more than anything you have to create a relationship with the tool you're using to hold your master list that allows the habit to become as easy as possible.
If you're just writing it on a random sheet of paper, then you aren't creating a consistent relationship with a specific tool. That's why I would encourage you to choose a specific notebook or a well-designed project management app to hold this information for you. Just like you would buy a good day planner for your calendar or choose calendar software that's a good fit for you. There needs to be one place where this information lives in your world, and you have to develop the consistent habits of capturing new tasks onto it and reviewing it each day to decide your priorities for your Today list.
For more about getting this system up and running for you, I would definitely pick up the free Start Your Master List eGuide that I created to walk you through the initial system setup and offer some tool recommendations. You can grab it here: http://www.chosencourse.com/12Stop.
Good luck!
Hi Erin, I love the idea about having one mission and 3 bonuses! Just a slight change of words, but it shows clearly that one has more impact than the other.
I have been using Trello for my weekly goals, which I plan together with my husband every Sunday. Each of us has 3 goals each day which we mark with labels, so we know who of us will accomplish this goal. This is really helpful as we can interact on the goals and track the progress.
I noticed that sometimes, we have tasks which are too huge. I'm going to take into account what you wrote about actions (5-30 min.). This is really helpful to not feel overwhelmed. Thank you!
Hey Stefanie,
Glad it helped! It's amazing how just a minor change in words can actually make a big difference in how you feel every day :).
Keep going and knock it out of the park!
Can't agree more. I used to have a long to-do list, but I never get all of the tasks done.
Like what you mentioned through your 'masterlist'.
I have then learned to prioritize and work on those that will yield the most result.
Usually only a few important tasks. 🙂
Thanks Shawn. Yeah, it's a common confusion and frustration for folks. This distinction can make a huge difference to your emotional attitude, which by extension improves your overall productivity.
After all, it's a lot easier to stay productive when you feel focused and energetic… rather than frustrated and depressed ;).
Great article thanks, I tend to break my 5 year goals into annual goals, into monthly, into weekly then into daily tasks, as not to confuse the daily tasks with my "Master List"
When do you set your tasks, the night before or in the morning?
Hi Chris,
Honestly, morning or evening… it's your choice. But, I do encourage you to choose a consistent time.
Many of my clients like to choose their 4 tasks at the end of the work day for the following day. Personally, I'm a fan of first thing in the morning when I have a better sense of my personal energy level and what I'm feeling inspired about.
My task management system (www.Asana.com) also sometimes pops some items to the top at the beginning of the day that I hadn't thought about previously, so I weigh those against items that I might have previously considered priorities.
Erin thank you for this simple distinction between a "master list" and a "today" list. The two lists have definitely been confused for me on many occasions.
You're welcome, Tim.
Glad this distinction was helpful to you! It can really improve your attitude and enjoyment of each day :).


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It's the poll result that will shock the political class more than any other. A government has defied all convention by taking money away from voters in an election year. And the voters notice. But they approve.
Responsibility can be popular.
"The budget has been really well received, given that everyone agrees it was a bad-news budget," says the pollster, Nielsen's John Stirton.
The government cancelled a promised round of tax cuts, junked a promised increase in family payments, abolished the baby bonus, and raised the Medicare levy on wage-earners.
Most voters know that they're taking a loss to the hip pocket - 52 per cent think they will be worse off personally as a result of the budget and a mere 15 per cent think they will be better off.
Yet a plurality of 44 per cent believes that the budget will be good for Australia. This is in line with voters' assessments of some of the budgets in the Howard years, when the government was delivering surpluses.
Nearly seven out of 10 support the abolition of the baby bonus. And Julia Gillard's standing as preferred prime minister has risen to be equal to that of her rival.
The budget hasn't transformed Labor prospects; it's still on track to lose an election, and lose badly. But the budget certainly hasn't done the Gillard government any harm and it may well have helped a little.
Labor's primary vote is up by 3 percentage points compared to the previous poll five weeks earlier and now stands at 32 per cent.
On the measure that decides elections - the two-party preferred vote - Labor has also gained 3 points, to 46 per cent. These movements are only barely significant in a poll with a margin of error of 2.6 per cent.
Still, it's a relief for Labor, which was braced to take a hit in the post-budget polling.
But this poll is also good news for any incoming Abbott government with its own plans to cut spending.
The budget hasn't transformed Labor prospects; it's still on track to lose an election, and lose badly.
"The abolition of the baby bonus was well received across the board," Stirton observes, "including among the age group affected.
"It seems the message has got through that the national finances need to be fixed and people think we can't afford the baby bonus and policies like it." Who knew that responsible budgeting could be popular? Quite a few.
Professor Ian McAllister of the ANU wrote two years ago that academic research has consistently shown voters will put assessments of the national good ahead of their narrow hip-pocket interests.
Or, as he put it, that "sociotropic evaluations are more important than egocentric ones in shaping the vote".
The Gillard government seems to have stumbled across exactly this finding.
The budget may not be enough to rescue the government, but it seems to have won it some measure of respect.


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Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 06:00 am
Junior curling
The Bellamy boys from St. Albert will go head-to-head in Thursday�s opening draw at the junior men�s provincial curling championship in Leduc.
Ben is the third for the Kenton Maschmeyer rink and Jaques curls second for Thomas Scoffin.
The Saville Community Sports Centre teams are on the ice at 8 p.m.
Depending on tiebreakers, the final in the eight-team draw is Monday at 8 p.m. or Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
The winner will represent Alberta at nationals, Jan. 18 to 26 in Liverpool, N.S.
In early December at the Northern Alberta Curling Association playdowns in Wetaskiwin, Scoffin won the A event and Maschmeyer was victorious in the B event.
Jaques competed at provincials last year with the NACA C rink and Ben finished third at provincials the year before representing NACA B.
The boys� mom, Nicole, is the coach of the Taylor Theroux rink from the Saville Centre that qualified for the junior women�s provincials in Leduc this week as the NACA B winners.
Visit www.northernalbertacurling.com for draw times and results.
Winter Classic
The fifth annual St. Albert Winter Classic Tournament starts Friday at 8:15 a.m. at Servus Credit Union Place.
The 49-game draw features six novice 1 teams, six novice 2 teams and eight atom teams.
Sunday�s finals at Northstar Hyundai Arena are 2:30 p.m. for novice 1, 4 p.m. for novice 2 and 5:30 p.m. for the atoms.
Visit www.samha.ab.ca for schedules and results.
Reid scholarship
January 7 is the deadline to submit applications for the fifth annual John Reid Society Scholarship.
Individuals who played bantam AAA for the St. Albert Sabres after the 2004/05 season, and played hockey in St. Albert for a minimum of three years, are eligible to apply for the $1,000 scholarship.
Applicants also have to be enrolled in a recognized post-secondary education institution.
Visit www.johnreidmemorial.com for the complete criteria and application form.
Applications are to be dropped off at the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association office at Akinsdale Arena.
The successful applicant will be announced Jan. 16 at 7:15 p.m. during the opening ceremonies of the John Reid Memorial Tournament at Northstar Hyundai Arena.
Previous winners were Justin Kueber, Joshua Maeda, Steven Woolger, Brady McCorriston and Ryan Harrison.
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European Union offers to manage Gaza's border crossings, assure Israel's security
BRUSSELS — The European Union offered on Friday to take charge of Gaza's border crossings and work to prevent illegal arms flows, insisting on a durable truce and saying a return to the status quo before the latest war "is not an option."
As EU foreign ministers held an urgent meeting in Brussels about global conflicts, Hamas negotiators met with the Islamic militant group's leadership in Qatar to discuss a proposal for a long-term truce with Israel. An official said the group was inclined to accept the Egyptian-mediated offer.
The Gaza blockade remains the main stumbling block. It has greatly limited the movement of Palestinians in and out of the territory of 1.8 million people, restricted the flow of goods into Gaza and blocked virtually all exports.
The EU is prepared "to play a strong role" in managing the crossings while assuring that Israel's security is guaranteed, said the 28-nation bloc's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton.
The EU offered to reactivate and extend its monitoring of the Rafah crossing with Egypt and other border posts, provided there will be a U.N. Security Council mandate for the mission and a sustainable cease-fire in place. In addition, the EU says, Israel must lift its blockade to allow "a fundamental improvement in the living conditions for the Palestinian people in Gaza."
The EU foreign ministers said the bloc is prepared to prevent arms smuggling and initiate a training program for Palestinian Authority police and customs officers to be deployed in Gaza.
"The situation in the Gaza Strip has been unsustainable for many years, and a return to the status quo prior to the latest conflict is not an option," they said.
Israel and Hamas are observing a five-day temporary cease-fire in an attempt to allow indirect talks in Cairo to continue. The negotiations are meant to secure a substantive end to the monthlong Gaza war and draw up a road map for the coastal territory, which has been hard-hit in the fighting.
Hamas is demanding the lifting of the blockade Israel and Egypt imposed after the militant group seized power in Gaza in 2007.
The proposal is believed to include the lifting of some restrictions, with Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' forces assuming responsibility for border crossings under new arrangements with Egypt.
Israeli officials have said only that the country's security needs must be met.


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A rakyat's peace - reclaiming a lost language
"People are deeply imbedded in philosophical, i.e., grammatical confusions. And to free them presupposes pulling them out of the immensely manifold connections they are caught up in." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
"But if thought corrupts language, language also corrupts thought." - George Orwell
Perhaps one of the most overlooked sources of authoritarian power is the ability of the ruling elite to usurp and monopolise the meaning of certain words. By associating words with carefully manufactured meanings, authoritarian powers can maintain linguistic hegemony over a people, allowing them to manipulate perception and mould public opinion.
It is for this reason that totalitarian regimes often embark on large-scale public relations campaigns, taking care to use certain words or phrases that they hope would capture the public's imagination. In former Soviet countries, words such as "unity, loyalty, and country" were used to great effect in order to preserve an image of the communist party that was both progressive and liberating.
Even in the West, definitions of "liberty and justice" are regularly manipulated to cater to the needs of particular policies lawmakers' wish to push through. It would appear then, that over and above the "barrel of Mao Tze Tung's gun", power often flows out of the pages of a dictionary. To have control over a people's language is to have control over their hearts and minds.
The BN understands this clearly. It is because of this that words such as "peace, reconciliation, and stability" have become such a central part of their post-election campaign. We have our Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi reminding us daily of the need to maintain public order and protect the stability of this country. Such calls for peace seem disingenuous and insincere next to the BN's brand of divisive, racist, and intolerant politics.
More than just hypocrisy
Yet, this approach is more than just hypocrisy; it is a deliberate and calculated strategy to suppress a people by monopolising their language. By associating peace, stability and reconciliation with ideas of ethnic supremacy, submission, and "democratically" established laws, Umno and the BN are attempting to convince Malaysians that the only peace they will ever know is what they find in the status quo.
To suggest otherwise is to disrupt the established order and throw the nation into chaos. This is why Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team are so intent on reminding the people of what happened on May 13, 1969. To juxtapose peace with such a tragic event is to foment in people's minds the ideal of a certain kind of peace - Peace so long as we (the BN) stay in power.
Unfortunately, such a peace is no real peace at all. Stability is stability on their terms - a submission to their will. The "peace" that Zahid and the BN speak of is a "peace" that belongs to them, not to the rakyat. It is for this reason that we have to be ever vigilant in what we allow to become truths in our minds.
So exactly what kind of peace do we want? For many, peace simply means the absence of conflict. Such a definition is inadequate because of the many dangers it poses. The only conditions for such a peace are the relative powers of the parties involved. When it comes to the relationship between an oppressor and an oppressed, peace (or submission) is only a delusion.
The peace that we should be interested in is a peace with freedom and justice. This kind of peace is not a struggle for power - it is a struggle for truth. A populace that understands this poses a tremendous threat to the survival of any authoritarian regime. It is for this reason that Najib saw it necessary to tout the need for a national reconciliation immediately after his party's worst electoral performance in history.
'BN's power will be under threat'
It was a desperate attempt to reinforce the meaning of peace that the BN so eagerly wants the rakyat to believe. This is also why Zahid has been constantly making statements about national security and public order. He knows that if Malaysians become aware of the possibilities of a peace apart from the status quo, the power that his party currently enjoys will be severely under threat.
Fortunately, GE13 was testament to the fact that many Malaysians are indeed moving in that direction. We have begun to envision a future in which the BN will no longer dictate the terms of our peace. We want to take back the language that the BN has deprived us of for so long.
We desire to speak of a "peace, stability, and reconciliation" that is not associated with the fear of being locked up, the fear of a not-so-pleasant past, or the fear of an uncertain future. We want peace because we love our country and we want to live up to our full potential as a nation. And it is this idea that drives us to challenge Zahid and his notions of public order.
It is this idea that drives the Adam Adlis of this country to rise up and challenge the received ideals of peace that the BN has been perpetuating for fifty-five years. Malaysians must not allow anyone to rob us of our language any longer, especially when it comes to our expression and understanding of ideas so fundamental as peace.
What it comes down to is this - we Malaysians are a peaceful lot. So much so that the BN have found it a terribly easy fact to exploit. But if Zahid and his political masters truly care about peace, they have nothing to fear from the rakyat. Peace and justice may not seem like analogous terms - there are those that want us to think that justice must be compromised for the sake of peace, or peace compromised for the sake of justice.
Two complementary ideas
However, neither of these statements is true. It is true that the words "peace and justice" do not mean the same thing, but the two ideas are certainly complements. Peace should be pursued justly, and justice should be pursued with peace. Malaysians then, should not fear a people's uprising. Nor should they fear consistent and sustained challenges to BN's legitimacy.
Indeed, it should be enthusiastically embraced if we are to claim back the language of peace that the BN have stolen from us for so long.
Once again, it is my firm belief that Malaysians are a peaceful lot. Nonetheless, we have to ask ourselves at this very critical juncture in our nation's history: What kind of peace do we want? The way we answer that question will dramatically shape the future of our country.
I believe that Malaysians want a peace that is lasting, just, and not contingent on the whim and fancy of the BN. I believe that Malaysians want a peace that belongs to the rakyat, and not to the BN. But in order to achieve this, we cannot be timid any longer. We must confidently stand up to Zahid and his 'hammer'.
The BN can scream and threaten all they like, but they know that the day is coming that "peace" will no longer be dictated on their terms. On that day, their monopoly on our language will be broken, and we will claim back for ourselves a "peace" that belongs to all of us.
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Harbouring trepidations
Re: Canada's Magna Carta turns 250 (Sept. 26). In the neutrality characteristic of his station, Treaty Relations Commissioner James Wilson compares the Royal Proclamation of 1763 favourably to the Magna Carta.
Wilson says we should look back at the past with new eyes, but in the list of speakers he provides, all are conspicuously partial toward validating aboriginal particularism on the basis of the 1763 document. Their legal footing is solid yet they are compelled to ameliorate the treaty relationship to other Canadians.
On a basic level, relating to Canada is not the same thing as being a part of Canada, and anyone could be excused for harbouring trepidations about nationalistic separatist movements that implicitly exclude them. Wilson's tack is to present the 1763 proclamation as moral rationalism: there would effectively be no Canada were it not for that act.
Conversely, would there have been the sordid legacy of residential schools, the Indian Act, the reserve system and all the other abuses of colonial prerogative?
Canada's trail of tears begins with the 1763 proclamation. Separated from common humanity, aboriginal people have since suffered a different fate and are now slated to experience nationalism. Seeing a monster with new eyes does not change the nature of the beast.
Bible condones slavery
I am not sure how Marvin Dyck can come to the conclusion that the Bible in any way supports the concepts we think about in terms of human rights (Not always a hindrance, Letters, Oct. 1).
The central message of Christianity, the requirement to believe in Jesus and that he died for your sins in order to escape the torment of hell, violates what A.C. Grayling identified as the core of the development of human rights, freedom of conscience.
In addition, those who opposed slavery and used the Bible as their guidebook were surely engaging in some very selective reading of the text, as it clearly condones and lays out rules for owning slaves, which groups could be enslaved and how badly slave owners could beat their property.
Those Christians may have done the right thing to oppose slavery, but to give credit to their book is mistaken.
Scientists nix creationism
In his Oct. 2 letter, John M. Craig writes, "There are thousands of scientists worldwide who have rejected the whole concept of macro-evolution and believe in the literal six-day creation of the world 6,000 to 10,000 years ago." That's not an opinion. It is just blatantly false.
I defy Craig to present the names of 100 credible scientists who believe the creationist nonsense. There is ample, actual, scientific evidence that there are cultures older than 10,000 years, not to mention thousands of species of animals.
A way to help homeless
Re: Real street people open eyes of city's elite at CEO sleep-out (Sept. 28). What can Winnipeg's business community do to help the homeless? Instead of posing for photo-ops and talking to reporters about their philanthropy, business leaders could quietly pay their fair share of personal and corporate taxes.
This much-needed revenue would ensure our provincial government is better able to deliver social programs to the homeless and those on the margins. A housing strategy is an essential part of this.
The article mentions the CEOs raised $191,644 to "employ people who are homeless," but should the money not logically be used to house people who are homeless? Are we not missing a step here? Before one can get a job it is important that they have food and shelter.
Affordable, safe apartments are rare, and property owners have managed to get around Manitoba's rent controls by regularly converting apartments to condos, and, on West Broadway, rooming houses to apartments. It is these strategic actions by Winnipeg's property development and the business community which result in a whole new group of homeless, people who once had places to live.
Same old refrain
Let's see now. Sen. Leo Housakos denies he's done anything wrong. Haven't we just heard the same refrain from Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, Patrick Brazeau and Mac Harb?
I wonder who will be next?
Abortion is a messy business
University of Manitoba student Ashley James is upset at the "completely graphic and disgusting" images placed by the pro-life community on campus. She wants the display removed immediately as it "infringes on (her) ability to focus and learn" (Anger over anti-abortion pics, Sept. 24).
Yet there is no denying the truth of these disgusting images and she protests too much. Here revealed is the soft underbelly of the pro-choice movement, which seeks to trivialize the true impact of abortion on the "products of conception." No pictures, please.
As a society, we have chosen to decriminalize abortion and provide freedom of choice. Many of us support these policies. But this has been a hard road and we should never forget the price we have paid and the price ongoing for these freedoms.
In the end, abortion is a messy business and lives are lost. A spade is a spade, disgusting or not, and we need to be reminded about this from time to time.
I am vexed that the University of Manitoba Students for a Culture of Life group has been allowed to bring the so-called Genocide Awareness Project to the U of M's Fort Garry campus. While undeniably attention-grabbing, comparing abortion to genocide is asinine because embryos and fetuses do not comprise a group, and Raphael Lemkin's aim in coining the term genocide was to describe the deliberate elimination of groups.
Furthermore, the graphic images GAP uses aim to shame women who have chosen to terminate a pregnancy, as if we don't have enough of that to deal with already.
As someone who has researched and written about GAP, I know what to expect from them. But as someone who has had an abortion, that doesn't stop me feeling victimized by the display and the not-so-subtle suggestion that I am a child butcher.
If these people are truly interested in fostering a culture of life, they could better invest their energies in ensuring each child is wanted and loved and has food, clothing, shelter and every opportunity to thrive.
It's easy to cry for an embryo or fetus, something that is really more theory than reality and, what's more, a private matter, when all around you children are hungry, neglected, abused and dying.


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I'm currently directing a Shakespeare play and am struck, as ever by the man, or men, depending on your point of view. The complexity of his characters, the richness of the text, the psychological insights of someone living so long ago never cease to amaze and it's a privilege to bring my own interpretation to his work.
It took me a Shakespeare class three years after my ignorant-angry-14-yr-old-self read Romeo & Juliet to really give the guy a chance. Boy, am I glad I did. The man is a comedic genius--but I suppose he would just as well be a tragic genius ! A Midsummer's consistently kept me laughing in a very desperate but beautiful way. Othello is my favourite, though. What play are you doing!?


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Washington • A powerful government workers' union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund after the group accepted $25 million from the conservative powerhouse Koch brothers and the college fund's president appeared at a Koch event.
In a letter made public Thursday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said it will no longer partner with or raise funds for the fund, known for its iconic motto, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
AFSCME President Lee Saunders said the actions of the college fund's president "are not only deeply hostile to the rights and dignity of public employees, but also a profound betrayal of the ideals of the civil rights movement."


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Kerryn was starting to recover from her husband's death when her toddler got a sore leg. Although innocent-seeming at first, it proved to be a sign of something much more sinister ...
It was July 2009, and life was starting to get back on track after the death of my husband Mark seven months earlier. My daughter, Ella, had settled into daycare and I'd started working again.
My new job required me to do two weeks of training, so I sent Ella to spend some time with her grandmother. One afternoon I got a phone call saying Ella had hurt her leg climbing off a chair; she'd been taken to the local GP but was cleared of any serious injury, so we didn't think much more of it. But two days later Ella was still refusing to put any weight on her leg, and cried whenever I tried to touch it. I took her down to the emergency department and had her looked over, but there was no evidence of serious injury. They said that if she was still refusing to put weight on it by the end of the week we'd have to return. And by the week's end we were back in hospital while Ella underwent a series of tests. But they all came back clear, so we were sent home agian.
After several weeks with little improvement, I took Ella to our GP. By this stage Ella had started walking again but with a very obvious limp. My GP checked her over and found she had an ear infection. She prescribed antibiotics and told us to come back in a week. The day she was due back I noticed she had a red spotty rash on her bottom, which looked very much like a meningococcal rash. The GP checked her over and requested urgent blood tests. I was told the rash was petechiae (pinhead sized bleeds under the skin) – the cause needed to be investigated immediately.
The next day I dropped Ella off at daycare and made my way into work, where I finally gave in and googled 'petechiae'. The first few results popped up with the words 'leukaemia'. Within minutes of seeing these words my mobile phone rang – It was the doctor's surgery requesting I go in immediately. I felt sick. That drive to pick up Ella and get to the surgery was the longest drive of my life.
My GP called us in and we sat down. She looked at us and said, "Oh dear Ella ..."
My GP called us in and we sat down. She looked at us and said, 'Oh dear Ella ...'
And on that day, September 2, 2009, my 22-month-old baby girl was diagnosed with leukaemia.
I cried. I wailed. I managed to whisper the words, "Will she die?" My GP grabbed my hands, looked me in the eyes and said, "Kids are resilient. She has a good chance of beating this."
The next few hours are a bit of a blur. I managed to call a friend to come and help me pack our bags and head to the Royal Hobart Hospital, which became our home for what seemed like eternity. We were met at the paediatric oncology unit by the head clinical nurse, Helen, who became our rock. She took us to see the paediatric oncologist, who explained what we were up against. I was told that Ella had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, and that of all the childhood cancers, this is the one you'd want your child to get.
There was one question that was continuously going through my head: "Is this linked to the brain cancer Mark died from?" The answer was a reassuring "no", but that led to even more questions of "why us?"
Ella would need a bone marrow biopsy to confirm the diagnosis and determine the cell type of the leukaemia. Once this took place, treatment could begin: just over two years of chemotherapy, including a number of phases of varying degrees of toxicity. Our world had been turned upside down once again.
While waiting in the clinic for a bed to become available on the ward, we were handed a red and white striped bag that was filled with lots of information, support service details and a gorgeous teddy bear, who Ella named Charlie Bear, from Red Kite. We also got a visit from Camp Quality staff members, who have now become part of our family.
We spent the next few weeks in hospital as Ella started her treatment. She tolerated it well with no major hiccups, and held Charlie Bear close through every single treatment. The initial bone marrow biopsy showed she had 98 per cent blast (cancer) cells in her blood. She was administered a concoction of drugs orally, intravenously and via lumbar puncture, all of them forming her leukaemia-fighting army.
By week five, a bone marrow biopsy showed less than 5 per cent blast cells, which put Ella into remission. But by week six her body was black and blue from bruising, and her veins refused to be pricked even one more time. She was given the go ahead for a port-a-catheter to be inserted into her chest, which provided direct access to a major vein in her neck. This was an absolute godsend for Ella over the following years.
January 2010 saw the start of the delayed intensification phase, when the nastiest drugs were brought in, and Ella started to lose her hair. It hurt to the core to see my little girl lose big chunks of hair. Thankfully she was none the wiser, and it seemed to affect me more than her. Again she coped amazingly well. This time, however, she experienced regular bouts of neutropaenia (low white cell count), which would often see us in home isolation, or admitted to hospital to treat fevers from bugs and viruses she had picked up.
In March 2010 we began the maintenance phase of treatment. This was less intense and much more manageable at home, and I was even able to administer the chemo. It was the time when Ella became more like her happy, bubbly, former self. She was finally able to reintegrate with her peers, to get out and about and discover the world. Her hair started to grow back and we celebrated when piggy tails were achieved!
Finally her last day of treatment arrived on November 8, 2011. She took her final dose of chemo in legendary style, and was brave going under general anaesthetic for her final bone marrow biopsy. Thankfully it proved that she was still in remission and cancer-free.
One of the greatest challenges on Ella's journey was doing it alone. I wasn't truly alone in the physical sense, as I had amazing family and friends who stepped up and became my life support when I needed them, but I still very much felt alone. I was dealing with overwhelming grief from Mark's death while also tackling the uncertainty of the future. To others I looked like I was coping well, but on the inside I was crumbling away. I was terrified I was going to lose Ella, and as I'd had to resign from my job I was constantly worrying about surviving financially. Most days, trying to balance being a good mum, carer, nurse and grieving widow was just too much.
Regardless, I bumbled my way through by accepting help from others when it was offered. I certainly wasn't strong enough to ask for help when I felt I needed it, and as a result, my mental health suffered. By the time I finally found the strength to say "I need help", I was showing classic signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and generalised anxiety disorder. With some intensive work with my psychologist, and the encouragement to finally open up emotionally to my family and friends, I've been able to rebuild my mental and emotional health in a positive way, and now look at life with a little more optimism.
Now our mission is to keep Ella in remission for five years, with regular hospital check-ups along the way. She started school this year and is happy and healthy, an almost-five-year-old who has only a few battle scars to remind her of the journey she's been on for the past two and a half years.
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She & Him to Release "Volume 3" on May 7
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She & Him – starring "It" girl Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward – will release their third album of original material, entitled Volume 3, on Merge Records on May 7. Are we on album three already? Hell yeah we are! We love Zooey as an actress and a musician. Just sayin'. How can you not? She is too freakin' cute. And immensely talented. We love when she shows off her musical side on the indie level.
The duo will also be hitting the road for a month-long tour this summer, which kicks off at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on June 13, and includes a headlining show at the legendary Hollywood Bowl on June 23, as well as an evening at Central Park Summerstage in July. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell and Camera Obscura provide support on select dates.
With 14 songs – 11 Deschanel originals and three covers – Volume 3 is an effortlessly effervescent, bleached-out-in-the-sun pop record. The album features some of the most dynamic, complex songs Deschanel has ever written, allowing for tempo shifts, disco grooves, string arrangements on multiple tracks, and horn flourishes that perfectly suit the She & Him sound. Produced by M. Ward, and recorded in Los Angeles, Portland, and New York City, Volume 3 features guest contributions from NRBQ's Joey Spampinato, Mike Watt, Tilly and the Wall, Pierre de Reeder from Rilo Kiley, and Tom Hagerman from DeVotchKa.
What a guest list! But then again, when you are Zooey Deschanel, you sorta get what you want when you want it.
Track Listing:
1. I've Got Your Number, Son
2. Never Wanted Your Love
3. Baby
4. I Could've Been Your Girl
5. Turn to White
6. Somebody Sweet to Talk To
7. Something's Haunting You
8. Together
9. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
10. Snow Queen
11. Sunday Girl
12. London
13. Shadow of Love
14. Reprise (I Could've Been Your Girl)
We wonder if she penned any songs about the dissolution of her marriage to Death Cab for Cutie frontman and The Postal Service member Ben Gibbard.
Tour Dates:
6/13/13 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
6/15/13 Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie
6/16/13 Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
6/18/13 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater
6/19/13 Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
6/21/13 San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre
6/22/13 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre *
6/23/13 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *
6/25/13 Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Gardens
6/27/13 Council Bluffs, IA @ Hurrah's Stir Cove
6/29/13 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom #
7/1/13 Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium #
7/3/13 Montreal, QUE @ Montreal Jazz Festival – Symphony Hall #
7/4/13 Toronto, ON @ Toronto Urban Roots Festival #
7/6/13 New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage #
7/9/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for Performing Arts #
7/10/13 Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion #
7/11/13 Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf Trap #
* with Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
# with Camera Obscura
Are you going to check out Volume 3, all you Zooey Deschanel fangirls?
—Amy Sciarretto


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Against all rules, competitive species engage in quasi-natural acts that involve complex relays of communication. (Click on the "captions" link at the bottom to see the title of each piece.)
Abominations takes up universal questions, such as speculating on the existence of God and what it means to be moral. In the large work, The Immortal, an elk with an impressive rack is pinned by a tree branch into a peculiar, torture-like pose against a white background. On and about him are smaller creatures—hummingbirds and rats—that appear to relish in the great beast's suffering. Or perhaps they're merely rubbernecking, taking in the tragic fall of the mighty with relief but also a little schadenfreude.
In Tongue of Wisdom, a coiled rattlesnake cradles a mourning dove as a gaggle of magpies looks on, perched on a discarded set of antlers. Deeply ambiguous, it isn't clear whether the snake means the dove harm, or which one the magpies are aiding. In Heathen, two birds of differing species appear to argue over what belongs in a reliquary of bird "culture," shown to include a bird skeleton, unhatched eggs, frogs and fishes, and a harmless scarlet snake.
In other works on black paper, the subjects are more intimate and operate more like traditional still life compositions rather than theatrical mise en scène. The background's contrasting black void brings everything forward for greater scrutiny, where the meticulous details of McLennan's art can be quietly enjoyed. As McLennan notes, "Once I learn the geographic distribution of specific animals, their social behavior, and development, I further their existence in a place that only I can document." This "place" of McLennan's creation is outfitted with absurd armatures—artfully arranged branches, horns, bones, and rocks—that serve as a stage or apparatus for an equally absurd interaction of nature. Against all rules, competitive species engage in quasi-natural acts that involve complex relays of communication, thus mimicking human behaviors and reflecting back human culture from a skewed but revealing vantage point.
Ryan McLennan was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1980. In 2002, he received a BFA from the Painting and Printmaking Department of Virginia Commonwealth University. Since then, he has exhibited work in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Richmond, Virginia. He is a recipient of the 2008–2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship and 2010 West Prize finalist and grand prize winner. Ryan currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.


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Jan 10, 2014 - From staff reportsA student graduating from Central Wyoming College's Western American studies program this fall was honored at a special ceremony attended by Arapaho tribal members, fellow students and staff.
Nico O'Neal Holt spent two years studying archaeology and history at CWC and will transfer to the University of Wyoming. He was congratulated by students, faculty, mentors and tribal elders, including Mark Soldier Wolf who spoke about his own struggles to attend college after serving in the Korean War. Following a smudging ceremony, Soldier Wolf advised Holt to continue his hard work.
"Nico is a trail blazer," said professor Todd Guenther. "His graduation is a big deal. I'm really happy and proud to see him succeed as a student and friend."
Guenther said one of the goals of the Western American studies program is to provide the knowledge and skills for tribal members to take "possession and control of their own heritage."
Holt has turned his academic experiences into a paying job working as an archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management, Guenther said.
To understand the complexities of how people thousands of years ago lived in various environments, Holt also studied environmental science at CWC. He plans to major in both anthropology and environmental science at UW.
"Nico has been a delight to have as a member of our undergraduate research team," said Jacki Klancher, who teaches environmental science at CWC. "He excels at field and lab work, is a natural leader, and can accomplish all and everything, upon which he sets his sights."
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The contemporary setting kicks it solidly into quite another ballpark from the hordes of World War II RTS games that seem to come rattling towards us each year, too. World in Conflict's setting is, of course, an alternative 1980s. It's a world in which the Cold War ended not with vodka-pickled Boris Yeltsin sitting on a tank, but with all-out hot, hot war. And that means a proper stand-up fight between all that Soviet and American tech that was designed to take each other, but actually never got it on. It's military porn fantasy for the hardware fanatics, and an explodey fast-tactics game for everyone else.
In this world the Russians land in Seattle, and proceed to make brutal conquest on the American state. Impossible, probably, but ridiculously entertaining as you take command of the confused and half-arsed American defence forces, fighting a botched running battle across the United States - and some scene-setting battles in Europe - culminating in a nuke set off in the snowy Christmas countryside, and a final series of battles against the invading forces.
What we hadn't had, until now, was the Soviet side of the story. The six new missions in Soviet Assault provide that, complete with the storyboards and characterisation for the new Russian characters to flesh them out as much as their American and European counterparts. The single-player campaign in World in Conflict was pretty good the first time around, but these time around it's epic. The Russian missions are all excellent - as you'd expect from a team that's had loads of time to get really good at creating its game. This is almost as good as RTS presentation ever gets - with only the astonishing bookend cut-scenes and dialogue of Dawn of War II casting it into shadow.
Whether you give a damn about all that, however, is probably going to rest on whether you enjoy the basic process of combat in World in Conflict. The slow reinforcement from air drops is a neat system that is perhaps better expressed in multiplayer than in single-player. The basic rhythm of World in Conflict is a skirmish followed either by advancement, or a carefully chosen next wave of units. The single-player campaign scripts a series of events and objectives which you must perform with the forces you have, and a stream of reinforcements that are parachuted in as the game progresses. In multiplayer this works brilliantly because you're forced to adapt to enemy attacks, and to break apart their entrenchment in the various capture points across the map.
In single-player, though, there's always the feeling that, well, it's all smoke and mirrors. You know exactly what's going to happen; if you weren't being told to fall back, or capture the bridge, or whatever, then the battle would certainly be more straightforward. WIC's single-player campaign feels like the kind of game that is designed to let you win, so long as you do as you're told. That leaves it feeling a little empty. Fun, but somewhat hollow.
Stick to the multiplayer and play as part of a team and you've got one of the PC's finest gaming experiences. The assault, tug of war and domination game modes provide enough variation that you're forced to take on a slightly different play style for each (the Battlefield-like Domination is what I prefer, I must admit), which means there's always scope for getting a little better at your game. It seems like a truism that playing against other people is always more interesting, but the difference is particularly stark here. No matter how polished and impressive the single-player campaign has become - or how hardcore, given that Soviet Assault introduces another tier of difficulty - other human players are always a better opponent.
Ultimately this lack of tactical substance in the single-player campaign means the game feels a little unbalanced in favour of the online gaming experience, but it's hard to punish World in Conflict for that when the rest of the game is so fine. Don't call it a comeback, but I'm glad to see this game sitting on the shelves again. And now that I think about it, this is one nugget of military gold that never left my hard drive in the first place.
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Best First Novel 1 The Wild Shore Kim Stanley Robinson This is part one of the trilogy in which Robinson examines three dissimilar futures for America. In this one, some unnamed agency explodes atom-bombs at the center of about five thousand communities in the US, notably hampering its economic development. The Soviets are the dominant power and I believe the US has been embargoed for some reason. To the young protagonist, the way the world is is natural and the stories the geezers tell about the old days are just folk tales. I liked this book and bear it great ill-will for leading me to read the Mars series. Robinson is still a successful writer. This was published as part of Terry Carr's Ace Science Fiction Specials series of the 1980s (The third such series but only the second under Carr). 2 Neuromancer William Gibson This is for many people the First Cyberpunk Novel. I remember liking it at the time but all I remember about it now is the Rastafarian space navy. Gibson is still a successful writer but his fiction is arguably no longer SF. This was also an Ace Science Fiction Special. 3 Emergence David R. Palmer This tells the story of a young superhuman girl and what she did after the end of the world. If I was writing this a year ago, I'd say that Palmer had this book and a second, notably inferior book and then nothing. The sequel to EMERGENCE is being published in ANALOG so he is not a two-book wonder. 4 Green Eyes Lucius Shepard I don't recall anything about this except I think there were zombies. Shepard is still a successful writer. This was an Ace Science Fiction Special. 5 Them Bones Howard Waldrop This is a rather melancholy book about an attempt alter to histor and prevent WWIII. I remember it as well written but not entirely success Waldrop is still writing (although I believe he was recently hospitalized) but at shorter lengths. This book and the extremely atypical for Waldrop THE TEXAS/ISRAELI WAR are to my knowledge his only novels to date. This was an Ace Science Fiction Special. 6 Valentina: Soul in Sapphire Joseph H. Delaney and Marc Stiegler I believe this involved an AI of some sort but I don't remember much about it. Delaney didn't publish many novels (and all of them in the 1980s) but his short story career continued until he died. Stiegler's career continued until at least the late 1990s but I am unaware of any fiction by him after 1999. 7 The Riddle of the Wren Charles de Lint If I read this, I then forget it. Charles de Lint is a successful fantasy author. 8 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein I did not read this. I believe that he was writing short fiction at least until the late 1990s but this was his only novel and the only other book- length work that I am aware of was a collection. 9 Frontera Lewis Shiner I know I read this but I am blanking on it. Shiner is still a successful authors, although I think he might be classified as "magical realism" these days. 10 Procurator Kirk Mitchell I think this is an alternate history in which Rome never fell but I am not even sure that I read it. Mitchell is still getting published but I am not sure what genres he works in. 11 Palimpsests Carter Scholz and Glenn Harcourt This is another book that I know I read whose details are lost to me just now. Scholz had another novel published in the early 21st and has written a lot of short stories, the most recent as recently as 2004. This is the only thing that I can find from Harcourt. This was an Ace Science Fiction Special. 12 The Alchemists Geary Gravel I don't know anything about this book. Gravel seems to have been seduced by the seedy world of media tie-in novels but I don't see anything by him after the late 1990s. 13 The Game Beyond Melissa Scott I missed this. I really missed it: I thought her Silence Leigh books were her first books. Scott was reasonably prolific in the 1980s and 1990s but I am unaware of anything later than 2001. 14 Divine Endurance Gwyneth Jones I did not see this. I am pretty sure that she was getting published in the 1970s in the UK so this poll must only be for US publication. Jones remains a successful author. 15 Elleander Morning Jerry Yulsman This is an alternate history in which Hitler is murdered long before his political career begins and as a result there is no WWII. I have never heard of this or the author before now. He wrote at least two novels under his own name and a number of adult novels under pen named but he seems to be best known as a photographer. 16 Winter's Daughter Charles Whitmore I am drawing a blank. 17 Demon-4 David Mace I did not see this. As I recall, Mace has more than half a dozen SF novel but his SF career hit a snag in the early 1990s (A snag that resembles parts of A Likely Story but without the mistresses [1]). He's still around, still being published in various media (Includng scripting LIFE ON MARS) and has a novel in the works. 1: I guess if you are a writer and you have to recapitulate a Westlake novel, better A Likely Story than The Hook.
- Old Tea Leaf Reviews 5: 1985 Locus Poll Best First Novel
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Geary Gravel's The Alchemists and The Pathfinders are in my opinion excellent and are two of my favorite novels. His next two books are exceedingly light fun, and I didn't know he had written media tie-ins, but I don't imagine I'll bother looking for them.
As for Melissa Scott, I definitely hope she writes more, since I have found her work to be largely excellent.
As for Melissa Scott, I definitely hope she writes more, since I have found her work to be largely excellent.
I'm pretty sure Melissa is a regular guest at Gaylaxicon (she didn't attend when I chaired it in Toronto two years ago, but then again, we invited mostly Canadian guests), so she must be doing something to warrant attention.
Many of her works were coauthored with her partner, Lisa Barnett, who died of breast cancer in May 2006.
Many of her recent works, and most of those were fantasy. I think she writes great SF.


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Ok so watching cars drive around a track for 24 hours straight may not be the most exciting thing in the world, but if you happened to catch The Le Mans race over the weekend you woulda witnessed the Audi driven by Allan McNish hit the barrier at nearly 200 kmph….. and disintergrate. He walks away pretty much unscathed.
Damn..did you see the people on the other side of the barrier scatter? Definitely a few of those chaps who proper kakked their pants.
And after all that Audi still ended up winning their 10th Le Mans trophy.
Glad that guy is alive though.


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The movie directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan follows three leaders who vow to be loyal to each other before politic and love come in between them.
There is a new "The Warlords" trailer released for the United States promotion. The epic war film starring three lauded Mandarin actors, Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro, has actually been screened in theaters in China two years ago but it will only hit Stateside on April 2, 2010 for limited release.
Set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, "Warlords" stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead. He then joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Lau) and Wu Yang (Kaneshiro).
After fighting back attackers from a helpless village, the three men take an oath to become "blood brothers," pledging loyalty to one another until death, but things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Xu Jinglei).


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Firstly - new article out for Curiouser and Curiouser - it's a seasonal one! The (Christmas) Season For Reason With Young Critical Thinkers - Interview with Laurie Tarr: You may have heard that research indicates that life-experience purchases trump items when it comes to long-term satisfaction. To me, nothing indicates that more than having the kids imagine a rocket out of the box that the expensive gift came in, rather than enjoying the latest Apple product it once contained. In an effort to le … [Read more...]
Making A Better Internet – I'm For That
Twitter And The Afternoon Sessions At TEDxPerth
And here's the slideshow on Storify for the afternoon session! Many thanks again to TEDxPerth, especially Joel and all the backstage crew who were kind enough to let me interview presenters! [View the story "TEDxPerth - Afternoon Sessions" on Storify] … [Read more...]
Little Kitten – Making Of One Second Of Captain Disillusionment
By the way, his videos are all free. And available on YouTube.Remember how I was previously suggesting good resources for children during the holiday season? Check his site out: http://captaindisillusion.com.In a world where the content of digital images and videos can no longer be taken at face value, an unlikely hero fights for the acceptance of truth. … [Read more...]
Breaking – Police Montréal: Dennis Markuze Arrested (Again)
For details on who Dennis Markuze / David Mabus is, there is a summary on the Friendly Atheist - but essentially, if you also have been spammed since 2006 like I have via email, Facebook, Twitter, had nasty comments attached to you via YouTube videos and even worried about him turning up at conventions in the north of the US - looks like the Montréal Police have stepped up. Again.Thanks for the early seasonal present, officials of Montreal, it is much appreciated after years of nonsense. It'll … [Read more...]
Little Kitten – Whedon On Romney (And New Token Skeptic Podcast Out!)
New Token Skeptic podcast episode out, by the way: Episode One Hundred And Forty Two – On Women In Science And Wikipedia – Interview With Professor Uta Frith. … [Read more...]
Videos From #ScienceRewired – See The Talks Online! #SRW12
Firstly, another huge thanks to everyone involved with ScienceRewired - and to Bora for giving my blogging of the event a shout-out on the Scientific American site!Here's a few highlights; check out the Vimeo site for more.Digital Citizen Science Platforms from ScienceRewired on Vimeo. Discover how citizen science is making use of digital mediums to engage with the public and address key scientific questions. Features John La Salle Director, Atlas of Living Australia - www.ala.org.au - and … [Read more...]
Links Du Jour With Science, Sexism, Manga, Genomes, Magic – And Gold's New Zealand Walk Completed!
Morning all (well, morning to those on my side of the planet) - some reads for the morning before I take a little break and focus on podcasting and exams for a while.Firstly, a little while back my friend Gold decided to walk / bicycle ride from the very SOUTH of New Zealand to the very NORTH of New Zealand for charity - to raise funds for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust, Woman's Refuge and NZ Skeptics.And he did it. Two hours, final 20km of a 2895km trip and my target destination … [Read more...]
Now Out – CSICOP's Curiouser And Curiouser On Shuzi Sports Band – And More ScienceRewired Interviews!
Here's a quick update - even more interviews out for the ScienceRewired AudioBoo series I've been doing!Interview With Cobi Smith - CPAS at ScienceRewiredandInterview With Deborah Cleland - ANU at ScienceRewiredOf course, you can still sign on for the conference, coming up very soon on the 11th October!While you're listening, jump on over to my latest Curiouser and Curiouser column over on the CSICOP website - If You Know Shuzi Like the Merseyside Skeptics Know Shuzi: Testing the Shuzi … [Read more...]
Little Kitten – Amazing Mind Reader Reveals His 'Gift'
Thanks to Daniel Loxton for this find! … [Read more...]
Google Hangout Review – Skeptical Manga Doodles!
I'm currently watching this: ...and as Fraser Cain said (when he popped in to say hello to everyone), it is brilliant that people are using Hangouts in a variety of ways - as great as Astronomy hangouts are and virtual skeptics / conversational get-togethers are. This "Skeptical Manga Doodles" session was being run by Kyle Hill, Sara Mayhew, Astrid Johannsen and Bob Blaskiewicz.Conversations were in no way restricted to technicalities like scribe pads, scripts and sketches and the difficulties … [Read more...]
Earlybird Tickets Close Today For ScienceRewired – Get To Adelaide For SCIENCE!
Last chance for earlybird tickets! And I'll be releasing a collection of the interviews that feature on the AudioBoo ScienceRewired page on the Token Skeptic podcast later tonight! sciencerewired - 11th October at The Science Exchange in Adelaide, Australia - Before the 1st September and save $100 – that's today! We'll be exploring the impact of social media, crowdsourcing and digital technologies on science communication and citizen science on the major social and scientific issues of our time. … [Read more...]


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Welcome to the Minnesota State University Moorhead Faculty Association Website
Navigate the website by using the links in the left column.
Please e-mail your comments about broken links, other website problems, and suggestions for improvement to email@example.com. Our campus office is 408 Livingston Lord Library, but currently, the office is open by appointment only. For an appointment, please feel free to contact firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com. Should you wish to campus mail anything to the MSUM Faculty Association, please send it to MSUM Faculty Association, PO Box 37, Moorhead, MN 56563.
For any questions, please contact the FA President Magdalene Chalikia by calling 218-477-4082 or sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Guide to Supporting a Safe and Inclusive Campus
Leaders of the system office and the system bargaining units collaborated to prepare this guide intended to help all faculty, students, and staff to feel safe and included on our campuses. Please familiarize yourselves with the information in this document.
Handout given at Senate regarding Open Source Resources here
Thomas Fauchald from Bemidji State University was invited to give a presentation on the MnSCU budget allocation formula to IFO members and other interested parties on February 2. Tom's presentation slides can be found here.
The current and newly proposed policies identified for review during the 2016-2017 academic year are now posted on the University Policy website in the "Policies Under Review" section:
List of Senators & F.A. Officers for 2016-2017 and Fall 2016 FA Meetings
Updated Committee Assignments made through February 9, 2016 Senate
The list of appointments is found by clicking here
Faculty Association Call for Volunteers
Please follow this link to find the form to fill out indicating committees of interest that you wish to serve on Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2017. If you are currently serving on a committee, you will need to apply to be reappointed to the committee for another two years.
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One of the big selling points for Mac OS X Leopard is that it is a stable operating system that is not prone to crashes, freezes, corrupted or fragmented hard drives, viruses and spyware, or the seemingly inexplicable performance losses typically associated with Windows. Overall, Leopard lives up to its reputation of simply working, without the need for a litany of maintenance routines and utilities to keep it going.
However, even the best-engineered car still requires the occasional oil change and tune-up to keep it running at its best. Periodically performing a few key maintenance tasks can keep Leopard -- and earlier versions of Mac OS X -- running strong and prevent or resolve problems.
1. Keep your software up to date
One of the easiest (but often overlooked) ways to keep any computer running at its best is to ensure that it is running up-to-date versions of both its operating system and any installed applications. Updates typically add new features, fix bugs, and/or patch security holes that leave the system vulnerable to viruses or other forms of attack.
While new features are usually reason enough to check for software updates, the bigger advantages in keeping your system running optimally are in the bug fixes and security patches, as both of these typically yield a faster, more stable and more secure environment.
Apple's Software Update feature provides an easy-to-use interface for updating both Mac OS X and any Apple-branded applications, such as the iLife and iWork suites. By default, Software Update is enabled and will check for updates on a weekly basis.
However, you should also keep an eye on any third-party apps or system components that you have installed. Most programs include some type of built-in mechanism for checking for updates, such as the Microsoft Auto Update utility that comes with Office or an option in an application's preferences that tells it to check for updates whenever it's launched.
Sites like MacUpdate and VersionTracker are useful allies in ensuring all your software is up to date (as well as in helping you find new applications). If you have a large number of applications for which to manage updates, VersionTracker also offers a subscription service and utility as well as a Dashboard widget to help ensure that your apps are up to date.
While software updates are generally solid, some updates from both Apple and third-party developers have been known to create their own set of problems -- sometimes even removing or altering the functionality of the software. These problem updates are typically pulled from the Internet quickly, often replaced by newer updates that correct the problem.
For these reasons, not installing updates immediately when they are released can be a good habit to get into. It's wise to keep track of new updates as they appear, but try waiting for a day or two to see if any problems are reported on Mac news and information sites such as MacNN, MacDailyNews, Ars Technica's Apple section and Apple's own discussion forums before proceeding with the installation.
When you receive a Software Update notification, you can elect not to install specific updates. In the Software Update pane in System Preferences, you can also disable automatic checking of updates or change the feature to check on a monthly rather than weekly basis. If you disable automatic checking altogether, be sure to run Software Update manually (choose the Software Update command in the Apple menu) on a periodic basis or in response to news that specific updates have been released.
2. Make sure your hard drive is healthy
There was a time (before the release of Mac OS X) when Mac users religiously ran Disk Utility or an alternate hard drive utility at least once a month to verify the integrity of their hard drive directory structures.
A hard drive's directory structures are created when a disk is formatted or partitioned; they're essentially a map of the drive's magnetic platters. They translate the physical sectors that store bits of data on a drive to usable space for files, applications and Mac OS X system components. If they become damaged or corrupted, the Mac can have a tough time locating pieces of files as needed to accomplish tasks like opening files, launching applications and even booting up.
The good news is that technology has come a long way since the days when Disk Utility was a frequent necessity. The default file system for Leopard is Mac OS Extended Journaled, or HFS+J. Journaled file systems keep a transaction log of changes to data on the hard drive. (Microsoft Corp.'s NTFS is another example.) Should the hard drive experience a problem like an unexpected reboot or removal without being ejected properly -- the two most common causes of damage to directory structures -- the file system can rely on the transaction log to repair the damage.
Even so, hard drives can develop some directory corruption over time, particularly if a hard drive is repeatedly unplugged or removed without being properly ejected or if the drive is formatted using an older nonjournaled file system such as the Mac OS or Mac OS Extended file systems, also known as HFS and HFS+, respectively.
So it's still a good idea to use a disk utility occasionally, especially whenever you experience unexplained problems, crashes or failures to open items. If you have drives that aren't journaled, you should still do this on a regular (close to monthly) basis. Journaled drives, however, can be checked less frequently. You can try Disk Utility's Verify Disk and Repair Disk features or a third-party utility such as Micromat's TechTool Pro, Prosoft's Drive Genius, or Alsoft's DiskWarrior, all of which cost around US$100.
These tools essentially work by comparing a drive's directory with its actual contents , also called verifying or examining the disk. If problems are found, the utilities can attempt to repair the directory.
The extent to which they are successful depends on the format of the disk, the extent of the damage and the utility being used. In general, third-party utilities tend to be somewhat more successful than Disk Utility in recovering severely damaged directories, though your mileage may vary.
Generally, Disk Utility (found in /Applications/Utilities) is the first stop for checking for hard drive issues because it is freely available and relatively easy to use for identifying and resolving most problems. To verify or repair a drive's directory structures, select the drive from Disk Utility's list box, click the First Aid tab, and click the Verify Disk or Repair Disk button.
When you repair a disk, Disk Utility will first verify the disk and then attempt to repair the directory information if it finds problems.
Note: If you are comfortable working from the command line, you can also boot a Mac into single-user mode and use the Unix fsck command, though this is more commonly used as a troubleshooting option if a Mac's hard drive is so corrupted that it can't boot successfully.
The same functionality is available in Disk Utility, which is generally easier and safer for many users, as fsck 's options and single-user mode provide unrestricted access to a Mac's file system.
Then there are the physical components to any hard drive. These include the spinning magnetic disks (known as platters) that hold data, the read/write heads that scan and access those platters, the drive motors, the cache RAM chips that speed up data access, and the chips that tell the drive how to function and interact with the other components of a computer. A failure in any of these physical components can lead to problems much more serious than disk directory problems.
Almost all modern hard drives include a technology known as Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology, or SMART. SMART allows hard drives to continuously check, diagnose and report the state of their physical components. While SMART status information won't prevent a hard drive from failing, primarily because such a failure is a physical problem with the hardware rather than corruption of directory data, it can alert you to problems before they become so severe that you can no longer access the hard drive.
Most hard drive utilities allow you to view a drive's SMART status. In Disk Utility, the SMART status is listed along with general information about a disk at the bottom right of the window. (Note: To view the SMART status of a drive, you need to select the drive itself rather than a volume that exists on the drive.) ISlayer.com's free iStat Pro and iStat Menus show you SMART status and other system information from the Dashboard or the Mac's menu bar.
If a drive's SMART status says Verified, the drive is healthy. If the status is About to Fail or Failed, you should immediately back up all data and replace the drive.
3. Don't overfill your hard drive
Today's Macs serve as a hub for all kinds of digital media content, whether you've produced it yourself, purchased it from the iTunes Store, or ripped it from your CD and DVD collection. All of those videos, photos and songs can fill a Mac's hard drive pretty quickly. Which brings us to another way to keep Leopard running smoothly -- don't overfill a Mac's hard drive.
Like other operating systems, Leopard uses the hard drive to store not only your data, but also various temporary and cache files needed to support the data and run applications properly. It also relies on the hard drive for virtual memory, in which data not in active use gets swapped out of RAM to the hard drive to accommodate active applications. Leopard invisibly performs these functions without any intervention from the user.
However, in order for this to happen, there has to be free space on the hard drive for Leopard to use. If the hard drive is too full, Leopard has to rely on the start-up drive for these purposes, which means the Mac's performance will seriously degrade. In some cases, you may even notice some erratic behavior and application crashes if the hard drive is almost completely full.
That's why being aware of the free space on your hard drive is important in keeping your Mac functioning at its best. A good rule of thumb is to make sure that you have at least 10% of your drive free at any given time. You can see a drive's free space at the bottom of any Finder window for a folder that resides on the drive (or for the drive itself).
If your drive begins to get too full, you have a few options. The simplest solution is to buy an external hard drive. With a laptop, you'll want to move larger or infrequently used files to the external drive; with a desktop system you can simply make it a second hard drive for regular use. You can also replace the internal hard drive of either a desktop or portable Mac with a larger drive.
Finally, you could try to trim the amount of data on your current drive. Disk Inventory X (free) and id-design's WhatSize (shareware, $13) are two helpful tools for discovering just what files are eating up hard drive space and which can be easily moved to a secondary drive or potentially deleted altogether. Prosoft's $99 Drive Genius, which offers several hard drive tools in a single application, now includes a DriveSlim feature that can search for large files, files that have not been accessed recently and duplicate files.
Note: This same rule applies to the embedded version of Mac OS X that powers both the iPhone and the iPod Touch. If you notice erratic behavior on those devices and they are filled to bursting, removing some content may help (though there could be other causes as well).
4. Delete cache files
Many applications rely on cache files to improve performance. The most obvious example is Web browsers, which cache images and other content from Web servers to speed up repeated access to the same files. Leopard itself maintains a series of cache files for improving system performance when using a number of features.
Cache files can present problems if they become corrupted or damaged. The operating system or an application that relies on the cached data may behave erratically or crash because it can't properly read the data in the file -- leading to potentially more corruption if an app crashes while it's writing to the file.
Unlike files in the Unix /tmp directory, cache files aren't cleared when a Mac is rebooted, which means that even when they aren't corrupted, cache files can sit around taking up space on your hard drive long after a given application is deleted. They can also retain settings and private information that you may wish to get rid of. As such, pruning cache files is a prudent choice, particularly if you notice that an application isn't as stable as it used to be.
Cache files exist for both the system (in the /Library/Caches folder at the root level of a start-up drive) and for each user (in the same location inside each user's home folder). Since cache files are not used to store application preferences or general settings, you can safely delete them without losing any data, and they will be regenerated as needed.
5. Verify and delete preferences files


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