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Hype vs. Reality: Today's Linux Story from the Media's Perspective (LinuxCon panel)
Five experienced technology journalists gathered to a standing-room only audience at LinuxCon Tuesday to discuss "Hype vs. Reality: Today's Linux Story from the Media's Perspective," moderated by Jennifer Cloer of the Linux Foundation.
The panel consisted of:
- Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, Linux.com & Ostatic
- Jason Brooks, eWeek
- Sean Michael Kerner, InternetNews
- Ryan Paul, ArsTechnica
- Steven Vaughan-Nichols, ComputerWorld
Note: What follows is not a perfect transcription, but as close as this attendee's fingers could type for you live.
What are the biggest Linux stories of the last decade?
Sean: The first stories were about SCO, and it's the "story that keeps on going." It was FUD and is still FUD. The bogey monster in the corner.
Steven: Linux is real. It was IBM making Linux the center of their business operations. Now over half of large enterprises are using Linux. We're now the majority, and that started when IBM said Linux is real.
Jason: The birth of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It was something that had to happen, where distros forked out into the kind of stability that was needed for where Linux has gotten to be. And it set up an example of a business model and created a space where Red Hat Linux had been, which Fedora filled, and in that space, Debian filled part of it, and CentOS has risen. It was a move that had to happen and an important step in the development of Linux.
Ryan: The growing ubiquity of the Linux platform in the mobile device ecosystem. It's practically dominant, whether it's your TiVo or Kindle. And other key components of the open source stack are there.
Zonker: The rapid ascent of Ubuntu and forcing companies to really focus on community. Where Red Hat and certainly Novell weren't focused on community and were concentrating on the enterprise, Ubuntu's rapid ascent forced companies to look at community in developing their products.
Kerner: Fedora was born about the same time.
Zonker: Fedora was a failed attempt until they were forced to do something.
[editor's note: These remarks spurred a lot of comments from the audience, the panel, and the Twitterverse. I couldn't begin to keep up typing out the back and forth.]
In contrast, what's the biggest story today?
Steven: Android, obviously. ChromeOS. Love it or hate it, whether it turns out to be the next Google failure, it's going to be a big deal. And the other is the announcement the Linux Foundation made this morning (Open Compliance Program). By making it so much easier for businesses and developers to get straight with the licensing, it will speed up the adoption of Android and other types of Linux.
Ryan: Mobile technology in general. Portable computing and ubiquitous mobile Internet technology are where computing is going. To have it with you all the time. Part of that is the cloud, and Linux has a strong presence there. Enabling rapid development of mobile apps and lowering the barrier to entry to a customized mobile experience for specialized devices is going to be important. Whether it's Meego or Android, that's definitely the trend.
What about analysts in your coverage? Are the big three's numbers accurate? How do you deal with that in your coverage? Do you consider analyst's numbers?
Ryan: I would say the numbers aren't entirely useless, but they're not illustrative of the bigger picture. On the rare occasion I use analyst numbers in an article, I say take it with a grain of salt. There's not a lot of objective analysis anyway, which is hard to do in a consistent, reproducible way.
Sean: Unless it's a specific analyst story, I don't trust them because I don't know who their clients are, and you can't always know that. As far as the numbers, they're always wrong because there's no way to count the total number of Linux users. There are so many mirrors, how can anybody know? Any time somebody from Canonical says, "We have X users!" we write that, because that's all we have to go on. What would be great is a standarized way to report on downloads and usage. Analysts don't have vendor neutrality.
Jason: It isn't shipped with server hardware. You can't get a handle on the free usage, because who knows what happens to a given ISO, but I'd love to know what happens with SUSE subscriptions or Red Hat subscriptions. That's a piece of information I'd be interested to see.
John "Maddog" Hall interjected from the audience: Bob Young estimated systems by putting down numbers with a high and a low possibility by presenting all the facts he had on the matter, and that's about the best you can do.
Jason: I think as long as the numbers are cited clearly, it's better to have some numbers than nothing.
It's harder to get reporters' attention. Linux is not the biggest story in tech right now. What kinds of stories are you guys telling?
Sean: I'm always going to cover the big vendors. But it's got to be something that's interesting, unique, or differetiated and not just a commodity. In my inbox every day, I get inquiries about apps that run on Linux. That's great, but it's got to be something innovative.
Zonker: On one hand, you have more people covering Linux because it's become so mainstream, so you have some reporters without a real depth of knowledge. I've worked on both sides, PR and reporting. I watched the attrition rate of my press around 2007-2009 because the people who were full time covering these beats were getting laid off. As Linux becomes more mainstream, some of these stories are no longer stories.
Steven: This happens with all technologies. Linux is becoming commodotized and invisible. Linux is running on things that most poeple would never think of as having Linux. Remember when a phone was just a phone, and you didn't know what it was running? The success story of Linux is that it's going to be everywhere, but from a news perspective, that means Linux is nowhere. In the 1920s there were a lot of magazines about radio. Do you remember when there used to be lots of Internet magazines? Now the Internet is ubiquitous, so nobody writes about it. Occasionally somebody writes about something like IPv6 (ready or not, here it comes). Now it's happening with technology reporting, period. PC World is the last of the big, old time, print publications of that type. And there was a time I couldn't have imagined that happening. So it's a natural progression that's annoying to those of us in the business, and we'll still be trying to bring you news, but it's harder to find stories people don't already know.
"Maddog": I think we're looking at this the wrong way. Anything that is everywhere is by definiton a commodity. But the business problems are all unique. And what's different about open source is that you can change it to meet the business problems. So what you need to be writing about is how open source is going to help a specific industry.
Steven: Popular stories, like what Lindsey Lohan had for lunch today are where people go. Reporters have a problem today because we're driven not by what we think is important but by what people will read. That means if we want to make a livng doing any coverage, we have to spend time on popular stories, not important stories. Now, all of us on this panel fight to write the important stories, but it's a challenge as time goes by.
Jason: This isn't about tech publishing or Linux publishing. We are still way in the thick of digesting the changes that came along with the Internet. You can say a story is popular because people are reading it, but which readers? And we don't have a good way of answering that.
Question from the audience: Who do you write for? How do you see your role? What about who's reading those articles vs. who's advertising on your site?
Ryan: At ours [ArsTechnica], we have an extermely diverse audience because we're not a dedicated Linux site, which makes my experience different. I work alongside people who do gaming and Apple and Microsoft coverage, and our readers tend to read all of it. But at the end of the day, it's the tech enthusiasts driving the traffic. As far as the advertisers, the value we offer to them is that the readers take what they read with them into the workplace. So say we write about virtualization at an enthusiast level, but maybe there's something they take to work and decide what to put in their server room.
Jason: We ask people to at least tell us they're enterprise IT. but the truth is we don't know who is coming, so that has an impact.
Zonker: It's not about my role. I write for multiple publications with different audiences, so it depends entirely on who I'm writing for. It's entirely different if it's a review of WordPress for eWeek or for LWN. One might want to know if a CIO can count on it to do x, y, and z. LWN wants to know what changes they've made that will help somebody write a plugin.
Ryan: The challenge is that you'll get one person saying you covered APIs too much, and then the next person wants to know if they can root it and put a compiler on it. So it's hard to create a balance to serve all these technology enthusiasts with different interests. So I try to get the poeple who are non-technical excited about the programming things.
Steven: I write for a range of audiences ranging from the highly technical IEEE to more popular pieces for the Washington Post. Mostly I go to the enterprise audience. One thing that should be said is that whomever I write for, there is and should be a wall between advertising and editorial.
How are you dealing with the idea that companies are becoming their own publishers through social media or a website or a blog? Is it competitive? Is it good, a resource?
Steven: It's a resource, but one thing, not just in Linux or tech, is that people are getting confused between what they're telling you and what a reporter is telling you. They're telling you the company line, which may be exactly what you want to hear, but remember, they have to write with a bias. They want you to use the product. Mozilla, for example, does a really good job of telling you about Firefox. But Thunderbird's latest indexing will kill your machine--are they telling you about that? People are more willing to accept information and not ask the reporter's first question: How are you lying? They might not even be trying to lie, but you need to know what a person's bias is to keep from being tricked. Maybe journalists have a cycnicsm stamp on their heads, but people tend to believe "it must be true, I read it online!" My dog could be online. She's a great dog, but still...
Ryan: The big distros tend to be really straightforward, and you have enthusiastic community members who can eliminate the need for certain types of journalism. It used to be that my job was to dig through bug reports and commit logs to see the things people would overlook. Now it's all out there. Mozilla publishes the commit log for the week. Everybody here probably reads LWN. There are places with really good community journalism that eliminate the need for the traditional top-down approach. It's bringing down the number of places we can provide value, but one is to give a broader analysis.
Sean: There's always something they're not telling you. And that's our job: To investigate. For example, Mozilla 3.6.8, they had a bug they fixed, but they didn't put it in the advisory. Digging through bug reports is still critical. Everyone is still hiding something, whether they know it or not.
Jason: And since they wrote about that release and didn't disclose that fact, it tells you something right there. Companies think they can just toss up press releases or fluffy blog posts. You'll see something up for six months. Zero comments. Nobody is reading it. But there are vendors who give you meat to chew on. I think we're going to see more warring between vendors. You write something that isn't true, somebody will call you on it.
Zonker: That happened last week with the thing over Red Hat contributions to GNOME between Greg DeKoenigsberg and Mark Shuttleworth. With open source, anyone who knows where to look can find the bug report. What's missing is context, and that's what reporters are paid to do. A lot of people dropped into that GNOME conversation in the middle and didn't get any context.
Question from the audience: Is there a concern that with Linux becoming popular that it will be more vulnerable to security threats?
Jason: That's the conventional wisdom.
Sean: At Black Hat last week, I saw not a single Linux vendor on a single panel. It's such a green field for attackers. It's too easy.
Steven: Fundamentally, whether you believe in Linux or Windows or whatever, Windows is buit to be a single-user, non-networked system. Linux is meant to be networked, which makes it more secure from the beginning But yes, we should be concerned. We should have people at Black Hat. It will never be as easy as Windows. Will it be attacked? Yes. More often? You betcha.
Question from the audience: How do you think society can be altered? For example, we've heard pros and cons about making the desktop more comfortable, how the future is IPv6, and getting my fridge on the Internet. So do you have any proposals for how to advance it?
Jason: Get it in more people's hands. Linux is cool in that it just flows into all the available cracks. The important thing is that the foundation has been laid to put the tools in people's hands.
Sean: I think what it will take is money. There's never been a Linux co-marketing approach. If a consortium of Linux vendors, like say, Linux Foundation, put out the money Shuttleworth paid to go into space--$20 million--we could make a big push.
Ryan: Linux is not a consumer brand. ChromeOS, Android, these are consumer brands. Linux is a developer brand.
Sean: Think of Cisco. Network plumbing. Unless you're a network plumber, you don't need to know about it, but they're spreading the word to make it into the mass market.
Steven: It's not really our job to do that as journalists. It's your job out there to decide where Linux goes next and to make it happen.


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My Vanilla install allows me (keyholder) to change my picture. However it doesn't allow members to do this.
Is there a permission which gives the users an option to change their picture?
Members signing up via Twitter adopt the avatar from there and can't change their picture either. There isn't an option on their profile.
Roles permissions in dashboard
Roles permissions in dashboard
Thanks 422 - but which one do I check? is it Profile > Edit?
actually I apologise this should be set by default.
I thought so - did a forum import (BBPress) and all permissions were wiped so had to redo them.
Maybe that caused it? I'll try hunt for a fix.
Your uploads folder is chmod 777 isnt it? Must be if you can change your avatar
yep, no issues with the uploads folder it's 777.
Can regular users edit anything else in their profile? There should be an Edit my Account link, Preferences, etc.
Yes, all options are there except Add/Change picture.
Here's a screenshot with my profile (keyholder) and one of my test account (as regular member)
Has that MEMBER authenticated their account by clicking in email ? to Activate ??
Also, perhaps disable ALL plugins and test until you find out the issue. I am betting its whosonline issue ( clash )
Everyone's had to reset password to get access to the forum. That account in particular followed that route as it was transferred over.
I have the Gravatar plugin active and that profile does have one assigned. It appears when posting, but not in profile.
Another member has no gravatar on hers and she can't add an avatar either, neither can a profile I set up using Twitter to register.
I disabled Who's Online and Gravatar but the issue remained (on my test account). I'll try the others.
Funnily enough, the 'erralogin' account has a dashboard link, is it supposed to? it doesn't have a mod/admin/keyholder status.
One thread here said to delete 'userpics' folder from the uploads directory. i did, problem remained...
Does user have confirm email ticked , under users in dashboard.
Just a stab in the dark now
I don't see 'confirm email' in the users area. The table of users says "Username Email Roles First Visit Last Visit Last IP Options"
That said I do have the option to change users' pics for them.
Should be a column Roles
Roles column just has the Member or other there. Blurred out IP and emails.
Me thinks you have a db column missing or malfunctioned during transport of users to new forum.
@x00 is probably best suited to answer this
Magic. Hopefully he'll know a wee bit more but much thanks to you. I'll set up another vanilla forum and have a look at the database and see if I can notice any differences.
If its any benefit.
We upload ZIP to our filemanager in cPanel. ( Once only Job )
Then go in via cPanel > Filemanager > Unzip the forumzip eg vanilla_188.8.131.52.zip
Then setup dB
Then via ftp, change name of unzipped Forum Folder, to whatever. Do config stuff, and voila.
I can roll off hundreds of forums an hour if I want. Makes life much easier for doing dev work
Cheers - shouldn't take too long to set one up. I do that way too as it's far quicker to unzip on server than load folder of hundreds of files up.
In fact sorry, edited again. Was talking mince. Looking to see what's what here.
I reckon your on the right track.
Right, I can see that when I moved the users in, all the roles were reset. i had to edit these to make them 'normal' again and grant them all permissions.
What if I take the 'standard' roles from the 'new' dB I made from the fresh install, and overwrote the ones on the site with them (the ones which were wiped)?
There's a clear difference in them in the database as shown in SS below.
Only thing holding me back is the 'fresh' install doesn't have a keyholder role? I assume that was a role from conversion where I had to name my admin account.
I could do this by SQL. Just have to brush up on it. lol - or export it and choose the options to write, if I remember right.
My sql skills are very limited. Send x00 a message, or Todd , Tim or Lincoln.
Will do. Used SQL to replace roles with default ones. All members now don't have a role, there was a way to fix that and had used it before - still can't find it in the forums but will. Still, if I make a user a 'member' they still can't add/change photo...
@x00 can you shed any light on this?
You have got curl enabled ?
Used method in this link: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/18042
To assign all users as 'members' but still not able to add a picture.
I'll check now, i'm pretty certain it is.
userpics is writeable ?
in db for GDN_User what is in photo column for your users ? just null ?
SHould be set at: Photo varchar(255)
yes - all of them are 'null' except mines, which has the file of my avatar
is that what i'd replace 'null' with, 'Photo varchar(255)'? or just 'varchar(255)'
My SQL is rustier than the Titanic's hull, would this query do the job?
UPDATE GDN_User SET Photo = REPLACE(Photo, 'NULL', 'varchar(255)')
Edit - it doesn't work. i've tried putting Photo varchar(255) in to the Photo field of that profile in the database (replacing NULL) and it shows an image (well, an image which can't be displayed in Internet Explorer, with red cross) but still no option to alter.
It seems to think that's an image path, as I checked the image source.
Look at the contents of the "photo" field in the "GDN_User" table of a user that has a working foto.
Compare those contents to the field of a user that has the non-working foto
You will probably see that the contents of the non-working foto is exactly the text
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Figure out exactly what you want to do and it will be easily fixable, but from what I can see in this thread I cannot help you yet.
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yes, now it is up to 27ft. I want to see it break the 30ft mark.
I heard they shut down parts of Rt. 1? Is that correct? ANd I heard they got the Rt. 50 bridge on limited traffic down to one lane. This is intense and I love it! :D
I'd hate to be on a fishing boat out there tonight!!! Any boat for that matter:eek:
has anyone seen Ocean City NJ? the last nor'easter washed out the dunes on Waverly...this is going to was away part of the boardwalk..guaranteed
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The debut of Man v Food star Adam Richman's new series has been cancelled after the presenter exploded at his fans on social media – telling one follower how to kill themselves in graphic detail.
The Travel Channel pulled Richman's new show Man Finds Food from its schedule just before its planned launch this week.
The furore began after the TV personality tagged an Instagram picture of his recent weight loss with #thinspiration – a label frequently used in pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia circles.
"Had ordered this suit from a Savile Row tailor over a year ago. Think I'm gonna need to take it in a little," Richman wrote, adding a flurry of hashtags including #Victory #EyesOnThePrize #AnythingIsPossible #fitness #transformation and #thinspiration.
It is understood that Richman – a former competitive eater – was not aware of the link between the term "thinspiration" and eating disorders. But when an Instagram user pointed it out to him, he became enraged.
"Without context, thinspiration may not seem like a bad word," the user told Richman, "but a simple Google search proves that it was created by a community of people with eating disorders to inspire each other to continue and celebrate their illnesses."
Richman shot back with the abbreviation "DILLIGAF", meaning, "Do I Look Like I Give A F---?"
When confronted about his response, Richman accused one user of getting themselves a "tizzy", then said: "Seriously. Grab a razor blade & draw a bath. I doubt anyone will miss you."
He told another follower: "Oh eat a bag of shit, dummy. No apology is coming. If it inspires someone to attain a healthier, thinner body – then that's what it was meant to do. Only f---up it seems was your Dad's choice to go without a condom."
Richman also declared: "If anyone acts like a c--- I'll call them one. It's not misogyny, it's calling a spade a spade."
Richman has since deleted the weight loss photo, locked his Instagram account and posted an apology to Twitter, which has also been deleted.
His Twitter apology read: "Yes. I've responded to internet hate recently with vile words directed at those hating me. I am sorry, I should know better & will do better."
Seriously. Grab a razor blade & draw a bath. I doubt anyone will miss you
Later, Richman apologised for his "inexcusable remarks" through his agency – and asked the public for "understanding and forgiveness".
"I've long since struggled with my body image and have worked very hard to achieve a healthy weight," he said in the statement. "Instead of responding to hurtful comments with compassion, I lashed out in anger. I'm not asking for sympathy, but rather understanding and forgiveness.
"I can say with certainty that I'm taking a deep look at myself and I'm incredibly sorry to everyone I've hurt."
That didn't stop the Travel Channel scrapping the planned July 2 launch of his new program.
The network did not comment on Richman's outburst; it simply said it was "postponing" his program without saying when it would air.
The Washington Post reports that Richman is one of the network's most profitable stars, having already hosted Man v Food, Best Things I Ever Ate, Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America and other programs.
Richman had previously told People magazine he became depressed after ballooning to "the size of a small car" through his competitive eating.
"I could see my belly; it was unflattering," he said. "It sent me into depression."
Richman then lost 60 pounds, telling the magazine he hoped it would make his "female prospects better".
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The financially strapped Manitoba Theatre for Young People has introduced a five-show 2013-14 playbill, half the size of recent seasons.
It's a dramatic downsizing for the cash-poor organization but necessary, given it is almost $2 million in debt, says newly installed artistic producer Derek Aasland.
"Doing five shows allows the company a little bit of breathing room," he says.
That means being safe rather than sorry. The company, which experienced a tumultuous year that included the dismissal of founding artistic director Leslee Silverman, had indicated it would be presenting seven shows, down from the nine of the past season and the 10 that has become the norm of recent MTYP playbills.
"It could be argued that bringing in more mainstage shows could attract more revenues," says Aasland, who took over the theatre on April 27. "The truth of the matter is the company has to handle its payables and debt, so we need to reduce the numbers of show to decrease the chance of having to borrow from future operating grants."
Conspicuous in its absence is a Christmas show. It's the slot in which MTYP would typically program its biggest, most attractive title. Pencilled in had been popular musical A Year With Frog and Toad, but it was ultimately dropped.
That production lost $30,000 owing to overtime, Aasland says. Then he learned that the props, costumes and set pieces had been damaged or were missing. Those extra costs made it not worth the risk.
"At this time, prudence is the watchword for getting MTYP through its current situation."
The MTYP season opens in October with Jack and the Giant Beanstock, which puts an ecological spin on the children's folktale. That is followed by a revival of Dying to be Thin, about the secret life of a teen struggling with an eating disorder.
The season theme of exploration is most evident with Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer, a one-man puppet show from Australia about the human race needing a new place to live underwater. Next up is Quebec's Dynamo Theatre production of I On the Sky, in which dance and acrobatics are used to relate the story of a new immigrant. The year ends with the popular Nightlight, a drama about bullying.
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The Tara Players concludes its season with Doubt: A Parable, which later this month will be its entry into the 2013 Acting Irish International Theatre Festival in Chicago.
Director Mary Kelly-Campbell jumped at the chance to present it, especially when she discovered that U.S. playwright John Patrick Shanley's father was born in Ireland and so qualified the Pulitzer-winning drama to be staged at the festival.
In Doubt, a tyrannical nun suspects that a priest who takes a special interest in a student must be a pervert. It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of blind justice and baseless certainty.
Doubt opens at 8 p.m. May 2 and runs through May 5 at the Irish Association of Manitoba, 654 Erin St. For tickets and info, call 204-774-8272.


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Posted on: 15 December, 2012
A three-day class on Photovoltaic Systems Technology will be offered Tuesday through Thursday [DEC. 20-22] at East Central University. There is no charge for the free class which is sponsored by The Southern Oklahoma Green Jobs Training Consortium.
Posted on: 13 December, 2012
The second production of East Central University theatre brings unique experiences for the students participating.
Instead of the usual process of professor-driven auditions and productions, students under the supervision of Richard Groetzinger, director of theatre, will direct a selection a selection of one-act plays.
The one-act plays will take place in the Chalmers Herman Theatre located in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center on Nov. 15-18 at 7:30 p.m. Performances are free for ECU students, faculty and staff and $10 for the general public.
Noted Humanitarian Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe to Attend East Central University's Fall Graduation on SaturdayPosted on: 13 December, 2012
When graduates of East Central University receive their diplomas on Saturday, Dec. 15, a special visitor will be in attendance. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, a nun and noted humanitarian, will be in the audience in support of two Ugandan men – Richard Kirabira and Charles Mugabi - who are receiving their master's degrees. Sister Rosemary is also a guest of ECU President John Hargrave and Reggie Whitten, founder of Pros for Africa. The commencement ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. at ECU's Kerr Activities Center in Ada. Sister Rosemary is director of the St.
Posted on: 07 December, 2012
East Central University's Education Department is offering a new teacher certification program designed to improve mathematics and teaching skills.
The Elementary Mathematics Specialist certification is an 18-hour program intended for current elementary or early childhood teachers.
Posted on: 07 December, 2012
East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.
Asllani's paper titled 'The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument' was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.
Posted on: 07 December, 2012
A political science class from East Central University recently raised $725 and awareness for children's hunger.
Dr. Christine Pappas' Political Science 1113 classes did a service learning project where they purchased 200 orange bracelets that say 'No Child Should Go Hungry' and sold them on campus and at ECU football games.
On Nov. 20, approximately 40 students participated in a 'Day Without Food' and fasted for up to 30 hours to build understanding for hungry children.
ECU Professor Dr. Greenstreet Participates on Two Panels at National Communication Association ConventionPosted on: 30 November, 2012
East Central University Professor of Communication Studies Dr. Robert Greenstreet served on two panels at the annual National Communication Association Convention in Orlando, Fla. In his first panel, Greenstreet joined select representatives from other colleges and universities in discussing efforts to encourage highly apprehensive students in the basic communication courses at ECU. "Since highly apprehensive people avoid communication, it is very difficult for these students to complete the general education speech course required by their major area of study," Greenstreet said.
Posted on: 30 November, 2012
East Central University is going within the family to hire its new director of athletics.
"We received numerous qualified applications from all over," said ECU President John Hargrave. "But at the end of the day we decided that the best person for the job was right here on campus. We are very excited to have found such an outstanding person. He really encompasses everything we were looking for."
Dr. Jeff S. Williams, who has served as chair of ECU's Department of Kinesiology for the past two years, will assume the director of athletics post, beginning Jan. 1, 2013.


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TV Writer Ben Gruber '94 on the Rise
Ben Gruber is turning silliness into success. by George Sapio
Not many new college graduates can boast a corner office in New York City's famed Chrysler Building. But that's what happened to Ben Gruber '94, who, just one year after graduating, found himself deep in the heart of the Big Apple working for an advertising firm.
"It was crazy," he chuckles. His foray into advertising came after a short stint as a production assistant for the Sesame Street and Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? television shows. "I got fed up being a P.A., because I always wanted to be a writer," he says. "Advertising seemed more stable." But Ben soon found out that stability wasn't all it was cracked up to be. "After six or seven months I thought, 'I can't do this,' " he says. "I had to wear a tie... and that's when I ran onto Joe Bouye '94. He got me a job at Beavis and Butthead."
Ben credits the IC alumni network for many of his initial contacts: "One hundred percent, he says. "Ithaca College people are great. I can actually trace my professional writing career back to that Beavis and Butthead job." And he returns the favor. "We all try to help each other out when we can," he says.
Since the early days, Ben's career has been eclectic. He's written questions for Who Wants to be a Millionaire? ("I had this weird question-writing skill"), and was named head writer for the updated version of the 1960s cartoon Speed Racer, where he plotted all 26 episodes and wrote 7 of them himself. He even named some of the characters after family members; his brother Jared has been a frequent favorite throughout his work.
One of his recent jobs was writing the 2007 Christmas show for the hit series Monk. "It's called 'Monk Shoots Santa Claus,' " Ben says, laughing. "It's a major boost for the old résumé."
Big boosts like Monk are welcome, but Ben is always developing his own projects. One of the shows he's conceived and sold is Superjail, which Adult Swim (Cartoon Network's late-night block of adult programming) picked up for 10 episodes. Another is a pilot for Comedy Central, My Goldfish is a Jerkoff, a live-action show about a human with a goldfish roommate, featuring one of Ben's favorite playthings: puppets.
"Even though I'm writing all the time... I'm a little bit lazy," Ben remarks. That's a bit hard to believe, as his upcoming projects include not one but three movie ideas for Pixar and a live-action romantic comedy.
Ben counts himself lucky to love what he does. "Eighty percent of the time it's just being silly... like having a puppet goldfish smashing a cupcake into a guy's face," he says. "How can that not be fun?"


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I believe I have been volunteering with MOPA since 2005.
At that time, I had been a member of MOPA for about a decade, I had completed several years of photography courses at Grossmont College and I had recently joined MOPA's "Collectors Group." I wished to become more active with the Museum in order to deepen my understanding of photography and to work with persons with similar interests and passions.
I have worked almost exclusively in the Museum's Dubois Library, a wonderful resource and yet-to-be-fully-discovered part of MOPA's collection which needs to be utilized more by MOPA members and friends. My various tasks include: cataloging serials, cutting protective covers for books and other items in the collection, helping prepare for the new exhibits, shelving books, and, occasionally, working with library guests to facilitate their use of the various library materials.
My more memorable experiences include: giving a short talk on the photobook "Moksha" in conjunction with Fazal Sheikh's "Beloved Daughters" exhibition, preparing research guides and "Pathfinders" for exhibitions, and visiting with Nancy Dubois to discuss the development of the Library.
A closing comment: while the Dubois Library contains numerous monographs by and about various artists and reference books dealing with different topical areas, geographical and technical, the collection includes contains many wonderful photobooks which are works of art themselves. Come have a look!


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Sipping on tropical drinks, throwing on a grass skirt and dancing the hula; luaus are the quintessential summer party, celebrating everything we love about Hawaiian culture.
Sipping on tropical drinks, throwing on a grass skirt and dancing the hula; luaus are the quintessential summer party, celebrating everything we love about Hawaiian culture.
And as much as we love donning a colorful floral lei and drinking something delicious out of a coconut, the decorations for luaus really set the scene. Creative tablescapes, serving trays and dessert displays will really make a fantastic impression on your party guests at your summer luau bash.
Whether you're looking to throw an all-out, over-the-top luau party, or are looking for decor that's a little more sophisticated, we have some fabulous party decor for your luau. Check out some of our favorites below, and don't forget the grass skirts!
Bamboo & Faux Dried Grass
Lots of dried grass and bamboo makes this table from Uncommon Designs feel really authentic and Hawaiian. Luckily, finding faux dried grass and bamboo isn't expensive at all; the table fringe is actually made from several grass skirts attached together! These homemade Hawaiian decorations also include colorful flowers for a fun and pretty display.
Vintage Luau
Give your luau party a retro feel, like this decor from We Heart Parties. The pastel colors and '60s-era cocktails give this summery party a vintage nod, without being too over-the-top. The "Aloha" letters really set the whole scene, too!
Beachside Tablescape
If you're lucky enough to live near a beach, then an oceanside dinner is the perfect way to celebrate a luau. This dinner party from Catch My Party shows a gorgeous beach party, complete with a themed tablescape.
Backyard Dinner Party
With grilled steaks, pineapple and lots of bacon, Hawaiian-themed parties lend themselves nicely to delicious dinner parties. This backyard bash from From Hostess with the Mostess displayed fun, fruity cocktails as a Tiki Bar, and incorporated gorgeous flowers into the decor. Not all luaus have to be cheesy!
Casual Backyard Buffet
This Luau party tablescape from Prettify Your Life was described as a kid buffet, all set up for a kid's luau party. She mixed some store-bought dessert with homemade beach-themed candy treats, and included some fun tiki and Hawaiian decorations. How cute!
Blue & Orange Tiki Display
This tiki display from Catch My Party used the bold colors of orange and blue to create their fun and festive dessert table. They featured colorful and beach-themed candy in clear glass containers, and embellished with tiki cups, paper umbrellas and more.
Jennifer Kelly Geddes has hosted Christmas cookie swaps, New Year's open houses, Thanksgiving for 22, and all manner of dinner parties in her Manhattan and Ghent, NY homes.Read More »


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A pale gray strapless style by Oscar de la Renta and Mouawad jewels looked gorgeous on the actress, who was nominated for her role in The Master.
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sokuban wrote:The problem with Chu Nom is that it isn't meant for Vietnamese. It is more like bending the Chinese writing system to write Vietnamese.
> I know what you mean, but as I have been fooling around with it, I can tell you that it's not that bad! Memorising characters is slightly harder than Chinese itself BUT it's not impossible as I have already memorised in excess of 1000 Vietnamese invented characters in the past few months.
sokuban wrote:I'm not even sure if it is possible to learn Chu Nom without knowing Classical Chinese itself.
> Actually, you really don't! I know very little about Classical Chinese and I have memorised 1000 invented characters plus many Sino-Vietnamese characters too.
sokuban wrote:Realistically you can't get the whole country to be bilingual, so if you try to revive Chu Nom you'll end up with only a small minority of the population being literate.
> Revival of Chu Nom is unnecessary and in this age quite impractical as the Quoc Ngu script is the more suited script. It's easy to learn and has proven its worth. Also, Chu Nom may have been used officially until as recently as 1939 but there are a large number of modern words that had not yet been scribed.
sokuban wrote:Chu nom has lots of strokes so it isn't very practical. It is also very unorganized, with native words being written in a variety of creative ways.
> Yes, Chu Nom as a written script in general probably has more strokes than Chinese itself. In terms of standardisation - this has never happened unfortunately so there are many ways to write lots of words.
sokuban wrote:Simplification (and maybe standardization) of Chu Nom could help the situation, but it would be very difficult to pull off right.
> Even if Chu Nom doesn't become officially used again, it's an undeniable legacy of the Chinese influence on Vietnamese language. Hence, it must and fortunately is being preserved by various non profit organisations.
Just had a thought...what if I invented my own characters for modern Vietnamese words that had no character made for it? It would be interesting to get Chu Nom organised, standardised and maybe even modernised by having modern characters made?!


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Disclaimer - FEmISA has provided this informative as guidance only; the author is not a medical doctor. Whilst we have researched it thoroughly we cannot accept any responsibility for its accuracy. It does not take the place of a consultation with your doctor. All women are advised to discuss the most appropriate treatment options for them with their GP, interventional radiologist and gynaecologist.
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22 Healthiest Summer Dessertsby Toby Amidor in Cookies & Other Desserts, May 24, 2012
Looking to keep your svelte summer figure? Here are 22 healthy and delectable desserts that have less than 250 calories per serving.
Fruity Treats
Juice and delicious seasonal fruit can help satisfy your sweet tooth and provide you with a burst of antioxidants.
- Balsamic Strawberries with Ricotta Cream (above)
- Banana Splits With Pineapple Brown Sugar Topping
- Grilled Peaches
- Grilled Stone Fruits With Balsamic and Black Pepper
- Honey Plums
- Berry Trifle With Amaretto
Frozen Indulgences
Cool off with frozen treats, many of which are made from seasonal fruits. It's a great way to use up extra fruit you have laying around.
- Italian Ice Pops
- Mango Strawberry Snow Cones
- Sliced Melon With Berries and Sorbet
- Strawberry and Mascarpone Granita
- Tropical Granita
- Watermelon, Lime and Mint Granita
- Basil and Lime Sorbet
- Blueberry Fruit Ice
- Watermelon Slushies
Baked Goodies
Cookies, cakes, tarts and brownies can fit into your healthy eating plan — choose any of these lighter recipes and mind your portions.
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »
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Hollandia Produce LLC has received superfood certification for some of its products.
The Carpinteria, Calif.-based Hollandia's Live Gourmet brand of living upland cress and Grower Pete's Organic brand of living watercress have been certified as antioxidant-rich "superfoods" after a laboratory test of their antioxidants levels, according to a news release.
Bags of the products now display the antioxidant superfood certification label from SCS Global Services, according to the release.
"There are a lot of food products in the marketplace that claim to be rich in antioxidants but very few have any data to back it up," Vincent Choate, Hollandia's director of marketing, said in the release. "This certification lets our customers know the levels of healthful antioxidants they are getting in every bag and promotes transparency while educating consumers and will help our products stand out."
The laboratory testing confirmed the products contain high quantities of lutein, an antioxidant known to fight cancer-causing free radical compounds, according to the release.
Lutein is also found in leafy greens including spinach and kale and supports eye health and vision, according to the release.


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Italians are generally gregarious and open people. They express their emotions freely and have no qualms about public displays of affection or feeling. Conversations are often loud and animated and are usually accompanied by numerous hand gestures - so one thing you don't need to do in Italy is hold back.
The family remains at the heart of Italian society, and many children do not leave home until they are to be married. Some of the reasons are economic - the high cost of housing for example - but they are also cultural. The tie between mother and son is especially strong, and almost 30% of Italian men aged 30-34 have yet to fly the nest.
Style is important to Italians, too, and both men and women will pay considerable attention to their appearance. Whether bombing around the city streets on a scooter, or drinking espresso at a bar, Italians like to look good. An event that they dress up for in particular is the passeggiata - a leisurely evening stroll around the centre of town, especially popular on Sundays.
Italians like their food and drink and the main meal of the day is usually lunch, often followed by a short siesta. However, public drunkenness is something you will rarely see. Recent anti-smoking laws also mean that cigarettes are now banned from restaurants, bars and public buildings unless they have specially equipped smoking areas.
A service charge is normally included in both restaurant and hotel bills. However, waiters and hotel staff will always appreciate an additional tip.
The Ancient Romans had their own system of beliefs based on dozens of gods and goddesses, each of them with a particular thing or group of people they were responsible for. So Mars was the god of war, Venus the god of love, Neptune the god of the sea, Juno watched over the women of Rome and so on. A complex web of myths and legends was woven around these deities.
But as time wore on Christianity grew in influence and in the 4th century AD, Emperor Constantine pronounced the whole of Italy Christian. Today Roman Catholicism reigns supreme, with about 90% of the population born into the faith even if only around a third of them actually practice it, and with the papal see of the Vatican based in Rome, Italy's catholic roots run deep.
As an inevitable consequence, Italy is awash with churches both ancient and modern, and of all architectural styles. Campaniles, or bell towers, punctuate the skyline the country over and the calendar is littered with local religious festivals and processions, many of which involve a statue of the local saint or Christ being paraded through the streets.
However, there are other faiths evident in Italy, with non-Catholic Christians (including 500,000 Jehovah's Witnesses) making up the second largest religious group, while rising immigration means that Islam is also becoming more prevalent. Traditionally Jews have a long history in Italy, but only about 45,000 now remain in the country.
Italy is a country littered with the vestiges of past civilizations. The Etruscans were one of the earliest influences from around 800BC, and then came the Romans, establishing a republic in 509BC. This new force set out to conquer, and by around 200BC all of Italy was under Roman control. From there the Republic expanded outwards, but political and civil strife were building.
This opened the way for Julius Caesar, who entered Rome with his army in 49BC and became absolute ruler. So followed a succession of Emperors whose names have become legendary - Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero and others - while the Empire grew to include territories from Britain and Germany at one extent, to North Africa and the Persian Gulf at the other.
But like all others, the Roman Empire eventually overreached itself and declined, and by 476AD raids by Goths, Huns and barbarians had taken their toll. Italy fell into the Dark Ages and prosperity did not return again until the 14th century.
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This article was published 8/2/2013 (1653 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
By Margaret Wrinkle
Atlantic Monthly Press, 417 pages, $30.50
INTEREST in slavery in the U.S. has been piqued recently by the Oscar-nominated films Lincoln and Django Unchained. These movies present wildly divergent perspectives on the American South's "peculiar institution" as it was delicately called.
Diverging from either of the films is the troubling, unsatisfying first novel from Alabama-born and raised Margaret Wrinkle, about a slave in the early 19th century whose role is to breed other slaves for the profit of his owner.
Wash -- short for Washington -- was born to Mena, who had been purchased by Tennessee plantation owner and land speculator Richardson, not knowing she was pregnant. She is leased to Thompson, who wants a cook and housekeeper for his retirement off the coast of North Carolina.
Mena and her child have a great deal of freedom, for slaves, and she teaches Wash African ways to see himself as human in the new world that treats him like property.
In his later years, working for Richardson, he is an outcast both for his physical deformity, inflicted by a vicious caretaker, and for his service to his master, impregnating slave women for other owners.
The other main character is Pallas, a healer who heals Wash, and then bonds with him in spite of his duties. Richardson, Pallas and Wash are connected by their differences from those around them; together and separately they struggle to find their own meaning and worth in a brutal, inhuman system.
Much of this episodic novel takes place within the minds of the main, and some minor, characters. Occasional third-person narration, and the characters' internal musings, allow us to get to know them intimately. However, by the end of the novel, it seems as if little has happened other than these streams of consciousness, and those expecting much plot may be disappointed.
Wrinkle is a visual artist and documentarian, and many of her vivid prose descriptions of emotions and motivations are very effective. Still, the slowness of the narrative will not please every reader.
Disconnected and unresolved episodes seem to occur mostly to allow the characters to consider their lives and relationships: to each other, to the past, and to the future.
After a cleansing time floating downriver, Wash swims back to where he started:
"Moving steadily against the current soothes him, making him once again glad to be in this body in this world. Working, pulling, breathing, getting somewhere. Then he picks his way up the faint path through the dark, brimming with the pleasure of knowing that he has once again pulled himself back from the brink."
As Pallas and Wash draw nearer to each other, slowly, she expresses her carefulness.
"But I'd learned to keep myself wrapped clear around myself, just like those bloodroot leaves wrap around that flower standing so straight. And I remember doing just like that, standing way back inside myself, watching him trying to look at me."
Whether slave-breeding as presented in this novel was widespread in the antebellum South is an open historical question. Wrinkle does not present it as factual, but uses the possibility that it existed to motivate and conflict her characters. Other brutal aspects of slavery are treated matter-of-factly, not sensationalized or excused.
Somewhere in between the political wrangling of Lincoln, and the gleefully violent mayhem of Django, Wash will not probably stir up the kind of controversy attached to William Styron's 1967 bestseller, The Confessions of Nat Turner. Wrinkle has managed to write a novel set in slavery that is not primarily to make points about slavery's dehumanization, but to show all humans as fallible, interconnected and worthwhile.
Bill Rambo, an American citizen raised in the South and in central Africa, teaches high school English and history -- including American History -- at the Laureate Academy in St. Norbert.


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The Qur'aan Lexicographical Model: The Remarkable Language Program Upon Which The Qur'aan Is Based.
The Qur'aan Lexicographical Model
I have attached Fig.001. There is nothing like it in the world. A complete Language Program designed by ALLAAH (God) Himself. Bring something like it or find fault with it. The Qur'aan is Perfect from every angle. And you have seen nothing yet.
The Program to generate all the Arabic Root Verbs. Read the notes below.
There is a debate that has been raging between scholars of the Qur'aan, especially between Muslim and non-Muslim protagonists that goes something like this:
" The Qur'aan claims to be a revealed book in an unadulterated or pure Arabic language but in reality it contains many words that are of foreign origin."
In other words if the claim contained in the Qur'aan is proven to be incorrect then it would be clear evidence that the Qur'aan is not a divine book that was supposedly revealed to Muhammad (S+) for the guidance of the whole of humanity for all time. Henceforward it could or should be discarded and regarded as nothing more than a literary curiosity.
I would like to present this argument here from a completely different angle which I will show to be the correct one. This presentation of The Qur'aan Lexicographical Modelis important because its understanding is necessary for the further understanding of the other models of knowledge contained in the Qur'aan. They are among others The Qur'aan Cosmological Model and The Hidden Book that I am discussing in other threads. Everything will be easy to understand; knowledge will be gained; and an appreciation will be shown to the magnificence of the beauty and design of the language in which the Qur'aan is manifested.
I will begin as follows by asking,
"Is there anybody out there who can give the answer to the following three questions?
1. What is the definition of Arabic?
2. What makes a word to be an Arabic word?
3. And what makes a word to be a non-Arabic word?"
Arabic is the name of a perfect language that has its origin in a program of mathematical knowledge brought into existence by (ALLAAH) God. And that is the fundamental theorem of language.
If a word has its origin in that program then it is defined as Arabic. But if a word does not have its origin in that program then it is defined as non-Arabic. And that is the first corollary or immediate deduction from the fundamental theorem of language.
A word is not defined as Arabic because the person who first uttered it was an Arab. Nor is a word defined as non-Arabic because the person who first uttered it was a non-Arab. The definition of what an Arabic or a non-Arabic word is has nothing to do with nationality.
And that is the first strike of the sword of truth against a fallacy of a definition of the origin of the words of language.
A great many words of the great many languages calling themselves non-Arabic can be defined as absolutely Arabic even though first uttered from the mouth of one who was non-Arabic. But this knowledge is known only to those who will have knowledge of The Qur'aan Lexicographical and Etymological Models
And a great many words of the languages calling themselves Arabic can be defined as absolutely non-Arabic even though first uttered from the mouth of one who was Arabic. But again this knowledge is known only to those who will have knowledge of The Qur'aan Lexicographical and Etymological models.
What is the Qur'aan Lexicographical Model?
The Qur'aan Lexicographical Model is a program of the design, order, and structure of all the words of the Arabic language. Beginning from the layout and forms of the fundamental verbal root letters; their various types; their further extended verbal dimensions; and all their possible derived words visually presented as a model of about a thousand pages arranged vertically and horizontally.
The Arabic language consists of an alphabet of 28 letters plus one special letter called alif; 3 short vowels written above or below the consonantal letters, which can be extended into 3 long vowels using the 3 universal letters alif, waaw, and yaa'; and two important diphthongs ay and aw. From here the entire structure of the language is build upon a well designed arrangement.
The fundamental verbal root letters
Roughly speaking the Arabic language is based on letters arranged in twos threes and fours with vowels in between and after. They are all verbs of the past tense.
Here is the complete list of examples of all the Arabic fundamental verbal root patters.
Verbs based on this pattern
XaaXa consonant- long vowel- consonant- short vowel
M—L- = MaaLa = he or it inclined, sloped, bowed
T—L- = TaaLa = he lengthened
S—B- = SaaBa = he hit (the target)
Verbs based on this pattern
XaXXa consonant- short vowel- double consonant- short vowel
R-F- = RaFFa = he or it flashed or flared
T-R- = TaRRa = he sharpened (a pencil to a point)
L-B- = LaBBa = he abided (at a place)
Verbs based on this pattern
XaXaa consonant- short vowel- consonant- long vowel
T-W-- = TaWaa = he rolled up
L-W-- = LaWaa = he curved, bent (something)
H-W-- = HaWaa = he or it fell down
Verbs based on this pattern
XaXaXa consonant- short vowel- consonant- short vowel- consonant- short vowel
N-M-R- = NaMaRa = he numbered (numbers)
S-B-R- = SaBaRa = he was patient
K-M-L- KaMaLa = he or it was complete, whole, total
Verbs based on this pattern
XaX:XaXa consonant- short vowel- consonant- consonant- short vowel- consonant- short vowel
S-L:S-L- = SalSaLa = he or it formed a chain reaction
Z-L:Z-L- = ZaLZaLa = it quaked (the earth)
N-M:N-M- NaMNaMa = it rippled (sand in the wind)
There you have it the complete verbal program upon which the entire Arabic language (99%+) is based and thus the Qur'aan and as we have already said wherein it is manifested.
And remember that this is only one Page of a Thousand Page Program called The Qur'aan Lexicographical Model.
To be continued in posts to follow inshaa allaah (if God had willed).
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - One of every four first-time DUI offenders get caught a second time.
The statistic has spurred legislation to require every DUI offender have an ignition lock installed in their vehicle to prove they are sober before their car will start.
The legislation has the support of a Tallahassee woman, Connie Russell, whose son was killed by a drunk driver over Christmas 2006.
If Russell has her way, an ignition lock would be required for everyone convicted of DUI. If the driver doesn't blow into the device every 15 minutes or so to prove that he or she is still sober, the car comes to a slow stop.
Even the company that leases the devices across much of the Florida has reservations.
"Their concern that there is a tipping point when if people are beginning to pay so much more, they sometimes drop out of the system and then they are again drivers without licenses without insurance and without interlock," said Mannheimer.
Lawmakers tabled the idea for now, which puzzled both the bill's sponsor and Russell.
"We're trying to save lives. It's as simple as that, trying saving lives," said Fla. Sen. Dorthy Hukill, R-Volusia County.
"Saving lives is the most important, not the drunk driver who already made the choice, the illegal choice," said Russell.
Another hearing for the bill has not been scheduled.
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WHILE Blackburn with Darwen heads the national league table of shame for underweight children it also manages to be close to the top for obese youngsters in the North West as well.
Some 19.5 per cent of the borough's year six children were classed as seriously overweight, close to regional average of 19.6 per cent and above the English figure of 18.9 per cent. Burnley comes in at 19.6 per cent, Pendle 19.5, Hyndburn 19.3, Rossendale 18.1 and Ribble Valley 11.4.
Dr Tom Smith, the Lancashire Telegraph's medical expert, and former Blackburn with Darwen children's services boss Maureen Bateson said the number of overweight children in the region showed the flip side of the coin.
The same poor junk food diets could cause youngsters to be too fat and too thin.
Coun Bateson said: "A diet of junk food can make children thin if it's all they get and not enough of it. Chips, potatoes, bread and fatty food does not have the necessary nutrients for healthy children eating small portions.
"Equally if all they get its lots of junk food they put on too much weight.
"It's about giving children the right amount of healthy food and that can be very difficult on a tight budget. We need to do more to help and educate parents about feed children on not very much money."
Dr Smith said carrying excess weight often made children lethargic and lacking energy. He added: "Children usually become overweight because they are physically inactive rather than eating too much. It may be in areas where there is a high percentage of children who are overweight that there is a large number of kids watching TV rather than getting out and doing sport.
"Children who are obese are often very sleepy at school. They do not have energy to concentrate, so they do poorly at school.
"They are also bullied because they are obese, so they get depressed and feel inadequate.
"Unfortunately there is high rate of suicide amongst those kids."
He said poverty was often one of the main reasons children become overweight. "People from ordinary working classes are living in terraced housing and there is not much of a chance for them to get out and about. I used to ride to school on my bicycle, but children don't now.
"We used to play football in the street and there used to be parks, but a lot have closed and parents think there are sexual predators out there."
He said the health implications were 'very serious' and included an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, strokes and heart attacks when overweight children reach their 30s and 40s, and sleep apnoea, which causes interrupted breathing during sleep.
East Lancashire NHS Trust consultant paediatrician Javed Iqbal said: "Poor diet can cause both underweight and overweight children. Obese children tend to stay in, play on their X-box and watch TV.
"It causes problems with attention at school and leads them to be bullied and getting depressed. We try and encourage them to get out and exercise .
"We need really good teams to deal with overweight children involving doctors, dietician, exercise experts and mental health practitioners. As a country we do not have enough such teams."


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Banana pudding sits high in the royal court of Southern desserts, and it doesn't get much better than the classic recipe on the back of the Nilla wafer box. But sometimes it can't hurt to experiment, and it's not often difficult to find a line of folks ready and willing to try my latest spin. Two of my greatest hits are MoonPie Banana Pudding and Banana Pudding Ice Cream Pie. Seriously, how bad can those be?
Not being able to leave well enough alone, I decided to give the recipe another go. This time I added brown sugar and bourbon to my vanilla pudding base, giving it a hint of butterscotch and a bit more grown-up appeal. And to further the recipe's cocktail-lovin' flare, I substituted in sweet and spicy gingersnaps for the usual plain wafers—my nod to the old Southern standby "Jack & Ginger."
While most recipes for banana pudding call for a big trifle dish, I thought these would be best piled into my favorite cocktail glasses; the individual servings are perfect for your next adults-only dinner party, no I.D. required. Now the only thing left is to figure out how to get these down with a straw.
Bourbon Banana Puddings
Active time: 45 minutes
Total time: 9 hours (or overnight) including chill time
Yields: 6 individual large puddings (8 – 10 in smaller glasses)
pudding base
2 cups whole or 2% milk
4 large egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon table salt
4 tablespoons bourbon or whiskey
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
to assemble
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
30 gingersnap cookies
4 ripe bananas, sliced crosswise
for the pudding base
In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring milk to a gentle simmer over medium heat. In a separate bowl, combine egg yolks, sugar, brown sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Stir a small amount of the warmed milk into the yolk mixture to temper the eggs. Whisk the yolk mixture back into the into the saucepan with the remaining milk. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until the custard starts to thicken, about 3-5 minutes. Stir in the bourbon and vanilla and continue cooking until glossy and quite thick, another 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in the butter, stirring until it is completely melted.
Push pudding through a fine mesh sieve into a large bowl. Press plastic wrap directly over the surface of the pudding and refrigerate for a minimum of four hours, or overnight.
to assemble
In a medium bowl, beat the heavy cream and vanilla with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the bourbon pudding until no visible streaks remain. In individual serving glasses, layer pudding, gingersnaps, and bananas, finishing with a layer of pudding on top. Chill for 4 hours (and no longer than eight) before serving. Crush remaining gingersnaps and sprinkle crumbs over the top.
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LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas - A man accused of shooting a dog was shot and wounded by a Liberty County deputy Wednesday.
Officials said a neighbor called 911 to report a man had shot his son's dog on County Road 2342 at County Road 2339 shortly before 1 a.m. The neighbor said his dog got loose and was in the man's back yard 20 feet away when the man shot the 2-year-old Boxer in the leg.
When deputies arrived at the 51-year-old suspect's house, investigators said he opened the door with a rifle in his hand. The deputy then ordered the suspect to put down the rifle, but instead he put it on his shoulder, officials said.
"He put the rifle on his shoulder in a fashion that he was getting ready to fire," said Eric Burse with Texas DPS.
The deputy retreated and fired several shots, wounding the man in the calf, investigators said.
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I would like to know if it is safe to use beauty products with tretinoin during pregnancy? Will it harm my baby?
Your insights would really help. Thank you.
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I would like to know if it is safe to use beauty products with tretinoin during pregnancy? Will it harm my baby?
Your insights would really help. Thank you.
Tretinoin is a medication that is commonly used to control acne, and, as such, is in some beauty products. Because it is a medication, I would try to find another way to control the acne or other products to use that don't have medications in them. If you're using the product that has tretinoin in order to control acne, let me know, and I'll give you some other suggestions on how you can naturally reduce your acne without using medication.
I try to avoid all medicine during the 4 months of preconception care, during pregnancy and after giving birth, when I'm breastfeeding my baby. The reason for this is because we know that what we put in our bodies or on our skin affects every cell, including the egg cell which will eventually be fertilized (your baby). The 4 months prior to conception is critical in increasing your odds of creating a truly healthy baby.
Please let me know why you are using products with tretinoin and I'll see if I can give you some good, natural alternatives. There are definitely many out there and I'm happy to share.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Warm Regards,
Thank you Kate. I've been using tretinoin even before I was pregnant to eliminate my dark spots (freckles) and skin blemishes. It has a peeling effect that makes my skin clearer. I stopped using it the time I knew I was pregnant. I was just wondering if I could continue using it even during my pregnancy hence the question I posted. I would appreciate it if you can give me 'safer' alternatives to use for my skin.
Thank you! :D
An excellent alternative for clearing up dark spots and skin blemishes on the face during pregnancy is urine therapy. I know it's going to sound gross at first mention, but it's free and it does amazing things for teh skin. Urine is a sterile substance when it leaves the body, and once absorbed into the skin, has no smell. The more you drink water throughout the day the less smell it will have.
I did a test once and I put urine on the top of my left hand, every time I used the lu, for a month. At the end of a month, my brown spots/liver spots had completely cleared on my left hand, and I still had them on my right.
My nutritionist uses urine on her face every day. Often times she is asked what she uses on her face because her face is so soft and clear. Sometimes she tells them her secret and sometimes she doesn't.
Urea is used in many skin lotions because it is so good for the skin. The next time your at the store, look at the ingredients in 3 or 4 lotion products.
I've been using urine on my face every day for the past 2 weeks because I'm trying to clear up Rosacea. It's really easy to do, and it's free. My family never notices and my children still snuggle me.
I know it's not what you expected as an alternative, but it is free and it's so healthy for the skin.
Warm regards,