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In a reversal from previous years, the U.S. Census Bureau now leans toward endorsing repealing sections of federal law under Title 13 to allow the release of its nationwide address database, a senior official said.
The census would support public release of addresses but not names, phone numbers, ages or any other personal information collected by the census, Michael Ratcliffe, assistant division chief for geocartographic products in the bureau's geography division, said Sept 13 at the 2011 Geospatial Summit in Herndon, Va.
Under Title 13, all information collected by the census must be kept confidential to preserve privacy rights. This covers names, phone numbers, addresses and geospatial coordinates, among other data.
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Meanwhile, although Google and other Internet companies display nearly every street address in the country publicly on the Web through a sharing of private address databases, the census and other state and local agencies are not able to leverage common address information and they operate with inefficiencies and gaps in their address databases, Ratcliffe said.
By repealing sections of Title 13, the census would be able to release its data publicly and to state and local agencies.
"The census bureau is willing to talk about a repeal," Ratcliffe said. "A few years ago, the answer would have been 'no.' Now, we are willing."
"The payoff would be greater efficiency," Ratcliffe continued. "We could leverage local, state and federal coordination for addresses."
Audience members at the geospatial summit noted that many states and communities are spending large sums of money to develop and maintain accurate and up-to-date address databases that are critical for public safety, police and fire services.
They also noted the difficulties of sharing address information across borders, recognizing that each locality may store its address information in a different electronic format. If the census releases a nationwide database of addresses, presumably that would lead to greater interoperability of address information.
But others also warned of "Big Brother" fears if the government is in charge of public address information. On the other hand, with Google and Bing maps offering nationwide address coverage already, some feel the privacy concerns are overdrawn and the "cat is out of the bag."
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Alan Balutis and Don Upson debate the wisdom of a cabinet-level IT shop -- and a thorough reorganization of about a dozen other agencies.
The Trump administration's plan to use predictive software to rate threats posed by immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers will result in discriminatory decisions, say a group of privacy advocates and computer scientists.
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Regarding ""The payoff would be greater efficiency," Ratcliffe continued. "We could leverage local, state and federal coordination for addresses."" Mussolini made the trains run on time. Is it really necessary to explain to people why being REQUIRED to answer Census questions means that information isn't open? Your date and location of birth, address, parents, number of siblings, etc., and name are all public records, but does that mean you want the federal government to REQUIRE you to tell them, then give that information to states and local agencies, who will then give out or sell that information in easily-accessed form? There's a reason the Constitution is "negative rights," and it isn't because they can be trusted not to do things for us on our behalf without our permission.
I believe what Census advocated with regard to Title 13 was not "repeal" but "amend". Information about individuals is not the same as information about places (i.e. street addresses) and those two concepts should be separated. It is ironic that we fear government as "big brother" when in fact the private sector already has all of that address data - and more - and that it is already publicly available from the private sector, yet backward and antiquated thinking essentially mandates individual stovepipes for individually, redundantly collecting this information about places, and prohibits any sharing of that information, at federal, state, and local levels alike, resulting in what is easily billions of dollars of otherwise avoidable expense at federal, state and local levels.
One way to reduce costs is have the Census Bureau only collect the Constitutional mandated items: how may US citizens are there and in what states do they live in. All other demographic information should be confidential.
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anyone own one or shot one? if so, any comments or negs?
Oh, this ought to be good.
i've shot ebtromba's steyr. i like it a lot.
but it did fte a few times.
though, it was pretty new, so that could be it...
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I own 2. Don't use it much, but for $349+shipping from CDNN, it's the best bang for your buck, IMHO. Great gun
Mine has been flawless 1 stovepipe very early on. It has been great ever since.
yeah that was a shitty day for that gun.
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do you own one?
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good price, but importing pistols into canada is a bitch
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A federal judge has named the same attorney who oversaw hiring in the city of Chicago to monitor hiring problems at Gov. Pat Quinn's Department of Transportation.
A brief Friday order names Chicago attorney Noelle Brennan. She monitored Chicago hiring from 2005 until this year when the city was found to be largely in compliance of decrees barring patronage hiring.
Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier decided Wednesday to appoint an IDOT monitor. That was a setback for the Democratic governor, whose re-election campaign claims he's navigated Illinois away from ethical problems.
Anti-patronage campaigner Michael Shakman has alleged improper hiring at IDOT.
Quinn spokesman Grant Klinzman says Quinn "has directed IDOT to work closely" with Brennan and the court to ensure all "rules are strictly followed."
Quinn's office has denied any wrongdoing.
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i am using Force download script to force download, it works fine for firefox and IE
but when u click on the "open" rather than "save" in the dialog box, it does not work in the IE.
opening and saving both are working in the firefox but only saving works in the IE .
in IE, when u click on the OPEN it stores the file temp. in the temp folder then while opening it says "invalid file"
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The Folly of the World Paperback
by Jesse Bullington
Even disaster can yield riches for the right sort of criminal...
The great flood killed thousands overnight - turning the towns between the warring cities of Dordrecht and Geertruidenburg into a desolate inland sea.
Into this ruined land sail three uneasy conspirators: a ruthless conman, a thug at the edge of madness and a half-feral girl who swims like a fish.
Working together they could find fortune beyond reckoning beneath the waves, but the lost souls below will not give up their treasures so easily. And even if these three can survive the dark waters, that's no guarantee they will survive each other.
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This was a difficult book. It is a gritty tale, with gritty people. Positive elements are the grim surroundings: you can feel how filthy the late middle-ages were and how desolated the landscape around Dordrecht was after the flood. I usually have sympathy for people who try to survive under difficult circumstances and to better themselves, but in this story it is hard to sympathize with some of the main characters. Maybe because there is to much emphasis on their bad habits or character or maybe because one of the characters is ruthless, selfish and egotistical to the point of being a sociopath and another one is a psychotic murderer. Nevertheless I sympathized with the psychotic tug and with the feral girl and also with several other characters with minor roles. The Dutch words and frases between the English text were somewhat strange, but the author gave an interesting explanation about the choices he made concerning Dutch words and terms. There is also a lot of politics around Hooks and Cods - politics of the late middle-ages in the south of the Netherlands : Brabant, Zeeland, and Holland and what is Belgium today: Flanders and Hinault. A historic explanation in the acknowledgement would be a nice gesture. By coincidence I read about this subject after a novel about Countess Jacoba of Hinault /Holland and I was happy about that. I imagine it can be quite confusing for anybody who is not familiar with this historic period. My biggest problem with this story is the plot. There is big plottwist around one of the main characters. A horror like scene and a strange event around 4/5th of the story. This strange event or plottwist is not explained in any way. There is a vague suggestion what might have happened, but that sounds very unbelievable in the context of the story. At least, that is how I felt it. It left me frustrated and dissapointed. What happened? How did it happen? I still do not understand and it made me angry. However, the "open end"was satisfying. With these characters a "they lived happily ever after" would be unfitting. Yet there is hope for a new start. This book dissapointed me and yet it also keeps my mind busy. Therefore it cannot be a completely bad or awful book. The characters, especially Jolanda, kept me interested. So I gave two and a half stars. And I am still debating if this is a fair rating.
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I didn't finish this one. The set-up and location was interesting: the Netherlands some time ago, with a village under water from which something needed to be retrieved. Language-wise I find it a bit annoying. The author uses words that are dutch in origin, and englifies them, then uses English words with the same meaning at the same time. Plus, he's rather foul-mouthed of course. If it was just the language, I think I could have taken it, but some of the things happening are rather foul as well. Or maybe that's not true, they wouldn't need to be foul, they were just described that way. I read this book on the train, and since I have a short commute, I was reading it in bits and pieces. I think that's the reason I lasted as long as I did. Plus, I was curious what the whole thing with the diving was about. In the end, I stopped though, because I couldn't get any connection with the main characters. The only one that was halfway sympathetic was Jolanda, the girl that has to dive up the item. Sander is crazy, and Jan is disgusting. He uses everyone around him, and tries to seduce Jolanda in a disgusting manner. Once the item was found, I lost interest, despite the weird twist in the story. I never read far past SPOILER <spoiler>Jan dying.</spoiler>So, not for me, and I imagine not for a lot of people, so make sure to read a few reviews before you start on this one...
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A typical day of teaching in Pueblo Viejo, La Esperanza
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On entering the gates in this lovely little school located far far away from any towns, the children eyed up the new people. I was ok, because the skin colour was something they recognized, unfortunately Sally and Seb did not have the same luxury. Sally was ok, as she spoke fluent spanish, and managed to get talking to the children...Seb though, bemused and being surrounded was in trouble...I thought playing football may help, forgetting that Seb could hardly kick a ball either. But luckily his lack of footballing skill made him a hilarious person to the kids..
The day started with teaching Year 1 (5 to 6 year olds) for an hour. The class is 33 strong, with the students unable to write, and the majority unable to read. The lesson plan was set, the Spanish ready and us 3 raring to go. Splitting ourselves into 3 teams, we each tackled the task of teaching the children to say ¨My name is….¨. So obviously the first task was to get the names out of them…not as easy as it seems, as each child has around 4 middle names, and whenever people ask them their name, they blurt out the whole thing really quickly…which posed a problem…they didn´t know what their first or Christian name was either, so it took a bit of help from the teacher of the class to get some sort of name for each student.
A person in the middle, one of me, Sally and Seb, would be in the middle with a ball, and whoever the ball was thrown to, they would have to say ¨My name is…¨. The kids enjoyed this a lot…and it got me thinking about how we are taught back home…How we, when we were kids, remembered things.
I guess teachers have one of the most important jobs, and there is a lot of pressure on them, but you wonder how back in England some teachers even got to teach. It´s great being the best in your field in whatever subject you choose, but that doesn´t make you a teacher…maybe it´s something that needs to be looked at back home. But yeh the children loved it, and although at the end, it was easy to see that not everyone was at the same level, the basic grounding was there for everyone, a grounding that we could hopefully build on.
Class 2 (6 to 7 year olds) were the next class. The children had started to learn how to write, and the same lesson plan as with Class 1 was followed. The class were much better at picking up the phrase, and within 20 minutes most of them had got it. It was clear to see that some people were better than others, with the ones who weren´t as good starting to shy away.
I found it was more a case of not forcing the children to speak, but to get a smile out of them and make them feel comfortable in the situation…I mean new teacher, new language, all a bit of a daunting prospect.
The 10.20am bell brought the 20 minute break time, and what I saw was astounding.
We carried on with the seconds, and then 20 minutes later moved onto the 3rd´s.
The children then coloured in their rainbows, which we had given them, and were so excited to take them home. They love being told, well done, or congratulations….
The teacher of the 3rd´s informed us that of these 30ish students in this class, only 15 will make it to class 5, because from 10, they are required to work at home. After class 6, only 3 or 4 will go on to further education, so 90% of them leave school at the age of 12. It was also clear to see how poor these children were. I was talking to one of the children, Eduardo, such a lovely kid, and he was telling me how the children get their clothes and bags from charities…and the teacher said that most of the children live in wooden houses, with no sanitation, no water and no electricity.
We left school at 11.30, as the children were getting lunch. We were told that lunch is served here, because it is in some cases, the only food that children will get in the whole day! This was a handful of rice, some vegetables, and water that looked like it was mud…We were offered it too, but I don´t think we were too keen to experience it … Escorted by 3 kids hanging onto legs and arm, we made the climb up heart attack hill, ready to make the 2 hour walk back to the town.
We met up with Carlos, this random man that we kept seeing in the school. We found out he was actually a university student, working on finding the hygiene levels of children in 5 of the poorest reasons in Honduras .
A deserved beef steak for lunch, and a few drinks afterwards with the other gap years finished that part of the day.
The dance was to kick off at 5.30pm, so we arrived at 5.15pm and waited….and waited….and waited….it was 7.30pm, and they were still practicing….8pm the show kicked off, and was well worth watching. Dances with machetes, and the traditional clothes etc…we even went up and had a dance at the end….showing off my salsa and polka skills, and then running a mile when it finished!
We retired to our house by 10pm, saw a road kill chicken along the way…ready for the bus journey at 4am to Roatan (an island in the Carribean Sea, off the north coast of Honduras), for a nice relaxing weekend.
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August 12, 2017Start time: 10K: 9:00 AM | 5K 9:15 AM
Governors Island
***This race is nearly sold out and is expected to sell out before online registration is scheduled to close. There will be no registration available at packet pickup or on race day.***
The NYCRUNS Governors Island 5K & 10K offers unrivaled views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Statue of Liberty, starts off with a ferry ride and features a great post-race party. Afterwards, stay and enjoy all the island has to offer!
Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, is a long-lasting disease with no cure that can affect your brain, spinal cord, and the optic nerves in your eyes. It can cause problems with vision, balance, muscle control, trouble walking, fatigue, pain, weakness, cognitive dysfunction and many other problems. Join us at the event to help raise funds via Firstgiving to support MS Run the US's fight for a cure!
Go to Firstgiving to sign up for fundraising, create a team when registering for the event, or choose one of the existing teams. If you do not already have a Firstgiving account, one will be created for you when you register.
Want to have someone cheer you on at the finish? Up to 4 people can join you but they will need to register as spectators at $20 per person, receive a number and accompany you to the ferry. Spectator numbers can only be picked up at packet pickup or mailed. Spectators also are welcome to partake of post-race food and drink but must wear their bib. Children three and under do not require a bib and strollers are allowed.
(This charge is necessary as there are limited spots on the prerace ferries)
Bag check and toilets will be provided. The giveaway for this race will be a great tech t-shirt (note: sizes are guaranteed – if we don't have your size at the race, email email@example.com with the race name, your name, size and address and we'll reprint and ship your shirt to you). Water and Gatorade will be available on the course, and Clif Bar products, bagels, spreads, fresh fruit and more will make up the usual great NYCRUNS post race spread to greet you at the finish line.
There will be no race day packet pickup whatsoever.
If registering on or before 7/20 you can choose to have your bib (including any spectator bibs) & shirt mailed to you for an additional fee of $20. You must choose this option when registering and the bib must be mailed to the address you enter at that time. Shipping to domestic US addresses only.
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How I learned to turn on creativity like a faucet (dueling art professors)
So, I went to college for graphic design, and I took a lot of drawing and illustration classes.
I had these two teachers who were so completely opposite, it made me feel like they were doing it on purpose. I've changed names, appearances, etc. for protection - mostly my protection, because I don't want to be hunted down.
Their names were (but weren't really) Mr. Octavian
and Mr. Kringlefritz.
Do those names sound too "made up"? I'm never sure about the etiquette of changing names. Oh, well.
These two teachers were about to wage a philosophical war in my cranium.
Mr. Octavian
Mr. Octavian was a teacher who seemed to be coasting towards early retirement.
His classes were little more than artistic study hall. He'd say a word to two about the assignment, then he'd go mess around on his computer. He gave us the option to leave if we wanted too. Most of us did, so we ended up spending maybe 15 minutes in class every week. He'd say
He didn't care when we turned in the assignments, because our creativity must be allowed room to breathe.
His feedback was kind of like this:
I appreciated the extra time - I didn't want to be in class, and I could get my assignments done faster than most people, so Mr. Octavian's style worked for me. I didn't learn a whole lot, and expectations were so incredibly low. I would just give 50% effort to my work, turn the paintings, drawings, and sculpture in on time, and get amazing grades, just like every other class I didn't care about.
Of course, this made me one of the most studious of the class. There was one guy I knew who wasn't just skilled at procrastination: he'd perfected it, to the point that it was almost an art form. His name was (but wasn't) Theo.
He had guts - for one of mr. Octavian's drawing classes, in which we had weekly assignments, Theo turned in every assignment for the entire semester the day AFTER the final.
His final grade? B.
Mr. Kringlefritz
Then, there was Mr. Kringlefritz. He was the polar opposite to Mr. Octavian, the rebalancing of the universe - I got to slack off in Mr. Octavian's classes, so destiny created Mr. Kringlefritz to smack me around. He was terrifying.
A couple of Mr. Kringlefritz's rules:
There were times in his classes when he'd just put some poor college kid through the ringer that I wasn't sure I could continue:
Now, remember what Mr. Octavian said:
When I was terrified, under Mr. Kringlefritz's demanding thumb, I found that I actually could turn creativity on like a faucet, very reliably! My logic went like this:
Guess what else I found that I could turn on like a faucet? Punctuality and responsibility. Who knew?
So -
After a brief stay in the "creativity must alight on your shoulder like a butterfly" camp, I packed my art supplies and moved on.


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It is for real that there are a lot of unbelievable stories in the Philippines, especially when it comes to myths and ghost stories.
There's such thing called as "Aswang" in the Philippines, that truly scares the citizens in the provinces. Aswang is somehow what Filipinos call as monsters that have an unusual appearance.
One of the most popular "aswang" in the Philippines is what we call as "manananggal" or "Wak wak." It is a monster who lives in the body of a human and when the night comes, the upper part of the body is being separated from the bottom part. This is a half bodied human with wings and fangs.
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This year I wanted to do an Advent calendar with the kids, but December 1st came today and I still hadn't bought one. I could have run out to the store and picked one up, but I decided to make my own instead from items laying around the house. I love how these came out because I am re-using items in a season where there is much waste, I was able to combine the Christmas Story of Jesus Christ, Messages of goodwill and treats.
After looking around I collected paper rolls, a box lid, some tissue paper, ans some scrap fabric (ribbon, elastic, or tape would have worked fine too.
I cut the rolls down to size and hot glued 24 of them into the box lid.
Now it is time for the goodies. I added enough candies for each family member of age to eat candy.
Next I printed the story of Jesus from a children's bible and cut it into 24 pieces. Those went into each package too.
I then cut up 24 scraps of paper and wrote down various acts of goodwill. I included a mix of things to do for family, friends, neighbors, and strangers.
When all 24 were stuffed I covered them with tissue paper (that came from inside my new boots) and wrapped them shut with scraps of fabric left over from yesterday's craft.
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Discussion in 'Font Forum:' started by Aarlev, Feb 12, 2010.
I tried Clarendon and Rockwell already, but it doesn't seem to be any of those.
Huh, that is nice.
Maybe this -
Clarendon Text font family MyFonts
Bodoni Egyptian Bold is quite close, maybe it's had some custom work from that as a base?
Bodoni Egyptian? font family MyFonts
EDIT: Perhaps not looking at it again, found a post about the logowith a lot of comments regarding the new typeface, maybe worth a read through Soren? http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/pitchfork_all_grown_up.php general consensus seems to be an edited version of Clarendon
Hhmmmmm Just had a good look around, got to say I think Greg's just about hit the nail on the head there!
without reading Greg's post first I actually thought the font (Aarlev's) looked like it had been stretched horizontally slightly. It just seemed to have more of an elliptical shape than a circular shape I would have expected with it.
*Wonders if anyone clicked his link*
Its a bit fatter than the two above but its definitely based on it.
Thanks for all your help guys! :up:
first glance , looks like a bastardisation of Clarendon......
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As the former VP of Clinical Operations for a small biotech, I was introduced to the NUCDF in affiliation with my company's UCD research program. Cindy LeMons, as well as several members of the UCD Consortium provided critical input and expert advice to aid in designing feasible studies for this rare and very special patient population. Earlier this year, I stepped down from my executive position in order to devote more time to my personal endeavors including helping non-profits with high impact potential, like the NUCDF. When I attended my first NUCDF Family Conference in June 2008, I not only learned all the ways the NUCDF has supported UCD patients and their families through research, awareness and education, but I had the rare experience of meeting and listening to the testimonies of dozens of UCD patients, their families and the physicians and nurses who treat them. In my 25 yrs of working in clinical research, I had never witnessed such a collaborative and meaningful exchange of data and information with the sole purpose of finding a cure for UCD. That meeting as well as those before and after were made possible by the NUCDF, as well as the testimonies of how the long, loving arms of this special organization has and continues to reach out to the countless children and adults throughout the country who are affected by UCD. I am privileged and honored to be an active donor and volunteer for the NUCDF.


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The vision of the human eye is modified
in many ways when the conditions are unfavorable to good sight. Unfavorable conditions may prevail when the light is not agreeable
to the patient. Some patients require a very bright light and others get along much better in a poor light. Many cases are
hypersensitive to the light and suffer from an intolerance for light which has been called photophobia.While intolerance
of light may be manifest in most cases from some diseases of the eyes, there are many cases in which the eye is apparently
healthy and in which the photophobia may be extreme. (The cure for this condition is to have the patient sit in the sun with
his eyes closed, allowing the sun to shine on his closed eyelids as he moves his head from side to side.)There are patients
with good sight whose vision is materially improved when used in a bright light, as well as those with good sight whose vision
improves when the eyes are used in a dim light. The patient should practice with the test card in a bright as well
as a dim light to accustom his eyes to all conditions.Reading in sunlight and in dim light improves
the clarity of vision when relaxation is applied and effort, strain, squinting are avoided. A boy improved his vision by reading
comic books at night by flashlight under the covers in his bed.The fact that he enjoyed the comics, and that the print
and pictures kept his eyes moving, shifting and improved use of his memory, imagination, all which induced relaxation resulted
in clear vision.
Halos –
The white Glow
The ability to perceive
halos, or an increased whiteness, around letters is a favorable condition. By using a screen or a fenestrated card, it is
possible for many patients to see an increased whiteness around a letter, which improves their vision for the letter. When
a screen is not used, one may be able to imagine a white halo around the inner or outer edge of the black part of the "O."
When a screen covers the black part of the letter "O," for instance, the white center becomes of the same whiteness
as the rest of the white page, which proves that it is the contrast between the black and the white which enables one to imagine
the white halos. The presence of the black improves the white; the presence of the white improves the black.
Routine Treatment
By W. H. Bates, M.D.
Many doctors do not think well of treatment which has become continuously
the same. I believe, however, that when routine treatment benefits a large number of patients, one is justified in practicing
it in most cases. In the beginning, the writer very soon became impressed with the fact that there was something about routine
treatment which had advantages over other forms of treatment. The particular advantage was speed; that is to say that by routine
treatment it was often possible to cure many cases at the first visit. However, to obtain the best results, I have found it
necessary to modify the routine from time to time, or to make certain changes whenever improved methods of treatment were
discovered. If a patient does not respond readily to a regular routine, it is evidence that this treatment is not for him
and that he requires a different form of relaxation treatment. When a person presents himself for treatment, a record
is made of his name, address, date of birth, et cetera. (If the patient is over fifty years of age, one should be prepared
to treat presbyopia; all persons over fifty years of age are usually unable to read fine print at six inches without glasses.)
(Bates discovered that many people over 50 years old can see fine print clear. Presbyopia is curable,
can be prevented.)The next procedure is to have the patient remove his glasses, if he is wearing them, and test
the vision of each eye with the aid of the Snellen test card at fifteen or twenty feet. If none of the letters can be seen
at this distance, the card is placed at eight feet, five feet or nearer and the vision tested at that distance. The eyes are
then examined with the ophthalmoscope or retinoscope. (The ophthalmoscope is valuable in diagnosing cataract, opacities
of the cornea and diseases of the interior of the eyeball. The retinoscope is used in diagnosing near-sightedness, far-sightedness
and astigmatism.)
REST: The patient is
then directed to either close his eyes or palm for half an hour, whichever is more comfortable for him. In palming, the patient
closes both eyes and covers them with the palms of both hands, in such a way as to exclude all light. To palm successfully,
he should make no effort to remember, imagine or see black. If black cannot be seen perfectly, the patient is told to let
the mind drift from one pleasant thought to another.
SWAY: After the patient has rested his eyes or palmed for half an hour, he is directed to stand before the Snellen
test card, with his feet about one foot apart and then to open both eyes. He is then told to sway his body gently from side
to side, while his vision is again tested with the card. While swaying from side to side, he is told how to imagine the Snellen
test card to be moving. His attention is called to the fact that when his body, head and eyes move to the right, the Snellen
test card moves to the left, and when he moves to the left, the Snellen test card appears to move to the right. (Oppositional
Movement)The patient then is called upon to demonstrate that when his eyes move from side to side, that not only
does the Snellen test card move from side to side, but that all the letters or figures on the Snellen test card move with
the card. It is well to have the patient demonstrate also that when an effort is made to stop the movement of the letters,
the letters become blurred or cannot be seen. The sway is beneficial in many ways because it lessens or prevents the stare,
tension and strain.
BLINKING: It can
always be demonstrated that when a patient with imperfect sight looks intently at one point, keeping the eyes open constantly,
or trying to do so, a strain of the eyes and all the nerves of the body is usually felt, and the vision becomes imperfect.
It is impossible to keep the eyes open continuously without blinking. Each time the eyes blink, a certain amount of rest is
obtained and the vision is benefited. For this reason, the patient is instructed to blink frequently while swaying before
the card, and at all other times.CENTRAL FIXATION: Central fixation is seeing best where one
is looking and worst at all other points. When the patient is swaying before the card, he is told to see one part of a letter
which he is regarding at a time and to see that part better than any other part, then to quickly shift his glance to another
part, seeing that part best and other parts of the letter worse. The letter is seen much more readily in this way. The patient
is reminded that the normal eye uses central fixation at all times.
Another method is to improve the vision by a perfect imagination. If the patient is unable to see the letters on a certain
line, he is told what the first letter is and is directed to close his eyes and imagine that letter as perfectly as he can,
and then alternate by imagining it as perfectly as he can with his eyes open. When the letter is imagined perfectly enough,
other letters on that line when regarded are seen and not imagined.It is very evident that one cannot imagine unknown
letters. Therefore, if the vision improves by the use of the imagination, unknown letters when regarded are seen and not imagined.
It has been repeatedly demonstrated that an opacity of the cornea which may be so dense that the pupil or iris are not seen,
will clear up in some cases after the alternate imagination of a known letter or a known object is practiced with the eyes
open and closed. When opacity of the lens is examined with the aid of the ophthalmoscope, the opacity becomes increased when
the patient remembers imperfect sight. The memory of imperfect sight causes a contraction of the muscles on the outside of
the eyeball, which in turn produces imperfect sight, cataract, cornea scar…
MEMORY: The pupil is told to remember a small letter "o"
with a white center which is whiter than other letters on the Snellen test card. A small letter may be imagined much better
than large letters of the Snellen test card. When the facts are analyzed, it is discovered that the reason small letters are
imagined better than large ones is because a small letter has not so much of an area to be seen. It is easier for the eye
to remember or imagine a small object than a large one. A perfect letter "O" can only be remembered when no effort
is made; an imperfect letter "O," on the contrary, is difficult to remember. When a letter "O" is
remembered very black with a very white center, the vision is benefited because no effort is made.A great many near-sighted
patients believe that they can remember or imagine an imperfect letter "O" much easier than a perfect letter "O."
These people are encouraged to remember or imagine an imperfect letter "O," which helps them to understand and
realize as thoroughly as possible that the memory or the imagination of imperfect sight is very difficult and requires a good
deal of hard work, whereas the memory of perfect sight can only be accomplished easily without effort.
THE PERIOD: With the help of the imagination, alternating
with the eyes open and closed, it is possible for many patients to remember or imagine they see a small black period. It may
not necessarily be a black period but may have any color of the spectrum and be of any shape—round, square, triangular
or irregular. It is impossible to remember or imagine a period that is stationary. It must always be remembered by central
fixation and be moving. Some patients can imagine a period as small as it is printed in the newspaper. Unfortunately, it is
difficult or impossible to teach all patients how to remember a period perfectly. The great value of the period is that when
it is remembered perfectly, many serious diseases, such as opacities of the cornea, opacities of the lens, diseases of the
retina and choroid, diseases of the optic nerve and blindness can all be relieved promptly.
SUN TREATMENT (with Memory, Imagination and Palming)
: An important part of the routine treatment is the use of the direct sunlight. The patient is told to sit in the
sun with his eyes closed, moving his head a short distance from side to side, and allowing the sun to shine directly on his
closed eyelids. He is instructed to forget about his eyes, to think of something pleasant and let his mind drift from one
pheasant thought to another. Before opening his eyes, he palms for a few minutes. When the sun is not shining, a strong electric
light (I000 watts) is substituted. The patient sits about six inches from the light, or as near as he can without discomfort
from the heat, allowing it to shine on his closed eyelids as in the sun treatment.
FINE PRINT: If the patient has presbyopia, he is directed to practice with the fine
print in the Fundamental card in the following way: The card is held at first at the distance from his eyes at which he sees
best. He is told not to look directly at the letters, but just at the white spaces between the lines and imagine that they
are perfectly white - whiter than the margin. He is asked if he can imagine that there is a thin, white line beneath each
line of letters, and that it is whiter than the rest of the white spaces between the lines.When this line is imagined
perfectly white, the eyes then shift to, look directly at the letters and the letters are read
without effort or strain. If the patient cannot imagine the white line easily, he is told to close his eyes and think of a
series of white objects; he may recall a white-washed fence, a snow drift, several pieces of white starch, or a pot of white
paint. He is then directed to open his eyes again and look at the white spaces, imagining them to be as white as the white
objects he remembered. He is told to close his eyes again and imagine that he has a pot of white paint and a fine pen and
that he is drawing a thin, white line beneath a line of print, then to open his eyes and imagine that he is drawing a thin
white line beneath each line of letters on the Fundamental card, as he moves his head from side to side. He is told to blink
as he shifts from one end of the line to the other, to occasionally look away and to close his eyes frequently for half a
minute or so to rest them. Imagining the white spaces and white line perfectly white causes the mind,
eyes to remove the 'grey blur' and other incorrect images from the white page in and around the black letters,
words. The brain imagines the page the way it truly appears; clear and white. This causes the letters to be seen dark black,
distinct, and clear.By practicing in this way, letters which could not be seen before appear black and distinct.
As one's ability to read is improved, the card is brought closer and the patient is instructed to practice in this way,
until the entire card can be read at six inches from his eyes. If it is impossible for him to do this during his treatment
at the office, he is directed to practice in this way every day at home. The patient is told that fine print cannot be read
when an effort is made see it and that it can only be read when the eyes are relaxed. For this reason, the reading of fine
print is helpful in producing relaxation.Take a break anytime and look at the white spaces, thin
white line to relax the eyes, mind. Shift on them. Avoid staring, eye immobility. Use the soft end of a white imaginary
feather (nosefeather) to imagine painting the white spaces and thin white line with bright, glowing, pure white paint.
The most important fact is
to impress upon the patient the necessity of discarding his glasses. He is told that when glasses are used temporarily a relapse
always follows and the patient loses for a short time, at least, everything that has been gained. If it is impossible or unnecessary
for the patient to return at regular intervals for further treatment and supervision, he is given instructions for home practice
to suit his individual case, and is asked to report his progress or difficulties at frequent intervals.The importance
of practicing certain parts of the routine treatment at all times, such as blinking, central fixation,
(shifting, relaxation) and imagining stationary objects to be moving opposite to the movement of his head and eyes,
is stressed. The normal eye does these things unconsciously, and the imperfect eye must at first practice them consciously
until it becomes an unconscious habit. An automatic, correct vision habit.
Pansy Land
By Emily C. Lierman
note – Mrs. Lierman regrets that she has no Christmas story this year, but she has written a fairy story instead, which
she hopes the children will enjoy.]
Once upon a time in
a town near the Pacific Coast there lived a boy named George who suffered intensely from poor eyesight. One day he met a girl
named Christine. The little boy had heard that Christine knew the great secret of good eyesight and begged her to tell him
what he could do to cure his eyes. It did not take Christine long to teach George how to use his eyes right and keep from
straining them. Christine soon found that George was not lonely like she was, for one day he brought Amy with him, the girl
who made many children happy with her stories. She was beautiful to look at and had many friends. George and Amy were constant
pals, and helped to make Christine happy. Amy's eyes also became wonderfully bright through Christine's guidance
and help, and everyone in Pansy Land wanted to know how this came about.One day these three friends of Better Eyesight
took a trip to the land of pansies. Before they were allowed to enter the gate, they had to seek admission from the door keeper.
They waited until he went to see whether or not the pansies had gone to bed, as it was near closing time. He soon came back
to them and told them to enter, that the pansies still had their eyes open and would welcome them. They walked a great distance
and found that with the exception of narrow paths, everything was covered with miles and miles of pansies. There were yellow
pansies with eyes as blue as the skies, brown and tan pansies with rose-colored eyes, and others dressed in all the colors
of the rainbow. All of them were swaying with the gentle breeze and they were most beautiful to see.Suddenly, a jolly
gnome appeared before them. They noticed that his eyes were shining brightly and that he had the kindliest face of anybody
they had ever seen. George knew him right away. He said, "This is Horatio the Great. It is he who first discovered how
to cure people without glasses and help those who had pain and other troubles with their eyes." George also remarked
that he had the biggest heart that anybody ever had, and was the best friend of poor children all over the world. Horatio
the Great stood by, listening to these kind remarks but was too modest to make any reply. He just listened.After George
got through talking, the kindly gnome invited them to sit in his parlor, which was made of the loveliest pink mushrooms imaginable.
He told them to place their palms over their eyes and not to think of anything bad or wrong and then to make a wish. They
wished that they could be two very little girls and a very little boy again.All of a sudden, there was a rumbling sound
like thunder, and George, Amy, and Christine became very much frightened. The good gnome knew what had happened. He said,
"Take down your hands and let me see how badly you have been frightened, when there was nothing at all to be frightened
about." He looked into their eyes and said, "Because you were frightened, you began to strain and your eyesight
is now bad. You must be calm like I am, no matter how much trouble or worry you might have or how frightened you become. Don't
you know that fear always affects good eyes and makes them bad?" He then told them to again cover their eyes with
the palms of their hands and he would tell them what caused their fright. He said, "You know I have many helpers in
Pansy Land; some of them are my good gnomes. It was the good gnomes that you heard when they returned to their places on the
roof of my palace. Don't be alarmed."After this remark, there was no more fear and no more eyestrain. He
then told them to remove their hands from their eyes. When they opened their eyes again he held in his hand a shining light,
which was really a star on the end of a wand. With this he touched their eyelids and they were little children again.When
he touched the lonely little girl he said, "Now your name is Crystal, because you will use the crystal glass with the
help of the warm sunshine. You will cure children and grown ups all over the world in time to come. You are ordered to finish
your work here on the West Coast of this great big world where many people want you. You must be strong in your mind and heart
and know that when your enemies want to hurt you, the good gnome, Horatio the Great, will always be standing by you and will
keep you from harm. You must never be afraid."Amy and George stood by listening with their eyes wide open, but
blinking all the time to be sure that they would not strain and displease Horatio the Great.The good gnome then touched
little Amy with the shining star and said, "you will do greater things than you have ever done, now that you have better
eyesight and no longer need glasses. You will go to many boys and girls and give them the sunlight with your sun glass. You
will take away all pain and sorrow from those who suffer with eye trouble. Sometimes you will go alone, but most of the time
little George will take you in his chariot so that you will not be weary in well doing." This pleased little George
because he did not ever want to be separated from Amy, who had always made happiness and joy for him. Little Crystal knew
in her heart how much they loved each other and this made her very happy.The kindly gnome, Horatio the Great, then placed
his wand with the shining star on the head of little George and said, "My book which tells you how to take care of people's
eyes will help you to understand the work that you have to do. What you must enjoy is helping people with bad tummies and
relieving eyestrain. I give you my special blessing because of the good work you have already done. You will take Crystal
and Amy to your beautiful home in Marston Hills." This made George very happy. His beautiful home has a frog pond
in a lovely garden. In the pond lives one large frog. He has many friends who live near him all the time. Their names are
Climbing Rose, American Beauty, Geranium, Calla Lily, Honey Suckle, and many others that would take much time to name.This kindly frog is never thirsty and is ever ready to share with you the sparkling water that flows from his mouth. Even
the frog has his work to do. In the pond directly under the throne on which the frog sits during the day, there lives a family
by the name of Goldfish. Not so long ago the family increased in great numbers. They are lively and hungry all the time and
Amy and George always feed them. All of the goldfish have perfect eyesight. The frog will tell you that at no time is eyestrain
allowed in his kingdom. He has for his kindly assistant, Mary, who looks after things not only in the garden, but in the house
that George built.Horatio the Great led the procession to a little woodland which belonged to the pansies. Little Crystal
noticed that a beautiful palm had been crushed on one side and many leaves were scattered on the grassy carpet. The two little
girls and the little boy closed their eyes while the gnome told them the story of the crushed palm, and what had happened
on that day. He told how the Queen of the fairies had been honored by all the fairies of Pansy Land. No disorder is ever allowed,
because it causes much work and strain to those who are the caretakers, but on this special occasion when the Queen of the
fairies that live all over the world had been given a reception, he made excuses for the fairies because of the disorder of
the place.From there he led them away to the center of the pansy bed that had the most colors. He told them to palm
again and remember the color of any pansy they saw. While their eyes were closed and covered, the good gnome passed his wand
with the shining star over the heads of the pansies. When Crystal, Amy and Georgie opened their eyes, low and behold, there
was a beautiful fairy on the top of every pansy, right before their eyes. What a beautiful sight it was and how happy these
children were. The sun never shone more brightly; never in their lives did they smell more wonderful perfume. Immediately,
there was a beautiful fairy dance and the more the children blinked, the more wonderful the fairies danced.All good
things must come to an end, for a little time at least, and soon the kindly gnome remarked that it was bed time for the fairies
and the pansies. Horatio the Great, with his kindly manner, led the way to the gate and gently bowed before the two little
girls and the little boy, who honored him with their smiles and good wishes and said good bye for awhile.George remembered
what he had promised the gnome, and placing little Amy and Crystal in his chariot, drove on to his home in the hills to the
frog pond and the flowers.Because of their happiness, the good gnome did not wish to change them into grown ups again,
so they will always be children and live happily ever after.
Questions And Answers
- Why is it a rest to read fine print? I should think it would be more of a strain.A - Fine print is a relaxation, large
print a menace. The December, 1919, issue of this magazine explains this in detail. Large print
is also seen clear by reading with relaxation, shifting, central fixation.
Q - Must the body be a rest before
the eyes can be cured?A - When the eyes are relaxed, the whole body is relaxed.
Q - Which is more beneficial, the short or the long swing?A - The short swing, if you can imagine
it. – Shift on small letters and see Oppositional Movement – The Short Swing: The letter
moves in the opposite direction the eyes shift to.
- Are "movies" harmful? A - No. Quite the contrary. Send for the magazine on this subject.
Q - Trying to make things move gives me a headache. Palming gives me more
relief. Why?A - Making an effort to do a thing will not help you. When you are walking along the street, the street
should appear to go in the opposite direction without effort on your part. Some people get more relief from palming, while
swinging helps others more.
Q - Why do "movies"
hurt my eyes when they should benefit them?A - Unconscious strain. Do not stare at the pictures, but allow the eyes
to roam over the whole picture, seeing one part best at a time and shift part to part, on objects and
from object to object. Also keep things swinging.
- Why do some people see better by partly closing the eyes? (Squinting)A - People with
poor sight can see better by partly closing their eyes, but this increases vision impairment and
when they have perfect sight, squinting makes it worse. This is a good test for the vision of ordinary objects. (Squinting is a main cause of eye muscle tension, eyestrain and unclear vision.)
Q - Is a hemorrhage on the outside of the eyeball fatal?A - Rarely.
Q - Is central choroiditis curable and does it require much treatment?A - Yes, choroiditis is curable but requires a great deal of treatment in some cases.
Q - My trouble is cataract. Shall I cover up the good eye while practicing? A – Practice
with both eyes together until your vision is normal. Then, cover the good eye and improve the vision of the poor one.
Q - Is it necessary to practice with the Snellen test card if you follow
the method otherwise? A - Yes, it is advisable to keep up your daily practice with the test card for at least a few
moments. This will improve your memory and the memory must be improved to have the vision improve.Practicing
with both eyes and one eye at a time with the card also keeps perfect, equally clear, balanced vision in the left and right
eyes. The Snellen card is also a familiar object. Looking at a familiar object relaxes the mind, eyes and keeps vision clear.
For the benefit of school teachers and school children, the Numeral
and F cards, regularly listing at 50 cents will be sold at 25 cents during the months of December and January; fundamental
cards regularly listing at 10 cents will be sold at 5 cents. We also wish to call our readers' attention that the following
back numbers of "Better Eyesight" will still be sold at 10 cents per copy during the months of December and January.
Here are Dr. Bates lists back issues. The issues are included in this book.
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Why We're Gloomier Than The Economy
Consumer Anxiety Outstrips the Data
Wednesday, June 18, 2008; Page A01
Ask Americans how the economy is doing, and their answer is stark: It is not just bad, it is run-for-the-hills terrible. Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in almost 30 years. Only 12 percent of Americans think the economy is in good shape. On the Internet, comparisons to the Great Depression are widespread.
But the reality is different. According to most broad measures of how the economy is doing, it's not all that grim.
Soft? You betcha. In recession? Quite possibly. And a crisis in the financial markets has rattled nerves for months now. But so far, the economy is holding up better than it did during the last two recessions in 1990 and 2001. Employers haven't shed as many jobs, the unemployment rate is still relatively low, and gross domestic product has kept rising. Things are nowhere near as bad as they were in the Great Depression, or even during the severe recession of 1982-83. The last time consumers were this miserable, in May 1980, the jobless rate was 7.5 percent and inflation was 14.4 percent. Now those numbers are 5.5 percent and 4.2 percent respectively.
This paradox has created a unique challenge for those guiding the economy, who worry that Americans' pessimistic views will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Two-thirds of the economy is consumer spending. So if people's negative outlook leads them to cut their spending, a steeper downturn could happen.
This has left economists trying to figure out why Americans' perceptions are so much more negative than the data analysts use to measure how things are going.
"We're saying that we feel a lot worse than we did at the depths of the last recession, when we had had 2 or 3 million job losses, that we feel worse than we did after
9/11," said William Cheney, chief economist of John Hancock Financial Services. "At some level, that just doesn't make a whole lot of sense."
But through the prism of daily experience, it may.
The run-up in gasoline and food prices, for example, appears to affect people's perception of how they're doing more than a similar price rise in other goods.
Eric J. Johnson, who studies behavioral economics at Columbia Business School, offers this example: Someone who has to pay an extra $25 to fill up his car is reminded of that cost once a week -- or more often if you count the times he is driving down the road and sees the $4 per gallon price in giant numbers on a sign. Technically, he is no worse off than if his rent had increased by $100 a month. But it feels a lot worse.
"Things that you buy more frequently and that have large percentage increases will weigh more in people's perception of inflation," Johnson said.
Not only that, but increases in the price of gasoline and food affect almost everyone.


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Echinacea 'Pink Poodle'
Common Name: Coneflower Family: Asteraceae (The Aster Family)
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Geogrpahical Origin:North AmericaGarden OriginNative Habitat:Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
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