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There was a time in the not too distant past when the economic outlook in Davidson County was bright. Lexington Furniture Industries hummed with activity, providing jobs to over 6,000 in Lexington alone. Times were good. The unemployment rate was 3 percent. Everyone who wanted a job could find one.
There was a time in the not too distant past when the economic outlook in Davidson County was bright. Lexington Furniture Industries hummed with activity, providing jobs to over 6,000 in Lexington alone. Times were good. The unemployment rate was 3 percent. Everyone who wanted a job could find one.
Fifteen years later, it's a different story. Davidson County's key industry — manufacturing — is all but nonexistent. Jobs are harder to come by and require much more than a minimal education. The county's unemployment rate is 9.6 percent, the first time it has dipped below 10 percent since 2008 — and the number of uninsured and under insured is growing, which strains local health care and social services resources.
There are many drivers that influence economic development. It's a "competitive soup" comprised of a mixture of quality of life issues, a well-trained, well-educated workforce and a sound infrastructure that guide an industry's decision on whether or not to locate here. But there is another essential ingredient to the "competitive soup" that most who live here give little consideration. Industry not only seeks a well-educated workforce, it demands a healthy workforce.
While Davidson County is rich in many amenities that make it attractive in the highly competitive economic development environment, it is lacking in its ability to offer a healthy work force. It holds the unflattering distinction as the 65th fattest county in North Carolina, according to "County Health Rankings." A staggering two-thirds of the county's residents are classified as overweight or obese, and this estimate is expected to grow in the coming months and years if we remain on the same path.
So what does obesity have to do with economic development?
With obesity comes a myriad of health problems including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even cancer — findings that are all too apparent in the recently completed Community Health Assessment. When companies consider relocating, they evaluate the "job readiness" of the local work force. Obesity equates to lost productivity and soaring health care costs — both of which mean negative returns for any prospective industry.
To be blunt, obesity is one of the leading causes of chronic illness and preventable death. This is reinforced by data collected by the N.C. Department of Vital Statistics, which shows cancer, diabetes and heart disease near the top of the list of causes of death in Davidson County — but it doesn't stop there. Davidson County has severe gaps in available mental health services, a high rate of tobacco, alcohol and drug use, and a need for more primary care physicians.
If we are to recruit industry and guide this county toward a strong economic future, we as a community must collectively address these health concerns. As taxpayers, we are all in the business of public health whether we like it or not. In order to do this, we must unite all health care and human services agencies — for-profit, nonprofit and governmental — to find workable solutions to fill the gaps in a fragmented and unaffordable healthcare system.
Unfortunately, the current arena provides no formal mechanism through which all the involved parties can regularly communicate. Each operates in its own cocoon or silo so to speak, conducting its daily business independently and autonomously. No forum exists that enables local leaders of business, health care and human services enterprises to come together to conduct ongoing analysis of pressing health issues and strategize about ways to collectively address them.
To be truly successful in improving the health of Davidson County, we must change the mind-set that you only go to the doctor or hospital when you get sick. We must instead unite all organizations involved in wellness and health care to develop a community approach that improves the health status of those who live here. We must find workable solutions to help the local population overcome obstacles that lead to less than healthy lifestyles.
There are no easy answers or quick fixes. As we move forward, I leave you with these serious questions to ponder.
Is the community ready to recognize the impact of Davidson County's poor health status? Does it have the will to deal with it? And if so, who will lead the charge?
Steve Snelgrove is president of Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center and has over 30 years of progressive health system management experience.


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Sam Burgess Has Arrived As Souths Punish Bulldogs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs gave their 18,000 paid members some bang for their buck this evening at ANZ stadium in front of over 30,000 fans.
Despite the Bulldogs scoring first without Souths touching the ball, the first half belonged to the Rabbitohs, with their forwards laying the platform for the likes of Issac Luke and Chris Sandow to step over the ailing Bulldogs defenders.
Ben Hannant was absolutely huge with 21 Hit-Ups for 183 metres and 45 tackles and as a result, despite being in a well beaten side, he was the LeagueUnlimited.com Player of the Match tonight.
Jamal Idris and Ben Barba were really the only other players for Bulldogs to stand up, though Barba only got limited time on the field in the second half.
For the Rabbitohs, Sam Burgess had a huge game as did the likes of Luke Stuart, Roy Asotasi, Scott Geddes, Ben Lowe and Shannon McPherson. Issac Luke was Souths best player again this week looking as elusive as always, making plenty of linebreaks and causing headaches around the ruck for the outmatched Bulldogs engine room.
It was a massive shock for the Bulldogs, they made almost as many tackles in the first half of this game as they did in the entire game last week.
The Rabbitohs fans will finally be able to crow about their big off season signings and showed signs of things to come. Danger signs for the rest of the NRL clubs.
Match Details
South Sydney Rabbitohs 38 defeated Canterbury Bulldogs 16
National Rugby League - NRL - Round 4 - Monday April 5, 2010 7:00pm
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Referee: Gavin Badger and Phil Haines
Video Referee: Sean Hampstead
Touch Judges: Russell Turner and Henry Perenara
Crowd: 30120
Halftime: South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 Canterbury Bulldogs 6
Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 Points - Ben Hannant
2 Points - Issac Luke (1 Try, 3 Conversions)
1 Point - Sam Burgess (2 Tries)
South Sydney Rabbitohs (38)
Tries: Beau Champion (2), Sam Burgess (2), Nathan Merritt, Issac Luke, Chris Sandow
Conversions: Issac Luke (3/5), Chris Sandow (2/2)
Canterbury Bulldogs (16)
Tries: Ben Roberts, Ben Barba, Bryson Goodwin
Conversions: Bryson Goodwin (2/3)
LeagueUnlimited.com Live Commentary For the Bulldogs there is just one change with Jarrad Hickey being promoted to the starting lineup and Chris Armit going to the bench. The Rabbitohs have brought Garrett Crossman onto the bench in place of Michael Crocker who was not cleared to return from injury for tonights match.
Players coming out to a huge reception from the very handy sized crowd. The kick-off was pushed back a few minutes to allow the late rush of people entering the ground from the Royal Easter Show across the road.
Hard to tell who has more fans in the crowd, a Souths home game it may be, but it won't make much of a difference here tonight.
Isaac Luke gets us underway here on Monday Night Football and Ben Hannant crashes into the line at speed.
2 min: TRY Ben Roberts
Off the back of a penalty and a six again call from the first set of six after the kick-off Ben Roberts dives over from dummy half and scores the first try without Souths even touching the ball yet.
3 min: Souths find touch from the kick off and will be on the attack 20 metres out from the Dogs line.
4 min: TRY
Beau Champion scores from the scrum win going through a hole thanks to a good short ball from John Sutton. Instant hit back from Souths here. Exciting start to the game.
5 min: Jarrad Hickey has been taken from the field early in this contest after coughing up blood on the back of a back slam received in the first set of six. Doesn't look good for the big man.
6 min: TRY
Chris Sandow scores after a cross field kick from John Sutton was batted back from Nathan Merritt into the arms of Beau Champion who passes to an unmarked Sandow. Replays indicate the ball may have popped out of Champion's hands forward into the back of Bryson Goodwin but the referees say it's a try.
13 min: A good hit by Ben Lowe and Sam Burgess forces the ball loose in an attacking position.
13 min: Good news for Bulldogs fans, Jarrad Hickey doesn't have any serious concerns, apparently he has simply bit his tongue, so expect him to be back sooner or later.
14 min: Blake Green drops it cold around halfway as the Bulldogs were looking to mount some kind of counter attack.
17 min: Rhys does similar to Blake Green.
18 min: Brett Kimmorley is hit high but the refs play on as he grubbers into the Rabbitohs in goal and tackles Merritt over the dead ball line. Good work from Noddy there.
21 min: A Ben Roberts grubber forces Nathan Merritt to knock the ball dead. The Rabbitohs showing some solid defense under pressure here. The Dogs still on the attack.
22 min: Beau Champion and Nathan Merritt tackle Josh Morris over the sideline. Sensational defense from the Rabbitohs there.
23 min: TRY
Nathan Merrit scores in the corner. Amazing stuff there. Isaac Luke caught some defenders napping around the ruck and took off like lightning finding Rhys Wesser in support who was brilliantly tackled by Steve Turner. From the ensuing play the Rabbitohs spread it wide to the right and with good touches by Sandow, Burgess and Sutton among others, they find Merritt out wide who goes over in the corner.
26 min: A thoughtless kick from Chris Sandow relieves some pressure as Patten takes it on the full in the in goal.
27 min: Some great work from the Rabbitohs finds Colin Best screaming off downfield. The Bulldogs give away a penalty to buy some time.
29 min: TRY
Sam Burgess crashes over out wide after soft defense from the Bulldogs. The speed of the ruck is killing the Bulldogs. The Rabbitohs are getting over the advantage line and getting off quick play the balls and the Rabbitohs small men are finding too much room. The Rabbitohs are in hot form so far tonight. Everyone is having a blinder.
33 min: TRY
Issac Luke drops the ball but a delayed call from the referee sees Michael Ennis penalised for a strip. From the ensuing tap the Rabbitohs score through Sam Burgess, who picks up a double simply pushing a defender over on his way through. This is looking bad for the Bulldogs.
36 min: Michael Ennis concedes another penalty this time for a leg pull. Rabbitohs will go deep onto the attack again.
37 min: Ben Lowe puts it down and the Bulldogs finally get a reprieve.
37 min: Brett Kimmorley puts it down after Ben Hannant finds some space. Replays suggest Sam Burgess may have knocked it back but its a Souths feed nonetheless.
40 min: A last minute sideline raid from Josh Morris is covered as Chris Sandow knocks it dead and the Rabbitohs go into half-time leading 26-6. The Rabbitohs forwards are just punishing the Bulldogs here at ANZ.
40 min: Apparently Hickey didn't just bite his tongue. He's off to hospital.
40 min: Shannon McPherson knocks it on cold off the kick off but the referee calls it a knock back. Hmm.
42 min: Dogs start off the second half with a kick out on the full from Ben Roberts.
42 min: Issac Luke gets through only for his last pass to an unmarked Nathan Merritt to go forward.
45 min: Dogs put it down while on the attack and Issac Luke comes up with it. Ben 'X - Factor' Barba is coming onto the field now.
47 min: Dogs showing some enterprising play but another drop ball ruins it all.
49 min: Some tough defense from the Bulldogs all of a sudden. Maybe they finally turned up. Great pressure catch in the ingoal from Luke Patten.
50 min: The Rabbitohs are nowhere near back to the Refs mark at the moment. No whistle though.
52 min: Ben Hannant is bleeding profusely. Nice look Benny.
53 min: Ben Hannant forced from the field for a second blood bin.
56 min: Luke Patten drops a speculator from Kimmorley.
56 min: TRY
Rhys Wesser makes a break, finds support but Idris makes a try-saver but the sweeping movement to the left from the play the ball finds Issac Luke out wide who crashes over.
62 min: John Sutton drops it trying to kick. It looked pretty funny.
63 min: TRY
Ben Barba puts a try on a platter for Bryson Goodwin. He's a talent Barba, that's for sure.
63 min: Massive crowd of 30,120.
67 min: John Sutton does extremely well to save a try as Idris takes off down the right. Sutton the only man in cover forces Idris to pass inside but Sutton knocks it backwards and then regathers.
71 min: TRY
Ben Barba scores after picking up a loose ball. Video ref is called in. Ennis chooses to wrong option going to Andrew Ryan with a short ball but Ryan juggles it backwards onto the ground and Barba picks it up and scoots into a gap to score.
74 min: Bad call there from the referee, Ben Barba knocks the ball free and in the process Rhys Wesser knocked it forward but the ref gives the feed to Souths.
74 min: I think Ben Barba needs to start for the Bulldogs next week. He has been immense but only came on in the second half.
76 min: Michael Ennis compounds a shocking game with a drop ball and then gets up mouthing off at big Dave Taylor who did NOT look impressed at what was said.
77 min: The excitement machine Ben Barba goes close to snatching an intercept pass and he would have been in under the black dot. He is something else this kid.
79 min: TRY
Beau Champion takes an intercept from a Kimmorley pass and walks in under the black dot.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 38-16
80 min: Huge performance from the Rabbitohs here. The Dogs just couldn't come back from the huge first half from the Rabbitohs forwards. Ben Hannant was immense tonight. In a well beaten side he was almost the best on the park. Sam Burgess really showed what he is capable of as well.

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Dave Wood's Book Report, Feb. 25, 2009
A new book sheds new light on a well-known historical educator.
"Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington," by Robert J. Norell (Harvard University Press, $35) is a fine new look at a historical figure who has suffered a bad rap for too long.
Booker T. Washington has taken some hard knocks from the rest of black community in the past century. Never mind that he almost single-handedly built a black college, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, bigger than any other college in the state. Never mind that he was able to raise money from white northern liberals one day, then turn his attention to mollifying southern racists the next.
The latter, of course, earned him his reputation as an Uncle Tom, urged on by more in-your-face radicals like W.E.B. Dubois and the NAACP, despite the fact he spoke out against Jim Crow laws, inequalities in education funding, job opportunities and lynching.
Uncle Tom or not, successful or not, Norrell points out that even though in Washington's time the racial situation was getting close to "final solution" mentality, black farmers stubbornly attended crop rotation seminars every year at Tuskegee, as if they had a say in their lives.
Thank goodness for Norell's new book, which puts Washington squarely in his historical context not ours. It's easy for 21st century blacks and liberal whites to belittle Washington's persona as a get-along guy who sucks up to whites to earn a toehold in the post-Civil War South, long before it was acceptable by most folks
Norell claims that Washington wore the mask of "bargainer," or "fox," that "face by which blacks promise not to protest racism if, in return, their blackness is not held against them." So Washington's mask came across as a leader who was "clear-headed and modest, sensible and polite."
Sort of like ... guess who? Barack Obama.
Obama himself admits he learned early on that whites were usually pleasantly surprised when they discovered him to be "a well-mannered young black man who didn't seem angry all the time."
No less an authority than Shelby Steele, author of "A Content of Our Character," senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford and a black person who writes that Norell has "Given back to America one of its greatest heroes."
Good news on the regional front. Congratulations to Minnesotan Susan Marie Swanson for her children's book, "The House in the Night," (Houghton Mifflin, $17), illustrated by Beth Kronnes.
A book for ages 3 to 6, it recently won the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for its story about a house, a bed and a night.
As of this end-of-February writing Swanson's is ninth on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Not such good news on the national front, however. There's a recent article by Gideon Lewis-Kraus in Harper's that goes a long way in explaining the sad state of book publishing in the United States. The problem he says is that most houses have been taken over by multi-national conglomerates.
Here's a sample:
"Knopf and Vintage are parts of Random House, which is owned by Bertelsmann (of Germany); Farrar, Straus and Giroux, one of the last great holdouts, is now owned by Holtzbrinck (also of Germany), which also owns St. Martin's/Henry Holt and Picador; Little, Brown and Grand Central Publishing are owned by Hachette, which in turn is owned by Rupert Murdoch; Penguin is owned by Pearson of the United Kingdom; and Simon & Schuster was bought by Gulf & Western which became Paramount, which was bought by Viacom, which was bought by CBS...."
Dave would like to hear from you. Call him at (715) 426-9554.


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So, I'm looking at my Snort logs with a focus on looking for odd after-hours type of file-transfer nastiness, and I keep seeing Yahoo IM logons from the same box at random late-night hours during the night.
I don't *think* anyone's on the box at those hours... ;-)
If someone leaves the IM open, does it periodically re-logon (refresh?) itself? Is this typical behavior for IM, IRC, or any of those? (Yes, I'm aware the 'bot C&C over IRC stuff -- just not sure what's "normal").
Thanks in advance,


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A Comparison of Two Intensive Walking Training Interventions in Community Dwelling Individuals With History of Stroke
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00561405
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 21, 2007
Last Update Posted : September 26, 2011
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Stroke is a major cause of disability in Canadian adults. Following a stroke, many people have difficulty walking in their home and in the community. The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of two different approaches to walking retraining in people who have had a stroke.
Individuals living in the community who have had recently had a stroke will be asked to participate in this study. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two five week walking training programs. In one program, individuals will re-learn to walk in a variety of real-life situations. Practice sessions will encourage active problem solving by the participants. The other program will have participants practice walking on a treadmill while some of their body weight is supported by a special harness system. Participants will also be assisted by a physiotherapist to walk in a more normal manner.
Participants' will be assessed at the beginning of the study, after the 5 week training program and again, eight weeks later. The research assistant will assess their ability to walk, their confidence level and the average daily walking activity.
Primary Hypothesis: Individuals assigned to the Motor Learning Walking Program will improve their walking ability from baseline to follow up assessment significantly more than individuals assigned to the Treadmill Training Program.
The results of this study will help physiotherapists plan effective treatment programs for individuals with walking difficulties following stroke. It will also give researchers direction for future studies in the areas of walking retraining and motor skill development post-stroke.
|Condition or disease
|Behavioral: Motor Learning Walking Program Behavioral: Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|71 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Motor Learning Based Walking Program Versus Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training in Community Dwelling Adults Within One Year of Stroke Onset: A Randomized Controlled Trial
|Study Start Date :
|December 2006
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2011
Experimental: Motor Learning Walking Program
Motor Learning principles based Walking Program (MLWP) Participants practice variety of real life over ground walking related activities. Order of practice, instructions, guidance and feedback are provided in a manner that facilitates cognitive engagement of learner.
Behavioral: Motor Learning Walking Program
Motor Learning principles based Walking Program (MLWP) Participants practice variety of real life over ground walking related activities. Order of practice, instructions, guidance and feedback are provided in a manner that facilitates cognitive engagement of learner. Sessions 45 minutes, 3x per week over 5 weeks for a total of 15 sessions
Other Name: Task oriented walking training
Active Comparator: Body weight supported treadmill training
Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training. Participants walk on a treadmill while partially supported with an overhead harness system. Mass repetition of the normal gait cycle is encouraged through the support of the harness, the movement of the treadmill, and the assistance of one or two trainers to position limbs and trunk.
Behavioral: Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training
Participants practice walking on a treadmill while supported with an overhead harness system. Up to 40% body weight support. Target Treadmill speed 2.0 mph. 1 or 2 Trainers (at least one Physical Therapist plus another Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy Assistant) will help guide participants leg, foot and trunk during treatment. Aim is to practice high numbers of repetition of the normal gait cycle on treadmill. Duration of sessions - 20 minutes of treadmill training within a 45 minute session ( 4 sets of 5 minutes of training with 5 minute rests). 3 sessions per week for 5 weeks. Total of 15 sessions.
Other Name: Treadmill training
- Self selected over ground gait speed - 5 metre walk test [ Time Frame: 8 week follow up ]
- Six Minute Walk Test [ Time Frame: Post Intervention and 8 week follow up ]
- Self selected over ground gait speed - 5 metre walk test [ Time Frame: Post Intervention ]
- Balance related Self Efficacy - Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale [ Time Frame: Post intervention and 8 week follow up ]
- Average Daily Step Count - StepWatch 3 Step Activity Monitor [ Time Frame: Post Intervention and 8 Week Follow up ]
- Dynamic Balance - Functional Balance Test [ Time Frame: Baseline, Post-intervention and 8 week Follow-up ]
Over a 9 m track - participants are required to perform 5 balance and walking related tasks. Participants are required to 1) rise from a chair, walk 3 m, 2) step up and down an 8 inch step, walk 3 m, 3) bend down to pick up and return a 2.5 kilo weight off floor, walk 3 m to marked spot on the floor, 4) turn 180 degrees and walk 9 m back to the chair, 5. sit back down in the chair.
Each task is scored on a 4 point scale (total score of out 20) Participants are timed on how long it takes them to perform the entire circuit.
- Life Space Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, Post-intervention, and at 8 week follow up ]Self-report measure of mobility partipation.
- Number of trainers required per treatment session [ Time Frame: Documented at every treatment session for both experimental and active comparison interventions. ]
- Patient Specific Functional Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, Post-intervention, Follow-up (8weeks) ]
In this measure, participants are asked to identify 3 walking related functional activities that they currently have some difficulty performing and would like to improve with treatment. For each activity, the participant rates their current ability to perform the task on a numeric rating scale of 0 to 10.
At Post-intervention and Follow-up, participants re-rate their current ability on the same activites (without seeing their previous score).
- Rating of Walking functional level - Modified Functional Walking Categories [ Time Frame: Baseline, Post-intervention, Follow-up (8 weeks) ]
- Adverse event - Self-report of a fall(s) since baseline assessment [ Time Frame: Post Intervention Assessment ]Participants will be asked whether or not they have had a fall since baseline assessment. Details of the fall(s) will be recorded. Fall report based on participant recall - no other tools (e.g. diary) will be used.
- Adverse event - Falls (yes or no) [ Time Frame: Follow - up - 8 weeks after post-intervention assessment ]
Participant asked to report whether or not they had a fall since Post Intervention assessment. Details of the fall will be provided.
Based on participant recall - no other tools for falls recording will be used (ie. will not be using falls diary)
- Serious adverse events - ie. new stroke, myocardial infarction, overnight hospital admission, death [ Time Frame: Post-intervention, Follow up (8 weeks) ]Serious adverse events will be based on participant or caregiver report, and confirmed with primary care physician as appropriate.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stroke onset within previous 12 months
- Age 40 or older
- Able to follow 2 step verbal command (English),
- Able to walk 10 metres without human assistance (may use walking aid)
- Independent community ambulatory prior to stroke
- Community dwelling
- Approval from physician for participation in study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Walking speed greater than 1.0 m/s without walking aid
- Within normal limits on Modified Mini Mental Status test (age and education adjusted)
- Documented global aphasia
- Legal blindness
- Unable to exercise due to the any of the following conditions
- A recent significant change in resting ECG suggesting ischemia
- Recent Myocardial infarction (within 3 months) or other acute cardiac event
- Unstable angina
- Severe SOB at rest or with activities of daily living
- Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias causing symptoms
- Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis
- Uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure
- Acute pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction
- Acute myocarditis or pericarditis
- Suspected or known dissecting aneurysm
- Acute systemic infection, accompanied by fever, body ache or swollen lymph glands
- Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic > 200 mmHg, diastolic > 110 mmHg )
- Severe peripheral vascular disease with sustained claudication (resulting in limited walking tolerance)
- Severe lower extremity orthopedic problems with severe pain on weight bearing
- Lower extremity amputation that requires prosthesis
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00561405
|Canada, Ontario
|St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 4A6
|Principal Investigator:
|Vincent G DePaul, PhD (c)
|McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Vince DePaul, Physiotherapist (PT), PhD (candidate), McMaster University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00561405 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|November 21, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 26, 2011
|Last Verified:
|September 2011
Keywords provided by Vince DePaul, McMaster University:
Motor learning
Skill acquisition
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases


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At his first solo show in New York, Asher Monroe fans traveled far and wide to see the former V Factory member perform. At one point in the night he revealed that he used to live in New York having one fan scream out, "Where?!"
When he said that he lived in Midtown but is originally from Virginia another fan screamed out the block that he grew up on, no doubt alarming the singer.
So what has he learned about girls from being in a boy band?
"They like to scream really loudly. They can be intense," he recently told CBS Local.
But he doesn't seem to mind.
"I like the diehard fans. I love the people that will travel to all these different cities to follow you," he confessed. "I'll sometimes start a show with, 'Where is the farthest person who came today?' Somebody will be like, 'I drove five, eight hours.' It's crazy to think there are people out there that are that dedicated and believe in you that much that they'll go around the country following you around."
Despite it all, Asher is immensely grateful for his fans.
"I would guess I have a very big girl fan base more so than probably guys," he said. "But I think it's great. They're loyal fans."
Currently promoting his single "Here With You" co-written with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, Asher's diehard fan base continues to grow.
-Annie Reuter, CBS Local


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The gilded Golden Dome and statue of Mary atop the Main Building proclaim the Notre Dame campus as a place where faith is treasured and diverse traditions shared and respected. The Dome is visible from the roads that lead to nearby Chicago and Indianapolis, from just about any point on campus, and from many of the neighborhoods of South Bend.
The South Bend community and surrounding areas provide a vibrant home for the University, its students, faculty, and staff with numerous opportunities for learning, service, entertainment, and recreation. Through the Office of Public Affairs, the University collaborates with the community to create a prosperous and healthy environment in which to live, work, and raise a family.
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Kick-Ass (UK - BD)
Chris takes a look at the recent comic book film about a hero with a difference
Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is an average teenager who spends most of his time hanging with his friends, watching Internet porn, reading comics and pining for the girl of his dreams, Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca). One day Dave decides to become a costumed superhero, despite having no superpowers or training, and during his first attempt to fight crime he is badly beaten, stabbed, and hit by a car. After an extended recovery period Dave returns to school with numerous metal plates in his body and some damaged nerve endings (which afford him a high degree of tolerance to pain) to discover that Katie is suddenly interested in him. Unfortunately for Dave it's because she mistakenly thinks he's a homosexual and wants him to be her gay BFF, but he plays along in order to spend time with her anyway.
After he saves someone from a vicious gang beating Dave, or rather Kick-Ass, becomes a social phenomenon and quickly develops a large following thanks to YouTube and his MySpace page. However, Kick-Ass isn't the only superhero around, and before long he becomes embroiled with a father/daughter crime-fighting duo known as Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz), who have been systematically slaughtering members of local Mafioso Frank D'Amico's (Mark Strong) criminal network. Obviously D'Amico isn't too happy about this, so he hatches a plan to infiltrate the superhero gang with the aid of his geeky son Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse in the guise of a new crime-fighter called Red Mist).
I don't know about you, but for me 2010 has been a bit of a lame duck cinematically. Sure I've seen a lot of films theatrically this year (thirty five and counting), but how many of them turned out to be truly memorable? Inception for sure, and both Toy Story 3 and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, but other than that it's been a steady stream of middle of the road thrillers, action movies and comedies. I wasn't even that enamoured with Avatar. Thankfully 2010 also gave us Kick-Ass. I had a hell of a lot of fun with the film even before it opened thanks to the red band trailer in which a young girl casually drops the c-word (and I don't mean cock). When it finally opened it more than lived up to my expectations and was easily my favourite movie of the year up to that point, even if it was only March.
Director Mathew Vaughn (you know, that lucky bastard who's married to Claudia Schiffer) has taken the core elements of the graphic novel(s) and crafted a thoroughly entertaining action-comedy with an unapologetically adult tone far removed from the usual 'PG-13' crap that's routinely served up by Hollywood. I don't know about you, but if I'm beaten up, stabbed, shot, or set on fire I've going to be swearing my head off, not letting out some family-friendly curse word like 'damn'. I was also impressed by how faithful it remained to the source material, at times looking like a living, breathing comic book. Okay, so it does deviate in some fairly major ways, but a hell of a lot of it is taken almost panel-by-panel and the changes make commercial sense (even if I do prefer the bleaker tone of the books).
Kick-Ass also has a great cast. I was genuinely shocked to discover that Aaron Johnson was English, because he has a pretty convincing (to my ears) American accent. He plays the dual roles of Dave and Kick-Ass with just the right amount of nerdiness. Elsewhere Nicolas Cage puts in a quirky turn as Big Daddy, a sort of cross between Adam West and Christian Bale's versions of Batman. His daughter Hit Girl is played by young Chloe Moretz, who is another one of those Dakota Fanning type child actors who manages to make acting look effortlessly easy in the presence of seasoned pros. Of course heroes are only as good as the bad guys they face and Mark Strong has recently been perfecting the art of villainy movies such as Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood. He puts in another effective turn as brutal mob boss D'Amico, becoming more unhinged as the movie progresses. However, it's Christopher Mintz-Plasse who steals pretty much every scene he's in with his natural comic timing (the scene where he jumps off of the dumpster cracks me up no matter how many times I see it). All-in-all Kick-Ass is a pretty awesome comic book romp.
Kick-Ass arrives with a 2.40:1 widescreen transfer (1080/24p AVC) that is very faithful to the theatrical exhibition I saw back in March. The first thing that struck me was the incredibly varied, vibrant colour palette that perfectly conveys the comic book tone of the film. The intensity of the colours has been intentionally ramped up beyond the realms of normality, resulting in some very oversaturated hues, particularly flesh tones. This occasionally obscures detail, but it's intentional so I can't really criticise the Blu-ray transfer for accurately recreating the intended look of the picture. Black levels are also rarely what one would call normal, with most of the darker scenes having a greyish, sometimes blue tint. This makes the contrast look 'wrong' by any standards, but again it is an intentional effect designed to emulate the look of the comic book. While I'm normally the first to complain about excessive DNR the film's often soft appearance (especially faces) can again be attributed to—you guessed it—the filmmakers' intentions, rather than any egregious post-processing. What grain there is generally appears very light and unobtrusive, and the image presents a good level of detail overall. I didn't spot any edge enhancement, halos, or other digital artefacts during normal viewing and the brief encoding error present on Lionsgate's US release is absent here. Kick-Ass is a tricky one to rate overall simply because it looks so artificial, but as long as you can accept that it looks the way it does for very specific reasons you should be more than happy with what's on offer.
Universal provides a solid DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track that delivers thrills and spills galore. There are numerous action set-pieces scattered throughout the film, all of which provide ample opportunity for the track to demonstrate its power. Just listen to the aural assault that is Big Daddy's attack on Frank's warehouse—as shots ricochet around the soundstage and the sub kicks out solid bass to reinforce the explosions—or the climactic showdown in which about a bazillion bullets are fired off from handguns, shotguns, and even mini-guns. In fact, directionality is one of the major highlights of the mix, especially as the film progresses, with the neat little fly-by sequence towards the end sounding particularly good. I've recently been disappointed by the number of films in which the dialogue has been completely drowned out during the action sequences, but thankfully Kick-Ass largely escapes this fate. It was only a little indistinct during a couple of scenes and even then it seemed to be intentional, and thankfully I had no trouble hearing Nicolas Cage's goofy Adam West impersonation! Music plays a big part in the film and it is probably the most consistently active component of the mix, be it the original score with its sly nods to John Williams, Danny Elfman and others, or musical tracks from The Prodigy, The Dickies, Ellie Goulding, Gnarls Barkley, The Pretty Reckless, Joan Jett, and even that bit of music from 28 Days Later. If I had to criticise I would say that there isn't a lot of general ambience, especially in crowd scenes, but this is only nit-picking. In all other areas the track is, to use the movie vernacular, pretty fucking sweet.
Audio Commentary: Director Matthew Vaughn is on-hand to talk us through the film. It's a pretty dry track, mainly focussing on the technical aspects of the production, but there are one or two anecdotes to break things up and his comments usually make for interesting listening.
A New Kind of Superhero: The Making of Kick-Ass (01:53:02 HD): This almost two-hour making of documentary covers just about everything you could ever want to know about the film. It deals with topics such as the creation of the graphic novel, it's incredibly quick transition to the screen, behind-the-scenes footage, the Comic Con screening, the search for a distributor, colour grading, sound mixing, and much, much more. It's one of the most exhaustive making of documentaries I've seen in quite some time, although it falls short of the best.
It's On! The Comic Book Origin of Kick-Ass (20:3 HD): Writer/co-creator Mark Miller is on-hand to discuss the origins of the graphic novel, along with fellow contributors John Romita Jr. (penciler/co-creator), Dean White (colourist) and Tom Palmer (inker). Each discusses their involvement with the project and should appeal to die-hard fans interested in the various stages necessary to bring something like Kick-Ass to fruition.
The Art of Kick-Ass: This is a multi-part gallery including storyboards, costumes, on-set photography, production design, and John Romita Jr.'s artwork as seen in the film. It's pretty cool if you're into still galleries.
Unfortunately we lose the BonusView picture-in-picture found on Lionsgate's US release of the film. I'm not completely sure how much exclusive footage is included, but the I think it's always advantageous to offer a visual alternative to the standard chat track.
I enjoyed the hell out of Kick-Ass when I saw it earlier in the year and it's still great fun now, although I have to admit I wasn't quite as jazzed on my second viewing (probably because Scott Pilgrim has become my favourite 'oddball' movie of the year). Even so it's still head and shoulders above most of 2010's mainstream theatrical output and I thoroughly recommend it to all comic book fans and geeks in general. The Blu-ray looks and sounds pretty great and the extras are a lot more satisfying that they initially appear, although it's lamentable that the video commentary found on the US release could not be included. Don't let that minor niggle put you off though, because this release still 'kicks ass'. Sorry...
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
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We need more comic movie of this kind and Watchmen. The gore is to make fun, not to make puke (yes Saw sequels, I'm talking about you). Very enjoyable & entertaining, even more than Iron Man 2.
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
Dumb Dealer wrote: Very enjoyable & entertaining, even more than Iron Man 2.
Agreed. Next to this and Scott Pilgrim, Iron Man 2 is a complete bore. Only scenes worth revisiting are any scenes with Scarlett Johanson.
Agreed. Next to this and Scott Pilgrim, Iron Man 2 is a complete bore. Only scenes worth revisiting are any scenes with Scarlett Johanson.
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
hogaburger wrote: Only scenes worth revisiting are any scenes with Scarlett Johanson. Ain't that the truth.
As for Kick Ass, I loved the first half but the second sort of left me indiffrent.
As for Kick Ass, I loved the first half but the second sort of left me indiffrent.
Michael Friedrichsen Member Join Date: September 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 578
Hi chris
is the Marketing Archive on (1080p, Dolby Digital 2.0): Consisting of two trailers (including the red band Hit-Girl version) and a poster art collection ?
is the Marketing Archive on (1080p, Dolby Digital 2.0): Consisting of two trailers (including the red band Hit-Girl version) and a poster art collection ?
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
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Michael Friedrichsen wrote: Hi chris
is the Marketing Archive on (1080p, Dolby Digital 2.0): Consisting of two trailers (including the red band Hit-Girl version) and a poster art collection ?
The UK edition doesn't have the marketing pictures and trailers or the bonus view or digital copy and is the same price which kinda sucks ( at least we got a steelbook
is the Marketing Archive on (1080p, Dolby Digital 2.0): Consisting of two trailers (including the red band Hit-Girl version) and a poster art collection ?
The UK edition doesn't have the marketing pictures and trailers or the bonus view or digital copy and is the same price which kinda sucks ( at least we got a steelbook
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Disc Details
Release Date: 6th September 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Audio Description
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio Commentary, Featurettes, Still Gallery
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Genre: Action and Comedy
Length: 117 minutes
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Team Cooper!
All seven members receive brand new Mathews Reezen bows. The grand prize, a hunting adventure with Sugar Creek Outfitters in Illinois, goes to David Cooper of Tennessee. He also receives a pair of Nikon binoculars and a Heater Body Suit.
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David Cooper Reacts to Sweepstakes Win
by Ben Sobieck, online editor
"To say I was elated is an understatement."
Tennessee hunter David Cooper recalled winning Deer & Deer Hunting 10 Reezens to Win Sweepstakes as the first time he won anything. A January drawing from more than 20,000 entries broke that streak.
As winner, Cooper received a Mathews Reezen bow and a hunting adventure with Sugar Creek Outfitters in Illinois. Sharing in the excitement were six others who entered with Cooper. They also received Reezen bows.
"It's a dream come true," said Cooper.
He will hunt with Sugar Creek Outfitters later this year. The trip will mark the first time Cooper will travel out of Tennessee for a hunt. He said he normally sticks to the eastern part of the state, where he's bow-hunted for 14 years.
Until then, Cooper said he may hunt turkeys with the Reezen, among other species.
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UPDATE: American History and Culture Area (12/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)
New deadline for submissions:
Proposals for all areas of the SW/TX PCA/ACA conference, including the American History and Culture area, are now due December 15, 2006.
Call for Papers: American History and Culture area
Southwest/Texas Popular Culture / American Culture Associations
28th Annual Conference, February 14-17, 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
The 2007 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in vibrant downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, just steps from historic Route 66. Further details about the conference are available at http://www.h-net.org/~swpca
Sessions are still forming for the American History and Culture area of the conference. Email 250-word abstracts for individual presentations - or proposals for full sessions - to Area Chair Kelli Shapiro (Dept. of American Civilization, Brown University) at Kelli_Shapiro_at_brown.edu . Please include a current CV or bio. The submission deadline (for all areas of the conference) is now December 15, 2006.
Professors, independent scholars, teachers, and professionals are encouraged to participate. Graduate students are particularly welcome at the conference, which offers awards for the best graduate papers.
Below are some suggestions (non-inclusive) for presentation / session topics related to the broad area of American History and Culture. Each presentation should have a historical focus and should emphasize culture. (The conference has numerous other areas as well - each with a separate area chair - so please consult the website to see where your presentation idea would fit best.)
* Public history, collective memory, nostalgia, historic preservation, memorials / monuments, and historical sites
* Consumer culture and advertising
* Leisure, public amusements, travel, and tourism
* Car culture, the American road / roadside America, and Route 66
* Urban studies, architecture, city planning, cultural geography, and cultural landscapes
* Local image / identity creation, boosterism, the marketing of place, and urban revitalization
* Stardom and celebrity culture
* Radio
* Youth culture / subcultures, children's culture, senior culture, etc.
* Visual culture, art, design, and performing arts
* American cultural history in general, specific eras / periods, etc.
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State-of-the-art IT education facility deploys Fusion ioMemory-powered virtual desktops to reduce costs, improve Quality of Service (QoS) to desktops, and support hundreds of concurrent users per server.
The Challenge
When Clydebank College opened the doors to its new, purpose-built, state-of-the- art campus in August 2007, it heralded a new era for the college characterized by a firm commitment to and investment in helping learners realize their potential and achieve success.
Dubbed by its students as "the coolest college" and boasting state-of-the-art workshops, teaching areas, and facilities, it is easy to see why Clydebank College has become the first choice for learning new skills for more than 11,000 students each year, attracting high school graduates and returning adults.
Clydebank's rapid growth presents a challenge for David Black, Head of ICT for Clydebank College. At any given time, there are over 1,000 students on the Clydebank College network. David and his team are responsible for keeping approximately 600 PCs up-to-date and function properly. Trying to keep these machines updated, as well as replacing obsolete machines about every four years, was becoming very costly.
"I was eager to deploy virtual desktop infrastructure to extend the life of these PCs and reduce costs," David said. "I quickly learned however that providing the performance and QoS to the desktops, during boot storms and other peak utilization times, required adding far too many disks to my SAN to be cost effective."
David needed a system that met the following requirements:
The Solution
David and his team conferred with Taupo Consulting, who set them up with a SanDisk-powered proof of concept (POC) that immediately convinced David that the system would meet all requirements.
Performance That Passes the Test
"Traditional SAN is not the place for virtual desktop infrastructure. SanDisk's Fusion ioMemoryTM solutions are much better suited to deliver the necessary performance," said David.
The PCs managed by David and his team were running Windows XP. For the POC they wanted to test the speed at which they could upgrade and deploy a new operating system on these PCs, since this is the kind of task that would typically take the team several days to complete. With a Fusion ioMemory ioDrive® Duo card installed in the VMware View server, they deployed a golden image of the Windows 7 operating system. In a matter of minutes they were able to deploy the linked clones on 80 PCs and complete the upgrade. Pleased with these results, David now knows he will not have to purchase entirely new PCs as frequently and can update desktops with the latest software simply by updating the virtual desktop image. He can also depend on the ioDrive Duo cards to deliver the necessary performance. According to David, "We are now much more productive than with a physical PC. The ioDrive cards make each virtual PC performs as if it has its own local SSD."
Eliminating Boot Storms Makes the Grade
Clydebank runs virtual desktop infrastructure on four ESXi hosts (3 virtual desktop infrastructure active + 1 active stand-by) with up to 320 concurrent users. Prior to deploying the Fusion ioMemory solution, the SAN could only support about 80 concurrent users. Now, even with 320 users accessing the servers at the same time, desktops initiate as soon as users log on.
Doing the Math Equals Cost Savings
With the POC proving the performance and scalability benefits, David next turned his attention to the cost analysis.
He found that a single server with an ioDrive Duo 640GB card could easily support 100 desktops for roughly half the cost of the additional SAN capacity required to support the same number of desktops. This was good news since the cost-saving potential of virtual desktop infrastructure was what drew David to investigate solutions in the first place.
"Without the ioDrive cards, any cost savings from deploying virtual desktop infrastructure would have immediately been negated by the cost of the additional SAN storage needed to deliver the same QoS," David said. "Adding capacity to the SAN also would have required additional network infrastructure, and would have increased the complexity and power requirements of our system. The SanDisk solution just makes sense from all angles."
Preserving IT Investment and Enhancing Efficiency
Because the desktops no longer have to rely on it for booting, the SAN runs more efficiently, and its resources can be used for capacity instead of performance.
David explained, "We deployed ioDrive cards specifically to support our virtualized desktops, but the benefits did not stop there. The improvements that have been realized throughout the entire virtual desktop infrastructure have turned into real cost savings for us. I know I can scale this environment without increasing costs and complexity. This is a huge relief for me."
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Applied Behavior Analysis
The Scott Center for Autism Treatment presents its 7th ANNUAL AUTISM CONFERENCE, on Friday, November 8th, 2013.
Knowledge is Power:
Understanding Legal Rights and Scientifically Based Service for Autism
Join us in the Hartley room on Florida Tech's Melbourne campus or online, live with:
Neil Kodsi
- Using Science and Medicine in the Courtroom to Secure Benefits for Autistic Children (Type II BACB, MH or PSY CE's not available for this session.)
Tristram Smith
- Evolution of Research on Interventions for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Implications for Behavior Analysts
Claudia Dozier
- Attention as a Reinforcer for Socially Relevant Behavior
Anna Petursdottir
- The Role of Conditioned Reinforcement in Interventions to Establish Early Vocalizations
- 8:00 -8:30am Check in
- 8:30-9:00am Welcome Message- Dr. McCay, Dr. Kenkel, and Dr. Kelley
- 9:00-10:15am Neil Kodsi
- 10:15-10:30am Break
- 10:30-11:45am Tristam Smith
- 11:45-1:00pm Lunch
- 1:00-1:15pm Presentation- Art Contest Winner
- 1:15-2:30pm Anna Petursdottir
- 2:30-2:45pm Break
- 2:45-4:00pm Claudia Dozier
Parents, teachers and professionals are welcome.
Conference Offers the Following CEs: 3.75 Mental Health and Psychology and 5.5 for BCBAs and BCaBAs.
Anna Pétursdóttir
Anna Ingeborg Pétursdóttir received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Western Michigan University and is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas Christian University. Anna's research on verbal behavior has appeared in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, among others. She currently serves as the editor of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and an associate editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. She is also a past president of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis.
Neil D. Kodsi
Mr. Kodsi is a seasoned trial lawyer with nearly twenty (20) years of jury trial experience. Mr. Kodsi has tried numerous cases to verdict in both federal and state court. Additionally, he has successfully tried cases involving many different theories of liability, including patent infringement, employment discrimination, product liability, toxic tort, wrongful death, personal injury, breach of contract, bad faith, and first-party insurance claims.
Prior to forming his own firm, The Law Offices of Neil D. Kodsi, Mr. Kodsi worked for large national and/or regional law firms, where he was one of the "go-to" trial lawyers for those firms for complex cases involving highly complicated expert testimony. Simply put, Mr. Kodsi is -- first and foremost -- a trial lawyer.
Claudia L. Dozier
Ph.D., BCBA-D
Dr. Claudia Dozier is an assistant professor in the department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Dr. Dozier's current area of research is in early childhood education and intervention for kids with and without developmental disabilities---specifically in the areas of assessment and treatment of problem behavior, factors affecting preference and reinforcer efficacy, and procedures for increasing skill acquisition. Dr. Dozier is the faculty supervisor for a preschool program and an early intensive behavioral intervention program in the Edna A. Hill Child Development Center at the University of Kansas. She is also a member of the Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training the Life Span Institute. Finally, she is a guest associate editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysis in Practice.
Tristram Smith
Tristram Smith, Ph.D., is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), where he leads federally funded studies comparing the efficacy of different interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders. He is also a clinician in URMC's Community Consultation Program, serving students with ASD and other intellectual disabilities in schools and other agencies. His commitment to the study and treatment of children with ASD began in 1982, when he had the opportunity to volunteer as a buddy for an adult with autism who lived near his college. This experience inspired him to apply to graduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied clinical psychology and worked as a therapist and researcher with O. Ivar Lovaas, Ph.D., in the UCLA Young Autism Project. Before moving to Rochester in 2000, he directed clinics for children with autism and their families in the states of California, Iowa, and Washington. He has authored or coauthored several of the most widely-cited studies on treatment outcomes for children with ASD.
Online Workshops
CEU Course Format and Pricing
Please view the pricing and course formats below.
Please note: These courses are recordings from a live conference. For that reason the audio quality is lower than that of our studio recorded courses, and some of the vignettes may be difficult to see or hear.
|Workshop Date:
|On Demand
|CEU Credits:
|Listed Per Course as Type II CEUs
|$13.00 per 1, Type II, CEU
|Workshop Format:
|Registrants view 45 minutes of video per 1 Type IICEU offered, and are broken down into small sections for time convenience.
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|Computer with better than dial up connection and sound.
CE Courses Offered
BEHP1063: The Verbal Behavior Approach: Home Programming for Children with Autism
About the Course:
Information is provided to help children with autism learn language and other important skills. Strategies are highlighted from the book: The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders, and guidance is offered using scientifically proven strategies of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), specifically utilizing B.F. Skinner's Analysis of Verbal Behavior. This workshop is applicable to parents and professionals working with children with autism and other developmental disorders.
Please note: These courses are recordings from a live conference. For that reason the audio quality is lower than that of our studio recorded courses, and some of the vignettes may be difficult to see or hear.
Presented By: Mary Lynch Barbera, BCBA.
1.5 Type II CEUs
BEHP1064: Large Scale Implementation of the Verbal Behavior Model
About the Course:
The Verbal Behavior Supports Project provides applied behavior analytic services to students with autism in over 100 classes within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Language instruction is guided by the analysis of verbal behavior and includes both intensive teaching through a discrete trial format as well as natural environment teaching. The main goal of these presentations will be to provide preliminary demonstrations of positive changes in student functioning along dimensions of behavior associated with autism.
Please note: These courses are recordings from a live conference. For that reason the audio quality is lower than that of our studio recorded courses, and some of the vignettes may be difficult to see or hear.
Presented By: Amiris Di Puglia, M.D., BCBA.
1.5 Type II CEUs
BEHP1065: New Directions in Autism Research
About the Course:
This presentation highlights the genetic and environmental factors involved in autism, along with promising research diagnosis, screening and treatment approaches for ASD. The recent increase in prevalence of autism spectrum disorders is presented with discussion of "The Autisms" actually being multiple conditions with multiple etiologies. Early intervention, innovative technologies for those who are older, and, treatment of medical conditions associated with ASD for improved quality of life are detailed.
Please note: These courses are recordings from a live conference. For that reason the audio quality is lower than that of our studio recorded courses, and some of the vignettes may be difficult to see or hear.
Presented By: Anita Miller Sostek, Ph.D.
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OTTAWA — It's not very often that the Ontario Municipal Board sides with the community instead of city planners. So when the provincial body last week agreed with neighbours who argued that 14- and 16-storey towers were too tall for a residential street in northeastern Westboro, well, people were stunned.
However, the board did more than just rule against the city's recommendation for the Roosevelt Avenue rezoning — it disparaged the city's planning department for failing to follow its own policies.
OMB member Marc Denhez did allow that "existing planning documents are inconsistent", ruling that developer Uniform Urban Developments could build up to eight storeys — slightly higher than the four-to-six floors that the current zoning calls for but nowhere near 16.
But Denhez followed that up with the particularly damning finding that "though staff addressed many individual components of the project, the rationale for changing the mid-rise skyline itself was not just flawed; it was non-existent. That slate was blank; and although it could have been corrected at the hearing, it was not."
In other words, in the OMB's view, Ottawa's planning department didn't have a policy leg to stand on.
This decision provides a number of lessons, while raising disconcerting questions too.
The first and most obvious is that, as critics have long contended, at least some city planners recommend rezonings without due regard for the city's policies. There is just no other way to read the OMB decision. And that is unacceptable. Sure, there have been inconsistencies in the various planning blueprints for this city — inconsistencies that are supposed to be cleared up with the updated official plan — but why is it that Ottawa's own planners can see their way clear to recommending a rezoning to double the height, while the OMB will only allow an additional two storeys?
And one has to wonder how many other times a city planner has disregarded (or bent) policy in giving a stamp of approval to a higher-than-allowed building. After all, not every rezoning decision is appealed to the OMB. Not all residents have the wherewithal to challenge a city decision before the OMB or raise thousands of dollars to hire experts to argue the case. (The inherent unfairness of a situation that calls for community members to take on developer and city lawyers is another issue altogether.)
The OMB decision also underlines council's responsibility in understanding and applying the city's own policies. It's appropriate for council to take the city staff's recommendations seriously. And in matters of rezonings, this council has been understandably reluctant to vote against city planners' recommendations. When councillors have done so in the past and a developer appealed the decision to the OMB, the city found itself in the awkward position of having to argue against its own planners. It was a messy situation that usually ended up in the OMB overturning council's decision.
Still, that does not completely excuse our elected officials. Yes, planning policies are confusing. Trying to make sense of the official and secondary community design plans, not to mention spot rezonings, section 37s and the Provincial Policy Statement, can turn one's brain to water. But it's councillors' job to understand complex policies, to question staff when something doesn't make sense — and then to question them some more when the answer doesn't seem quite right.
All this only strengthens the case for more transparency in the city's planning process, an ongoing issue that is surely to be part of this fall's election campaign in the inner-city wards experiencing the most intensification. Even Coun. Peter Hume, the chair of the planning committee, admitted recently that more could be done to make planning more open. He recently mused, for example, that community associations could perhaps attend preconsultation meetings between developers and city planners. Great idea! If nothing untoward is being discussed at preconsultations, then why not?
A more open process might not have stopped Uniform from applying for that Roosevelt rezoning in Westboro. But having the community involved earlier in the process would have meant more back-and-forth between residents and the builder, and would have forced the city's own planner to more clearly make the policy case for recommending the extra height.
Then perhaps everyone could have avoided a costly appeal, which resulted in an embarrassing decision for the city's planning department.


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A list of winners at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday night:
TOP ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP 100 HOT SONG: "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell)
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM: "The 20/20 Experience," Justin Timberlake
TOP DUO/GROUP: Imagine Dragons
TOP NEW ARTIST: Lorde
TOP TOURING ARTIST: Bon Jovi
TOP MALE ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP FEMALE ARTIST: Katy Perry
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST: Imagine Dragons
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP DIGITAL SONGS ARTIST: Katy Perry
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST: Justin Bieber
TOP STREAMING ARTIST: Miley Cyrus
TOP R&B ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP RAP ARTIST: Eminem
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST: Luke Bryan
TOP ROCK ARTIST: Imagine Dragons
TOP LATIN ARTIST: Marc Anthony
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST: Daft Punk
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST: Chris Tomlin
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TOP RAP ALBUM: "The Marshall Mathers LP2," Eminem
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM: "Crash My Party," Luke Bryan
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TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM: "Precious Memories: Volume II," Alan Jackson
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TOP RADIO SONG: "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell)
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO): "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO): "Wrecking Ball," Miley Cyrus
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DALLAS (AP) — Country music star Randy Travis has performed at the memorial service for slain ex-Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle.
Travis told the thousands gathered at Cowboys Stadium on Monday that he was glad to be there, adding that he never met Kyle, but wished he had.
Travis then began playing his guitar and singing "Whisper My Name," which he said Kyle's wife had told him was a meaningful song for the couple. Travis also sang "Amazing Grace."
Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were shot and killed Feb. 2 at a North Texas gun range.
Travis has had a string of run-ins with the law over the past year. Last month, he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in August 2012, when police found him naked after crashing his car.


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Gill: Adoption positive way to join a family
NCHS caseworker shares book about adoption with Dudley students.
"Ever since the world began," said the owl, "there have been times when a mother has a baby she loves, but no matter how she tries, she cannot give him the things that he needs.
"When this happens, the mother sometimes looks for another family to love and take care of her baby."—The Mulberry Bird"How many of you know what adoption is?" Jan Gill recently asked a class of Dudley Elementary third graders.
Most of the children raised their hands.
"Adoption is a way to become part of a family," explained Gill who is a caseworker for the Nebraska Children's Home Society which facilitates adoptions.
Gill told the youngsters all children are born the same way but sometimes a mom or dad cannot take care of the baby.
That's when adoption can happen.
When asked why a mother may not be able to care for a baby, some of the students answered:
She didn't have enough money.
She might not have had a house.
The parents could be too young to take care of a baby.
Gill then shared The Mulberry Bird about a mother bird who couldn't care for her baby.
After much anguish and finally advice from a wise owl, she picks out the kind of birds she would like to raise her baby.
After the reading, Gill said the story emphasizes that the mother loves her baby but cannot provide a safe home for him all by herself.
As part of her job, Gill visits schools to educate children about ethical adoption.
"I also want to show them that adoption is a positive way to become part of a family," she explained.
Another thing about adoption Gill emphasizes is that there's nothing wrong with a child who's placed for adoption.
"The birth parents sometimes have difficult life circumstances that lead them to choose adoption," she said.
In addition, birth parents love their children which makes adoption a difficult choice.
"I love The Mulberry Bird because it makes it clear that the mother bird never forgot her baby," Gill said.
The book also shows that the baby bird grows up with mixed feelings about adoption which his parents help him deal with.
During her presentations, Gill said she sometimes hears untrue things about adoption.
"I've had a child tell me that adoption is when 'you don't love your baby and give it away,' " she said.
Gill said she's worked with many pregnancy clients and "that's never been my experience."
"They care very much about the child and want him or her to have a life they can't give their baby," she said.
As the mother of two adopted children, Gill has experienced adoption firsthand.
"We've lived it," she said about herself and husband Larry Gill. "It's a lifelong process that affects everyone all of their lives."
Since working with NCHS for 14 years, Gill thinks perceptions about adoption have changed but not always in a positive way.
Television shows and movies don't always portray adoption as a positive option, she said.
"It's often portrayed in a secretive, unrealistic and sensationalized way that gives the message that adoption is negative," Gill explained.
For example, a story about a 5-year-old child who was adopted at birth is returned to his birth family.
Gill also pointed to how adoption is sometimes described as "putting a child up for adoption."
"That expression evolved from when orphans were put on trains and then on platforms in different towns so people could decide which ones they wanted," she explained.
"Being adopted, he decided, was having two families—one far away but not forgotten, and one that greeted him each morning, surrounding him with the flutter of their warm feathered bodies and the noisy chorus of their singing."—The Mulberry Bird
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SOURCE: StoreFlix
April 06, 2012 10:20 ET
StoreFlix® Offers Real-Time Visual Verification Technology to CPGs, Distributors and Retailers
StoreFlix® Offers Real-Time Visual Verification Technology to CPGs, Distributors and Retailers
CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwire - Apr 6, 2012) - StoreFlix LLC, a mobile technology company that allows businesses to instantly gather, analyze and share in-store information about product displays, placement and inventory, has received an investment from CincyTech and other investors.
The investment will be used for additional application development, to drive sales and to promote long-term growth.
The StoreFlix technology provides a visual verification system for any industry that needs to see its product or service in the field. For example, in the consumer packaged goods industry, it allows a company field representative to take pictures and videos of their products and displays on shelves at stores all over the country, check whether those displays are compliant with planograms and send those images and data to their supervisors in real time.
"StoreFlix has a world-wide, patent-pending mobile technology that allows businesses to see, analyze, and share their operations around the world in real-time," founder and CEO Phil Storage said. "We have had great success this past year with some of the top retail brokers, consumer-packaged goods companies and other national corporations using our product and participating in programs."
Storage has 22 years of CPG sales management, category and broker management and retail operations experience. Consumer brands invest millions of dollars every year in their retail environments. Until now, they've relied on syndicated services to track the success of their retail execution, and often there is a delay in receiving their results or from places where syndicated data is unavailable in the U.S. and abroad, Storage explained. StoreFlix has already successfully executed large pilot programs with major CPG companies, brokers and retailers.
"It puts the manager on the sales floor visually and in real time without actually travelling there," said Adam Janszen, StoreFlix director of sales, who brings 10 years of experience in retail and consumer packaged goods to the company.
StoreFlix's technology allows tagging on each item so that, rather than having to sort through a barrage of photos of CPG products, the manager can easily find the most relevant data, Janszen said.
CincyTech Senior Analyst Justin Thompson said the seed-stage investor was impressed with the company's pilot-program relationships. CincyTech invested $200,000 in StoreFlix.
"We see the value StoreFlix provides as a communication tool between the brand and the retailer," he said. "It's highly marketable."
About StoreFlix®
Reinventing social media tools for corporations, StoreFlix has developed a world-wide, patent-pending technology that allows managers to see, analyze and share their operations around the world. StoreFlix provides a social media network for businesses that improves communication and execution. Founded in 2008 in Mason, Ohio, StoreFlix serves Fortune 500 corporations in a variety of industries, including consumer packaged goods, consumer products, consumer goods, retailers, franchises, the service industry, manufacturing and the government sector.
About CincyTech
CincyTech is a public-private seed-stage investor in startup businesses in high-tech industries in Southwest Ohio. With support from Ohio Third Frontier and corporations, foundations, civic organizations and individuals, it is driving capital and talent into venture-worthy companies in information technology, bioscience and advanced manufacturing.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Better with Stitches
It is likely just me, but today I feel like anything is a better thing with some hand stitching. I have been cross stitching for days now on a very exciting design, but all on black Aida cloth, which is a challenge on the peepers. I've spent a lot of time on my flickr groups the past few days looking through everything that was made over the past year with my fabrics. So. Much. Beauty. You guys are amazing. I looked through, too, lots of shots of things that I made- searching for my favorites- from market and then some. I just keep going back to this one. Its just a detail of my velveteen Bonne Nuit quilt, but I love it so very much. I really didn't have time to stop to notice it, hurried as I was before market preparations to get it done. I knew I enjoyed it but it was hardly a relaxed, easy going creation, it was all on fast forward, and lovely, but fast. Now, though, those earnest blue stitches, working their way around anything in their path, activating the space but not intruding, adding durability but also beauty, being just exactly what they are, nothing more. The coral zigzag stitches, following orders, falling in line. All the obedience and playfulness in their character leaves me a little speechless today. Its hard to explain, really. Its so small. But so perfect. I am glad I made them. Just exactly like that, inadvertent as they were.
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Gosh, those pretty blue stitches make me pretty happy too.ReplyDelete
Love the detail, I'm working hard on hand quilting a large throw size quilt made out of your flannel, I'm half way and loving that I didn't machine quilt it! But gosh it takes a long time :)ReplyDelete
Ii think I can blame you for my love of colourful hand stitching......thanks You
One suggestion to help your eyes on the black Aida- lightly tap a bit of white loose dressmaker's chalk on it. It helps to show the threads, and can be brushed off with a toothbrush when you're done. Test it first, and don't do too much, or it'll get rubbed in. I hope that saves your eyes so you can keep designing more happy fabrics. :)
this post makes me smile.ReplyDelete
This post couldn't be better. And I completely agree. Everything is better with a little handstitching. With a little more "you" so to speak. I'm at the point where no day is quite complete and fulfilling without a little handstitching work. I'm addicted. I want more pictures like this. So lovely. So simple. So complete.ReplyDelete
Very beautiful indeed. I love the look of handstitched pieces. Black aida or linen is very hard to work on. A friend just turned me on to cross-stitching on 8 count with yarn and I did my first project. Love it! Reading glasses not required. :) Best wishes to you, TammyReplyDelete
Sometimes the Details makes the difference.....you can der if someone has made it with love.ReplyDelete
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You are SUCH an inspiration. I'm a fellow Nashvillian and just got caught up on your blog...so much wonderfulness all the time!!! Thanks for sharing it with us :)ReplyDelete
I have been seeing a lot of hand stitching being added to enhance the design on fabrics. I love it all. It just seems like the right thing to do. I have been thinking of making a pair of pants with it for my teenage daughter. I think your fabrics would make a great match for it. BTW loved the pics in the Studio magazine. CarolinaReplyDelete
Ooh, I needed to see that. I have a quilt (the Loulouthi Tiles) that I'm handquilting and I need to go freehand in the large portrait blocks, but I've never done it before. Thanks for a bit of an idea =)ReplyDelete
Awww it's not just you! I love em' too! I love the way something so simple just adds the perfect touch!ReplyDelete
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Did you hand stitch each square first and then assemble or stitch after it was assembled. I am making my first quilt and thinking of hand quilting - maybe just at the intersections. I imagine hand stitching a large quilt would be difficult because of shifting.
Thank you for sharing your inspirations and art!
HI Anonymous! I stitch the whole top, through the batting and backing together (but usually before the binding). It helps to keep everything basted/pinned or both as you go and also helpful to start in the middle. No matter what though l I am continuously spreading and smoothing the material in my hands to keep the layers a smooth as possible.ReplyDelete
Hope this helps :)
You have been an inspiration to me this year...already! I recently was displaced from my home due to a fire on Dec 30th. I had a quilt top in process made with the Good Folks line. I have always loved looking at your hand stitching and set a goal this year to complete my quilt top by hand stitching. I set a goal to finish it before we get to move back to our home. Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
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