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Roger Brown's First and 10: Semi sweet SaturdayBy ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 14. 2013 11:22PM
ROGER BROWN'S GRID PICKSDivision I
Concord 20, Exeter 13
Pinkerton 21, Keene 20
Division II
Portsmouth 28, Trinity 26
Plymouth 35, Sanborn 13
Division III
Bow 28, I-L/Moultonborough 7
Stevens 21, Epping-Newmarket 6
Record last week: 7-5
Record this season: 198-51
The best day New Hampshire high school football has to offer is almost upon us. Six semifinal-round playoff games — two in each of the three divisions — will be played Saturday to determine the matchups for next weekend's three championship games.
Each semifinal is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., and will be played at the home of the higher-seeded team. Here's a look at each contest:
No. 4 Exeter (7-3) at No. 1 Concord (10-0): Concord is the No. 1 team in the Union Leader/WGIR/WMUR Power Poll and is the only unbeaten team in the state. The key for No. 5 Exeter will be keeping the Crimson Tide offense off the field. Concord has scored at least 43 points in six of its 10 games. … Concord running back Marc Gaudet scored three TDs in the second quarter of Saturday's 53-14 victory over Manchester Central, but was limited to one series in the second half because of a leg injury. Concord quarterback Robbie Law completed 12 of 17 passes for 201 yards in that victory. His top target was wide receiver Seimou Smith, who caught four passes for a season-high 110 yards in that game. … Exeter has won the last two Division I championships. … Exeter's Jay Inzenga has rushed for a team-high 1,236 yards on 172 carries this season. Inzenga has run for 11 touchdowns. … Concord is seeking its first state title since 2000. … The teams did not meet in the regular season.
No. 3 Pinkerton Academy (8-2) at No. 2 Keene (8-2): This game features teams ranked No. 2 (Pinkerton of Derry) and No. 3 (Keene) in the Power Poll. … Keene caught fire shortly after Alex Parenteau was moved from fullback to quarterback in Week 3. Parenteau has completed 71 of 109 passes for 1,084 yards and 17 TDs this season. He's also rushed for 1,050 yards and 16 touchdowns. … The Astros are a couple of plays away from an unbeaten record. Pinkerton suffered a two-point loss at Bedford, and lost to Concord in overtime. … Pinkerton has one of the top players in the state on each side of the ball in linebacker Matt Madden and running back Manny Latimore. Latimore is also a dangerous kick returner. … The Blackbirds, who enter this contest on a seven-game winning streak, haven't won a state championship since 1970, when they shared the Division I title with Manchester Central. … The teams did not meet during the regular season.
No. 4 Sanborn Regional (6-4) at No. 1 Plymouth Regional (9-1): Sanborn picked up the program's first playoff victory by knocking off previously unbeaten Monadnock 18-9 last weekend. The Indians began playing varsity football in 2008. … The No. 9 Bobcats are seeking their 20th state championship under head coach Check Lenahan, who is in his 43rd and final season as Plymouth's head coach. The Bobcats have reached the championship game in their division in four of the last five years. … Jared Kuehl, Plymouth's leading rusher, missed Saturday's victory over Kennett of Conway with an injury. … Running back Mike Rich has come on strong for Sanborn during the second half of the season. His 56-yard TD run in the third quarter gave Sanborn the lead for good against Monadnock. … The teams did not meet during the regular season.
No. 3 Trinity (8-2) at No. 2 Portsmouth (9-1): These teams met in Week 1, when No. 10 Trinity posted a 58-37 victory in Portsmouth. Trinity of Manchester quarterback Carmen Giampetruzzi completed 11 of 15 passes for 358 yards and four touchdowns in that win. Austin Chambers was Giampetruzzi's top target that night. Chambers had five catches for 240 yards and two TDs. … No. 6 Portsmouth has won nine games in a row since losing to the Pioneers. … One of the biggest questions entering this game will be the health of Portsmouth running back Mikel Toar, who was at less than full strength in Saturday's 37-34 triumph over Merrimack Valley. … Portsmouth quarterback Donovan Phanor has completed 80 of 147 passes for 1,354 yards and 15 TDs this season (four interceptions). He has run the ball 98 times for 640 yards and 11 TDs. … Portsmouth played in the Division III championship game in each of the last five years. Trinity reached the Division IV title game in each of the last three seasons.
No. 4 Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (5-4) at No. 1 Bow (8-1): Bow knocked off previously unbeaten Pelham 18-6 in Saturday's Division III South championship game. Matt Ehrenberg, who holds the school record for yards rushing in a season (1,338), gained 226 yards on 22 carries in that victory. … Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough of Meredith advanced with a 27-14 come-from-behind victory over Gilford in the Division III North title game. Nick Brothers scored two fourth-quarter TDs in that victory. … Bow has scored at least 28 points in seven of its eight victories, and is allowing an average of 9.3 points per game. … The Falcons won the regular-season meeting 33-0 in Meredith.
No. 3 Epping-Newmarket (5-4) at No. 2 Stevens (7-2): The Cardinals lost two of their first three games, but have won six in a row since then. … Stevens of Claremont running back Donald Pellerin has rushed for 1,332 yards and 20 touchdowns on 237 carries this season. … Defense has been the key recently for Epping-Newmarket, which has allowed 34 points in its last three games — all victories. Epping-Newmarket is coming off a 28-0 victory over Bishop Brady of Concord in the Division III East championship game. Joe Leclerc gained 169 yards on 22 carries in that contest. … Epping-Newmarket has never won a state championship. Stevens is seeking its first state title since 1962 (Division III). … These teams did not meet during the regular season.
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The NFHS Network will be live streaming two NHIAA semifinal football games this weekend and each of next weekend's three championship games.
The Division I contest between Exeter and Concord, and the Division II game between Sanborn and Plymouth are the semifinal games selected for live streaming.
These games will be lived streamed by PlayOn Sports on the NFHS Network. Fans can watch these games live online with a subscription at http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/channels/new-hampshire.
The events are also available on mobile devices at m.nfhsnetwork.com and subscribers can download the NFHS Network app from the iTunes store.
Roger Brown covers high school football for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. He can be reached a firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @603sportsmedia.


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Basis Science, the company behind the Basis B1 fitness band, has released an update it's calling the Basis Carbon Steel Edition. The new model is more of a refresh than a whole new device. It features the same hardware package and basic design, but adds new steel and polished chrome accents, along with a new silicone band. The design now accepts normal watch bands, so wearers can customize it however they please.
Alongside the launch, Basis is revealing a new feature for its platform, Advanced Sleep Analysis. Previously, Basis' software tracked overall sleep duration by using its various sensors to determine when a wearer's body was in a rest state. Using the BodyIQ suite of algorithms and analysis, Basis now claims to be able to detect the three sleep states (REM, Deep, and Light) as well as when you're tossing and turning or are interrupted.
Competitor Fitbit currently measures sleep quality based on movement. Each large movement overnight is counted as time spent awake, and at the end of the night the time spent sleeping is divided by how long you were in bed. The ability of the Basis Carbon to determine sleep states takes advantage of research done in conjunction with a team that includes the University of California-San Francisco and emphasizes motion data along with heart rate to determine each sleep state. Validation of the results was conducted by Basis' research partners and leaves the company confident that BodyIQ sleep analysis is as close to medical-grade devices as any commercial device on the market.
In typical Basis fashion, the analytics are as deep as they are accessible. A sleep score is derived from wearer data and is personalized and benchmarked to give wearers a daily update on how their sleep compares to a running average. After that, users can dive deep into the fine-grained details of their sleep states with charts and graphs marking every disturbance.
Advanced Sleep Analysis will be launching by the end of the month for both Carbon Steel and B1 wearers. The Carbon Steel Edition Basis band is available for order now and will ship by the end of the month for $199, a premium over the $179 B1. It isn't as refined a look as the Pebble Steel, but if you prefer a little more ornamentation to your chunky sports watch, this could be the one for you.

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We haven't had a jumper post on this website for a day or two now, which is odd because as John Lewis email pointed out this morning it is only 29 sleeps until Christmas.
Round about now the great jumper sale begins with high street brands traditionally slashing prices in a bid to
piss off people who did their Christmas shopping early tempt us to finally buy the knitwear that first caught our eye in September.
Even without the price cutting though there are however a few rather decent sub £30 jumpers that we would take a punt on, and here are five of them.
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and to a lesser extent Russia fairly soon after the revolution.
You might try the dictionary, Bill. Any dictionary.
Glad to do it. The socialists he sent to death camps were Russian communists.
Do you actually believe that the Nazis weren't socialists? Check the definition again in your dictionary. Any dictionary.
Ah, so nothing technical then, like a text on political theory or something. Jut a dictionary.
And German socialists.
Again, not exactly a technical source.
Anyway, can you understand the difference between the socialist idea of workers controlling the means of production, and the state doing so? And can you imagine how the workers might control the means of production without democracy? Do you understand the difference between democracy & oligarchy & plutocracy? Socialism & state capitalism?
Anyway, what any of this has to do with crappy Republican Party Photoshopping I don't quite understand.
it was never 100% the case, RSL, in Russia... and more over "soon" after the revolution... not even soon after the end of the civil war... unless you are talking about mass manufacturing and things that require actually some form of factory to be manufactured
... there's never been a case in history where "workers" actually controlled the means of production...
Your comparisons remain interesting. Despite being a democracy, I think South Korea exhibits socialist characteristics you'd despise as well. The "Race" of folks living in Korea share a lot of genetics, ethnicity and spirituality of those around the region, including Japan and a few other countries. What's happening in North Korea has little to do with socialism.
What's the calibre of your favourite handgun again?
What does technology have to do with it? It's the meaning of the word. It's like the word "human," Bill, it's a word. It has a specific definition, which one ordinarily finds in a dictionary.
... I gave you a reference to the meaning of "Nazi:" Any dictionary or any encyclopedia ...
... You're certainly entitled to your own ideas and biases, but you're not entitled to your own definitions of common words.
... It's a theory that's been around for a long time, at least since Marx expounded the labor theory of value in Das Kapital, but there's never been a case in history where "workers" actually controlled the means of production.
... For production to take place you need somebody in charge. That can be somebody who wants to produce something worthwhile and make a buck, or it can be a commissar who wants to control people ...
You're right, Walter, but it happens again and again -- not just about politics, about anything controversial.But from what I've seen in the past we all stay friends. One or two exceptions, including dalethorn, whom I mentioned in another post. Dale just plain lost it. If I get some time I'll go back and find a couple of his final posts before he was thrust into the darkness.
Russ seems to be very good at attacking left leaning systems. To my mind it is a smokescreen. I would like him to try and defend the idiots, who are all capitalist and have brought most of the "advanced" countries to their knees through incompetence and greed. What would he do about the American bankers who started this crisis? Let them get on with repairing the system in the sure knowledge that it will happen again within the next twenty years or does he have a radical solution that will let us all prosper without any more crisis?


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The city of Los Angeles will pay $40,000 to replace the truck of a mother and daughter who were caught in a hail of bullets after police mistook their pickup for one belonging to renegade ex-policeman Christopher Dorner, officials said on Thursday.
Emma Hernandez, 71, was shot twice in the back and her daughter Margie Carranza, 47, suffered hand injuries from flying debris when they came under fire while delivering newspapers on February 7 in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance.
The shooting of the two women and their truck was an embarrassment for the Los Angeles Police Department as it was widening a manhunt for Dorner that turned into the largest ever in southern California.
Dorner, a former Los Angeles police officer accused of having killed four people in a vendetta against the Los Angeles Police Department, died on February 12 in a fiery standoff with police in the mountains above Los Angeles.
The settlement only covers the loss of the two women's pick-up truck, not any claims for compensation they might make against the city for their wounds, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the City Attorney's Office.
"We wanted to do what was right by the two women involved in this incident, as well as by the city," Mateljan said.
Galpin Ford, a Los Angeles auto dealer and supporter of Los Angeles police, had offered to give the two women a new truck but that was delayed because of tax liabilities for both the women and the company, said the women's attorney, Glen Jonas.
The $40,000 financial settlement from the city absolves them of tax liability, Mateljan said.
Jonas said that he sent a confidential letter last week to city officials outlining the position of his clients and naming a figure they are seeking in total compensation, which the attorney declined to disclose.
"They are in fear of the police and they're having a hard time understanding the context in which it happened," Jonas said.
The two officers who opened fire on the women remain on administrative duty as authorities investigate the shooting, said Los Angeles police spokeswoman Officer Norma Eisenman.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has apologized to the two women over the shooting. He has also opened a probe into Dorner's 2008 firing from the LAPD, which the former policeman cited as his motivation for targeting officers and the family of people in the department he felt had wronged him.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Mohammad Zargham)


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Almost a year ago Google embedded Google Voice VoIP-based voice calling into its popular free Gmail offering for users in the United States; now, the company is hoping to convince even more Gmail users to try VoIP calling by taking the program global: over the next few days, voice calling within Gmail will roll out in 38 languages and offer service to 150 destination countries. And just to make the deal more appealing, Google has lowered its calling rates.
"We're always trying to make it easier for people to connect—whether that means sending an email, chatting or video chatting, you can reach the people you care about from right inside Gmail," wrote Google product manager Pierre Lebeau in the official Google blog.
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Growing up, I was a junkie for talk-shows because I loved peering into other people's lives. Now, I can do that anytime day or night thanks to the world of blogging. I keep my own blog on Tumblr, so that's where I read the most. I've assembled a handy list of my favorite Tumblr blogs and I'm willing to bet you haven't heard of most them.
1) Crap at My Parents' House – This blog is the brainchild of comedian/author Joel Dovev. It is quite simply an homage to the horrifically bad taste so many of our parents have. The blog relies on user-generated content and Dovev provides the biting punchlines. I imagine many of the photos are taken from the homes of hoarders. Crap At My Parent's House was also just turned into a coffee table book. It is both appalling and hilarious.
2) Jazz Hands For Life – This is the online diary of Tricia Eguren, who is known for her provocatively funny tweets. But don't be fooled by the upbeat title. Her posts are part suicide note, part self-deprecating humor. She writes with the candor of an anonymous blogger and divulges everything about her inner demons as she tries to navigate through a life she doesn't always want to live. I've never read such raw and vulnerable truths online from a person who didn't conceal her identity. She claims she's never had an orgasm, so the least you can do is give her a follow!
3) Smethanie – Comic Stephanie McMaster lets you into her world as a single mom, touring comedienne and writer. She juggles all three along with her mother's recent cancer diagnosis. Sound heavy? Don't worry, she takes it all in stride and finds the humor in her day to day life. She also travels with her Curious George doll and their Intstagram pics are worth a follow alone.
4) I'm Remembering! – As a product of the 80's, this blog speaks to my inner child. I'm Remembering! is nostalgia at its best. Each post is an old ad or toy from the 80's and early 90's. This blog jogs your memory with posts from Teddy Ruxpin to Fun Dip and everything in between. Instead of making you feel old, this blog delights with memories you forgot you had.
5) Twaggies – Twaggies brings your favorite tweets to life. The site illustrates funny tweets cartoon-style and gives you the visual you didn't think you needed. A variety of artists work on the blog, so each illustration has its own artistic feel.
Those are my picks! And if that's not enough you can always follow my Tumblr blog, too.


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Sunday, April 26, 2009
The Human Side of the Aspergers Diagnosis: Part 2 How Aspies Feel about the Label
34 comments:
- Lindsay said...
I was diagnosed very young --- I was five. (Because it was pre-DSM-IV, the diagnosis was not of Asperger's but of PDD-NOS).
I think it was mostly as you say, like being born in Australia. It was an interesting thing about me.
I also imbibed a sense of being Special, since I was bright and could talk well, while many of the other autistic kids I met through TEACCH could not.
When I got to middle and high school, the angstiness set in anyway. In high school, I was particularly mortified by being in special ed. I hated having an IEP, because I felt it cheapened my academic achievement, and I hadn't used it in years.
Now, as a young adult, I am depressed (but being treated for it) and I am having trouble moving forward. I did very well in college, but after a prolonged job search I could not get employment in my field. I have since been exploring other possibilities, but am still somewhat mired. I do have a lot of friends, a loving family, a great romantic relationship and a fairly clear vision of what kind of life I want --- it's just a matter of getting there from here.
My autism does not hang on me like a millstone, as it sometimes can when younger adult autistics run into difficulties. I don't consider it all that different from any other set of strengths, weaknesses and peculiarities that makes a person who they are.
Anyway, good post!
- April 26, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Larisa said...
i agree. my son's label came in at the age of 12. he sometimes obsesses over it, giving himself an excuse not to do thing he used to excell in. its caused more self esteem and image issues.
- April 26, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- Stephen said...
I appreciate very much your sensitivity in writing about this topic. Lindsay, I appreciate you sharing about your experience, along with your victories, and your current struggles. I don't think there is one answer fits all for the question of when to disclose a diagnosis to a son or daughter. I have a son who was on the spectrum early on, and still has a lot of traits. But I think I need to be ready to discuss it with him when there is a context to it, and when he is questioning me. I don't want to keep it a 'secret', but I don't want to just bring it up to him out of the blue either. I hope to have a series of conversations around real life situations that he brings up and wonders about.
- April 26, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Shannon said...
I was diagnosed last year, at age 20. I think I have benefitted form the diagnosis; I could have easily used it as an excuse, but I don't. I'm just happy to know "why" for so many things. I have a friend that was diagnosed in her 30s, and she uses it as an excuse so often it gets on my nerves very much. She pulls it out as an excuse at some of the worst times. I cringe when it happens. I try to use it more to explain why I've always done something a certain way, rather than to justify a new issue or make excuses.
Granted, for the most part, I think you're dead on.
- April 26, 2009 at 5:14 PM
- Rachel said...
I was diagnosed last November at age 50, and the impact on my life has been largely positive. It was a bit surreal at first, and sometimes I get depressed about it, but for the most part, it's allowed me to live life in a healthier way. I know my limits now and can assert them. I know when I'm in danger of overloading, and instead of driving full-steam ahead as though I were NT, I pull back and take care of myself.
I am also willing to take help from the people in my life, whereas before I always insisted on doing everything myself. Asking for assistance has been very difficult, but it makes my loved ones happy to do it, so the only person that has a problem with it is me. :-)
- April 27, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- James said...
I self-diagnosed last year at the age of 35.
Doing so has brought about a good deal of internal upheaval but has been hugely positive above all - it really has explained a huge amount of why I am the way I am, and why nothing and no-one else ever quite makes sense to me.
As you suggest is often the case Gavin, I too have pondered a lot on whether I would have liked to find out earlier in life. I've reached much the same conclusions.
If I'd know earlier I would have spent much less time particularly in my adult life pretending to be someone I'm not and that I never can be be - the type of person my peers manage to be with ease. I have strived for goals that are unachievable.
However, I also feel quite strongly that if I had been diagnosed as a child I may not be where I am now. I've generally succeeded in getting on in life despite it being a confusing struggle. I have a wife, two kids, a house, two cars and a job. Would I have all of those if the Asperger's label had followed me since childhood? Quite possibly not.
Asperger's kind of discovered me. I'd flirted around it about five years ago, but without thinking it applied to me. Perhaps the time wasn't right then, but last year it finally was. This time the label did stick, and it's opened up a world of acceptance and explanation to me.
- April 27, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- Angela said...
What a great article! Thank you for sharing your perspective on such an important topic.
- April 27, 2009 at 11:41 PM
I think not telling your child he has this diagnosis is doing him a great disservice. I was diagnosed with Autism at age four.. Only problem with that?? I was not told about the diagnosis until AGE 32!! When my mother told me about this, she said that the symptoms "went away" by age 5, and I know that's not true. They never completely went away.
So I went through my childhood and teenage years and early adulthood not knowing what was wrong with me. I knew I was different, but I didn't know why. My family just chose to pretend like there was nothing wrong with me. I was picked on so much by other kids, and looked at as some kind of freak. I was not given any guidance whatsoever about how to interact with other people.. how to read body language.. etc.
Because of all the research I've done, I now know I have Asperger syndrome. I'm doing pretty well now at age 37, but I always wonder.. what if I had known about this sooner?? Could I have gotten help with this?
- April 27, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Larisa said...
i agree james. i was diagnosed as PDD in my teens but never received any therapy and didnt know what that meant until my son's diagnosis over these last few years. it now explains a lot about myself, type of career etc. but if i had known what that label meant all these years i probably wouldnt have worked so hard to achieve what i have achieved. som epeople say WOW! at me, but for me, there is always more that can be accomplished... never enough! i feel as if my son is overwhelmed with his diagnosis just as if he were to have braces on his legs like forrest gump.
i guess i see the label (being taught what it meant as an adult) as a big 'so what' or an explanation/justification for just understanding complex things with ease, and being an introvert. my son feels like a cripple. in a sense i am kind of happy that he has it - he will really succeed in what he puts his mind to and achieve a lot! as a mother though, it is the worst ache to watch your child go through the emotional social teenager stuff. and id like to say it gets better with age, but i see many adults in their 30s, 40s and 50s who still act like teens.
we go for tons of social therapy to aleviate some of this stress so he will succeed all around as an adult.
- April 28, 2009 at 12:45 AM
- Rachel said...
I agree with Jason here. I think a person should be told that they have an AS diagnosis, whether they are in the "so what?" phase or in the teen/young adult phase.
Although we Aspies lack social intuition, we are not without basic intuition. I know when something isn't right. I know when things aren't adding up. I know when someone isn't telling me the whole story. To keep an AS diagnosis from an Aspie, who has enough difficulty parsing the world, could mean even greater confusion, loss of self-esteem, and mistrust of other people.
I have a teenage daughter, I couldn't imagine keeping anything that important from her. She is NT, but were she to receive any diagnosis of any kind, I would share it with her in a supportive, loving way.
- April 28, 2009 at 6:03 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
I rather doubt that if I had a teenage or young adult aspie if I'd be able to keep it secret. I'd feel like I'd want to give them all the information that I could.
I guess my point isn't "don't tell", but rather; "tell as young as you can and make it a normal part of their lives".
If you only find out during the "danger years", then you probably should tell immediately. Just be ready and watching for signs of rejection and depression.
Regardless of when you tell. The how of it doesn't change. It must be painted as a positive, not a negative.
During the danger years though, I'd be very careful about who else you tell. After all, aside from teachers (who unfortunately often let the class know anyway), it should be up to the aspie to decide who can know and who shouldn't.
In particular, at dangerous ages, parents should not tell their friends or their children's friends. Even relatives have limits on what they need to be told.
- April 28, 2009 at 6:25 AM
- Michelle said...
My son was diagnosed at 12. He does use 'aspergers' as an excuse for everything but felt a huge sense of relief of 'what it was' when he found out. Hopefully with the therapy and his mum (ME) educating myself HOW to parent a young man with AS can help him to feel confident and deal with life. We have so much to read on your blog now!!
- April 28, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Dragonella said...
I have to say, I was reciently diagnosed as having aspergers, and i am in my tean years, I am 17. I didn't have much of a negative impact. I knew something was different about me and thats frustrated me, knowing about aspergers, kinda explained it, it gave me an answer to the question: "why am i like this?" now that I know I have aspergers, I tend to deal with it better...
- April 29, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Larisa said...
thats awesome dragonella!
how do you "deal with it better"? i am asking so i can share this with my son, age 14.
i think my son has a hard time with it because A. he already feels different and B. now a label is proof that he is different and C. is very worrisome that he will never 'fit in'.
- April 29, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- Dragonella said...
Larisa: I think his problem is trying to fit in... yeah, he is different than "normal" but define normal... With me, I read a lot about aspergers so I would have a very good understanding of what exactly it is. Knowing about it, helped me understand myself, and they way I think. Everyone is different, and the most important thing is to find out how you as an individual thinks and reacts to other influences. I thought I was normal, but weird, and thought my mind worked like evryone else, and I wondered why I didn't react the way other people did, now I know, and I know why I react this way.
Your son feels this way probably because he is insecure, the best thing you can do is treat it like a good thing, and make him see the good side of being aspie. Yes, a lable is proof that he is different, but different isn't bad. He probably wants to fit in because he doesn't know anyone like him, anyone who thinks the same way (thats not related to him, and is around the same age range) Having Mom understand you is one thing, but other people, its different... probably becasue mom tends to be biast... and he probably wants to fit in because he feels alone, and apart from others. I was the same way, I hated being abused at school and everywhere else. when I found I hade aspergers, I tried to find friends that I could relate to, that also had aspergers, I found my present boyfriend, and together, we have worked out our differences, and understand eachother. If I were you, I would try to get him friends that also had aspergers, (preferably ones that could deal with it and would have a positive impact on him) Its good to have friends that are both NT and aspie. but having aspie friends will definately boost his confidence, which it seems like he needs a lot more of it than he has...
If you want, (and this is just a suggestion, you don't have to go through if you are not comfortable) I could give you my email address and phone number and he could email me or call and chat, and I could also introduce him to my boyfriend, who is a real sweetheart. Looks like your son needs to talk with someone who is not related to him, and also has aspergers and is in sort of the same age range. It would really help his confidence if he got to be friends with other aspies.
and how I "deal with it better" is basically when I found I had aspergers, I found friends who are aspies, and they helped me boost my self confidence. He is different, but he needs to see the difference as a good thing, not a bad lable that makes him somehow worse than others. Being aspie is no excuse to do badly in school. Infact, its a good reason to to better in school. It is definately not a stopper in life, Aspergers opens up new doors in life to all kinds of possibilities.
- May 1, 2009 at 12:42 AM
I disagree with the idea of simply withholding information away from an aspie, regardless of the age. I'm 15, and in all honesty life would absolutely SUCK if I had never figured out that I had Aspergers (My mom never told me, and wasn't planning to. Luckily, I found out that it was the reason I was in special education when I was a staff aide). And at first it was a feeling of "hey, that's pretty cool". And I do admit that not much further along, I did have bouts of depression that I had difficulty controlling. But once I got over it, I finally stopped going "Why has this curse come onto me!?" and started saying "What are the symptoms of Aspergers?" After a week of research, I compiled a list of things.
With this list, I began the start of my journey to finally be able to become more social, as it has been one of the few things that has ever and continues to ever make me truly happy on the inside. But if I never knew I had Aspergers, I would have never created such a list, and without a list of things that are wrong about me, there's nothing I can do to improve.
I doubt I'm the only one like that, and I almost felt a sense of betrayal once I found out my mom didn't tell me. She even told my brother!
Point still being, hiding Aspergers, regardless of age, does not seem like a good idea to me.
- May 2, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Guys, thank you. I'm new to all this but it is a major sense of relief to assign a name to my "idiosyncracies." We're working through the definitive yes but I am pidgeonholing myself the more we explore. C'est la vie.
So, is the label an excuse? not really, its a tag, an assigned value.
Does it help? it explains an awful lot.
Am I special? no. I am me.
So as an adult (34), I have attained a strong sense of self but the social "rules of engagement" still baffle me.
As for when to tell somone, thats a personal choice and the observer needs to assess the person as to how strong their character is otherwuse they may use it an an excuse and not fully appreciate themselves. I'm leaning more to the older years when we get a "feel" for what is "not quite right" and we have a chance to develop our intrinsic character without being special. We're normal people that just see the world a little different. I am a practicing civil engineer that has also practiced in the realms of structural engineering, drainage engineering, floodplain management, construction engineering, highway design, traffic engineering and now subdivision design and assessment.
Guys yer all on the right track. go with your instincts.
- May 3, 2009 at 6:02 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Wow, we have a quite a few people who were told during those danger years who;
a. Obviously benefited from being told. (or could have benefited).
b. Showed Negative symptoms and overcame them.
It's pretty clear that you shouldn't withhold a diagnosis from your aspie. Sure, there may be negative effects at some ages but as a parent, you need to deal with them.
- May 3, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- Laura said...
I was diagnosed with Non-verbal learning disability with autistic tendencies at age 4 (in 1990) and Asperger syndrome when I was 13 (in late 1998). I had known I was different for several years and was relieved when I finally had an explanation. I wished my family would have known about Asperger sydrome when I was in grade 4 and starting to question my differences from my peers. As a young adult, I recognize AS as a unique profile of strengths and weaknesses. I outperform my university peers in some areas (e.g. in many academic situations) but need extra help in other areas such as group conversation skills.
- May 4, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- aspmom said...
I've just started on the Asperger's journey and began a blog about being a mom and wife to aspies. I linked to your blog because I find your posts so helpful. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
- May 5, 2009 at 12:35 AM
- M said...
i was diagnosed three years ago, age of thirty. i basically denied it for a year, then went through a long phase of bitterness. i think the goal, for me, is to learn to be neutral about it.
however...i did read a lot of adult accounts at the time; the vast majority of people seemed to be relieved. like, "whew, that explains a lot". my reaction was definitely in the minority, which is a good thing.
- May 5, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Why on Earth try to tell people that they're social retards? Leave them alone and let them live their lives. You can pathologize yourself, but don't impose it on someone else. Besides, you don't know what someone's thinking. Maybe they know that something's weird or rude or whatever and that's why they're doing it.
- May 6, 2009 at 1:33 PM
- Sun said...
I'm a late life Aspie DX, and I would have MUCH rather known earlier. Waiting due to age related angst is more harmful. If I had known then what I know now, I would have been saved massive amounts of depression and heartache.
- June 2, 2009 at 7:45 AM
- Devyn said...
I was in 6th grade when I was diagnosed, right into beginning middle school. But the diagnosis was more of relief than despair. At my previous school, I had no friends. I made a few "best" friends, but that didn't compare to the popular kids who had everyone on their side. Then we moved, and I had trouble making new friends for two years. I ended up befriending three kids who had asperger's in 6th grade. I wasn't worried when I was told, but relieved. And once I had heard of some famous people who had/have it, my grades immeadiatlety went up. It will always depend on the person when it comes to telling them. And it depends on what happens afterwards. I was convinced I could do better than Einstein in my life, because I could be better in school, he was very poor at school.
- July 2, 2009 at 12:45 AM
- Kylyssa Shay said...
I was diagnosed a few years ago during therapy for PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I'm 39 now. It was a relief to finally have a reason for why I've always been an outsider and just never "gotten" so many things other people seem to know instinctively.
I think I would have greatly benefited from knowing earlier. If my parents had known, I probably could have gotten treatment and counseling and might have avoided being homeless in my youth.
I think honesty is a better policy than lying, even by omission. I don't think knowing about an Asperger's diagnosis causes the depression or angst or such things - I think having Asperger's Syndrome does. I had all the feelings of isolation and otherness and depression without knowing what I had. The only thing I knew was that I was some kind of freak. I think it would have been good to know that I had a syndrome, an illness of sorts rather to just have a peer and self created label of freak.
Since getting diagnosed, I've felt so much better about myself. I've always felt bad that I was a freak, a weirdo, a nerd but finding out it was AS puts it into perspective. It's like having diabetes - I wouldn't hate myself for having diabetes if I did.
- July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Avocado Baby said...
I am a 41 year old female who has been researching this subject for months. I am certainly suffering from something whether it be aspergers or whatever, I assumed, until recently, I was just insane! Now I know there are other women out there feeling the same. My only trouble is I have spent years living a total lie, nobody is ever going to believe me. I upset people constantly and I don't know what I am supposed to have done. Half my family don't speak to me. Just found out one of my husband's sisters (married 19 years) can't stand me and thinks im stuck up. In fact his family don't have a lot to do with me. I have to say I do have some close friends who seem to stick by me through thick and thin. Even when I try hard I still don't get it right. I hate hate hate social events, I hate hate hate talking on the phone, I hate hate hate stupid small talk, I would rather not talk. When I do talk it's utter rubbish. Sometimes I physically can't talk for days. Help I could go on for day.
- October 20, 2009 at 10:59 PM
As an adult NT female with a close friend who is most likely an Aspie male, is it my place to tell him that he may have AS? Our NT/AS differences have affected our relationship in many ways and I try to make compromises but it's hard sometimes. I feel it would help him to know why he is different but I am also afraid he might "kill the messenger" as other friends have cautioned.
- April 17, 2011 at 12:54 AM
I haven't been diagnosed and I don't see it being worth the expense and trouble.
Several years ago, I was talking to someone who works with Autistic children. In the middle of our conversation, he asked me if I am Autistic. That really caught me by surprise.
Lately I have been reading more about it and a great many of the descriptions of people with Asperger's or Autism describe me quite accurately.
Another thing I really identified with was the main male actor in the movie Mozart and the Whale, especially when he was ready to go out on Halloween and just couldn't leave his apartment.
Every Sunday I make definite plans to go to church, but can't force myself to go. The same goes for funerals of non-family members.
Every July there is a major barbecue cookoff and fundraising party on a friend's ranch. Every year I have every intention to go. On several occasions I got in my car and drove out that way but turned around and came back about half way to the ranch.
Only once have I ever actually made it to the annual cookoff. I managed to stay about two hours before I felt an enormous compulsion to leave. In comparison, my younger brother goes to the ranch about three days early and returns the afternoon after the cookoff.
Until recently, I really had no clue why I had so much trouble to convince myself to go to such events and usually missed them. I just don't want to have to deal with everyone, especially since the main effect is usually to reinforce in their mind that I'm very different than them even if I did grow up with most of the people there.
- August 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Hummmm. From reading a few of your posts on diagnosis, you seem to be saying a diagnosis is useless and counterproductive. I couldn't disagree more. In fact I think you do a massive disservice to Aspies, their parents and family.
Identifying what you're dealing with is always the first step in treatment. How can you know how to approach it if you don't know what "it" is????
And like any thing else in life (finding out you're adopted, your dad isn't really your dad, whatever), even finding out in adulthood may ANSWER unspoken subconscious questions you've always had.
For the life of me, I can't imagine why you'd be AGAINST anyone getting a diagnosis, or seeking one, but I'm eternally grateful you're not a doctor!
My 15 year old grandson just got diagnosed, after many years of having Kaiser tell us "it's nothing, there's nothing wrong with him." He had to have a major depressive episode and be put on a 72 hour hold in order to get care and to finally find out what was really wrong with him. At last NOW we know, and can find ways to help him. And for him, it's better he knows it's not that he's "stupid", it's that we need to find a different way for him to learn.
Again...so glad you're not a doctor. I skim the comments and all I see are people singing your praises. Seriously....WTF?
- October 2, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- Gavin Bollard said...
I'm not sure what exactly you've been reading but I'm well and truly in favour of diagnosis and labels.
This whole post was about WHEN the best time to discuss the label with your child is - and my general answer was; as early as possible, before it matters.
A Diagnosis and Label is a very important starting point for self-understanding.
They become less important as you get older though and if you haven't got one by the time you're over 18, you've missed the important years where it can make a real difference.
By the time you're middle aged, you know who you are and although a label (even a self-applied one) can help you understand yourself better, a formal diagnosis doesn't offer as much benefit (particularly when offset against the cost).
The one thing that you need to keep in mind about labels is that they're generalisations. Everyone is different. A label can be a great guideline but it never 100% covers a child's capabilities.
That's why they say, "If you've met one child with autism, you've met ONE child with autism."
- October 2, 2012 at 3:57 PM
This looks like an old thread, but I'm in need of some insight. My 21 year old little brother just got diagnosed with Asperger's, and my mother told me she's not going to tell him. The doctor they're working with told her that it's just a label and it will make him feel like a failure. My first thoughts were that this is not just a label. It's not just a word. This is a neurobiological difference. It's a medical diagnosis.
A diagnosis that I felt, upon hearing it, immense relief and guilt. Relief that my brother's struggles had a root, a cause that could be mitigated. Guilt that I have been so angry at him for so many years. Angry for not respecting my parents and eroding their relationship. Isn't my brother entitled to the same sense of relief? Who are we to make that decision for him? The name will not define his entire being but I imagine it would serve to provide some additional information for self-understanding and compassion. I imagine he has been confused and depressed all these years because he continued to fail again and again for no obvious reason. I want him to feel some relief in knowing his differences come from a group of traits that he was born with.
I understand that reasonable professionals do indeed disagree about whether to withhold a diagnosis from a child with Asperger Syndrome--there is no confusion, however, regarding the moral and legal obligation to inform an adult of a medical diagnosis.
Should I tell him myself?
- February 17, 2014 at 6:58 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Did I read that right? 21 Years old?
Absolutely No reason why he should not know his diagnosis -- and in fact I think it may be "illegal" for his mother to know and him not to know.
Think of the Ugly Duckling story.
The duckling knew he was different and was sad living his life out as a duck. He was so happy to discover that he wasn't a duck but a swan. There were others like him.
You can't deny your brother the opportunity to find like-minded friends.
- February 17, 2014 at 8:01 AM
I was about 20 years old when a friend of mine revealed he had Aspergers. He felt really down back then about it, even got a second opinion.
When I read about the condition lightbulbs went on. This was me.. But I never really did anything about it. After all, my life was pretty ok. I had a job and some friends, and was able to care for myself.
It was this year, 2015, after getting a severe burnout and thinking I was going to die.. I was sent to a psychologist for my anxiety issues.
Last week, at age 34, I got the official diagnosis. My reaction was a mixed bag of emotions. I wasn't really surprised, but was a bit shocked how far it reached. It defines me in so many ways, more than I expected or would have accepted in the past.
Because I wasn't convinced earlier in life. I did pretty well, even have a stable relationship. I was doing too well and fitted right with other people, even strangers.
But I did have lots of anxiety issues and was tired a lot of the time. Always wanting to know everything beforehand and not liking surprises.
I now know I am mimicking NT behaviour all the time which wears me out.
And a lot of my anxiety fits right in with Aspergers. New situations, fear of change, my love for routines, but even my fear of diseases which has to do with sensory processing (misinterpreting body signals, not really knowing whether I'm hungry or feeling sick to my stomach, stuff like that).
Anyways.. A week later I'm accepting it a lot more.
- December 21, 2015 at 5:25 AM
- Misty Plant said...
In the U.S., States are given the power to govern most of their own "mental health laws". In Oklahoma, it is not only legal to withold the knowledge of diagnosis, but to withhold adult-patients' access to their entire mental health medical record.
I advise Anonymous and any others who find themselves questioning whether or not to reveal a patient's diagnosis, to write a letter to that person. Make sure to remain positive and reinforce your love and support for them, your relief (& if applicable, Guilt) and <<>> MAKE SURE YOU EXPLAIN *****WHY*****. That is the most common Aspie question.
"WHY?" Questions to Keep In Mind
•Why they were diagnosed with Aspergers (maybe use an example of something from childhood that isn't emotionally upsetting... Clumsiness comes to mind, Sound sensitivities, Picky Food Habits, Obsessive Compulsive Tendencies, Research & Knowledge Retaination, Strong Long-Term Memory, Inability to remember someone's name or even if you have met someone before, Emotional Episodes (Meltdowns))
•Why are you writing the letter (Answer: Because you have spoken with your mother and she revealed the diagnosis and her plans to keep him in the dark, Knowledge of the diagnosis give him power over his life (coping skills, abilities, difficulties to work on, accomodations, and different treatments)
•Why do you care about them knowing
•Why do you care about them
•Why didn't you mention anything sooner
•Why are you writing a letter instead of talking about it (Answer: Because Aspies tend to process better through written word. We have trouble processing, interpreting and responding during a conversation. Honestly, if someone were to come to me with something like this, I would have so many questions in my head that I wouldn't able to process that the person was answering my questions as I thought them).
•Why didn't the doctor say anything
-•- "The doctor they're working with told her that it's just a label and it will make him feel like a failure." -•-
Personally, this raises a big ol' RED FLAG for me. I would consider suggesting to your brother that he may want to seek a second opinion, and to consider changing doctors. Idk the doctor or the circumstance, so he may be founded in his belief (if your brother suffers from severe depression and Suicidal tendencies, the doctor's opinion is quite sound). However, the way I am interpreting this is as a doctor who doesn't want to put the effort in to treating Young Adult Aspie. We are difficult to treat, because we have an adolecent level of judgement with adult rights about Real-Life issues, our personalities are fairly set, and so are our habits. Try to approach treatment coping ideas as "skills to learn" instead of "habits to break".
Above all, be willing to learn along-side him and support him. If he is already suffering from depression, and you tell him about "His Problem" without helping him with it, it could be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Remember, he has been accommodating EVRYONE ELSE his entire life thus far, be willing to accommodate him a little bit. For example, there are some things about Aspies which are very good habits to have.
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At some ports, the ship will anchor off shore, and guests are taken to shore by small boats called tenders. Even if the ship is scheduled to dock at a pier, it can change to tendering.
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A lawyer representing a client before a legislative or administrative body in a nonadjudicative proceeding shall disclose that the appearance is in a representative capacity and shall conform to the provisions of Rules 3.04(a) through (d) , 3.05(a) , and 4.01 .
Comment - Rule 3.10
1. In appearing before bodies such as legislatures, municipal councils, and executive and administrative agencies acting in a rule-making or policy-making capacity, lawyers present facts, formulate issues and advance argument in the matters under consideration. The decision-making body, like a court, should be able to rely on the integrity of the submissions made to it. A lawyer appearing before such body should deal with the tribunal honestly and in conformity with applicable rules of procedure. A lawyer is required to disclose whether a particular appearance is in a representative capacity. Although not required to do so by Rule 3.10, a lawyer should reveal the identities of the lawyer's clients, unless privileged or otherwise protected, so that the decision-making body can weigh the lawyer's presentation more accurately. See Rule 4.01, Comment 1.
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The price of oil edged up above $89 a barrel Monday as investors were encouraged by signs that China's economy may be picking up after a prolonged slowdown.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for January delivery was up 20 cents to $89.93 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 84 cents to close at $88.91 in New York on Friday.
Markets perked up after surveys by the state-sanctioned China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing and HSBC Corp. showed China's manufacturing is expanding.
"The reading marks the first improvement of manufacturing conditions in 13 months and signals the economy of the world's largest growth engine may have turned a corner," said a report from JBC Energy in Vienna.
Signs of recovery in China's economy, the world's second largest, suggest energy consumption is likely to grow or stabilize there, pushing oil prices higher.
Analysts also noted that the risk posed by the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East underpinned energy prices.
"Alongside Egypt, Syria, Iran and Gaza all remain latent trouble spots where the unrest could overspill into the oil production region in the Persian Gulf, where around a quarter of the world's crude oil is produced," said analysts from Commerzbank in Frankfurt in a research note. "Given this backdrop the oil price should remain well-supported, especially since financial investors are increasingly betting on climbing prices again."
Oil had its first monthly gain in four months in November, but is still trading below the 2012 average of $94.65 per barrel.
In London, Brent crude was up 35 cents at $111.58 on the ICE Futures exchange. In other energy futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange:
— Heating oil added 1.01 cents to $3.0708 per gallon.
— Wholesale gasoline was up 1.49 cents to $2.7452 per gallon.
— Natural gas retreated 0.8 cent to $3.553 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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SPA Scintillation beads are microspheres containing scintillant which emit light in the blue region of the visible spectrum. As a result, these beads are ideally suited to use with photomultiplier tube (PMT) counters such as the MicroBeta2 or TopCount.
Two types of core SPA Scintillation bead are available - yttrium silicate (YSi) and Polyvinyltoluene (PVT). PVT beads are plastic, larger in size, and stay in suspension longer than the crystalline YSi beads.
Scintillation proximity assay (SPA) is a homogeneous and versatile technology for the rapid and sensitive assay of a wide range of biological processes, including applications using enzyme and receptor targets, radioimmunoassays, and molecular interactions. When 3H, 14C, 33P, and 125I radioisotopes decay, they release β-particles (or Auger electrons, in the case of 125I). The distance these particles travel through an aqueous solution is dependent on the energy of the particle. If a radioactive molecule is held in close enough proximity to a SPA Scintillation Bead or a SPA Imaging Bead, the decay particles stimulate the scintillant within the bead to emit light, which is then detected in a PMT-based scintillation counter or on a CCD-based imager, respectively. However, if the radioactive molecule does not associate with the SPA bead, the decay particles will not have sufficient energy to reach the bead and no light will be emitted. This discrimination of binding by proximity means that no physical separation of bound and free radiochemical is required.
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The story of the day is definitely about Path (a CrunchFund portfolio company). The company has been copying address book information to their servers without user knowledge.
The company was apparently already aware of the issue and was taking steps to address it prior to this post coming out. The Android app has an opt-in, and a version of the app with an opt-in is awaiting approval at Apple, says CEO Dave Morin in the comments to the original post. Morin has also flat out apologized.
This is a common problem with apps, due in large part to the fact that Apple doesn't consider the data as sensitive as, say, location information. To get location info the app must alert the user and get their permission on screen. There's no such requirement for address book data.
There's an app coming that allows users on jailbroken phones to monitor and intercept when address book information is being exported, at least when it's being done in the most common way.
But What About Path
A lot of users just don't care about their address book integrity, they know that it's been exploited, repurposed, shared and siloed for a long, long time. The argument that Facebook has always made is that it isn't really your data since it includes personal information of others. So it isn't really yours to control. The only way that mess ever gets sorted out is the courts, after a lot of guided lobbying-fueled meddling (or lack of meddling) in the legislative branch.
But back to Path. Their apps should soon be opt-in only for address book data, and a lot of users will want to send it to help Path find your friends and invite them to the service. Users can also ask Path to remove the data immediately – "In the meantime, if you would like your data deleted from our servers please contact our service team at firstname.lastname@example.com."
Which is nice, but I'm wondering if there's a better solution to this. Path should just state that they're nuking all collected address book data for all users right now. Remove it from their servers entirely.
It definitely sends the right message to users – you can trust this company with your data. They've apologized and they were already in the process of fixing the issue. It seems like the perfect last piece is to remove all that data from their servers. And I doubt it'll take them all that much time to collect the data all over again, this time with user permission.
And in the meantime, perhaps Apple will begin to protect address book data as closely as they do location data, which would eliminate this problem for users on all apps in the future.
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Annett Wayside ParkApril 19. 2011 9:24PM
On a bluff overlooking scenic Androscoggin River. The park lies within the Thirteen Mile Woods. It is a scenic spot for picnicking and fishing, and the rapids make the river a favorite for canoeists.
The Androscoggin Wayside Park is leased by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation from the James River Corporation and Henry S. Coe.
Location: Off Route 16, South of Errol, NH.
Phone: 603-323-2087
Activities: Canoeing, picnicking and fishing. Pets Allowed? Yes.
Amenities: None
Operation Schedule: Mid-May to Mid-November
Acreage: 1 acre
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The Androscoggin River played a key role in the development of New Hampshire's remote North Country. Logging was, and still is, a major industry. During the first half of the 1900's when the demands for timber increased for lumber and paper, the river made the movement of logs from the northern part of the state possible and economical. Pulpwood cut in the northern forests was floated to processing mills in Berlin and Gorham. Men known as river drivers worked from large boats called bateau to direct the logs on the river. They used tools called canthooks and pike poles. Dynamite was occasionally used to break up any log jams that formed. By the mid 1950s, expansion of the road system promoted the logging industry to begin transporting the logs by truck.
The Androscoggin River is joined by the Magalloway River, which originates in Maine, almost immediately after flowing from its source at Umbagog Lake. As it flows southward, it is joined near Gorham by the Moose and Peabody Rivers whose headwaters are high on the mountains of the Presidential Range. The river winds east from Gorham into Maine, and merges with the Kennebec River just before it empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Bath.
The name Androscoggin is derived from a Native American word for spear fishing. The northern headwaters and the tributaries of the Androscoggin are noted for their salmon and trout fishing.
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Compute-storage mashup: Great for Big Data, but what of my mobile?
Latency HELL as 'tops and 'slabs probe cloud
Blocks and Files Should compute and storage dance closer together or farther apart?
In the enterprise there is a strengthening under-current of thought that says data access latency is bad. You shouldn't have to wait for data. In the networked storage array field that is causing the import of flash storage into arrays to kick disk seeks into the long grass, and the provision of higher-speed networking, such as InfiniBand and 1Gbit/s Fibre Channel. But that's just tinkering with network latency.
We're seeing flattening SANs and virtualised server area networkers using server IO virtualisation, like the Oracle Xsigo technology, to provide SAN data access facilities at direct-attached storage (DAS) speeds. The purest exhibition of this is to re-invent DAS as flash storage memory, treated as an adjunct to a server's RAM accessed through the memory IO subsystem and not the disk IO subsystem.
These are examples of bringing storage to compute. A reverse trend is also visible though not as readily apparent, and that is bringing compute to storage by running application software inside storage arrays, as EMC keeps on saying its going to do with VMAX, VNX and Isilon storage arrays. DataDirect Networks is actually doing it by running file systems such as GPFS and Lustre inside its storage arrays via the ExaScaler and Gridscaler products. These are system-level applications though and not end-user apps. Running actual end-user apps in storage arrays is still a distant prospect.
In client, end-point computing-land the reverse is happening; to a large extent compute and storage are getting further apart. The smart end-points, like mobile phones, tablets, Google-ised Chromebooks and virtualised desktops have very little local storage and the cloud or enterprise data centre is where the data is stored. Like Big Data, client data is centripetal. Why is network latency acceptable for end-points but not in servers?
Frankly, sitting at the end of what my ISP or mobile phone service provider laughably calls broadband, having the remote servers access their data at microsecond speeds instead of milliseconds while I'm waiting multiple seconds leaves me cold. I could care less. I want my data - right now. If low latency is good for data centre servers then it's good for client devices too. But no shared network, no affordable shared network, is ever going to be as fast as local storage, or as dependable, as those who suffer ISP link outages know only too well.
Put another way: Big Data is a data centre thing. Here out in the far-flung reaches, the outer galactic spiral arms of end-point computing, Big Data doesn't exist. It's a case of little or no data. Curious isn't it? Latency sauce for the data centre server goose is not latency sauce for the end-point gander. ®


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5 Big Obama Announcements Donald Trump Could Be Making
When we reported the news that reality TV personality Donald Trump was going to reveal a major "bombshell" tomorrow on Twitter which will rock the Obama campaign, our first instinct was to check the TV Guide listings to see if "Celebrity Apprentice" was coming back on-air soon.
While that certainly was not the case, Trump's past history of using the news to remain front and center in the headlines gives us a reason to be speculative — especially when the coiffured business mogul is about to launch another season of his NBC television show. As early as this morning (10/23) Trump was on CNBC's Squawk Box, gassing up the announcement into a hot fervor. The big bank businessman commented on the show, saying, "I do have something that's very big. It's about President Obama." Without offering any hints, the challenge has been left to us to decode what Donald Trump's announcement could possibly be.
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Vault of the Secret Formula
Taste Maker
Project Group
DateDecember 2011
LocationWorld of Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA
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This interactive combines physical computing and generative graphics and music to give visitors the experience of attempting to create the perfectly balanced flavor profile.
An old soda fountain scene—vintage-style fixtures, fancy advertisements, decorated mirror—is actually the setting for a digital simulation of what it's like to be a nineteenth-century entrepreneur attempting to mix a new delicious soft drink.
At two side-by-side stations, visitors turn big dials representing the range of tastes: sweet to tart, mild to spicy, silky to sharp, rich and crisp, smooth and tingly. As visitors turn the dials and create different combinations, sometimes turning more than one dial at a time, they see coming from behind the mirror a synesthetic swirl of colorful particles that represent what their own creation might "taste like."
At the same time, visitors hear their flavor mixture as well. Each flavor has its own music motif, and as they turn a dial, they see and hear the interplay of visuals and sound. What does crisp-tasting look like? What does it sound like? When they press the Test My Mix button, their own combination is submitted to analysis and assessment (which falls short, of course). Pressing the Coca-Cola button creates a new flavor that transcends analysis.
Press & AwardsCommunication Arts Interactive Competition, Communication Arts, Winner, Award of Excellence: Environmental, April 2013Your Best Work: Design Awards & Competition, HOW, Winner, March 2013Brand Spaces: Branded Architecture and the Future of Retail Design, Sven Ehmann & Sofia Borges, January 2013Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine, Winner, Best Use of Interior Media/AV, October 2012"Keeping an Exhibit About the World's Best Kept Secret a Secret," Coca-Cola Unbottled, September 2012
For more than a year, a select team of employees understood that communications and activities regarding Project Guaranty needed to be handled as very confidential. Through some truly remarkable efforts on the part of the team, Project Guaranty remained confidential until the day of the Company's official announcement of the new exhibit."Exhibit Feature: The Coca-Cola Company - Vault of the Secret Formula exhibit," Communication Arts, July 2012
After stepping through a huge vault door, visitors learn about the most closely guarded trade secret in history through an immersive multimedia experience that celebrates the rich history, mythology and intrigue surrounding its formula."The World of Coca-Cola with Kinect," Next at Microsoft, Steve Clayton June 2012
The World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta is laden with Kinect sensors that create an immersive, interactive experience for visitors - thanks to Portland's Second Story.2012 MUSE Awards, American Association of Museums, BRONZE: Multimedia Installations, April 2012
Over 130 judges – museum and media professionals from across the world – were involved in the process of selecting the winners. Winning entries were expected to demonstrate outstanding achievement in nine areas including content, interface, design, innovation and appeal."Discover Coca-Cola's Secret Formula At This Interactive Exhibit By Second Story," Entertainment Designer, Brendan Brehm, March 28, 2012
Much more than just a heavy-duty vault to stare at, the Vault of the Secret Formula exhibit is an interactive exploration of one of the most notorious trade secrets in the world… This is not the first time that we've featured the interactive handiwork of Second Story here on entertainmentdesigner.com; in previous articles we've taken a look at exhibits they designed for the Museum at Bethel Woods and the Adler Planetarium. With their latest project for Coca-Cola, they've come up with even more ways to embed interactive technology in a museum experience."Second Story: Vault of the Secret Coca-Cola Formula ," Design Boom, March 25, 2012
The Vault of the Secret Formula experience presents the history behind Coca Cola's secret formula."Coke Secret Formula Gets 1st New Home Since 1925," Associated Press, YouTube Video, December 2011"Coke hides its secret formula in plain sight in World of Coca-Cola move," Atlanta Business News, Leon Stafford, December 2011
Jacquie Wansley, a spokeswoman for the World of Coke, said the exhibit is more interactive than the rest of the facility, with an emphasis on putting visitors in the mystery of the formula... '[This] is not about collectibles archived behind glass,' she said. 'There is very little of that. This is experiencing Coca-Cola in a new way.'
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We love finding things that do more than light up to put into our USB port. D-link's Sidestage is such a gadget. The 7-inch LCD monitor with 800x480 resolution is an extension of your PC's main screen. Use it to IM, watch videos, video conferencing or utilizing tools such as PhotoShop. The monitor is a mere 7 x 4.6 x 3/4-inches and weighs 1.34 lbs, and is compatible with most CRTs and flat panels. Look for price and availability towards the end of the year.
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...got in a discussion with a colleague reagrding the amount of network traffic generated by a simple hostscan in ettercap. I'm under the impression such a scan generates a minimal amount of traffic reading the arp tables. My co-worker insists such a scan puts a network at risk. A host scan doesn't use arp spoofing, does it? Thanks.
p.s. -- also noted Irongeek's site is gone. Any word from the man about that?