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I read in the Feynman Lectures that "all the fundamental forces in nature appear to be conservative" (Vol 1, 14.5) which comes decades after Faraday's Law of Induction so surely he would have known about it.
1) Who is right? Or, what did Feynman really mean?
2) In Lewin's final diagram there are two voltmeters which, apart from a section of wire, attach in the same place. What happens as you bring the two attachment points together to meet? I can't see, in a physical on-the-table experiment, how one voltmeter is "measuring in the other direction".


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Dopamine agonists (?particularly pramipexole) and compulsive gambling
I am less skeptical after reading the report from Mayo clinic and the series of letters to the editor that followed. Dodd et al reported 11 patients with pathological gambling who were taking pramipexole for Parkinson Disease (PD). Other dopamine agonists and levodopa have also been implicated. Also other compulsive behaviors have been described.
The authors postulated that the apparent greater prevalence with this particular agonist may be due to its greater effect on the D3 dopamine receptors in the limbic cortex. However, one letter challenged the excess dopamine theory by relating one case of compulsive gambling in a PD patient who was treated with deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus.
The theory is that with increased dopaminergic stimulation there is increasing loss of impulse control. Supporting this association between dopamine agonist and gambling is the reported reversal of the condition by discontinuing the medication.
A pathologist with PD from Texas has filed a law suit against the manufacturer of the medication.
Does all of this raise philosophical questions about free will ? Can a medication really make some one carry out the complicated acts such as are required to take part in repeated gambling? I would be interested in hearing some thoughts about that.
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- james gaulte said...
Correction,the trade name of pramipexole is Mirapex not Requip.
sorry for the error.
- Anonymous said...
Your question is most interesting. I am a 51 year old PD patient on Mirapex for about 7 months. Within a few weeks of beginning this medication I began spending increasing amounts of time internet shopping. Ebay, Craigs list etc. Now I certainly was no stranger to these sites before, but I now spend over 3 hours some days even more surfing and internet shopping.
I was aware of the risk of obsessive/compulsive behavior prior to taking Mirapex, having done some research on my own and through discussion with my MDS (Movement Disorder Specialist).
When I reported my internet shopping problem at my last visit I was advised to discontinue Mirapex and abandon the dopamine agonist group of drugs. However, I feel great on this drug. My motor symptoms are well controlled and my mood is good.
My husband and I have decided to monitor the situation carefully and I am having some success with behavior modification techniques. I set a timer when I log on the computer, try to spend less alone at home etc. So far, for me, it has been a very manageable side effect.
I also have not actually spent a whole lot of money. So while I acknowledge that I am having difficulty controlling my urge to log on and window shop, my judgement does not seem to be impaired with respect to spending money. Time is another matter, however.
The cause and effect of alterations in brain chemistry on basic personality traits is very poorly understood. Since PD alters brain chemistry and the drugs used to treat it alter brain chemistry it's extremely difficult to sort out.
I have no doubt that Mirapex is exacerbating my "shopping problem:" I don't however, believe that it excuses any irresponsible behavior and/or will alter my basic character. I'm still me and I choose to maintain accountability for my decisions and actions.
That said, I also know that medication side effects occur on a continuim from mild to major and perhaps I am simply at the milder end.
- Spedteech2 said...
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I have been on Mirapex for at least 7 years. I had never gambled and thought it was a ridiculous activity. I could never understand why someone would take $5,10,20 and in a matter of seconds it would be gone. Because I felt this waay it then became very easy for me to see what was going on when I started gambling. I believe it began when the quantity of Mirapex was increased to 1 mg, 3x's a day. That was a trigger. It took almost 2 years for me to tell my doctor. I was embarrassed yet I knew nothing else in my life had changed. In April of 2004 I told him and then they tried Requip. I could not tolerate it so I went back to Mirapex. I moved and my current doctor refuses to accept his and will not prescribe anything else. I am goung to Dr. Mark Stacey this week and I hope he can change my meds. At least I won't have to educate him.
- Anonymous said...
It's hard to believe that these drugs actually bring on problem gambling, but something needs to be done to help people that take these drugs from experiencing these side effects.


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If you didn't already know, August is National Sandwich Month. It's a purely arbitrary celebration, but it nonetheless serves as a good time to step back and take a look at some of Chicago's best options between two slices of bread. Last week we picked out some of our favorite BLT variations around town, but today we wanted to look at one of the most difficult sandwich genres to do right: the seafood sandwich.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eighteen neurological patients in North Carolina may have been exposed to an incurable and fatal degenerative brain disease while undergoing surgery at the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center because surgical instruments were insufficiently sterilized, the hospital said on Monday.
Surgeons operated on the 18 patients in the past three weeks using tools that had not been sufficiently sanitized after they were used on a patient who had surgery on January 18 and later tested positive for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), the hospital in Winston-Salem said in a press statement.
"On behalf of the entire team at Novant Health, I apologize to the patients and their families for having caused this anxiety," Jeff Lindsay, president of the medical center, said at a news conference.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Visa arrangements and job chances Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Visa arrangements and job chances Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Chile View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Archon MusaJoined: 16 Apr 2014Posts: 1 Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:03 pm Post subject: Visa arrangements and job chances Hello all, After doing some job-hunting from Europe I've come to the conclusion that as someone with no experience it's really unlikely I'll get a job-offer or even an interview from outside Chile for ESL teaching positions. Given that this is the case, I've been thinking of showing up on a tourist visa and looking for work - if I find something, I'd presumably have to leave the country and apply for a work visa abroad using my contract. I'm wondering: Do I really have no option except this? Also, does it seem at all realistic to those of you currently living in Chile that someone could find work in June, with TEFL certification but no experience? All the best, and thank you for your time. Back to top MannaFromKevinJoined: 27 Feb 2012Posts: 8 Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 7:43 pm Post subject: BUMP Sorry, nothing to offer in response, but I'd be very interested as well if someone had some answers to your questions. Anyone? Back to top mtizJoined: 18 May 2014Posts: 41 Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 6:10 pm Post subject: I haven't been to Chile, but I have several friends that have travelled to Chile and taught EFL there. Usually most Latin American countries want you to be present in the country for an interview. I know Chile is a big hot spot for EFL teaching right now, so I honestly think you would have no problem going there and finding a job. A lot of places may hire you without papers and let you just make visas runs - I have several friends that did that. But that depends on if you're ok with doing that. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Chile All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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For most, the modern workday is one long series of interruptions punctuated by brief bursts of productivity.
For example, it took me 17 minutes to write that first sentence. I got an email after the word "modern," had to send a tweet after "interruptions" and then a co-worker stopped by after "brief" to tell me that if you sprinkled powdered sugar on Newt Gingrich, he'd look like a beignet.
Since work was invented in ancient Greece by Jerkios Dullopolos, humans have struggled to avoid distraction. But at times even a passing piece of dust can be more exhilarating than writing a status report, so our attention is called in other directions.
And the interruptions have proliferated.
A study released last year by the market research firm uSamp found that 45 percent of workers make it only 15 minutes before being interrupted, and more than half say they waste at least an hour a day on distractions.
The study was based on a survey of more than 500 employees at U.S. businesses of varying sizes. Predictably, most of the interruptions, nearly 60 percent, involved email, social networks and instant or text messaging.
Many of us see our incessant toggling between tasks as proof that we're brilliant multitaskers of a wired world. But research does not bear that out.
Every time you take your attention away from one task, it takes a little time to catch up once you return. That's time wasted.
A 2009 Stanford University study found that people who routinely receive information from multiple sources don't pay attention, control their memory or move from one project to the next as well as workers who handle one task at a time.
"Our human physiology has been in formation for tens of millions of years," said Jeff Davidson, author of "Breathing Space: Living & Working at a Comfortable Pace in a Sped-Up Society." "We are hard-wired to give our attention in one essential direction when it's a major task or project we're undertaking. Yet here we are, making excuses as to why we need to be interrupted around the clock."
Part of that, I believe, is our innate desire to feel important. Admit it: When cellphones first became prevalent, you felt kind of awesome walking around with one. It meant you were someone of such value that you had to be reachable at any moment.
That vanity-driven sensibility is alive and well, with smartphones pinging throughout the day to announce urgent emails or texts.
"We have people that cannot confront solitude," Davidson said. "They need to know who has noticed them lately in the world. We all have become hooked on the next communique. We make excuses all day long about why we need to be on all the time, wired, connected, ready to be interrupted."
And that comes at a cost, forming what Davidson calls "a perfect Catch-22."
We face so many interruptions that we struggle to fit our work into an eight-hour day. So we multitask, which makes it harder to concentrate on an individual task, and we're still allowing interruptions to happen, so we're not getting everything done. Thus we work longer hours and multitask more, and on and on.
Clearly, we would benefit from breaking the cycle of distraction. (Be right back, I have to go "like" a picture of one of my friend's cats on Facebook. LOL!)
But how?
"It comes down to self-confidence," Davidson said. "We need to get back to a state in which we say, 'I know myself, I know how I work, I know what it takes for me to do this kind of job.' So then you give yourself, for example, a two-hour stretch uninterrupted."
That's like five years in Twitter time. But a big part of dodging interruptions is recognizing the ones that we can control.
Julie Morgenstern, author of "Never Check E-mail in the Morning," said: "It's important to recognize how much is coming from outside and how much is self-interruption. I think we self-interrupt just as much as we're interrupted by others."
She called email "an interruption chute" on which you can easily close the lid. By not letting yourself check email until 10 a.m., you can secure a good hour or more to focus on bigger things.
"The temptation is, 'Let me take care of all the little things people need from me, and then I can relax and focus,'" Morgenstern said. "That's kind of misguided, because the little things never stop."
She recommends flipping that plan — tackle the big tasks first and then pay attention to the ticky-tack stuff.
Morgenstern and Davidson agree that if you introduce a no-interruption policy for a couple hours a day, your bosses and co-workers will not only understand but also might follow suit.
"Everyone is dealing with the same problem," Morgenstern said. "You could ostensibly have a department meeting, a team meeting, a meeting with your boss and talk about how you need to balance responsiveness with individual work streams. Say, 'Can we agree that generally speaking the mornings are for uninterrupted work, unless it's a real emergency?'"
I can say from personal experience that the two times in my life I've focused solely on work have been fabulously successful. (This column is not the product of one of those times.)
But while we face a blinding array of potential distractions, it's bound to get worse as technology grows and we start getting Googles implanted in our bionic eyes.
To that end, Davidson points out the importance of training yourself now to shut down interruptions.
"Every day for the rest of our professional lives, the pace of society, the pace of business and the pace of communication are going to speed up," he said. "We've got to put our stake in the ground now and say, 'I've got to establish some personal discipline here, I've got to carve out some breathing space.'"
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"The endurance of Shakespeare depends not only on the felt experience of good, vivid theater, but also on dynamic scholarship that reveals his living text."
–Michael Boyd, RSC artistic director
"Timely, original, and beautifully conceived, this is a remarkable edition, one that makes Shakespeare's extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever."
–James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University and bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599
"The big book is a new one-volume edition of the complete works, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and published by the Modern Library. Two eminent Shakespeareans, Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, have applied modern editing techniques and recent scholarship to correct and update the First Folio, the first collection of the plays, published in 1623…. Mr. Bate writes… a superb introduction that deals with Shakespeare and his world as well as textual questions."
–The New York Times
"The excellent general introduction by Jonathan Bate and the essays and notes on each play are… a feast of literary and historical information."
—The Wall Street Journal
"I look forward to using it over many years… enjoying Jonathan Bate's perceptive comments, trusting Eric Rasmussen's textual scholarship."
—Peter Holland, President of the Shakespeare Association of America, editor of Shakespeare Survey
"Bate's edition is incomparably superior to all the rest. His knowledge of textual problems and previous commentary seems to be prodigious in its detail and thoroughness…. And his comments on individual plays are unfailingly perceptive. He's about equally fine as scholar and critic; few excel in both roles, with their very different requirements. Bate is like an all-star shortstop who can also serve as an outstanding relief pitcher…. No other edition has ever impressed me so much."
–Joseph Sobran, author of William Shakespeare, Alias Shakespeare: Solving the Greatest Literary Mystery of All Time
Jonathan Bate is a passionate advocate of Shakespeare and his introductions to individual plays are full of striking and convincing observations…. The scholarly apparatus is discreet, elegant and pertinent. For each play, we get a set of 'key facts': brief accounts of plots, dates and sources, and useful statistics…. Footnotes are found snugly and legibly at the bottom of each page….There is a universe to be found in these annotations: the Renaissance world of power and fate, sex and death, language and philosophy. Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen have given us an edition full of endless fascination."
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"Thanks to Bate and Rasmussen, we now have a rendering of The Complete Works that, in a rare publishing achievement, would also give complete satisfaction to the author himself."
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"A new and thoroughly radical edition…. The editorial decisions are argued in an impeccably informative introduction by Jonathan Bate that gives a comprehensive theatrical, social, political and biographical context to the plays. There are pithy essays, also by Bate, to introduce each play as well as exemplary notes at the foot of each page… incomparably useful … a definitive edition."
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"A splendid edition. The general introduction is among the best 50-page guides to Shakespeare you could hope to find, while the short essays prefixed to each play are like the best kind of programme notes – informative, thought-provoking and humane…. The RSC's edition tells you all you need to know about the life, but also, vitally, allows you to lose yourself in the wonder of the works."
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The Research of External Financing Options of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China
Since the reform and opening up, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China developed rapidly, which have become an important part of China's economic and social development. However, the financing difficulties of SMEs have become increasingly prominent during recent years, and it hinders the healthy development of SMEs in China. This paper analyzes the current financing situation of SMEs in China, and conducts a deeply comparative analysis for several common external financing means of SMEs. In addition, this article provides some suggestions about how to solve financing difficulties if SMEs in China.
Key words: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); External financing means; Options
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Tian, L., & Zhang, Y. (2010). The Discussion of Effective Financing Model of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Modern Business, 12(2), 204.
Fu, J. (2011). The Analysis of External Financing Channels of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. China Venture Capital, 12(1), 44-47.
Tan, H. (2012). The Discussion of the New Financing Model of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises -- Supply Chain Financing. Hebei Economy, 12(2), 50.
Sun, Y. (2011). The SWOT Analysis of Market Positioning of Private Equity Funds. Special Zone Economy, 12(9), 123-125.
Wang, M. (2011). The Existing Problems and Countermeasures of the Way of Financing of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China. China's Securities and Futures, 12(8), 47.
Wang, X. (2011). The Construction of Direct Investment System of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China. Modern Business, 12(1), 207-208.
Liu, L. (2011). The Research on Financing Model of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China. Financial Square, 12(2), 3-7.
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Already battling pain in his left foot, new Nugget forward Al Harrington suffered a partially torn plantar fascia in that foot on Friday night, according to an MRI taken today. Harrington is expected to miss an estimated two weeks, which means he could possibly return on Oct. 23, four days before the regular-season opener versus Utah.
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Between April and June, Google Inc. earned a profit of $2.51 billion U.S. and saw revenue of more than $9 billion U.S. — up 32 per cent from a year earlier.
Despite this monetary success, at least one technology academic says Google and others continue to offer Internet-search functions that are antiquated and out of touch with today's realities.
An article in this week's edition of the science journal Nature calls for search engines that interact more naturally with humans and provide responses more to the point of what we're asking.
In this piece, University of Washington computer scientist Oren Etzioni notes that the web is increasingly accessed through smartphones, and the process of typing words in a search field, choosing from a list of possibilities and then logging on to any number of websites can be a tedious task from such devices.
In his article, Etzioni talks about how nice it would be if we could simply ask a question and get an answer.
"Moving up the information food chain requires a search engine that can interpret a user's question, extract facts from all the information on the web, and select an appropriate answer," he writes.
Etzioni referred to IBM-made supercomputer Watson dominating the television game show Jeopardy earlier this year as a proof that machines are capable to having answers to an array of questions on demand.
"The multi-billion dollar question that IBM is now investigating is: 'Can Watson be generalized beyond the game of Jeopardy?'" Etzioni writes.
Etzioni elaborated to Postmedia News on the kind of information people should be able to get from a search engine: "What was the score in that sports game yesterday? Who was pitching? When is this happening?
"There's just an enormous amount of questions that we have all the time that (most) search (engines are) just too primitive a tool to deal with, particularly as more and more access to the Internet is through mobile devices."
That's not to say the current model for Internet searching should be completely done away with. Keyword searches, and the various directions they can take a web surfer, will continue to be ideal in certain circumstances, particularly if someone is using a desktop computer, he said.
But he added that "on a mobile device with a tiny screen and an awkward keyboard, you're just not going to want to do that."
He says in his paper that current methods of Internet searching might soon go the way of "bygone technologies" like typewriters.
Toronto-based futurist Richard Worzel said it's "inevitable" that search engines will evolve to take into account the mobility of users and their longing for quick and simple answers.
He agreed that Watson is a good example of the possibilities that exist and what technology companies are striving for.
"(Watson) wasn't created to play Jeopardy," Worzel said. "It was created to do things like search."
Thomas Kunz, a computer engineering professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, said technology companies are trying to develop better search engines, particularly by making computers more capable of understanding context.
"I think the real big bang for the buck is once you figure out what the user wants using context (in conjunction with) mobile devices that can include things like location . . . and organizing the information by reason rather than just text matching."
However, he said a wholesale change in the nature of search engines is unlikely in the near future. He said the most radical changes will initially be domain-specific — for example, tools to search large databases of medical records or legal documents.
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Aaah, this is really useful!
Aaah, this is really useful!
Oh man. Sign me up for being one of the artists who is willing to offer their services for people holding certain projects! ;3; I would love to be more active on a website and community. I'm most certainly going to be following this thread because some of these ideas are fantabulous.
I wish I could remember more clearly a lot of the community art "games" that were on yerf...there were quite a few of those.
Ones that come to mind, was a trading post I think that one was sort of like a monthly contest, where one or two characters could be specified, and then people would draw them, whoever "won" got to pick the characters for the next round, there were rules in place of course to prevent the same person always being "it" as well.
Line games, someone provides a line, then everyone has to make a picture that incorporates that line.
Coloring books, people trade line art with others to color
Style swap challenges...
Secret Santa type events
I'm sure there are more, and I can't remember the details since that was 10 years ago now (I can't believe it's been so long).
When I played puzzle pirates they would also do all sorts of mini "daily doodle" types of things during certain holidays, where each day would have a theme and you had 24 hours to draw/write/photograph/caption something to match that theme. This includes sometimes using strange mediums as the requirement. (I recall one that was a jello sculpture thing lol).
Art "games" in general are fun, because they can be used as ways to improve ones art and critical thinking and stuff.
I'm having a buttload of trouble navigating these forums OnO Buuut I would be happy to offer my artistic services for particular community projects if I have the time c:
I was also thinking about some sort of "Weasyl V-Day Art Exchange" for a Community Event. My PKMN Merchandising community has this annual event called the "Secret Valentine Exchange".
Basically, it's like Secret Santa but Valentines Day rather than Christmas, and Valentines instead of Santas xD
It's a merchandise community so usually we give material gifts, but on Weasyl they would be pieces of art instead :3
"The big idea for Secret Valentine is to spread some Valentine cheer throughout the community. We want to help you make some new friends and receive a special surprise for a holiday that we can all celebrate!"
Usually the exchange has a "$15" limit rule, but since it would be art here instead, perhaps it could be altered into something like a "Colored" minimum rule for the giftarts or something!
People who want to participate fill out a survey [we would have to alter the survey to our art based community, and again cutting it close here] by a certain deadline and then the host[s] pair people up via RNG.
The Rules also state that people need to have shown activity in order to participate [So that people don't just get and run], but perhaps that could be swapped out to "you need at least a few pieces [made by YOU] in your gallery to participate!
It's getting pretty close to V-Day so it's cutting it a bit close but I thought I'd throw it out there just as an idea! <3
Yeaaaah this is a great idea and I'm totes willing to help in any way I can :> You can add me to the lists of artists an advertisers if you wish!
Also @blackkat, that is a really cute idea! I'm not sure if it would be possible since it is so close to Vday, but it's a sweet idea still and should totally be kept in mind for future holidays! :>
I would definitely be up for Weasyl Fantasia. I have always loved the Pixiv Fantasia stuff and seeing this happen in here would be just delightful!
I REALLY like the Big Bang Challenge. That sounds like it'd be pretty epic.
We all have our demons. If we're not fighting them, then we've befriended them.
Gonna pin this thread, lots of great ideas going on here.
I also think that the Weasyl Fantasia thing sounds really cool in particular. I'm not sure how much effort it would take to get it happening on Weasyl, but it sounds like something fun to participate in and/or help to happen. As scores are tallied by pageviews, I was initially uncertain, as at that point it can clearly be a battle only among the most popular artists, but it appears that there is somewhat of a system guideline in place to account for that and try to prevent some skew, so that's good--I think either 3 pageview categories as noted in the GoogleDoc or categories determined by number of user watchers would both be effective.
I haven't come up with anything extraordinary at this time, but I'll keep this in mind in the hopes that maybe I'll think up some cool events we could do. Some have mentioned Secret Santa stuff, that's usually pretty fun also.
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josephb brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 112 Designs von 27 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Design cool, modern home page for our new beta site of a mobile job posting service. Our target customer is 20-30, urban, and will use our service to post jobs via text message to housecleaners, movers, and other home help.
Download wireframes, logo, and other needed assets:
Hey, we have just over 24 hours left and you have entered some great designs! However, many of them are looking too much like the wireframe in regards to the boxy layout of content on the home page, and we want to see some other ideas (and, a lot of them are starting to look the same..). Also, some of you have added pictures both of mobile phones and / or workers and we would like to see some more of that. Another idea is to add a graphic of a skyline or something that depicts an urban feel.
If you have already submitted, please try an update and rearrange the content on the home page, with the order of priority being:
1. How it Works section with graphics and numbers
2. Need a Worker - Get Started
3. Take a tour
4. Need a job
The main focus of the home page is for the how it works to compel someone to want to sign up to use the service.
If you haven't submitted yet, still plenty of time!
This is for a new bonus page, the "How it works" page, which we would like instead of the job listing page. We really like as a reference the mint.com/features page:
-- INCREASED PRIZE MONEY --details in the full brief
Assured Labor
Assured Labor creates an intelligent mobile marketplace to connect workers and employers. We are launching our Beta Site in Boston, MA using Movers and Housecleaners. We want a site that has a Web 2.0 look, but not overdone.
The main focus of the home page is for the how it works to compel someone to want to sign up to use the service.
Deliverable is sliced psd for or sliced psd + XHTML/CSS for bonuses.
The prize money is broken down as follows:
$500 for the best home page design
The winner will have, at their option, the chance to get the following bonuses:
$100 for how it works page (same overall theme as the home page)
$100 for job posting page (same overall theme, just an extra nav bar and layout of worker profiles)
$100 for the XHTML/CSS for home page only, or
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We speech-language therapists have a lot of acronyms in our little speechy world. We are SLPs (speech-language pathologists) who have our CCCs (Certificates of Clinical Competence) from ASHA (the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association). When I graduated with my M.S. (okay, you all know that one) in speech-language pathology, I was pretty sure I'd mastered the alphabet soup of our profession.
Until I fell in love with kids with autism, that is. That's when I was introduced to the world of ABA. If you've loved a child with autism, you've no doubt run smack into this term, too, and probably very early along the journey you took. Despite the fact that this word swirls around the autism world with great furiosity, it is often misused and a bit misunderstood. Some people love it with a passion; others hate it with the same intensity. Me? I think it both extremely valuable and sometimes overused.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. My goal today is to begin to define the term for those who don't know it well. Later, when I've laid the groundwork just a bit, we'll delve into the true complexities that exist with what appears, at first glance, to be a very simple concept.
ABA stands for Applied Behavioral Analysis. It's based on the work of B.F. Skinner, a psychologist who focused on operant conditioning, or the study of observable behaviors and the events that cause and reinforce those behaviors. The applied part of ABA means that we take this system of looking at the way behaviors are shaped and apply it to everyday life; we use it to shape behaviors that are important to the lives we lead. When we peer at the world through the eyes of ABA, we find ourselves looking at three main things.
The Antecedent: What happened in the environment before the behavior occurred?
The Behavior: This part involves describing the overt behavior that you see or want to see. Not the motives, not the intent, not the feelings behind the behavior. Simply the behavior as you can observe it in front of you. Those who study and use the principles of ABA believe in describing the behavior as clearly and objectively as possible. For example, instead of saying "Sally got mad," a behavior analyst would say "Sally screamed and hit the door with her fist."
Consequence: What happens after the behavior? Does this thing that occurs after the behavior (the consequence) increase the chances the behavior will occur again, making it a reinforcement? Or does it decrease the chances the behavior will occur again, making it a punishment?
To help explain, let me share a couple examples.
Say you are teaching a child to say "cookie." The steps behind teaching the word might go a little something like this:
Antecedent: You hold up a cookie and say, "cookie"
Behavior: The child imitates "cookie"
Consequence: You give the child the cookie. (This would be positive reinforcement, assuming that giving the child the cookie increases the chances he will say the word again in the presence of the the cookie. Or, in plain English, assuming the child actually wants the cookie–although behavior analysts would probably shy away from describing it this way, as it reflects the child's internal state, rather than his behavior).
Or, perhaps you are teaching your child to walk.
Antecedent: You hold out your hands and say "come here!"
Behavior: Your child takes his first step toward you.
Consequence: You cheer and throw your child in the air as he giggles. (Again, this is only reinforcement if it actually increases the chances your child will take a step toward you the next time you hold out your hands and say, "come here!" It wouldn't be a reinforcement if he hated being thrown in the air- in this case, it might decrease the chances that he'd come to you and would, then, become a punishment*. Consequences are different for different people- the exact same action that is a reinforcement for one person can be a punishment for another).
These three things- the antecedent, behavior and consequence (Or ABCs of ABA, if you will…yes, another acronym), make up the core of ABA. Those who live in the world of ABA focus very carefully on the ABCs behind any and all behaviors. They graph and chart and study these elements of life and plan interactions around them.
ABA is much more complex than this, of course; I took four full graduate level classes about ABA when I completed my graduate certificate in Behavioral Intervention in Autism. There are those that study ABA all their life and still don't have all the answers, and there are entire, complex, and well-graphed treatments for autism that are based the concepts behind ABA. It is not nearly as simple as I am making it at the moment. And yet, if you understand the ABCs behind ABA, you can begin to understand the world through the eyes of an applied behavior analyst.
How, then, does ABA fit into the world of SLP? As an experienced applied behavior analyst once told me, we all (parents, teachers, speech-therapists, all of us) use ABA in one form or another. SLPs are no exception. We use the principles of ABA to teach children first words (Antecedent: "Say, Ball!" Child's Behavior: "Ball!" Consequence: Child is rolled the ball). We use ABA methods to teach children how to behave and understand language (Antecedent: "Sit down please." Child's behavior: sits down. Consequence: "Here's your snack."). We call on ABA to help us figure why children behave in certain ways, so that we might help them find a better response and eliminate challenging behavior. For example, we might look at what comes just before a child hits another child (the antecedent), discover that it happens whenever another child obstructs the way, and then give the child a new behavior (saying, "move please") by teaching and reinforcing this new behavior.
So yes, we all use the concepts behind ABA, intuitively and frequently, to teach, motivate, and shape our children's behaviors. And yet, controversy behind these methods exists. Why so? Because there are significant differences in how and when we apply these methods, in how stringently we define the behaviors we expect, in how we select and apply consequences, and in how strongly we believe that the ABA lens is the only one through which we can view the world.
That's a post for a different day though. For now, we'll just be happy that we've learned our ABCs.
(This post originally appeared on Child Talk)
Becca Jarzynski, M.S., CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist in Wisconsin. Her blog, Child Talk, can be found at www.talkingkids.org and on facebook at facebook.com/ChildTalk.


text: Hi, Simon Hailstone wrote: > Hi All, > > If it sheds any light on the nature of DVB-ASI, there are Linux drivers > available ( with source ) for the DekTec ASI adapters here : > > http://www.dektec.com/Products/LinuxSDK/Downloads/LinuxSDK.zip > If someone has the hardware, we can take a go at it. Regards, Manu > Best Regards, > Simon Hailstone > > On 16/09/2007, *Wolfgang Wegner* < wolfgang at leila.ping.de > <mailto:wolfgang at leila.ping.de>> wrote: > > Hi Manu, > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 02:17:55AM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote: > > Please don't remove the CC's. The CC'd people generally don't bother > > about mails from the ML, probably. > > sorry, it was definitely not my intention and I hope to include > all previous CC here. > > [have to read about the multiproto changes myself...] > > > Can you please point me to some ASI specs if you don't mind ? I was > > once supposed to work on such a device, but then that company > itself got > > scrapped, hence never had to figure out on ASI. > > Well, AFAIK the ASI specification is not open, so I unfortunately I > can not point to it. > To be honest, the only thing about ASI comes from a fronted we use at > the company in professional equipment, so I am not sure if the things > I can tell from there are really valid for all ASI equipment. However, > as from time to time questions come up concerning DekTec and other > boards, > at least some basic support for ASI seems to be desirable. > > So, coming to the facts, our ASI frontend gives these as "statistics": > - BER > - sync status > - 204 or 188 byte/packet mode > > [...] > > Since it is an IOCTL call straight away within the V3 API, i would > like > > to push this into the frontend thread where it is submitted as a job > > kind of thing, where the userapplication can be notified in what > > timeframe, or via GET_EVENTS, final details can be left out for > the last > > stage. > > This sounds very reasonable for me. I have no idea yet how this frontend > thread is handled now, but after all all necessary information > should be > present there (e.g. lock state, to do a proper reset of averaging etc.). > > > Scale for BER is one thing that is still open ended, which i am off > > hook. I need to still check on this, but if you have some ideas > would be > > nice. > > Hmm... I am not sure what is needed by others, so my voice should not > be given too much weight here. We always use 10^-8 as the base, but for > some equipment this might already be too rough. On the other hand, IIRC > some demodulators do not return more accurate values anyways. > > > Signal Strength & SNR: > > > > In reality we can provide 2 ways for the same, > > 1) Relative scale > > 2) a scale in a decibels > > > > Even with Reverse Engineered drivers we can do 1) but for 2) we might > > need more info. The user could probably select what he needs using an > > IOCTL, relative or an absolute scale. For the relative one we can > just > > define a floor and ceiling and a relative value is extracted out. > > That is what I was thinking of, for most applications this would be > sufficient. I do not know what is the better solution here. Following > your proposal of two different styles of return values makes life easier > for the application (which could request the "scale" type and just take > this value). Even knowing the exact decibel value would make it > necessary > to interpret it differently for different transmission schemes, i.e. > 8 dB > SNR in DVB-S is no problem while there would be no reception in DVB-C... > On the other hand it might be confusing to get different values for the > same thing, which I treat as an argument for my proposal of always (if > possible) returning the dB value and giving the application (and user) > the demod min and max values for drawing a nice percentage scale. > > For a few demods I could provide the dB calculation (namely STV0299, > STV0288, TDA10046, TDA1002x), but probably these are those with > fewest problems anyways. > For others (e.g. STV0297) there seems to be no calculation possible, > I know of other implementations using a look-up-table. If needed, I > could do some measurements and see if we manage to get good results > with a look-up-table, too. > > > know anything. In some cases people would like to get the absolute > value > > for some instrumentation reasons. > > It makes comparison of different frontends/setups easier, too. At least > in some forums people try to compare their dish and stuff with this, so > not only addicts like us might want to see these values. ;-) > > [Sorry for deleting your most interesting part about silicon tuners - > I have not had my hands on one yet, so cannot comment] > > > > I understand floating-point is not possible in the kernel, but what > > > other possibilities are there to get rid of the device-dependent snr > > > calculation in the application? Please, no debate about complete > user-space > > > driver here! I really hope there are other solutions, but I have > no idea > > > what is possible. > > > > > > Currently we have a log10 implementation in dvb-core in dvb-math.c We > > can use this for the same, but we will still need some careful hand > > crafted integer calculations, complexity depending upon the hardware > > itself, since it is vendor specific. This also requires that one must > > have proper specifications for the devices for this to be done. > > This is good news! I will have a look at current implementation and see > if I can play with it a bit (to test how my above mentioned calculations > fit here). There will definitely be some re-work be necessary, > because up > to now I used float calculations without much thinking... > > > Thanks, > > Manu > > Best regards, > Wolfgang > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb at linuxtv.org <mailto:linux-dvb at linuxtv.org> > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > >


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March 4, 2012
Outsmarting HIV With Healthy Eating
Welcome to another day in my life. Today is Sunday and I hope you are having a safe and great weekend so far. It is another busy weekend for Dab the AIDS Bear and me. Stay tuned for pictures at the Positive Living Conference in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.
One of the best things people living with HIV can do besides taking medications if necessary is to eat a healthy diet. It can make all the difference in your battle with HIV.
Living with a chronic illness like HIV can present certain nutritional challenges. Without effective HIV medication treatment, replicating virus can tax the body, destroying lean body mass and impairing immune function and quality of life.
While this destruction of lean tissue can be controlled with effective HIV antiretroviral combination therapy, other challenges like fat accumulation and increases in lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) and/or insulin resistance may arise in some patients after treatment initiation. Although limited research has been done on the effects of nutritional approaches on pre- and post-HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) metabolic issues, general suggestions can be extracted from studies regarding other conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. These suggestions are aimed at helping the body deal with the effects of HIV or its medications on metabolism, body shape, and quality of life as we live longer with HIV.
The Components of Whole Food
Foods are made up of many different components -- some are micro or smaller quantity nutrients, like vitamins, and some are macro or larger quantity nutrients. The three macro groups that compose the majority of our diets are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. These three units are the basic materials that fuel our activities and metabolism and maintain body composition. Selecting the best sources and amounts of these three macronutrients may help to minimize metabolic disorders (such as high cholesterol and blood sugar) and prevent loss of lean body mass and accumulation of body fat.
The Best Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates provide our body's main source of quick energy. After carbohydrates are digested and after some processing by the liver, they are released into the bloodstream as a sugar called glucose to be delivered to the cells.
Throughout the majority of the last million years of our evolution, the human diet consisted of animal carcasses, some seeds, nuts, and fibrous vegetable and fruit carbohydrate sources that are generally nutrient rich with lots of water, but are not calorie dense like processed foods of today. The majority of these carbohydrate sources are vegetables, leaves, roots, and fruits (all rich in fiber). Because vegetable fiber tends to slow down digestion, a majority of the carbohydrates in these foods are absorbed relatively slowly, inducing less blood sugar (glucose) and insulin spikes than processed sweets that contain no fiber. Some people call these slow carbs.
It was only after the advent of agriculture that human beings were introduced to higher intakes of grains as carbohydrate sources. Higher intakes of grains deliver lots of calories. Additionally, some grains deliver their sugar energy relatively quickly, especially if the grain is milled (which removes the fiber that slows down sugar absorption), as are the grains in breads and pasta. Unless you are very active and exercise enough to metabolize nutrients more rapidly, this quick glucose release into the bloodstream can create a dysfunctional hormonal environment that can ultimately promote obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. This hormonal shift also has a profound effect on lean body mass and fat metabolism, and possibly immune function. The key hormone involved in this problem is called insulin, produced by an organ called the pancreas.
Insulin and Insulin Resistance
The hormone insulin is produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar and store it in muscles for later use as glycogen. Insulin's main job in the body is to promote the delivery of sugar energy as glucose to cells. When a small amount of glucose is delivered into the bloodstream, a small amount of insulin is produced by the pancreas to accompany it. When there is a large amount of glucose, the pancreas works to produce a large amount of insulin to facilitate its delivery so that cells can take in as much glucose as possible. Extra glucose that cannot be taken in by the cells circulates in the bloodstream and can be toxic to brain cells, so under normal circumstances, most of it is soon converted into triglycerides (fat) in the liver to be stored for later use. But we have to be careful with high blood levels of triglycerides, since they are what feed fat cells.
The correct amount of carbohydrate sources will provide enough sugar to give a healthy amount of glucose to the cells, but not too much at once. Thus, levels of glucose and insulin in the bloodstream are not unusually elevated for any long period of time. The pancreas works, but it is not overworked trying to keep up with an unusual demand for insulin. However, in the U.S., much of the diet consists not only of large amounts of high calorie carbohydrate sources, but also of carbohydrates from sweets and sodas, which are very concentrated sources of sugar. The net effect that intake of these calorie dense carbohydrate foods creates is a bloodstream that is occasionally flooded with large amounts of glucose, a pancreas that is overworked, and large amounts of insulin and triglycerides circulating in the bloodstream. Note that excess insulin causes increased production of cholesterol.
Over time, these occasional glucose, triglyceride, and insulin floods can cause a decrease in the sensitivity of the cells' response to insulin, which reduces the cells' ability to take in glucose. Insensitivity to insulin is called insulin resistance, and it is a serious consideration in HIV because we are now seeing it as one of the core components of lipodystrophy and metabolic problems. Some HIV medications can worsen insulin resistance, so we need to be aware of nutritional considerations that can help. Ways to decrease insulin resistance are to exercise, choose more metabolic friendly HIV medications, and follow a proper diet. For instance, a prominent study from Tufts School of Medicine found that HIV positive people consuming an overall high quality diet, rich in fiber and adequate in energy and protein, were less likely to develop fat deposition. This is why it is best to select the majority of your carbohydrate intake from fiber rich, slow releasing carbohydrate sources that do not contain an excessive amount of calories. And these good carbs should be accompanied by good sources of protein and fats.
Combining Carbohydrates With Protein, Fiber and Fat
Protein, fiber, or fat will slow the absorption into the blood of glucose from carbohydrates, which helps to reduce the rise in blood sugar and insulin spikes. So, mixing carbohydrates with protein, fiber, and good fats is one way to reduce their problematic effect on blood sugar and insulin. Ensure that every meal and snack you consume has a mix of these three macronutrients. But what are the best fats, protein, and high-fiber carbohydrates sources out there?
Fats and Oils
There are a number of different kinds of fats. There is motor oil, there is butter, and there are essential fatty acids. The most important oil to keep a Honda running right is not the kind with essential fatty acids (EFAs), but if you want to help your body stay healthy and your immune system operating at its best, you had better consider getting these EFAs on a daily basis. They are called essential because your body cannot manufacture them, and must obtain them from an outside source, like food or supplements. These oils are necessary for every critical function in your metabolism, including building lean body mass and fighting infections.
The main point is that since we need EFAs and other fats for health, we should be getting them in our diets from fresh, high quality sources. A proper diet reduces the amount of starchy carbohydrates while maintaining a certain amount of healthy fats so that there is a different macronutrient balance than the old high carbohydrate, high protein, low fat diets contained. This means striving to get fatty acids from several sources, the least of which are the saturated fats in butter or animal fat. Understand that saturated fats are not the demons we have been led to believe. When we realize that we evolved getting a certain amount of saturated fat from foods in the wild, it is only logical that they would have a place in a healthy diet. One recent study showed that dietary saturated fat and mono-unsaturated fat were associated with healthy testosterone production in humans, while EFAs had no effect. So it appears that we need a little saturated fat for optimal hormonal health. However, most people get far too much saturated fat, which promotes insulin resistance and metabolic problems, and not enough EFAs, which are needed for healthy cells and immune function.13
The other important kind of fat that we should consciously include in our daily diet is mono-unsaturated fat, which we get from foods like olive oil. Recent data have shown that mono-unsaturated fats decrease the risk of certain cancers, and have an anti-inflammatory effect.14 AIDS is an inflammatory disease, so mono-unsaturated fat intake logically has a place of importance in managing AIDS, too.
I will continue this topic for the next two days so check back for more nutritional information.
Hope you have a great Sunday!
Until we meet again; here's wishing you health, hope, happiness and just enough.
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Daddy Dab
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