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Though we list suffixes in this field, the script handlers use MIME types, not suffixes, to decide which scripts to handle. You can thus use the Apache configuration directives "AddType" and "ForceType" (which control file MIME types) in .htaccess files to change which script handler certain files will use. For example, with the directive AddType application/x-httpd-php53 .php in a properly placed .htaccess file, you can stipulate that php files in this directory have the MIME type "application/x-httpd-php53" and thus will be handled by the script handler that uses MIME type "application/x-httpd-php53" (suffix "php53"). This then allows you to assign different script handlers, not only for different file suffixes, but also based on the locations of files.
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Parse a RawLedger from either a ledger file or a timelog file. It tries first the timelog parser then the ledger parser; this means parse errors for ledgers are useful while those for timelogs are not.
Parse a ledger file. Here is the ledger grammar from the ledger 2.5 manual:
The ledger file format is quite simple, but also very flexible. It supports many options, though typically the user can ignore most of them. They are summarized below. The initial character of each line determines what the line means, and how it should be interpreted. Allowable initial characters are: NUMBER A line beginning with a number denotes an entry. It may be followed by any number of lines, each beginning with whitespace, to denote the entrys account transactions. The format of the first line is: DATE[=EDATE] [*|!] [(CODE)] DESC If * appears after the date (with optional eective date), it indicates the entry is cleared, which can mean whatever the user wants it t omean. If ! appears after the date, it indicates d the entry is pending; i.e., tentatively cleared from the users point of view, but not yet actually cleared. If a CODE appears in parentheses, it may be used to indicate a check number, or the type of the transaction. Following these is the payee, or a description of the transaction. The format of each following transaction is: ACCOUNT AMOUNT [; NOTE] The ACCOUNT may be surrounded by parentheses if it is a virtual transactions, or square brackets if it is a virtual transactions that must balance. The AMOUNT can be followed by a per-unit transaction cost, by specifying AMOUNT, or a complete transaction cost with @ AMOUNT. Lastly, the NOTE may specify an actual and/or eective date for the transaction by using the syntax [ACTUAL_DATE] or [=EFFECTIVE_DATE] or [ACTUAL_DATE=EFFECtIVE_DATE]. = An automated entry. A value expression must appear after the equal sign. After this initial line there should be a set of one or more transactions, just as if it were normal entry. If the amounts of the transactions have no commodity, they will be applied as modifiers to whichever real transaction is matched by the value expression. ~ A period entry. A period expression must appear after the tilde. After this initial line there should be a set of one or more transactions, just as if it were normal entry. ! A line beginning with an exclamation mark denotes a command directive. It must be immediately followed by the command word. The supported commands are: !include Include the stated ledger file. !account The account name is given is taken to be the parent of all transac- tions that follow, until !end is seen. !end Ends an account block. ; A line beginning with a colon indicates a comment, and is ignored. Y If a line begins with a capital Y, it denotes the year used for all subsequent entries that give a date without a year. The year should appear immediately after the Y, for example: Y2004. This is useful at the beginning of a file, to specify the year for that file. If all entries specify a year, however, this command has no eect. P Specifies a historical price for a commodity. These are usually found in a pricing history file (see the -Q option). The syntax is: P DATE SYMBOL PRICE N SYMBOL Indicates that pricing information is to be ignored for a given symbol, nor will quotes ever be downloaded for that symbol. Useful with a home currency, such as the dollar ($). It is recommended that these pricing options be set in the price database file, which defaults to ~/.pricedb. The syntax for this command is: N SYMBOL D AMOUNT Specifies the default commodity to use, by specifying an amount in the expected format. The entry command will use this commodity as the default when none other can be determined. This command may be used multiple times, to set the default flags for dierent commodities; whichever is seen last is used as the default commodity. For example, to set US dollars as the default commodity, while also setting the thousands flag and decimal flag for that commodity, use: D $1,000.00 C AMOUNT1 = AMOUNT2 Specifies a commodity conversion, where the first amount is given to be equiv- alent to the second amount. The first amount should use the decimal precision desired during reporting: C 1.00 Kb = 1024 bytes i, o, b, h These four relate to timeclock support, which permits ledger to read timelog files. See the timeclocks documentation for more info on the syntax of its timelog files.
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|Try to parse a ledger entry. If we successfully parse an entry, ensure it is balanced, and if we cannot, raise an error.
|Match a partial M/D date in a ledger. Warning, this terminates the program if it finds a match when there is no default year specified.
|account names may have single spaces inside them, and are terminated by two or more spaces
|parse a ledger-style numeric quantity and also return the number of digits to the right of the decimal point and whether thousands are separated by comma.
|parse the two strings of digits before and after a possible decimal point. The integer part may contain commas, or either part may be empty, or there may be no point.
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A timelog contains data in the form of a single entry per line. Each entry has the form: CODE YYYYMMDD HH:MM:SS [COMMENT] CODE is one of: b, h, i, o or O. COMMENT is optional when the code is i, o or O. The meanings of the codes are: b Set the current time balance, or "time debt". Useful when archiving old log data, when a debt must be carried forward. The COMMENT here is the number of seconds of debt. h Set the required working time for the given day. This must be the first entry for that day. The COMMENT in this case is the number of hours in this workday. Floating point amounts are allowed. i Clock in. The COMMENT in this case should be the name of the project worked on. o Clock out. COMMENT is unnecessary, but can be used to provide a description of how the period went, for example. O Final clock out. Whatever project was being worked on, it is now finished. Useful for creating summary reports.
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Now that Fashion Week is over here in New York, it migrated to London, where Pippa Middleton was giving everyone a show in the front row. Join us on our little internet talk show where we make fun of the outfits of Naomi Campbell, Katy Perry, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, and a whole lot more. It's the hottest thing for fall.
So, what did you think of our assessments of all these clothes? Right on the money or totally off the mark? Are we the prince and princess of criticism or the duke and duchess of bad taste? Let us know in the comments, and feel free to make some jokes of your own.
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A western wildfire being fueled by strong winds and scorching temperatures has burned past firefighters' defenses and is menacing the city of Colorado Springs.
Firefighters battling the out of control blaze, which has grown to more than 15,000 acres, say they are bracing for worsening conditions.
"We expect further trouble from the weather today," Fire Incident Commander Rich Harvey said. "Thunderstorms present a unique problem for us. The wind can come in any direction from those ... at any time with pretty strong gusts."
About 1,000 firefighters are battling the Waldo Canyon blaze, which jumped to houses after getting refueled by 65 mph winds. About 32,000 people from Colorado Springs had to flee to safety. The fires are just 5 percent contained.
According to the Defense Department, four C-130s from the Air Force had released nearly 60,000 gallons of retardant over the canyon as of this morning.
Rudy Rivera, a resident, said he was told he had five minutes to "pack whatever you can and get out."
Shawna Miller also had just five minutes to pack.
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"My dad called," one person said. "He's like... 'There's flames a block away from our house right now.'"
After flying over the area, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper compared it to the "worst movie set you could imagine."
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Three shelters have been opened for evacuees and residents were urged to remain inside because of the unhealthy air quality.
Evacuees who found themselves stuck in their cars used their clothes to shield their faces from the heavy smoke. Even some of the escape routes that residents planned to use were jammed with bumper-to-bumper traffic.
With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, authorities reminded residents to respect a ban on fireworks.
There were no reports of injuries or new evacuations and authorities said they had not yet determined the fire's cause despite reports of arson.
Dave Joly, a spokesman for the Denver FBI, said the agency was investigating whether the wildfires in Colorado Springs had resulted from criminal activity.
"FBI personnel are supporting command post operations in the fire regions and offering assistance with managing the volumes of information related to these tragic events," he said.
The windy weather and record heat hampered authorities' efforts to fight wildfires in the surrounding states as well. In addition to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana are under red-flag warnings, which warn of extreme fire danger.
One woman was found dead Tuesday after authorities revisited an evacuated area in Utah. Four homes were destroyed in northern Montana and a state of emergency was issued by the governor for four counties.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Back In My Day, We Didn't Have These Young Whippersnappers With Their Facebooks And Their Googles
from the where's-my-sliderule? deptIt looks like Nick Carr is actually a bit late to the game in blaming the internet for making people dumb these days. Someone else is coming out with an entire book called The Dumbest Generation, which claims that today's kids are totally screwed up thanks to the internet. This book has received enthusiastic reviews from folks, such as a Chicago Sun Times columnist, trotting out the modern version of the "those young whippersnappers" lines. The evidence? The fact that kids use the internet more to communicate with others, rather than to suck at the teat of the established "authoritative" media.
Romenesko, however, points us to a fantastic response from another reporter, Steve Rhodes, who points out how dumb it is to call this generation dumb thanks to the internet. In fact, he makes the point quite clear, by noting that the idea that the established media, such as the Chicago Sun Times, is somehow a bastion of intelligence is easily debunked:
And I'm not sure where a Sun-Times columnist gets off complaining that the Internet is dumbing down America while the paper is running a "Which Team's Fans Are Hotter?" contest.As for all that communication going on? That helps make people smarter:
I'm a Facebook fan. It's very powerful, and I've hardly begun to exploit all of its capabilities.... I feel smarter after spending time on Facebook; I feel dumber after reading the local newspapers....He then gets the other columnist to admit that he's never even seen Facebook, despite bashing it as being a terrible thing for kids to be using all the time.
I'm not trying to pick on Lazare - well, actually I am - but he's emblematic of a newspaper creature that is just beyond me. See, he didn't want to know what he was talking about. He just didn't want to know....So, again, just as with every generation, there will be a group of folks who complain that today is somehow worse, and "back in my day" things were somehow better. None of it's true. Things change, the world adapts -- and if you choose not to, things may seem worse, but it isn't in any real objective sense. But, in the meantime, for those folks who are scared of change and afraid of actually recognizing how the changing world is full of opportunities, it means there's an opportunity to sell silly books with provocative headlines. Moral outrage ahead! The kids are using Facebook rather than flipping baseball cards and throwing jacks!
But newspapers went off the rails at just the moment the Internet flourished as an even better place to do journalism and communicate with people. It should have been a glorious melding of the minds for a better, more creative and fun and civically inspired tomorrow, but all newspaper people could see was the threat, not the opportunity.
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LAKE PLACID - The annual Flaming Leaves Festival is usually fun enough with athletes launching themselves off the 90-meter ski jump while on the ground below live blues bands play and ribs and burgers are being grilled. But this year, visitors will have an added treat - a salute to local athletes who will be going to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 at the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, state Route 73.
"It's all about the blues, brews, barbecue and of course ski jumping," Jon Lundin, spokesperson for the Olympic Regional Development Authority, told the News Wednesday. "It's also a great way to usher out summer and welcome autumn and winter. The music is great. The food is great, and it's world-class ski jumping competition."
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2010 Olympian Peter Frenette jumps during a previous Flaming Leaves Festival competition at the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex in Lake Placid.
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On Saturday, the nation's best will compete for the title of U.S. national champion in the sports of ski jumping and Nordic combined during the annual Flaming Leaves Festival.
The jumping action continues Sunday. Other activities during the festival include lawn games, a horseshoe tournament, craft vendors and T-shirt tie-dying. (You can bring your own shirt or buy one there.)
"It's been since three years since we've had a Nordic championship during Flaming Leaves," Lundin told the News. "It's a chance to see the women's ski jumping Olympic field and maybe the last chance to see local boy Bill Demong race for a U.S. national title, and then of course meet these great athletes afterward and give them a proper send off to Sochi."
At 11 a.m. Sunday, the nation's best compete for the title of U.S. national champion in the sports of ski jumping and Nordic combined
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"For some of these young and dedicated American athletes, they're a step closer to fulfilling a lifelong dream," ORDA chairman Pat Barrett said in a press release.
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The blues begins at noon, Saturday, when Funky Blu Roots, a Pompano Beach Florida based funky blues-rockin' ensemble, will perform music by such artists as The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, The Steve Miller Band, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Freddie King, Derek Trucks, Robben Ford, Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana, among many others.
The Funky Blu Roots will be on noon to 1 p.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday's Blues line-up also features Back Porch Society, a band from Keene Valley, from 1 to 2 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. According to band's Facebook page, their musical influences are Mississippi Fred McDowel, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Charlie Patton, Mississippi John Hurt and Music also continues Sunday with Collette and the Mudcats, a classic rock and blues band offering originals along with contemporary and traditional covers, from noon to 1 p.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. Fade to Blues will also perform from 1 to 2 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. A typical evening's set for this band includes songs from many Texas guitar legends like Johnny Winter, SRV, Albert Collins and Freddie King, as well as some funk, classic rock, fusion, a little bit of swing, as well as Fade to Blues originals.
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A Send-off to Sochi celebration is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday at the Olympic Jumping Complex, capping off a weekend of national team and championship events in several Olympic sports.
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USA Luge, the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation and the U.S. ski jumping and Nordic combined teams will each hold national team and national championship events beginning this weekend in Lake Placid. These events will help each organization select its fall 2013 World Cup team, which could be the first step for many athletes toward making the Olympic team.
The ski jumping lineup is expected to include World Champion Lindsey Van and 2010 Olympian Peter Frenette of Saranac Lake. Van and the rest of the world's top women ski jumpers will make their sport's Olympic debut in Sochi. Frenette, who was the United States' second youngest athlete during the 2010 winter games - he turned 18 during them - is looking to return.
Those attending the Flaming Leaves Festival will also have the opportunity to meet several athletes who hope to represent the United States during February's games. Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid, the reigning Olympic men's Super-G bronze medalist, women's bobsled athlete Jamie Greubel and other bobsled, luge, skeleton and ski jumping athletes will be on hand, beginning at 1:30 p.m., to sign autographs, pose for pictures and talk about the upcoming season.
Reigning Nordic combined Olympic champion Bill Demong of Vermontville is expected to compete in his final U.S. national championship event of his career. He'll also look ahead to his fifth Olympics in Sochi, where he will try to defend his 2010 crown.
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Heading into Super Tuesday, perhaps the biggest thing Mitt Romney has going for him is this: Republicans seem ready for this thing to be over.
This was not the case going into previous primary contests. Indeed, more than any other factor, the driving force behind Rick Santorum's wins in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri, and Newt Gingrich's win in South Carolina, seemed to be that voters wanted the process to go on. They weren't enamored of Romney, they liked the idea of backing an underdog, and they wanted to shake up the race.
That could still happen, of course - but this time, we don't think it will.
Remember Sarah Palin urging voters to "keep this vetting process going, keep the debate going" by voting for Newt? Well, it's been a while since Palin – or any other high-profile GOP figure - has offered that message.
Instead, as the New York Times reports, more and more prominent elected officials, like House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) of Virginia and Sen. Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma are now lining up behind Romney.
Perhaps even more notable, a growing consensus seems to be emerging among conservative opinion-shapers in the media – including many who have not been friendly toward Romney – that the party should essentially resign itself to his nomination and move forward. Several have done this even while writing that a Romney candidacy may be doomed to defeat.
To wit, conservative columnist George Will – one of Romney's toughest critics on the right - drew attention last week for a piece that argued Republicans should turn their attention away from the presidential contest altogether, and focus instead on retaining the House and winning the Senate.
The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol - another Romney critic, who has repeatedly called for a new candidate to get into the race - responded by arguing the White House was too important to just write off, and he indicated that his own reluctance to get behind Romney early on would not prevent him from backing the former Massachusetts governor in the future:
"If some of us have resisted Romney inevitability, or an early Romney coronation, it's because we don't think that Romney's nomination—or at least his easy and early nomination—would increase Republican chances of winning the presidency. Others differ on these questions. But whatever differences conservatives have in March about candidates, strategy and tactics should not affect our determination in the fall, when there is a Republican nominee, to turn our energies to defeating President Obama."
Likewise, in a piece aptly titled "Stop the Madness and Just Give Us Mitt," the New York Post's John Podhoretz writes that Super Tuesday offers "the possibility of something sublime at long last: escape."
The reason for all this coalescing: As MSNBC's First Read pointed out Monday morning, there's growing evidence that the nomination fight is becoming seriously damaging to the Republican brand. According to a new NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll:
"Four in 10 of all adults say the Republican nominating process has given them a less favorable impression of the GOP, versus just 12% with a more favorable opinion. Additionally, asked to describe the nominating battle in a word or phrase, 69% of respondents (including 63% of independents and even 56% of Republicans) answered with a negative comment."
Romney's favorable/unfavorable ratings (28/39 percent) are now worse than every other recent candidate who has gone on to win their party's nomination - including John McCain, John Kerry, George W. Bush, and Bob Dole. The sole exception is Bill Clinton, whose favorable/unfavorable ratings at this point in 1992 stood at 32/43 percent.
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- Crepes:
- 12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Juice of eight lemons
- 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 12 medium crepes
- 1/4 cup butter
- Splash of Cognac
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
- 1 cup sifted flour
- Salt and white pepper
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Using a hand-held blender, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sour cream, 1/4 cup sugar, powdered sugar, juice of two lemons, 1 tablespoon of the lemon zest, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Fill each crepe with 3 tablespoons of the filling. Roll the crepes up tightly and place in the refrigerator. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
In a large saute pan, over medium heat, melt the butter with the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves. Add the remaining juice of six lemons and 1 tablespoon of lemon zest. Stir to mix thoroughly. Add the crepes to the mixture. Remove the pan from the heat and add the cognac. Carefully place the pan, back over the heat and flame the mixture, shaking the pan back and fourth several times. Continue to shake until the flame dies out. Lay three crepes in the center of each plate. Spoon the sauce over the top and serve.
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Do students understand where rocks come from by studying the rock cycle?
In collecting data about what kids wonder about concerning where rocks come from, I discovered that they do not know where rocks come from after studying the rock cycle. They may be able to name the three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. In general they cannot define the terms except for more details on sedimentary. I am a teacher who does not have a background in earth science until recently. I am studying on my own with interviews, reading, webinars, online learning, etc. I am just a lay person. In collecting information for a fiction chapter book that I'm writing, I needed to know more earth science. I am seeking your professional help in what you think is important about what a learner should understand about rocks and minerals. I have asked hundreds of students from grades 3 to 5, middle school to high school and adults, "Where do rocks come from?" They look at me blankly. Yes, a couple of them say from lava or magma. I have asked them to write down five questions that they wonder about concerning the earth and rocks. This is after all have had rock units in science class. They wonder about where rocks come from, where mts. come from, why are there volcanoes, what makes minerals, what is gold, etc. The first three are predominate wonderings. Some say they don't know where to start and don't understand anything enough to ask the questions. What do think is happening to basic earth science teaching strategies? As a teacher who did not have the rock unit at my grade level, I still missed the boat massively. I should have been teaching about mineral use everyday and embedded it in my instruction from economics, math, social studies, language arts, everyday life, etc. I intend to do better. Please help me understand what would improve the study of earth science in the lower grades so kids wonder and ask more questions. Yes, I know the elementary teachers need a core knowledge in earth science and geology. I do not see a presentation of plate tectonics, why there is volcanic action, earthquake basics,mountain building (yes, erosion and weathering) etc. If you are high school, you might want to quiz your own students. Try it...or maybe you have and realize the same thing that I found about a lack of understanding about where rocks come from, etc. Remember I am only a lay person. Need your insight.


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This past Sunday was Mother's Day. But for Asians everywhere, yesterday was Tiger Mother's Day, when kids whose handmade cards have been rejected as half-assed traditionally turn in second drafts, desperately hoping that this time, their craftsmanship will meet muster. (Think you'll earn tigro-maternal approval with anything less than decoupage and letterpress embossing? Fat chance. And speaking of fat, you've put on a few pounds, haven't you? Less dining hall, more study hall, chubbo!)
If reading the paragraph above triggers lingering TPSD — Tiger-Parenting Survivor Distress — well, you're not alone.
In her just-published memoir-slash-primal scream "Tiger Babies Strike Back," novelist Kim Wong Keltner ("The Dim Sum of All Things") takes a hilarious and occasionally scandalous look back at her life as the littlest cub of authoritarian immigrants Larry and Irene Wong, using her personal experiences as ammo to take aim at both the reality and stereotype of "perfectionist parenting."
I spoke to Keltner on Sunday afternoon — a time she good-naturedly offered, saying she wasn't huge on "any holiday where you're told this is the one day you get to be special" — and she admitted that her parents weren't overjoyed at hearing the topic of her first nonfiction book.
"I talked to my mom on Friday, and the conversation was pretty dicey," she says. "I mean, I've been saying to her for months, 'I'm working on this book about my childhood, and it's not going to be very pretty,' but she was still upset when it came out. 'You're airing the family's dirty laundry! No sane Asian person would do this!'"
That dirty laundry includes repeated shaming about body image: "What kind of Chinese kid was I? The overweight, American kind," Keltner writes. "No one would hug me, but pinching my blubber was a family pastime." It includes her mother calling her "disgusting" when she struck a comical kissy-face pose waiting for her good-night kiss — and never kissing her good night again. It includes being told she was "no better than a prostitute" for dating a white guy, "a tall redhead with skin so pale he practically glows in the dark"; that man, Rolf Keltner, is now her husband, and the father of their nine-year-old-daughter Lucy.
And of course, it includes Constant. Pressure. To. Succeed. Academically. Do better than your siblings. Do better than your classmates. If no one else is around to serve as a handy rival, do better than you did the week before. And when you've reached the theoretical maxima of 100%...do extra work in hopes of encouraging the teacher to add underscores and an exclamation point to the 100%!
"All this chasing of straight As, this pushing, pushing, pushing for academic excellence, in a lot of cases, it makes kids start to think their parents only care about who they are on paper," says Keltner. "And ultimately, they may just decide, 'If nothing is ever going to please you, why should I even try?'"
That result seems to have been borne out by a groundbreaking study launched eight years ago by University of Texas at Austin professor Su Yeong Kim.
"When I was an undergrad at USC, taking my first developmental psychology class, I realized that the way they were characterizing different types of parents just didn't seem to fit Asian American models," says Kim. "They talked about authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and negligent parenting, and none of them seemed to really match the families I saw around me. And then I learned about the 'achievement-adjustment paradox': Among European American kids, you see that social and mental health goes hand in hand with academic success, but that's not the case with Asian American kids. And I thought, there must be some kind of linkage with Asian parenting styles."
As a doctoral student at the University of California at Davis, Kim decided to focus her research on parenting techniques of Asian American immigrants, and recruited over 400 Bay Area Chinese American households into a longitudinal research program — assessing the parenting of mothers and fathers on eight different dimensions, four positive and four negative, and tracking how these profiles evolved over the course of eight years, while also measuring the academic success and emotional health of their children.
The parents were ultimately divided into four categories. Those with low positive, high negative characteristics (essentially, cold and remote yet strict and controlling) were dubbed "Harsh"; those with high positive, low negative characteristics (warm, engaged and flexible) were dubbed "Supportive," and those with low positive and low negative (distant and laissez-faire) were dubbed "Easygoing."
Kim wasn't sure what to call the final category, who scored high on both positive and negative characteristics — until Amy Chua's 2011 book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" was released, unleashing the controversy that continues to this day. Kim realized that the high positive-high negative profile mapped closely to the "Tiger Parent" persona, and decided to give the quadrant that name.
"As we reviewed the data, we were really surprised at what we found," says Kim. "When we looked at mean GPA, the Supportive parents had kids that were substantially higher than any other group — including Tiger parents. In fact, by the end of our study, with the kids in high school, kids with Supportive parents had mean GPAs of 3.4, and kids with Tiger parents had 3.0. That's a huge gap."
Even Easygoing parents had offspring who, on average, did better than Tiger cubs. And the children of Harsh parents did worst of all. Kids raised by Tiger and Harsh 'rents also had much greater incidence of depression and lower overall emotional health. "When I told parents in the study about the results, a lot of them refused to believe me," says Kim. "They were so shocked! So many of them had been convinced by Amy Chua that being a Tiger Mom was the way to go."
And yet what was even more surprising was that, looking at the scoring, Kim found very few Tiger and Harsh parents among her survey participants — a representative sample of Bay Area Chinese American households. Only 28 percent fit the Tiger mold; just 7 percent were categorized as Harsh. The vast bulk, 45 percent, fell into the Supportive category. (Kids were also asked to score their mothers and fathers' parenting, and though they tended to rank them as higher on negative dimensions and lower on positives than their parents did, the ratios above still held.)
"The big secret is that the reason why a lot of these kids were doing well isn't that their parents were Harsh or Tiger — it's that most of them were Supportive," says Kim. "That's really why this study is so important. It dispels the myth of what Asian parenting is all about."
That said, there was one negative dimension that the parents in her study seemed to consistently scored high on, regardless of parenting style: "Shaming," says Kim. "Shaming still emerges as something even Supportive parents seem to do regularly. Because they're Asian."
And that finding actually maps out to both Keltner and Chua's visions of parenting (albeit coming from different directions). The primary pressure Keltner's parents place on her isn't physical abuse or even verbal harassment: It's the constant, overbearing sense of shame — making her feel like she's letting them down, letting the family down, not thin enough, not smart enough, not good enough. In her book, Chua also uses shame as her weapon of choice on daughters Sophia and Lulu. (For example, the infamous rejected handmade card anecdote.)
"That actually may be the key to why some of these kids are doing well scholastically," says Kim. "They may not be close to their parents, but they're being constantly reminded of the sacrifices they've made, and of their filial obligations to bring honor to the family."
As a result, they may end up succeeding academically. But for some, like Keltner, that can come at the price of self-esteem and psychological well-being.
"I got good grades just to get my parents off my back," she says. "I got top test scores, but I was never encouraged to make connections with other people. And I never felt like I could separate myself from them: They would always say, you're a part of me, what you do reflects on me."
That's something I definitely recognize. Spending the day at my parents' home with my kids, I realized that though I could've labeled them Tigers, at heart they were more like Kangaroos, and I the joey that, in their eyes, never truly left the pouch. As I brought my kids upstairs to get them dressed for our big Mother's Day brunch, I saw that my mom had already gone through our luggage and laid out clothes, not just for them, but for me.
"Mom — I'm 46," I said. "You do not have to do that."
She narrowed her eyes and laser-imaged my current outfit: A week's worth of scraggly facial hair, a gimme t-shirt from South By Southwest, cargo shorts. "I think I do." Then she held up the slacks she'd picked out.
"Are you sure you even fit into these? You look like you've gained weight."
Growl. Happy Mother's Day, mom.
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Hey, don't forget my pet theme KK2. We had some pretty good non-dragon horse armor, even if it was funny colors sometimes.lorbaat wrote:[To be fair, I always thought the OLD horsehead armor was ugly. It was exciting and made sense in the Dragon Master sets, but why every castle faction after that used the same barding (that was so clearly dragon-themed) I have no idea.
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This year I have seen my share of germs and viruses attack our house, the majority of which are courtesy of my 5-year-old and her adventures at school. So with all these colds and flu viruses flying around all over the place, I have gathered quite a list of great home remedies that help pull my family through the sick patches. Here are some of the best that I have found, and I want to share them with you!
Homemade Cough Syrup
Take a red onion; cut into quarter inch slices and restack with a dollop of raw local honey in between each layer. (The local honey will also help prevent allergies in springtime.) Allow to sit overnight. In the morning you will have a syrup that not only helps get rid of the tickle in your throat but also helps you rest easy about not adding chemicals and medications into your system that you don't need.
Garlic Tea
Cloves of garlic have been used for YEARS to help alleviate cold and flu systems. Garlic is naturally antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral and antibacterial. Simply cut 2-3 cloves of garlic, place into boiling water, and allow to steep for 10 minutes. For added taste use lemon juice, raw honey or ginger. Ginger is also a great way to naturally help soothe tummy aches and digestive issues.
Onion Juice Earache Relief
One of the most effective remedies I have found for an earache is onions. Take an onion and bake for about 15 minutes at 425° F (be sure to leave the skin on the onion, as it helps keep the juices inside while cooking.) Let the onion sit until cool enough to touch then crush it in a bowl to extract the juice. Using an eyedropper, place the warm juice in the ear. This will usually help relieve the pain within a few minutes.
Warm Salt Water
Add a generous amount of salt to lukewarm water and mix well. Gargle with the lukewarm salt-water mixture to help soothe your sore throat and promote healing.
Hot Washcloths/Ice Packs
If you have sinus congestion, a great solution is to apply either hot or cold around the congested sinuses. Take a damp washcloth and heat it for about 50 seconds in the microwave (be sure to test it first too make sure it is not to hot). For a cold pack, you can use frozen vegetables/fruits or place a damp washcloth in the freezer for approximately 20 minutes. Chose hot or cold, whichever feels more comfortable.
Water, Water, Water
Drink it, steam it, and soak in it! Keeping the fluids in is the best way to flush out toxins when you are sick. A comfortable way to help clean out your head is to run a hot shower, since the steam will help moisten the air around you, especially good for dry coughs. Lastly, when you are feeling body aches or muscle pain from the flu, try a nice hot bath to soothe aches and pains. Try throwing in some oils like tea tree or eucalyptus, to help speed up the healing process.
Sometimes the thing that best helps beat the flu is time and rest. Allow your body time to rejuvenate and bring itself back to its usual healthy, energetic state.
Stay healthy this germy season!
Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, just a mom, so be sure to check with your healthcare provider before using any of these remedies.


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- Director of the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service
- Director, F.J. Montz Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology
- Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Associate Professor of Oncology
Departments / Divisions
- University of Nevada School of Medicine Reno (2000)
- MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia (2002)
- Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC / Obstetrics and Gynecology (2006)
- Cleveland Clinic / Gynecologic Oncology (2009)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology / Gynecologic Oncology (2012)
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology / Obstetrics And Gynecology (2011)
Research & Publications
Clinical Trial KeywordsPhase 1 Investigator Initiated Trials, National Cancer Institute, Gynecologic Oncology Group
Selected PublicationsView all on Pubmed
1. Tice DA, Biscardi JK, Nickles AL, Parsons SJ. Mechanism of biological synergy between cellular Src and the epidermal growth factor receptor, Proc Nat Acad of Sci, vol. 96, pp1415-1420, Feb 1999
2. Haskell MD, Nickles AL, Dukes B, Parsons SJ, p190RhoGAP: phosphorylation of tyrosine 1105 by c-Src is necessary, but not sufficient, to regulate actin cytoskeletal dynamics in CH310T1/2 fibroblasts, J Cell Sci. 2001 May;114(Pt 9):1699-708
3. Del Carmen MG, Smith Sehdev AE, Fader AN, Zahurak ML, Richardson M, Fruehauf JP, Montz FJ, Bristow RE, Endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinoma: differential expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and estrogen/ progesterone receptors; Cancer, 2003 Oct 15;98(8):1658-63
4. Fader AN, Mansuria S, Guido RS, Weisenfeld H. A 14-week abdominal pregnancy after total abdominal hysterectomy. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Feb;109(2 Pt2):519-21.
5. Fader AN, Rose PG. Vaginal Metastases from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Nov;197(5)
6. Axtell AE, Kelley JL, Fader AN, Gupta D, Schwartz B, Gallion HH, Kanbour-Shakir A. Percent surface area involvement is a predictor of lymph node metastasis in endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Dec;107(3):482-6
7. Moore KN, Moxley K, Fader AN, Axtell AE, Rocconi R, Abaid L, Cass IA, Rose PG, Leath CA, Rutledge T, Blankenship D, Gold MA. Serous Fallopian Tube Carcinoma: A Retrospective, Multi-institutional Case Control Comparison to Serous Adenocarcinoma of the Ovary, Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Dec;107(3):398-403
8. Fader AN, Rose PG. Role of Surgery in Ovarian Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 10;25(20):2873-83
9. Fader AN, von Gruenigen VE, Gibbons H, Abushahin F, Starks D, Markman M, Belinson J, Rose PG. Improved tolerance of primary chemotherapy with reduced dose carboplatin and paclitaxel in elderly ovarian cancer patients. Gynecol Oncol, 2008 Apr;109(1):33-8.
10. Fader AN, Edwards RP, Kanbour A, Cost ML, Kelley J, Comerci J, Sukumvanich P, Schwartz B, Cencia Rohan L. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: Utility of Intraoperative versus Postoperative Assessment. Gynecol Oncol, Oct 2008;111(1):13-17
11. Fader AN, Nagel C, OMalley, DM, Rose PG, Gibbons HE, Huh WK, Havrilesky LJ, Moore KN, Kelley JL, Gehrig P, Tuller E, Axtell AE, Alvarez Secord A, Nagel C, Zanotti KM. Stage II Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma: Carboplatin/ Paclitaxel Therapy Improves Recurrence and Survival Outcomes. Gynecol Oncol, March 2009:112(3):558-62.
12. Fader AN, Drake RD, OMalley, DM, Rose PG, Gibbons HE, Huh WK, Havrilesky LJ, Moore, KN, Kelley JL, Gehrig P, Tuller E, Axtell AE, Alvarez Secord A, Nagel C, Zanotti KM, Platinum/taxane-based chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy favorably impact survival outcomes in stage I uterine papillary serous carcinoma. In press, Cancer, May 15;115(10):2119-27.
13. Fader AN, Michener CM, Frasure HE, Giannios N, Belinson JL, Zanotti KM Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy in endometrial cancer: surgical and survival outcomes. J Min Inv Gynecol. 2009 May-Jun;16(3):333-9.
14. Fader AN, Starks D, Gehrig PA, Secord AA, Frasure HE, O'Malley DM, Tuller ER, Rose PG, Havrilesky LJ, Moore KN, Huh WK, Axtell AE, Kelley JL, Zanotti KM; UPSC Consortium. An updated clinicopathologic study of early-stage uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC). Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Nov;115(2):244-8.
15. Escobar PF, Fader AN, Paraiso MF, Kaouk JH, Falcone T. Robotic-assisted laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in gynecology: initial report and technique. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2009 Sep-Oct;16(5):589-91.
16. Fader AN, Escobar PF. Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) in gynecologic oncology: technique and initial report. Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Aug;114(2):157-61.*Chosen as lead article with accompanying editorial by Pedro Ramirez, MD.
17. Fader AN, Rose PG. Abraxane for the treatment of gynecologic cancer patients with severe hypersensitivity reactions to paclitaxel. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2009 Oct;19(7):1281-3.
18. Escobar PF, Bedaiwy M, Fader AN, Falcone T. Laparoendoscopic Single-Site (LESS) Surgery in Patients with Benign Adnexal Disease. Fertil and Steril. 2010 Apr;93(6):2074.e7-10.
19. Fader AN, Boruta D, Olawaiye AB, Gehrig PA. Uterine papillary serous carcinoma: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Feb;22(1):21-9.
20. Rasool N, Fader AN, Seamon L, Neubauer NL, Shahin FA, Alexander HA, Moore K, Moxley K, Secord AA, Kunos C, Rose PG, O'Malley DM. Stage I, grade 3 endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium: an analysis of clinical outcomes and patterns of recurrence. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Jan;116(1):10-14.
21. Escobar PF, Starks DC, Fader AN, Barber M, Rojas-Espalliat L. Single-port risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy with and without hysterectomy: Surgical outcomes and learning curve analysis. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Oct;119(1):43-7.
22. Herzog TJ, Krivak TC, Fader AN, Coleman RL. Chemosensitivity testing with ChemoFx and Overall Survival in Primary Ovarian Cancer. Am J Obstet and Gynecol. 2010 Jul;203(1):68.e1-6.
23. Nieves Arriba L, Fader AN, Frasure H, von Gruenigen VE. Quality of Life in Women with Ovarian Cancer. Gynecol Oncol. Nov 2010;119(2):390-6.
24. Fader AN, Rojas-Espaillat L, Ibeanu O, Grumbine FC, Escobar PF. Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery in Gynecology: A Multi-Institutional Evaluation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. Nov 2009;203(5):501.e1-6.
25. Fader AN, Lesnock JL, Guido RS, Gold MA, Moore, KN. Cervical Dysplasia in Pregnancy: A Multi-Institutional Evaluation. Am J Obstet and Gynecol. 2010 Aug;203(2):113.e1-6.
26. Fader AN, Cohen S, Escobar PF, Gunderson C. Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in gynecology. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Aug;22(4):331-8
27. Escobar PF, Fader AN, Rasool N. Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) Pelvic and Para-aortic Lymphadnectomy: A Technique and Feasiblity Paper. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2010 Oct;20(7):1268-73
28. Fader AN, Cohen S, Escobar PF, Gunderson C. Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in gynecology. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Aug;22(4):331-8
29. Fader AN, Rasool N, Vaziri SA, Kozuki T, Faber PW, Elson P, Biscotti CV, Michener CM, Rose PG, Rojas-Espaillat L, Belinson JL, Ganapathi MK, Ganapathi R CCL2 Expression in Ovarian Carcinoma is Associated with Chemosensitivity and Improved Survival Outcomes. Anticancer Res. 2010 Dec;30(12):4791-8
30. Skaznik-Wikiel M, Ueda S, Rose PG, Fleury A, Grumbine F, Fader AN. Cervical cytology in the preoperative diagnosis of uterine papillary serous carcinoma: earlier detection of a poor prognostic cancer? Acta Cytol. April;2011;55(3):255-60
31. Ibeanu O, Modesitt S, Ducie J, von Gruenigen VE, Fader AN. Hormonal Therapy in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors: Why Not? Gynecol Oncol, 2011 Aug;122(2):447-54
32. Fader AN, Frasure HE, von Gruenigen VE. Quality of Life in Endometrial Cancer: What Does Obesity Have to Do With It? Obstet Gynecol Int. 2011;308609. Epub 2011 Oct 29.
33. Moxley KM, Fader AN, Rose PG, Case A, Mutch D, Berry E, Lurain J, Schink J, Moore KN, Malignant Melanoma of the Vulva: An Extension of Cutaneous Melanoma, Gynecol Oncol. Sept 2011;122(3):612-7.
34. Gunderson CC, Ritter C, Bedaiwy M, Hurd W, Grumbine FC, Fader AN. The risk of umbilical hernia and other complications with laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS). J Min Inv Gynecol, 2012 Jan;19(1):40-5.
35. Dizon D, Blessing JA, Penson RT, Drake RD, Walker JL, Fader AN. A phase II evaluation of belinostat and carboplatin in the treatment of recurrent or persistent platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 May;125(2):367-71.
36. Escobar PF, Frumovitz M, Soliman PT, Frasure HE, Fader AN, Schmeler KM, Ramirez PT. Comparison of Single-Port Laparoscopy, Standard Laparoscopy, and Robotic Surgery in Patients with Endometrial Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 May;19(5):1583-8.
37. Gunderson CC, Fader AN, Carson KT, Bristow RE. Conservative management of complex atypical hyperplasia and grade 1 endometrial adenocarcinoma: A contemporary systematic review. Gynecol Onco., 2012 May;125(2):477-82.
38. Fader AN, Seamon LG, Frasure HE, Escobar PF, Secord AA, Cohn D, Fowler J, Boggess J, Rossi E, Havrilesky L, Gehrig PA. Minimally Invasive Surgery versus Laparotomy in Women with High Grade Endometrial Cancer: A Multi-Site Study Performed at High Volume Cancer Centers. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Aug;126(2):180-5
39. Coleman R, Deavers M, Drescher, C, Fader AN, Gershenson D, Sood A. A Phase II Evaluation of Aflibercept in the Treatment of Recurrent or Advanced Endometrial Cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. Gynecol Oncol, 2012 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print].
40. Cantrell LA, Havrilesky L, Moore DT, OMalley DM, Liotta M, Secord AA, Fader AN, Cohn DM, Wallace A, Rose PG, Gehrig PA Comparative effectiveness of adjuvant therapy in early stage uterine carcinosarcoma. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Oct;127(1):22-6
41. Fader AN, Winder A, Sandadi S, DeBernardo R. Sweets Syndrome: A Harbinger of Ovarian Carcinoma. J Gynecol Oncol, 2012 Oct;23(4):288-90
42. Tergas AI, Green I, S. Sheth, Giuntoli RL, Winder A, Fader AN. A Pilot Study of Surgical Training Utilizing a Virtual Reality Robotic Surgery Simulator. J Soc Laparoendoscopic Surg. In press, Feb 2013
43. Scheib S, Simpson K, Grumbine F, Fader AN. Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) in Pregnancy: A Case Series. In press, J Min Inv Gynecol, in press, Feb 2013
44. Jernigan AM, Tergas AI, Satin A, Fader AN. Obesity Management in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors: Provider Practices and Attitudes. In press, Am J Obstet Gynecol, Feb 6 2013, Epub: *Editors choice featured article with accompanying editorial by Paola Gehrig, MD
45. Tergas AI, Fader AN. Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) Radical Hysterectomy for the Treatment of Early Stage Cervical Cancer. Gynecol Oncol, Epub Dec 20, 2012
46. Sheth S, Fader AN, Tergas AI, Kushnir C, Green I. Virtual Reality Robotic Surgical Simulation: An Analysis of Gynecology Trainees. J Surg Educ, In press March 2013
Activities & Honors
- Best Paper in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Oncology, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy (AAGL) Annual Meeting, 2010
- 1st prize, Cleveland Ob/Gyn Society Research Symposium, 2008
- Johns Hopkins Teaching and Mentorship Award, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2012
- Research Fund Young Investigator Award, Gynecologic Oncology Group/Ovarian Cancer, 2008 - 2009
- Young Doctors Summit Representative, International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS), 2012 - 2013
- CREOG National Teacher of the Year Award, Johns Hopkins Gynecology/Obstetrics Program, 2011
- Association of Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) National Excellence in Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- GlaxoSmithKline $1800 Grant, SGO Winter Meeting; (invited for oral research presentation), 2008
- Golden Apple Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2002 - 2006
- AACR/ASCO Clinical Trials Workshop Grant, Vail, 2008
- Appointed member, Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Council, 2012 - 2013
- Outstanding 2nd Year Resident Teaching Award, 2003 - 2004
- Teacher of the Year Award, Greater Baltimore Medical Center OB/GYN, 2010
- Humanism in Medicine and Teaching Award, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, 2002 - 2005
- Berlex Pharmaceuticals Award for Outstanding Ob/Gyn Resident Teacher, 2004
- Medical Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha, 2002
Videos & Media
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Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
- New Protocols Protect Patients from Surgical Complications, Johns Hopkins Gynecology & Obstetrics Newsletter (Winter 2018)
- Ovarian Cancer: HMT Extends Survival, MedPage Today (06/2016)
- 7 Signs of Ovarian Cancer You May Be Ignoring, Reader's Digest (04/2016)
- Morcellation, Cancer and Loss of Women's Choice, Medscape (03/2016)
- Study Finds Minority, Poor Women Not Getting Safer Minimally Invasive Hysterectomies, The Baltimore Sun (01/2016)
- New HPV Vaccine Can Prevent 80% of Cervical Cancers, Yahoo Health (05/2015)
- Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk and Debate over Preventive Surgery, The Diane Rehm Show (03/2015)
- Awareness of Genetics, Ovarian Cancer Link Could Be a Lifesaver, WBAL-TV 11 (07/2013)
- More Women Removing Ovaries to Prevent Cancer, The Baltimore Sun (06/2013)
- Losing Weight and Lowering Risk: What You Need to Know about Women's Cancer and Nutrition, Recorded online seminar (12/2014)
- Obesity and the Risk for Women's Cancers, Recorded online seminar (10/2013)
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Peter Glanz, who recently wrote and directed his first feature film The Longest Week, has gotten two big time names to produce his next project and a great star attached as well. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are now both attached to Race to the South Pole as producers and Casey Affleck is set to play one of the lead roles. The project is being set up over at Warner Bros. where Damon and Affleck have their Pearl Street banner set up.
THR says that the film is based on the true story of two explorers who battle each other to become the first people to reach the South Pole (naturally, the story is set in the early 1900s). The race was between Robert Falcon Scott, who was an Englishman, and Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. The race, according to the trade, "sparked international interest and galvanized the world to see who would reach Earth's southernmost point first."
Casey Affleck will play Scott in the movie. This past summer the Oscar-nominated actor lent his voice to the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman, and before that starred in Brett Ratner's Tower Heist. He recently wrapped on both Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace and David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints.
After having roles in five movies that came out last year (The Adjustment Bureau, Contagion, Margaret, Happy Feet Two and We Bought A Zoo), Damon has kept it low key in 2012, with only Gus van Sant's Promised Land due out during the calendar year. As for Ben Affleck, his third directorial effort, Argo, will be in theaters next month and has an incredible amount of buzz coming out of the Toronto International and Telluride Film Festivals. Pearl Street is also currently developing a biopic about infamous Boston gangster Whitey Ford that Affleck will direct and Damon will star in.


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I arrived back from this years Mobile World Congress far more exhausting than normal, hence the complete lack of blogging during the event; apologies for that. So here I will aim to roundup the various announcements and hopefully add to the huge amount of blogging and articles written during the event.
In general this years event had a more positive mood with attendees and exhibitors all looking to the future of mobile and devices. New this year was the inclusion of Tablet and Netbook devices in the show many of which use the same hardware as high end smartphones. Our goal is to enable the Flash Platform to extend to these devices too, and so it should be no surprise that we had many partners previewing Flash experiences on their hardware, more on that later.
Open Screen Project Update – "Connecting Developers with Consumers"
At the conference we announced that we now have some 70 partners, with new additions like Burda Group, RTL, Stern, Addicting Games and EPIX on the content partner side. New technology partners include Freescale, MIPS, Vizio, Symbian, Imagination Technologies and Sonic. In terms of scale we have created one of the largest initiatives in the mobile ecosystem to build a foundation for the distribution of the Flash Platform across devices. Of course for the community much of this will appear like marketing, but rest assured that there are many hundreds of engineers working globally to bring Flash to a huge array of platforms.
As we begin to wrap up the Flash Player integration efforts our focus has widened to include enablement for web content. In total we're working with over 140 content provider partners, owners of the largest and most popular sites that use Flash today. At MWC 2010 we showed applications and websites optimized for mobile viewing from the following:
Animation – Angry Alien Productions
Branded – AOL Mobile, BBC iPlayer, ESPN, Sony Pictures, TBS, TNT, Warner Brothers
Gaming – Addicting Games, Armor Games, Kongregate, Miniclip.com, Nick.com, South Park Studios
News – BBC News, The New York Times Reader App, The Wall Street Journal Online
Video – AlloCiné, Amazon.com, AOL Moviefone, Canoe, Dailymotion, Disney, Epix, GMX, IGN, Kid Rock (Atlantic Records), Lavanguardia, National Geographic, Mobile YouTube, Studio1290 Mobile, STV Player Mobile, Ustream, Vimeo, Yahoo! Movies
As you can see the list is HUGE and this represents a small part of the overall efforts to bring the full web to devices using Flash Player. For the Open Screen Project to be truly successful we need our content providers and developers to play their part, as you can see, this effort is very much underway.
Of particular note we also joined the LiMo Foundation to deliver the Flash Platform on their Linux based devices. It's an exciting announcement because it demonstrates that the Open Screen Project and other industry initiatives are aligned with a goal to the delivery of consistent and open platforms for developers and consumers.
Flash Player 10.1
On our stand at the Mobile World Congress we showed a beta version of Flash Player running on the Motorola Droid, Palm Pre and the Google Nexus One. The applications above were running incredibly well and attendees were very impressed with the performance and fluidity of the experience, Flash was built for the web and on devices it just makes sense. The most important addition to the mobile experience was the ability to playback Flash content in full screen mode, enabled by these powerful webkit browsers.
Of course the fun part for attendees was in visiting their own sites to understand the sheer power of the new player. In all, the thousands of attendees that visited our stand were extremely excited about being able to browse more of the web on their devices. For many the call to action was "How can I get started?", well Thibaut has been crafting a great set of resources with our engineering teams here. The first step however is to create a plan of action, begin to plan a suitable user experience for mobile devices; and in particular those based on touch.
With Flash Player 10.1 we have worked to enable the same web content to run using less memory, yet with higher performance. The results are really incredible and should see a significant improvement, not only for the mobile devices but also for desktop computers and application running on Adobe AIR 2.0. Remember, we can only do so much and as a Flash Developer you have a role to play in ensuring that your content works well on these new devices.
For fun, my colleague Michael Chaize has created his own tour of the web on the Nexus One, he even pushes out all the stops by visiting a site based on Papervision!
In terms of availability we have required some significant patches to Android and to the Web OS to support the installation of the Flash Player over-the-air. We expect these new updates to become available soon to end users, at which time the Flash Player will become available either via their respective Application Stores, within the software updates or both. In either case the installation of the Flash Player will be seamless and ongoing we expect to see significant traction as we move forward.
Adobe AIR on devices
One of the big pieces of news at Mobile World Congress was the announcement of Adobe AIR on Android, and the tie-in with our Adobe Packager for the iPhone. At MAX 2009 we demonstrated the creation of iPhone applications using the upcoming Flash Professional CS5, and the twist is that these applications are based on AIR 2.0. To demonstrate the possibilities we showed some of the same applications created in Flash Professional CS5 that are available on the AppStore today, running on Android devices using Adobe AIR. The workflow couldn't be simpler, it's simply a repackaging effort with a little UX tweaking for basic layout and hardware capabilities.
Here is a nice video from Kevin Hoyt showing off Adobe AIR for Android:
Write One Run Everywhere? – In many ways the answer is yes, given a few measured choices. We have made it fantastically simple to reach across devices and platforms with Flash and AIR, and so the same code can now run on a huge array of phones, desktop computers and consumer electronics. Using the same assets and principle it will be extremely simple to tweak applications for varying screen sizes, input methods and user experiences.
So now our "marketecture" diagram for Applications looks like this (2010 is on the right):
Note that I've called out iPhone OS separately, this is because you will be required to use Actionscript 3 to target the iPhone. Once you package an application it will not be possible to process additional SWF files containing actionscript, such as those stored on the web, due to Apple's restrictions around interpreted code.
Android, by comparison, is totally open and AIR runs beautifully on the platform; and dare I say a little faster on the Moto Droid, a device with iPhone 3Gs hardware.


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By Marion Walls, KF19, Tanzania
There's a buzz about Group Loans here in Dar Es Salaam! And now that I see them in action every day, I'm sold too! I'm volunteering as a Kiva Fellow at Tujijenge Tanzania where all Kiva loans are Group loans, so I've learned considerably more about them in the last six weeks. It's become clear why Group Loans are a mainstay of microcredit: they fill a particular niche for borrowers.
Let me show you what I've learned…
Borrower groups at Tujijenge are made up of around fourteen members who know each other, though there may be as many as twenty or as few as eight. Groups choose their own names – and names run the gamut from the practical "Mt Rungwe", to the motivational "Breakthrough", and confident "Top Class". Their names are just the first indication that each group is unique… It's been immediately apparent when I've met them that each group has it's own personality: some are shy and quiet, others cheerful and full of energy!
Group members don't necessarily operate the same type of business as each other. One may have a fruit stall in a market;
another may own a general store;
while a third raises (inquisitive) ducks!
Group members don't all borrow the same amount as one another either – each member's loan amount is dictated by both the amount they requested and their personal loan history at Tujijenge.
I've participated in a number of Group loan disbursements at Tujijenge's main branch. I've been delighted to meet members on their tenth loan cycle, borrowing Tsh 1,800,000 (about US$ 1125), because it confirms for me that the loans provide genuine benefit. I've been equally happy to meet members who've only recently joined a group and are on their first loan cycle, borrowing Tsh 80,000 (about US$ 50). Wait a minute…. surely that can't be right? $ 50! I've never seen an Individual loan for $ 50 on Kiva. And this is precisely the point: Group Loans are special. They enable borrowers to start borrowing.
This thrills me – I'm here, seeing borrowers stepping onto the first rung of a ladder that could lead upward out of poverty! New group members are borrowing $ 50 to boost their fledgling business, or to make a lump sum payment on an item such as school fees. The main reason these borrowers join a Group is that members guarantee each others' repayments, so small loan amounts are accessible to those who don't yet have physical collateral. (Tied to this fact, too, is that members don't need spousal approval for participation in a Group loan – an important consideration in a culture where gender equality has not been the traditional norm.)
Group loans also provide a good environment for nurturing new borrowers. Established group members can help new borrowers learn the skills and discipline associated with repaying a loan, all within the safety-net of the group guarantee. And, I was fascinated to learn, a Group is a self-regulating mechanism against the scourge of over-indebtedness. Group members actively discourage each other from taking out simultaneous loans from multiple organizations because they know they'll personally be on the hook for paying back the Group loan if a fellow member cannot.
Then there are the intangible benefits to a Group loan that I've discovered while attending Group meetings!
Groups meet on a weekly or bi-weekly basis in a location convenient to them (but that entails several hours' journey on a hot and supremely overcrowded dalla dalla for the Tujijenge loan officer and Kiva Fellow…), to register repayments with their loan officer. At one meeting, I ask the Group Chairman if hers is a tough job and she sighs: "Yes, following up with members who haven't repaid is the hardest part." I ask her why she's persevered in the role for five years, and she answers without hesitation: "Leadership!" She's referring to leadership within her group, as well as within her community. It's her very practical way of bettering the community in which she lives.
Likewise, the young Treasurer is demonstrating her accounting skills and acting as a role model to new borrowers within the group, whilst also developing her status outside it.
And another group member, (an irrepressible character who offered me a two-week home stay to get my Swahili vocabulary up to scratch!), has the opportunity for the group interaction she so obviously thrives on. It's a big part of the reason she was a founding member of the group five years ago…
But it's not just idle chit chat at a Group meeting; the support members gain from one another is so highly valued that many well-established borrowers choose to stay in a Group long after they are eligible for "graduation" to an Individual loan. In this case – and in a nice paradox – the Group loan enables borrowers to access some of the largest loan amounts on offer. So chalk up one more winning attribute: Group loans empower the borrowers that started with them to keep moving upward!
If you'd like to loan to Tujijenge's Group borrowers, you can do so here.
As we say in Tanzania: Karibu sana! You are very welcome!