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Defining a phone form factor
Phones are incredibly personal devices, and so any discussion of design will be divisive. To be as objective as possible, one needs to set parameters. Therefore, the basis of my argument is as follows:
To qualify as a (touchscreen) phone, the user must be able to reach every part of the screen with their thumb so as to ensure single handed operation.
The first reason for taking this point of view is historical. Button driven mobile phones of the late nineties to early 2000s were physically small enough to use in one hand and used the T9 predictive text system which was designed for quick text entry via the twelve button keypad which required the use of at least one thumb. In that era, of course, people were using both hands to achieve higher typing speeds, but it was completely optional.
The E52 was Nokia's last, and possibly the last in general, T9 driven smartphone.
The second reason concerns how we should view the modern (smart)phone and the role it plays in our daily lives, and will take some explaining!
For as long as there have been phones on which one could install third party applications, there has been an implicit expectation that so-called 'smartphones' should be able to operate as little computers that could (eventually) replace our desktop PCs. As user interfaces for both ends of the size spectrum evolved, I realised that point of view was a mistake.
The Nokia E7 and E90 (above) were smartphones trying to be little laptops.
To say that smartphones are not "little computers" is too simplistic a response, the reality is much more nuanced. User interface design is a delicate art, and it's true that there are certain tasks far better suited to a large screen device with a keyboard than sub-four inch touchscreens. However, in dividing what can and can't be done with each type of device, I would argue that there are many tasks we do on our PC, such as posting a status update to a social network, that waste the PC's potential. And so, there are many daily tasks that should be left to our 'little' smartphones.
The introduction of tablet devices, which I'll regard as touchscreen slabs with a minimum of a seven inch screen, has shone a light on how we have gone to extremes in trying to squeeze functionality out of the smartphone. Anyone who has used a tablet will immediately tell you how it makes for a much more natural reading device than a smartphone (e.g. web browsing) and I would wager that the average usage session is longer on a tablet than on a smartphone.
The Nexus 7 is a surprisingly effective work tool, and has changed how I view smartphones
Ultimately, it comes down to the non-linear combination of size and resolution – how much information can be fitted on a given display and how comfortably can it be read? This is a balancing act – for example, having a 1080p resolution on a 3.5 inch display would certainly show lots of information, but it would be impractical for most people to read from. Conversely, having a comparatively low resolution, on any size screen, would also be tiring as less information would fit on the screen and therefore would require more time interacting with the device (e.g. more page turns).
Exploring the effects of screen size vs resolution.
Left to right:
Nokia N8 3.5" @ 360x640
HTC One X 4.7" @ 720x1280
Nokia Lumia 800 3.7" @ 480x800
Therefore, the best use of smartphones still reflects how we used their twelve button ancestors from fifteen years ago; i.e. short ephemeral communications. Obviously, this role has expanded over time, we don't just text – we tweet. We don't just call – we Skype. We don't just read SMS – we browse social streams, which is something that widgets and live tiles have greatly facilitated.
Hence, the second reason to justify the single-handed operation principle is that activities that absolutely require the use of both hands on a smartphone are probably best left to larger devices – with the exception of gaming.
To summarise:
- Phones have historically been made for one handed operation.
- Phones are best used for brief tasks.
Little Precedents
With the exception of the Nokia E7, X7 and 808 Pureview (from the modern era, at least), Symbian screen sizes (360x640) haven't surpassed 3.5 inches. Likewise, Apple stuck with a 3.5 inch screen on the iPhone (640x960), until the iPhone 5, where the screen (640x1136) height was increased such that the corner to corner size was 4.0 inches. Similarly, most Windows Phone 7 (480x800) smartphones were designed with 3.7 inch displays. Greater than four inch Windows Phone 7 phones were the HTC HD7, Titan, and Titan 2; and the Nokia Lumia 900.
Arguably, the relative usability of each of those designs did not just depend on the corner-to-corner size, but on the aspect ratio too. Symbian's usability, particularly with portrait QWERTY typing, suffered because its aspect ratio and screen size made for a very narrow display. By the same token, the iPhone had the proportionately widest display which made for a better typing experience, and its overall size put the entire user interface within the reach of most adult thumbs. Similarly, with its text correction and adequate screen width, the first and second generation Windows Phone 7 devices (e.g. Nokia Lumia 800, HTC 7 Mozart, etc.) provided excellent portrait-QWERTY typing experiences too.
When is big too big?
I recently spent a few weeks using the Lumia 900 as my main phone, after using the Lumia 800 for several months. The increased size was something of a shock to the system, but I quickly adapted. Similarly, switching back to the Lumia 800 was a shock – I still miss the larger screen area, but I was immediately more confident in handling the smaller Lumia 800, even after becoming accustomed to the larger Lumia 900.
The problem I couldn't overcome [with the Lumia 900] was that of reaching with my thumb. For example, reaching for the back button (in the lower left corner of the device's face) while holding the device in my right hand. My hand span is such that trying to cover the entire face of the Lumia 900 meant I had to perch the device atop my little finger while loosely supporting the back with the rest of my fingers. When gripping the phone properly there were areas, including the back button, that my thumb just couldn't reach.
The Lumia 900 dwarfing the Lumia 800
This seemed to highlight the line that shouldn't be crossed; that is, when the user experiences physical discomfort or has to perform some sort of precarious articulation to use the phone single handed. That should be the measure of when a device is too big for someone. Conversely, if you have larger hands and you have to contort your thumb to reach the parts of the screen nearest to your hand, the device is too small for you.
A simple test to see if a phone fits your hand is if you can comfortably wrap your hand around the device and touch the tip of your thumb and middle finger without discomfort or dropping the phone.
Interestingly, for example, the iPhone 5 and the Nokia 808 Pureview get around this by having larer four inch displays with a larger aspect ratio (16:9), and so maintain a manageable width for people with diminutive hand-spans.
Is bigger better? Not necessarily...
There are plenty of precedents out there (e.g. the iPhone) that show a smaller device need not scrimp on components such as GPU, high quality camera, accelerometer, compass and even digital gyroscopes. In terms of internal component specificaiton, the main benefit from a larger phone is having space for a larger battery - everything else should be equal.
Of course, from what we've seen of the Windows Phone 8 devices so far, HTC's and Nokia's mid-range handsets are slightly smaller than their flagship devices. This isn't much of a choice though as they're all above four inches. N.B. our own Rafe Blandford reports that the Lumia 820 felt similar to the Lumia 800 'in the hand'.
Of more general concern is that the clear message from HTC, Samsung and Nokia is that a smaller screen corresponds to compromised specifications. If you accept the logic laid out in this article, then bigger does not equal better if the device is too big for you to comfortably hold. What if you want the best specifications, but the device's body is too large for you to comfortably use?
Manufacturers are desperately trying to differentiate their touchscreen slab smartphones from everyone else's touchscreen slab smartphones. Nokia has a long history, not just with Lumia but with Symbian too, of providing choice through a range of colours - something that HTC is also doing with its Windows Phone 8 devices. Also, Nokia differentiates itself through imaging prowess (in both Symbian and Lumia), and HTC is trying to do so through audio hardware in its Windows Phone 8 handsets.
I put it to you, ladies and gentlemen, that the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 are trying the patience of the market in how far the size of a phone can be pushed. I further put it to you, that the "bigger is better" trend has become tiresome. Therefore an area of differentiation whose time has come is caring for your physical comfort.
No longer should smaller phones be second class citizens, no longer should smaller phones be distinct models. Just as flagship devices are marketed in multiple colours, let them be marketed in multiple sizes too!
Just imagine a press event where the CEO proudly announces:
I give you, the Samokia Lumiv 9000X, produced in ten colours, three screen sizes, and available to buy, world-wide, on all networks from tomorrow!
Raise your glass then, here's a toast to the smaller phone, then, the form factor for the rest of us, arguably just as needed as the 5"-ish-screened super-phones currently in vogue...


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This Man Could Split Hairs.
Lucius Poole, whose den in Springfield St., Boston, is famous among antiquarians, can do more wonderful things with a sheet of paper than any one else in America--perhaps in the world. Not only can be dovetail, skive, splice and inlay, but he can split. This is the most difficult achievement in the whole art of book patching. Mr. Poole will take a leaf from any of the current magazines and slice it three times through its entire length and width, thereby making four sheets instead of one, each of just one-quarter the thickness of the original. Splitting hairs is rough work beside a job like that.
One of Mr. Poole's tricks is to cut an imperfect picture from a page and then insert one in its stead so deftly that only the closest scrutiny will discover that a fiber has been disturbed. Another is to "plant" a photograph on the page of a book so that one cannot tell that it was not printed there originally.
When Mr. Poole is asked to tell how he performs his feats, he says: "Oh, it's just by work, partly natural and partly acquired. It would take a year to explain the detail."--New York Press.
Lucius was my 2nd great-granduncle.
(Above article sent to me by Carol Merriman.)
Lucius was my 2nd great-grand uncle.

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Finding Self-Confidence Counselors In Minnesota!!from: Motivated Lifestyle - Archive Material
If you need to look for self confidence counselors in Minnesota but you don't know where to start, here's a quick guide for you.
1) Look in the Yellow Pages – the phone book offers you the best chance of finding a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota. People may consider this to be an obsolete tool, but the telephone book offers you the best chance of actually getting in touch with one of them. With the telephone book, you can also get the address of the self-confidence counselor in Minnesota you plan to contact.
2) Look in magazines and newspapers – some magazines advertise different self-confidence counselors across the state. You can find these advertisements in magazines that are associated with the subject. Magazines that focus on health and lifestyle may contain advertisements regarding self-confidence counselors in Minnesota.
Newspapers offer you a good chance of finding a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota because of locality. Newspapers circulated around the state are often filled with different advertisements of businesses found in the locality. If you look hard enough, you might find information about a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota.
3) Look on the Internet – some people think that the internet is the first place to look when you need a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota. However, the sheer size of the data on the Internet, can make it pretty hard for a person to get the information he or she needs. That having been said, the Internet does contain the greatest amount of information about self-confidence counselors in Minnesota. This is because of the fact that the internet offers a lot of free advertising space.
So what tips do you need to know when you are looking for self confidence counselors in Minnesota?
Firstly, you need to remember that looking for a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota is like looking for a partner. You need to find someone whom you can count on, and above all, you need a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota whom you can trust. This means you have to look for credentials.
Psychologists are good people to approach when you are looking for a partner. This is because psychologists understand the workings of the human mind and can therefore help you gain a better perspective on things.
Sociologists also make good self-confidence counselors, because they too understand human behavior. A sociologist can help you with your self-confidence by helping you accept yourself for who you are for instance, as well as numerous other aspects of your makeup.
Looking for a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota is also like looking for a business partner, because in the same manner, you need assurances, which in turn means that you have to seek out someone with a good reputation. You therefore need to talk to people, and hear what they have to say about self-confidence counselors in Minnesota.
Usually you can obtain the best results from former clients, because by talking to former clients, you can actually find out for yourself at first hand, the results of that person's experience with a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota.
You also need to shop around for the best price! Some self-confidence counselors in Minnesota can charge you an arm and a leg for their services, and we all want to save money when we can, so by choosing a self-confidence counselor in Minnesota wisely, you can get the help that you need, and still save some cash.
However, if you simply want a free boost to your self-confidence, you might want to consider turning to your friends in the first instance.


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Meeting Notes 2013 04 16
These are the notes from the The 261st Meeting of Noisebridge.
Note-taker: Leif
Moderator: Miloh
Short announcements and events[edit]
- Dan: area by east windows has been used as art studio under the auspices of the fundraiser, but now that whole area is open. If anybody is interested in doing something with it, thats great; i'm inviting people to build a biohacking area there if there aren't other plans for that area.
- Five Minutes of Fame is this week!
- Leif: Tahoe-LAFS meetups happen on some thusdays. Not this week due to 5moF
- Douglas is organizing an analog synth workshop to be held at Noisebridge. Contact greenshoos at gmail.com if interested.
Membership Binder [edit]
- Week 2: one applicant, none with two sponsors
- Week 3: two applicants, one with two sponsors
- Week 4: one applicant, none with two sponsors
Financial Report[edit]
- Funds in bank: $22,394.81
- Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary): $963 (including deduction for payment today)
- Total amount: $21,431.81
Consensus items[edit]
Proposals from last week [edit]
- It is the consensus of Noisebridge: the treasurer SHOULD open a checking account for Noisebridge at a local credit union, possibly the San Francisco Fire Credit Union, and begin using it as Noisebridge's primary bank account. The current Wells Fargo account should be deprecated and eventually canceled when it is no longer in use.
Discussion Notes[edit]
- brief discussion of recent events. It is agreed that people should clean up after themselves and their canines while at Noisebridge.
- Griffin - Quantum Physics, applications thereof
- Chris - Coding
- Robbie - Coding, raspberry pi
- Josh
- Elija
- Miloh
- Ben
- Carl
- Evan
- Douglas
- Kevin
- Dan
- Robert
- Leif
- Carlos


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With a number of high-profile security breaches plaguing the financial sector over the past year, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council introduced a series of guidelines intended to help organizations ensure compliance with PCI-DSS. Issued in November, the guidelines advise organizations that handle debit or credit card data on how to best conduct their annual risk assessments, as mandated in PCI DSS Requirement 12.1.2.
These guidelines certainly reinforce how compliance has hardened from suggestive or advisory directives to true mandates with hefty fines and strict consequences for those failing to take heed. With harsher enforcement by government agencies, compliance has also evolved from merely ticking a box on a checklist to implementing, sometimes arduous and complex, processes. This can be tough considering the organic nature of compliance mandates today, which are constantly under revision and evolving. To keep from being buried under the weight of bureaucracy, ideally, organizations should be continuously checking their compliance processes rather than conducting a behemoth risk assessment once a year. One major step that organizations can take toward making assessment an ongoing part of business operations – rather than a daunting year-end endeavor – is implementing a least privilege approach which includes proactive monitoring.
For instance, the new guidelines specifically highlight the threat of assigning inappropriate access permissions. This is a threat that most companies can equip themselves to combat on an ongoing basis with full visibility into emerging and existing vulnerabilities. In fact, many organizations remain largely unaware of the danger of employees logging onto to PCs with administrative privileges to carry out everyday tasks, ranging from software downloads to connecting to a printer. The problem is that the privilege to conduct such tasks without reasonable limitations can dramatically increase the risk of PCI compliance violation by allowing unauthorized access or exposure to cardholder data. Here are some of the risks that organizations – especially those that handle a customer's financial information -- could incur when allowing privilege rights to employees:
· Unauthorized system changes, enabled by an employee's admin rights, could not only result in costly system downtime, but could also block important management software, antivirus and policy settings configured by the IT department and designed to protect devices and data. Unwittingly or otherwise, privileged users could enable malware onto the system that results in massively expensive and excruciating data breaches.
· Even worse, with admin rights, the malware could attack other PCs and servers on the network, broadening the range of accessible cardholder information. Furthermore, malware can run automatically without a user's knowledge, via Internet browser or other application exploits.
· With full administrative privileges, users could access the local data of others who use that same PC, potentially putting protected customer data at risk or exposing sensitive personnel information.
Antivirus and firewalls provide limited protection against threats to cardholder data, especially when users have the privileges to shut security programs off. Instead, these should be used in combination with more proactive, defense-in-depth security measures that not only protect against external hackers, but also secure systems from the inside. Where sensitive data is involved, access should be granted on a 'need-to-do' basis, and this can be accomplished through least privilege security, where users are granted only the rights necessary for the scope of their job. By removing admin rights and elevating them only when needed, organizations can ensure PCI compliance with a user base that is a) prevented from introducing exploits that might cause data leaks, and b) prevented from accidental system configurations that could result in insecure devices. In fact, 90% of the exploits in Windows 7 are mitigated when user run with standard user rights.
Considering today's soaring levels of malware attack incidents and sophistication levels, organizations can no longer afford to conduct a single annual risk assessment. To meet PCI requirements, organizations need to have an ongoing process of threat identification and protection, one that is an inherent part of their usual business operations. With least privilege security, companies in the financial sector can rest easy, knowing their data is under diligent restriction, 24/7/365.
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Can't remember our exact order, but we had one of the marinated beef orders (for the grill) and one of the hot pots.
To start, we were each given some miso soup. Mmm..
Next, we were given a bunch of little things to eat with rice and whatever you ordered (called banchan).
I remember that when our waitress brought everything for the grill, she started placing everything on the grill for us. I'm sure she was only trying to be helpful, but it was kinda annoying how she kept coming back and checking our meat.
Our hot pot looked pretty impressive. It looked exactly like the picture in their menu. The bad thing about it all was that everything cooked all at once, when we didn't want to eat it all at once. The pile of meat turned into a cooked meat ball. That wasn't fun. The soup was good. I also liked the thicker and firmer glass noodles they used. If they want to keep the presentation, they just need to keep a platter of veggies and meat separate from the soup.
We found it expensive, but we were all full and it was a warm meal for a cold night.
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It's true that some of Miller's off-the-cuff commentary can be a bit absurd (Mediate "looks like the guy who cleans Tiger's swimming pool, for example") but after watching up-and-coming flamboyant and charismatic young guns Anthony Kim and Camilo Villegas excite the crowd time and time again, some of Miller's musings are believable.
I disagree, however, that age played a factor with Mickelson, ever the punching bag, who was beaten over the head for being thirty-eight years old. Age is not the reason why Phil could not make putts, and I'm sure that V.J. Singh would concur with that fact.
Johnny Miller, whose ramblings are worthy of note (that's why he's a commentator), should aspire to change the FedEx Cup points distribution system. Under the close circumstances in which both Singh and Villegas came to their eventual respective positions, perhaps a play-off would have been in order to create that end-of-season fervor that the PGA Tour, and the fans, are desperately looking for?
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On raising a son on the autism spectrum, progressive politics, pop culture, and coffee addiction.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Being there
I've written before about my dad's Alzheimer's and about the beautiful relationship that he and Bud have. Both of these things have been weighing heavily on my mind this week.
My dad fell on Tuesday. He was alone in the yard when it happened, so we don't know the circumstances, don't know how hard the fall was, don't know how long he was down, don't know what he had to do to get up. An x-ray revealed that he had fractured a rib - a problem for which the only solution is time.
The first days after his fall were frightening, because, as often happens with Alzheimer's, the pain, or the pain medication, or both, transformed his dementia into delirium. When he slept, his sleep was fitful, his hands moving, his legs twitching, and his lips murmuring unintelligibly, but with purpose. When he woke up, he was bewildered and angry - he had things to do, he insisted, and we were keeping him from them.
His condition worsened, his pain so extreme that we were unable to move him. He ate very little. His speech was slow and muffled. His eyes were wild. I was afraid that we were - that Bud was - losing him completely.
The past 24 hours have been transformative, though. A visiting nurse and a home health aide have been in. My sister, my mom, and I have been joined by family friends with experience dealing with situations like this. My dad's pain is being managed. He is more mobile. His eyes are clearer. His dementia is less extreme, allowing him to spend longer stretches of time engaged with us and making his mental forays away briefer. It's clear, though, that we can't leave him unattended at all. Not right now. Maybe not ever again.
So, the big questions - the new realities - are still largely unknown and overwhelming, but for the first time in days, I find that I can exhale a little. I'm starting to reflect on the past week - a week during which I feel like I spent my time vacillating between two postures - flailing action and paralyzed inaction. I flailed my way through my life outside the house - tearing through my to-do lists without being able to prioritize in any meaningful way - applying quick-fix resolution to issues that really deserved more thoughtful consideration, and postponing action on mundane things that could have been more easily settled. And then, when I walked through the door to my house - saw my father in his bed, confronted his labored breathing, heard his muddled speech, looked into his wild eyes - my mind went blank. My to-do list vanished. I felt completely at a loss.
Things are better now, of course, but there is still so much that needs to be done, and I find myself struggling to fight paralysis without starting to flail. But it's hard to know what I should be doing. I feel like I should plan - but for what? for how long? with whom? Without knowing what we're really facing, it's hard to know where to put my energy.
My best cues, though - the most useful bits of wisdom I've gleaned in recent days - have come from the two sources I'd have thought most unlikely - the two people whose expertise I'd clearly underestimated most: Bud and my dad.
Because this week, while I stood looking at my father, trying to fight my paralysis, but feeling the panic rise within me, Bud brushed past me, ran to his grandfather's side, and greeted him joyfully, "Hey-a, Papa! How you doing?"
As I stood worrying about my father's hygiene, concerned about the time he'd laid still in bed, unkempt and unwashed, Bud clamored up beside his sleeping grandfather, nestled in, and said, "I love you soooooo much."
As my father slept and I walked aimlessly around the house wondering what I should be doing, Bud sat in the chair by his Papa's bed, matching Papa's labored breath with his own, slow breathing - his eyes closed, his ankles crossed, sharing the stillness.
As I made room for the professionals who came in to help my father sit, stand, walk, bathe, eat, and I found myself hovering on the periphery, unsure if I was staying on the sidelines for the sake of my father's privacy or because of my own discomfort, Bud settled himself in the center of the action, assuming the roles of both head coach and cheerleader. He sat across from Papa, his arms crossed, intently watching the nurses in action, and chiming in frequently with encouragement and support: "Papa, the nurse is going to give you a check-up and it WON'T. HURT. ONE. BIT," and "You're doing great, Papa!" and "I'm very proud of you."
As my father's color returned and his breathing normalized and he settled into an easy chair, I collapsed in on myself, focused on my own relief, but Bud sidled up to Papa, stroking his arms and patting his head.
And my father. My father. Even when things were at their worst - when his eyes were their wildest - when he seemed unsure of where he was, how he got there, and what in the world was happening to him - he consistently recognized Bud. When the rest of us could barely get a response from him, my father still brightened when Bud entered the room. The fog lifted temporarily and my father spoke more clearly than he had all day: "Hey, buddy. How was your day?"
Both my heart and my mind are still trying to process it all. But the messages, I think, are clear.
From Bud, the message is this: Be there for Papa. Stop focusing on who he was and on who you want him to be. See who he IS. Love who he is. Stop thinking and trying and pushing and planning and doing - and just BE with him. Be present to him. Just be there.
From my father, the message is this: Be there for Bud. Set aside your own confusion, forget your own fear, step outside your own pain, and be there for him. Stop trying to plan for, to warn about, to protect from, and just BE with him. Be present to him. Just be there.
And I'm trying. I'm trying to be there. I am. I have two extraordinary role models - two exceptional teachers.
I'm a slow learner.
But I'm trying.
22 comments:
- *m* said...
This is beautiful -- and wise. Wishing you and your dad the best. And Bud, of course.
- September 11, 2011 5:44 PM
- Stimey said...
People have the ability to surprise us at the most surprising times. I'm glad that Bud and your dad are able to connect. I am so, so sorry that your family has to go through this. I'm sending a lot of love your way.
- September 11, 2011 6:20 PM
- Club 166 said...
Good for you, for seeing the wisdom displayed before your very eyes.
Better days are coming.
- September 11, 2011 6:34 PM
- Karen Isaacson said...
tears are streaming over here. love you, my friend.
- September 11, 2011 7:12 PM
- Natalie said...
I love your eyes which constantly see the heart of the matter. Love & prayers your way!
- September 11, 2011 7:54 PM
- Alysia said...
I am in awe. And in tears. The relationship they have is beyond special. It's unique. A gift.
There is something so incredible about that love on such a cellular level. Just them. No pretenses. Just Bud and his grandpa.
These will be the moments you will remember forever. Let them take over and help ease your pain.
- September 11, 2011 8:30 PM
- Unknown said...
James reminds me of my grandpa so much during this time in his life. When my grandpa was in the last and final nursing home he would always hug my oldest son Carter and say "buddy buddy buddy.." Your words make me thankful everyday!
- September 11, 2011 9:51 PM
- david said...
Mary, What I love about these posts is that in them, you do what the best writers do. Though your situation is very specific, the sense you make of it applies to us all. On a more personal note, wish I'd known all this was happening. I would have been in your office in a flash.
- September 11, 2011 10:14 PM
What a hard thing for you, but what a beautiful connection your son and your father have.
- September 11, 2011 11:21 PM
The best teachers are the best learners. You are both, and you honor the teachers of Bud and your dad, by listening and learning. Many could miss that opportunity, but you are extraordinary and the opportunity is not lost. You are not lost but, again, finding a new way.
- September 12, 2011 8:51 AM
- Nan said...
Thank you for sharing this story. Having cared for both of my parents at the end of their lives, while at the same time adjusting to my son's autism diagnosis, I can really relate to what you have written.
Those quiet moments, entirely in the present, that I spend with my son can sometimes feel like the sanest, most restorative moments of my day.
- September 12, 2011 9:22 AM
This brought tears to my eyes this morning. Sending many good thoughts and prayers your way.
- September 12, 2011 10:23 AM
- KAL said...
Just thinking of you. xo
- September 12, 2011 12:16 PM
- jess said...
Tears, my sisterfriend. I will be back to read this again and again. My friend Carrie calls it 'holding space' - the simple act of being there for another human being that is the greatest gift we have.
Love you.
- September 12, 2011 12:25 PM
- kristi said...
Hopefully things will get better for you. Hugs!
My word verifications is equal...how ironic!
- September 12, 2011 12:49 PM
- Kim said...
A beautiful bond, I'm so glad you are recording it. Love to you.
- September 12, 2011 1:30 PM
- mommy~dearest said...
A beautiful connection, beautifully expressed...
- September 12, 2011 2:57 PM
- Christa said...
It sounds like the connection between Bud and your dad is quite a blessing and a gift - for everyone. I'm sorry about your dad's injury and I hope he heals quickly. Much love to you and your family during what must be a trying time.
- September 12, 2011 5:42 PM
- Niksmom said...
I am verklempt. Sending you so much love, so many prayers for peace, for strength, for being present in the ways you want to be. Love you, my friend. xo
- September 14, 2011 9:36 AM
- Cipher said...
Thank you so much for this beautiful post. I'm sorry for your family's difficult time, and I hope things get better for you all soon. You might not feel like it right now, but your strength and spirit constantly shine through every word you write. I'm glad you have Bud and your dad to shine back at you. Even though I only know you and Bud through what I've read here, and you don't know me at all, I'm here rooting for you. You will get through this.
- September 14, 2011 11:46 PM
- Darius said...
Yes, your wisdom shines through your writing. May all go well with you, your dad and Bud!
- September 29, 2011 11:58 AM
. Stop focusing on who he was and on who you want him to be. See who he IS. Love who he is. Stop thinking and trying and pushing and planning and doing - and just BE with him. Be present to him. Just be there.
Brillant. Thank you for this reminder, its so easy for me to worry about the future. Love who he is, I must remember.
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Cálem Vintage Port 2005
As far as I am aware, this wine is very difficult to find currently on sale (despite being from 2005) and, imho, will be quickly (if not already...) a rarity. Perhaps due the (small?) quantity of cases produced and to the awards collected: http://www.sogevinus.com/2011/12/calem-vintage-2005/
It is a vintage port, 'Portuguese style', made by Cálem which in 2005 declared it as 'classic vintage'. Even Cálem itself has only a few bottles (not for sale) in her historic cellar.
I drank one bottle (very nice juice, but my opinion is compromised), keep two in my cellar (I believe they have, at least, more 10-15 years ageing potential) and decided to sell the remaining three.
I bought the lot from a reputed supplier in Scandinavia which stored them professionally so the bottles are in excellent condition as seen in the photos below.
I'm based in Porto, Portugal, and I prefer to deliver the bottles from hand to hand (to the buyer, relatives, friends, ...) in Porto. Possible shipment abroad will be at the buyer's expenses and according to his specifications.
I am aware that it is not a Noval Nacional , but it certainly deserves a good palate and a fair price.
I would appreciate any forum advice (opinions, tasting notes, ...) and offers by PM.
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The past several weeks have been very busy, and I haven't had a chance to post quite as much as I'd like to. I thought I'd throw my hat back into the ring with a short post about where Russia is today. Part of what gets me so frustrated about most mainstream media coverage of Russia is that people tend to conflate the country's condition (e.g. people drink a lot, don't make much money, and are generally miserable) with its trajectory (e.g. people are drinking more, people are making less money, and people are getting more miserable). These are, obviously, two very different things, but they're often treated as if they're interchangeable.
Russia is, in a myriad of ways, still a messed up place, and you don't need to look very far to find evidence of all kinds of nastiness, abuse, corruption, dysfunction and general awfulness. But what interests me is that, in contrast to the doom and gloom of most reporting, many of the country's basic social indicators are actually improving. Life expectancy is going up, wages are going up, the birth rate is going up, and the death rate, the suicide rate, the murder rate, and the poverty rate are all going down. I thought I would put together 5 charts that push back against some of the mistaken narratives I often encounter in the media. This doesn't mean that "Russia is awesome" but it ought to seriously complicate our picture of a country in which things are supposedly growing ever more desperate.
1. Russia's population is "shrinking rapidly"
This might be the most common error in Western reporting. In reality, Russia's population is marginally higher now, at the start of 2013, than it was in 2006. Russia's population was declining rapidly during the late 1990′s and early 2000′s, but this decline has leveled off and the population has stabilized. Russia's population could very well start declining again in the future, but at the moment it is actually growing (albeit at a glacial pace).
2. Russia's economy is in "serious decline"
The idea that Russia's economy is somehow "imploding" or "turning in on itself" is encountered most frequently among right wingers, but was also a favorite trope of centrist outfits like Newsweek or The Economist. While Russia is hardly an economic hegemon, its overall economic performance over the past decade has actually been pretty decent, especially when you compare its performance to the horrible post-crisis performances of many formerly communist countries in Eastern Europe. It is possible that Russia's economy might implode at some unknown future date, but at the moment it is experiencing modest growth.
3. Just like the Soviet Union, Russia "spends all of its money on the military"
The Russian government's bombastic pronouncement that it would spend $700 billion on procuring new weapons in the years leading up to 2020 led a lot of people to think that Russia was returning to the garrison state it had been under communism, when military spending was 30% of GDP and the entire country was impoverished by the insatiable appetites of the "metal eaters" in the defense ministry. While I would agree that Russia's defense spending is marginally higher than it ought to be, the actual level of spending as a percentage of GDP is modest in comparison to Russia's own tortured past and even to the United States (the data is from SIPRI and ends in 2010 because that is the most recent year available)
4. Russia's alcohol epidemic "continues unabated"
Russians drink a lot, there's no arguing that. But, mercifully, they are drinking themselves to death a lot less frequently than they did in the past. The death rate from accidental alcohol poisoning has been shrinking rapidly over the past decade, and is now lower than it was even during the height of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign (when the Soviet government was doing things like bulldozing vineyards). Russia's death rate from alcohol is still very, very high when compared with Western countries, but it is improving.
5. Russians "have more abortions than kids"
This was true for a very long time, from the early 1960′s until about 2007. Abortion really was Russians' the preferred method of birth control. But with almost no fanfare the number of abortions in Russia (while still quite high in comparison to Western countries) has been plummeting.
Basically, what these graphs show is that
1) Russia still has a lot of problems, and it remains extremely troubled in comparison to developed Western countries, and
2) things in Russia are actually improving at a reasonable clip.
Number 2) is a huge contrast to the "period of stagnation," when Russia's most basic social indicators were visibly deteriorating. Thus Russia in 2013, unlike Russia of the mid and late 1970′s, has a growing birthrate, decreasing mortality, declining numbers of alcohol deaths, and a broadly flat level of military spending. If we want to understand what Russia is and where it's going, we need to take its many positive developments into account.


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I must have stared at that girl for several minutes, trying to decide if I should alert her parents. On one hand, I think I'd like to know if my child was standing in a puddle of her own urine. Then again, I didn't want to be a busybody. Finally, when the parents still weren't noticing, I decided to say something:
Me: "Um, sir... your daughter...."
Father: "Oh, it's okay. I've got my eye on her."
Me: "No, she, um... peed...."
Father: [looks at girl] "Ava! Oh no!"
I guess I did the right thing by telling him, but I immediately felt kind of guilty for making a comment about someone else's kid. Believe me, this is not something I ever do. I was recently at the zoo and stared in agony at this woman who had a one-month old baby with no head control front-facing in a baby carrier, with his head sagging down like it was about to fall off.... but I never would have said anything in a million years. It's none of my damn business.
While I think it's despicable when someone goes up to a complete stranger and tells them not to give their baby a bottle or something like that, I wonder if there are situations where it's appropriate to intervene. For example, would you say something if you saw a woman hitting her child? Or worse?
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- AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 9:13 AM
You could say something warm and empathetic about how hard parenting is, and ask how it's going... An opening in case someone is in trouble and open to a kind ear ora moment's reprieve?ReplyDelete
I would want to know if one of my children was standing in a puddle... I once sat in a doctor's waiting room and watched someone feed their 7 month old a nestle crunch bar along with bits of mellow yellow (they filled the lid and then tipped it into the infant's mouth). Outside I couldn't say anything, inside I was screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!".ReplyDelete
Thatgirl: That reminds me of a time I saw an infant drinking Coke. Ugh.ReplyDelete
I think its kind of sad that we are so loathe to approach another parent with ANYTHING, because we've all experienced so much unwanted judgement. I think there is a clear difference between judging and helpfully informing, but unfortunately that line may not be the same for everyone! "Excuse me your daughter may need to be cleaned up, can I hold your place in line?" is different from "Oh my god! You shouldn't let your child drink soda!". In the first---you are simply stating the indisputable facts. The second involves a judgement--whether or not its based on medical/scientific fact. The baby carrier one is tricky...not sure what I would've done...probably nothing. To you or I, its an indisputable fact that the position is unsafe for such a small infant, but others may not perceive it that way, and in reality, the baby was not in true immediate danger at the moment.ReplyDelete
Its also in the WAY you approach it---its so much less annoying when someone actually offers to HELP you remedy the issue (bring some paper towels, help you re-arrange the baby carrier so your child is in properly) vs. a hit-and-run type assault (you're doing this WRONG, goodbye).
Spanking is likewise a value judgement in that some people DO believe in it as a form of discipline. However, truly BEATING or otherwise hurting a child is not.
- AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 6:21 PM
Depends. When it's something potentally helpful like the girl who'd wet herself, I might approach. As for things like obviously harmful parenting (I too have seen parents stick Mountain Dew in a bottle) it would depend on if my husband was there or not. I tend to be fairly outspoken, but more than once he has held me back and done the whole take me outside to rant and vent alone.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM
I was just at a birthday party where one of the guests fed her FOUR month old daughter bits of frosting off the cake.ReplyDelete
I will give her props to going to her car to smoke as opposed to at the party area (unlike another guest who seemingly didn't care that there were 10 kids around as she chain smoked...)
I've been on the other side as a pseudo-parent. I'm 8 and 10 years older than my youngest sisters, so I've often been confused as their mother (though why someone would think I'm their mother when I look 16 and they CLEARLY look at least 10, I don't know). I was also the perfect babysitter because I was so much older by the time they were toddlers and older.ReplyDelete
Anyway, one day, my mom and I brought my sisters to Walmart to go shopping. Except that my older younger sister was throwing a tantrum and refused to stand near me when my mom and baby sister went to the bathroom. She kept (loudly) crying that she wanted to go to the bathroom. I knew she didn't need to go, as did my mom, which is why she was left with me in the first place. The only reason she wanted to go was because she didn't particularly like me at that moment and wanted to be around our mom.
After a couple minutes of this and me telling her no, that she had to stay with me, this lady came up to me and yelled at me that I should bring her to the bathroom. I can't even remember how I actually reacted to the woman, but I was in shock that she would actually have the audacity to say something to me, especially in the tone that she used. I think my mom came back shortly thereafter and I scathingly related the story to her.


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If you are a non- believer in, all that you do is being recorded in the heavens, why be moral when no one is looking?
If there are no records and no witness, why not do anything you want?
If no one sees you do it, then is it a deed not done?
If all of this is true, then why do we have a conscience, where did it come.
We are told in scriptures that our conscience is our natural way of doing God's will in the absence of his Law.
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Im moral for me.
For my mental well being
For the safety and health of myself and those around me.
For the comfort of my society
For the comfort of my family.
For the good of my species.
If that isnt enough reason and you really need a made up daddy in the sky who says dont do it or ill fucking spank you then what makes you think the spanking will stop you?
All men are driven by dark desires, even if they don't act on them.
You have just stated your conscience. And without that conscience, it would be anarchy behind close doors.
I assure you all my desires are quite good. Why would someone have dark desires?
And btw your right about the door. Im behind the door have been my whole life. And its nice out here on this side of the door in the open air without the need for a god whisper in my ear.
I have cognitive reasoning, the bonding of my species and society, and the vast universe to comfort and guide me.
Just as humans have "dark" desires, they have a strong inborn impetus to create and sustain the good.
Without his conscience it would be anarchy on both sides of door.
We are driven by all kinds of desires. I like to create art and music- not too dark of a desire.
Desire for love, sex, money, happiness, friends, family, art, music, science, progress, freedom, space travel, work, a job, a promotion- add anything people do- a desire for more stamps if you're a stamp collector. None dark.
Desire is not bad- sex is not bad- in fact it's pretty damn excellent if I do say so myself.
Desiring sex is not dark. Desiring love and friendship is not dark. Desiring money to send your children to school and for food to feed them, or even to get a Playstation is not dark.
I desire to make the world a better place.
Desiring to kill is dark. Being commanded to do so by a fake diety is darker still as you now have to satiate the fake diety's desire- which is really your own- unless god actually "made you do it"- which is the darkest yet as you have given up your freewill.
Take responsibility for your own actions- nobody and nothing gives you conscience or morals- they are innate and evolved- and are still evolving.
You said in one of your posts that you were an atheist...???? What stopped you from going on a killing rampage, raping and eating babies for that time in your life? As you obviously had NO morals for a while being an atheist and all.
Without a conscience it would be anarchy? Why?
Without a conscience and our evolved thought processes including our innate but imperfect morality- we would not be the same species. We would not have cities, towns, agriculture, TV, internet because there would be no humans. No conscience, no language, no knowledge, no nothing- we'd still be in trees just another animal on a planet with life but not "intelligence"
In the absense of human conscience are animals anarchists? Before we evolved on the scene, was that anarchy? If there were no humans on the planet, would that be anarchy? Nope just evolution, chaotic and unorganized, but not anarchy.
Seriously, look at the headlines. "Who knows what evil dwells in the hearts of men, only the Shadow knows"
Michael: you might not be aware of this, but atheists generally are appalled by theists morality and motivations. We have thought about it, discussed it extensively, and pretty much know why we do what we do.
You are unlikely to come here, ask a (very old) question like this one, and catch us out.
Much more likely is that you will hear why we are a bit horrified by theist morality and motivations. In fact, it is so bad, we think that actually you are unlikely to really mean what you say.
And in case you had forgotten: many of us here were devout and serious theists, some like me, for many years.
When I dropped my religion, I was delighte to discover that actually my morality improved somewhat, as I had greater clarity. My concern for the plight of others in no way waned; I did not feel any ned to start treating people badly - and now I had no excuses for doing so either.
Do you mind me asking why you have raised the question? And in case you've not seen this amusing cartoon...http://27bslash6.com/easter.html It addresses your question quite reasonably.
Lastly. why do you think anyone here cares what is written in 'scripture'? I assume you mean your particular scripture? Do you really think you might convert folks here by the paraphrasing the bible? Do you think you will make progress with whatever agenda it is you've got by telling us what the bible says? We probably know already, have thought about it long and hard, and have rejected it for the folly and bronze age desert nonsense contained therein.
No particular agenda.
In most of the intelligent responses , the operative here is still a conscience, though it has been euphemized many ways, of which I contend is created by God. Animals do not evolve a conscience in a survival of the fittest scheme. This is a perplexing enigma among many social scientist.
Animals do not evolve a conscience in a survival of the fittest scheme.
I disagree. Can you back up this statement with evidence?
My dog still behaves when I'm not looking because he's conditioned to.
I behave the way I do behind closed doors simply because I couldn't live with being a hypocrite. And yeah. That also means I flaunt laws that I don't believe in to some degree.
No one is perfect but for the most part, I feel that treating others the way I want to be treated is a basic law of altruistic, pack animal mentality. It's not a sign of god that I generally want what's best for my species. Or my environment.
It freaks me out to think that there are people out there running around who feel such a sense of malice towards their fellow human that the only thing stopping them from inflicting harm is the threat of more harm being done to them.
That's straight up crazy.
Fuck, dude. Even most animals in the wild only kill for damn good reason....and they don't believe in gods.
Guess some instincts evolve slower than others..
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As ad exec/blogger, Bill Mount, commented in his "Sermon From The Mount" blog after Carl's Jr. began advertising The Big Carl™ last month, "I'm lovin' it. Carl's Jr. always brings automatic weapons to a knife fight."
The fracas began in August with McDonald's Corporation's (NYSE: MCD) launch of the Angus Third Pounders, an attempt to copy the sit-down restaurant style burgers pioneered by Carl's Jr. and Hardee's years ago. Carl's Jr. was the first to retaliate by launching The Big Carl as a counterpunch aimed at the iconic Big Mac®. The Big Carl boasts twice as much meat and cheese as a Big Mac but sells for just $2.49 or less, while the Big Mac costs more than $3 on average.
"We knew people would be drawn to the Big Carl," said Andrew F. Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR), parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardees. "It's a bigger, better burger at a significantly lower price. But what we didn't expect was the very positive reaction we've received for the directly comparative advertising campaign we developed to promote it. Many people have voiced their support for us having the guts to get into the ring with an 800-pound gorilla."
In order to expand the West-coast consumers' excitement nationwide, Hardee's today began offering the Big Hardee. With more meat, more cheese and a lower price than the Big Mac, the Big Hardee consists of three beef patties, two slices of American cheese, a tangy sauce and shredded lettuce on a seeded bun. Available in participating restaurants, the Big Hardee costs just $2.29 or less, 70 cents less than the average price of a Big Mac.
"While McDonald's is trying to convince people that they can make as good a premium-quality burger as Hardee's or Carl's Jr. can, we knew we could make a bigger, better Big Mac for less money at both brands," added Puzder. "The Big Hardee costs a lot less than the Big Mac, is charbroiled, and has more meat and cheese. And instead of having a third bun, the Big Hardee has a third beef patty. We think burger fans will love that."
Commercials supporting The Big Hardee begin airing in Hardee's markets Wed., while the popular commercials for the Big Carl began last month. Both campaigns can be viewed on the brands' YouTube channels (www.youtube.com/carlsJr and www.youtube.com/hardees).
In addition to the Big Carl and the Big Hardee introductions, both chains also began airing a new commercial today intended to set the record straight regarding the differences between the McDonald's Corporation's Angus Third Pounders compared to Carl's Jr. Six Dollar Burgers and Hardee's Thickburgers. The humorous new ad, entitled "Nothing," stars CEO Puzder calming down a nervous executive worried about the impact of McDonald's Angus Third Pounders. After discussing the differences between the burgers, the executive asks Puzder what they should do, and the reply is "Nothing." The ads, created by longtime agency, Mendelsohn/Zien Advertising, can also be viewed on the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's YouTube channels.
"Our 100% Black Angus burgers are superior in taste and quality for the same price or less, and our new advertising campaign makes that clear," added Puzder. "Try one for yourself and taste the difference – ours are charbroiled for that backyard grill flavor, while the 'McAngus burgers' are fried on a flat grill. They keep telling people they should be loving it, but consumers will now know that the first fast-food restaurants to serve 100% Black Angus Beef burgers, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, are still the only fast-food restaurants serving them. In fact, we're so confident that people will prefer our burgers to McDonald's rip-offs, that we'll give them their money back if they don't."
Any consumer wanting a refund can request a mail-in form at any Carl's Jr. or Hardee's restaurants. Guests just need to fill out the form, attach a receipt, and mail it in for a full refund. The money-back guarantee begins today and will be offered through Oct. 13. See individual restaurants for details.
But that's not all - the premium burger wars have even spilled over onto the internet. A digital campaign featuring comedian J.B. Smoove (HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and FOX's "'Til Death") also launched today on both brands' Facebook pages (www.facebook.com/hardees and www.facebook.com/carlsjr) and YouTube channels. Smoove offers an inspirational rant for all Americans to stand up against the oppression of over-priced, under-whelming products – encouraging people to go to Carl's Jr. and Hardee's instead. The campaign was created by digital agency 72 and Sunny.
Stay tuned to Carl's Jr. and Hardee's Web sites, social media pages and Twitter feeds (www.twitter.com/carlsjr and www.twitter.com/hardees) for even more details of the ongoing premium burger wars.
About CKE Restaurants, Inc.
Headquartered in Carpinteria, Calif., CKE Restaurants, Inc. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CKR." As of the end of its fiscal 2010 first quarter, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,133 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,205 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,915 Hardee's restaurants. For more information about CKE Restaurants, please visit www.ckr.com.


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Hendrik (Henk) Kayser (25/09/1925 7/09/2009)
Henk was a man of many facets, but apart from his dedication to his extensive family, his over-riding ethos was his unsparing dedication towards helping those in need, both as a medical man and as a Rotarian. In the fullest sense, he was a humanitarian, who to the end of his life devoted many hours each day to his goal of helping the lot of underprivileged patients.
His medical career began with his graduation in Leiden, Holland in 1952. In 1957 he moved to South Africa, where he initially set up practice in Durban. In 1964 he commenced private practice in East London. For many years he was active in several Departments of Frere Hospital as an Honorary Consultant. One of his particular interests was in hydatid disease, and he published a paper based on his research, which was widely recognised and applauded.
He early on became actively involved with the Border Branch of the South African Medical Association, and from 1962 to 1998 served as a Branch Councillor. He was Branch President in 1978, 1979 and 1994 and served also as Chairman in 1994. From 1978 to 1991 he, in addition, served as Federal Councillor of the Branch. In 1989 he was the national SAMA President. From 1996 to 1998 he was Chairman of the SAMA Provincial Council for the Eastern Cape Province. He was honoured with the SAMA Branch Award in 1975 and the Bronze Medal in 1997. He was the Ciskei Minister of Health from 1990 to 1993.
He joined the Rotary Club of Arcadia in 1984, and apart from an enforced break during his ministerial years, remained a member until his death. His input and energy were beyond compare, and his Rotarian achievements were recognised with the highest awards both locally and internationally. In 1997 he travelled extensively in Europe and North America, establishing personal links with Rotarians in the USA, Canada and Holland. He set up a system whereby redundant, but still highly useful, medical equipment would be collected, packed in containers and shipped to East London. In May 1998, the Rotary Medical Equipment Exchange, or ROMEX, was founded. To date, some 90 containers have arrived, with equipment valued at an estimated R160 million.
Through 'wish lists' received from hospitals and clinics throughout the Rotary District (and even from Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban), Henk meticulously compiled consignments of equipment for distribution. I spent many a Saturday morning in the warehouse helping with the sorting and packing. It is hard to believe how many boxes, beds and wheelchairs (not to mention the rest) will be disgorged by a single 40-foot container!
Throughout the years I knew Henk via Branch Council, Rotary and as a friend, I never heard him utter a boastful remark: he did indeed hide his lamp beneath a bushel. Long may his inspiration survive among those whose lives he touched.
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Actress Melissa McCarthy almost caused a traffic pile-up on a busy Los Angeles street after spotting the first big billboard for her new comedy Tammy.
The Bridesmaids star was driving past the Warner Bros. lot recently when she caught sight of her face plastered across the side of a building, and spiralled into an emotional meltdown.
The actress, who co-wrote the film with her husband and movie director Ben Falcone, tells Us Weekly magazine, "Nobody told me they had put up a massive one (billboard). I started completely bawling and freaking out. I slammed on my brakes, swerved and tried to pull over. Other drivers were screaming at me, and I thought, 'Oh, God, what if they see it's all because I'm looking at my own picture?' I just sat there and stared at it.
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The City of Brush will be paid for the cardboard it sends to the Morgan County Landfill after the Board of Morgan County Commissioners approved its request last week.
Brush had asked the county to pay it half what the county receives for recycling the cardboard, said landfill manager Alberta Naill.
That is the same kind of deal the county has with the company Waste Management, she said.
The landfill sells a truckload of recycled cardboard each month for $2,000 to $2,500, Naill said.
Brush contributes about a ton each month to that total, but is planning to expand its recycling program, she said.
This agreement has a clause allowing the county to terminate it should Creative Energy Systems of Larkspur build a waste energy plant in Morgan County, Naill explained.
As reported earlier, this would be a joint venture between Creative Energy Systems, which will have 60 percent of the ownership, WIT LLC with 20 percent, BB Energy 1 with 10 percent and Energy Funding Partners with 10 percent, a memorandum of understanding the board approved says.
Energy Funding Partners would provide the equity for the plant, and CES would provide the management and technical expertise.
Overall, the companies will work together under the name Energy Recovery Partners.
The memorandum says 10 percent of the profit would be donated to charities and the needy in Morgan, Logan and Washington counties.
The memorandum simply began a discussion on the plant.
If the plant is made as envisioned, it could create 40-60 new jobs with $2.7 million to $3.1 million in annual payroll.
The plant would convert garbage and other waste collected from landfills in Morgan, Logan and Washington counties into electricity through a proprietary version of a process called pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is the heating of an organic material in the absence of oxygen, which causes the chemical compounds in the material to thermally decompose into combustible gases and charcoal ash, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.
Essentially the process takes the waste and "pelletizes" it, shrinking it by around 95 percent and turning it into ash and a gas byproduct that can be burned to create electricity.
Other similar projects have had criticism for pollution and environmental harm, but CES says this plant will not burn the trash as those projects did.
Brush will be paid for cardboard recycling
The City of Brush will be paid for the cardboard it sends to the Morgan County Landfill after the Board of Morgan County Commissioners approved its request last week.


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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It's almost check-out time for space shuttle Discovery.
The seven shuttle astronauts and six station residents said goodbye and hugged one another Saturday morning. Then they closed the hatches between them in preparation for Discovery's undocking.
Shuttle commander Alan Poindexter thanked his International Space Station friends for their "utmost hospitality." He said he hoped he and his crew didn't "tear up" their house too much. Station skipper Oleg Kotov said, "It's really, really sad" to see them go. But he noted: "It's time."
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Skating champion Joannie Rochette wants Canadians to know a lot more about heart disease than she did when her mother died suddenly during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
"I didn't know that it was the number-one killer for women in Canada. I always thought it was an old man's disease. My grandfather had a heart attack when he was 50 and to me it was a disease that mostly affected men. I didn't know that it actually affects women even more."
Speaking in a telephone interview from Montreal at the beginning of Heart Month on Wednesday, Rochette said her family should have seen the signs, but didn't.
"I look back and my Mom had most of [the risk factors]. She was stressed out, she was smoking, she wasn't eating right, she was not exercising, she was not taking her blood pressure at home.
"She was someone who would get easily nervous when I skate, so especially with her going to Vancouver and to the Olympics — a big event — she was very stressed out."
Her family later found a list of symptoms Therese Rochette, 55, had written down, but not told them about: numbness in her lips and legs, pain in her left shoulder.
"It was quite surprising that she wasn't aware of it and her doctor wasn't aware of her being at risk of heart attack."
Joannie Rochette won a bronze medal in ladies figure skating four days after her mother's death at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. Therese had flown in from Quebec just hours before her heart attack. Her husband Normand had to find his daughter at the athletes' village to deliver the bad news.
Rochette's poise and determination to perform under such emotional strain was an inspirational high point of the Winter Games.
Now, at 26, she's continuing a professional skating career — she'll be back in Vancouver with Stars on Ice in May — and has also made a fitness DVD she hopes will help people get active. It's available in French at stores throughout Quebec and Rochette's own website. She hopes an English version will also be released. It includes specific exercises for skaters, but also a general home workout that anyone can do.
"When I was doing it, I thought a lot about my Mom for sure."
Experts say that 80 per cent of heart disease is preventable by changing the way we live.
"I fought with her so hard not to smoke," said Rochette. "And cigarettes. Who smokes nowadays? It's not cool any more."
Rochette says once people get started, one healthy habit can lead to another.
"It's a cycle. The better you eat, the more active you want to be and the more active you are, your body will crave better food."
Recent studies have shown that women may have different symptoms and outcomes with heart disease and researchers are looking the physical, psychological and social causes. Dr. Karin Humphries, a cardiac researcher at St. Paul's Hospital specializing in women's health, is analyzing data collected from 286 men and women under the age of 55 who had heart attacks in Vancouver and Victoria.
It's not known exactly why women are more likely than men to die after a heart attack, said Humphries, but she's examining the role of stress, anxiety and depression.
She said the most alarming finding so far is that women under 55 are still smoking. Forty per cent of the women in her study who had heart attacks were smokers, compared to an average rate of 14 per cent of all British Columbians. About 40 per cent of the men who had heart attacks were also smokers.
Research conducted mainly in the U.S. has found that up to 20 per cent of women with heart disease don't have blockages in the large blood vessels of the heart, but rather constriction in smaller blood vessels. This can lead to pain in the arm, neck, chest, shoulder and jaw that is easily ignored. Men, in contrast, usually find out they have heart disease when they suffer a major attack which then gets prompt emergency attention in a hospital.
The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation has produced separate publications for women that highlight the differences at www.heartandstroke.com.


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DURHAM — "Who Cares About Kelsey?", the award-winning documentary by University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability filmmaker Dan Habib, gets its broadcast premiere on New Hampshire Public Television EXPLORE (Channel 11 for Comcast customers) on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. The film will also be broadcast on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m.
The film follows Kelsey Carroll, whose goal is to graduate from high school. But there are plenty of reasons why she shouldn't. She attends Somersworth High School, a school that had one of the highest dropout rates in New Hampshire, and she has dealt with homelessness, abuse, self-mutilation, and ADHD. During Kelsey's sophomore year, new school leadership implemented Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and a youth-directed planning process called RENEW to improve the school's culture and reduce the dropout rate.
"Who Cares About Kelsey?" is the story of Kelsey's transformation from a defiant and disruptive "problem student" to a motivated and self-confident young woman. Along the way, critical figures in her life play important roles in an education revolution that's about empowering — not overpowering — students with emotional/behavioral disabilities.
"When I met Kelsey, she was disruptive, she wasn't easy to like all the time. She's very smart, she's very funny, but she's got a real rough edge to her," Habib told New Hampshire Chronicle. "What I saw happen through the course of the filming was she transformed into a person who had much more of a belief in herself."
The film captures a pressing national issue: poor outcomes for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD). Youth with EBD:
have the worst graduation rates of all students with disabilities. Nationally, only 40 percent of students with EBD graduate from high school, compared to the national graduation average of 76 percent. And, they are:
■ Three times as likely as other students to be arrested before leaving school.
■ Twice as likely as other students with other disabilities (e.g. developmental or learning) to be living in a correctional facility, halfway house, drug treatment center, or on the street after leaving school.
■ Twice as likely as students with other disabilities to become teenage mothers.
"Who Cares About Kelsey?" has been screened at film festivals, national conferences, and school districts around the country and has garnered media attention in Education Week magazine and on New Hampshire Chronicle and Boston public radio station WBUR. "Who Cares About Kelsey?" is Habib's second feature-length film; his previous work includes the Emmy-nominated documentary "Including Samuel," which was broadcast nationwide on public television stations in fall 2009.
The "Who Cares About Kelsey?" film project also includes nine mini-films documenting the lives of students with emotional/behavioral challenges. The project captures innovative educational approaches that help these students to succeed while improving the overall school culture and climate. The project also includes extensive educational materials and a national outreach/engagement campaign. These elements combine to form a powerful professional development tool and catalyst for public awareness and social change.
For more information about the film and to view the trailer, visit www.whocaresaboutkelsey.com. To learn how to watch the program via various cable providers, http://www.nhptv.org/about/receptn.asp.
The Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire was established in 1987 to provide a coherent university-based focus for the improvement of knowledge, policies, and practices related to the lives of persons with disabilities and their families. Its mission is to strengthen communities to ensure full access, equal opportunities, and participation for all persons.