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The first region of the Confederacy to see large numbers of slaves flee their owners was the area around Norfolk, Virginia. As Civil War Emancipation has discussed several times, Fortress Monroe, guarding the entrance to Hampton Roads, became a magnet for slaves seeking freedom after Gen. Benjamin Butler decided to give them refuge to deny their labor to the Confederacy. Other places would later become similar sanctuaries, but Fortress Monroe was the first.
From a historical perspective, the slaves' motives for fleeing were obvious–they wanted to be free of the hard hand of their owners. For white Southerners during the Civil War, explaining the exodus was more complicated. Slaveholders saw themselves as the benevolent guardians of an inferior race. If slaves were running away, it could not possibly be because of anything they had done.
A good example of this perspective comes from an unnamed correspondent of Richmond's Daily Dispatch, reporting from Norfolk in early February 1862. He wrote:
I learn that more slaves effected their escape last week from Norfolk county. They belong to farmers residing on or near Tanner's creek. They doubtless get off at night in boats sufficiently large to cross the Roads and land them at or near Fortress Monroe. The loss of valuable negro men falls heavily upon the gentlemanly and kind-hearted farmers and gardeners in the section of the county above mentioned, and prompt and judicious measures should at once be taken to prevent slaves from getting off by water to the forts and vessels of the common enemy.
The deluded negroes, thus leaving their best friends and comfortable homes, where they are fed, clothed, and allowed all reasonable privileges, vainly suppose that they will fare better, and the more favorably situated, under the protection of the Yankees, than at home, where they have been reared and provided for. And notwithstanding the reliable statements relative to the strict rules to which they have to submit, and the rigid and inhospitable treatment they receive after they get within the enemy's lines, it is believed that these stampedes will continue unless a thorough look-out be kept along the shore, and especially near the mouths of Tanner's and Mason's creeks.
Considering the fact that some of the negro men who have gone off to Old Point were held in high estimation by their indulgent owners, who, in some cases, placed great confidence in their fidelity, and that negroes are not apt to originate or to form among themselves any well-devised plan or carefully-concerted movement, it is not improbable that their credulous minds have been poisoned, and that they have been prompted and advised by abolition traitors who have communicated with them, and who are acting in concert with some of the fanatics connected with the Federal forces at Old Point or else where.
So white Southerners could not believe that slaves would flee their owners for rational, intelligent reasons. Such as the fact that some slaveholders were not as benevolent as they might claim, even around Norfolk, as Civil War Emancipation discussed last June. Instead, in their way of thinking, slaves had to be lured away by abolitionist agents. African Americans could not be given the credit to think for themselves. White Southerners were, of course, fooling themselves, which would contribute to their downfall, and Union forces benefited from the brawn and brains of the slaves.
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Four Dead, 14 Wounded at Fort Hood
House Homeland Security Chair and U.S. Representative from Texas Michael McCaul (R) told CNN that four people are dead and 14 wounded in a shooting that took place at Fort Hood in Texas Wednesday evening.
The gunman has been identified as Ivan Lopez, 34, a soldier, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The soldier "was under diagnosis for PTSD" and mental health issues, but his diagnosis was not official, Fort Hood III Corps Commanding Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said in an evening press conference regarding to shooting.
Milley said that at this time, there is no reason to believe the incident was an act of terrorism.
In a press release on the U.S. military base's website officials confirm the shooting and injuries with emergency crews on the scene.
The lockdown at Fort Hood was lifted and the sound of the "all clear" siren filled the air before 10 p.m. Wednesday.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday evening that he was following the situation closely from a steakhouse in Chicago where he was attending a fundraiser.
"We are going to do everything we can to make the community of Fort Hood has what it needs to deal with a tough situation," President Obama said. "Just for now I would hope that everyone across the country keep the families of Fort Hood in our thoughts and our prayers."
Shots were first reported around 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. CNN reported that the shooting began initially as a "soldier-on-soldier" attack.
Bell County Sheriff's Office Lt. Donnie Adams says the sheriff's office dispatched deputies and troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety to the nearby Texas Army base.
The 1st Calvary Division, which is based at Fort Hood, sent a Twitter alert telling people on base to close doors and stay away from windows after the shooter began to open fire.
Immediately following the shooting, Central Texas College and a nearby elementary school were also on lockdown.
At least 20 shots were fired in a motor pool area of the base according to KWTX TV. The Associated Press reported that the injured were taken to Darnall Army Community Hospital at Fort Hood and other local hospitals.
"Dr. Glen Couchman, chief medical officer at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, said the first four people admitted there had gunshots to chest, abdomen, neck and extremities and that their conditions range from stable to quite critical,'" according to the AP.
The base was the scene of a mass shooting in November 2009 that left 13 dead and 30 injured. The base is located in central Texas between Austin and Waco. According to the AP, "the assault on Fort Hood was the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in U.S. history."
The 2009 attack took place in a crowded building occupied by soldiers who had just returned from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. The shooter, Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, was convicted and sentenced to death.
"He said he acted to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American aggression," The Associated Press reported.
The 2009 shooting led to tighter security at military bases throughout the country, including issuing additional firearms to security personnel and integrating attack scenarios in training exercises.
Then in September, a former Navy man opened fire at a Navy Yard in Washington. The attack left 13 people, including the gunman, dead. The AP reported that the shooting led Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to "order the Pentagon to review security at all U.S. defense installations worldwide."
- Reports of a Shooting on Fort Hood / KCEN TV
- One Death Confirmed In Fort Hood Shooting / KWTX TV
- Another shooting at Fort Hood is deadly / USA Today
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Easter week in Medina de Rioseco. Valladolid
Fundación Siglo Castilla y León
Parade of the Guilds. Easter week in Medina de Rioseco. Valladolid
Fundación Siglo Castilla y León
Image of La Piedad during a procession. Easter week in Medina de Rioseco. Valladolid
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- When?: To be confirmed
- Where: Medina de Rioseco
- More information : http://www.medinaderioseco.com/semanasanta/
- Autonomous region: Castilla y Leon
- Province/Island: Valladolid
- Category: Festivity of International Tourist Interest
This celebration has been held in this village in the province of Valladolid since the 16th century.
Easter Week in Medina de Rioseco is one of the most famous in Spain, thanks both to its age and the merits of its iconography. This expression of religious fervour has been held without interruption since the 16th century. Major works of Castilian religious sculptures are exhibited in the solemn processions, which feature a large number of 'cofradías' or religious associations who join together to carry their images through the streets. Over 2,000 members of these associations take part in the proceedings throughout the whole of Easter Week.
Medina de Rioseco also boasts an interesting Easter Week Museum, the first of its type devoted to this theme in the province of Valladolid, which preserves the historic and artistic heritage of this age-old tradition.
Easter week is one of the most heartfelt and deep-rooted fiestas celebrated in Spain. Its history and tradition go back many centuries, and commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ. The streets of many of Spain's cities, towns and villages are transformed into scenes of religious fervour and devotion, where grief and meditation are combined as Christ's death is relived. Music, art and colour come together in these magical processions –solemn parades in which throngs of people accompany the religious images on their route through the streets.
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Those efforts to fight obesity in schools? Think younger. A new study finds that much of a child's "weight fate" is set by age 5, and that nearly half of kids who became obese by the eighth grade were already overweight when they started kindergarten.
The prevalence of weight problems has long been known — about a third of U.S. kids are overweight or obese. But surprisingly little is known about which kids will develop obesity, and at what age.
Researchers think there may be a window of opportunity to prevent it, and "we keep pushing our critical window earlier and earlier on," said Solveig Cunningham, a scientist at Emory University. "A lot of the risk of obesity seems to be set, to some extent, really early in life."
She led the new study, which was published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine and paid for by the federal government.
It tracked a nationwide sample of more than 7,700 children through grade school. When they started kindergarten, 12 percent were obese and 15 percent were overweight. By eighth grade, 21 percent were obese and 17 percent were overweight.
Besides how common obesity was at various ages, researchers focused on the 6,807 children who were not obese when the study started, at kindergarten entry. Here are some things they found:
WHO BECAME OBESE: Between ages 5 and 14, nearly 12 percent of children developed obesity — 10 percent of girls and nearly 14 percent of boys.
Nearly half of kids who started kindergarten overweight became obese teens. Overweight 5-year-olds were four times as likely as normal-weight children to become obese (32 percent versus 8 percent).
GRADE LEVELS: Most of the shift occurred in the younger grades. During the kindergarten year, about 5 percent of kids who had not been obese at the start became that way by the end. The greatest increase in the prevalence of obesity was between first and third grades; it changed little from ages 11 to 14.
RACE: From kindergarten through eighth grade, the prevalence of obesity increased by 65 percent among whites, 50 percent among Hispanics, almost 120 percent among blacks and more than 40 percent among others — Asians, Pacific Islanders and Native Americans and mixed-race children.
By eighth grade, 17 percent of black children had become obese, compared to 14 percent of Hispanics and 10 percent of whites and children of other races.
INCOME: Obesity was least common among children from the wealthiest families and most prevalent among kids in the next-to-lowest income category. The highest rate of children developing obesity during the study years was among middle-income families.
BIRTHWEIGHT: At all ages, obesity was more common among children who weighed a lot at birth — roughly 9 pounds or more. About 36 percent of kids who became obese during grade school had been large at birth.
The study's findings do not mean that it's too late for schools to act, but their best tactic may be to focus on kids who are overweight and try to encourage exercise and healthy eating, Cunningham said.
The work also shows the need for parents, doctors, preschools and even day care centers to be involved, said Dr. Stephen Daniels, a University of Colorado pediatrician and a spokesman for the American Heart Association.
"You can change your fate by things that you do early in life," with more exercise and eating a healthy diet, he said. "Once it occurs, obesity is really hard to treat. So the idea is we should really work hard to prevent it."
Study: Kids' obesity risk starts before school age
Those efforts to fight obesity in schools? Think younger. A new study finds that much of a child's "weight fate" is set by age 5, and that nearly half of kids who became obese by the eighth grade were already overweight when they started kindergarten.


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Living proof that a sense of humor can help you overcome any obstacles, Arnold Schwarzenegger rolls out his latest slugfest, Raw Deal, with tongue (as usual) in cheek.
Sure, Arnold also carries around those suitcases full of rippling muscles. I suppose that's a large part of his popularity. As one teen-age girl had it after the sneak preview, "That was nothing great. But Arnold was awesome."
Still, lots of musclemen have tried movies; most fade fast. Schwarzenegger's feeling for the absurd and his penchant for one-liners have kept his last couple of action flicks, The Terminator and Commando, popular with young, hip audiences.
His humor is his saving grace. Let's face it, although Arnold projects a likable personality, his acting powers are limited. That accent, which only gets thicker as his dialogue increases, is a major problem. And the name is not traditional matinee-idol stuff.
None of that has stopped Big Arnie. He just grins, keeps it light, and makes sure the final reel has enough bloodshed to satisfy his millions of thirsty fans.
Raw Deal hews to the formula. Schwarzenegger is an ex-FBI man, railroaded out of the Bureau some years before, now a sheriff in a small Southern town. When an old colleague (Darren McGavin) loses a son to a Chicago godfather (Sam Wanamaker), he calls on Arnold to do a little unauthorized work.
Our man slicks his hair back, adopts a tree-trunk cigar, and infiltrates the family. He also meets a moll (Kathryn Harrold) whose chest rivals his own.
While Raw Deal is quite well-plotted, you know that most of the plot stuff is an excuse for Arnold to get mad toward the end. Sure enough, he straps himself down with plenty of ammo, cranks up the Stones' "Satisfaction" on his car radio, and proceeds, as one character puts it, to do 100 years of police work in one afternoon.
Through it all, Schwarzenegger keeps up a stream of bon mots. Unfortunately, because the accent (they've stopped explaining it) is richer than a Viennese torte, many of these fall dead at his feet. But you always have the idea he's trying. That's not quite as facetious as it sounds; his good-natured wise-guy routine builds up strong audience loyalty.
Raw Deal is not as far-out as his last couple of films, and it's not as much fun either. Director John Irvin, a versatile fellow whose previous outing was with the highbrow pauses of Harold Pinter's Turtle Diary, never comes close to the nihilistic glee of The Terminator. Irvin's heart doesn't really seem to be in the two-fisted genre.
So the weight of the film falls on Arnold's shoulders—I don't have to tell you how broad they are—and he delivers the necessary firepower. With a smile. And why not? His career is booming and, by his recent marriage to Maria Shriver, he's now the newest Kennedy. Man, talk about "Satisfaction."
First published in the Herald, June 7, 1986
There was a funny exchange on an old "At the Movies" or "Sneak Previews" or wherever the hell Siskel & Ebert were at the time about Kathryn Harrold; Roger was singing her praises in a movie (The Sender, possibly?) and Gene finally said something like, "Oh why don't you just ask her out?" An epic moment, and unexpectedly human, somehow.
Arnold was in his career groove at this point, and everything was turning to gold. Raw Deal was just one more out of the bratwurst-grinder.


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Blue Origin's jet-powered Charon test vehicle is brought inside Seattle's Museum of Flight.
Blue Origin, the rocket venture backed by Amazon.com billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, is sharing a 9,500-pound hunk of its little-known history — in the form of its first flying vehicle, a jet-powered lander prototype known as Charon.
The behemoth went on display this week in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at Seattle's Museum of Flight, which will also house a full-scale space shuttle training mockup.
Before this week, few folks outside Bezos' venture ever heard of Charon. The takeoff-and-landing platform was powered by four vertically mounted jet engines — and flew only once, on March 5, 2005, in Moses Lake, Wash. It rose to a height of 316 feet, then settled back down to a controlled landing.
Charon was moved into the museum on Tuesday and unveiled to the public on Wednesday.
"We are proud to share this piece of our company history with the Museum of Flight," Rob Meyerson, president and program manager of Blue Origin, said in a statement released by the company. "By making the original Charon vehicle available for public viewing, we hope to educate and inspire the next generation of aerospace explorers."
The technologies pioneered by Charon were applied to Blue Origin's vertical-takeoff-and-landing rocket ships — including the Goddard prototype that flew for the first time in November 2006 at Bezos' Texas spaceport, and the more capable test craft that followed. Last year, Blue Origin sent its prototype craft for suborbital space missions up to an altitude of 45,000 feet at supersonic speed — but Bezos reported that the flight had to be terminated with the loss of the vehicle, due to a flight instability that cropped up during the test.
Blue Origin
The jet-powered Charon lander prototype rises during a test flight in 2005.
Ted Huetter / Museum of Flight
Blue Origin's Charon lander prototype is settled in its spot inside the museum.
Blue Origin is working on a new prototype for its suborbital space program, which aims to carry passengers and research payloads beyond the 100-kilometer (62-mile) boundary of outer space. At the same time, it's receiving millions of dollars from NASA to help with the development of an orbital space vehicle that could service the International Space Station.
Historically, Bezos and Blue Origin have played their cards close to the vest — but in recent months, the venture has been more open about its ambitions and its progress. That's in line with the model being set by another space-minded billionaire, Elon Musk, the founder of California-based SpaceX.
Seattle's Museum of Flight stands to benefit because Blue Origin and Amazon.com are both headquartered in the Seattle area. "Blue Origin is making incredible strides in bringing commercial space travel to fruition," Douglas King, the museum's president and CEO, said in the statement. "Charon is an exciting addition to our extensive collection of historically significant air- and spacecraft. The fact that it comes from a company in our hometown makes it even more prestigious."
King is angling to acquire artifacts from other space ventures, ranging from SpaceX to the Boeing Co. Seattle-area software billionaire Charles Simonyi has already donated a used Russian Soyuz spacecraft for display. The piece de resistance will be the shuttle mockup, known more formally as the Full Fuselage Trainer, which is currently in the midst of being transported to the museum from NASA's Johnson Space Center. The trainer is expected to be assembled in its new home by the end of the summer.
More ventures backed by space billionaires:
- Jeff Bezos aims to bring up Apollo 11's sunken engines
- Billionaires back Seattle-based asteroid mining project
- SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk elated by successful launch
- Billionaire Paul Allen plans monster plane for space launches
Correction for noon ET May 25: I originally wrote that Charon was pronounced "CARE-on," like the name of the mythical Greek ferryman of the underworld. Actually, Blue Origin's Charon was named after Pluto's largest moon. That suggests that the name should be pronounced "SHAR-on," for reasons I explain on page 56 of "The Case for Pluto."
Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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I have an extra cute tutorial today that I know you're just going to love! This beaded bracelet is super easy to make and ever so fun to wear. I saw a similar bracelet to this one recently at Bloomingdale's while I was pulling products for a fashion post. So I thought these might be kind of cool to make. And I was right.
Here's what you'll need:
Leather or suede cording
Needle (needs to be strong enough to puncture and stand up against your leather or suede)
Matching Thread
Step 1: Fold a piece of leather in half so you have a rounded end piece like below and two sides that run parallel. Cut the length of leather you want. You should cut enough so your bracelet will comfortably wrap around your wrist at least twice.
Note: I could not find a thimble, so I used the cap to this lip moisturizer to help push the needle through the leather. Hey, don't knock it…it worked 😉
Step 2: Push your needle and thread through one side of the leather so your thread is coming out in the middle of the folded leather. Add a bead, then needle through the other side of the leather and continue stitching back and forth and repeating with the add of a bead all the way down the middle of the leather until you reach about an 1.5 inches before the end.
The pattern I used here was 10 blue beads, then 1 gold bead, repeat.
Step 3: (Optional) I added a little Opal charm to the end of my leather, before tying the knot to secure it, just to add a little something.
Step 4: Wrap your finished beaded leather around your wrist and tie a knot around the folded end to secure it in place. And that's it…you now have a cute new bracelet.
Cute…huh? I love this because it's light and doesn't clang around while I'm working, yet it's still pretty and it's a huge conversation piece. Hope you enjoy it too!
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Rocky. Winter Garden Theatre (see Broadway). Book by Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone. Music by Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Choreography by Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine. Directed by Alex Timbers. With Andy Karl, Margo Seibert, Terence Archie. Running time: 2hrs 25mins. One intermission.
Rocky: In brief
One of the latest films to get the Broadway treatment is this iconic portrait of a Philadelphia thug chasing his boxing dreams. The champ's got a strong team behind him: golden-boy director Alex Timbers, songwriting team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, book writer Thomas Meehan, and (cowriting and producing) original movie star and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone.
Rocky: Theater review by David Cote
Every few years, a piece of stagecraft drops so many jaws and pops so many eyes, it becomes a Broadway insta-icon: The Phantom of the Opera's glorious falling chandelier; the awe-inspiring march of animals in The Lion King's "Circle of Life." In recent years, the nonpareil has been green-skinned Elphaba levitating while hitting the high F in Wicked's "Defying Gravity." Add to that list the spectacular final bout in Rocky. The 20-minute closing coup (spoilers ahead) brings a section of the audience onto the stage, drops in jumbo screens, extends a boxing ring over the orchestra and puts on one hell of a fight before the bloodied guy gets the girl—bellowing her name, of course. Director Alex Timbers throws every ingredient into the pot—immersive staging, live video, slo-mo choreography, gruesomely realistic makeup—to send us staggering into the night punch-drunk, love-struck and begging for more.
Sorry to cut to the chase (as it were), but you know what they say: Give them a boffo ending and they'll forgive everything that came before. But here's the thing: The rest of Rocky doesn't need too much forgiveness. The score is uneven and some characters sketchy, but the piece has tremendous heart and narrative drive. In the end, Timbers achieves a splendid balance of epic sweep and gritty intimacy: storytelling with emotional punch and visceral thrills.
If the source material weren't already strong, the adaptation would not have had a chance. But Sylvester Stallone's 1976 Oscar-winning movie, the underdog love song of sloe-eyed, slur-voiced Rocky Balboa, has innate appeal. Rocky (Andy Karl) chases the dream of pivot-jabbing his way from bum to contender, even as he shrugs off the contempt of crusty gym owner Mickey (Dakin Matthews) and loan shark Gazzo (Eric Anderson), who uses the fighter as collection muscle. Outside the ring, Rocky woos Adrian (Margo Seibert), an introverted woman who works in a pet shop. When heavyweight world champion Apollo Creed (Terence Archie) parachutes into Philly to stage a publicity match and must scramble to find an opponent, he settles on the unknown Balboa, the self-dubbed "Italian Stallion." Cue the training montage and roll out the museum stairs.
Book writers Thomas Meehan and Stallone tailor the screenplay to deepen our emotional attachment to Rocky and Adrian—retaining the humor and pathos that are already there. They also expand the film's flatter comic-relief figures. Adrian's bullying brother, Paulie, is still a boozy, hot-tempered rascal, but as played by gravelly lug Danny Mastrogiorgio, he's not so different from Rocky, a good guy given rough edges from life's grind. Adrian's coworker in the pet shop and Paulie's long-suffering love interest, Gloria, is amply filled out by the vivacious Jennifer Mudge.
The story's cinematic transitions come courtesy of the finest stage hydraulics around, whisking us from Mickey's gym to Rocky's cramped studio or to Shamrock Meats, where racks of hooked beef descend from the rafters for our pugilist hero to pummel. Set designer Christopher Barreca fully exploits the cavernous dimensions of the Winter Garden Theatre—boxing rings, living rooms and offices glide in and out. To theatricalize the movie's classic workout sequences, Timbers (and special-effects designer Jeremy Chernick) dazzle the eye with swooping stage machinery and location-shot video. Taking a page from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, they deploy actors in matching sweats and hoodies to portray multiple Rockys racing across the stage.
But this is still a musical, and the score is a problematic element. Composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime) have an admirable 30-year track record, but one wishes a punchier, down-and-dirtier team were behind the songs. Even so, some numbers work: Adrian's haunting, hushed ballad of escape, "Raining," and Rocky's anthemic first-act closer, "Fight from the Heart." Other tunes come across as generic placeholders: pseudofunk for Creed and his groovy entourage ("Patriotic") and a nostalgic show tune for Mickey ("In the Ring"). Perhaps you're wondering about the iconic theme from the film (Bill Conti's fanfare-and-disco "Gonna Fly Now") and Rocky III's "Eye of the Tiger"? They're in there, don't worry.
Timbers and his team of visual wizards (which includes choreographers Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine; video designers Dan Scully and Pablo N. Molina; and lighting designer Christopher Akerlind, marshaling stadium-style kliegs) prove, amazingly, that music doesn't have to be the most important element in a musical. Vibrant tableaux and good casting matter as much.
Karl delivers an utterly winning central performance: a sexy, sweet and touchingly self-doubting Rocky. He's not only bulked up for the role, he calls on his sly comic timing (last seen in The Mystery of Edwin Drood) to build a fully dimensional, fully lovable hero. He does the Stallone mumble, but makes it his own, transcending impersonation or caricature. Seibert is also a lovely presence, Adrian's slow-boiling passion for Rocky marvelous to behold. For his part, the impressively ripped Archie has fewer layers to explore as flashy narcissist Creed, but he's enormous fun as the cock of the walk who learns that the hometown patsy is not such a pushover.
The last time Broadway welcomed a property this expensive and ambitious (the production is capitalized at $16.5 million) it was the epochal flop Spider-Man. No one misses that aesthetic and financial train wreck. Some Broadway fans or pundits might even pray for the megamusical to go away and make room for smaller, more intimate fare. Or they might sneer at a corporate spectacle that so lavishly exalts an underdog. Such anti-showbiz pretension misses the point: Rocky has known poverty and shame. He is not averse to making money or riding the fame train. But he knows that love matters most. And this show, for all its knockout visuals and steroidal bombast, protects a core of sweetness and a love of primal storytelling. For every loser, lover and fighter out there, good news: Rocky is total theater and a total rush; it goes the distance.—Theater review by David Cote
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Incredible production, great lighting, great new-comer in the role of Adrian, pleasantly surprised at the whole presentation. Immersive environment, felt like you really were at the fight at the end. Really enjoyed it.
Great show. My family and I loved it. It is a great story that has been turned into a very fun musical. Who would have thought that they could have turned Rocky into a musical. The sets were great especially the Box Ring. We are planning to go back to see the show for a rematch.
I've heard great things about this show - looking forward to seeing it
Since I am not a fan of Sylvester Stallone's 1976 movie, I'm not sure what possessed me to buy a ticket for the musical version, now in previews at the Winter Garden. Curiosity, I guess. After all, it was a hit in Hamburg. The creative team is impressive: music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, a book by Thomas Meehan and Stallone, choreography by Steven Hoggett (and Kelly Devine) and direction by Alex Timbers. The cast has no big names, but that's not an essential. The real stars here are the designers; there is a spectacularly mobile set by Christopher Barreca with projections by Dan Scully and Pablo N. Molina, vivid costumes by David Zinn, fine lighting by Christopher Akerlind and excellent sound by Peter Hylenski. Alas, when the show's design is its strongest feature, it does not bode well. Andy Karl is terrific as Rocky and the other actors are energetic, but their roles are so lacking in nuance that they are little more than caricatures. The show belatedly springs to life for the last 10 or 15 minutes with the wonderfully choreographed fight scene. The first several rows of the theater are emptied and their occupants are invited onstage for ringside seats as the boxing ring moves forward into the theater. It's a gimmick, but it works. The fight itself is spectacular, but for me it was not worth over two hours of boredom waiting for it. The music made so little impression that the point of turning the film into a musical was lost on me. All that being said, most of the audience seemed to be thoroughly enjoying themselves.
A true knockout outside the ring as well as inside the ring! If you are an athlete like my husband or a romantic like me, then this show will keep your juices flowing. We see almost every show that opens on Broadway so believe we know what the theater is all about, and this show is pure entertainment and enjoyment.
Two stars for the set and the incredible fight scene at the end. Otherwise this is almost unwatchable. Tone-deaf tunes. Cliched characters and dialog.
Loved it!!! Didn't expect much when I first purchased, but as a Rocky fan I had to see. Went on opening night it was romantic and funny. The set was amazing, Loved the way the boxing ring moved into the audience. It really felt like I was at a real boxing match. The characters were very believable, forgot a few times I wasn't really watching Sylvester Stallone. You will definitely enjoy!!


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A Gastonia couple has filed a lawsuit against Gaston Memorial Hospital, claiming medical negligence by at least two emergency room nurses in Nov. 14, 2011, medication mix-up.
Anita and James Griffie filed the suit with Gaston County on Feb. 8.
The hospital�s attorney, John Beyer, has not yet filed a response to the suit.
What happened?
The suit gives a relatively brief account of what the Griffies� say happened that night in the hospital.
Here�s the account given in court documents:
Anita Griffie went to the emergency room at Gaston Memorial Hospital complaining of difficulty breathing due to fluid in her lungs.
A nurse erroneously mixed up medications prescribed for two patients, Anita Griffie and another woman.
Rather than receiving potassium, Griffie received insulin.
Griffie got 10 times the rate of insulin prescribed for a diabetic, and her health declined rapidly.
�Her heartbeat was irregular. She appeared to be having a seizure with whole body twitching and her eyes fixed and non responsive. For the next two hours, Mrs. Griffie�s blood sugar dropped dangerously and she was trembling and afraid.�
The error was discovered at 2 a.m., nearly six hours after Griffie checked into the hospital.
What went wrong?
The lawsuit states that three errors were made:
The nurse who administered the improper medications violated hospital policy by retrieving two prescriptions at the same time.
The insulin given to Griffie was administered at 100 units per hour instead of nine units per hour.
A nurse failed to perform a bedside check to ensure the accuracy of medications administered.
Was there an investigation?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducted an investigation into the hospital in January 2012.
It lists the same errors as the lawsuit, among others.
Also included in the CMS findings:
Two nurses broke hospital policy by failing to perform a bedside check in unison to make sure insulin, classified as a high-risk medication, was being given to the correct patient.
A patient�s care was delayed when she was left without the ability to reach a call button in order to summon a nurse.
Hospital staff did not realize until six hours afterward that the patient was erroneously given a rapid insulin infusion.
The hospital filed the following response to the government report:
An action plan was developed including a three-day suspension without pay for both nurses involved with the medication mix-up.
One nurse was temporarily moved to a day shift so she could receive more supervision. She had past medication error issues.
One of the nurses no longer works for Gaston Memorial.
What�s the impact?
According to the suit, Anita Griffie suffered physical harm, emotional distress and mental anguish, which continues to this day.
James Griffie also suffered, the lawsuit states.
Watching his wife suffer that November night caused James Griffie emotional and mental distress, according to the documents.
What�s the response?
Beyer, the Charlotte attorney representing the hospital, said he wouldn�t comment on an open case.
The hospital also chose not to speak about the incident or any policy changes that might�ve come from it.
�We are unable to comment on pending litigation or the issues raised by pending litigation,� said hospital spokeswoman Dallas Paddon.
The Griffies are represented by Gastonia attorney Don Bumgardner who did not return calls made by The Gazette.
The hospital has until April 15 to file a response.
You can reach reporter Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane.


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Could or should Apple use the iPhone 5s M7 motion coprocessor to lock out texting while driving?
I've been asked several times this week whether Apple could or should use the new M7 motion coprocessor chip in the iPhone 5s to lockout features like texting if it detects you're driving. It's an interesting idea but not a particularly workable one, at least not yet.
First, texting is only one kind of distraction. You can be distracted by tweeting, searching for music, using turn-by-turn navigation, or any number of things. You can also be distracted by the newspaper or map you've laid out across the steering wheel, the sandwich you're eating, or the makeup you're putting on.
Second, even if we take the view that M7 could mitigate the problem by locking out purely digital distractions, how would it know you're actually driving the car rather than sitting in the passenger or back seat, or sitting on a train or a bus? And if it can be disabled under those circumstances, the same type of people foolish enough to drive while distracted would likely be foolish enough to disable it under the worst of circumstances too.
Distracted driving of all kinds is a lethal problem. M7-based lockout, by itself and as presently implemented, however, doesn't seem like a realistic solution. We'll have to see if things like iOS in the Car offer any better alternatives.


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On October 9/22, the commemoration day for the Feasts of holy Apostle James, St. Stephen the Blind, and the "Korsun" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Grace Bishop Maxim arrived at St. Xenia Skete in Wildwood, California, to the ringing of bells for the Divine Liturgy.
Clergy attending the service included Protopresbyter Dane Popovich of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Serbian Orthodox Church in Sacramento; Priest Nektarios Rozadilla of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Redding, California; Abbot Damascene (Christensen) and Hieromonk Paisius (Bjerke) of the St. Herman Monastery; Priest George Eliott of St. Andrew's Serbian Orthodox Church in Anderson, California; and Father Deacon David Greenfield of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church in Chico, California. Rev. Mother Abbess Markella of the Living Spring Greek Orthodox Monastery in Dunlap, California, attended with two of her sisters, bringing her warm and loving support. Quite a number of the faithful were also present from Redding, Sacramento, and San Francisco, California; Ashland, Oregon; Walla Walla, Washington, and Reno, Nevada.
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Rev. Mother Abbess Dorothea and sisters wish to express their sincere appreciation to His Grace Bishop Maxim for all of his loving pastoral support and episcopal care.
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MLB WORLD SERIES: CARDINALS v RED SOX
October 26, 2013
Dana DeMuth
John Hirschbeck
Jim Joyce
Joe Torre
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: Game Three
Boston Red Sox - 4
St. Louis Cardinals - 5
JOHN HIRSCHBECK: I know you have a lot of questions, and we'll answer everything you have. But just to go over the rule quickly, obstruction is the act of a fielder obstructing a runner when not in the act of fielding a ball. It does not have to be intent. There does not have to be intent, okay? Once he has the opportunity to field the ball, he can no longer in any way obstruct the runner. That's basically the rule. So you want to go ahead and ask questions?Â
Q. If you can just take us through how you saw the play develop and if there was, in fact, any incidental contact and whether or not Middlebrooks raised his legs, if you would just take us through how you saw the play develop, please.
JIM JOYCE: Well, when the play developed after Saltalamacchia threw the ball at third base, after the ball had gone straight through, and Allen had slid into third and stood up to attempt to go to home plate, everything was off right there. And when he tried to advance to home plate, the feet were up in the air, and he tripped over Middlebrooks right there, and immediately and instinctually I called obstruction.
Q. I understand what John said, that there doesn't have to be intent, but the fact that his feet were up, did that play into it at all? And is there any wiggle room, like where else could he be after he dives for the ball, what else could he be doing but laying on the floor, if you do think there's intent?
JIM JOYCE: No, as a matter of fact, the feet didn't play too much into that because he was still in the area where the baserunner needs to go to advance to home plate. And the baserunner has every right to go unobstructed to home plate, and unfortunately for Middlebrooks he was right there. And there was contact, so he could not advance to home plate naturally.
JOE TORRE:Â And let me read, it gives the example on Rule 2, "An infielder dives at a ground ball and the ball passes him, and he continues to lie on the ground and delays the progress of the runner, he very likely has obstructed the runner."
Q. So does "very likely" mean there's interpretation?
JOE TORRE: Intentional or not intentional. He just has to clear the path. I know sometimes it's unfair because he's laying on the ground, but that's the way the rule is.
Q. Is there anything he could have done to avoid violating this rule in that position? Once he's down, what could he have done at that point?
JOHN HIRSCHBECK: Just to get out of the way quickly and not obstruct the runner. It's really as simple as that.
JIM JOYCE: Really, that doesn't play into that play. With the defensive player on the ground, without intent or intent, it's still obstruction. You'd probably have to ask Middlebrooks that one, if he could have done anything. But that's not in our determination.
Q. He said there wasn't anything else he could have done, that's why I asked the question.
JIM JOYCE:Â But the rule is is that the runner has every right to go to home plate at that particular play unobstructed without any liability ‑‑ he doesn't have to get out of the way, he just has the baseline, and unfortunately the defensive player was there.
JOE TORRE: And the fact that he impeded the runner, again. Didn't mean to, but it still doesn't matter, according to the rule.
Q. I know you guys obviously got the call right the other night when you all convened together on the second base play. Did you all even chat about it or have a quick conversation about it? Jim, did you ask the other umpires their viewpoint? It seems like you called it immediately and you were set with it. I was curious if I could get the other umpires' thoughts on if you thought it was the right call, done, and there was nothing else to discuss?
JOHN HIRSCHBECK: I was on the leftfield line. Immediately after we got off the field into our locker room we congratulated Jim and said "great call." I could see it all in front of me as it happened. That was our first reaction when we got in the locker room. Mark Wegner made the comment he could see it developing from right field.
We're trained to look for these things. It's out of the ordinary, but when it happens, and it's the World Series, you expect to get it right.
Q. I'm just curious, is there any responsibility of the runner to make sure he's in the baseline? Did you guys check for that? Often a runner comes around third and circles around the third base coach's box. It seems like Craig was clearly on the inside part of third more toward shortstop. Is it the responsibility of the runner to make sure he's inside the baseline?
JIM JOYCE: He was right on the baseline. He was right on the chalk. And so that never played into any decision, at all, because he was ‑‑ he had slid, stood up, and he was literally right on the chalk.
JOHN HIRSCHBECK: Don't forget, the runner establishes his own baseline. If he's on second on a base hit and rounds third wide, that baseline is from where he is, way outside the line, back to third and to home plate, it's almost a triangle. So the runner establishes his own baseline.
Q. Just curious if any of you guys remember a game ending in this way, ending on this particular call in any of your experiences?
JOHN HIRSCHBECK:Â Never.
JIM JOYCE:Â Never.
JOHN HIRSCHBECK: And again, Peter (Woodfork) pointed out to me to mention this, normally this play happens at second base on a steal play or something, where the ball goes into centerfield and the shortstop or second baseman obstructs the runner or stays there too long trying to hold the tag down or making believe he fell down or whatever. Not at third base.
Q. Once you make the call, he gets home and that's the end of it, right? Because there was still a play at the plate that developed. Obviously the players were playing out the play.
JIM JOYCE: Our determination is whether or not he could have scored or not. And Dana immediately came up with, he saw me make the call. And as soon as Craig slid into home plate, Dana immediately pointed down at me knowing that we had obstruction and it impeded Allen to score the run, essentially. Dana did a great job on installing that right away. Dana did a great job signaling that right away. Â
JOHN HIRSCHBECK: And that's the last, most important part of this rule, is that the umpire has to determine ‑‑ if what you saw tonight happened and he's out by 20 feet, then the umpire determines that if the obstruction had not occurred, he would have been out, okay? But since it was right there, bang, bang play, obviously that's obstruction, definitely had something to do with the play.
Q. That's Dana's call right away?
DANA DeMUTH: I'm going with Jim on it, so I determine when it ends at the end, about the obstruction, you know. It's Jim's call originally, but looking up there. I have to see the call, also, and agree with him. I have to know that it's obstruction.
JOE TORRE:Â You remember a few years ago I think Tejada ran into a fielder and then stopped running, and even though he was pointing back, he's obstructed, but he stopped running, so he was out.
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Hurricane and Tropical Cyclones
Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)
Updated: September 14, 2016
Atlantic Tropical Cyclones of 2020
|Tropical Cyclone Name
|Start Date
|Max Wind Speed (kt)
|ACE (104 kt2)
East Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 2020
|Tropical Cyclone Name
|Start Date
|Max Wind Speed (kt)
|ACE (104 kt2)
10 Things We Know About Accumulated Cyclone Energy
1. There is no evidence of a systematic increasing or decreasing trend in ACE for the years 1970-2012.
2. There is a cyclical variation in the ACE of 6 and 12 months' length.
3. The contribution of ACE from the Eastern and Western Pacific is approximately 56% of the total ACE.
4. The contribution of ACE from the Atlantic Ocean is approximately 13% of the total ACE.
5. The minimum and maximum values of ACE per month are respectively 1.8 and 266.4.
6. The average value of ACE per month is 61.2.
7. The minimum and maximum values of ACE per year are respectively 416.2 and 1145.0.
8. The average value of the ACE per year is 730.5.
9. The total of ACE for 2012 through September is 540.8.
10. There is a correlation of ACE between some oceans.
What is Accumulated Cyclone Energy?
Jeff Masters' Blog
Hurricane Archive
All Atlantic Storms (1851-2020)
Named Storms for 2016
Historical Hurricane Statistics
- Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)
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- 30 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes
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- Top 10 Most Active Hurricane Seasons
- The 12 Major May-June-July Hurricanes
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- The 20 deadliest late-season Atlantic hurricanes
- 2005 Hurricane Season Records
- Hurricane Katrina Information Archive
- Retired Hurricane Names
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- Hunting Hugo: The Hurricane Hunters' Wildest Ride
- The six hurricane/typhoon hunter missions that never returned to base
- A new world record wind gust: 253 mph in Australia's Tropical Cyclone Olivia
- Wind shear tutorial
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- African dust tutorial
- Gulf of Mexico ocean heat tutorial
- African wave tutorial
- Modiki El Niños and Atlantic hurricane activity
- The case for a new QuikSCAT satellite
- Bill Gates takes on hurricanes
- Is the Atlantic hurricane season getting longer?
- Late-starting hurricane seasons
- Looking back at Hurricane Gustav's record 211 mph wind gust
- Remembering Hurricane Hugo 20 years later
- Haiti's tragic hurricane history
- Global warming and the frequency of intense Atlantic hurricanes: model results
- Complete subject list of Dr. Jeff Masters' blogs on hurricanes


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Judge's sentence heartbreaking to community
Miami-Dade Judge William Thomas sentences hit-and-run driver to one year in jail
We may never know what Miami-Dade Judge William Thomas was thinking when he sentenced a hit-and-run driver who killed a cyclist to less than one year in jail.
That's a fraction of what the law allows, less time than prosecutors recommended, and a heartbreaking message to the community.
Family and supporters of Aaron Cohen, the husband and father run down on the Rickenbacker Causeway last year, filled the 4-hour sentencing hearing. The death was the second such tragedy on that causeway.
Michele Traverso, the man responsible was driving with a suspended license and had been at a bar.
He sped away from the dying cyclist and, once home, had his father help cover up his damaged car.
The victim's family call the sentence an injustice.
At the very least, it's a harsh lesson. With his lenient decision, Judge Thomas failed to teach this community serious consequences for those who disregard life and the law.
That's our take on things.
Let us know what you think.
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By Teachers, For Teachers
Is it just me or have school holiday parties transformed from fun, casual celebrations to PC-pressure cookers?
I'm questioning all my activities to make sure they don't cross any lines:
~ Are games, crafts, movies or projects too religious (do Santa and reindeer cross a line; should I just stick with a winter theme? How many snow flakes can we really make?).
~ Should I still try to knock out the next step in my curriculum even though the kids are totally checked out before break?
~ Can I include snacks? (With health food initiatives at a lot of schools, do parties have to be all fruits and veggies? Should we decorate apples like they're snowman faces instead of doing cookies and other sugary fare?)
Holiday parties may be getting a little dicier, but luckily there are tons of resources and activities out there to knock your students' candy-cane-striped socks off - whatever your grade level or school rules!
Here are my holiday party favorites:
Educational Holiday Lessons & Activities
Christmas Carol Writing Prompts
Speakaboos Animated Video Stories – themed for different holidays
Rudolph Writing Prompt
Rudolph hated his nose until it came in handy on a snowy Christmas night and made him famous. What is something you're self-conscious about (maybe something kids make fun of you for)? How could that be something good?
More Holiday Movie Curriculum Connections
Games & Crafts
"At another party, a mom brought in giant Santa pants and kids took turns wearing the pants and trying to shove as many small balloons as they could fit into the pants."
Snow Flake Decor
With construction paper, a few folds and some handy scissors, you can easily decorate your classroom with each student's unique snow flake. If you want to up the tech factor, try this:
Hand and Foot Reindeer Craft Project
Spreading Good Will in the Classroom
12 Days in Our Classroom
1. Put students in groups & have them come up with 12 days in Our Classroom that recognize funny moments, memories and traditions from the first half of the school year.
For example:
On the First Day in Our Classroom, my teacher gave to me…
2. Have groups perform their skits.
Listen to TeachHUB's version: The 12 Days of Teaching - A Classroom Carol for some inspiration.
Nice Candy Canes
Pair up students, have then decorate candy canes saying something nice about their partner on each stripe.
Holiday Sing-A-Long
Everybody loves a sing-a-long. Check out this carol site to pick your song and find lyrics to print out for your kids.
What are you doing to celebrate the holidays with your students? Share in the comments section!


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The Best Responses to Rude Behavior
Highway Lane Cutters
You're heading somewhere on the interstate, minding your own business, when a car suddenly swerves into your lane inches ahead of you, barely missing your bumper but giving you plenty of time to fume about it―through the next three states.
Advice: If you've been cut off, "take a deep breath and let it go," says Dini von Mueffling, coauthor of The Art and Power of Being a Lady ($12, amazon.com). "You pick your battles in life, and when health and body are at stake, it's just not worth the trouble. And it takes so much less energy to ignore it than to work yourself up over it."
Supermarket Line Cutters
You are waiting near the front of the line at the Piggly Wiggly when a woman with two weeks' worth of groceries for a family of six barrels in front of you and stays there, apparently oblivious to the rules of line formation most of us learned in kindergarten. Her math skills aren't much better: It's the express lane―12 items or fewer.
Advice: Etiquette writer Lesley Carlin recommends a simple and clear interjection: "Something like, 'The end of the line is actually over there.' And you want to do it politely, not aggressively―not 'Hey! Get back there!' Saying something when other people are around usually shames the person into doing the right thing." Plus, as von Mueffling points out, "it's rare that someone who's caught in the act will engage in debate." In the case of this express-line invader, if you don't feel like saying something, you can hope the cashier will take action.
Stuck-up Waitstaff
Your waiter "offers" you bottled water, but you choose tap. Instead of ordering an appetizer, you tell him you're happy with the bread basket. You can feel the disgust dripping from his voice.
Advice: If the haughtiness persists, Carlin says, "you'll just sit there and stew and spoil your meal. Instead, get up, find the person in charge, and say, 'We'd appreciate it if you could have someone else cover our table.' Tell him your waiter is being unprofessional."
Indifferent Sales Help
In the bookstore, it's just you and the clerk, and he's on the phone talking about kegs of beer, fake IDs, and next Saturday night. You'd just like to buy your Shirley Hazzard novel and go home, but no amount of throat clearing can get the guy's attention.
Advice: "Walk out," Carlin says. "No one should have to take that." If you've already picked out some merchandise, put it down on the counter to make the point that you've decided against the place, not against the goods. If a clerk is too immersed in a conversation―with a colleague or on the phone―to pay you any attention, that store doesn't deserve your business. "If you are truly determined to make the purchase, ask―nicely―to speak to the manager," von Mueffling says. Or call the store when the manager is likely to be in.
Cell-Phone Abusers
You're on a crowded train late in the evening. Some people are dozing, others reading quietly―and one woman is yakking on her cell phone. Occasionally, a head will pop up over the seat backs, and a glare will be aimed at the prattler. Of course, she doesn't notice these glances of reproach, since she's so wrapped up in reporting the fascinating news that the price of potato chips in the club car has shot up five cents.
Advice: If a call is truly annoying you, you can always nicely ask the person to end the call or take it somewhere else. "When you use the words 'please,' 'kindly,' and 'thank you,' you can ask for anything," says Dorothea Johnson, founder of the Protocol School of Washington, an etiquette academy. (If you're not comfortable asking yourself, enlist the help of a conductor, a manager, or the maitre d'.) Just remember, says Randy Cohen, author of The Good, the Bad, & the Difference: How to Tell the Right From Wrong in Everyday Situations ($16, amazon.com), "you have to tolerate a certain amount of other people's needs. Being allowed to make one three-minute phone call seems reasonable."
Callous "Customer Service"
Your computer crashes, and you call the help number. An automated voice says your estimated wait is 52 minutes. As you have no other choice, you stay on the line. When the company rep answers the phone, you're told that your name and warranty are on file, but the company's computer system is down, so you'll need to call back. When you express frustration, you're told to chill out, and the rep throws in an ethnic slur based on your last name. In shock and indignation, you hang up, but you don't know where to complain.
Advice: "Certain behaviors are not to be tolerated for one second―expressions of racism, sexism, or anti-Semitism," Cohen says. Report the offensive behavior to your state attorney general, the Civil Liberties Union, or the Anti-Defamation League. And take your complaint to higher-ups at the company this employee supposedly represents. "I'd go online to look up a few executives at the parent company and send them an account of what happened, cc-ing the jerk you spoke with," Carlin says. "And I would tell everyone I know exactly what happened, because word of mouth can be pretty powerful. I wouldn't set real or virtual foot in that business until I got a satisfactory apology"―and maybe not even after that.
In less egregious (nonracist) cases of customer disservice, the first thing to do may be to check your own tone: The phone offers a degree of anonymity and accordingly gives you license to be a lot less pleasant than you might feel compelled to be in person. As Johnson says, "Niceness gets niceness. Rudeness gets rudeness." Moreover, Cohen points out, "one of the great problems in modern life is that you never get to yell at the right person. You get some minimum-wage worker who has no power, and this poor person's job is to take calls from angry and indignant people." So at the first signs of truculence―theirs or your own―ask to talk to a supervisor.


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Global Wearable Technology Market is Expected to Reach USD 5.8 Billion in 2018: Transparency Market Research
Albany, New York (PRWEB) June 14, 2013
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Wearable Technology Market - Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2012- 2018," the global wearable technology market stood at USD 750.0 million in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 5.8 billion in 2018, at a CAGR of 40.8% from 2012 to 2018. North America is expected to maintain its lead position at 43.0% of the global wearable technology revenue share in 2018 followed by Europe.
Related Report : OLED Displays Market
Wearable technology market is in early stage of evolution with growing adoption in various end-use segments such as fitness and wellness, healthcare and medical, industrial and military and infotainment sectors. Wearable fitness and wellness products include smart clothing, activity monitors, sleep sensors and others; whereas the infotainment segment includes smart watches, smart glasses and heads-up displays among others. On the other hand, products like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), drug delivery, and wearable patches are being predominantly used in healthcare and medical sector. Hand worn terminals, heads-up displays and other such products are being used in the industrial and military settings.
Related Report : Micro Irrigation Systems Market
Among all the wearable technology end use segments, the healthcare and medical segment held the largest revenue share followed by fitness and wellness in 2012. However, in 2018, the infotainment segment is expected to surpass the fitness and wellness segment driven by robust growth of smart watches and smart glasses. The healthcare and medical segment accounted for about 35.1% of the overall wearable technology market in 2012 primarily due to the rising aging population and increase in diabetic population.
Related Report : Mobile Wallet Market
Wearable technology is driven by factors like compactness, portability and easy use along with the multi-functionality and increasing applications of these products in various sectors. The increasing adoption of such technically advanced products among youth coupled with increasing demand for real time and actionable data will also fuel the growth of the wearable technology market. However, factors including high price and lack of consumer awareness are expected to hinder the market growth.
Browse the full report with TOC at http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/wearable-technology.html
North America led the wearable technology market growth with high adoption rate and better consumer awareness in the region. The North America region contributed over 2/5th of the global wearable technology market revenue and will consolidate its lead position during the forecast period. Europe and Asia Pacific region will collectively account for about 49% of the market revenue by 2018.
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
May 6-8, 2005
The 2005 Canadian Mathematics Education Forum (CMEF2005) is organized by the Canadian Mathematics Society (CMS). The Forum will be held May 6-8, 2005 at the University of Toronto with some activities at the nearby Fields Institute. This Forum follows the one held in 2003 in Montreal. The 2005 Forum is the third organized by the CMS, the first national forum in mathematical education being held in Quebec in May 1995.
The purpose of the 2005 invitational forum is to develop a national on-going conversation, among educators at all levels of schooling, about important issues and concerns in the development and future of mathematics education in Canada. The overall theme of the 2005 Forum is "Why teach Mathematics?" The Forum is thought of as a working meeting and will include plenary panel sessions and talks as well eleven working groups.
The Forum will bring together some 200 participants coming from all sectors connected to education in mathematics and from all the provinces and territories of Canada:
Teachers and instructors of mathematics at all the levels
Researchers in mathematics and mathematics education
Consultants and education advisers
Representatives of associations of teaching and teachers of mathematics
Representatives of the provincial ministries for education
Representatives of other groups having a particular interest for the teaching of mathematics: industry representatives, parents, administrators, editors, textbook writers etc.
The participation in the Forum is by invitation.
It is the intent that groups working together in this forum will develop projects, initiatives, and statements that will outline ways in which Canadians may address these issues and concerns. The projects, initiatives, and statements developed during this forum will be shared widely with policy makers, school divisions, universities, colleges, parents, students, and the general public in a variety of ways.
|Public Lecture
The public lecture will be given by Stephen Lewis on Friday, May 6, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. The public lecture will be held in the Medical Sciences Auditorium MS2158.
Opening Panel -
Friday May 6, 9:00 - 10:00
Location: Earth Sciences Auditorium ES1050
Why Should we be Talking Together and Why Should the Focus of our Talk Be Mathematics?
As we initiate our conversation about mathematics education, we can ask ourselves why mathematics is so important to us and why we think it should be important to others and to the society at large. This is of course a very important and immensely complex question.
Furthermore, as we are gathered together in this Forum, it should be because we feel that we can achieve more together than alone. Is working together in Canada really so important? If so, how can we achieve this? What have we done and how can we move forward?
Our four speakers will address these questions, each presenting us with a different perspective.
- Pam Hagen, Westwood Elementary, British Columbia
- Eric Muller, Brock University, Ontario
- Christiane Rousseau, Université de Montréal, Quebec
- Lee Wilson, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan
Second Panel - Friday May 6, 3:45 - 5:00
The Complexity of Knowing Mathematics for Teaching School Mathematics
It seems to be assumed that teaching mathematics at the elementary level is not very demanding in terms of one's own mathematical understanding. This is demonstrated, for instance, by the generally small portion of the elementary teacher preparation curriculum addressing mathematical understanding. Similarly, popular wisdom is that anyone with a science degree ought to be able to teach mathematics at the secondary level.
Throughout Canada, there are many examples which illustrate what can be achieved when serious consideration is given to the mathematical knowledge needed by teachers in their teaching. In particular, it can be argued that mathematics for teaching is different from mathematics for the mathematician or the engineer.
We have brought together four speakers who will address this issue.
- Brent Davis, University of Alberta, Alberta
- Ruth Dawson, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, Ontario
- Caroline Lajoie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec
- Marie Thomson, Halifax Regional School Board, Nova Scotia
Third Panel - Saturday May 7, 1:45 - 3:15
The Complexity of Building Communities Interested in Mathematics Education
The Canadian context in education, as in many other areas, is a varied one. Throughout our country, there are different curricula, many languages, and vastly diverse cultures. As individuals, gathered at this Forum, we are representative of the Canadian context as we come from different constituencies and our interests and expertise vary greatly. Is it realistic to try to work together on the improvement of mathematics education in Canada?
It seems that in some countries, mathematicians, mathematics educators and teachers have developed greater cooperation than in Canada. It is even true that the Nordic countries are collaborating on many educational projects, as was displayed at the last International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-10, Denmark, July 2004). What are the elements needed for such cooperative endeavours? What can we learn from them?
Our speakers are
Mogens Niss, ex Secretary-general of ICMI (International Commission
on Mathematical Instruction) and Chair of the International Programme
Committee of ICME-10, and Florence Glanfield, who besides co-chairing
this Forum is a strong advocate for forming an organization such as
the Canadian Association for the Teaching
of Mathematics.
Sharing successes - Friday May 6, 1:55 - 3:30
The session is devoted to providing a series of opportunities for sharing Success Stories of projects and initiatives in mathematics education across Canada. A detailed program will be available at the Forum.
Working group reports - Sunday May 8, 9:00 - 10:15
This plenary session is devoted to a brief presentation by each of the working groups (5 minutes each).
Closing session - Sunday May 8, 10:30 - 12:00
In this plenary session, participants will be invited to give their input regarding the working group reports as well as suggestions for follow-up. The session will be concluded by some closing remarks from the Chairs of the 2005 Forum.
|Working Groups
The Forum officially begins with Opening Remarks at 8:30 am on Friday, May 6 in the Earth Sciences auditorium on the campus of the University of Toronto. You can see a map of the campus at http://www.osm.utoronto.ca/map/. The Earth Sciences building is the one marked ES and is most easily accessed from the lane called Bancroft Ave.
|Social Events
There will be early registration on Thursday, May 5 from 5-7 pm at the Fields Institute, located at 222 College St. on the second floor. During registration there will be a small welcoming reception with cash bar at the Institute. Please come along.
On Friday, May 6 from 5-6 pm, the Canadian Mathematical Society will host a reception in the lobby of the Earth Sciences Auditorium where the majority of Forum activities will be taking place.
On Saturday, May 7, the Forum banquet will be held at Bright Pearl Seafood Restaurant on 348 Spadina Avenue beginning at 7 pm; a cash bar will precede the banquet at 6:30. The banquet menu includes both vegetarian and meat choices, participants with additional dietary restrictions should let us know at: firstname.lastname@example.com before May 1. Participants wishing to purchase additional tickets to the banquet can do so during early registration and on the first day of the forum.
Canadian Mathematical Society, Ottawa, Ontario
IBM, Markham, Ontario
Pearson Education Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Statistics Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Texas Instruments, Toronto, Ontario
Wiley and Sons, Toronto, Ontario
Exhibitor Presentations: During lunchtime on Friday, May 6, participants are invited to attend by the following exhibitors:
Wiley and Sons 12:40 - 1:10
The 2005 Forum aims to gather participants who represent the mathematics education landscape of Canada. The invitation list was drawn up from suggestions made by teacher organisations, program committee members and the Canadian Mathematical Society.
If you would like to be invited to take part in the Forum, please write to Bradd Hart at email@example.com as we will possibly be able to issue more invitations than those initially made. Please indicate briefly why you wish to attend and if you require financial support. Note that this does not guarantee that you will receive an invitation.
Only invited participants may register for the Forum. An on-line pre-registration form is available.Registration starts on Friday at 7:30 am in the lobby of the Earth Science building (marked ES on the map). Early registration and a reception will be held on Thursday, May 5 at the Fields Institute located at 222 College St. on the second floor (the building marked FI on the map) which runs from 5 - 7 pm. The registration fee for the meeting is $200 and is payable either by cheque made out to the Canadian Mathematical Society or by credit card.
89 Chestnut Residence Toronto
(see below for on-line booking)
The look and feel of a hotel and the economy of a residence.
This University of Toronto residence is located in the heart of downtown with Toronto's visually-famous City Hall and Nathan Phillip's Square as direct neighbors. This is a Non-Smoking facility; housekeeping twice per 7 day stay. Rooms have a private bathroom, but no TV is provided. Local calls are free, personal calling cards are required for long-distance calls. Full payment is required on check in. The CMS Forum site residence is bout 15 minutes walk to the CMS Forum site.
reservations must be made by April 10, 2005. Rooms will be
released to general booking after this date.
Rates: CAN$79.00 single/$89.00 double (plus tax approx. 12%); price includes a continental breakfast, a full breakfast is available for an additional $5 per person.
To use the on-line
booking system click HERE
1) Click "create a new account"
2) enter the approval code "CMS Forum"
3) you will be prompted for contact and credit card information and then will be able to book your accommodation.
Reservations can also be made by calling 416-977-0707 ext. 8194.
Further information can be found on the housing web page of The Fields Institute.
|Child Care
Temporary Child Care Suggestions
Please note that the CMS is not in a position to recommend childcare and assumes no liability for the services of the childcare centres listed. This listing is for information only. The following links are Toronto companies that offer services of temporary child care:
|Computer Services
Computer Services: Fields Institute, 222 College Street
Hours: Friday May 6, 9am - 5pm; Saturday May 7, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. only
Computer accounts are available to CMS Forum participants at Fields, see the Members Liaison in Room 328 on Friday if you require a computer account.Accessing Your Email, the Web, or an Account at your Home Institution If you need to connect via telnet or ssh (also called slogin) to a remote system at your home institution (e.g. to check your email), you can use one of the public Windows or Macintosh computers at Fields , in the computer lab on the main floor or on the second floor by the stair case (see the sign beside the machine for login instructions and obtain the "public windows/macintosh password" from the Members Liaison in room 328 or from reception), or you can use one of the Linux terminals or workstations by entering a special "telnet/SSH only" login id and password which you can obtain from the Members Liaison in room 328 or from reception. For browsing the web or accessing web-based email, the public Windows or Macintosh computers should be sufficient. Laptops For wireless connection, simply use a 'wireless key' that can be picked up from the Members Liaison in room 328 or at reception.
For travel information, please consult the directions to the Fields Institute and the map of the University of Toronto.
Parking is available underground at the BCIT building (entry on Huron St. - see #19 on map, just north of College Street). Note that the Forum is taking place at Huron and Bancroft Street 1 1/2 blocks north of the parking garage.
|Campus Security
Police & Emergency Assistance (from the University of Toronto campus police):
General Campus inquiries: (416) 978-2323
For campus police: (416) 978-2222
Dial 9- 911 for emergencies.
- Canadian Mathematical Society
- Alberta Education
- Fields Institute
- Ministère de L'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec
- University of Saskatchewan
- Nova Scotia Department of Education
- Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
- Yukon Department of Education
- McMaster University
- Centre de recherches mathématiques
- Institut des sciences mathématiques
- Toronto District School Board
- Ontario Ministry of Education
- Saskatchewan Learning
- Nunavut Department of Education
- Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society
- Statistical Society of Canada
- Université Laval
- Nova Scotia Mathematics Teachers' Association
- Ontario Association for Mathematics Education
- BC Association of Mathematics Teachers
- Saskatchewan Mathematics Teacher Society
- Association Mathématique du Québec
- Groupe des responsables en mathématiques au secondaire


text: THIS WOOD DUCK drake, an unusual visitor to the pond in City Park, is just one of many birds that will be listed during the annual Christmas Bird Count tomorrow. Birders will meet at the Cortez Cultural Center at 8:30 a.m. wearing warm clothes and bearing binoculars, field guides, water bottles and lunches. Their data will join information collected all across the country to help determine how bird populations are faring.


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The Justice Department appealed a federal court decision Friday that threatens the National Security Agency's program to collect data on almost every phone call made in the U.S., CNN reports.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled in December that the program disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was likely unconstitutional. Now, the Justice Department hopes another judge will overturn the decision.
A different federal judge has since ruled in a separate case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union that the NSA's data collection from phone conversations is legal. The ACLU is appealing the ruling.
The divisive topic will likely reach the Supreme Court in the next year.