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Obamacare: Sooner or Later, It Will Work. Just Chill.
This morning my esteemed Berkeley neighbor Brad Delong drew my attention to a Wall Street Journal article headlined: Health Website Woes Widen as Insurers Get Wrong Data: New Errors Indicate Technological Problems Extend Issues Already Identified. Because of my reluctance to swell Rupert Murdoch's coffers, I haven't bought my way through the WSJ pay wall, and therefore didn't read any more of the article than the lead sentence Brad quoted on his blog, but the headline was enough to set me off.
The deafening chorus of OMGs being generated by the newsies over problems with the first generation of enrollment software for the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) makes me wonder where they've been all these years. Sometimes I think business writers in particular should be required to take a real-world internship before they're allowed to opine on things they just don't understand.
(Newsies is not a term of respect. It's a somewhat contemptuous term of art which is a relic of my pre-journalism career as a political organizer. Not all newsies, however, are bad.)
I myself benefitted from a lengthy sabbatical between my journalism bookends, when I served as general manager/marketer/house counsel/salesperson/dishwasher for our mom-and-pop software development company. In the course of this drastically understaffed venture (which was an overnight success after only 18 years of hard work) I learned a few useful maxims about technology development.
First (swiped from IBM): "A demonstration is an opportunity to fail." No matter how well you might think your stuff is working, something will go wrong when you try to show it off. Undoubtedly the software used to enroll customers in Obamacare worked well enough in the lab, but in the field lots can go wrong, and usually does.
Second (my own observation)"Anyone who believes a programmer deserves what s/he gets." Software developers (programmers, engineers, whatever) are working from ideal designs which exist largely in their heads. They sincerely believe that the code they're writing will match their expectations, and usually, eventually, it will, but the timing can be off by a factor of 5. And sometimes it never works. That's just reality—get over it.
Third: "Capitalism is not your friend." We were so cynical that we never did manage to connect with the venture capital suitors who courted our little company—the result was that when we finally sold it we retained a respectable profit since we had no greedy investors waiting for their cut. Friends in a similar mom-and-pop business who had big-league partners were not so lucky.
Those of us who would have preferred a government-run single payer system to the Romneycare clone that became Obamacare are not surprised that the enrollment software which private companies pre-sold to the federal government didn't work when delivered.
As the French would say " C'est normal." That's to be expected.
A couple of case studies from experience: when we first started our company, long about 1980, we bought database software for resale directly from Larry Ellison himself. Didn't work as delivered—never did work. So?
Fast forward to 2013. A professor friend who works at San Jose State University reports that software from Ellison's Oracle Peoplesoft company, which the university now requires her to use, takes 3 or 4 times as long to do simple tasks as the pre-Oracle manual system that she formerly used. And some jobs—room scheduling, for example—she can't do at all on the computer anymore. She tears her hair every term.
But Oracle has made Larry a ton of money, hasn't it? And profit is king in the market-based universe.
Too much testing cuts into profits. A not-for-profit non-competitive single payer system would work much better, no dispute there. But that's not the American Way.
A few of the newsies seem to get it. Or rather, a few publications have allowed some actual information to creep past the uniform chorus of booing. For example, in an op-ed in Bloomberg Businessweek, Paul Ford makes an intelligent case for open source software instead of the ultra-proprietary stuff which was used for the ACA rollout. But then, he's a techie, not a newsie. A programmer, in fact—which is why, following Rule 2, I don't believe everything he claims.
Which brings me to Rule Number 4, one which has acquired a certain amount of currency in the wider world. I learned it in the high tech context as "The best is the enemy of the good."
What that meant in our business was that wearing my sales hat I sometimes had to wrest good if not-quite-perfected technology away from the programmers so that we'd have something—anything—to deliver in order to meet payroll. Happens everywhere, all the time.
That's why I have more than a little sympathy for President Obama's current effort to deliver affordable health care to an ungrateful public. On a much grander scale, he too is a CEO/marketer/house counsel/salesperson. (Let's hope someone else washes the dishes.) And yes, his product doesn't work perfectly yet, but it's a lot better than nothing. It's time to cut him some slack.
P.S. The reason that this piece was finished hours later than my (self-imposed) deadline is that my Comcast internet service took a five-hour unexplained vacation in the middle of the day. I recently shifted to Comcast because AT&T's service, both phone and internet, had started failing frequently.
Oh, and I have a lot of trouble buying theater tickets from some websites, and I think most people do. And they charge me two bucks for the privilege of wasting 10 minutes online with their dysfunctional front end.
I've been using computers since 1969 and I passed the Bar exam on the first try, but I struggled for an hour trying to get a taxpayer I.D. number from an IRS website. When I finally gave up I was advised by my lawyer's paralegal that the only way to do it successfully is to wait on hold to talk to a human. That took me an hour and a half, but I finally managed to get the number.
Healthcare.gov may not work quite right yet, but that's just "industry standard", isn't it? There's a lot of non-functional technology out there, and we're dependent on it.


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Shemekia Copeland delivers a compelling brand of rockin' blues and soul, delivered with a powerhouse voice that was still capable of the sweetest nuance.
Shemekia Copeland's new record label is better known for its roster of jazz greats, but the the singer with four acclaimed albums on her resume is still singing her subtly rendered brand of rhythm and blues on her latest effort "Never Going Back," under the label Telarc International of Cleveland.
If Copeland's first four albums for Alligator Records had one thing in common it was her compelling brand of rockin' blues and soul, delivered with a powerhouse voice that was still capable of the sweetest nuance. Copeland's music also benefited greatly from superb contemporary songwriting choices, many of them written by her manager/collaborator John Hahn. The protagonists in Copeland's blues songs are never just helpless victims, but hardy survivors who've lived and learned, and are proud of their resilience.
Some of the most provocative tunes are "Sounds Like the Devil," with its muted jabs at politicians and TV preachers and their hypocrisy, and "Broken World," whose gospel-like tone includes the weary line "I wish I could fix a small part of this broken world."
"That's absolutely a new direction, a new kind of song for me," said Copeland, 30. "I've never really discussed politics or religion before – in fact I try to avoid it. But it just became hard to ignore with all the things going on in the world today. And the target in the first song is hypocrisy, which I think everyone dislikes."
Copeland also chooses some songs from songwriters that might surprise even longtime fans. There's a stunning take on Buddy and Julie Miller's "Dirty Water," that turns the country tune into steamy, down-home grit. Joni Mitchell's "Black Crow" comes as close to jazz as anything on the album, albeit with strong soul overtones. And Americana songsmith Paul Thorn's ode to female empowerment, "Rise Up" is practically an anthem in the simple, affecting rendition.
"I love that song from the Millers," said Copeland, "and it sums up so much of what I care about. I had never really thought of doing a Joni Mitchell song before, but I fell in love with that one, and felt it was right for me. The Paul Thorn song is another song about empowerment, and about just reminding people to feel good about themselves."
But it is another song, "Born a Penny" that Copeland most identifies with. For the daughter of the late blues guitar great Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, the humility and tenacity suffusing that song is everything she wants to convey to her audiences.
"That song 'Born a Penny" fits me so well," Copeland pointed out. "Growing up in America is very hard on young women, because you're always being shown these images of perfection, all those airburshed girls on magazine covers. I suppose it's the same for men, with all those muscle-bound men on covers too. Too many people are just not happy with themselves, because how many of us can measure up to that physical perfection? I liked that song, because I'm 30 now, and I feel like I'm over that, but I know how much it hurt. I don't give a damn about that stuff now, and I know it's more important to be happy with who you are, not trying to be someone you can't ever be. Accepting ourselves is one of the hardest lessons of growing up, and this song tells you that."
Copeland and Tedeschi know each other well, having toured together before. The possibility of some kind of duet is intriguing to say the least.
"We've done some gigs together before, I've opened some shows for her over the years," said Copeland. "Will we do a duet, or sit in with each other? Maybe, we haven't really had time to talk about it, but I think it'd be fun."
Copeland had been hosting a weekly blues show on Sirius satellite radio up until last fall, when Sirius merged with XM and a lot of programming was trimmed. She misses the interaction with listeners, and the chance to explore other artists' music.
But the past few weeks she had much more on her mind, testing even her well-earned resilience. The previous week her mother had undergone triple bypass cardiac surgery, another relative was seriously ill, and Koko Taylor, the "Queen of the Blues," died at age 80 after complications from a mid-May surgery. Copeland had become very close to Taylor, especially after moving from her native New York City to Chicago a couple years ago.
"Koko was a great friend to me," Copeland said. "She had always been so nice and supportive, and I know I'm going to miss her a lot. She's definitely someone who was able to do her thing musically over a period of many years, and always stay true to herself. She was a great example to young women, and I know she paved the way for a lot of people like me."The Patriot Ledger


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Decorator is a Gang-of-Four design pattern that allows additional functionality to be added to an object dynamically, at run time. When dealing with static classes, this could be a challenge. In JavaScript, objects are mutable, so the process of adding functionality to an object is not a problem.
A convenient feature of the decorator pattern is the customization and configuration of the expected behavior. You start with your plain object, which has some basic functionality. Then you pick and choose from an available pool of decorators which ones you want to use to enhance your plain object and in which order, if the order is important.
Say you're working on a Web application that sells something. Every new sale is a new
sale object. The sale "knows" about the price of the item and can return it by calling the
sale.getPrice() method. Depending on the circumstances, you can start decorating this object with extra functionality.
Imagine a scenario where the sale for a customer is in the Canadian province of Quebec. In this case, the buyer needs to pay a federal tax and a provincial Quebec tax. Following the decorator pattern, you'll say that you "decorate" the object with a federal tax decorator and a Quebec tax decorator. You can then also decorate the object with price-formatting functionality. This scenario could look like the following:
var sale = new Sale(100); // the price is 100 dollars sale = sale.decorate('fedtax'); // add federal tax sale = sale.decorate('quebec'); // add provincial tax sale = sale.decorate('money'); // format like money sale.getPrice(); // "$112.88"
In another scenario, the buyer could be in a province that doesn't have a provincial tax, and you might also want to format the price using Canadian dollars, so you can do:
var sale = new Sale(100); // the price is 100 dollars sale = sale.decorate('fedtax'); // add federal tax sale = sale.decorate('cdn'); // format using CDN sale.getPrice(); // "CDN$ 105.00"
As you can see, this is a flexible way to add functionality and tweak an object at run time. Let's see how to approach an implementation of the pattern.
One way to implement the decorator pattern is to have each decorator be an object containing the methods that should be overwritten. Each decorator actually inherits the object enhanced so far after the previous decorator. Each decorated method calls the same method on the
uber (the inherited object), gets the value, and proceeds with doing something in addition.
The end effect is that when you do
sale.getPrice() in the first example, you're calling the method of the money decorator, as shown in Figure 1. But because each decorated method first calls the parent's method,
getPrice() first calls
getPrice()/, which in turn calls
getPrice(), and so on. The chain goes all the way up to the original undecorated
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Figure 1: Implementation of the decorator pattern.
The implementation starts with a constructor and a prototype method:
function Sale(price) { this.price = price || 100; } Sale.prototype.getPrice = function () { return this.price; };
The decorator objects will all be implemented as properties of a constructor property:
Sale.decorators = {};
Let's see one example decorator. It's an object that implements the customized
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Sale.decorators.fedtax = { getPrice: function () { var price = this.uber.getPrice(); price += price * 5 / 100; return price; } };


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Citizen of Africa: Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai
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The leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has been demonised as a man who wants to deliever his country into neo-colonial vassalage by President Robert Mugabe. In and out of prison(under white Rhodesian and Marxist Mugabe regimes) Tsvangirai is seen by many inside and outside Africa as the one man who can save Zimbabwe from collapse and chaos. What are his ideas and programs? Dr Stephen Chan, a respected African researcher with many Zimbabwe connections,discusses the man and the country in this monograph.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 84 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
SchoolLife101.com is a college student specific listing site (similar to Craigslist) with a focus on textbook listings. The site is built, and ready, just looking to add the final piece, We're looking for a simple, clean, elegant, memorable, web 2.0ish logo to finalize the design around. This is a guaranteed contest.
We are about to launch in a major way to numerous college campuses across the USA. We are looking to a logo design that will be catchy and grab the attention of students looking for a more financially rewarding way in which to sell their textbooks, and a more cost-effective way to acquire them. Our primary focus is textbooks in the beginning, with the option of any other items they wish to list, and then eventually to become a social networking site.
We don't yet have a color scheme, so that's completely up in the air also.
Something that looks good on a white background as well as knocked out on a color-background.- Solid vector art that works great in print as well as on-screen, in one color or many
- A logo that scales well given where we are looking to take our business
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Google aimed to gain a foothold in the living room with its ambitious Google TV platform, but the software failed to provide a compelling user experience. Logitech, one of the biggest Google TV launch partners, has given up on the platform and has no plans to make a follow-up to its unsuccessful Google TV-based Revue set-top box.
According to a report by The Verge, Logitech CEO Guerrino De Luca told analysts yesterday that the company's misadventure with Google TV was a costly failure. He described Google's television software platform as "incomplete" and said that it simply wasn't ready for consumers at launch.
He also said that Logitech overestimated demand for the Revue and didn't anticipate its lack of appeal to consumers. The Revue boondoggle and "operational miscues in EMEA" reportedly cost the company a collective $100 million in operating profits.
Google TV fell flat at launch due to a poor user experience and limited content availability. Google failed to court the content companies ahead of releasing the platform. Viacom, Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC all blocked Google TV users from accessing their Web-based content shortly after the first products reached consumers. The move significantly undermined the viability of the product, especially compared to alternatives like the Boxee Box.
Despite the initial failure, Google hasn't been sitting still. The search giant has been working on a major overhaul of Google TV that rebases the set-top platform on Honeycomb, the company's tablet software environment. The move will enable third-party Android applications to run on Google TV products. We saw some compelling demonstrations at Google I/O earlier this year.
Logitech's withering criticism of the platform won't help Google make its case for Google TV, but new hardware partners are still coming to the platform. Samsung and Vizio have committed to shipping hardware with the latest iteration of the software.


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Arizona OT Levi Brown tears triceps, faces surgery
TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona Cardinals starting left tackle Levi Brown has a torn right triceps and probably will not play this season.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt revealed the extent of the injury at his Saturday news conference, saying the five-year starter will require surgery, with an anticipated recovery time that would approach the end of the season.
The 6-foot-6, 324-pound Brown was injured in the first half of Arizona's 31-27 preseason victory over the Oakland Raiders on Friday night.
Whisenhunt said D'Anthony Batiste and D.J. Young were candidates to take Brown's spot, and that the team would keep an eye out for players who could become available as other teams make roster moves.
"We're looking at what could become available over the next couple of weeks and we'll shuffle some guys around," Whisenhunt said.
Batiste, entering his seventh NFL season, had been playing mostly at right tackle in training camp. Young, an undrafted rookie free agent a year ago, had been listed second on the depth chart behind Brown. Nate Potter, a seventh-round draft pick out of Boise State, was third on the depth chart at left tackle.
But none are great options at arguably the most important position on an offensive line that already had been considered one of the biggest question marks on the team.
Brown, Arizona's first-round draft pick out of Penn State in 2007, was released by the team March 13 because the Cardinals didn't want the $17.5 million salary cap hit it would have taken had the Cardinals kept him. But just three days later, Brown re-signed on a five-year, $30 million deal with $12 million guaranteed.
The first significant injury to hit the Cardinals in the preseason comes as the line tries to protect Kevin Kolb and John Skelton while the two quarterbacks vie for the starting job. Kolb started Friday night's game and Skelton took only five snaps, one of them just to go to the knee to end the first half.
Kolb was 3 for 3 as the team drove for a touchdown on its first possession following a long punt return by Patrick Peterson. But Kolb later was sacked three times and called for intentional grounding. One of the sacks, by Oakland's Tommy Kelly, was in the end zone for a safety.
Kelly ripped Kolb after the game, accusing him of being "skittish" and "scared."
The usually low-key Kolb was indignant, to say the least, when asked about Kelly's comments.
"Scared? Scared of what?" Kolb told azcentral.com on Saturday. "Taking a hit? I have never been afraid of anyone on the field and that will never change. That includes No. 93 (Kelly). There's a fine line between holding in the pocket and trying to escape to make a play. Tommy Kelly is too clueless to know the difference. I don't mind people criticizing my play. Don't ever question my toughness."
Skelton, who threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Sherman in his brief time on the field, will start Thursday's game at Tennessee as the two quarterbacks rotate in the starting role until Whisenhunt makes his decision.
Whisenhunt said he saw considerable improvement from his team against Oakland, in the Cardinals' first home game, after losses to New Orleans in the Hall of Fame game and at Kansas City.
The Raiders game featured the return of Ryan Williams, the dynamic running back who missed all of his rookie season a year ago with a torn patella tendon. Williams rushed for 25 yards on five carries, including a 15-yarder that set up his 3-yard touchdown run on Arizona's first possession.


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Whether you call it the BlackPad or the BerryTab, there has never been enough evidence to suggest that it really exists, however it looks like the rumors are becoming more and more true. This is happen very slowly and here is our next bit of evidence.
BBLeaks just released a list of specs for the new tablet.
Rodman & Renshaw analyst, Ashok Kumar, gave a new report on Friday revealing new specs for the tablet.
- Marvell 1GHz Armada 610 processor
- 16MP Back and Front Facing Cameras
- HD 1080p playback
- Enhanced 3D Graphics
- 7-inch Touchscreen
If some of or all of these rumored specs are even close to true, I truly believe that the iPad will have an amazing opponent. Seeing these specs release makes me smile. In the back of my head I was always worried the RIM may put out an inferior product to the iPad. With these specs I am more inclined to purchase this device, are you?


text: On Sunday, June 26, a group of rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtles were released into the Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, Maryland. The public gathered on the beach to join in the festivities. The turtles came to the National Aquarium in December from the New England Aquarium, after they were found stranded along Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Kemp's ridley turtles are the most endangered and the smallest of all the sea turtle species, which makes them particularly vulnerable to severe changes in water temperature. They all suffered from cold stunning – the sea turtle equivalent of hypothermia. After 6 months of rehabilitation by The National Aquarium Animal Rescue team, the turtles, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph, Frosty, and Buddy(the elf), were nursed back to health and ready to be released back to the ocean. They all enjoyed a diet of capelin, shrimp, squid, and mussels at the National Aquarium and nearly doubled in body weight. The turtles were outfitted with a satellite transmitter that allows us to track the location and speed of the turtles following the release. These tags help researchers learn more about sea turtle migration and travel patterns. Since Kemp's ridley sea turtles commonly utilize the Chesapeake Bay during the warm summer months to feed on an assortment of jellies and invertebrates, Aquarium officials felt this was the best time and location to release the turtles and to prepare for the possibility of new patients. The turtles are expected to stay in the Mid-Atlantic region or head north for the summer. Oceana joined the Aquarium to help educate people on their save the sea turtles campaign, which is dedicated to the protection and restoration of sea turtle populations in the world's oceans. The campaign works to reduce sea turtle bycatch in fisheries, protect sea turtle habitat and develop legislation to protect sea turtles. The National Aquarium and Oceana have similar goals; to protect and conserve sea turtle populations for future generations. Many of National Aquarium Animal Rescue's patients are sick or injured due to human-related problems like boat strikes, gear entanglement or plastic ingestion. Weather, malnourishment, exhaustion and pollution also contribute to strandings. Rescuing and studying stranded animals provides vital information about the status of the ocean and coastal environments, as well as the biology and health of the animals that live in those environments. The public is invited to help with the National Aquarium's marine animal rehabilitation efforts. Txt ACT to 20222 to make a $5 donation. Msg & data rates apply or visit aqua.org. These turtles were the 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, and 93rd animals released by the National Aquarium's Animal Rescue program. Formed in 1991 and staffed almost entirely by volunteers, the Animal Rescue program has responded to hundreds of strandings, including seals, dolphins and endangered sea turtles, and to sightings of manatees, dolphins and other marine mammals. Categories: Conservation, Animals


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Kim Kardashian Gives Pregnancy Advice: 'Never Leave the House'by Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
Kim Kardashian has some interesting advice for all expectant mothers.
The reality TV star and her sisters Kourtney and Khloe recently threw an event with the retail store Babies "R" Us and Operation Shower, an organization that coordinates baby showers for military mothers. While at the event, Elle asked the Kardashian moms — Kim has 1-year-old daughter North, and Kourtney is mother to 4-year-old Mason and 2-year-old Penelope — if they have any style advice for pregnant women.
Kim had some choice words of wisdom. "I recommend hiding for a good year and having no pregnancy style," she shared, per the Huffington Post. "That's what I recommend. If you can do it, hide. Never leave the house."
Khloe called her sister out for not being "practical," but Kim pushed on. "That's really my recommendation," she added. "Wear a huge blanket."
Unsurprisingly, most pregnant women probably don't have that option. But don't worry, Kim later amended her answer with a slightly more useful tip: "I will say [the maternity store] A Pea in the Pod saved my life — at the end of my pregnancy. I even wear their tanks now to work out in because they're really long."
There you have it, moms-to-be. Kardashian-branded pregnancy advice!


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2nd Amendment, Alaska, ATF, blocking infra red, gun store records, Hillary Clinton, infra red, infra red detection, Judge Napalitano, natural right, Oath Keepers, right to keep and bear arms, Ron Paul, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC, UN Law Of The Sea Treaty
In The News
Apparently, the ATF has been busy in Alaska asking gun stores for a list of weapons that they have sold, and to who. So far gun store owners have refused to give up their books. It appears that the ATF is 'politely' going away after being told 'no'.
The ATF to accept public comments before outlawing some shot guns. They are basing this on "Sporting Purposes", meaning any shotgun that is capable of holding more than 3 shells maybe outlawed. As always, this statute is bound to be authorized in pairs of brackets, meaning it's authority is omitted.
Hillary Clinton is at it again, she mad and sarcastic over the U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty being blocked twice. Is she also going to be mad over the U.N. Arms Treaty? America was smart enough to avoid the League of Nations, why weren't we smart enough to realize the U.N. was just as bad? Both are, and were, controlled by the Rothschild family.
The new issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center 'hate groups' is out. They are behind in the year as this is their list for 2011 labeled as the 2010 list. Look at the groups on that list, John Birch Society, Oath Keepers, Constitution Party and We The People. They are an un-American group in my opinion.
Below is a video that names Ron Paul, Judge Napolitano and Glenn Beck as enemies, as well as returning veterans. They feed Homeland Security through government plants!!
In a recent copy of Hatewatch, SPLC is going after the Tennessee House of Representatives for passing a Bill on March 15, 2012 to keep Agenda 21 out of Tennessee. Maybe it is an honor to be mentioned as a hate group by SPLC?
Any other doubts about what SPLC stands for? If so maybe you should read this article. Follow the Money!!
The SPLC is against patriot groups and militias, and rather then letting them down, I will now focus on militias.
Here are some videos to show you what the job of the militia is. But I would add, as a community service to volunteer to clean the sides of the state highways. Notice I said 'state highways'. In most states there are signs designating the club or organization that keeps that portion of the highway clean. It would amount to good advertising of your unit to have a sign displayed along the highway.
Here is a video of a militia unit training.
I do hope this militia unit has more sense than to fight in this fashion if they are ever called to perform. Do you see what I see? They are out in the open, rather than moving in the tree line. The tree line would shield them for infra red detection, at least on one side. If they were moving entirely in the trees their infra red signature would be almost entirely gone. Keep in mind, that where they are walking in the open, an ambush could be set up within the tree line.
I've begun compiling a list on 'blocking of infra red detection'. Here is what I have found so far: Plexiglass, an aluminum space blanket, raw wood and plywood. "The BEST way to protect yourself from IR detection is get behind/under what is already there, and DON'T change the temperature of it. Since you obviously have to see and perhaps reach out, do so through the smallest portal(s) you can handle. Those "man-sized" targets detectable at 1100 yards are just that – man-sized – not the size of your nose and right eye." That last link provides a lot of information, be sure and read through it. Infra red ' keys 'on heat differences between objects. Thick vegetation appears white in infra red. Regardless of outside temperature if you have 3 layers of vegetation over you ( tall trees, medium trees and shrubs combined) your infra red image will be gone. Your skin is usually around 98 degrees, so if it is 98 degrees outside infra red would be blocked. Warms springs and hot springs may well hide your infra red image. I'll report back when the research is complete.


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Enemy lists…They go back as far as politics have been a part of our culture. Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who is, we believe, still dead. In the 1970s the most famous, though not largest list to date became public, was Nixon's Enemies List. It had 207 names. This month the National Rifle Association released its own enemies list. It has 525 names, associations, sports teams, and corporations.
A couple of things become apparent while reviewing the NRA list. First, they have no concept of data record formatting. Second, at least some of the folks on the NRA list are dead – which rings familiar to the persistent rumors that many of the NRA "Life" Members are dead as well. Third, unlike Nixon, the NRA didn't list the politicians who support gun regulations, nor are any of the new media sites – like we here at Addicting Info or Occupy the NRA on the list.
Back to the list. 24 major medical associations, from the AMA to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons populate the list of NRA enemies. And so are the American Bar Association, National Education Association, the Catholic Conference, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church and the American Jewish Conference. From the world of sports are the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Rams.
Hollywood is represented by a wide variety of actors…from TV's Barney Miller – Hal Linden to Rambo – Sylvester Stallone to NCIS' Mark Harmon to George Clooney, Matt Damon, Kevin Bacon, MacGyver's Richard Dean Anderson. Also on the list, Sigourney Weaver, Oprah Winfrey, Shania Twain, Meryl Streep and Barbra Streisand – the only person to be on both Nixon and the NRA's lists.
Former politicians Jimmy Carter, Ed Koch and C. Everett Coop are also listed along with political powerhouse, the AARP, 32Million strong.
It might be easier to write who is NOT on the list.
And that brings up the philosophy of having an enemies list. If a person or group is confident in their position, confident in the support that they have, they would have a supporter's list rather than enemies list. Showcase the hundreds of public figures, industry leaders and organizations that support your cause, your philosophy. You know, like Ted Nugent and Alex Jones.
But that doesn't happen…ever. And it is because an enemies list is a weak defense of an untenable position.
Here's the first portion of the list, which just lists the organizations which they consider "enemies:"
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Civil Liberties Union
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
American Medical Women`s Association
American Medical Student Association
American Medical Association
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Trauma Society
American Federation of Teachers
American Association of School Administrators
American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
American Counseling Association
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for World Health
American Ethical Union
American Nurses Association
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
American Firearms Association
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Jewish Committee
American Trauma Society
American Psychological Association
American Jewish Congress
American Public Health Association
Americans for Democratic Action
Anti-Defamation League
Black Mental Health Alliance
B`nai B`rith
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Children`s Defense Fund
Church of the Brethren
Coalition for Peace Action
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
College Democrats of America
Committee for the Study of Handgun Misuse & World Peace
Common Cause
Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Consumer Federation of America
Council of the Great City Schools
Council of Chief State School Officers
Dehere Foundation
Disarm Educational Fund
Environmental Action Foundation
Episcopal Church-Washington Office
Florence and John Shumann Foundation
Friends Committee on National Legislation
General Federation of Women`s Clubs
George Gund Fun
Gray Panthers
H.M. Strong Foundation
Harris Foundation
Hechinger Foundation
Interfaith Neighbors
Int`l Ladies` Garment Workers` Union
Int`l Association of Educators for World Peace
Jewish Labor Committee
Joyce Foundation
Lauder Foundation
Lawrence Foundation
League of Women Voters of the United States*
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Manhattan Project II
Mennonite Central Committee-Washington Office
National Safe Kids Campaign
National Association of Police Organizations
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Black Nurses` Association
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Network for Youth
National Assembly of National Voluntary Health & Social Welfare Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Counties*
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers
National Education Association
National Association of Elementary School Principals*
National Association of Public Hospitals
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of Children`s Hospitals and Related Institutions
National Association of School Psychologists
National Council of La Raza
National Center to Rehabilitate Violent Youth
National Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
National Council of Negro Women
National Association of Community Health Centers
National People`s Action
National Education Association*
National League of Cities
National Council on Family Relations
National Council of Jewish Women
National Organization for Women
National Political Congress of Black Women
National Parks and Conservation Association
National Peace Foundation
National Urban League, Inc.
National Parent, Teachers Association*
National Urban Coalition
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
National Organization on Disability
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Ortenberg Foundation
Peace Action
People for the American Way
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Police Foundation
Project on Demilitarization and Democracy
Public Citizen
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Council of the Great City Schools
The Synergetic Society
20/20 Vision
U.S. Catholic Conference, Dept. of Social Development
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Unitarian Universalist Association
United States Catholic Conference
United Methodist Church, General Board & Church Society
United Church of Christ, Office for Church in Society*
United States Conference of Mayors
War and Peace Foundation
Women Strike for Peace
Women`s National Democratic Club
Women`s Action for New Directions (WAND)
Women`s Int`l League for Peace and Freedom
World Spiritual Assembly, Inc.
YWCA of the U.S.A.
*The national organization only endorses federal legislation.
Read the very scary full LIST here.
McAllister is a life long liberal, environmentalist, Eagle Scout, and even gun owner – born in Harlan, Kentucky and has lived in Southern California, New York City and now resided in Lexington, Kentucky as a Systems Analyst. His grandfathers helped organize the coal fields of Eastern Kentucky and his father was a career long butcher and union representative.
You can read more of McAllister's observations and opinions at Shoot From the Left Hip.


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Little sister by the sea
Home to free spirits Brighton is also known as "London by the sea." Just as lively as the British capital, but sans the stress, it's perfect for an unconventional weekend trip
In front of a building that looks much like the palace of an Indian maharaja, a lanky young man in long blond dread-locks gyrates, a hula hoop circling his body. Waves of movement pass from him to the white plastic hoop, and when it climbs to the top of his upstretched arms, the hooper grabs it and throws it into the air. Philipp Nicholls is one of several hoopers who perform on weekends on the city's greens. He started out three years ago and now teaches hooping on the side. In his day job, he works as a project manager, helping academic publishers to digitize their systems. So he's both a hippy and a nerd? "That's not unusual here in Brighton," the 34-year-old replies.
Here, contradictions are the norm: hip-swiveling men in suits, gardening rock stars, nude cyclists right next door. The city itself is quite unspectacular. It has those narrow, typically English terraced houses with bay windows standing side by side like books on a shelf, and beach shacks, where pseudo artists hawk painted cityscapes. But then down the street struts a man in red tulle, who moments later vanishes into a hair salon for dogs. Down on the pebbly beach I see the Addams family with their friends: men and women with bouffants, dressed in black, Victorian-style dresses and frock coats chatting happily as they unpack their picnic blankets and Tupperware containers.
"Goths love Brighton," Nicholls explains. "They are magically attracted to the combination of conservative look and liberal values." Icons of the Gothic movement are sighted quite often in Brighton and the neighboring town of Hove. Nick Cave at the supermarket, or Robert Smith, The Cure's frontman, in his garden, where he allegedly grows his own roses. DJ Fatboy Slim and singer Adele have houses here. "Everyone knows where the celebrities live but nobody asks for an autograph," says Nicholls. After all, they are just the most famous examples of unconventional types like Nicholls who have not lost their enthusiasm for having fun, for "senseless" silliness and for experimentation.
So just when did this playful spirit enter Brighton? Well, it was certainly already there by the late 18th century. Brighton was an elegant seaside resort, and the heir to the throne, later King George IV, had been sent there to take a saltwater cure for "swollen neck glands," a circumstance he was actually quite happy about because he greatly disliked the stiff receptions and exchanging of courtesies at court. But once in Brighton, he soon neglected his therapeutic duties and turned instead to games of chance, the theater and horse racing. He became a permanent visitor and began building a classical pavilion in 1787. Between 1815 and 1823, he extended it, building the Indian-style palace on the English Channel where we found Nicholls hooping. No one ever called it a palace, however. It was only known as "The Royal Pavilion," a small, temporary structure for a never-ending series of royal celebrations.
The Royal Pavilion is truly a crazy building. It looks as if a child had picked out various fashionable elements from past periods and combined them with little regard for whether or not they suited each other. The result is a collage of Indian pomp, Asian kitsch and cheap ostentation. The exterior: Indian domes and sand-colored walls boasting intricate but unfussy detail. The interior: manic ornamentation. The narrow entrance hall is hung with mirrors to make it look larger, and Chinese porcelain figurines have been placed between them. The walls are decorated with Asian-inspired bird drawings. Behind the sofas and the beds are hidden doors to secret passageways. George IV allegedly used these in his latter years, when he no longer wished to be seen in public. The passages end in the stables, and the monarch is said to have secretly gone riding at night. Hardly an exemplary ruler, he left the work of governing the country to his prime minister.
Even today, Brighton is governed differently than the rest of the country. Caroline Lucas, the only Green party MP in the House of Commons, hails from Brighton. She defied the Westminster Hall dress code by showing up for a public debate on sexism in a T-shirt bearing a provocative slogan. "Lucas is the headwind against which the men in gray suits push," says Heike Feldpausch, a German expat who has lived in Brighton for 20 years. She came as an art student and is now involved in marketing for a wind machine manufacturer. Feldpausch is often seen around town on her bike. Once a year, she takes part in the Naked Bike Ride, in which hundreds of people participate either fully or partly nude. It's a playful form of protest that began ten years ago with just a handful of people. "We ride naked to show that we are vulnerable," the 44-year-old explains, "but I also want to call attention to climate change." Feldpausch makes her own creative costumes. Sometimes she goes as a hippyesque field of flowers, sometimes as a cloud or a fish. "Being politically active and having fun are not polar opposites," she says – at least not in Brighton. "There are many extravagant souls living here, who are open to new ideas."
There are many extravagant souls open to new ideas
Ruth Allsop is one of them, or at least she used to be. The 46-year-old is at a burlesque show in the Proud Cabaret, a 1920s- style club. On stage, a woman who looks a little bit like Josephine Baker undresses suggestively and is soon wearing nothing but a corset and a feather boa. Up above, the domed roof of the club is adorned with painted Hindu gods, and down here, beside Allsop's seat, lies a square slab of concrete. "That once was a grave," she says, "and this room was the mausoleum of a rich merchant who now lies buried in a cemetery." Allsop and a couple of friends discovered this space and organized some of the first parties.
Today, gay men hold weddings receptions here, bachelorettes celebrate themselves and burlesque dancers celebrate life. "Sure, you'll find all of this in London, too," says Allsop, "but life there is anonymous and stressful, and people hide behind their work. Brighton, on the other hand, is a big village where everyone knows everyone else." That's why she stayed. She works as a marketing manager and has two children who she likes to take to the Pier, an amusement park that is open all year round. They ride the Ferris wheel and the roller coaster. "Brighton is like a giant playground," she says, "for adults as well as children."
Souvenirs from Sussex
All in the mix
Blue Bird Tea has over 80 blends, and offers blending courses, too.
The fresh aroma of Brighton Gin is like that of a fresh sea breeze.
Happy rap
The Rizzlekids combine retro hip-hop with pop elements.
Sweet extravagance
Choccywoccydoodah sculpts fantastic, towering cakes.
Tip: The Duke of York's Picturehouse is one of the oldest cinemas in the world. It has changed very little since 1910 except that the seats are now a little more comfortable than they used to be.


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Letter dated 5/19/11 - Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
May 19, 2011
Rowan W. Gould
Acting Director
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Re: Listing and Designation of Critical Habitat for the Pacific Coast Population of the Western Snowy Plover (76 Fed. Reg. 16046, March 22, 2011)
Dear Mr. Gould:
The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submits these comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed rule, Revised Critical Habitat for the Pacific Coast Population of the Western Snowy Plover. Advocacy is concerned that FWS has not published an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) nor certified that the proposed rule is not expected to have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. As a result of this failure, Advocacy believes that FWS has not complied with its obligations as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
Background on Advocacy
Advocacy was established pursuant to Pub. L. 94-305 to represent the views of small entities before federal agencies and Congress. Advocacy is an independent office within the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), so the views expressed by Advocacy do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA or the Administration. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA),(1) as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA),(2) gives small entities a voice in the rulemaking process. For all rules that are expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, federal agencies are required by the RFA to assess the impact of the proposed rule on small business and to consider less burdensome alternatives.
The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 requires agencies to give every appropriate consideration to comments provided by Advocacy.(3) The agency must include, in any explanation or discussion accompanying the final rule's publication in the Federal Register, the agency's response to these written comments submitted by Advocacy on the proposed rule, unless the agency certifies that the public interest is not served by doing so.(4)
Regulatory Flexibility Act Requirements
The RFA states that "[w]henever an agency is required by section 553 of this title, or any other law, to publish general notice of proposed rulemaking for any proposed rule, or publishes a notice of proposed rulemaking for an interpretative rule involving the internal revenue laws of the United States, the agency shall prepare and make available for public comment an initial regulatory flexibility analysis. Such analysis shall describe the impact of the proposed rule on small entities. The initial regulatory flexibility analysis, or a summary, shall be published in the Federal Register at the time of the publication of general notice of proposed rulemaking for the rule."(5) Section 605(b) of the RFA allows an agency to certify a rule, in lieu of preparing an IRFA, if the proposed rulemaking is not expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. If the head of the agency decides to certify, the certification must be published in the Federal Register at the time of publication of the general notice of proposed rulemaking or at the time of publication of the final rule, along with a statement providing the factual basis for such certification.(6) If, at the time of the publication of the proposed rulemaking the agency knows it will be certifying, it should publish the certification with the general notices of proposed rulemaking. Section 608 of the RFA permits agencies to waive or delay completion of an IRFA if the agency makes a written finding that the rule is being promulgated in response to an emergency.(7)
FWS has failed to publish an IRFA or certification with the publication of the proposed rule as required by the RFA. FWS has made no finding of an emergency nor given any indication that it is relying upon section 608 as a basis for failing to publish an IRFA or certification; therefore section 608 is not applicable with respect to the proposed rule.
FWS states in the preamble to the proposed rule that, at this time, it lacks the available economic information necessary to provide an adequate factual basis for the required RFA finding. Not having sufficient economic information to comply with the RFA does not excuse an agency from its obligations. Advocacy notes that the RFA was passed by Congress in response to agencies' systemic failure to consider the economic impact on small businesses prior to promulgating rules. One of the purposes of the RFA is to require agencies to gather economic information, determine the impact of its rulemakings on small businesses prior to publishing the rule and to make this information and determination available to the public upon publication of the rule.(8)
Advocacy also notes that FWS proposes to publish a draft economic impact analysis and IRFA or certification at some unstated later date and reopen the comment period, notwithstanding the RFA requirement that an IRFA or certification be made at the time of publication of a proposed rule. Advocacy believes that postponing the analysis harms small businesses and is a violation of the RFA. A small business wishing to comment on both the scope of the proposed rule and the economic analysis has to prepare two separate comments, one during the current comment period for the proposed rule and another, several months from now, when the RFA analysis is published. This dual comment period imposes an unnecessary and undue burden upon small entities.
Moreover, Advocacy notes that FWS has in the past reopened the comment period for the economic impact analysis and RFA determinations for only 30 days.(9) Such a short comment period gives small entities very little time to propose alternatives and to adequately respond to analyses that could show significant impacts. The 30-day time period also increases the likelihood that a small entity will not have the time to prepare thorough comments or may be unaware when the comment period is reopened.
Advocacy is concerned that FWS has neither published an IRFA nor certified that the proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. However, Advocacy remains committed to helping FWS comply with its RFA obligations and publish the IRFA with at the time of publication of the critical habitat designation. If we can be of any further assistance, please contact Kia Dennis, Assistant Chief Counsel at (202) 205-6936. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Winslow Sargeant, Ph.D
Chief Counsel
Office of Advocacy
1. 5 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.
2. Pub. L. 104-121, Title II, 110 Stat. 857 (1996) (codified in various sections of 5 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.).
3. Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (PL 111-240) § 1601.
4. Id.
8. S. Rep. No. 96-878 (1980), reprinted in 1980 U.S.C.C.A.N. 2788.
9. 30 days is half of the time given for comments when the proposed rule is issued. See e.g., Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sonoma County Distinct Population Segment of the California Tiger Salamander, 76 Fed. Reg. 2863 (January 18, 2011); Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Polar Bear in the United States, 75 Fed. Reg. 24545 (May 5, 2010); Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Wintering Population of the Piping Plover, 71 Fed. Reg. 33703 (June 12, 2006).


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Testing for the presence of specific cancer protein 'fingerprints' in the blood of lung cancer patients may be a useful means of identifying a subgroup whose tumors are more likely to shrink when treated with the drug erlotinib, especially when other testing methods are unavailable, according to new data presented at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Erlotinib is one of a class of drugs that specifically inhibits an important cell-surface molecule known as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which is highly expressed in some forms of cancer, including lung cancer. By blocking this receptor, drugs such as erlotinib aim to slow tumor growth and proliferation.
Prof David Carbone from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and Canadian colleagues analyzed blood samples from the NCIC Clinical Trials Group (NCIC CTG) BR.21 study that had shown that erlotinib improved survival compared to placebo in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer who had already tried one or two other drugs.
In the new study, the researchers analyzed blood samples that had been taken from some patients before they started treatment in the BR.21 study. They performed this analysis on patients who received the drug and on patients who received the placebo, looking for specific proteomic profiles already known to predict outcomes in patients treated with EGFR-blockers.
"The bottom line is that the proteomic test –comparing 'good' and 'poor' profiles– was strongly prognostic in both erlotinib and placebo arms," said Prof Carbone. "Proteomics 'good' patients also had a significantly higher response rate than proteomics 'poor' patients (9.8% vs. 0.9%, p=0.002).
Prof Carbone notes that there are other methods available to analyze the EGFR pathway of lung cancers, including sequencing of the EGFR gene, or a technique known as fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) to assess EGFR gene copy number, in which tumor tissue samples are directly studied under a microscope.
"FISH overall was a better predictor of benefit, but can only be done with adequate biopsy tissue, which was available in this study only in 22% of patients. With the serum test, 99% of patients had a successful determination of proteomic status."
"Thus, I think this test may be of potential value in identifying a subgroup of patients with a good prognosis and who are likely to have response to erlotinib; it may be of particular value for those in whom tumor tissue is inadequate or unavailable," Prof Carbone said.


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Thousands of Japanese anime fans are flocking to the Vancouver Convention Centre this weekend for Anime Revolution 2014, a three-day celebration of Japanese pop art that features exhibits, performances, panels, music and games, with special appearances by industry stars.
Half the fun at the convention is dressing up in your favourite character for a little "cosplay" (costume play), as so many did Friday afternoon.
The convention takes place until Sunday. Tickets and info are available at animerevolution.ca.


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Taylor Swift, be careful. Ed Sheeran might turn those tables and write a song about you!
Well, that's a bit presumptuous to say at this point. But Harry Styles' ex did spend most of the night Feb. 19 with this adorably cute, redheaded British boy.
A witness tells E! News that the night before the 2013 Brit Awards Ed arrived at Taylor's hotel.


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Description du projet
GHCN Processor is a command-line tool that reads temperature data from the Global Historical Climatic Network (GHCN) database and produces an annual or monthly temperature series in CSV format for an arbitrary set of stations. Stations are filtered based on a simple EL expression passed to the tool. For example, you can select only stations that are in the Northern Hemisphere, in hilly and rural locations. You can also select stations that started reporting in a given year, and so on. The tool supports more than one method of grid partitioning, station combination, and can use both the adjusted data and raw unadjusted data.
Information regarding Project Releases and Project Resources. Note that the information here is a quote from Freecode.com page, and the downloads themselves may not be hosted on OSDN.


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Success with Visual Disabilities: Strabismus, Cross Eyed, Exotropia, Esotropia etc.See also Lazy Eye, After Surgery, Without Surgery
Now that I know better, looking back I see all kinds of red flag behaviors that persisted throughout our daughter's development. [More]
About five months into Vision Therapy, he began to take interest in reading, all the time! Bubby can now go through much of the day without his eye turning in. [More]
I have seen Jamie's eyes become stronger. [More]
Before he started therapy, his vision was 20/80 [without glasses]. After 12 weeks of therapy, his sight improved to 20/40 [without glasses]. The daily homework and weekly visits stimulated the weaker eye and taught Dylan to use both eyes together. [More]
... our local optometrist performed an in-depth eye examination. He told me that after examining her eyes, he looked at Brianne to make sure she was sitting in the chair and not someone else, because he was flabbergasted at the results! He praised Dr. X's work and our dedication to the Vision Therapy homework assignments, which brought these unbelievable results to Brianne. [More]
catches balls better; doesn't fall down stairs as much as he used to; has stopped saying "I can't read" entirely; eyes don't wander.[More]
Aaron's eye no longer moves inward and has strengthened. has made tremendous improvements in both eyes. [More]
... eye stays aligned better; Better peripheral vision; word about vision therapy needs to get out more. [More]
It's so nice to know that there is help for people who have vision problems. Before Vision Therapy, we could see Jared walking into corners of doors and walls. He couldn't see out of his right eye. [More]
For over fifteen years I went from Ophthalmologist to Optometrist, and they all discounted binocular Vision Therapy as being too much trouble, too costly, or too frustrating. That was wrong, incorrect and misleading. Vision Therapy and exercises have immediate and specific results, which begin at once, and only get better. [More]
I can't understand why such a simple solution to a mild adult strabismus is not in the repertoire of every eye care provider. [More]
"They don't call me cross-eyed anymore." [More]
Chris's improvement has affected his whole life. He has greater coordination, which can be seen at the playground. [More]
Dr. X's treatment techniques gave Six an option other than the only one that had been available to Nikki in Belgium: surgery. But a procedure at age 2 corrected Nikki's vision problem for only five years, and surgeons said that they couldn't do anything more. [More]
It was her FIFTH eye surgery. After every previous surgery her eyes had eventually reverted back to the crossed position. [More]
See also After Surgery, Without Surgery, Lazy Eye, Depth Perception, and Double Vision (Diplopia)
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She was born with strabismus in her right eye, and at age 3 months her pediatric ophthalmologist pronounced that it had spontaneously resolved and would not trouble her further. Gullible parents that we were, and at the time having no reason to doubt the authority of this highly respected professional, we put the matter out of our minds.
Before Vision Therapy, Bubby had problems riding his bike, catching things, and kicking balls. He liked to read, but preferred to have someone read to him. The pictures he drew were spatially inconsistent. His right eye tended to turn in much of the day [esotropia].
I have seen Jamie's eyes become stronger. I don't notice her right eye turning in as much as it did before she began therapy. Jamie has always been a good student, so I am grateful for that, but I have seen her improve greatly when it comes to playing sports. I think Jamie still has less than normal depth perception, but what she does have now [as a result of the Vision Therapy] is an improvement from where she started. This spring was the first time she was able to consistently hit a softball with a bat. It is very exciting to see these developments and improvements in my daughter. I would, and have, recommended Vision Therapy to many people.
I can do my schoolwork without my eye going out. I no longer see double. I don't lose my place in reading. It is not as hard to see the blackboard.
When I first noticed my son Dylan's right eye was turning in, it was in photographs. It became more noticeable when he was tired. He started having trouble in school learning to read and write. We were referred to Dr. X. Before eye therapy, Dylan did not like wearing his glasses. He had learned to use only the one eye in his daily activities.
My daughter, Brianne, now 18 years of age, has been a patient of Dr. X for 13½ years and her dramatic results have convinced our local area optometrist of the merits of Vision Therapy.
We have seen the following changes in our son as a result of the vision therapy program. He:
Aaron started therapy with a weak eye muscle in his right eye, which caused the eye to move inward [strabismus: esotropia]. Through Vision Therapy and the home therapy program, Aaron's eye no longer moves inward and has strengthened.
Since eye therapy started I have noticed many different improvements. A few are:
Those are just a few changes. Vision Therapy has really helped. The word about vision therapy needs to get out more so more people can know about it. Teaching vision skills in school would cut down on a lot of frustration for children, parents and teachers. Schools should have eye exercises in their curriculum.
When Jared began Vision Therapy his right eye was barely functioning. The eye was noticeably turned in and didn't work with the left eye. His brain would rather turn off the eye because that was easier to do. Through Vision Therapy, the brain has learned to make the eye work properly. When you look at him now, his eyes look the same and the right eye is straight. Before, you couldn't tell where he was looking.
When I was first prescribed prism in my glasses (for a deviating eye or strabismus), I was told that Vision Therapy was not worth the effort. That was wrong, incorrect and misleading. Vision Therapy and binocular vision (or stereoscopic vision) exercises and therapy have immediate and worthwhile effects. The benefits take three broad forms:
With such benefits, I can only conclude that my previous eye doctors' comments against pursuing binocular Vision Therapy were false because they were just based upon rumor and not upon experience.
I have noticed that my left eye does not turn out as much as it did previously. I can read for an extended period of time without double vision.
Her eye no longer turns in. Reading has improved (that is, vision during reading). Her eyes appear to be working together much better. We are delighted.
Ariel sees better and is starting to read. Her eye does not turn in as much as it did.
Brian's eyes now track in the same direction when he is wearing his glasses.
I was a bit doubtful of Vision Therapy until I saw the change myself in Jessica's drifting eye and her schoolwork. Jessica's grades have all gone up at least one grade. She enjoys reading now and doesn't dread it. As a matter of fact, she reads to her little sister all the time
Lauren doesn't complain as much and she knows how to control her eyes better.
I can do my schoolwork without my eye going out. I no longer see double. I don't lose my place in reading. It is not as hard to see the blackboard.
When my eyes are fatigued, they don't cross as easily as they used to. No more burning/tearing after computer-intensive work.
Giovanni's right eye doesn't turn in any more. He does not have as many headaches.
Todd seems to focus both eyes on an object. Cosmetically, his eyes have improved; they are somewhat straighter, but he is not consistent with practicing at home.
For a number of years I was trying to get help with my double vision, which forced me to drive with one eye closed. The only option given by the doctors I consulted was wearing an eye patch while driving or a double eye surgery. Dr. X suggested including prism in the prescription and following up with Visual Therapy. The prescription worked like a charm. No more double vision!
Chris has worn glasses since the age of 11 months. He was far-sighted and had a very pronounced eye turn. His poor vision continued to affect his daily life. He had speech delay issues and his learning was hindered by poor concentration due to eye strain. He was also uncomfortable in play situations because he had difficulty climbing ladders, stairs and maintaining his balance on beams at the playground. He received Vision Therapy and his vision improved greatly. My family has seen unbelievable results. Chris's improvement has affected his whole life. He has greater coordination, which can be seen at the playground. Chris can easily climb ladders and maintain his balance when playing. Chris doesn't tire as easily while doing schoolwork. Chris's Vision Therapy continues to improve his vision and help with Chris's daily activities.
I just finished watching one of my favorite shows, "The Operation," on the Learning Channel. Tonightís operation was on a 17 year-old, cross-eyed girl. It was her FIFTH eye surgery. After every previous surgery her eyes had eventually reverted back to the crossed position. Watching this program prompted me to jump online and get some strabismus information.
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Sid Caesar (1922-2014) was a comic actor who starred on such TV comedy-variety series as Your Show of Shows (1950-1954, with Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner) and Caesar's Hour (1954-1957). In films, he played dentist Melvin Crump in the 1963 epic comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (co-starring Jonathan Winters, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Don Knotts, and many others). He later appeared in Grease and Grease 2 (as Coach Calhoun) and Mel Brooks' Silent Movie and History of the World: Part 1.
Caesar appeared on Sesame Street, reprising a Your Show of Shows character called "The Professor" in a number of segments. In one, the Germanic-accented, double-talking expert on everything tells Big Bird that he invented letters, but is astonished to find that an alphabet has been built around them. He vows to encourage the schools to teach the alphabet before quantum mechanics. In another, he teaches "loud" and "soft" with the help of Fluffy, and a third features him teaching emotions with a little girl.


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this inspiration quite a while ago and just got around to making it this weekend. My personal blogger-stance is to NOT re-do what someone has done (if I've seen it). I'd rather show you my finished project and send you to the original tutorial instead of showing you how to do it on my page. It just seems more supportive of other bloggers, and I know that I appreciate that so much more than just a little tag at the bottom which says, "inspired by la vie en rose" (or worse, la vie enrose ...).
Anyway, I went to the site so I could grab the link to the tutorial... but... there was no tutorial! I think the shirt is an actual product being sold and not another blogger's DIY.
Clearly that means a tutorial did in fact need to be made, so here it is! I started with one of John's too-big polos, but I regret that. The tank turned out looser than I wanted, so I'll probably hem the sides in a few inches. I recommend a shirt that is just a bit loose, not insanely oversized. I can't wait to do this again because I have so many ideas for the back and even just the shape in general.
**note, I can't show you the picture for the inspiration on my page since there is no "original source link". If you'd like to see it, click the link above to the site which showed the tank and gave the inspiration.
T TO TANK tutorial, you already have this down. If not, you'll need to cut the collar and sleeves off. For the collar, I folded the shirt on the sleeve line so that it would be even. Then I started on one side and cut all the way to the bottom of the buttons and back up. This made a nice dip in the back as well. If you want your back + front to have a different shape, refer to the t-to-tank tutorial above, it's much more in depth. Next, I tackled the sleeves. You can fold the shirt here too for a symmetrical finish, but I chose not to because of the material. Start at the bottom of the sleeve and cut along to the top. I usually follow the seam and take off about an inch.
I absolutely HAVE to do the Natural Product Review this week because I promised to do it in July, which is nearly over. I'll cut it down to 3 days instead of 5, though, so that we can get at least one more refashion/project in this week :) I hope your weekend was incredible. Mine was full of floating, beaches, cousins + baklava. So yes, it was lovely. All the best to you and as always, thanks for reading!
Monday, July 23, 2012
Tee to Cropped Knotted Tank
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- Marie BJuly 23, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Cute! I have a granddaghter who loves to 'cut up' tee shirts and make these cute little tanks! I take a ribbon of contrasting color and tie the 'sleeves' together in the back for a different look! You look really cute in yours and now I have to make her another one like yours! Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
Marie, that is *exactly* what I do with the regular t to tank tutorial! Tying those back makes *such* a difference in bagginess, doesn't it?! I'm so glad you liked it, it's always better to reuse the old stuff than buy the new!Delete
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Wall leads Wizards past Pistons
Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - John Wall scored 20 points and had 11 assists, both game highs, to lead the Washington Wizards to a 106-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons.
Marcin Gortat scored 16 and had seven rebounds, Bradley Beal and Trevor Ariza had 15 points apiece with Ariza adding six assists and five rebounds for the Wizards, who have won four of their last five.
"I think we just got to keep playing defense first," Wall said when asked of the key to Detroit's recent success. "When we play defense first it makes our game a lot better."
Greg Monroe finished with 14 points and seven rebounds and Brandon Jennings added 13 points and six assists for Detroit, which has lost four of its last five. Josh Harrellson and Will Bynum added 10 points apiece.
Washington jumped out to an early advantage with a 13-4 run through the first 3:45 of the game. With 3:46 remaining in the quarter, the Pistons scored six straight in less than a minute to make it 25-20. The Wizards led 31-23 after the first.
The teams traded baskets for the majority of the second quarter until there was 3:53 left in the half and the Wizards scored 14 unanswered. Beal put up 10 of those 14 points to close out the final four minutes of the first half. The Wizards led 62-41 at the break.
"I think that was the difference," Pistons head coach Maurice Cheeks said of Washington's run. "We were standing there in that eight, nine point range, and then they hit those threes. We just couldn't recover."
Detroit began the second half with possession and continued the trend of trading buckets with the Wizards. With 4:57 left in the third quarter, however, Washington went on a 6-0 run to move its advantage to 85-57.
The final 12 minutes was nothing more than a formality as the Wizards maintained a lead of at least 21 points to close out the contest. Detroit never led in the game.
Game Notes
Trevor Booker scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Wizards ... The teams finish the home-and-home set Monday at Detroit.


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The RC Aircraft Design, Fabrication and Flying is an aeromodelling workshop that helps participants learn about the dynamics and design of an airplane. This workshop on aeromodelling would introduce the participants to the four pillars of Aerospace Engineering - Aerodynamics, Flight Mechanics, Aircraft Propulsion and Structures, with stress on the first two topics. It makes you innovate by coming up with your own design of mini aircrafts and fabricating them as per your design. Aeromodelling is a very interesting and fun manner to learn the complex theory behind aircrafts. In this workshop, basics of electronics relevant to RC aeromodelling(radio controls, servo motors) and i.c engine/electric motor would also be covered. This workshop takes you through a series of interactive lectures and design sessions supplemented by practical sessions, thereby providing a complete learning experience.
A sample video of the workshop proceedings from our workshop at Startup Village, Kochi.
"The Indian automotive industry has emerged as a sunrise sector in the Indian economy" - Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce. April 2013
With the automotive industry growing multifold every year, it is never a bad thought to think about securing a position in it. The automotive industry requires people having the knowledge of design and functioning of various parts of the automobile. The workshop provides the participants with the idea of what to look for when carrying out a design exercise of the automobile components and how to integrate them making it suitable for industry needs. Participants will unto dismantle and undergo a practical session on how to dismantle and assemble a life size automobile engine, to help them have a first hand experience of the intricate engine parts.
Participants have access to an exclusive online portal to:
The parts marked * are not part of economy kit. These components would be provided during the workshop but would be taken back after the workshop. This is being done to reduce the cost of the workshop and make it affordable for students who do not want to buy the complete kit.
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FME To Continue as MSLO's Exclusive International TV Distributor
LONDON/NEW YORK, 25 OCTOBER, 2012: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) are partnering to co-develop television and digital video programming featuring contemporary lifestyle personalities.
Under this new first look and development deal, FME and MSLO will identify the next generation of lifestyle talent to star in programming to be produced under the Martha Stewart banner. FME will support the new programming with its unrivalled global TV, licensing and home entertainment capabilities. The objective is to develop a pipeline of lifestyle talent across food, fashion, home, gardening and more that will resonate with global audiences on all media platforms. FME and MSLO will name a development executive to head up the initiative.
FME's Global CEO David Ellender said of the deal, "Martha Stewart and her team are the best in the business at discovering and developing new talent. Combining America's best-known domestic and lifestyle expert with the industry's most successful distributor of multi-format brands is a really exciting prospect.
Lisa Gersh, President and CEO of MSLO said, "FME is a key player in the global content and brand space and we're delighted to be working with them to find the next big lifestyle superstars. They'll help us deliver on our goal of putting our considerable expertise in everything from cooking and décor to gardening and crafting in easy reach of consumers wherever they are, and on whatever platform they're engaging with, from smart phones and tablets to TVs and social media."
FME and MSLO have also expanded and renewed their long-standing television programming distribution deal outside of the US, which sees FME continuing to be the exclusive distributor of MSLO content around the world, including titles such as the Emmy(R) Award-winning series "The Martha Stewart Show" and "Martha Stewart's Cooking School."
About FremantleMedia and FremantleMedia Enterprises
FremantleMedia is one of the leading creators and producers of television entertainment brands in the world. FremantleMedia is part of RTL Group, the leading European entertainment network, which is in turn 92 percent owned by the international media company Bertelsmann. FremantleMedia's worldwide production arm is responsible for many of the world's highest rated prime time entertainment, drama, serial drama and factual entertainment programmes. FremantleMedia Enterprises is the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, offering a one-stop-shop for all Licensing, Distribution and Home Entertainment around the world. The FremantleMedia Group (which includes FremantleMedia North America, UFA, FremantleMedia UK, FremantleMedia Australia, Ludia, @radical.media and Original Productions, amongst others) has operations in 22 countries, one of the most comprehensive global networks, creating over 9,200 hours of programming a year, rolling out more than 60 formats and managing over 300 individual titles. FremantleMedia has some of the world's most sought after and long running formats in its catalogue, and globally produces such programmes as: Idols (co-produced with 19 Productions in the US), Hole In The Wall, Got Talent (co-produced with Syco in the UK and the US), The X Factor (co-produced with Syco in the UK and the US), Take Me Out, Family Feud, The Price is Right, Farmer Wants A Wife, Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten, and Neighbours.
About Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) is a diversified media and merchandising company, inspiring andengaging approximately 66 million consumers a month across all media platforms with unique lifestyle content, and has a growing retail presence with8,500 products in thousands of retail locations. MSLO's four magazine brands - Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Weddings, Everyday Food and Whole Living - are available in print, digital and App formats and also makes special issues, books and utility Apps available. The Company's television and video programming includes the new "Martha Stewart's Cooking School" series, slated for debut in Fall 2012, in addition to a vast library of how-to video available online. Martha Stewart Living Radio is available on SIRIUS XM Channel 110. MSLO also designs high-quality Martha Stewart products in a range of lifestyle categories available through select retailers, including The HomeDepot, Macy's, Staples (together with Avery), PetSmart, Michaels and Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores. The Company entered into a strategic alliance with J.C. Penney Company, Inc., and will jointly develop an e-commerce site, for a 2013 launch. The MSLO family of brands also includes Chef Emeril Lagasse's media and merchandising properties. Additional information about MSLO is at www.marthastewart.com.


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no im not ! but how do i use MG then when i 'll buy it ?!
The price for the musk is $35 for 3ml. It is oil based and not a perfume. It is with out a doubt worth every penny. Are you familiar with attar? If not then know that it is not like perfume, it is much stronger and the 3 ml bottle will last a long time.
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