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Let's Play with the Jitterbug!
Squares: Put the Jitterbug down on the table in front of you with one of the squares on the table. Play with that square on top. Pick it up and squeeze each square into a line. You've just demonstrated a square has no structural integrity, it will not hold its shape. When you draw a square, what ever you draw it on will hold the square's shape.
Triangles: Now, pick up the Jitterbug again and, this time, play with the triangles. Do you notice the difference? That's structural integrity.
Octahedron: Place your Jitterbug back on the table with a triangle at the base sitting on the table top. Place one of your hands flat across the triangle on the top. Slowly, yet firmly, press it as far down as you can without breaking it. This is an octahedron. Mathematicians call structures that are made up of regular shapes the polyhedra. This is a Greek word meaning many faces. They are classified by counting and describing the relationships of their faces, edges, and vertices that's where the corners meet (singular vertex). Octa- means eight.
Large Triangle: Now hold the Jitterbug with one hand on a top triangle and the other hand on the triangle base. Twist your hands in the opposite directions to make a large triangle. Place is on the table with one hand holding the center triangle down.
1-2-3-4 (tetra)....
Tetrahedron: While holding the Large Triangle, use your other hand, and pull two of the outer triangles up to the center. Let go of the center base triangle anduse that hand to pull the last triangle to the center. Now you have a tetrahedron.
The tetrahedron, the octahedron and the icosahedron are the structural systems in the universe.
Icosahedon: Put the Jitterbug on the table with a triangle at the base. Place your hand flat across the top of the triangle and slowly press down so it looks like squares are diamond shaped. Imagine a line across each diamond. This creates the six missing faces to form the 20 equilateral triangular faces of the icosahedron. This is how Bucky made his famous geodesic dome.
Now let's do the Jitterbug dance! Put the triangle face on the table. Hold the top triangle face with your thumb, index finger and pinky finger around the triangle. Create a "pumping" motion, pushing down and unwind up. When you contract the entire system at a symmetrical rate (evenly twist and push), you create a vector equilibrium. This is why it's called a Jitterbug!
You can learn how to create the shapes mentioned and instructions on how to make "The Jitterbug" in Fuller's book:
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Richard Buckminster Fuller
"Bucky, "is one of the best known American thinkers. Bucky dedicated his life to truth. To him the function of truth is to collect information that is true- to understand life and what the universe is being."
This "toy," the Vector Flexor, is a complete set of transformations: vector equilibrium through icosahedron, through octahedron, down to the tetrahedron, the three basic structural systems of the Universe. Expansions and contractions are balanced equally. Vector equilibrium represents the basis of all atomic structures and all oscillations and wave phenomena that are articulated in our electromagnetic world. Out of this Bucky made up the word "TENSEGRITY" from the words tension and intregrity. Tension occurs when something is stretched and pulled, and integrity is a state of wholeness or completeness.
"This Jitterbug is a demonstration of the interdependence of all in the universe. I met the inventor of this toy, on National Integrity Day, February 26, 1983. I shall never forget it, because my inner bio-computer was rewired from perceiving a world of scarcity into a new perception of abundance. What I learned that day was synergy. Synergy is the behavior of whole systems, unpredicted by the behavior of their parts. mass attraction is an extraordinary example of this. It is synergy that holds our home planet Earth to the Moon. One great massive sphere and another hung by tension are attracted to one another. There is nothing in either the Earth or the Moon that predicts that they are going to be attracted to each other. From my experience with Bucky and the Jitterbug, I have made up the word "FULTEGRITY"- it is a new way of knowing SELF, and realizng from deep inside that who you are makes a difference, and that difference is LOVE. Goodness and love that has no sides or think in terms of advantage. Life is a service to humanity for all times."
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JAMMU, Jan 10: A massive protest rally was organized today by PHE workers under the banner of PHE Workers Welfare Association, Jammu province, here in the office premises of Chief Engineer, PHE Department, BC Road.
A large number of PHE workers drawn from far flung areas of all the PHE Divisions of Jammu region viz Kathua, Samba, Reasi, Jammu, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Nowshera, Darmari, Doda and Kishtwar, under the leadership of Bakshi Singh, provincial president of the association, participated in the rally.
The annoyed workers raised slogans against the State Government and the higher authorities of PHE Department for doing nothing to redress their demands despite repeated assurances. The demands of the workers include regularization of all daily wage workers of PHE who have completed 5 years of service, regular disbursement of wages to all the workers, release of pending wages, appointment of one family member of the daily wage workers who die in harness, constitution of welfare fund committee, etc.
While addressing the protesting workers, Subhash Verma, general secretary of the association, said that the State Government is misleading and befooling the innocent workers for last so many years and now the workers have reached at the verge of starvation due to dishonest and arrogant attitude of the PHE Minister, who has failed in resolving even single demand of the workers till today.
Bakshi Singh in his concluding speech, said that the workers have shown a lot of patience till today and has abide the discipline always but the State Government and its Minister has not shown even little sympathy with the workers.
He said that if the demands of the workers are not redressed by February 26, the association will observe 24 hours 'Kaam Choro Hartal' from February 27 to 28 and the state Government will be held responsible for the consequences.

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text: From Alaska's bustling city of Fairbanks all the way to Grayling, a remote village that in winter is accessible only by plane, the Alaska State Troopers never have a dull moment. A team of Alaska's troopers attempt to serve a warrant to a man who doesn't want to be found. With the house surrounded and the man refusing to appear, the troopers are ready to go ' except that they have to wait for a search warrant to arrive before they can enter the house.


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A lightbulb moment...
I finally packed away these slip cast ceramic lightbulbs that I made a few years ago. My choice in glaze was inspired by the artwork of Cara Moczygemba. Her artwork is beautiful, but a bit strange. These poor lightbulbs have been sitting in a bowl on our bookshelf forever and I still have no idea what to do with them (besides squirrel them away in a cardboard box). I was thinking about making some sort of drawing or print that went with them, but it's just not coming to me. I think the best solution is for a little idea lightbulb to magically pop up over my head. What do you think?
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Well, I think you could put 'em up on eBay and do quite well with them. Or some environmental site, it is Earth Day month.
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The gang, minus Abby (who was home in South Carolina) and David (who was at prom with his girlfriend).
I also managed to snag a quick outfit shot with my sister, who was dressed to kill on a budget that wouldn't. Seriously, her entire outfit was from H&M, with the exception of her Target shoes. Girl knows how to dress on a dime.
on me:
shirt: The Limited
sleeveless button-up: New York & Company
skinnies: Forever 21
flats: Target
necklace: giveaway win (Nordstrom)
Our youngest sister, Audrey, didn't want to miss out on the photoshoot...though I have no idea where her outfit is from. Probably Target/Old Navy?
As for today, I was a total mixture of lazy and productive. I cleaned the bathroom and did a load of laundry, went on a mini Hulu spree, switched out my winter/summer clothes (finally!), then jumped on the scooter to donate the too-small stuff from last year and do a little closet-gap-filling shopping. Did pretty dang well on that part :)
Now Matt and I are off to swing by his parents' house to wish his mom a happy Mother's Day, then it's back home for some much-needed relaxation for both of us :)
What about you guys? Anything exciting to report this weekend? Graduations, siblings' proms, Mother's Day escapades?


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iCloud backups changed the iOS ecosystem. Instead of having to manually back up your iOS device to iTunes, you can simply sync it to Apple's iCloud service and it will back up automatically. However, many iOS users have never connected their device to their Mac or Windows machine to perform a backup, yet alone a sync. In this article, we'll discuss the two ways that you can restore iOS (iTunes and iCloud) to a new or existing device. Each has its pros and cons, so you'll have to decide which one is better for you.
Backing up and restoring with iCloud
iCloud provides an easy-to-use backup solution that is more or less "set it and forget it." Once you've enabled iCloud Backups, it'll do a nightly backup of your device, assuming that you have a Wi-Fi connection. All of your photos, videos, stored application data, and iOS settings are whisked to the cloud every day to ensure that if an emergency strikes, all of your information is easily accessible.
On the down side, there quite a few items that iCloud doesn't back up, including any media content on your device that wasn't purchased through the iTunes Store and photos that you've synced over from your computer.
iCloud also has space restrictions. Apple provides 5 GB of free storage (which is usually good enough to back up one or even two devices if you don't store many photos and videos), but the pricing can get a little costly as you need more storage. Only your application data and stored photos and videos will actually take up storage on iCloud, though. Apple doesn't count iTunes content against this limit.
To enable iCloud Backup, follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app
- Go to iCloud
- Go to Storage & Backup
- Enable the option for iCloud Backup (Figure A)
In this same section, you can manually create a backup at any time by pressing the Back Up Now button. Under that button, you can also see the date of the last iCloud Backup.
Figure A
Enable the option for iCloud Backup.
You can restore from your iCloud Backup only after you have reset all of
the settings and are in the iOS setup view. When you get the options to either Set Up as New iPhone, Restore from iCloud Backup, or Restore from
iTunes Backup, tap Restore from iCloud
Backup (Figure B). Here you'll be able to select the backup to
restore and begin the restore process. Note: The backup will load from
Apple's servers, so you'll need to be connected online throughout the
entire restore process.
Figure B
Restore from iCloud Backup.
Backing up and restoring your iOS device with iTunes
iTunes is an older way to back up your iOS device. You can do this by plugging in your device (using either a 30-pin or Lightning connector) or by connecting compatible devices to the same Wi-Fi network as your Mac or Windows machine that's running iTunes.
It's important to note that where iCloud fails, iTunes takes over with the backup process. iTunes backs up everything: applications, application data, and all content stored on your device (including iTunes content). This is good for a few reasons, but mainly because it backs up all of your purchased content. This means that if an app or other iTunes purchase becomes unavailable in the iTunes Store, you'll still have a copy on your computer that can be loaded back to your device.
You can back up your iOS device on iTunes by performing the following steps:
- Open iTunes and select your iOS device
- Click File | Devices | Back Up
- The first time you begin a backup, you'll be prompted to select what kind of content — like photos, music, or apps (Figure C) — that you want to back up
Backing up apps to iTunes.
If you visit the Summary tab in the device window, you can
enable wireless syncing (and wireless backups) to iTunes (Figure
D). As long as your iOS device is connected to the same wireless network
as your opened iTunes installation, it'll start syncing and back up
your device at regular intervals.
Figure D
Enable iTunes wireless syncing.
Here's how you can restore iTunes backups to your iOS device:
- Open the latest version of iTunes, and connect your iOS device to your computer
- Choose File | Devices | Restore from Backup (Figure E)
- Choose the backup you want from the drop-down list, and click Restore
If you're using iTunes 10.7 or earlier, right-click on your device in the sidebar and choose Restore from Backup.Figure E
Restoring a backup from iTunes.
While iTunes backups are an older form of technology and not as convenient as iCloud, they do provide immediate access to your data should something happen to your device (or iCloud account). iTunes restores are also faster than iCloud restores, because all of your data is stored locally on your computer running iTunes.
Which method should you choose?
We've talked about the two ways to backup and restore your iOS devices, but which should you use on a regular basis? Is one better than the other?
iCloud and iTunes backups differ in two main ways: 1) iCloud backups won't restore items on your iOS device that have been moved to your device and not purchased through iTunes (music, videos, etc.); and 2) If your iCloud backups become corrupt or your account is compromised, you won't be able to restore your device's contents.
Weekly iTunes backups, coupled with daily iCloud backups, can provide the best of both worlds. iTunes is a complete snapshot of your device at the time of backup, while iCloud captures snapshots of your device daily. This means that should iCloud or iTunes fail to restore properly, you can fall back to one or the other. iCloud can also take a while to restore (due to limitations of both your Internet connection and the speed of the iCloud servers) — in comparison, iTunes can restore all of the content back to your iOS device very quickly.
Many users run into issues by restoring backups when upgrading iOS hardware. iTunes and iCloud backups are very thorough (copying key user preferences and files), and they can copy corrupt settings between older and newer generations of devices when restoring, leading to degraded battery life, crashes, and other system-wide oddities. As such, it's generally a good idea to setup your devices as new each time you get new iOS hardware; only restore backups created on devices to the same generation of device to prevent these issues.
In the battle of iCloud vs. iTunes, do you prefer one method of backup over another, or have you had issues restoring from older generations of hardware to newer generations? Please share your thoughts and experience in the discussion thread below.
Cory Bohon is an indie developer, creating both iOS and OS X applications at Cocoa App (his own company), MartianCraft, and for various other clients. As a part of full disclosure, he does not write about any software that he has created or has helped to create through these outlets.
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Cory Bohon is an indie developer specializing in iOS and OS X development. He runs a software company called Cocoa App and is also a developer at MartianCraft. He was introduced to technology at an early age and has been writing about his favorite technology part-time since 2007. He runs a development blog named ObjDev when he isn't writing about consumer tech.


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I am too excited about this baby gift I just completed. About 6 months ago our family started a new church called Awaken. After 10 years in the same town we have finally found the place we can call our church home. It feels so good to know that!
One of the first people we met at church is Jenn. She and her husband are Assistant Pastors and she was over the children's program. The second week we were there they announced she and her husband were expecting. Only from the short time of knowing her, I know she is going to be an awesome momma.
I always have the hardest time picking out baby gifts. And since I am trying to make most of the gifts I give now, it is even harder. I feel that homemade gifts say so much. You really have to think about what the receiver of the gift will think about it, ya know? But you still never really know if they will like it.
I got my inspiration from Pinterest, of course.
The baby's room is dark brown and green, so here is mine.
I didn't take pictures of the process, but I really do wish I did now. :( I got a board out of the husbands "scraps"....shhh, don't tell. ;) I painted one side white, then distressed the board. My sweet momma brought her cricket with her when she was down visiting this past week and she cut out the stencils for me and helped me finish it. We hand painted the wording with the colors of her room. (Thanks Mom!) We loved it...but would she like it?
I wrapped it in ribbon and called it done! The final outcome....she DID like it! WOOT WOOT! And, she needed something for her baby's walls! Score! Don't you just love when you are able to give someone something that they need, and can actually use? I do!
I would love to know what you all think. Do you get nervous about home made gifts? Would you rather home made gifts over store bought?
I will be linking up to these fab parties!
Have a great day, Friends!


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But just to keep it interesting, you will also want to check back for some Chicago-related news, not necessary related to healthcare marketing. Whether it's a great new restaurant, a "don't miss" concert or a corner bar you simply must visit, I'll give you my two cents – for free.
So for the latest and greatest in healthcare marketing, remember the The Healthcare Marketing Girl blog. You will get a firsthand account of tradeshow news and trends within the industry, as well as some of the lessons I have learned over the years. And, if you're lucky, you might get some juicy JB Chicago office gossip… reason enough to keep coming back!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Gotta Start Somewhere...
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Frequently asked questions
Why would I do a master's program in economics?
Do I need to have a bachelor's degree in economics to gain acceptance to the program?
What are the prerequisites for applicants?
What math courses are expected to be completed upon entry?
What is the required GPA of incoming students?
What is the English Language requirements for students whose native language is not English?
When are the fall/spring application deadlines?
When is the application deadline for graduate assistantships?
Who should I get to write my letters of recommendation?
Does the M.A. program have a spring enrollment?
How long will it take to complete the degree?
At what companies/Ph.D. programs have graduates been placed?
Are graduate internships available?
Why would I do a master's program in economics? The modern master's degree in economics fills a wide range of needs, and produces graduates capable of applied research, financial analysis, or progression to doctoral study. Hence a graduate degree in economics opens up a number of possibilities post-graduation. Our program in economics emphasizes the development of theoretical and data analysis skills that can be used in the investigation of economic problems in a wide variety of settings. Graduates in the past have done their Master's degree in economics to (i) prepare for Ph.D. programs, either by taking advanced mathematics, statistics, and theory, or gaining intuition and exposure to economic issues; (ii) brush up on econometric and modeling skills as they change their careers mid-life; (iii) be lawyers who want to gain a solid grounding in microeconomics, econometrics, and cost-benefit analysis; (iv) be policy analysts seeking to gain modeling and econometric skills prior to embarking on a career in government, think-tanks, or consulting, and (v) be private sector job-seekers who want to develop a skill-set that sets them apart from the standard MBA graduate.
How do I apply for admission? Applications for admission can be made online. Here's how.
Do I need to have a bachelor's degree in economics to gain acceptance to the program? Not necessarily. Many of our students' backgrounds are in areas other than economics. In the past we have had students with degrees in computer science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, political science etc. You should have a good understanding of economic courses including Intermediate microeconomics and Intermediate macroeconomics. It is also essential to have had classes in statistics and calculus before starting our graduate program.
What are the prerequisites for applicants? Full admission requires students to have completed intermediate level courses in microeconomics and macroeconomics and at least one course each in calculus and statistics. The preferred background of students admitted into the program includes classes in analytical geometry (calculus I and II).
What math courses are expected to be completed upon entry? Calculus equivalent to 3450:210 or 3450:215 (Concepts of Calculus, I); and, statistics equivalent to 3470:261 and 262 (Introductory Statistics I and II). The preferred background of students admitted into the program includes classes in analytical geometry (calculus I and II). It is possible to be granted deferred admission into our program until these background courses are completed.
Is the GRE required? The GRE is required for international students and recommended for domestic students.
What is the required GPA of incoming students? An overall grade-point average of 2.75 or better or 3.00 for the last two years (64 credits or equivalent).
What is the English Language requirements for students whose native language is not English? Please reference the following webpage for the english language requirements: English language requirements
When are the fall/spring application deadlines? The Graduate School requires online application for domestic students be made at least six weeks before the start of the term for which admission is sought in order to allow adequate time for complete processing. It is recommended that international students apply at least six (6) months in advance of the intended date of enrollment. The Graduate School will process international applications received after the six months deadline, however, cannot guarantee admission consideration for the intended date of enrollment.
Is financial aid available? Financial aid is available in the form of graduate assistantships. Graduate assistants receive partial to full tuition waivers and a bi-weekly stipend in exchange for working in the economics department with a faculty member. We also award financial aid in the form of only tuition waivers.
When is the application deadline for graduate assistantships? The Economics Department's deadline is March 15 for you to be considered for the fall semester assistantship awards. Sometimes there are limited assistantships offered for the spring semester. The deadline for these spring semester awards is October 15.
Who should I get to write my letters of recommendation? It is important to have recommenders who know you well, and who can attest to your interests, achievements and academic performance. Recommenders should also be able to elaborate on your record beyond providing information that is already available on the transcript.
Does the M.A. program have a spring enrollment? The MA Economics program does have a limited spring enrollment.
How long will it take to complete the degree? The program has a minimum of 30 academic credits (10 regular courses) which most students complete in 18 months (3 semesters + a summer class). Plans to write a thesis or continue on to a Ph.D. program should be discussed with the graduate advisor and may extend the time taken to complete the degree.
At what companies/Ph.D. programs have graduates been placed? Recent graduates have been placed in private sector businesses like Deloitte Touche, FirstEnergy, Progressive Insurance, Sterling Inc., American Express and Diebold and agencies such as the Ohio Department of Taxation, and the City of Akron's Office of Economic Development. Students who continued their graduate studies did so in Ph.D. programs in economics at Ohio State, Michigan State, Texas and Emory, among others.
Are graduate internships available? Recent graduates have done graduate internships at FirstEnergy and Goodyear. The department encourages students to seek internship opportunities after you have completed at least 18 graduate credit hours in economics and have received permission from your graduate advisor. The internsip can provide you with 1-3 academic credits for the semester.


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Jack Swyteck is back, and is trying to save a man from the death penalty for terrorist activity.
HarperCollins sent me an ARC of this book that will be published this month (thank you). You can buy this book in hardcover, ebook or audio. Check with your local bookstore to pick up a copy.
Mr. Grippando mixes a variety of darknesses together in this book. There's a whiff of terrorism, lots of greed, sexual abuse of young girls and murder. Each of those could have been the entire plot, but in this story they are all entwined in ways that a bit odd, but very believable.
Whether they are good guys or bad, the male characters are very strong and determined. Past and present mix in this tale. Even the characters working together aren't telling each other everything.
This one will keep you on toes and your fingers will keep flipping the pages to see where the story will go next. It's not for the lighthearted.
If you like action, mystery, suspense and danger, you will like this book.
If you would like my copy of this ARC, leave a comment here on the blog and email me at info @ bookfaerie.com (take the spaces out) with your name AND address and the reason why you would like to read this book. I'll pick a winner in about a week.
I'm Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie, bookworm and bookseller. I have been selling books since January of 2000. It's a homebased business and I sell online only. Here is my website: http:www.bookfaerie.com I offer free shipping stateside. It's a one woman endeavor, and I love working for myself. I have over 6,000 books online now. I do book reviews from a reader's point-of-view and try to spread the magic of reading.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Afraid of the Dark by James Grippando
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Farming - a way-of-life to be proud of?
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CTA. 2002. Farming - a way-of-life to be proud of?. Rural Radio Resource Pack 02/1. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CTA.
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Young people who decide to pursue a career in farming face many pressures. They may struggle to obtain farm inputs or credit. They may also feel ashamed because they are not working in a ?respectable? white-collar job. This report from Zambia features two young people who describe how they have overcome these difficulties.
Farming - a way-of-life to be proud of? CUE: Farmers everywhere find themselves facing many pressures; they may lack access to inputs, and to markets, and their production can easily be hit by poor rains. For young farmers there can also be a pressure from their friends. Farming tends to be looked down upon, as an occupation for those who have failed to get a paid job in a more respected area like medicine or engineering. In this report, Daniel Sikazwe talks to two young farmers who have overcome these pressures. Both are members of the Zambia Young Farmers Clubs. He asks them how they feel about being farmers, and whether they have been tempted to look for white collar work. The young people come from Kabwe, a town 135km from Zambia?s capital Lusaka. Alice is 22 years old and Viache Makunmbe is 23. Daniel?s first question, ?What made you take up farming?? is addressed to Alice. IN: ?I just came to join into ? OUT: ? that will come behind us.? DUR?N 4?33? BACK ANNOUNCEMENT: Viache Makunmbe who has taken on agriculture as a way of life, despite the temptation of white collar jobs. Transcript Alice I just came to join into farming through my parents. As I was growing up I just came to get interested in farming, because I?m not educated and I decided to be a farmer, just because I knew I can?t chance a job in Zambia. Sikazwe And so what kind of farming did you start doing when it became difficult for you to go ahead with your education, or to get a job? Alice I started growing maize with my parents. Later on my mum she passed away, and even now I?m depending on maize and groundnuts, including beans. Sikazwe Is that enough to help you earn a living? Alice Yes, at least it is much better than staying, because I?m getting whatever I want through farming. I can afford to keep my kids, to feed myself, even though selling it is a problem. In Zambia we don?t have a good market, but at least I?m pushing myself up. Sikazwe What have been some of the major challenges that you have had to contend with as a young person in agriculture? Alice I face problems with fertilizer at times. So now we are introducing organic for young farmers; I?m even interested in that. I think that at any time or next year, I may change. Sikazwe OK, let?s hear your story Viache Makunmbe from Kabwe rural, that?s a remote part of Kabwe. Just tell me how you got into agriculture. Makunmbe My parents and our family, we are all a farming family. Sikazwe Is that what you had always wanted to do in your life? Makunmbe Well I had wanted to do other things but after having looked at the economic crisis, and the unemployment rate in Zambia, I just settled for agriculture, which created a vacuum at the moment. Sikazwe You obviously had friends that you were growing up with, some that you might have shared ambitions of, for instance, becoming a doctor, becoming a pilot, becoming an engineer; how do you relate to them at the moment now that you are in farming, and they are doing probably what they might have set out to do? Makunmbe Well we relate to each other as we related in our past days, because then as a society we are looking at each others - one has to be a farmer, one has to be a doctor, and the other one has to be doing the other job to make a complete society. Sikazwe Are there times you feel tempted to abandon farming altogether, and take up the so called ?White Collar? jobs? Makunmbe There have been several times I have been tempted to leave farming, due to various reasons, one of them being that you come to hit a concrete wall in Zambian farming where you can?t acquire any farming inputs, and farming cannot carry on like that. Sikazwe So what has kept you going when things were that tough? Makunmbe Well I have taken farming as a way of living, as a religion. I just believe in it, and I just push, and my heart pushes and I just go ahead. Sikazwe So apart from just the issue of having problems with farming inputs, what are some of the challenges as a young person that you have had to contend with in agriculture? Makunmbe The biggest challenge as you asked me earlier on, is how I relate to others. When they look at a young farmer in Zambia, it is sort of a downgrade of people that have been left that don?t have anything to do. That is what as the Young Farmers Club we are trying to cast out and bring something else. And in relation to others that have got a white collar job, the temptation is always there because they are always getting their salaries at the end of the month, they don?t have any problems with inputs. Come rain, come no rain, for them it?s alright. Sikazwe So do you consider farming a career, and what would you want to say to young people out there who might still believe that farming cannot be taken upon as a career? Makunmbe I consider farming as a career, and as a way of life. And I would like to encourage all the young farmers out there to take upon farming as a career and as a way of life, because if we look at life generally, whether we take a white collar job or not, at the end of the day, anyone of us retires to take a small farming life. So I would like to encourage most of my age folk to take up farming, so that even at the time of retirement they are well set, and everything is going on, and that will build up a foundation for all those that will come behind us, and behind those that will come behind us. End of tape
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This week I've been coveting...
For the 7428th week in a row, I've been swooning over everything that has just landed at Lindy Bop. This week's selection are just some of my new favourites, but I'm particularly obsessed with dresses 1-4 and 9- aren't they amazing?!
I adore these gorgeous pieces from River Island Plus.
Collectif's latest pieces are all so pretty. Can I have them all in my wardrobe by the time Spring rolls back around, please?
I'm in love with this paperbag gingham midi skirt from ASOS Curve. A girl can never have too much gingham.
How lovely are these Parrot Paradise bags and purses from Vendula London?! I'd love to have a piece or two in my wardrobe.
I also really love Vendula's Cheshire Cat and Purrfect Pose Cat clutch bags.
I need this perfume bottle novelty bag from Accessorize in my novelty bag collection. It's so pretty.
Like every other make up fan, I'm completely crushing over the entire Too Faced Sweet Peach collection. I particularly want the Sweet Peach eyeshadow palette, but I'd love to have it all on my dressing table. If only I were rich...
There's nothing I don't love about the new Clinique Crayola Chubby Sticks collection. The packaging has even been designed to look like boxes of crayons! It's too perfect for words!
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As you can tell from the title I have writer's block. I have started a few stories but nothing has been clicking. It all honesty it's like I've forgotten how to do it.
I enjoy writing. I can't imagine my life not doing this but something hasn't been clicking for awhile. I put a lot of pressure on myself but I guess some things just take a lot more out of me. At least the house is tidying. I found some mould and cleaned that. All the laundry is done. Coffee consumed. I have a lot of possible stories to work on. Looming deadlines and all that. It's currently raining, hell that's perfect writing weather for me.
So why can't I write?
Maybe I'll figure it out or I might just end up wishing for it to be different. I know people change but I refuse for this to be the thing that does. I've been writing for years. I don't want to change that.


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Cuenca Info & Salons/Spas in Quito?
Hi everyone:
My current housemate in Quito is moving to Cuenca and has some questions on the following in Cuenca:
1) Does anyone have any experience with swimming pools (for laps)?
2) Any hair salons that are good but not crazy expensive?
3) Any restaurant tips?
4) Spas for facials and mani/pedis?
Also, does anyone have recommendations for a hair salon (good, but ideally not crazy expensive) and a spa for facials in Quito?
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By Douglas Bernon
May 25, 2001
Between Tom Owen's Cays, The Sapodillas, Belize
Just before sunset last night, while we were anchored at an isolated little speck of an island in Belize's Sapodilla Cays, Scheherazade's veil of cloud cover burnt off, revealing to our southwest and southeast horizons the first gauzy silhouettes of mountains.
"Look," I said to Bernadette. "Over there. Whaddaya see?"
"Mountains," she said, and then gasped. "It's Guatemala. And Honduras ..." Then, just as suddenly as they had been uncovered, darkness and haze demurely pulled a scarf across the tantalizing scene — our first beckoning glimpse of the countries we'll visit as we venture farther south in the months to come. This was one of those rare, sweet moments when the sea was calm, the anchor felt well dug in, the forecast was benign, the day was done, the world was good, the sunset was purple and orange, and we sat quietly in the cockpit, awed by our immense good fortune. Then one of us, I'm not sure who, began the contagion of wordless giggles, because neither of us could quite believe we're really here and really doing this. We've learned that these moments must be savored fully, not only because life is short, but also because, almost invariably, such peaceful glories are the harbinger for some pee-in-your-pants fire drill in the middle of the night.
We're parked almost dead center between two cays — Tom Owen's West and Tom Owen's East — in about 14 feet of water. But only a stone's throw away, on the other side of Tom Owen's East, there's an accommodating break in the reef; then, before you can roll out your trolling line, it's 3,000 feet deep. The Owens Cays, part of what are known as the Sapodillas, were named after the British explorer who charted this area in the 1830s. They're located in the crux of the elbow that forms the southwest corner of the western Caribbean, 22 miles off the Belizean coast, 35 miles from Guatemala and fewer than that from Honduras.
Like most of the islands here, the Owens Cays are ringed with shallow coral, so the lagoon entrance can be approached only with the sun as an ally. Any rays before the beam are blinding, but directly overhead or behind you, if you're halfway up the mast or even just perched with your ancestral, simian, prehensile toes curled over the bow pulpit, there's generally no problem making out the lethal brown patches and weaving around them. But without favorable solar conditions, forget it. It's beautiful here but can be hairy getting around. Some of the government charts for this region actually date back to Commander Owens, and the two guidebooks, by Rauscher and Calder, are essentially pre-GPS, making them formidable accomplishments but not always precise. Add to that a bottom contour that's filled with sudden mini-mountains of coral, and the water depths can go from 140 to 40 to 14 to 4 and back to 140 lickety-split. It explains why you don't see any crowded anchorages, which in lots of ways makes this all the nicer. Most days, the moments of terror and constant vigilance are well worth it, and the guide books do have some pretty good bearing lines, just none of those stop-on-the-dime-and-take-a-left, lat/long fixes we all crave.
Entering the little cove between these islands, the hand-drawn chart in Rauscher's guidebook recommends you approach on a bearing of 123 degrees True toward the center of Tom Owen's East (which is drawn as being just southeast of a "conch pile"), proceed through 24-foot water, avoid the coral shoal that extends from the eastern end of Tom Owen's West and take a hard right to 180 degrees True to stay clear of a broad, seven-foot coral patch in the center of your approach. Just beyond that, once you recapture your breath, you're clear to drop in 8-20 feet of crystal water into a good-holding sand bottom. Tom Owens West Cay is stereotypically beautiful: probably 250 yards long and 50 yards wide, with 20 or so coconut palms and an inviting sand beach on the southeast side. No one lives there, and it's a pristine little jewel. We spent six nights there writing, reading, doing boat projects, snorkeling, and just hanging out.
It was Tom Owen's East that ultimately became the more magnetizing to me. No bigger than 100 by 15 yards, this is a scruffy little patch of hardscrabble coral without so much as a mangrove to soften its edge. Last year's hurricane wiped out the couple of trees that once stood there, and now, when the 9-inch tide comes in high, half the island is submerged. However, there's a cluster of driftwood that's wedged itself in and provides an ethereal roost for a gaggle of loopy-looking pelicans, some of whose repeated, empty-billed dives made me see them as a cross between Elmer Fudd and the Little Engine That Could.
Tom Owen's East supports one structure of sorts. Covered with black tarpaulin and heavy plastic, but not tethered all that well, is a lean-to of about 10 by 12 feet. Inside there's a 6' x 3' x 3' wooden box that's been insulated and fiberglassed, serving as an ice chest. On the ground around the box there's some torn-up foam padding, a rocky campfire pit with an old coffee pot on it, and enough space for three or four men to sleep uncomfortably on the rocks, which is what they do, for spells of 10 days. They free-dive for fish and conch and store it in the ice, so that an open power launch from Mango Creek on the Belizean mainland can come every other day to collect the haul and deliver new ice.
The Sapodilla Cay lagoons are part of the national park system, so I've been well behaved and resisted hunting inside this preserve. But the guys on Tom Owen's East range outside it, and we've been getting fish and conch from them when they return at dusk. We dinghied over to see them and said hello the first day, and I asked if they wanted to sell any fish. The leader, a quiet man in badly torn jeans and a ripped shirt, surprised me by asking if we would trade with them instead. A former colony of Great Britain, Belize is an English-speaking country, but these men are Mayans from Big Creek and speak only Spanish. They said they'd prefer refrescos and something dulce — cold drinks and sweets — but not beer, because, as Juan said, while slapping himself upside the head and sticking out his tongue, it makes him "loco."
We were moved by their conditions and thirst and pluck, so we returned with cinnamon buns and cold lime drinks and cookies, more than they anticipated, and we got back more than we asked, which set the pattern for the week and made the exchange on both sides something more personal than business. They gave us four cleaned conchs and several pounds of my favorite pescado: hogfish. Juan expertly filleted the fish for me with a small, razor-sharp knife he honed with seawater on the coral after every few cuts. On Ithaka, when we catch fish and eat them raw on the spot, it's generally time for wasabi and soy sauce. But that evening Bernadette seared the hogfish lightly in sweet butter and lime juice, with just a touch of salt and pepper. That's all it needed, and dinner was perfect. The conch we pounded for the next day's luncheon fajitas.
When we took the dinghy over to see Juan a couple of days later, no need to talk money. We just brought more cold drinks, canned vegetables, several T-shirts, some fishing hooks, and a replacement sling for their spear gun, which I'd noticed was broken. It was more than was required for a trade but seemed right in our shared lagoon with such a disparity of resources. Juan was astounded and grateful to have, once again, a working gun, and we had to refuse much of the bounty they offered, taking only several fillets of grouper and a couple more conch. Lest I paint us in too magnanimous a portrait, I have to cop to the fact that giving away canned vegetables should not be confused with genuine philanthropy. We've learned that what we didn't eat at home, we won't eat on the boat, and all those cans of peas and carrots that for some inexplicable reason we actually bought and have been toting around, taste about as fresh as the pictures on the cans suggest.
One night around 3 a.m., a sleep-stealing thunder-and-lightning show reminded us we're very little toads in rather a big pond, and we aren't the ones in charge. Being in control may be a comforting — even necessary — self-seduction that appeals in the noggin, but come the flashes of light, the torrents, and 33-knot winds, it's in the heart that the chaos of nature lodges. We were especially tense in this small lagoon because the wind direction shifted more than 120 degrees in 30 minutes, and we hoped the anchor would hold and prevent us from dragging on a reef that in our rearrangement of position was now not all that terribly far behind us. We prepared to do what you most don't want to do in a storm: motor forward and shorten scope. But the gods were with us this time, and while we kept the engine idling in neutral, we were fine. This thunder-bumper was over by 7 a.m., and we not only held fast but in the deluge managed to rig our water-catchment hoses and collect enough sweet-rain drinking water to top off our tanks and fill six five-gallon jerry jugs as well. At sunup, I could see through the binoculars that Juan and his friends had fared less well. Their icebox had stayed put just fine, and their little boat was well tied off. But their tarp lean-to had taken a beating, leaving them fully exposed in a wet, howling universe. I watched the men collect the scraps and pieces and cobble their shelter together again. I was grateful that Ithaka was fine and glad to see they appeared to be OK, but as exhausted as they must have been, once the lean-to was protecting the icebox again, they got in their skiff and went back to work. All day I wondered about them. How is their health? What are their families like? Do they have wives and girlfriends and children? What's fun for them and funny? What stories did their mothers tell them as little boys? What are the myths they grew up with? What are their dreams? What did their daddies do? Who are their heroes? Could they possibly have any idea of how much I respect their grit? Could I ever find the words or ways to tell them?
We visited the men once more that evening, but my Spanish was inadequate to convey what I would like to have said; the following day, several hours after their workday had begun, when they were about half a mile away, west of us, diving in 30 or 40 feet of water, we raised the main and motor-sailed out of the lagoon with more fish and conch than we knew what to do with. Once clear of the coral shallows, we turned off the engine, raised the genoa, and sailed past them. We waved and they waved, then silence reigned. But in my mind there remained questions I doubt I'll ever answer, most significantly, why on earth should this privilege be ours?


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TV chefs the Hairy Bikers are on board for National Vegetarian Week 15-21 May 2017! Si King and Dave Myers, aka The Hairy Bikers, are getting involved in National Vegetarian Week and they think you should too! So visit nationalvegetarianweek.org to get your free poster packs and sign up for newsletters filled to the brim with recipes, tips and fun stuff.
The Hairy Bikers said: "As cooks, we've always appreciated our veg and they're a hugely important part of our cooking. And lately, without really thinking about it, we've been eating less meat. The more we learn about cooking great food, the more we enjoy making use of all the amazing produce that's on offer and creating dishes where vegetables, pulses and other plant foods are the stars of the show. That's why we're getting stuck into National Vegetarian Week this year… and we think you should too!"
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Akshay chooses Trisha
A new south sensation is going to firm her foot in Bollywood opposite stunt hero Akshay Kumar. South star Trisha is going to make her Bollywood debut with director Priyadarshan's 'Khatta Meetta' to be produced by Akshay's production company Hari Om. It is learnt that Trisha is the personal choice of Akki. He saw some of Trisha's Kollywood films and impressed with her acting and style. When he expressed his desire to meet the actress, Trisha flew down to meet him. Impressed with her, Akshay Kumar signed Trisha.
Trisha was over excited to debut in Bollywood. She has delivered number of hits in the South and was waiting for the right opportunity to step in Bollywood. What excites her the most is that she will be directed by that same man who has introduced her to film industry. Trisha is again looking forward to work under director Priyadarshan.
She expressed her thrill in the following words, "Priyadarshan is the person who has introduced me to films. Even after I completed Lesa Lesa, I was not of the idea of continuing my career as an actress. But Priyadarshan only guided me properly and advised me to continue. Now once again he is giving me a new dimension through his Hindi movie. I'm glad that Priyan has given me this opportunity and all I want is to go and do my best..."
Priyadharshan commented, "Trisha is playing the heroine opposite Akshay Kumar in this film. Akshay was keen on doing the film with a new face, that too from south and after seeing Trisha's performance in a few South Indian movies, Trisha has become his only choice..."


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WALTHAM, Mass., May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN), a leading life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technology leadership, today announced that Jon K. Snodgres, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the 15th Annual Craig-Hallum Institutional Investor Conference, being held on May 30th in Minneapolis.
The conference is a series of one-on-one meetings with investors and does not include a formal presentation. An updated investor presentation can be accessed on the event date by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Repligen Corporation website at www.repligen.com.
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Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) is a global bioprocessing company that develops and commercializes highly innovative products that deliver cost and process efficiencies to biological drug manufacturers worldwide. Our portfolio includes Protein products (Protein A affinity ligands, cell culture growth factors), Chromatography products (OPUS® pre-packed columns, chromatography resins, ELISA kits) and Filtration products (including XCell™ ATF systems, TangenX™ Sius™ flat sheet TFF cassettes, and Spectrum KrosFlo™ hollow fiber TFF cartridges and systems). The Protein A ligands and growth factor products that we produce are key components of Protein A affinity resins and cell culture media, respectively. Protein A affinity resins are the industry standard for downstream separation and purification of monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics. Growth factors are used in upstream processes to accelerate cell growth and productivity. Our innovative line of OPUS® chromatography columns, used in downstream processes for bench- through commercial-scale purification needs, are delivered pre-packed to our customers with their choice of resin and to their bed height preferences. Our XCell™ ATF Systems, available in stainless steel and single-use configurations, continuously eliminate waste from a bioreactor to concentrate cells and significantly increase productivity in upstream processes. Single-use SIUS™ TFF cassettes and hardware are used for biologic drug concentration in downstream filtration processes, and Spectrum KrosFlo™ TFF cartridges and systems are used in both upstream and downstream filtration processes. Repligen's corporate headquarters are in Waltham, MA (USA), with additional administrative and manufacturing operations in Shrewsbury, MA, Rancho Dominguez, CA, Lund, Sweden and Ravensburg, Germany.
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CBBC, Twofour launch social networking site for kids
MUMBAI: CBBC and Twofour digital, a media technology company, have teamed up to launch a social media networking site for children aged less than 12 years.
The site called MyCBBC is designed to familiarise a young audience with the latest technologies. Visitors can personalise their own den by choosing from a selection of themed features. They can create their own profile and invite friends into their den to leave messages. Members can also profile their interests, which in turn will help the site to offer appropriate information about CBBC programmes.
Children who create a MyCBBC den can add up to 16 friends to the "Friends Book" in their den. Only if two users are in each other's friends book can they visit each other's dens. This ensures that children are in mutual agreement about who they allow to view their space.
MyCBBC has taken care of the kids' safety and introduced certain features. No one can determine child's identity by his/her nickname or name of the den. All the messages between friends are limited to specific set of comments.
Twofour digital MD Paul Tarplee said, "Because we have designed the site to introduce some of the basic concepts commonly associated with web 2.0-type interaction, we have taken every opportunity to reinforce the message that whilst exciting, the internet can also be a dangerous place if the Stay Safe rules are ignored. This is one of the many ways in which the site will help children to build useful media literacy skills."


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Blistering heat, lightning, thunder, wind, rain and towering cloud formations that were exploding over the mountaintops. Last week's weather pattern was like a crazy mixed-up grab bag.
Local TV weather newscasters got to add some zing to their reports as this unusual weather action caught everyone off guard. At least they had an opportunity to flip through their files to come up with rarely used graphics to show us folks. Yep, the record-setting high temps in L.A. were even reported in England where my son and his family live.
Fortunately, just before Mother Nature decided to take a walk on the wild side, the Los Angeles Opera presented its own genre of drama with the opening of its 25th season first with the world premiere of composer/librettist Daniel Catan's "Il Postino" and three days later with Mozart's, "The Marriage of Figaro."
Placido Domingo sang the title role of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda on opening night of "Il Postino." He showed his versatility by conducting the orchestra in "The Marriage of Figaro" on Sunday afternoon.


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It's frustrating to know that someone would abuse a program designed to help children and families in need and let people get back on their feet.
That's why reports that some people are using their taxpayer-paid welfare benefits to pay for tobacco, alcohol, even trips to nightclubs, really touch a nerve.
I believe that welfare benefits should be used to help those who need it, not fund unsavory habits.
That's why I'm a cosponsor of the "Public Assistance Integrity Act," a measure that would prohibit the use of welfare benefits to buy alcohol, tobacco or lottery tickets and bars the use of EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) cards in liquor stores, casinos and adult entertainment businesses.
The Public Assistance Integrity Act has passed the State Senate three times and more than a dozen states have already passed similar measures.
But, so far, the Assembly has failed to act on this important piece of legislation.
If you believe in stopping welfare abuse, I encourage you to sign my petition, which is available on my website, www.ritchie.nysenate.gov
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The first book in the D. H. Dublin CSU series from Penguin Book, Body Trace begins with rookie forensic tech Madison Cross's first day on the job. She is fresh out of med school and newly returned to Philadelphia, but she gets a chance to make her mark when everyone – including the police – is quick to write off the deaths of two college girls as drug overdoses. For Madison, the evidence at the crime scene just doesn't add up.
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In this brisk, tight novel about the crime scene unit of the Philadelphia Police Department, debut author Dublin['s] …detailed approach and lively characters make an immersive read.
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MERSEYSIDE Police is appealing for a quantity of medicines that have been stolen in Southport.
Police report that a quantity of drugs were stolen from a cafe at 607 Lord Street at 3.25pm on Thursday (June 13).
The medicines stolen were Clozopine, Polyclydine and Impomene. Twenty-one tablets of each was taken.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Child Bipolar Diagnosis is Under Attack - Yet Again
The first attack is in the form of a June 8 article in the New Scientist by author Jon Ronson. "Bipolar Kids: Victims of the Madness Industry?" it reads, drawn from his new book, The Psychopath Test. "The problem is the apparent epidemic isn't real," Ronson asserts.
Oh, really?
The next is a June 19 article in Newsweek by Stuart Kaplan MD, who has expert credentials as a child psychiatrist. The article - "Mommy, Am I Really Bipolar?" - is adapted from his new book, Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder. "There is no scientific evidence to support the belief that bipolar disorder surfaces in childhood," Kaplan flatly asserts.
Except, perhaps, for a whole bunch of kids who cycle in and out of depression and mania?
Oh, THAT evidence. Well, no, says Kaplan. These kids are really ADHD or oppositionally defiant. Or have something called "temper dysregulation disorder."
This is much the same argument Ronson makes, the anything-but-bipolar argument. It cannot possibly be bipolar. It has to be something else. "Attention deficit disorder," he quotes a friendly doctor.
Close enough.
Except when it misses by a country mile. This from Julie from about ten years back, whose six-year-old kid was diagnosed with ADHD:
Doctors will not officially diagnose a child this young with bipolar. ... No one can possibly relate to the problems a mother must endure for a child like this. I ask God several times a day why couldn't I have just had a normal child. Why must I fight to get his medicine right? Why must I miss work to care for him? Why can't we go out to eat without an episode? I also have two girls (ages two and 12 ) that must watch his behavior escalate to the point where he knocks holes in the walls, pees in the closet and tears up his and their favorite toys. I feel so alone and drained. I have nowhere else to turn.
At least these days no one save the antipsychiatry movement is advancing a conspiracy theory having to do with Pharma pathologizing and medicating "normal" kid behavior to boost revenues. Kids who knock holes in walls and pee in closets definitely require some kind of therapeutic intervention. No one is seriously arguing otherwise.
Back in the 1990s, Joseph Biederman of Harvard began publishing articles to the effect that some of the so-called ADHD kids in his clinic were behaving in ways that more closely resembled bipolar. The issue is extremely complex and confusing, as ADHD and bipolar symptoms overlap plus a good many kids would qualify for both diagnoses.
Coincidentally, a good many parents were noticing much the same thing in their own kids. The ADHD meds weren't working their customary pharmaceutical magic. Antidepressants were making them even worse. Based on the reports of these parents, Janice and Demitri Papolos did their own investigations and published "The Bipolar Child."
Ronson and Kaplan respond with saddles blazing, replete with the oft-cited tragic death of four-year-old Rebecca Riley (Ronson cites 60 Minutes' shameless spin as if it were authority). The two authors predictably attack Biederman (and Kaplan the Papoloses) for failing to accomplish Mission Impossible, namely in coming up with a fool-proof universally acceptable and objective diagnostic standard. Earth to Ronson and Kaplan: Diagnostic psychiatry is all sloppy and controversial and subjective.
To bolster his case, Ronson takes the bizarre step of interviewing the two most subjective diagnosticians of all time - Robert Spitzer and Allen Frances, who headed up the DSMs III and IV, respectively. Anyone who is vaguely familiar with Dr Spitzer is aware of his pathological resistance to even the slightest changes to what he regards as his baby. Dr Frances, on the other hand, has come across in recent writings and interviews as a sinner in search of some kind of war crimes tribunal to plead guilty to.
Really, there needs to be a DSM diagnosis for people who head up DSMs.
Dr Kaplan at least grounds his criticisms in his own clinical experience, or so he claims. But, then again, is Dr Beiderman's own clinical experience no less valid? Isn't the real point that when it comes to kids in distress, there are no easy answers? That our diagnostic and assessment tools are very blunt instruments at best?
If only bipolar meds did for bipolar kids what ADHD meds do for ADHD kids, we wouldn't be having this argument. Alas, with bipolar - in kids and adults - there is no quick chemical fix. A kid diagnosed with bipolar is not going to simply get better with bipolar treatment. Quite the opposite, bipolar meds are likely to make the kid worse. We all like easy answers. The easy answer is to flatly deny that bipolar in kids even exists. That it has to be something else: ADHD, conduct disorder, even a new DSM-5 diagnosis concocted totally out of thin air - "temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria."
Anything but bipolar. It would certainly be a much happier world if that were the reality. Alas! Reality ...
Further reading from McManweb:
Child Bipolar I
Child Bipolar II
Child Bipolar III
The DSM-5 - Grading Child Bipolar
Are We Over-Medicating Our Kids?
Spitzer and the DSM
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One of my nephews was diagnosed with ODD, which in his case I honestly think was really overprotective and overscheduling mother disorder. He is now in the US Marines so I really, really, hope my diagnosis is correct.
My talk therapist called ODD a "garbage diagnosis" used when the therapist doesn't know what else to say.
- June 21, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Lizabeth. Your comment prompted me to go to the DSM-5 background paper on childhood disorders.
Clearly, there is a lot of confusion. There was talk of folding ODD into conduct disorder.
By contrast - at least in terms of symptoms - child bipolar is far less confusing. This seems to really piss off the old time child psychiatrists such a Kaplan.
The only thing that is certain about childhood mental illness is the territorial food fights among those who have staked claims in conduct disorder, ADHD, bipolar, etc.
- June 21, 2011 at 9:37 PM
Hi John,
I recall being somewhat alarmed by a psychiatrist stating with empathetic certainty that he could diagnosis bipolar in a 2 year old. Of his position on medication I cannot recall with certainty … it was one of the Steven Fry programs.
Equally alarming is the position that "There is no scientific evidence to support the belief that bipolar disorder surfaces in childhood," ……
Just realising, so two psychiatrists of expert credentials hold diametrical opposed scientifically based positions practice in the one profession, that is just so refreshingly eclectic. An eclecticism I suspect that the mother of the six year old would not have the luxury of being afforded of she were to meet either.
To my mind diagnosis would be one of reflection, an art drawing on the objective and subjective, relative and absolute, scientific and non scientific.
Beholding to any one of these seems to be taking self protective sanctury. They are all mental formations afterall.
As for medication, well that would be best erring somewhat to the scientific end of the spectrum.
For my part I have only witnessed (in supporting a relative with a dual diagnosis) absolutism that shields itself with the imperious righteousness of the one who knows.
Whatever, to book end any conversations regarding psychiatry with the reflections "Diagnostic psychiatry is all sloppy and controversial and subjective." and "Really, there needs to be a DSM diagnosis for people who head up DSMs" may help suitably ground conversations!
- June 23, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Neil. "Absolutism" is the word I was looking for. Many thanks for finding it for me. :)
- June 23, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- Gina Pera said...
re: Ronson. Yes, I read his latest book. Well, I read as much as I could stomach. Of course he drags out the Rebecca Riley case in a highly distorted fashion. That told me all I needed to know about his inherent biases. But some people will do anything to grab a headline.
- July 29, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Gina Pera said...
Another problem is that psychiatrists and other medical specialists have gotten, well, too specialized.
They don't know how to integrate myriad health factors, including nutrition, food allergies, exposure to chaotic behavior in the parents, and other environmental factors that can affect brain function. Some can't even identify symptoms of comorbidities, preferring to "specialize" in one diagnosis and make all evidence fit that one diagnosis.
I bet 1 in 1,000 child psychiatrists don't even think to ask questions about diet or test for Vitamin D levels.
This areas of myopia only serve to create doubt and confusion about legitimate diagnoses.
- July 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Gina Pera said...
Lizabeth -- ODD is certainly not a "garbage diagnosis." And it's worth paying attention to in children because with age, ODD can develop into conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder.
It is highly comorbid with unrecognized/untreated ADHD, for example. There is some evidence of heritability with ODD.
Oftentimes, though, the ODD arises when neither the child with ADHD nor the parent receives support or education in understanding the challenges and treatment strategies. For example, parents assume the child *will not* clean up his room when really the child *cannot* clean up his room. When the parent has unrecognized/untreated ADHD, the power struggles can intensify to a frightening degree, exacerbating the ODD.
- July 29, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Gina. Ronson shamelessly milked Rebecca Riley for all it was worth in his New Scientist article, as well. The guy is an unprincipled idiot in the proud tradition of at least one (thankfully retired) antipsychiatry blogger we know.
Re specialties - exactly. We have a lot of unproductive food fights going on right now. No doubt kids are being misdiagnosed all over the place and then made worse with inappropriate treatments.
And, as you said, more than one thing is typically going on, and clinicians need to be trained to pick it all up.
One major problem - no matter what it is, kids are not in positions to impose self-discipline. They're not going to exactly practice mindfulness and regulate their sleep or have the wisdom to walk away from a fight, for instance. Often, they're powerless to change their environments. This means no matter what is ailing them - ADHD, bipolar, conduct disorder, etc - they are likely to suffer much more than adults with the same dx.
Re checking for allergies, etc - yes. I mention this in one of my child bipolar articles. Mold, a new carpet - it could be almost anything. Check what your child eats and drinks. Kids typically bounce of walls and ceilings and crash as a result of high-sugar junk foods.
The last thing we want to do is give an antipsychotic to a kid with bipolar. Let's try everything else first, including getting the kid off the sugar.
I could go on and on ... :)
- July 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM


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Not one, not two, but five Darnas performed stunts and high-kicks on "ASAP" Sunday, leaving the audience guessing whether any of the Kapamilya actresses on stage will fly as the superheroine in a much-anticipated ABS-CBN project.
Shaina Magdayao, Empress Schuck, Kim Chiu, Iya Villania and Cristine Reyes appeared on stage wearing Darna's iconic two-piece battle gear as part of the "Supah Dance" segment of the concert variety program.
Each Kapamilya actress was seen performing martial arts-inspired dance moves, with Reyes being the lone "Darna" to fly in the closing parts of the production number.
Of the five ABS-CBN stars, only Reyes has publicly expressed interest in portraying Darna in a planned Kapamilya project on the Mars Ravelo creation.
In April, the family of the late comicbook writer inked a deal with ABS-CBN granting it rights to 13 characters created by Ravelo, including Darna, the love-lorn mermaid Dyesebel, and the everyman-superhero character Captain Barbell.
Last Tuesday, the Kapamilya network, during its "60 Years of Television" trade event, announced to advertisers that it is working on projects based on the Ravelo characters, including Darna.
Since debuting on the big-screen in 1951, Darna has been played by over 15 different actresses in TV and film versions of the character's comicbook outing, with Vilma Santos' 1970s portrayal considered to be the most iconic take.
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Any ideas on why commies are never happy?
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Any ideas on why commies are never happy?
First, it takes a rare individual to be content with absolute failure.
It can be frustrating when a concept so simple/easy to grasp has flaws that are more complex.
Same reason why some people hate the opposite sex. Seemingly simple concepts that fail for complicated reasons.
That's my guess, anyway
Gulag Chief: "Article 58-1a, twenty five years... What did you get it for?"
Gulag Prisoner: "For nothing at all."
Gulag Chief: "You're lying... The sentence for nothing at all is 10 years"
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
Leftists are unhappy people in general. There are different theories.
Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals
The conservative happiness advantage
Faith, family life and geography explain why
It is because people and the world don't automatically behave as they demand, in essence they are spoiled brats, those who learn to deal with things not always going the way they want on the other hand are not constantly frustrated.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind its people I cant stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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They focus on the negative, and are lacking the necessary logic to see past their bleeding heart compassion and counter-productiove "solutions".
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"Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." - Ron Paul
"Beware the Military-Industrial-Financial-Corporate-Internet-Media-Government Complex." - B4L update of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
"Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul
They are what they hate. - B4L
The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not represent this forum or any other entities or persons.
Their perceptions are so poisonous that they are incapable of being content. They are an enemy of the natural world.
Force the normies into taking sides. At the moment they are just like "meh, I am minding my own business" retreating culturally into their private bubbles and "safe-spaces" since they don't understand what is going on. When the actual "us vs them" starts, they will be forced to fight or they'll die. - Anonymous Poster
Envy is a sin deeply ingrained in human nature.
Definition of envy
1 : painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage
2 obsolete : malice
3 : an object of envious notice or feeling his new car made him the envy of his friends
1. a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
2. an object of such feeling: Her intelligence made her the envy of her classmates.
3. Obsolete. ill will.
You want what they have
They have it, you want it, so you feel envy. Envy is not only felt for material possessions, more often we envy people who are well regarded, admired, influential, and successful. We wish we had their stature. At its root, envy is feeling bad because a colleague has now achieved a higher stature than you. It is an egocentric and selfish view of fairness.
Citizen of Arizona
I am a libertarian. I am advocating everyone enjoy maximum freedom on both personal and economic issues as long as they do not bring violence unto others.
Because they compare what exists now as the social order to some ideal in their heads, not to alternatives or historical civilizations. Any nation looks terrible compared to an ideal, no matter how good it is, relatively speaking. Ironically, the backward-looking reactionary is far more realistic than the supposedly forward-looking leftist or Marxist.
And, to be honest, libertarians -- ancaps in particular -- have a lot of the same issues.
NeoReactionary. American High Tory.
The counter-revolution will not be televised.
Force the normies into taking sides. At the moment they are just like "meh, I am minding my own business" retreating culturally into their private bubbles and "safe-spaces" since they don't understand what is going on. When the actual "us vs them" starts, they will be forced to fight or they'll die. - Anonymous Poster
People criticizing them for cultural rather than economic reasons, implicitly telling communists that becoming pro-life et al will make them tolerable.
O, wait, maybe that's me that hates them with a burning passion and will never tolerate them or their nationalist fellow travelers.
...entirely regardless of genitalia
"Government ... does not exist of necessity, but rather by virtue of a tragic, almost comical combination of klutzy, opportunistic terrorism against sitting ducks whom it pretends to shelter, plus our childish phobia of responsibility, praying to be exempted from the hard reality of life on life's terms." Wolf DeVoon
"...Make America Great Again. I'm interested in making American FREE again. Then the greatness will come automatically."Ron Paul
As I told you years ago, if you recall, the future is for bolsheviks and national socialists.
They will radicalize until, given economic trouble, it's Berlin c. 1921.
This is not a movement to support.
You, and I, will be eaten alive (because we can read).
I'll see you in the camp.
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The Best 10 Family Movies
Family movie might is practised by most families these days so here we have a list of our top 10 films. OK, We purposely omitted Frozen – because everyone has seen it, some parents multiple times! 1. Home Alone Home alone is indeed a popular movie and the one that was released in 1990. It […]Read More..


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At Volvo Trucks' Safety Symposium this week, reporters got a look at the OEM's advanced safety systems in action on the tarmac. Featuring Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems tech, Volvo Enhanced Stability Technology (VEST) and Volvo Active Driver Assist (VADA) were the stars of the show, with VEST able to avoid rollover and loss-of-control crashes and VADA providing collision avoidance/ mitigation through video- and radar-driven active braking.
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HOW TO Fuck Up America: A Field Guide for New People in Power.
The new regime in D.C. seems to have had enough of smarty-pants geeks who spend one Red Bull– fueled week writing an emoji chatbot food-ordering app and sell it for a billion dollars. Over the past two decades, the U.S. tech industry has been a stunning force throughout the world. China didn't invent Google. Russia didn't come up with Face-book or Amazon or cloud computing or Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles. America did. And now tech is 7 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, and that mostly goes to both coasts and a little to Austin, Texas, but certainly not Kansas, which is one big strike against tech. The new president of the United States has never used a MacBook or Waze or Venmo, so obviously this stu can't be all that important. Strike two. About one-quarter of all tech companies launched between 1995 and 2005 were founded by immigrants, according to the Pew Research Center. That number is probably higher now. Strike three!


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So everyone is sick around here and it was time for a treat. The sugary version of this recipe on Pioneer Woman inspired mine. It is really yummy and very adaptable to paleo, low carb, dairy free etc... ways of eating.
Perfect for breakfast (just add a little protein powder!) or an afternoon pick-me-up on the days the germs seem to be winning the war.
Ingredients for 3 Small Servings
- 1/2 cup Frozen pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup Stonyfield Greek yogurt, plain or vanilla (or tofu or other non dairy substitute)
- 1/2 cup Cream (or rice milk, almond milk, or coconut milk)
- 1/4 cup Walden Farms sugar free pancake syrup (or real syrup or honey)
- 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Ground flax
1. Dump ingredients in blender and puree until smooth. You may need to scrape down the sides.


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I have been more interested in art lately. I have been looking at a lot. Confession- not because I want to be more cultural, but because I need more wall art for our new house. I'm not particularly interested in abstract fine art, but one of these pieces in particular really speaks to me. Can you tell which?
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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Lol, so cute! Hey, children can become artists, have you heard of that little girl who's like 5 and does abstract paintings that sell for tons of money?!ReplyDelete
I have an empty wall and would love a Drew (as she is known in the artist world). Please let me know how much the going rate is now; I will pay whatever it is.ReplyDelete
Looks like a masterpiece. Your trip to Gautemala looked like a blast. My brother is doing an internship in Nicaragua this summer and we want to visit. We'll see. So, did you get the house that you wanted?ReplyDelete
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